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Chapter 179 - 99: Emotional Expert Jiuyue

Chapter 179: Chapter 99: Emotional Expert Jiuyue

After the night of the political coup, the Third Prince, under the strong recommendation of a self-proclaimed emotional expert Jiuyue, took a direct approach and confessed his feelings to Cai Die, resulting in a crowd-pleasing conclusion.

It was said in the Imperial Court that the affection of the Third Prince was known to all.

Everyone could see it, except for Cai Die, who always refused to believe it, and even Yi Wuyang, who had been single all his life, could tell.

But Cai Die had her own perspective.

The Third Prince always acted like a playboy, how could anyone know which of his words was jest and which were sincere?

As the personal maid to the Third Prince, she would find a vast collection of books like "Universe Beauty Appreciation Compendium" in his room every day. Before, as just a maid, she couldn’t manage these matters, but now, the Third Prince hadn’t shown any discretion, even openly reading such books during solemn book fairs, not even bothering to disguise it.

Even middle school students know to slip a textbook cover on their novels!

This immediately made Cai Die unbearably annoyed.

"Don’t be angry first," the emotional expert Jiuyue consoled Cai Die, "You just said after he confessed to you, he hasn’t changed. This just proves that he isn’t fooling you but genuinely likes these kinds of books."

This is also being consistent and faithful from the beginning.

He didn’t abandon the hobbies that had accompanied him for years because he fell in love.

Cai Die pushed on the black-framed glasses, which the Third Prince had insisted she wear, even though she didn’t actually have nearsightedness.

Having taken care of the Third Prince for so many years, she knew him too well, including his incurable obsession with maids, utilizing his privilege to custom-order a dozen maid outfits from HIVE Company.

Cai Die blandly concluded, "These interests you’re talking about can be summarized as lecherous."

"Here’s the question."

Jiuyue put her hands on her shoulders and asked, "Aside from you, has the Third Prince ever been lecherous towards other women?"

"Those in the magazines are."

"What about in real life?"

"Not really."

Not only did he not, but he would actively avoid the ones who threw themselves at him during cocktail parties.

However, Cai Die suspected that this might also be because the Third Prince had set his standards too high after looking at too many magazines; the beauties featured were from the most attractive races across different star systems, where "humans" did not rank very high.

"Exactly, this shows he is using this behavior to catch your attention."

"Catch my attention? Why would he use this method to catch my attention?"

Cai Die didn’t understand. This would only keep lowering her impression of the Third Prince. Although she had never been in a relationship, she knew some theory.

If you like someone, shouldn’t you show them your best side?

Yet, the Third Prince presented his best side to business partners, able to leave all his partners with a favorable impression, including the executives of Universe Company. But the moment he returned to his own abode, this *character would just sit on the couch and flip through his "Universe Beauty Appreciation Compendium"!

Looking at it made Cai Die always want to run a vacuum cleaner over the back of his head as she passed by him.

That darn book had already released 36 issues and was still being updated steadily.

Cai Die felt the universe was full of people with too much free time, possessing the ability to traverse star systems only to ogle the beauties of other planets.

"For that, you’d have to ask the Third Prince himself. Come on, Ying Tian student, please explain why you wanted to draw Cai Die’s attention like this?"

Jiuyue threw the topic to the Third Prince.

Upon reflecting a bit more, she suddenly realized that the Third Prince’s little tricks bore a striking resemblance to that of middle schoolers who didn’t know how to interact with the opposite sex and could only play pranks to get their attention.

Relationships with middle schoolers were exhausting, and she indeed preferred Mr. Mingyuan, who was free from low-level tastes.

"Ah? Explain, explain what?"

The Third Prince was also stumped by the question, dodging under Cai Die’s sharp gaze.

"Like this, tell me what you like the most about Cai Die, and answer immediately!"

"Of course, she verbally unwilling, her eyes filled with disdain, yet she would always put on the maid costume I had custom-made for her, and the glasses..."

Upon hearing this, Cai Die was greatly shocked.

The emotion expert Jiuyue summarized, "So you’re saying that you really like it when Cai Die puts on the maid costume and then looks at you with eyes full of disgust."

"Right! Ah, no, Cai Die, listen to me, theoretically speaking..."

The Third Prince, in a moment of candor, only realized what an outrageous thing he had admitted—and it was during the book club with six members.

Even Ning Ruyue, who wasn’t interested in the matter, diverted her gaze from the sheet music and cast a surprised glance at him.

"It’s quite common."

Jiuyue continued playing the role of emotion expert today, informing Cai Die, "Nowadays, many people in society like this sort of atmosphere."

"If that’s the case, you could have just told me directly."

Cai Die took a deep breath, calming the ripples in her heart.

This was the professional etiquette of an Imperial Court house manager, she thanked Jiuyue in her heart and also felt amazed that fox demons were described in the books as monsters who understood the human heart. Previously, she had only been angry, never having looked at the issue from this perspective.

"It’s not—"

"The book club has ended, so could you please not keep humiliating yourself here? There’s still much to be done in the resting palace."

?

The elder, Yi Wuyang, sat in a chair directly facing the library entrance, watching as Cai Die and the Third Prince filed out one after the other.

Wait, did something outrageous just happen?

The Third Prince was actually scorned by a servant.

Such insolence, a great disrespect.

But why did the Third Prince seem to be quite happy?

"Mr. Mingyuan, I’d like to go and eat some skewered chicken."

Having resolved the two individuals’ emotional issues, Jiuyue stretched languorously, feeling a sense of accomplishment, then stealthily pocketed the "Universe Beauty Appreciation Complete Guide" left on the table by Cai Die.

She wasn’t usually interested in this kind of thing, but it was said that the author who compiled the book visited countless planets and, through the objective analysis of a professional team, created this magazine claimed to be authoritative.

Since the magazine bore the flag of "science" and "objectivity," then the nine-tailed fox must surely be ranked first.

She would take a look at what this was all about while eating skewered chicken in a bit.

Jiuyue naturally took Duan Mingyuan’s arm, leaning on him as they walked out of the library, chatting and laughing.

It was a long while before the silvery laughter seemed to still echo in the library.

The elder facing the library’s entrance, Yi Wuyang, belatedly remembered that he had important academic questions to discuss with Duan Mingyuan today—questions of great importance regarding the inheritance of the Yin Yang Technique.

Yi Wuyang had not expected the Third Prince to deliver such an unexpected blow to him today.

What’s with these youngsters?

They can’t walk if they’re not paired off, can they?

Thankfully, the Elder Princess was still in the library.

Misery loves company.

Yi Wuyang looked toward the princess and cleared his throat, asking, "Your Highness, the Elder Princess, where do you think the end of the universe is? What is the meaning of life?"

The two of them gazed at each other for a long time.

Who knew if the Elder Princess had any interest in the Yin Yang Technique and how capable she was?

Without waiting for Yi Wuyang to continue, Ning Ruyue stood up, bowed deeply to the elder who seemed to be losing his grip on reality, then packed up her music sheets and quickly walked away.