After receiving the news, the imperial court acted quickly, setting up a separate courtyard for Princess Xichi and staffing her with many people to serve her. In comparison, her treatment was more than ten times better than that of those smelly men.
Princess Xichi kept complaining to Chu Ci all the way, saying that the people of Qi Dynasty were too ignorant of etiquette.
Chu Ci just wanted her to shut up and said that others were ignorant of etiquette. Before that, why didn't she examine herself first
Then when she returned to the inn, Princess Xichi was happy. She had been feeling aggrieved for a long time. However, she didn't feel happy for long because her other brother scolded her harshly, calling her a fool, an idiot, and a brainless person. In short, he belittled her and said she was worthless.
Princess Xichi was indignant at first, then she became angry and said without thinking, "Chu Cheng, you are just the illegitimate child of my father and my wife. Do you think you can be clean just by wiping it off? I don't know how many people in the whole Xichi Emperor know about it. Among all the adult princes, even those born to maids, even the seventh brother (Chu Ci), have a better chance of inheriting the throne than you. You are just like a stinky rat in the ditch, doing shameful things. Just look at the attitude of my father and those ministers, who will take you seriously? How dare you scold me like this? When we return to Xichi..."
Chu Ci was so frightened at this moment that he wanted to cover his stupid sister's mouth, but he didn't dare to, for fear that Chu Cheng, this evil ghost-like guy, would notice him and he would be in trouble.
"Guard" Chu Cheng stood straight, slightly lowered his eyes, and looked at his blood sister with a cold face. Amidst the other party's endless cursing, the hostility around him became more and more serious, and his eyes were so deep that it seemed as if he wanted to bite people.
The others had already stepped back a lot without realizing it, leaving Princess Xichi alone to face Chu Cheng. Gradually, this arrogant and willful princess finally realized that something was wrong, and her voice gradually weakened. When she met Chu Cheng's gaze, she couldn't help but shiver and subconsciously took two steps back. Chu Cheng stood up and walked over step by step, "Chu Cheng, what do you want to do?"
As they got closer, Princess Xichi couldn't stop feeling panic in her heart. She couldn't bear it any longer and turned around to run, but she was still a step too late. Chu Cheng grabbed her neck and dragged her back. He had no mercy at all and the force in his hands was enough to kill someone.
Princess Xichi's face flushed instantly, and she couldn't make a sound. She scratched Chu Cheng's hands with both hands, but it didn't work. Her slender and fragile neck seemed to make a slight cracking sound...
—Chu Cheng will really kill Yan Qing! This realization made Chu Ci's pupils shrink suddenly. He could no longer stay out of it and hurried forward, "Royal brother, Yan Qing is spoiled and ignorant. She will definitely not dare to do it again in the future. Please forgive her this time..."
Seeing Princess Yanqing rolling her eyes, others hurried forward to persuade her.
Chu Cheng finally let go at the last moment, and his breath entered Princess Yanqing's body, causing her to choke and cough violently. Chu Ci also supported her in time to prevent her from falling to the ground. It took her a while to recover. She looked at Chu Cheng with deep fear in her eyes.
"Yanqing, why don't you apologize to your brother? What are you standing there for? Hurry up--" Chu Ci winked at her and pinched her.
“Brother Huang, I, I was wrong. I’m sorry…” His voice was hoarse and trembling.
Chu Ci forced a smile, "Brother Emperor, this is an extraordinary period after all. Will you forgive Yan Qing this time?"
"roll!"
Chu Cheng did not dare to delay and immediately took Princess Yanqing away.
However, he did not dare to return to the courtyard prepared for Princess Yanqing. He stayed in the room where she had stayed for two nights. Looking at her neck that was already swollen, he sighed, "Yanqing, why did you say those hurtful words? Besides, even if you didn't experience Chu Cheng's temper in person when you were in Xichi Imperial Capital, you should have heard about it. Why did you stupidly bump into him? Now we are in Qichao Imperial City, which is far away from Xichi Imperial Capital. If he really does something to you, none of us can save him. Even if he is punished after we go back, you will be gone by then. Then, what is the point?"
Princess Yanqing's eyes were filled with tears, but her neck was so painful that she couldn't speak. The fear of being on the verge of death still lingered in her body. She had been brought up in pampered love and had never suffered such a crime.
Chu Ci touched her head, "Okay, just learn your lesson this time. Don't act recklessly outside. You must remember that this is not Xichi. Also, Chu Cheng's identity is my bodyguard. Xichi has a prince. You must remember this, especially now that you live alone and there are many people from Qichao around you. You must be careful at all times and not be exposed."
What else could he do? He naturally nodded and agreed.
She called a maid to apply medicine to her, and then she had to find a way to cover it up so that the people of Qi Chao could not find out. After all, the reasons behind this were hard to explain. If Chu Cheng's identity was exposed, Qi Chao would definitely suspect whether he had other intentions for concealing his identity. Moreover, if they knew that there was another prince, there was only one Prince Xichi in the open. If they didn't expose him, they might only let one go back.
Chu Ci pressed his brows. There was no doubt that Chu Cheng had a purpose, but he didn't know what the purpose was or how dangerous it was. If something really happened, he, the Prince of Xichi, would be the one to suffer.
However, it was impossible to completely conceal Princess Yanqing's abnormal behavior. After all, the people serving her closely were Xichi's own people, so it was still difficult to find out what exactly happened.
When Wei Tingyu received the news, he did not think about it further. Sometimes, it is enough to just keep a close eye on someone. No matter who the person is or what the purpose is, if you don't give them a chance, then you can't do anything.
Afterwards, Chu Ci continued to go out for a stroll as if nothing had happened. Sometimes Chu Cheng was there, sometimes not. However, Princess Yanqing had a serious neck injury and was in no mood to go out.
In the following days, people from other countries gradually arrived. It was not until the sixteenth that Emperor Xuanren seemed to have finally remembered them and summoned people from four countries, including Xichi, to the palace for a banquet.
The people of Xichi had been left out for long enough, and there was a lot of resentment throughout the entire delegation, especially as they felt that Qi Dynasty dared to neglect Xichi, a great country like them. It was clear that they did not take Xichi seriously. In the end, they held back, as they believed that when one force is strong against another, there would be no good result. Besides, Xichi was always in the wrong.
However, when Emperor Xuanren held a banquet for his guests, Xichi was undoubtedly angry at the fifteen countries that arrived. It was just a small country, so why was it "favored"? It was inexplicable that this small country was targeted by Xichi, but there was nothing to fear. Not only were they a vassal state of the Qi Dynasty, they also had a good relationship with the Qi Dynasty. Geographically, they were separated by an entire Qi Dynasty. The east and the west were "facing each other from a distance". Even if Xichi had an opinion, it was not threatening at all. In this case, even if you were powerful, Xichi would not take you seriously.
The people of Xichi were very angry with themselves.
Emperor Xuanren gave enough face to Princess Yanqing at the banquet, but she did not attend. She seemed to have regained her willful and arrogant nature and took people for a stroll outside. The customs and products of Xichi and Qichao were very different, which was quite attractive to Princess Yanqing. For the safety of his sister, Chu Ci left his "guards" to her.
Princess Yanqing seemed to be wandering around aimlessly, looking here and there, and buying a lot of random things. But if you look closely, you will find that she will occasionally look at the "guards", and at that moment, she will feel uncomfortable.
Naturally, Wei Tingyu did not attend the banquet in the palace. He asked Fan Wuguo to seduce Chu Cheng.
Perhaps it was my intuition after dealing with certain things so many times, but I always felt that there was something wrong with this "guard".
Of course, the purpose of hitting a guard was too obvious, so Princess Yanqing could only be unlucky.
The little bully is good at deliberately finding trouble. It's just that the other party is a woman, which makes him unhappy. Even if the target is actually someone else, for him, a grown man, finding trouble with a woman is no big deal.
Wei Tingyu didn't threaten him, his expression was calm, but this attitude made Fan Wuguo lose the battle first, and he cursed, "Wei Tingyu, I'm going to tell my sister that you bullied me, just wait and see."
However, Master Fan's act of scamming people actually brought him a romantic encounter.