Jing Qingwen held a large bowl and kept stuffing fried locusts into his mouth, his mouth almost dripping with oil. Of all the people eating, he was the one enjoying it the most.

Madam Jing looked disgusted and turned her face away, not wanting to look at her again.

Sheng Lingwei looked at Jing Qingwen with a smile, "Is it delicious? If you're not satisfied, have another bowl."

"Yes, thank you, Princess."

Jing Qingwen immediately handed over a large bowl, looking at Sheng Lingwei with anticipation, "Princess, I want to eat locusts sprinkled with scallions, and also that five-spice powder, the taste is absolutely amazing."

Sheng Lingwei nodded with a smile, "Yes, I'll grant your wish."

Jing Qingwen was overjoyed, but before he could even celebrate for three seconds, he heard Sheng Lingwei tease him:

"I just heard someone say firmly that if he ate locusts, he would be a pig. I wonder if that person still remembers that statement?"

Jing Qingwen's face instantly turned red with embarrassment.

“Princess, you must have misheard. No one said that. Yes, absolutely no one said that. I assure you.”

He refuses to admit he's a pig.

The people sitting around couldn't help but burst into laughter, looking at Jing Qingwen with teasing expressions.

Jing Qingwen stiffened, inwardly berated himself, and then forced himself to chuckle along with the others.

Anyway, he's thick-skinned, and as long as he doesn't feel embarrassed, no one can do anything to him.

Jing Qingyue laughed the loudest and even reached out her little hand to pat her brother's shoulder.

"Brother, I clearly heard you say those words just now, why are you afraid to admit it? Are you afraid we'll all laugh at you?"

Jing Qingwen looked at his younger sister with a sorrowful expression. He wanted to say: Sister, we are siblings from the same mother, there is no need to kill each other.

Seeing her younger sister's smile grow even wider, Jing Qingyun sighed helplessly and uttered a single sentence.

"Little sister, if your brother is a pig, then what are you?"

The Jing family members immediately stopped laughing, their mouths twitching uncontrollably. It turned out that after laughing for so long, they had ended up laughing at themselves too.

Jing Qingyue: "..." She's just an idiot.

Jing Qingyun glanced at her family, a helpless smile in her eyes, and quickly filled Jing Qingwen's large bowl to the brim.

When he handed the bowl to Jing Qingwen, he said in a serious tone, "Qingwen, this place is too small to accommodate a big Buddha like you. Go squat outside the cave and reflect on your actions."

Jing Qingwen looked hurt, gazing at his elder brother with the eyes one would use to look at a heartless man.

"Waaah, brother, you're my own brother! You've seriously hurt my fragile heart. If you don't give me a bowl of fried locusts, this isn't over today."

Jing Qingyun: "..." o(╯□╰)o

I'm not afraid that my stomach will not be able to handle eating too much!

Everyone burst into laughter again.

Jing Qingwen, having gotten his wish, shamelessly asked for an extra bowl of fried locusts. Happily carrying the two large bowls, he trotted out of the cave.

Hmph, what's a thick skin compared to delicious food?

...

Everyone enjoyed the feast, and the remaining locusts were all packed up and continued to be eaten on the road, so that not a single one could be wasted.

The next day, after breakfast, everyone continued their journey with full energy.

After traveling for three days, the group arrived at a canyon. The canyon was flanked by towering, steep mountains, with only one road in the middle for people to walk on.

canyon

Jing Qingyun looked at the exit of the canyon with a deep look in her eyes and instructed everyone: "Something is strange here. Everyone be on high alert and protect the elderly and children."

"Yes, Prince Jing."

Everyone immediately became serious. Whether they were old or young, they all held weapons for self-defense and were constantly on guard.

Of course, these weapons were distributed to them by Sheng Lingwei.

Sheng Lingwei scanned her surroundings with her mental power, a bloodthirsty smile curling at the corner of her lips.

Life is too monotonous, and some people are willingly offering themselves up to die. Of course, she will grant their wish, but don't thank her too much!

On the cliffs on both sides of the canyon, there were about a hundred men with fierce looks and tall, burly figures, their eyes fixed on Sheng Lingwei and her group.

The man in the lead wore an eyepatch over his left eye. His eyes were cold and fierce, and his gaze followed Sheng Lingwei's carriage.

When the carriage reached the middle of the canyon, he quickly whistled.

After receiving the signal, the henchmen lying in ambush on both sides began throwing large chunks of stone downwards.

Zhao Dong's expression changed drastically. While dodging the stones, he shouted to the crowd, "Oh no! Protect the princess! The elderly and children, quickly hide under the carriage!"

Fortunately, the people in the group reacted quickly and didn't scream too much. They immediately covered the elderly and children and helped them hide under the car.

They then found something handy to defend themselves against the stones.

Sheng Lingwei leaped onto the roof of the car, staring intently at the one-eyed man. With a wave of her slender hand, she used her spiritual power to return all the stones intact to the people on both sides of the canyon.

Painful screams erupted from both sides.

The henchman closest to the one-eyed man collapsed to the ground, clutching his bleeding head from being hit by a rock, his face filled with disbelief.

"Boss, you have to be careful of that princess. She's really too weird. With just a wave of her hand, all the stones fly up and come crashing down on us."

In the blink of an eye, before we could even react, we were smashed. It was a disastrous start. We should never have taken this job.

"Shut up!"

The younger brother felt wronged. He didn't think he had said anything wrong, but out of respect for his boss's authority, he could only obediently shut his mouth and dared not say anything more.

The one-eyed man dodged to the side, no longer daring to stare at Sheng Lingwei.

Damn it, what I thought was a sure thing turned out to be so troublesome. And thinking about the rumors about Princess Chang Le made me even more flustered and uneasy.

Should he continue to have his underlings attack, or retreat early?

Forget it, lives matter more. Let's get everyone out of here first.

The one-eyed man looked anxious, put his right hand to his mouth, and blew a peculiar whistle. The whistle instantly echoed throughout the canyon.

Sheng Lingwei gave a cold laugh, her red lips parted slightly, and her ethereal and indifferent voice echoed throughout the canyon, "Trying to run? I didn't agree to that."

The one-eyed man's legs buckled, and he collapsed to the ground, swallowing a mouthful of dirt. "Damn it, I've run into a tough one today. I should have known better than to take this job."

"Boss, are you alright? Get up quickly, or it will be too late if we don't run now."

"I do want to run, but I can't move at all. It's like I'm being controlled. How am I supposed to escape?"

"Ah, boss, I can't move either."

"Waaah, boss, help! This is so weird, I can't move at all, what should I do?"

Before long, cries and screams could be heard coming from both sides of the canyon.

Sheng Lingwei: "..."

Such a cowardly dog?

Tsk tsk, how incredibly boring!

At this moment, Jing Qingyun, along with Yue Mingxi and the others, tied up all the people at the canyon entrance and those lying in ambush behind the group and brought them in front of Sheng Lingwei.

"Weiwei, should we slice these people up or mince them into meat paste to feed the dogs?"