"Mrs. Ye, are you alright?"

Shi Zairen lifted the carriage curtain and asked with concern.

The Regent held Ye Lanyin tightly with his left arm and Xiao Wanwan with his right hand until the carriage came to a complete stop, at which point he looked up.

"What happened?"

"Your Highness, someone is blocking our way."

The Regent's eyes narrowed, and his fists clenched involuntarily.

It seems their whereabouts were exposed long ago.

"Who's up there? Get down!"

"This carriage doesn't look like it belongs to our Xuan Yue Kingdom. Could it be a spy?"

Upon hearing the sound, Princess Minghui nearly tore the handkerchief in her hand to shreds.

She said nervously, "It's my elder sister, Princess Jiarou."

Oh, it seems this arrogant princess does have some skill after all.

Ye Lanyin squeezed Princess Minghui's hand. "Don't be afraid, I'll go down and take a look."

As she was about to get up, the Regent grabbed her hand.

"I'll go."

It's likely that the princess already knew they were coming to Xuan Yue Kingdom and deliberately orchestrated this to expose them.

Just then, Ye Jianxing, who was in front, saw that the carriage behind him had been stopped, so he immediately pulled on the reins and turned back.

A woman dressed in a long emerald green dress stood arrogantly in front of the carriage with several attendants, her brows slightly furrowed.

"Young lady, what do you mean by this?"

Princess Jiarou turned her head and saw a man in white on horseback. Her eyes widened in surprise.

What a handsome man, with such a robust physique.

"I am a princess. Where did you all come from?"

Ye Jianxing glanced at the carriage, then dismounted and bowed to Princess Jiarou, saying, "Miss, I am a wanderer."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Princess Minghui looked at him with some curiosity. The fabric of his clothes looked either very expensive or extraordinary.

Her demeanor was no less impressive than that of any of the princes in her palace.

"Are you a traveler? Who are you?"

Ye Jianxing said, "I take the sky as my roof and the earth as my furnace, and I belong to no one."

"Haha, now that you mention it, are you perhaps a deity?" Princess Jiarou chuckled. "Who's in your carriage?"

“Those are all my family.”

"I brought my family with me on this trip."

"Didn't you say you took the sky as your roof?"

"Girl, won't you allow me to acknowledge my family?"

Princess Jiarou walked up to Ye Jianxing and looked him up and down. "Open the carriage. I want to see who this is."

"Princess, is stopping a carriage in the street your Xuan Yue Kingdom's etiquette?"

"As the princess of Xuan Yue Kingdom, I naturally have the right to stop you from inspecting the people inside the carriage."

"Do you intend to defy the imperial decree?"

The Regent lifted a corner of the curtain and, seeing Princess Jiarou's pouty and demanding expression, directly used his sword and dagger to lift the curtain.

"My husband."

"Don't be afraid."

Since they already knew our whereabouts, it's better to confront them directly than to try and outmaneuver them.

If they dare to hurt them, he will absolutely not forgive them.

Princess Jiarou was confronting Ye Jianxing when she unexpectedly encountered the Regent, whom she hated to the core.

What had been a relatively calm state of mind suddenly erupted.

"The Regent? How dare you come to Xuan Yue Kingdom!"

The Regent's gaze was indifferent, with Xiao Rui'an standing behind him. "There's nothing I wouldn't dare to do."

"Has the Xuan Yue Kingdom ever said that people from the Holy Kingdom are forbidden from coming?"

Princess Jiarou bit her lip.

Father Emperor never said that.

"Last time you damaged the princess's reputation, how dare you come here now?"

"Aren't you afraid I'll have my father kill you?"

The regent touched the longsword in his hand, and after a long while said, "I was afraid I wouldn't have come."

Princess Jiarou, with an arrogant and disdainful expression, chuckled wickedly:

"Guards, bring all these people to the palace to await my father's judgment."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yejianxing and Ye Jianyi immediately drew their swords, attempting to engage in a life-or-death struggle with Princess Jiarou's men.

Unexpectedly, the regent raised his hand and stopped the two of them.

"Uncle, what do you mean by this?"

The Regent said, "Under the watchful eyes of everyone, I do not believe that His Majesty of Xuan Yue Kingdom would dare to kill someone."

He is the regent of the Holy Kingdom, and if something happens to him, it will surely provoke a civil war between the two countries.

Therefore, they will not only fail to avenge the princess who was stranded abroad, but may even incur the dissatisfaction of people in other countries.

After all, nobody wants to be killed while traveling.

"Since Princess Jiarou has so warmly invited me to the palace, wouldn't it be embarrassing for her if I didn't go in?"

"I'd like to see just how much power Princess Jiarou really has."

Upon hearing this, the palace maid lowered her voice and whispered in Princess Jiarou's ear, "Princess, I think it's best not to let them enter the palace."

"Princess Minghui died in the Holy Kingdom. If His Majesty finds out that Princess Minghui left the palace alive, it will be detrimental to you."

"Shut up!" Princess Jiarou glared at her fiercely. "If you keep gossiping, I'll kill you."

Upon hearing this, the palace maid shrank back.

"We'll see!" Princess Jiarou retorted defiantly.

After the group entered the palace and alighted from their carriages, Princess Jiarou felt a lingering fear that she hadn't felt before.

Watching Ye Lanyin carry Xiao Wanwan down from the carriage.

She was so shocked she couldn't speak.

What... this brat came along too?

"Oh, Ugly Auntie, we meet again." Xiao Wanwan, unafraid of death, greeted Princess Jiarou from afar.

Princess Jiarou already had nowhere to vent her anger, and now that she had seen her mortal enemy who had framed her, she could no longer hold back.

"Guards, seize that child for me. I will personally teach her a lesson."

The palace maids around her were all worldly-wise.

Now that he heard the princess disciplining a child, he naturally didn't take the other person to heart.

No matter how strong the Holy Kingdom's military is, it is now fighting alone.

Upon hearing this, Yao Qianshu immediately stretched out his hands to protect Xiao Wanwan behind him. "Princess Jiarou, have you forgotten how your black crow shed its feathers?"

"Or have you forgotten how utterly defeated you were at the Holy Spirit Summoning Conference of the Holy Kingdom?"

The Holy Kingdom's summoning ceremony was a lifelong disgrace for Princess Jiarou.

Even when she returned, she did not mention to her father how she lost, only saying that the Holy Kingdom had cheated.

Upon hearing Yao Qianshu's words, she immediately interrupted him.

"You wretch, shut your mouth!"

"Everyone in your Holy Kingdom knows why I lost. Now that you've come to our Xuan Yue Kingdom, you still want to bully us?"

Ye Lanyin was very displeased after hearing her words.

She frowned and said, "Princess Jiarou, we did not insult you. Is this the rule of your Xuan Yue Kingdom?"

"If anyone is bullying us, it's you! You arrested us for no reason, and now you want to beat my daughter!"

"Does the Xuan Yue Kingdom have no laws?"

"Clap clap clap!"

"well!"

Suddenly, a deep male voice clapping came from afar.