The Prince of Zhou smiled. "Since I have given her to you, you can certainly accept her. Are you afraid you won't be able to explain this to your future father-in-law? Don't worry. I'll speak to him."
Hu Xiaotian was beginning to suspect the Prince of Zhou's motives. Could this brat be setting me up because I wouldn't help him get together with Xi Yan? If so, this Seventeenth Prince is one devious bastard.
Whatever the Prince of Zhou's true intentions were, refusing would have been discourteous. Hu Xiaotian could only accept the gift with a smile and leave with the Western beauty.
Visa put on her golden cloak and followed silently behind Hu Xiaotian, knowing in her heart that he was her new master.
When the guards beside the Prince of Zhou saw Hu Xiaotian leave with such a stunning beauty, their faces filled with envy. The fellow had really stumbled upon a treasure. They worked themselves to the bone protecting the prince, yet none of them ever received a perk like this.
Hu Xiaotian left the East Wing with Visa and ran straight into Master Wan, Wan Boping. Seeing him emerge with an exotic blonde beauty with blue eyes, Wan Boping froze for a moment. A pretty maid followed behind him as well. As coincidence would have it, Hu Xiaotian had seen this maid before-she was the very one Wan Boping had tried to give him, only for him to refuse. Now the old fellow had brought her here. There was no need to ask: he was up to his old tricks, intending to present her to the Prince of Zhou.
Hu Xiaotian had no particular interest in the maid, but he thoroughly despised the way Wan Boping conducted himself. In this era, women still occupied a very