Chapter 128 The Xiongnu Prince Really Likes His Husband
Qiong Yin shrank back a bit at the shouting. "But I heard that His Majesty and the Empress came to the Princess's residence today, specifically to persuade Her Royal Highness to marry the Xiongnu..."
Xiao Ning said, "Then your information is delayed. I just came back and reached an agreement with the Xiongnu. We will have a competition in the arena this afternoon. If you win, they won't be able to take the princess away."
Fu Xian asked, "What if we lose..."
Xiao Ning: "Do you think I will lose?"
Fu Xian blinked.
Does he need to feel this way?
The Xiongnu cavalry was incredibly powerful. In just a few months, they had captured three border towns and nine cities in Yingzhou...
Although the prince consort is very good at swordplay, how can he be compared with the Huns?
Not only Fu Xian, but the others all looked skeptical. Only Yu Qing raised her lips and smiled: "I believe that the prince consort will definitely defeat the Huns and save Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Look, Yu Qing is the one who can talk.
It makes people feel comfortable just listening to it!
She hasn't even started fighting yet, but these people are already predicting her failure.
The Xiongnu prince had fought in battles, so what if he had a strong fist? As the saying goes, the strong fear the strong, and the strong fear the desperate.
It just so happens that when she fights, she is the one who doesn't care about her life.
What's more, when it comes to combat experience, she has fought for eight years, and all her combat experience was gained through life and death. She doesn't think she would be weaker than the Hun prince.
As for what the Emperor said about her acting with discretion...
To the best of her ability, she could only ensure that the Xiongnu prince would not die.
What a bastard! He attacked the mountains and rivers of Dayong, killed the people of Dayong, and even forcibly took a married princess to the Xiongnu.
If the emperor had not disallowed it, they might have already fought on the battlefield.
Xiao Ning rested for a while, and in the afternoon, a eunuch from the palace came to tell him that the arena had been set up in the square in front of Sifang Pavilion, and asked Xiao Ning to go there.
Xiao Ning changed into a neat set of riding clothes and carried on her back a Tang sword that she had asked the blacksmith to make specifically for her.
He took his horse and went out, ready to go to this life-and-death game.
But she saw the princess's carriage at the door. The princess was standing beside the carriage, as if she was waiting for her.
Xiao Ning saw him and smiled, "Princess, are you waiting for me?"
Shang Xi looked at her and nodded. "In this competition, you must do your best. If you cannot win, leave the arena. Although it may be embarrassing, I don't think they will chase you to death in the Great Yong territory."
"Princess, do you think I can't defeat that Xiongnu prince?"
Shang Xi shook his head. He always believed in her, but... he was afraid of what might happen.
"I trust you, but you must protect yourself at all times, understand? Everyone is insignificant, including me."
Xiao Ning smiled, "But in my heart, Her Royal Highness the Princess is not an insignificant person. The Princess is my wife, the one I want to protect and should protect."
Shang Xi opened her lips, wanting to say something else, but was interrupted by Xiao Ning: "Alright, stop being so discouraging. Princess, hurry up and get in the car. If you're late, the Xiongnu will think I'm afraid of them."
Shang Xi: “…”
Shang Xi was helped into the carriage by Furong.
Before entering the carriage, he turned around and looked at Xiao Ning again.
Xiao Ning tilted his head and smiled at him.
The sun was setting, and the sunlight was shining on her, but in her eyes, there was something hotter than the sunlight.
Shang Xi shrank back from the heat.
He withdrew his gaze, bent down and entered the carriage.
The carriage started, Xiao Ning followed on horseback, and they headed to Sifang Pavilion together.
There were many people standing around the square.
The simply built arena was empty at the moment.
On the viewing platform not far from the arena, the emperor and empress's ceremonial guards have been set up, and seats on both sides are reserved for the ministers.
The carriage entered from the side door of Sifang Pavilion. Xiao Ning dismounted and helped Shang Xi get off the carriage. Led by the eunuch, the couple headed towards the main entrance of Sifang Pavilion and arrived at the square.
Most of the ministers had arrived and were sitting in their respective seats. The Hun delegation also had their own seats.
When they saw Xiao Ning, the Hun envoys looked at him coldly, as if they were looking at a dead person.
Xiao Ning didn't care about their gazes at all. When he passed by the Xiongnu prince, he just turned his head and whistled at him and gave him a wink.
This is how a gangster teases a woman.
But now Xiao Ning is using it on him.
The Xiongnu prince was furious and stood up: "You are looking for death!"
Xiao Ning was lower down, seeing this through the fence, and blinked innocently: "I'm not looking for death, I'm looking for you. Prince, please be gentle later. Maybe we can have some fun under the moonlight tonight."
The Xiongnu prince couldn't wait to go on stage and was about to rush down the viewing platform to cut Xiao Ning into pieces!
He was stopped by the Xiongnu envoys, "Prince, calm down! Maybe this pretty boy is scared and is trying to provoke you!"
"Yes, we agreed to have a fight, but we suddenly attacked them prematurely, making these Yong people think we were afraid of them and were deliberately doing something bad!"
"Anyway, we're going to be in the ring soon, so just be patient for now, Prince. I'll beat him to a pulp later!"
The Xiongnu prince was pacified by the delegation.
His eyes were glaring at Xiao Ning like they were spitting fire. If looks could kill, Xiao Ning would have been tortured to death a thousand times.
However, she still charged forward amidst the hail of bullets. What could the fierce gaze do to her?
Xiao Ning wasn't afraid at all. She turned her head and said to Shang Xi beside her, "Princess, look, the Xiongnu prince really likes me. His eyes are almost glued to me."
Shang Xi: “…”
Xiao Ning did not deliberately lower her voice, and the Huns were only separated from her by a fence, so this sentence fell clearly into the ears of everyone present.
"Xiao! Yan! Qing!"
The Hun prince uttered her name between his teeth.
Xiao Ning leaned his arms on the fence, his hands on his chin as he looked at the Xiongnu prince. "Speak softly, does the prince want to make our relationship known to everyone?"
"If you keep doing this, people will think we're just flirting during the competition later..."
The Hun envoy was almost unable to restrain the furious prince.
It was Shang Xi who pulled Xiao Ning away.
Xiao Ning didn't want to fight anymore, so he followed Shang Xi's force and left the place. But before leaving, he smiled and looked at the Xiongnu prince deeply.
Ambiguous and frivolous.
The Xiongnu prince was about to explode with anger.
"Where's the Emperor of Dayong? Tell him to come quickly. I want to kill that pretty boy in the ring, fair and square!"
The ministers who had already arrived and taken their seats looked at this scene and felt both surprised and happy.
Ever since the Huns came to Shengjing City, they have always been arrogant and looked down on everyone. Unexpectedly, today they would be so angry because of a few words from that playboy of the Xiao family.
After all, he is the son of General Zhenbei, and he is born with the ability to restrain the Huns.
Although the direction of restraint... ahem, is different, but at least the Huns have been defeated, right?
Let them pick a princess like picking cabbages!
Now they also felt the feeling of being insulted!
Should!
Why didn't that playboy from the Xiao family say a few more words? It would have been great for them to hear!
Xiao Ning let Shang Xi pull her all the way to the seats of the royal family members and sat down in their seats.
Waiting for the Emperor and Empress to arrive and start the competition.
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