Chapter 196 Was he tricked by Lu Chi?

Lu Chi asked in confusion, "Fifth Prince, what's wrong?"

Xie Yunqi turned her head away and said arrogantly, "Don't call me, hmph."

Lu Chi: "..."

Sheng Sheng was also confused for a moment. Hadn't the relationship between the two improved?

Well, perhaps this is just how the two of them are getting along right now.

After all, the Fifth Prince was a bit of a tsundere to begin with.

Sheng Sheng tried to smooth things over again: "Alright, alright, let's get down to business. We've been out for quite a while. Shi Tou will be looking for me soon."

Yesterday, Shitou ran around with them and was exhausted. When Shengsheng left today, Shitou was still not out of bed.

Stone is now alone in the tent, and Shen Shen is worried that if Stone doesn't see her for a long time after she gets up, she will get anxious and run around the hunting grounds.

Only after Xie Yunqi spoke did he regain his friendly demeanor towards Lu Chi: "Alright, then tell me, how should we divide the work?"

Lu Chi placed the mugwort in Xie Yunqi's hand, accidentally touching his raincoat and getting dust on his hand. Lu Chi then wiped his hand with a look of disgust.

Xie Yunqi looked blankly at the mugwort placed in her hand: "What do you mean?"

Lu Chi smiled and said, "That's what I mean."

"ah?"

Xie Yunqi looked completely bewildered.

Xie Yunqi didn't understand, but Sheng Sheng did.

"Young Master Lu, you mean to tie burning mugwort to the end of a long stick, and then have Fifth Brother use the stick to smoke out the beehive, right?"

Lu Chi nodded and smiled, "Yes, that's right, that's exactly it!"

When he smiled, his little tiger tooth dangled out, looking fresh and sunny.

Lu Chi exudes youthful energy, unlike anyone else Sheng Sheng has ever met. His emotions are so infectious that they instantly lift one's spirits.

Sheng Sheng had a good impression of him, but why did Lu Chi ask Xie Yunqi to be the one to attract the bees? She always felt that Lu Chi was doing it on purpose.

Xie Yunqi clearly felt it even more strongly than she did. She immediately jumped up, pointed at Lu Chi, and shouted, "Lu Chi, I knew you weren't that kind-hearted! When have I ever seen you play with me? You even said you'd help me stir up trouble. You're already being nice by not coming up here to fight me! You've been acting strangely these past few days. Were you waiting for me here?"

Xie Yunqi grabbed the raincoat and angrily threw it at Lu Chi.

It has to be said that Xie Yunqi's behavior made it seem like she really wanted to throw a tantrum and demand that Xie Yunchuan add sugar to the milk.

Lu Chi innocently took a step back, dodging Xie Yunqi's "attack".

"Your Highness, you've misunderstood me. Don't you know who I, Lu Chi, am?"

"I know, I know you perfectly well. We've known each other for years, how could I not know you?"

Sheng Sheng tilted her head, facing the two arguing again. She felt like she hadn't done anything all day except act as a peacemaker.

He sighed, "Stop arguing. Fifth Prince, calm down. Young Master Lu, calm down too."

Lu Chi had a sudden thought and moved closer to Sheng Sheng, saying innocently, "Princess, it's alright. The Fifth Prince is just a little short-tempered. I'm fine."

Um?

Sheng Sheng wondered if she had actually comforted him.

"Young Master Lu, let's choose someone else. My fifth brother..."

Sheng Sheng didn't know what to say for a moment. She was definitely worried about Xie Yunqi doing something so dangerous. Her concern was one reason, but on the other hand...

Xie Yunqi was too impulsive. Well, it wouldn't be right to say that she didn't quite trust her fifth brother, would it?

Lu Chi seemed not to understand her hesitation and asked, "Princess, what's wrong?"

"Well……"

Before Sheng Sheng could even formulate her words, Lu Chi spoke first.

"Princess, rest assured. His Highness is fully equipped today and has specially crafted such exquisite and unique weapons. I'm sure His Highness is very confident. His Highness is both wise and brave. It's just a matter of fumigating the beehive with mugwort. It's not like I'm asking His Highness to use himself as bait. Surely His Highness can't even handle such a small matter?"

Upon hearing Lu Chi say that he couldn't do it, Xie Yunqi was so anxious that he didn't even think carefully about what he meant by "can do it" or "can't do it," and immediately retorted, "Who said I can't do it? I can do it!"

Lu Chi seamlessly picked up where he left off: "Hey, Your Highness is absolutely right. That's why we say Your Highness is both wise and brave! Our Highness is certainly capable of anything. It's just holding up some mugwort and fuming, it's very simple! So, Your Highness, aren't you going to prove yourself?"

"Simple! Proof!"

Xie Yunqi nodded decisively, "...Wait, what?"

Xie Yunqi suddenly realized that he might have been tricked by Lu Chi.

What did he promise to prove about himself?

Lu Chi suppressed his triumphant laugh, as if afraid Xie Yunqi would change his mind, and quickly said, "Hey! That's right, how could our prince be afraid!"

Sheng Sheng: "..."

Fifth brother, you'd better be more careful!

Just then, the person who went back to get the tinderbox returned with it. Lu Chi snatched the bundle of mugwort from Xie Yunqi's hand, quickly tied it up, and then returned it to Xie Yunqi.

Lu Chi smiled and gestured to him, "Your Highness, please."

Xie Yunqi looked at the things in his hands and exchanged glances with the mugwort.

What to do? It's all his fault for his mouth. Why doesn't he think carefully about what that damn Lu Chi said?

That brat Lu Chi, how did he suddenly become so clever? He even tricked him.

What should we do? He's already agreed; we can't just back out now, can we?

It's one thing to back out, but this is happening in front of Sheng Sheng and Lu Chi.

One of them is his most beloved younger sister. How could he, as the older brother, back down and run away in front of her?

The other one is even worse. If he really admitted that he didn't dare, wouldn't he lose face in front of Lu Chi?

No, no, he couldn't let Lu Chi laugh at him, otherwise who knew how Lu Chi would laugh at him behind his back!

It's just burning mugwort anyway. There's such a long stick here. It's not like he's holding the mugwort in his hand and standing next to the beehive to burn it.

What's there to be afraid of? Xie Yunqi is the mighty Little Tyrant of the Capital!

"Come on!" Xie Yunqi said proudly, "Come on, I'll show you what a real warrior is!"

"puff."

Sheng Sheng found the Fifth Prince really hilarious. Did he even realize that his hands were trembling when he was making those harsh remarks?

Xie Yunqi had already agreed, so Shengsheng didn't say anything more. He just worriedly told him, "Fifth brother, be careful. Make sure you wrap your raincoat tightly. You can also hide behind a tree trunk so that the bees won't see you when they fly out because of the smell."