The Rising Phoenix
Chapter 98: Getting Friends

Chapter 98: Chapter 98: Getting Friends

Then, one of the girls approached Bai Xifeng.

"Hello, Third Miss Bai." The girl greeted Bai Xifeng.

Bai Xifeng looked over and saw a cute girl greeting her. She put on her smile. She did not detect any malicious feelings from this girl. May she was genuinely wanting to greet her.

"Hi... Sorry. I don’t know your name." Bai Xifeng smiled awkwardly.

"Oh...I am Su Zhilan. From Su Family." Su Zhilan introduced herself.

"I see... Is it okay for you to come and talk to me like this? People might talk badly about you if they see you talking to me like this." Bai Xifeng asked.

"Oh... I don’t care much about that. You don’t need to worry. I come to talk to you because you seem pleasant to talk with." Su Zhilan stated.

It was Bai Xifeng’s first time meeting a girl like Su Zhilan in this world, who did not care what people could talk about them. This kind of girl was good to be friends with.

"Oh, this if you don’t mind, can I call you Xifeng? You also can call me Zhilan." Su Zhilan suggested.

"Sure. I already dislike such a formal name to call people." Bai Xifeng agreed right away.

"Zhilan! There you are." Another girl hugged Su Zhilan.

"Qiaolian, behave yourself." Su Zhilan reminded the girl.

"Why are you so strict? I just enter the palace. The line is so long. They should open many gates since they invited a lot of people." Wan Qiaolian complained.

Su Zhilan frowned as she glanced at Noble Consort Furen. She hit Wan Qiaolian’s arm. She signalled her eyes to Wan Qiaolian. Wan Qiaolian moved Su Zhilan’s eyes and saw Noble Consort Furen was here too.

Wan Qiaolian coughed several times to cover her embarrassment. Her eyes moved to another girl beside Su Zhilan. She never saw this girl before. Was she from the countryside? Or her father just inherited the title and moved to this Capital City?

"Who is this, Zhilan?" Wan Qiaolian asked Su Zhilan while gesturing her hand to Bai Xifeng.

"This is Bai Xifeng." Su Zhilan introduced Bai Xifeng to Wan Qiaolian.

"Oh... Is she the new noble?" Wan Qiaolian did not recognize the name.

Su Zhilan looked at Wan Qiaolian with a disdainful expression on her face.

"What? Why are you looking at me like I am an idiot?" Wan Qiaolian asked.

"Xifeng, She is Wan Qiaolian from Wan Family. She is Bai Xifeng, the famous Third Miss Bai." Su Zhilan stated.

Wan Qiaolian thought for a minute. This girl was famous. Third Miss Bai... Third Miss Bai... Third Miss Bai... Oh, Third Miss Bai!!

"You are that tra... Ouch." Wan Qiaolian could not finish her sentence when Su Zhilan hit Wan Qiaolian’s back.

Su Zhilan glared at Wan Qiaolian. Wan Qiaolian shut her mouth.

"Xifeng, I am sorry. Qiaolian does not mean any harm." Su Zhilan apologized on Wan Qiaolian’s behalf.

Bai Xifeng just smiled. "It is okay. No need to worry about that. It is indeed the truth, I can not cultivate." Really, she did not care about that.

"But I feel bad for you. Everyone treats you like that just because you can not cultivate. How shallow that person can be." Su Zhilan expressed her feeling.

"Yeah. I agree with that." Wan Qiaolian nodded. She then asked Bai Xifeng a question. "Why I never see you before at any of the banquets?"

It was not Bai Xifeng who answered the question but her friend, Su Zhilan. "Why you ask? It is probably because her family was embarrassed to let her out before. Such a nerve not letting others leave the house. If the royal family did not mention your name specifically in the invitation, your family probably would not let you come to this banquet."

"Why do you know about the name was specifically mentioned?" Wan Qiaolian asked.

"Well, one of the older cousins is one of the aides of His Highness the Second Prince. He was the one who told me about that. His Majesty wants the third prince to meet his fiance." Su Zhilan showed a pitiful look on Bai Xifeng when she mentioned the third prince.

A fool like the third prince could get to marry a beautiful girl like Bai Xifeng. It was really a blessing news to the third prince.

"I really don’t understand why the emperor makes such a decision. He probably wants to destroy your life." Su Zhilan said this in a whisper tone.

"But I think if she continues to be the crown prince’s fiance, she will be suffered more." Wan Qiaolian also whispered, giving out her opinion.

"Yeah. The crown prince loves your sister. He must hate you for getting in his way." Su Zhilan stated.

"What kind of person the third prince is?" Bai Xifeng asked.

Both of the girls turned to Bai Xifeng. "You don’t know the third prince?" They both asked the same question.

Wan Qiaolian continued. "Hmm... It is obvious that you don’t know about that. Your family probably tell you that he is a good person and wants you to break the engagement with the crown prince since they want to marry your older cousin to the crown prince."

Bai Xifeng was taken aback. Wan Qiaolian’s mind was unique. She could draft the plot like this. This girl could be a writer if she wanted. However, when she thought about that, there was no romance novel in this world. People only liked to write about cultivation techniques, prescriptions, medicine, or something that could increase their cultivation level.

"The third price has a 3-year-old mind even though he is already 17 years old." Su Zhilan told Bai Xifeng.

"Well, it is okay. I don’t mind." Bai Xifeng said.

"Owh, in case you don’t know. Noble Consort Furen is the birth mother of the crown prince. I think she is here to inspect the girl that will become her daughter-in-law." Su Zhilan said again.

"Huh? I think the crown prince has already chosen his bride?" Bai Xifeng said.

"Well, the crown prince indeed has his own choice. But the royal family wants to choose someone who is strongest among the unmarried girls here." Su Zhilan said.

"My first sister is not the strongest?" Bai Xifeng asked.

"Well, in general, she might be the strongest. But two days ago, some families gained the breakthrough pill. Who knows what happen right?" Su Zhilan smiled.

"Wait, your family get the pills too from the auction." Wan Qiaolian said.

"Hmm... Zhilan, you want to be the crown prince’s fiance too?" Bai Xifeng was surprised.

Su Zhilan strongly denied that. "What? Of course not." She showed a disgusted expression on her face.

Bai Xifeng was taken aback. Wan Qiaolian leaned over and whispered something to Bai Xifeng’s ear.

"Zhilan likes Second Prince." Wan Qiaolian stated.

Bai Xifeng nodded several times. She never met the second prince. Who knew the second prince was more likeable compared to the crown prince?

"Wan Qiaolian!" Su Zhilan glared at Wan Qiaolian.

"What? I think Xifeng will keep the secret from others." Wan Qiaolian said

"Yes. I will not tell a soul about that." Bai Xifeng promised.

The three of them were talking happily until Bai Chunhua and the other girls approached the three girls. They stopped talking and turned to Bai Chunhua and the other girls.

"I am pleased to see my third sister finally has some friends." Bai Chunhua said. "Thank you for wanting to be my third sister’s friend." She bowed her head a little to Su Zhilan and Wan Qiaolian.

"You don’t have to worry about that, First Miss Bai. Xifeng is a good girl. I am happy having such a friend." Su Zhilan smiled.

Bai Xifeng and Wan Qiaolian looked at Su Zhilan’s smile. So professional.

Bai Chunhua’s lips twitched. ’Good girl? Which part?’ Well, she did not care much about that idiot. Su Zhilan was the only daughter of the Su Family. Her strength was pretty similar to hers. She did not know whether she already ate the breakthrough pills or not. So, she was also the candidate for the crown princess’s position.

If Su Zhilan knew what Bai Chunhua thought about her, she would retort that thought by snorting. She did not even imagine being with the crown prince.

"What do you want to come to our side?" Su Zhilan asked.

"Miss Su, why are you so rude toward First Miss Bai?" Tan Liqin was also here.

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