The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

526: Flower King

“Let me announce the final winner.
It is the unknown flower submitted by Miss Feng Wu!” An old man with long, white hair had gone on stage and announced the winner as he pointed to the little flower.

The little flower actually won first place in the competition! How could this be?!

Juntian was shocked.
None of the other rare flowers the Feng family sent in received the honor, and yet this five-coin flower managed to get it.
It was the lowest cost of any other previous Flower King!

The staff urged Feng Wu to take the stage and receive the trophy.
It really was a trophy and a beautiful one at that, with the words “Flower King” engraved on it.
Quite lovely.

The trophy was actually a wonderful magic item that could be used to nourish flowers and cure plant diseases.

Feng Wu, under the jealous and envious eyes of many, went on stage to accept the trophy and take the little flower back home.

The little flower had won the title so it wouldn’t be long before people from all the big families would visit to see it.

Madam Lan was busy again.
Tianhang heaped praised on Feng Wu; his daughter had such good eyesight, even with a random flower, she could win the flower king competition.

Feng Wu and Ming Xi chatted for a long time that night.
She told him how the little flower had won the title of Flower King.
Ming Xi praised her so much her lips and eyes were practically frozen in a smile.
She eventually fell asleep.

Back at the Ancient Silver Moon kingdom, Ming Xi could not sleep.
His hand would take another three months to heal and he wouldn’t be able to go back to see Feng Wu until then.
It was such a long time to wait.
What if the Flower King had some kind of strange ability and attracted flirts to Feng Wu?

Ming Xi was just starting to worry when a delicate voice interrupted his thoughts.

“Brother Ming Xi!” A beautiful girl in a white gauzy dress jumped over and grabbed Ming Xi’s hand.

“Hua Jin, why are you here?” Ming Xi hid the helplessness in his eyes and willed some energy from his reserves to deal with her.

“Brother Ming Xi, your hand still hasn’t healed yet.
Why did you get out of bed? I will help you back to your room so you can rest!” The girl named Hua Jin said with a distressed expression on her face.

“No need.” Ming Xi pulled his hand back and kept his distance from Hua Jin.
“I hurt my hands, not my feet, so I don’t need to hide in bed all day.”

Hua Jin was not giving up.
“Then I will accompany you to the garden.
I heard Auntie ordered people to bring over many new precious flowers.”

“No need, no need.
I still have things to do.
You can take your time and view them yourself.” Ming Xi turned around and left without waiting for a reply from Hua Jin or waiting to see if she could keep up.

“Brother Ming Xi, Brother Ming Xi!” Hua Jin tried to chase after him but was too slow.
She finally gave up and angrily sat down to vent her anger out on the flowers.
The poor plants were unceremoniously yanked out.

Hua Jin was his elder aunt’s daughter, his direct cousin from his mother’s side.
They had grown up together and she had over time developed feelings for him.

The empress knew Hua Jin had feelings for Ming Xi, but she didn’t interfere and try to discourage it and instead simply allowed their young feelings to flow naturally.

Hua Jin was a good candidate to be the next empress, both publicly and privately.
The current empress thought Hua Jin was a cute and innocent girl who obviously adored Ming Xi.
But most importantly, Hua Jin’s pedigree was appropriately high since she came from a prominent family.

The empress was satisfied since all her conditions were met so she was happy Hua Jin was chasing after Ming Xi.

A pity, even though Hua Jin had been chasing after Ming Xi since she was a little girl over ten years ago, she had made absolutely no progress.
She was anxious and afraid Ming Xi would find someone, but so far, he had not shown interest in anyone.

This gave her hope.
She would have a chance as long as Ming Xi didn’t fall in love with anyone.

Lately though his attitude had changed.
She had seen him a few times staring dazedly with a silly smile on his face as he talked to a girl through his communication crystal.
Even through the crystal, Hua Jin could tell the dark-haired girl was very cute.

Hua Jin couldn’t stand to see the person she loved fall in love with someone else, so she clung to Ming Xi even more tightly, hoping he would notice her.
But all it did was annoy Ming Xi even more.

Hua Jin was in tears.
How was she not as good as that dark-haired girl?! Why wouldn’t Ming Xi give her a chance?!

A gleeful voice rang out as Hua Jin was weeping sadly to herself.

“Oh, if it isn’t Cousin Hua Jin.
Did you get rejected by my older brother again?” The empress’s daughter, Princess Beiya walked over to Hua Jin’s side.

Beiya wasn’t as beautiful as Ming Xi, but she was still gorgeous, having inherited both their parent’s good looks.
Not being as pretty didn’t sit well with her and she wished her brother didn’t set the beauty standard so high.
Honestly, how could he be more pretty than her?

“It is none of your business.” Hua Jin ignored Beiya after answering the question.
She turned around intending to leave, but Beiya stopped her.

“Hua Jin, why don’t you stop pestering my brother? He doesn’t like you, and besides that, he already has someone he’s interested in.”

“You say Brother Ming Xi has someone he’s interested in? Why wasn’t I informed of this?” Hua Jin thought about the dark-haired girl and her heart became uneasy.

Could that be the person Brother Ming Xi liked?

“What? You’re not my sister, why would I tell you anything about my family?”

“I am going to marry Brother Ming Xi and be his wife.” Hua Jin stated firmly.

“My brother doesn’t like you.
I’ll tell you a secret.
My brother has already spoken with Father, and Father agreed he could marry the girl he likes.
You’ve just wasted years chasing after him.
Hurry up and go home already.”

After saying so, Beiya skipped away without waiting for Hua Jin’s response.

Hua Jin cried and ran out of the palace.
She wanted to ask her aunt for clarification.
There was no way Ming Xi could like someone else! Absolutely impossible!

She cried all the way to the Moon empress’s courtyard.

The empress lived alone in a courtyard just on the outskirts of the palace and spent her free time gardening and feeding fish.

The sight of Hua Jin crying as she ran to the courtyard took the empress by surprise.
Her niece didn’t like to cry, but every time she did it was over Ming Xi.

To cry so hard this time, it had to be something big.