Help! The Frosty Noble's Son Is in Love With Me!-Chapter 369: Excitement

The speaker is a minister of the current dynasty. He couldn’t accept losing to the opponent just like that, especially since the opponent seemed too impatient. They hadn’t even had a chance to discuss it on their side, and she already wanted to achieve her goal.

"What? Do you have someone on your side who can beat me?" the princess laughed.

The minister had a defiant look, "Who said we can’t? Just you wait!"

Truly, lose the person, not the dignity.

Even the emperor was swept up in the emotions, looking expectantly at the people below.

But it’s easy to boast the fierce words; now looking around, the more he looked, the darker his expression became.

The people below began whispering among themselves, speaking in hushed tones, but still loud enough to be heard.

"Do we have such a talent? It’s all big talk without fear of lightning striking them."

"Agreeing to the other’s conditions in the first place would have sufficed, what’s the need to create a scene and suffer public humiliation?"

"Whoever boasts takes responsibility, why drag us into it?"

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The minister was being discussed so much that his face turned bright red, filled with anger and fury.

The emperor’s face also grew increasingly displeased; with so many people below, not a single one could step up to challenge the foreign princess?

The foreign princess observed this, feeling even more triumphant. She had heard the earlier discussions of people calling her a goddess. She knew that these people hadn’t seen much of the world, which is why she made her demands early to avoid wasting time.

She had wanted to learn everything peculiar and strange from a young age, refusing to be bound by traditional female virtues. It was this spirit of learning that inadvertently led her to master this skill.

She learned it from a gambler who was imprisoned for his crimes. He offered to teach her his skill in exchange for leniency, and after witnessing his ability, the princess indeed granted him freedom.

Unfortunately, the gambler later died in the casino. It was said he was publicly exposed, incited public outrage, and was killed, leaving the princess with only one method learned and unable to find someone else to teach her more.

But this single trick was enough to awe the opponent.

If Qu Fulan hadn’t transmigrated, she might have been awed too.

After all, in modern times, when she watched the Spring Festival Gala magic performances, she was astonished as well. It was that magic performance during the Spring Festival Gala that sparked a nationwide frenzy of unraveling magic, leading to a learning atmosphere in the domestic magic circle, which was when Qu Fulan followed along to learn. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Young people are curious about everything and want to learn.

However, learning magic isn’t easy; knowing magic theory is one thing, but practical techniques are crucial.

Since victory relies on skill, there will always be a bigger fish in the sea.

Qu Fulan, now, couldn’t say she’s exceptionally skilled, but compared to this princess in front of her, she was more than adequate. Due to the princess’s somewhat inexperienced technique, she already saw through the opponent’s flaws.

In truth, magic is akin to sleight-of-hand techniques, but magic pursues performance effects, while sleight-of-hand aims for controlling the best cards in hand, differing in purpose.

Any act performed before an audience is fine as entertainment; the audience naturally relaxes and doesn’t scrutinize much. But sleight-of-hand tricks won’t last long at a casino.

After all, it’s about money; people aren’t foolish enough to be duped willingly. Besides, sleight-of-hand is solely for casino use; can an outsider cheat and win casino money?

Thus, such situations rarely occur in casinos because discovery equals death, making such techniques less common and known by few.

The banquet attendees today were mostly family disciples and young ladies, quite removed from sleight-of-hand, hence their astonishment.

Or perhaps some knew of such techniques but were equally astounded without knowing the principle.

Pei Ji’an, however, was calm because he had witnessed Qu Fulan’s performance. At the time, she used eggs for her act, which were hard to conceal, allowing him to spot flaws. Now, this princess used cards and shuffled too many times, making it harder for him to understand. But knowing it was magic, he remained confident. He couldn’t fathom it, but his wife surely could, hence his calmness.

Equally composed was Princess Qing, who was actually quite excited, clutching her skirt to contain her eagerness; otherwise, she would have stood up and spoken in excitement.

She had seen this skill before. In the past dragon boat race, the loser had to perform an astonishing act, and Young Lady Pei performed magic, leaving everyone awestruck.

But Young Lady Pei was modest and never flaunted anything, yet this foreign princess flaunted a little magic and grew conceited, making Princess Qing restless.

"Winning and losing are regular occurrences of warfare; we have strengths over others, and others have strengths over us. Why get worked up?" Prince Qing noticed his wife’s excitement, thinking she was upset, thus offering comfort.

Though he felt uneasy as well, if it were other losses, they would be more acceptable. Losing in a mere game seemed incompetent for their side, but there was no choice. It would have to be redeemed in tomorrow’s other competitions.

Princess Qing was momentarily stunned upon hearing this, but soon realized her husband misunderstood her. She immediately wanted to explain, "No, it’s because—"

"Pei, I see you still have leisure to chatter; is there a solution?" the emperor glanced around and finally fixed his gaze on Pei Ji’an, who was chatting with his wife.

The emperor was very satisfied with Pei Ji’an’s usual performance, knowing this minister was capable. Seeing his demeanor now, the emperor felt reassured.

Indeed, worthy of being the face of our dynasty.

Pei Ji’an was slightly turned to talk with Qu Fulan, specifically discussing magic, knowing that today’s matter might need her intervention but also needing her confirmation.

Qu Fulan said she could handle it; could he not smile? Just then, as he smiled, the emperor caught him.

Pei Ji’an’s half-body obstructed Qu Fulan, and with the emperor’s mind on the competition, he wasn’t inclined to focus on his minister’s wife, just catching a glimpse before moving on.

With his name called, Pei Ji’an naturally had to stand and speak.

"Reply to Your Majesty, I was merely discussing the princess’s technique with my wife, and speaking of amusing parts, that’s why I laughed."

The emperor listened, bewildered. Was there still the mood to discuss others’ techniques at such a time? But the emperor also felt that with Pei Ji’an’s character, he wouldn’t do something frivolous; there must be a reason, so the emperor calmly continued asking, "What amusing parts?"

Pei Ji’an continued, "The princess’s technique is full of flaws, quite amusing."

As soon as this was said, one wouldn’t speak of the princess’s reaction; the ministers and young masters and mistresses below couldn’t sit still.

"What flaws? What flaws are there? Since when did Princely Heir Pei become so irresponsible in speech?"

"This is a matter of national importance, not to be trifled with! And discussing it with his wife, has he become reckless since marrying? Truly, marrying unwisely brings many troubles."

"I’ve heard rumors that the Heir Pei’s wife was said to possess beauty unrivaled in the capital, surpassing the five beauties. I thought it exaggerated, but seeing it now, I understand they weren’t exaggerating. But this enchantress manner is clearly not from a proper background."