This was the effect Chen Xiaofei wanted. He used the Green Lotus to draw everyone's attention so they wouldn't notice him kneeling down before Xia Yun.
Behind a few blooming Green Lotuses, Chen Xiaofei half-knelt on the ground. "Look, I've never even knelt before the Emperor, so you've got to give me a little face here. So many people are waiting and watching..."
"That's just your idea, I didn't say a single word." Xia Yun had no intention of spending money, and she didn't even want to raise her head, speaking with a tone of utter exasperation. "Have you forgotten the hunger we endured all the way here? The freezing cold we suffered? It was all because we had no money. Now that we finally have some, you... you're actually going to squander it?"
Chapter 177