Inside Cloudbrook Hall, the rulers of several kingdoms had spread out, chatting leisurely with Great Rui's various officials.
Jiang Yingcheng's appraising gaze first drifted toward the ruler nearest her: You Jin of Qiguang.
This somewhat simple, honest-looking ruler had teamed up with her a while ago to swindle a hefty stack of banknotes out of the ruler of Jianggu Kingdom. Although everything they had bought that day had gone toward settling Grandpa Guan Xi and the others into their homes, she remembered that bond deep in her heart!
She couldn't scam a comrade!
Loyal to her friends, Jiang Yingcheng shifted her gaze away and looked straight at the next ruler.
[Yanyang... hmm, I can't attack Yanyang either!]
[Oh, the nice Uncle from Guning!]
The bond forged that day, when they had shopped together and hidden in a courtyard to peek at the ruler of Danxia Kingdom, took effect immediately. Jiang Yingcheng's gaze swept past several rulers in succession before settling on a rather unfamiliar face.
[Hmm... Yan Fang Kingdom...]
The scene from that day at the Academy suddenly came back to Jiang Yingcheng.
That day, Qiao Yunbai, Yan Fang Kingdom's eighth prince, had been one of the few princes who had remained firmly by her side even after Jiang Huai'an spoke up.
Qiao Yunbai had shone so brightly then that she had remembered it for a long time afterward.
[Besides, Qiao Yunbai's imperial father is a very good person too. Although he doesn't have much money, isn't handsome, and isn't good at leading troops into battle...] Jiang Yingcheng counted on her fingers, trying to list the ruler of Yan Fang Kingdom's virtues. After struggling briefly, she gave up. [But he's still a very good person!]
Besides, he had always steadfastly followed her beautiful imperial father. That was an enormous virtue