The Rising Phoenix
Chapter 87: Royal Banquet

Chapter 87: Chapter 87: Royal Banquet

Bai Xifeng woke up after feeling the touch on her face multiple times. She opened her eyes and saw the little white tiger touching her face using her paws. She yawned and stretched her body.

"Young Miss, are you awake?"

She heard Xiao Li’s voice.

"Yes." She opened the door and saw Xiao Li standing in front of the door. "Is there any food?"

"Yes, I made some wanton noodles. But what about the little tiger?" Xiao Li looked at the little white tiger who was at Bai Xifeng’s feet.

"Since he is still a cub, he probably needs some milk. But he is not a normal tiger." Bai Xifeng thought for a moment. "Well, let’s prepare some milk and meat. See which one he will be eating."

Xiao Li left to get what Bai Xifeng ordered. She went to sit at the gazebo with the little white tiger. The little white tiger jumped onto the table.

"Hmm... You need a name. I can’t possibly call you ’hey’ all the time." Bai Xifeng said.

The little white tiger was blinking his eyes expecting a good name from Bai Xifeng.

"Baihu. Your name is Baihu." Bai Xifeng decided on the name.

The little white tiger was happy getting his name.

"Your nickname is Xiaobai." Bai Xifeng rubbed Bai Xifeng. ’Ah... So soft.’

Xiao Li returned with a glass of milk and a piece of chicken breast. "I only got these things from the kitchen."

"That’s fine for now. Let’s eat the wanton noodles." Bai Xifeng said.

Xiao Li went to bring the wanton noodles to the table.

"Do you want to drink milk or eat the chicken?" Bai Xifeng asked.

Baihu approached the chicken and milk. He tasted the chicken a little before moving to drink the milk. He drank all the milk.

"So, you prefer milk? I see. I will have Xiao Li prepare the milk for you." Bai Xifeng asked.

Xiao Li returned with the wanton noodles. Both of them ate peacefully until someone came to her courtyard uninvited again. Bai Xifeng sensed someone coming and quickly told Baihu to hide first.

Baihu noticed the situation and followed Bai Xifeng’s order. Bai Xifeng looked at the entrance. It was Bai Chunhua again.

Bai Chunhua walked gracefully with a smile lingering on her lips.

"Third Sister." Bai Chunhua greeted Bai Xifeng.

"You are surely free." Bai Xifeng suddenly said that to Bai Chunhua.

"Huh?" Bai Chunhua was caught off guard. "What are you saying, Third Sister?"

"Why do you like to come to my place?" Bai Xifeng sighed.

"Third Sister, I came to inform you about the royal banquet." Bai Chunhua informed Bai Xifeng.

She was expecting Bai Xifeng to get excited and ask her about the banquet. In the past, Bai Chunhua always showed off about going to the royal banquet. Bai Chunhua got the invitation from the crown prince. Well, it was actually for Bai Xifeng as the future crown princess, but nobody cared about Bai Chunhua stealing the invitation of Bai Xifeng.

In fact, the royal family was relieved that Bai Xifeng could not join the banquet. In fact, the Bai Family told the royal family that Bai Xifeng did not join the banquet because she was sick. However, Bai Xifeng was not sick. They just did not want Bai Xifeng to join the royal banquet.

After the banquet, Bai Chunhua or sometimes, Bai Huiling would be taunting Bai Xifeng about the banquet. They used to lie to her saying that she did not have the invitation. That was why she could not go to the royal banquet.

Bai Xifeng would ask a lot of questions about the royal banquet. How was the food? What were people talking about? How beautiful the palace was? Bai Chunhua told Bai Xifeng making Bai Xifeng envy her for going to such a banquet.

"So?’ Bai Xifeng tilted her head.

Bai Chunhua was stunned.

"We are talking about the royal banquet. Not everyone could get the invitation." Bai Chunhua stated.

"Oh..." Bai Xifeng did not have any interest in the royal banquet.

"This is the emperor’s birthday banquet." Bai Chunhua added again.

"Oh..." Bai Xifeng still responded with careless attention.

"In this banquet, the crown prince will choose his future wife as well." Bai Chunhua stated.

"Oh... Good for you. You have been waiting to marry the bastard prince." Bai Xifeng smiled.

"You! How dare you call the crown prince ’bastard?" Bai Chunhua stated in anger.

"Yes, I dare. What can you do to me, huh?" Bai Xifeng provoked Bai Chunhua.

Bai Chunhua calmed down. She could not lose her temper with Bai Xifeng.

"This time, the royal family invited you to the royal banquet." Bai Chunhua said after calming down.

"Oh... I wonder why they decided to invite me this time?" Bai Xifeng wondered about that.

The royal family would not be so kind, after all. They must have had some kind of motive to invite Bai Xifeng to go to the royal banquet.

"The royal family wants you to meet your fiancee to nourish your relationship." Bai Chunhua smiled mockingly at Bai Xifeng.

Bai Xifeng’s fiancee was the fool’s third prince, Liu Longwei. His mind was like a 3-year-old child. To get married to someone like that would be a disaster.

Bai Xifeng finally understood the royal family’s motive. Well, she did not care much about that. If she did not want to get married, no one could force her to do so. Not even her family.

"Okay... Thank you for informing me about that. I will go and have fun at the banquet." Bai Xifeng smiled.

Bai Chunhua felt uncomfortable seeing the smile on Bai Xifeng’s lips.

"Humph, you better behave when you are there." Bai Chunhua left the place.

....

A lot of families received an invitation from the royal family regarding the royal banquet. It was the emperor’s birthday. However, the families were looking forward to the second reason.

The royal family wanted to select the new future crown princess and his other future concubine. The family who had a daughter of marriageable age was planning to get the position.

The candidate for the future crown princess was Bai Chunhua. She was the most suitable partner for the crown prince. She had good cultivation and had already reached first-rank armament master.

They knew that they could not fight Bai Chunhua. They decided to fight for other positions. So, what they needed to do right now was to increase their strength.

The good news was Shanghai Pavilion announced that they would hold the auction a few days earlier than the previously promised date. They also listed the items that would be auctioned in the auction.

People were searching for Bai Xifeng’s pills and elixirs. Shanghai Pavilion stopped selling them and to be sold in the auction. Of course, people were angry, but they could not do anything to Shanghai Pavilion. They tried to find the same pill and elixirs but they did not find anywhere else. It seemed they needed to wait for the auction.

The maker of the pill and elixir was relaxing in her room. She managed to get some rest from Baishe because she would be trying to detoxify the poison from her body later.

She was playing with Baihu. Xiao Li came in to serve Bai Xifeng with some cookies. When she was about to serve Bai Xifeng, the bottle with Bai Xifeng’s pill fell down and one of the pills came out.

Baihu’s eyes lifted when seeing the pill. He jumped down, took the pill and swallowed it. Bai Xifeng quickly grabbed Baihu.

"Why are you eating the pill? Threw it out." Bai Xifeng tried to make Baihu throw up.

"Stop," Baishe stated.

"What?" Bai Xifeng stopped what she was doing.

"I can see the Qi was rushing into his body. The pill works on his body too." Baishe said.

"Wait, the pills and elixirs also work on the beast’s body as well?" Bai Xifeng asked.

"Of course." Baishe nodded.

"Why didn’t you tell me earlier?" Bai Xifeng clicked her tongue.

"Well, I just forget." Baishe did not feel guilty at all.

"Young Miss... Is Xiaobai okay?" Xiao Li asked. She was worried about Baihu eating her pill. "Young Miss, I am sorry. It is my fault. I should not be careless with this."

Xiao Li kneeled down and she was about to kowtow. Bai Xifeng managed to stop her.

"He is fine. He is fine. No need to worry about him." Bai Xifeng said.

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