Chapter 146: Zhanliu Manor
The moment those words landed, Hu Rui'an froze briefly, and when he came back to himself, he could not help the flush that crept across his aged face. He quickly cleared his throat and said, "Your Highness is joking. A man of my years, how could I possibly bring myself to enter a martial arts competition for a bride?"
"And even if, for the sake of argument, I did have some wish to take a wife, I would absolutely never become that Shen Liancheng's son-in-law."
Hearing this, Li Musheng gave a nod, feeling it was for the best that the man had no such intentions.
Otherwise, at his age and with his appearance, if he were going to go after someone so much younger than himself, Li Musheng would have been too embarrassed to share a table with him at the feast, let alone acknowledge knowing him.
At this point, Hu Rui'an's expression shifted slightly, and he said, "If Your Highness is interested, you could always try your hand on the competition platform."
"Rumor has it that the Third Young Miss of Zhanliu Manor made a name for herself throughout the martial world of Great Li before even reaching twenty. She is said to be not only strikingly beautiful, but a remarkable young woman of both scholarly and martial accomplishment, and there is no shortage of outstanding young men from the martial world seeking her hand."
Li Musheng raised an eyebrow and gave him a look, then said with a meaningful tone, "Does Commissioner Hu really think I would go up on a platform and compete in a martial arts contest for a bride?"
Hearing this, Hu Rui'an paused briefly, then furrowed his brow slightly and shook his head.
He had assumed Li Musheng simply looked down on a martial world woman like the Third Young Miss of Zhanliu Manor, given his standing as a Great Li prince.