Friend? (1)

Ouyang Xun was once again the first one to react as he asked in a shaky voice, "Bet? Your highness, what do, do you mean by a bet?"

Yang Xi Ruo just casually said, "It's very simple, a bet is a bet. I'll make a bet that Jun Xie will be able to beat any one of your followers at next week's ranking exam."

Ouyang Xun deeply knitted his brows when he heard this as his mind began racing, trying to figure out what Yang Xi Ruo's goal in doing this was.

But no matter how fast his mind turned, he wasn't able to figure out a single thing…

After all, this seemed just too willful and too nonsensical to actually have a goal.

Jun Xie was someone who came from a merchant family. Even if his family did well for themselves, they didn't have any status or influence like the nobles did. There was 

nothing about his family that made it worth standing up for him.