Chapter 4647 — Which of Us Is Better Looking
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Isn't it obvious? She came to his door regardless of her own reputation—when a woman's lifelong honor is at stake, what woman under heaven would joke about such a thing?" Kang Jingming said, craning his neck.
The crowd nodded in agreement. A woman's honor was a grave matter wherever one went—so it was in the North Island, and all the more so in the West Island, where women ruled supreme. The women here merely held high status; that did not mean they lacked the sense of shame proper to their sex.
"Oh, a woman's honor is indeed important. But first let me ask you a question: which of us is better looking, me or her?" Ning Xuefei suddenly changed tack.
"Huh?!" Kang Jingming was dumbstruck, and the whole hall with him. Every face turned strange as people looked back and forth between Ning Xuefei and the woman. Ning Xuefei possessed a beauty that came once in a generation, while the other woman's looks were middling at best—one in heaven, one on earth. The answer was plain at a glance.
Kang Jingming had no idea what she was driving at, but he dared not speak wildly. This was the heart of the West Island; if he openly declared that Ning Xuefei, princess of the West Island, was not beautiful, would he not be courting death?
Besides, that would be bald-faced nonsense. Anyone with eyes knew the answer; even if his brains had turned to water, Kang Jingming would not dare give the other answer...
"The princess, of course," Kang Jingming had no choice but to answer honestly.
"Since you think the princess the better looking, then it is strange indeed. Let me ask you: if it were you, would you choose me or her?" Ning Xuefei pressed on.
The hall erupted at that. People could not help exchanging glances, and even Yan Xinlan frowned. What on earth was the girl selling in that gourd of hers?
"That... the princess, naturally..." Kang Jingming traded a baffled look with Xu Lingchong and could only keep answering. After all, this was no real choice at all—set Ning Xuefei beside that woman, and even a fool knew whom to pick.
"Well then, since even you know how to choose, why would Wei Zhao not choose me and choose her instead? Or do you truly believe Wei Zhao is a fool who cannot tell beauty from ugliness?" A note of triumph crept into the curve of Ning Xuefei's lips.
"That..." Kang Jingming was struck dumb. What kind of godforsaken logic was this? It had nothing to do with Wei Zhao taking a woman and casting her off, did it?
Yet faced with Ning Xuefei's question, he was for the moment speechless. Her words were a stretch, perhaps, but not entirely without reason—and the crux was that this was the princess of the West Island. What nerve would Kang Jingming have to defy her to her face?
And not Kang Jingming alone: everyone present wore a look of baffled admiration. Even the woman, deep in her performance, forgot to weep and could only stare blankly at Ning Xuefei, unable to summon a word for a long while. (To be continued.) xh118R1052