For a moment, no one in the side hall spoke, and the atmosphere grew increasingly tense.
The middle-aged man, seemingly oblivious to the gravity of the situation, continued to babble to the old king, "Your Majesty, rest assured, after you marry your two beautiful princesses to me, I will offer a generous dowry!"
The old king, "..." Was this man blind? Or did he think the king was blind, that he would marry his precious daughters to someone like him...
Seeing that the old king still remained silent, the middle-aged man grew impatient. However, casting a glance at the frosty-faced maiden not far away, he suppressed his impatience and continued to make promises, "You needn't worry. Once the two princesses are brought back, as long as they don't make trouble for my other women, I will treat them well!"
The old king, "..." Look at that, was that even human talk...
Glancing at Ming Li nearby, the old king finally suppressed his temper and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Seeing that the old king had spoken, the man cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will always do as I say."
The old king frowned, "Let's put aside whether you can do it or not. What I'm asking now is, what did you mean by what you just said?"
Seeing the old king's displeasure, the man asked in confusion, "What do I mean?"
The old king, "Are you implying that you not only want to marry my two daughters, but you also have a harem full of women?"
The man, "Is there a problem with that? Isn't it normal for a man to have three thousand beauties in his harem?"
Upon hearing this, the old king could no longer hold back. With a blank expression, he shouted towards the door, "Guards, throw him out immediately!"
Hearing this, the two guards stationed outside the door quickly entered, lifted the stunned man, and dragged him towards the exit.
The man reacted, struggled free from the guards' hands, and said indignantly, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by that?"
The old king, "My children are all my treasures. I will not marry them to a man like you!"
Seeing that the man was still trying to entangle himself, the old king impassively shouted, "Big Black, throw him out for me!"
Big Black, hearing this, put down the meat bone in his mouth, ran over quickly, and asked, "Old man, throw who out?"
The old king twitched the corner of his mouth and pointed at the man nearby, "Him."
"Deal, but I want ten meat bones!"
The old king, "Why? Didn't you only want five before?"
Big Black glanced at the man nearby, rolled his eyes speechlessly, and said, "He's too fat and drains my energy. If I don't get ten bones, I won't help you!"
The old king, "..." Fine! Ten it is. As the dignified ruler of a nation, could he not afford ten meat bones?
Hearing this, Big Black nodded in satisfaction, shook his head, and walked towards the middle-aged man. Before the man could even react, he bit down on his collar, swung him around twice in the air, and then flung him out...
The man, "..." Who was he? Where was he? Why was he flying?
Watching the man fly away, Ming Li's eyes darkened. She turned back and asked the system in her space as she walked, "Has my sack been washed clean?"
The system brought out its long-neglected small candles and wiped them, saying, "Host, it was washed clean long ago."
Ming Li, "That's good."