Chapter 771 - 736: War of Words
Huangfu Yuxuan looked at him, his gaze unwavering, and said, "Do you think what you desire can come true?"
The meaning of these words was unclear to others, but Huangfu Jingchen understood well. He smiled, a youthful and carefree smile, clear like the wind, bright like a mirror, and said with confidence and certainty, "Sincerity can move mountains, there’s a saying: sincerity brings success!"
Upon hearing this, Prince Xin’s son strolled over and laughed, "Sincerity brings success? What is our Jingchen trying to accomplish with sincerity? Is he planning to pray to Buddha?" With that, he burst into laughter himself!
Huangfu Yuxuan’s lips curled up. Though he was aware of Prince Lu’s son and Prince Xin’s son’s attitude of watching from the sidelines and their slight desire for chaos, he didn’t care in the least.
Capital City, Capital City, this is the capital of Nanxia, the foundation of Nanxia, the Imperial City! Compared to someone who has continuously worked towards something in this city, sending people to manage affairs here is still inferior.
As princes, how could Prince Lu and Prince Xin not have such thoughts? But having such thoughts and being able to accomplish them are two different things entirely.
No matter how many thoughts they have now, can’t they only hide them away like petty people?
Though young, he has been operating for many years—how could he be compared to ordinary people?
This Prince Lu’s son and Prince Xin’s son, how long have they lived in the Capital City as they grew up?
They can only engage in petty actions like mice in the shadows!
Huangfu Jingchen wasn’t angry; instead, he laughed and said, "Praying to Buddha or doing things, don’t they all require sincerity to be effective?"
Everyone laughed, and Huangfu Yuxuan meaningfully said, "Sincerity is nothing but comfort; otherwise, why the saying: plans are made by men, but success is from Heaven?"
The Heaven he referred to was obviously not the real sky.
Huangfu Jingchen understood, his implication was so clear.
Huangfu Jingchen’s character was not made of clay; he naturally realized the provocation in Huangfu Yuxuan’s tone. He smiled and said, "Cousin is right, plans are made by men, but success is from Heaven!"
Though the words were the same, the meaning was entirely different.
Huangfu Yuxuan didn’t gain any advantage in words; he was both annoyed and resentful at heart. This person wouldn’t concede even a little in argument; to make him yield, it wouldn’t be easy.
He had already devised a plan for Grandfather to consider driving those princely heirs out of the Capital City, but it couldn’t be immediately implemented due to Grandfather’s birthday... really...
Thinking of the rotten idea that allowed all the princely heirs into the Capital City, devised by Prince Zhuang, he felt that Gongyang Puyu should administer some strong medicine once more. This thing, which accomplishes nothing but spoils, needed a good lesson to ease the heartfelt resentment!
He also smiled and said, "Jingchen sees it openly indeed!"
After speaking, he walked to a side and sat down.
This indicated he did not intend to continue further.
Huangfu Jingchen originally also had no intention to argue verbally and naturally didn’t mind, returning to his seat.
The places where the two sat weren’t far apart; after all, Huangfu Yuxuan had approached Huangfu Jingchen first. The sparring in words, only they knew each other’s wit and the meaning between them, only they knew the direct opposition in each other’s hearts.
To outsiders, it just seemed like enthusiastic banter between cousins.
Huangfu Yuxuan cared about his image; he would never leave room for criticism of being at odds with his cousin.
After the two were seated, Prince Xin’s son and Prince Lu’s son didn’t idle around.
There was no more commotion here, and neither continued; the spectacle was not to be seen, what a pity!
However, since it couldn’t be seen, it couldn’t. One is the son of the former deposed Crown Prince, the other the son of a prince not favored by the Emperor; their conflict was just for amusement, what impact on the bigger picture?
Prince Xin’s son looked around, slightly surprised, and said, "Prince Ning’s banquet here is lively—it seems quite a few invitations were sent out, with so many talented young men, elegant gentlemen!"
Prince Lu’s son smiled slightly, saying, "Prince Zhuang’s young cousin is too small; otherwise, he could make our gathering of brothers livelier!"
Prince Zhuang indeed has several adult sons, but they are all born of concubines. These legitimate princely heirs disdain interacting with those sons of concubines. So they only acknowledge the eleven-year-old legitimate son, Huangfu Wei.
Prince Xin’s son folded the fan he held in his right hand, striking it against his left palm, producing a ’pop’ sound, and said, "Have you heard? Our pure and upright Right Minister’s family has a daughter."