Chu Jinghuai was silent for a few seconds, "This king is naturally the best man in the world."
Chen Jingxi suppressed a smile and said, "I also think you can become the best man in the world."
When Chu Jinghuai heard her words, he felt strange for some reason, but he couldn't tell what was strange.
However, if there are standards for good men, there must be good women.
"What are the criteria for a good woman?"
Chen Jingxi smiled and said, "Don't you think I'm a good woman?"
Chu Jinghuai choked.
Chen Jingxi forced herself to stop laughing and said calmly, "It's getting late, let's go back."
Chu Jinghuai couldn't figure it out and felt like he had fallen into a trap.
He suddenly stood up and when he looked up, he saw a long sword piercing through the air, coming straight towards them...
In an instant, Chu Jinghuai's long fingers suddenly stretched out and clamped the sword firmly at an extremely fast speed.
Then, he stretched out his arms and pulled Chen Jingxi, who was beside him, tightly into his arms.
Seeing this, the man in black stretched out his hand and tried to pull the sword out of Chu Jinghuai's hand. But the sword seemed to be growing in Chu Jinghuai's hand, and he couldn't move it even a little bit.
Chu Jinghuai narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cold light flashed in his narrow eyes. Then, with a few crisp "cracks", the sword he was holding broke into three pieces and scattered on the ground.
The man in black was horrified and looked up at Chu Jinghuai involuntarily, his eyes full of fear and disbelief.
This martial arts... His internal strength is so strong. There are very few people in this world who can catch his sword when he thrusts it with all his strength, let alone catch it easily with one hand and break his sword.
He stared at Chu Jinghuai with his eyes wide open and his lips trembling. After a long while, he finally uttered a few words: "You...you..."
"You dare to assassinate me? Tell me, who sent you?" Chu Jinghuai said.
The man in black seemed to have suffered a great shock. His body took several steps back uncontrollably, and he felt a dull pain in his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Your Highness Prince Su should know the rules of the underworld: if you accept money from others to help them eliminate disasters, you must not reveal the name of the sponsor. And... I said, will Prince Su let me go?"
Chu Jinghuai opened his thin lips and said, "Whether you tell me or not, I will not let you go. But you can choose to die quickly or die in agony."
The man in black didn't take it seriously, and a sarcastic smile appeared on his face: "Does Your Highness Prince Su think that I am the only one who came to assassinate you two?"
Chu Jinghuai also smiled coldly, "Do you think they are all still alive?"
After saying this, Chu Jinghuai raised his hand slightly.
At that moment, many people in black clothes emerged from the darkness, their swords were stained with blood. The blood slowly slid down the blades and dripped onto the ground, making a slight "tick-tick" sound, which was particularly clear in the silent atmosphere.
The man in black was shocked when he saw this. His eyes widened with fear. There were so many people lying in ambush around here, and they hadn't noticed at all.
Moreover, all his men were killed without making a sound. The methods of this Su Wang were truly too horrific.
The man in black looked at Chu Jinghuai with a horrified look, and his body trembled slightly involuntarily.
Chu Jinghuai sneered, "How dare you assassinate me on my territory? How many heads do you have?"
The man in black was intimidated by Chu Jinghuai's aura and subconsciously took a step back, with the thought of escaping beginning to occur in his mind.
Chu Jinghuai said a few words expressionlessly: "Take it back."
Chen Jingxi and Chu Jinghuai had just stepped into the tent and hadn't had time to rest when a black-armored guard hurried over to report, "Your Majesty, Princess, the eldest son of the Zhou family is here to see you."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jingxi hurriedly said, "Please come in."
After a while, Zhou Peichuan came striding over. He was dusty from the journey, his clothes were still stained with dust, and his boots were covered with mud.
As soon as he entered the tent, he wanted to bow respectfully, but just as he bent his knees, Chen Jingxi reached out to stop him.
She asked anxiously, "Brother, why are you here?"
Zhou Peichuan frowned, took a deep breath, and handed over a secret letter, "This is a letter from my father, please take a look, Your Highness."
Chu Jinghuai's face became serious after reading it.
Seeing that he looked unhappy, Chen Jingxi took the letter from his hand and immediately changed his expression after taking a look at it.
The things mentioned in the letter were infuriating. The emperor suddenly fell into a coma for unknown reasons. Prince Rong seized this opportunity and quickly took control of the government.
He was so crazy that he allied with Xiqi and wanted to give up thirteen cities in the northwest to Xiqi, just to let Xiqi send troops to destroy Chu Jinghuai.
"Has Prince Rong gone mad? Could it be that all the ministers in the court agree to such a big thing?"
Zhou Peichuan shook his head helplessly and said with a bitter face, "Originally, the court was divided into two factions: the prince and the Rong prince. Ever since the prince... most of the ministers have been criticized and suppressed. Now that the Rong prince has absolute power, those ministers dare not speak out."
Chen Jingxi said angrily, "Prince Rong is truly generous in giving up the thirteen northwestern cities. Doesn't he consider that if Western Qi captures these thirteen cities, Daxia will be on the verge of destruction?"
She wasn't interested in these thirteen cities for Xiqi's sake. No matter how hard they fought, this was a civil war, and Chu Jingshuo, that idiot, actually let Xiqi interfere.
Did he think that since he married the princess of Xiqi and became Xiqi's son-in-law, people would be kind enough to help him?
Chu Jinghuai said in a deep voice: "He is just an idiot. Jingxi, we are in even bigger trouble this time."
Chen Jingxi held his hand and said, "It's just Xiqi. I haven't taught Tuoba Wu a lesson yet. You've come just in time to settle all the old and new scores."
"Okay, then I'll capture him and let you vent your anger."
Chen Jingxi smiled and said, "Then I'll leave it to you, Your Highness."
Zhou Peichuan looked at the two of them, unable to bear interrupting them, and said, "Your Highness, the Western Qi army will arrive at the battlefield soon. Why don't you let the princess come with me to Yancheng so that Your Highness can concentrate on the war?"
Chu Jinghuai refused without thinking, "Yancheng is full of mixed people and snakes. I don't trust the princess to go there."
This is the rear area, no matter how the war spreads, it can't reach here. And with him here, no one can hurt Chen Jingxi.
If he can't defend these thirteen cities, Chen Jingxi will not be safe anywhere, so it is better to keep him under his nose.
Chen Jingxi also refused, "Wherever the prince is, there I will be."
Zhou Peichuan did not try to persuade him any further, but instead said, "I'll stay and help you."
"Brother, where are my uncle and sister-in-law?"
"I told them before I came here."
After settling Zhou Peichuan, Ling Ying also found out that the assassin was from Xiqi.
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