Chapter 107 - Planning

By the time Yu Yingyi finished her dinner, it was already reaching midnight, and the two princesses in front of her were still going back and forth.

Yu Yingyi couldn't keep up with them at all, she had no idea how they could quarrel for hours straight without drinking a cup of water. Moreover, they still had a lot of energy while Yu Yingyi was the complete opposite.

"Are you two done now?" Yu Yingyi asked, feeling tired. "If you two aren't done, you two can stay. I'm going to leave."

Immediately, Song Liya stopped quarreling with Ru Shi and turned towards her, "Let's leave, I don't want to be near this infuriating person any longer."

"Pardon? I think you've got it reversed, the infuriating one is you," Zhu Ru Shi shot back.

Although they quarreled nonstop, Yu Yingyi felt like the two would be good friends...rivals that are friends. Yu Yingyi mentally nodded, she was sure their friendship would be good.

"Princess Yingyi, how about you guide me around the city tomorrow? We can meet up at a spot somewhere and you can bring me somewhere to eat," Zhu Ru Shi suggested, her demeanor changing when she spoke to Yu Yingyi.

"She can't, so go find your friend to guide you!" Song Liya interfered.

Zhu Ru Shi glared at Song Liya, "I would ask my friend if she wasn't going to be hungover. I did say she was going to drink a lot."

"Is that so? Guess what, that's your problem," Song Liya said sternly. "Go find a tour guide."

Yu Yingyi decided to step in before things got worse, she said, "Calm down. Ru Shi, I'll guide you around the city."

"But!" Yu Yingyi cut Song Liya off before she could say anything. "Liya, this is the princess of the Zhu empire, we shouldn't let an honored guest wander around the city without knowing the directions."

Although those were some of the main reasons why Yu Yingyi agreed to guide Zhu Ru Shi around the city, it wasn't the main. The main reason Yu Yingyi accepted was that Zhu Ru Shi was an important figure in the novel.

Zhu Ru Shi was one of the main reasons why Song Liya was determined to become the empress. While the two were competing, Zhu Ru Shi was the one who became the empress first. Every day Ru Shi would tease Song Liya about being above her.

Yu Yingyi found it an interesting story.

Song Liya grimaced, she didn't want Ru Shi to be around Yu Yingyi because she felt like Ru Shi was trying to flirt with Yu Yingyi. She couldn't accept it, but she couldn't say anything since Yingyi was right about Ru Shi being an honored guest.

"Fine," Song Liya said. "If Ru Shi does anything, there will be an all-out war."

"Tsk, don't fight a battle you can't beat," Zhu Ru Shi said with a smirk.

"Who's fighting a battle they can't win? I can beat you right now if I wanted to," Song Liya stated.

"Would you like to test that out? I'm sure I can defeat you in less than ten moves if I wanted to. Even five."

"I think that's your pride talking. We both know the outcome of the battle was different."

Although the two didn't seem to be getting ready to fight yet, Yu Yingyi was worried they were actually going to fight. If Song Liya gets injured by someone from the Zhu empire, a war will be waged on the Zhu empire and it'd be the same thing if Ru Shi got hurt, except the war will be waged on the Song empire.

"You two have been at it for hours, aren't you both thirsty? Why don't you two drink some water before your throat turns into a desert?" Yu Yingyi suggested.

Immediately, the two seemed to grab a cub of water and gulped it down before gulping down another one. Yu Yingyi stared at them helplessly, they were so into quarreling that they didn't even realize their throat was dry.

Somehow, she felt like a mother taking care of her two troublesome kids.

"Alright, if there isn't anything else, Yingyi and I will be taking our leave now," Song Liya said.

"Finally!" Yu Yingyi exclaimed. "I'm getting sleepy. This was the longest dinner I've had in my life."

"And the most delicious."

"Eh, I beg to differ."

"There isn't anything else. It's getting late anyway, I should go get my friend who's probably in a drunken state right now," Zhu Ru Shi said.

"Alright, then we'll be taking our leave then," Yu Yingyi said.

With that, their dinner with the sudden appearance of the princess of the Zhu empire ended.

"Yingyi, don't you find things a bit strange between Ru Shi and me?" Song Liya asked.

Yu Yingyi tilted her head, "How so?"

"She has scary facial features yet people aren't scared of her, but I have a beautiful appearance yet people fear me. What's the logic in that?"

"Well, before I answer it, let me ask you this."

"What is it?"

"Do you want me to hear my most honest answer?"

Song Liya contemplated for a moment before answering, "I'd rather not hear it, I can tell it's unpleasant."

Yu Yingyi laughed, Song Liya wasn't wrong about that. Yu Yingyi looked up to see the stars illuminating the night sky, it gave off a pleasant and peaceful feeling.

"What a crazy life I have..." Yu Yingyi muttered.

"Hmm? Did you say something?"

"Nope, I was wondering what you were going to do tomorrow since I'm going to meet up with Ru Shi tomorrow."

Song Liya cringed, "I forgot about that, I'm going to talk to my mother. I think we have a meeting about the city's security."

"I see."

Yu Yingyi agreed to upgrade the security in the city, the intruder from the Zhu empire was an example of how the security was in the city.

While Yu Yingyi was on the topic of the Zhu intruders, she decided to ask Zhu Ru Shi about the incident.

'Tomorrow should be an interesting day,' Yu Yingyi thought as she stared at the crescent moon.