[Su Yun said cautiously, "Young Master Guan, please think twice."]
[Song Tingting, who had been playing the qin, gently advised, "A gentleman does not stand beneath a crumbling wall. Young Master Guan is learned and gifted; you must not act rashly."]
[Colorful Phoenix's eyes flickered as she recalled the strange sight from moments ago: two Radiant Luans standing affectionately on the youth's shoulders. Those divine birds possessed spiritual intelligence and feared neither water nor fire. If he were not a truly exceptional person, how could he have won their favor? Yet as she looked at the youth's slender back, curiosity still stirred in her heart.]
[But the Radiant Luans had come and gone so suddenly—what had that been about?]
[Xie Yuan wore a worried expression, yet he knew your temperament. You had never engaged in such a contest of youthful pride.]
[Helan Zhenshu also reminded him, "Young Master Guan, if you take those words back now, I will pretend I never heard them."]
["Pei Feng may be trash, but his sword has claimed lives."]
[He sneered coldly. "A pampered young master raised in the inner chambers like you has probably never even seen blood, have you?"]
[Liu Yuan smiled. "Why should Young Master Guan lose his temper? There are several fine steeds of Great Sui at my residence. Let them serve as an apology to you, Young Master. What do you say?"]
[You merely said, "Thank you for Your Highness's kindness, but life is short. Even if one reads every book of the sages, in the end one only seeks—"]
["A clear and unburdened heart!"]
[After hearing this, Xie Yuan knew he could no longer dissuade you. He only said, "Brother Guan, be careful!"]
["It is nothing!"]
[Liu Yuan frowned slightly and said no more.]
[Yet there was a cold