Third person POV
Liu Weisheng was really amazed, he didn't blink at all when he watched Hong er. It seemed like his world had stopped moving, he just wants to reach out to her and hides her in his bedroom. He noticed many guys were looking at his Hong er with those pervert eyes, especially that Da Chu crown prince. He glared at Long Shangu but Long Shangu didn't notice it at all, he was too busy thinking how to make Hong er his woman.
Xu Tingfeng and Bai Huiqing enthusiastically clapped their hands like a seal, the audience were woken up by their claps. When they finally graspsd what had happened, they happily clapped and shouted ' good , very good'. Liu Weisheng was clapping and smiling underneath his mask, if the girls knew this, they would puke blood.
Hong er stepped forward and bowed to the emperor. She purposely made a little tornado to scare him but she didn't think that it would scare him until he couldn't talk. After a while, the emperor opened his mouth.
Emperor: " Reward."
Hong er bowed again and thanked the emperor. Then she went to Liu Weisheng and kneeled on one knee, she held up the sword with two hands.
Hong er: " From the bottom of my heart, I really appreciate His Highness' help. Thank you very much."
Liu Weisheng nodded and the sword disappeared from Hong er's hands. Hong er didn't give him another glance and went back to her seat. She sat there like she had nothing to do. The emperor was glaring dagger at Hong er, he was thinking how to marry her to the royal family. If she marry one of the prince, that Xu Tingfeng wouldn't dare to do anything as his daughter's life is in his hand. He can take the Xu family's military power and controlling Xu Tingfeng will be easier.
After thinking for a while, he decided to ask Hong er.
Emperor: " Feihong, how old are you this year?"
Hong er smirked, ' So he is gonna do it this way.'
Hong er: " Replying to His Majesty. I will be 8 years old this spring."
Emperor: " Do you have any candidate as your marriage partner?"
Hong er: " No, Your Majesty."
Emperor: " Then what will you do with your marriage?"
Hong er: " I don't think about marriage yet as I still have a long way to go."
Emperor: "Do you have anyone you are interested in? What do you think about the princes?"
Hong er: " I don't have anyone that I am interested in."
The emperor became speechless, ' she purposely dodged the last question.' He couldn't ask any further regarding Hong er's marriage or else people will think that he had nothing to do but matchmaking underage kid.
He started to get frustrated by Hong er, she is smarter than he thought. He could only give up for now, maybe he will pursue this matter when she almost enters the marriageable age. Now he needs to know how strong she is. The tornado she created before showes that she is quite powerful for her age. He can use a tournament to test her strength.
Emperor: " Then how about participating the Spring Tournament?"
Hong er had heard about this tournament from Xu Tingfeng, there are 4 tournaments every 4 years. Each tournament was named after the seasons of the year and every year the tournament will be different. This year will be the Spring Tournament, next year will be the Summer Tournament and goes on. That's why each tournament has different winner because of the season and the element power of the participants. If it is winter, the winner would mostly be the ice element user.
Hong er looked at Xu Tingfeng's and Bai Huiqing's eyes before she replied. Hong er could understand what they want by just looking at their eyes. Maybe this is because they are close to each other unlike those other power thirsty family.
Hong er: " Yes, I will participate the tournament."
The emperor was delighted that she had fallen into his trap but he didn't realize that he was the one that fell into her trap.
Emperor: " Hahaha, good good. Then how about Da Qi crown prince?"
Liu Weisheng only shake his head without saying anything. The emperor was a bit annoyed by Liu Weisheng but he held back because Liu Weisheng almost held the same power as the Da Qi emperor.
Emperor: " Is that so? What a pity that I couldn't see your performances."
Liu Weisheng had won the tournament once when he was 7 years old. He swept all the challenger with just one movement and since then he never join the tournament again. He doesn't even show up to watch the tournament.
The tournament didn't differentiate women or men but it was divided to ages. The beginner level was from 6-10 years old, the amateur level was from 11-16 years old, the advanced level was from 17-30 years old, the master level was from 31-50 years old, and the expert level was up to 51 years old.
If there are winners from the lower level but their power were higher than their supposed age, they could challenge the winner of the higher level. If the challenger win, they could stay on that lever and challenge the higher level next year.
Hong er: ' I'm just gonna stay low.'