Chu Jingyue curled his lips and could only return to his seat obediently.

Chen Jingxi gave him a look of gratitude.

The situation was frozen for a moment, and the emperor asked her to resolve the issue privately, meaning that she should not make Tuoba Yan kneel in public, and asked her to save some face for Xiqi.

But if she lost today, would Xiqi let her go? Would the emperor say it was a joke? I'm afraid not!

In this silence, Chen Jingxi heard Chu Jinghuai's low voice: "Princess, do whatever you want. There is no need to worry too much."

After hearing this, Chen Jingxi turned to look at him and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Aren't you afraid that I'll cause trouble for you? Aren't you afraid that I'll offend Xiqi and the Emperor?"

Chu Jinghuai glanced at him and said in a very arrogant tone: "Afraid? In my entire life, I have never seen anything that I am afraid of."

Chen Jingxi smiled and said, "Since the prince is backing me up, I'll just go with the flow for once."

After that, she turned to Tuoba Yan and said, "Princess Tuoba, I am not the kind of unreasonable person. How about this, you don't have to kneel down to me."

Tuoba Yan exclaimed: "Really?"

Chen Jingxi nodded and continued, "However, as the saying goes, a man's knees are worth gold. Although you are a princess, I do not favor boys over girls. Your kneeling is worth at least ten thousand taels of gold, right? Give me the money."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Tuoba Yan with sympathy. There should be few people present who could come up with 12,000 taels of gold, let alone a princess who was to be married off to a foreign country.

Chu Jingyue nodded, the Third Emperor's wife was indeed short of money.