At the place, all the young ladies were speculating on how Miss Qian and the future Crown Princess would get along.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the prince doted on his beautiful concubine. If the crown princess married into the royal family and faced off against Alia, it would be hard to say whether she would end up well.

The prince took Aria to the banquet hosted by the prince. They happened to pass by a shady corner. A loud voice made the two of them stop out of curiosity. The servants behind them did not dare to make any unnecessary movements.

"Master! How could you do this!!!"

"Let me drink medicine again! Let me drink medicine again!"

“Am I a medicine jar?”

Helian Yu tried hard to suppress his angry voice and resist the medicine that Xie Rangchen fed him.

Xie Rangchen's cold voice seemed to be filled with helplessness: "It's a tonic."

"I'm in very, very good health - ahem - accident... I'm in very good health! I don't need any tonic!"

"In autumn, the weather is dry, the wind is strong and the dust is heavy, the temperature changes easily, and you are weak, so you must take some tonic medicine."

"I don't want it!"

After a moment of silence, no other sound could be heard.

The prince and Aria were puzzled, and when they were about to leave, they heard Helian Yu's voice again.

"Master, I was wrong~ I was really wrong~ Don't be sad! Please don't ignore me~"

"Master~~Is it not okay for me to drink the medicine~"

"Master, next time I will never secretly pour out the medicine you brewed for me, seriously!"

"Oh."

"Master~~"

"Straighten your tongue before you speak."

On the other side, the prince and Aria looked at each other and left quietly without disturbing the two noisy people.

"The princess and the imperial teacher have such a good relationship." Aria looked envious.

The prince embraced Aria and echoed, "Indeed. Zhaoyang is worth it."

When they reached the gate of the courtyard, the prince let go of her hand and said, "Go back to the courtyard and have a good rest. I will not go to your place tonight."

Aria's expression froze for a moment, but she couldn't influence the prince's thoughts, so she could only smile sympathetically: "Thank you for your understanding, sir."

The night banquet began. The bonfire and the aroma of wine were like a thick fog, enveloping everyone. They happily enjoyed the aroma of wine and vegetables in the hazy firelight and admired the graceful dancing.

Because Helian Yu drank the tonic, there were more dietary restrictions, so he followed Xie Rangchen to supervise him.

"The hunt will officially begin tomorrow. Master, will you participate?"

"No need."

Xie Rangchen had little interest in hunting and killing animals. To him, slaughter was cruel, but all things lived in the cycle of survival of the fittest.

He has already joined the game and it is difficult for him to stay out of it. The only thing he can do is to restrain himself.

"Okay, but is there any animal skin that Master would like? Tiger skin? Deer skin? Fox skin?"

"No." Xie Rangchen picked up a steamed crab with chopsticks, and pried it flexibly with his jade-like fingers. He dismembered the crab in a few breaths, arranged the crab meat and crab roe neatly, placed them on a plate, and placed it in front of Helian Yu, "The crab is cold, you can only eat half of it tonight."

Helian Yu stared at the half crab on Xie Rangchen's plate: "Master..."

Xie Rangchen understood, and his fingertips fell on the jade plate in front of him: "Want to eat?"

Helian Yu nodded his little head: "Hmm!"

Xie Rangchen picked up the jade plate in front of him and placed it in front of her. When Helian Yu was surprised that Xie Rangchen was so easy to talk to, he took back the first plate he handed over.

"Since you like this plate, use it tonight."

Helian Yu: "..."

How did Master become a bad person? He used to be very stubborn!

The maidservant dressed in golden osmanthus-colored clothes lowered her head, her beautiful eyes flickered as she served the dishes, and she smiled softly and seductively at Xie Rangchen: "My lord, please enjoy."

Helian Yu: “???”

How much courage does it take to seduce her master? Xie Rangchen held the wine glass and glanced at the palace maid with a cold look in his eyes: "The handle of the dagger is exposed at the cuff."

Helian Yu suddenly realized that it was the killer.

etc--

Killer? The maid was stunned for a moment. Since she was exposed, she might as well kill it.

She pulled out a dagger and shouted, "Sisters! Kill!"

As soon as these words were spoken, nine out of ten palace maids who were serving food took out their daggers and stabbed the person being served food in front of them, be it a prince or a minister.

Helian Yu excitedly pulled out the whip from his waist and started fighting with the leading palace maid.

Xie Rangchen sat lazily in his original position, leisurely pouring a pot of wine, holding the cup and observing Helian Yu's movements. The killers who wanted to get close to him all convulsed and fell down when they stepped within three steps of him.

The killers did not dare to act rashly, so they first assassinated other people who were easy to provoke.

Soon, the secret guards arrived and protected the prince and ministers.

The scene was chaotic for a while, with the flashing of swords and the wailing of swords merging together, leaping and interweaving in the firelight.

The insects crawling on the grass blades listened to the noisy human voices out of boredom and responded in protest: "Squeak--"

A quarter of an hour later.

Helian Yu swung the whip, entangled the assassin who was trying to assassinate the King of Chu, threw her to the ground, quickly grabbed the hot soup bowl on the table, and smashed the assassin's forehead with it, causing her to fall completely to the ground and unable to move.

“Ouch—”

"Ah, my waist——"

"Oh my God! I'm disfigured!"

"Your Majesty, the clothes my wife made for me are torn."

All the ministers were wailing. They clearly had not suffered serious injuries, but instead they were crying as if their entire family had died.

The emperor understood the bad tempers of these ministers.

He just wanted two or three days of rest. Few people liked to attend the morning court, including him, the emperor.

But after the fall, there were so many miscellaneous matters to deal with, and he had to go to court at dawn, so even the emperor felt tired.

"Alright! Prince, please record the number of ministers injured tonight. I will visit them separately after returning to the capital."

The ministers pretended to be reluctant: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your gift..."

The killers in front of the open space were controlled by the guards and secret guards, tied up with ropes and chains, but each of them had an unyielding look, as if they had died bravely.

"King of Jin, you and King of Chu will be in charge of questioning the person behind the scenes. King of Qin will lead his troops to check if there are any suspicious people around the hunting grounds. Tomorrow's hunting cannot be delayed."

The princes saluted: "Your sons obey your orders."

Helian Yu looked at Xie Rangchen and asked, "Master, how was my performance just now?"

"Not bad, a combination of hardness and softness, and good use of skills, but it's a bit slow to defeat the enemy. It will inspire the enemy's determination to die together." Xie Rangchen commented, "Don't provoke the enemy too much in the future."

Helian Yu completely agreed with what Xie Rangchen said, especially the part where he praised her. As for the rest, she was in a good mood, so she just listened to him reluctantly and decided to make some changes in the future so as not to overly tease her opponent!

The emperor, the crown prince, and the King of Qin each left the table, and the ministers each went about their duties, either following the prince to investigate a case or going back to hug their own wives. In any case, few of them stayed.

After a while, only Helian Yu, Xie Rangchen, Helian Chi, Helian Sheng and Lu Hou were left.

"Thank you Xiao Yu'er for helping me just now." Helian Chi smiled, "If it weren't for Xiao Yu'er's help, I'm afraid that Fourth Brother would have injured his right hand."

"Second brother, thank you too, Xiao Yu'er." Helian Sheng kicked the assassin who was trying to kill him, and said with great disdain, "You have third-rate martial arts skills, and you dare to assassinate the emperor? I really don't know how the people behind the scenes dare to trust you."