"Hey, even though I'm tall but my feet aren't as wide as you, when you walk." Bai Lung replied with a sullen face and tightly closed his lips as if he didn't want even a small insect to enter his small mouth.
"That's why you have to run from the north end around the four kingdoms every morning so that your legs can be long and not short like that," said Zhu Lung, not wanting to be defeated by Bai Lung while demonstrating a fast-running style in front of everyone.
"Ugh…. Then You just run away like that." Bai Lung made a sullen face.
"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed except for Qing Yang, who until now had her head lowered, embarrassed.
"Come, let's go to the dining room, I think it's time for lunch" the emperor's voice stopped the Dragon Kings laughing.
The emperor stood up, walked over to Qing Yang, stretched out his hand, "Come, Miss Shu," said the emperor.
Qing Yang who was still embarrassed, hesitated to raise her hand to accept the emperor's hand. with a face that is still red, her head is still bowed, inwardly she hopes that everyone around her disappears for second. So that she could raise her head and accept the emperor's hand.
The emperor smiled faintly at Qing Yang's doubts, he gently held her hand to attract her attention. Immediately Qing Yang looked up and looked at the emperor.
"Ignore them," said the emperor curtly, concisely, and clearly.
Reluctantly Qing Yang stood up, she was still trying to hide her flushed face by lowering her head slightly as she walked side by side with the emperor towards the palace dining room. Behind the three men who approached them in the small hut earlier. And she was a little grateful for that, at least they wouldn't notice her misbehavior along the way.
"See, you should make efforts to lengthen your short legs, Hui Zhong, you see, you're behind us again." Zhu Lung sneered at Bai Lung, whose left was a few steps behind the two dragon kings walking in front of him.
"If you can't run around the four kingdoms every morning, at least run around your little kingdom, at least you can make your short legs a little longer." Zhu Lung kept on pranking Bai Lung. Causing Qing Lung to shake his head occasionally glancing at the emperor, giving off a smile that couldn't help but reflect the childish act of the other two dragon kings.
Along the way, the two dragon kings, Zhu Lung and Bai Lung, kept on throwing words, and mocking each other but both knew that it was just a joke. To create an intimate atmosphere because they rarely get together like this.
On the other hand, Qing Yang was just silent, not uttering a single word. Besides, she didn't know what to say and didn't want to embarrass herself in front of the people she just met.
She made sure her footsteps were steady and firm, not wanting to lose her balance and fall. These were other manners that Grandma Fen Fang taught in manners when meeting other people, let alone from royal people.
Even though it was only commoners, Grandma made sure that manners were to be followed by everyone, moreover, she taught strictly for the children in the Xiao Hai House. And Qing Yang followed every teaching taught by Grandma obediently.
For that she wasn't too restless and flustered at times like this, it was just that the words of praise from one of the men and the emperor made her a little embarrassed.
They walked through one building to another, from corridor to another corridor and turn over every building they passed. Small gardens adorn around each building.
Qing Yang tried to remember each route they took, she thought that if in the future she had to go to one of the buildings by order of the emperor, so she already knew the way and didn't get lost.
After passing through several buildings, they finally arrived at the palace dining room. And as the emperor said, it was already lunch time because the meal was ready at the dining table in the palace dining room.
There are about twenty types of food served on the dining table. In addition to the main menu, there are sweets from both fruits and vegetables, there are cakes. The main menu itself has crab soup, fish soup, stir-fry vegetable, steam fish, sweet and sour fried fish, fried squid and many others.
The dish tends to be fish ingredients, it is clear because the yellow kingdom is on the northeast coast. And on average, both royals and ordinary people like to eat fish.
The emperor sat in the chair that was available to the emperor, at the head of the table. Qing Yang was asked by the emperor to sit on his left side. Then continued Qing Lung's at the right side who was sitting next is Zhu Lung, while Bai Lung was sitting one seat from next to Qing Yang. Because basically in every dragon kings gathered event, Qing Yang's sitting position now was Xuan Lung seat and then next is Bai Lung. So if Xuan Lung came he would sit next to Qing Yang.
The Dragon Kings sat leisurely in their respective places.
"Hey… where is Hai Zian, why hasn't he shown up yet, if this morning's audience he wasn't present, he's never been present at every royal meeting. Except for those related to him, he just come. But he's never late for a lunch like this." Bai Lung exclaimed with his right-hand finger brushing his chin. there was a frown on his face, deep in thought.
"Yeah, he doesn't usually come late like this, it's normal before we are here, he's always sitting at his place waiting for us," added Zhu Lung, complementing Bai Lung's curiosity.
"He has come this morning, maybe he is on the edge of the cliff of the east seacoast, you know his favourite spot to enjoy the atmosphere there," the emperor added, so that the other two dragon kings were not too curious.
Just then, a creaking sound came from the dining room door. Xuan Lung's face appeared as he stepped in. Still in the same clothes from the morning he appeared at the spring pavilion.
"Ah talk to the person, and person come" Qing Lung said with a big smile on his lips.
Qing Yang saw the figure entering, her heart pounded. Because it was this Mister who this morning took her to a place she had never been before. Her memory flashed as she recalled the experience, she had this morning with him.
The emperor saw Qing Yang's reaction then glanced briefly at Xuan Lung. His eyes stared intently at Xuan Lung. However, seeing Xuan Lung's flat face, the emperor did not suspect any further. he gazes looked at her again with a question mark in his eyes.
Qing Yang realized that a pair of eyes gaze at her, she tried to calm herself so not to look agitated.
The steps are steady. His eyes were flat, dark, but sparkling. He slowly walked over and was about to sit on the chair where he used to sit but when he saw that his seat was already filled by Qing Yang. his jaw clenched as he gritted his teeth a little but luckily it wasn't too noticeable.
Then he saw the seat next to Qing Yang was empty, he pulled the chair out and he sat there. He sat relaxed by leaning his body on the back of the chair and then looked around at everyone at the dining table with a flat smile.
"I don't think you all know Miss Shu, I'll introduce her to you all. This is Miss Shu Qing Yang, who will be taking the scholar exams at the mooncake festival. We were arguing in the main hall earlier." The emperor told all the dragon kings with eyes looking at Qing Yang, whose nervous expression was evident on her face. Maybe because it was the first time she is meeting and sitting at the same table with all the kings of the four corners made her nervous and as usual she was wringing her fingers under the dining table which only kneaded three times had made her knuckles pale from squeezing too hard.
Qing Yang just bowed her head as she looked around and smiled without saying a word. Afraid that the words that came out of her mouth sounded trembling with nervousness.