"Is the Crown Prince in a fit of impotent rage? Whether she is worthy or not is not for you to decide, nor for this humble official to decide, but for Xiao Liu to decide. She is willing to marry me, so what can the Crown Prince do about it?"
Ye Wuxia faced the challenge head-on, showing no sign of weakness.
Having decided to fight, we must fight to the very end.
"Aren't you afraid of death?" The crown prince narrowed his eyes slightly, threateningly.
Ye Wuxia chuckled lightly, "This humble official knows that the Crown Prince will not harm my life. The Crown Prince must have seen what I and the other four have done. Besides, in the Crown Prince's eyes, are we five rivals more important than Xiao Liu's life?"
The Crown Prince was aware of their situation.
Similarly, they also saw through the prince's thoughts.
Otherwise, no one would openly oppose the Crown Prince, ignore his status, regard him as a rival in love, or truly consider them all brainless brutes who dare to disregard imperial authority and challenge the Crown Prince.
Because they understood the prince's psychology, they dared to compete with him on an equal footing, valuing his supreme position but not taking it too seriously.
"So you took advantage of my reluctance to harm Xiao Liu and tricked her into marrying you. Do you even deserve to protect Xiao Liu?"
"Is it a lie? It's just doing what Xiao Jingzi said. Doesn't His Highness the Crown Prince also want to marry Xiao Liu? It's just that she doesn't agree."
Ye Wuxia's attack power is very strong.
The Crown Prince scoffed, "Don't challenge my bottom line. I've already done my best to suppress my killing intent by tolerating you guys jumping around in front of Xiao Liu. But if you insist on forcing Xiao Liu to get married, then don't blame me for fighting to the death."
Ye Wuxia raised an eyebrow, ready to take on the challenge, "Then Your Highness is welcome to give it a try and see if my life is so easy to take."
"You'd better have a head as hard as your mouth!" the prince said coldly.
He was fully aware of Ye Wuxia's power and had been keeping an eye on his private activities.
Making a move against him rashly would indeed cause some trouble, but Ye Wuxia's power has not yet fully developed, and it wouldn't be difficult for him to dismantle it with some effort.
However, if he makes a move, the other four will not stand idly by, because none of them dare to predict whether they will be next.
After all, in a one-on-one situation, everyone is just a junior in front of the Crown Prince.
The scenario where they want to eliminate each other is for them to take action and absorb each other's power, rather than watching the Crown Prince take action and then swallowing up his power, allowing the Crown Prince's power to grow stronger.
The two parted on bad terms.
They each went back with heavy hearts.
Fang Ruotang completely forgot about the two men as soon as she entered the manor. When the two were about to fight, she even held Rong Shizi's letter and laughed heartily.
The day before the scientific expedition, Fang Ruotang, carrying the good stuff she had gotten from Xiao Jingzi, happily went to Fang Zhixing's courtyard.
"Sixth Miss has arrived."
Where is my fifth brother?
"Young Master has been at the Grand Tutor's residence for some time now, he should be back soon. Would you like to wait for him here, Miss Six?"
"Okay, I'll wait."
Fang Ruotang was in Fang Zhixing's courtyard just like she was in her own.
After being served some pastries and tea by the maid, Fang Zhixing returned with a stack of papers in his hand, his brows furrowed, clearly deep in thought.
"Fifth Brother!"
Fang Ruotang called out softly, afraid of disturbing the other person's thoughts.
"Little Six's here. Does he need something from Fifth Brother?"
"It's nothing, I just came to see you since you're going to the examination hall tomorrow and I wanted to give you this."
Fang Ruotang directly handed the fasting pill in her hand to Fang Zhixing.
"This is a fasting pill. Take one and you won't need to eat for ten days."
"That's amazing?" Fang Zhixing was a little surprised. "Should I take one now?"
"Sure!" Fang Ruotang had never tried it before either. She watched Fang Zhixing eat with curiosity, then asked with a look of inquiry, "How was it?"
"I am somewhat full. I just came back from outside, and my stomach was a little empty," Fang Zhixing replied, touching his stomach to check.
"Oh, that's good. Then you don't need to worry about food during these few days of taking the imperial examination."
Although this year's Enke was in September, it wasn't as cold as March in previous years, but September was still quite chilly. Fang Zhixing, being a young master, didn't know much about food and ate dry, cold food, but it would have been better not to eat anything at all.
"Sixth Brother has done Fifth Brother a great favor. Now Fifth Brother doesn't have to worry about food and will surely achieve a better ranking." Fang Zhixing smiled at Fang Ruotang, praising her profusely.
"Fifth Brother is truly talented. Even without the pills given by Sixth Brother, he would definitely have won first place. When I saw Fifth Brother return just now, he had his brows furrowed. Is something troubling him?"
"No, it was just that the Grand Tutor gave me some pointers on my writing, which gave me a sudden insight. I've been thinking about it all the way here."
"Oh!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Ruotang immediately stopped asking any further questions.
After all, she had absolutely no talent for studying.
When did the older sisters arrive?
"In the last couple of days, my eldest sister gave me a purse embroidered with the image of the moon palace and the laurel tree, which contained herbs to refresh the mind. My third sister went to the temple to get a talisman and gave it to me. My fourth sister gave me a pair of knee pads. My eighth and ninth sisters gave me some of their favorite candies."
"Oh, I see. Then you go ahead with your work, Fifth Brother! I won't bother you any longer. I'll head back now and take you to the examination hall first thing tomorrow morning."
Seeing that Fang Zhixing clearly intended to return to his study to write another article, Fang Ruotang didn't linger, mainly because she was afraid that if they started talking about these things, she wouldn't be able to keep up with the conversation.
Fang Zhixing immediately said, "You're getting up early tomorrow, but you're still young, so don't get up early with me. Sleep in a little longer. It's already getting chilly, so don't get sick from getting up early."
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