He spoke directly with a cold expression.

"Your Majesty, don't forget, our marriage alliance is still unresolved!"

Shen Hechuan: "My attitude is very clear: I will absolutely not agree to a marriage alliance. You should give up this idea."

Mo Junxing sneered.

"It seems that His Majesty wants to test the strength of our Great Qi."

Gu Jingchun spoke up at this moment.

"If we want to test our strength, we have countless ways."

"How about we set up a martial arts arena in the palace in three days, so that the warriors of our Great Cheng and your Great Qi can have a good competition and see who is stronger?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Junxing readily agreed.

"sure."

"However, if your Great Cheng loses, then you must agree to the request for a marriage alliance."

Gu Jingchun: "What if your Great Qi loses?"

Mo Junxing raised an eyebrow.

"You decide."

"If your Great Qi loses, then sign an agreement that your Great Qi will not set foot on the border of our Great Cheng for thirty years."

Mo Junxing nodded.

"good."

"Then it's a deal."

After Mo Junxing left, Shen Hechuan frowned and spoke.

"How could you agree to Mo Junxing's conditions? If you really lose, are you really going to go to Daqi?"

Gu Jingchun shrugged.

"I only agreed to the marriage alliance, but I didn't agree to go to the marriage alliance myself."

"When the time comes, we just need to ask among the female officials, and there will naturally be some who are willing to go."

Shen Hechuan: ...

Can such a major issue between two countries be handled with such shamelessness?

But looking at Gu Jingchun's cunning expression...

Shen Hechuan fell silent again.

Who cares?

It's all because Mo Junxing doesn't uphold martial ethics.

Gu Jingchun raised an eyebrow.

"Besides, do you really think we'll lose?"

Shen Hechuan looked at Gu Jingchun's determined eyes and shook his head.

"No, with you here, Dacheng will never lose."

Upon hearing this, Gu Jingchun chuckled softly, then stood on tiptoe and gently kissed him on the lips.

"This child is teachable."

******

Meanwhile, in a dilapidated temple somewhere in the capital city of Tiandu.

A hunched beggar, clutching a steamed bun, walked in shakily.

He seemed to want to find a quiet place to finish his steamed bun, afraid that someone else would take it from him.

Upon entering the dilapidated temple, he immediately locked the door, and his hunched back straightened instantly.

He looked around the dilapidated temple to make sure no one was there, then went inside and activated one of the mechanisms.

With a loud "boom," a narrow secret passage was revealed behind the stone statue in the dilapidated temple.

The beggar immediately tucked the steamed bun into his coat and quietly went inside.

He waited until he passed through the narrow secret passage and finally stopped in a wide open space.

The first thing that comes into view is a stone gate.

"Bang bang bang—"

He stopped at the stone gate and gently knocked on a spot near the entrance a few times.

After a moment, the stone door slowly opened.

The beggar looked at the wide-open stone door, peeked inside first, and then quietly went in.

As soon as I entered, I saw a Taoist priest sitting inside. He had gray hair, wore a Taoist robe, was very thin, had two mustaches above his lips and gray hair below, and had a rather incongruous, otherworldly air about him.

He had his eyes closed, as if he were meditating.

Hearing the noise, he slowly opened his eyes.

"They're here."

The beggar-looking man immediately knelt down.

"Master, we have failed again."

Guan Zhixin looked at the kneeling man and gently flicked the whisk in his hand.

"It's alright."

"I didn't intend to get him out in one go."

Upon hearing this, Mao Zixiao suddenly looked up.

"Then why?"

Why?

Guan Zhixin chuckled softly, stroking his beard with one hand as he spoke.

"Of course, it's to tell those people that I, Guan Zhixin, am back."

"However, with their abilities, they can't find any trace of us yet, nor do they know who we are."

"However, it's okay, we'll take it slow."

"We have plenty of time to gradually uncover our identities."

the next day.

Gu Jingchun is in the palace preparing for the written exam the day after tomorrow.

At this moment, Gu Jinxi slowly opened her eyes.

"Mother..."

Gu Jingchun looked up abruptly and was overjoyed to see Gu Jinxi sitting on the bed. He immediately instructed Lanxin to invite Sheng Quan.

He then rushed to the bedside.

"Seele, you're awake. How are you feeling?"

"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

Gu Jinxi shook her head.

"I don't feel unwell, I just slept for a long time and I'm a little hungry."

As he spoke, his stomach even rumbled twice in perfect unison.

Soon, Sheng Quan arrived.

He felt Gu Jinxi's pulse, his brows furrowed.

"That's strange?"

Sheng Quan's quiet mutterings made Gu Jingchun nervous as well.

"What's wrong?"

Sheng Quan shook his head.

"Don't worry, young lady, it's nothing serious. I'm just wondering about something, but it hasn't been verified yet, so I can't explain it to you."

It's not too late to tell you after I've verified it myself.

"However, the young master is currently in good health and everything is normal, so you don't need to worry."

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