The guard was completely bewildered, finding it hard to imagine Chang Zuo saying such 'indecent' words with a stern face.

Chang Zuo sent away the guards, closed the gate, and went to the main courtyard to look for Xie Rangchen. He secretly made up his mind to learn how to flatter the phoenix so that he would have more ways to make money in the future.

In the martial arts arena, Helian Yu brought a chair, put it downstairs, and sat down.

"Chang'an, you can choose any number you want." Helian Yu waved his hand generously, "Since our master is paying, you can choose as many as you want."

Chang An nodded slightly, looked at the male and female masters standing on the martial arts field, nodded politely, and said in a clear and clear voice: "Those who are good at swords, hidden weapons, and concealment, please step forward."

About ten people stood up, half of them were men and half were women, and they were about seventeen or eighteen years old.

A young girl pulled the boy who refused to move forward and whispered to him: "Luo Qing, you are an excellent swordsman, hurry up!"

"I don't."

"Luo Qing! Don't be confused! Think about the purpose of our coming to the capital! Think about your ambitions!"

The two of them made quite a noise, and all the boys and girls in the martial arts arena looked over there to some extent.

Helian Yu and Chang An also looked over and saw that the young man called Luo Qing looked reluctant. Only after the girl's repeated persuasion did he take a step forward with his sword.

Luo Qing was wearing a shining black cotton robe, holding a long sword in his hand, pointing it directly at Chang An, with a sense of contempt all over his body.

"Your Highness, Luo Qing wants to know whether we should protect Your Highness' safety or the safety of this eunuch."

Helian Yu frowned and stood up, his black eyes filled with displeasure, and his childish voice oozed displeasure: "You are too disrespectful. Apologize!"

Chang An remained calm, only slightly lowering his eyelashes to hide the displeasure in his eyes, and comforted Helian Yu: "Your Highness, don't be angry, this young man is not wrong. Chang An is indeed not a perfect person."

Luo Qing took another step forward, with contempt in his eyes and an unyielding aura.

"Your Highness, if it's to protect you, Luo Qing has no complaints. If you want Luo Qing to protect this eunuch and obey his orders, I'm sorry that Luo Qing can't obey."

"Luo Qing." Helian Yu's eyes widened slightly, and her eyelashes curled up. "Is calling me a eunuch a eunuch your upbringing?"

"Excuse me, Luo Qing." Luo Qing clasped his fists, not giving in at all, "It's just that Luo Qing has been practicing martial arts since Changshan, and came to the capital to fulfill his ambitions and protect the safety of the people of Daxia, not to protect a crippled eunuch."

Helian Yu's words were like pearls: "Did Chang An provoke you? You came up and scolded him! It's just two taels of meat hanging between your legs, is it noble? Can you make a fortune by selling it? Or can it be used as medicine to save lives?"

Luo Qing's face flushed, he stared with his eyes wide open and couldn't speak.

Chang An couldn't tell whether he was ashamed or angry, and it was difficult to hide the feelings in his heart. His heart felt warm, as if a pot of water was boiling and someone kept adding firewood to the stove, and the warm water was gradually boiling.

Chang An secretly suppressed the fire in his heart, knelt down and held Helian Yu, with a sincere smile on his fair face, "Your Highness, why are you angry over an ignorant person? Young Master Luo was born in Jianghu, and he is still a young man with great ambitions. I am afraid that he rarely looks up to talented generals in the world. Who is Chang An? He is definitely not worthy of Young Master Luo's favor. Your Highness, don't be angry."

"You eunuchs are the best at flattering people with sweet words!" Luo Qing only looked at Chang An with a dark face, looking down on his identity as a eunuch from the bottom of his heart, and questioned him, "From ancient times to the present, how many people have been deceived by you, and how many people have you bullied by relying on your master's power!"

Magnificent.

Every word is an accusation.

Chang An helped Helian Yu sit down, straightened his back, raised his head slightly with a sharp look, his dark blue gown was thin, with subtle patterns embellished in the details, and his cuffs and waist were full of thoughts.

He is handsome and if you don't tell me, people might think he is a rich boy.

"Young Master Luo, perhaps what you just said is not exclusive to eunuchs. Sweet-talking and fawning on the master is the duty of all slaves. Bullying others by taking advantage of power is the behavior of some evil slaves. All of this is beyond the eunuchs. Young Master Luo is going too far."

Chang An curled his fingertips and pinched them in his palms, his eyebrows and eyes were as unchanged as before: "Chang An is a servant, and he will fulfill his duties as a servant, as for the evil deeds."

Chang An's eyes showed a warning: "Young Master Luo, please be careful not to slander Chang An's innocence."

"You——" Luo Qing drew his sword again and pointed it at Chang An, his face flushed, "What nonsense! What do you mean by a slave's duty? I think you can only kneel down and kowtow! Flatter your master! You are just a dog slave!"

Chang An: “…”

Everyone: “…”

"What's going on?"

Xie Rangchen walked over slowly, dodged to the left, took off the shoes from the martial arts stage and handed them to Xie Rangchen.

Xie Rangchen stood in front of Helian Yu holding his shoes, neither happy nor sad.

Helian Yu pouted, jumped onto the chair, put his hands on his hips and raised his chin towards Xie Rangchen: "Master, is the two taels of meat between your men's legs very valuable? How many tens of thousands of taels of silver can it be sold for?"

Xie Rangchen's eyes were red, like a faint red cloud, especially charming. He whispered, "What nonsense are you talking about! Put on your shoes."

When Xie Rangchen didn't answer, Helian Yu leaned on the back of the chair and stepped on him, looking angry and unhappy, and unwilling to cooperate with him.

Xie Rangchen held Helian Yu's bare leg, grasped her ankle, and put on her shoes: "You keep talking nonsense all day long."

"No way." Helian Yu pulled at Xie Rangchen's dark-patterned black robe. "It was clearly the first time we met, and he looked down on Chang An. He even called me a dog! He said my feet stinked!"

Helian Yu took off his shoes, stepped on Xie Rangchen, and asked, "Where does it stink? Where does it stink?"

Xie Rangchen glanced at her calmly, and put his hand on the back of her neck: "Put on your shoes."

Helian Yu pouted and was forced to retract her foot. Chang An, who was standing next to her, stepped forward, took the shoes, and bent down to put them on for her.

Luo Qing took advantage of the opportunity to mock Chang An: "You have indeed fulfilled your duty as a servant!"

Chang An did not answer.

Helian Yu pushed Xie Rangchen's shoulder and punched him with his fist: "Master, you have to make the decision for me."

Xie Rangchen brushed off Helian Yu's little claws and looked at Luo Qing: "Why are you bullying the princess?"

Luo Qing's face turned red, veins bulged on the hand holding the sword, and his eyes were full of disappointment.

He stiffened his neck and retorted: "I have never bullied the princess. I just said that this eunuch, this dog slave, is a liar! He is the best at saying sweet words to flatter his master! It's because the princess is young and lacks intelligence that she misunderstood me!"

Helian Yu: “???”

Xie Rangchen: “…”

Chang An lowered his eyes, half-closing them to hide the cold light in them.

Chang Zuo laughed out loud, but was afraid that Helian Yu was playing a trick on him, so he quickly stopped laughing and jumped onto the roof.

"You and Chang'an have never met before, but you insulted him when you first met him. It was indeed you who made the mistake first." Xie Rangchen carried Helian Yu to the ground and sat on the chair she had brought. "Apologize to Chang'an. If he forgives you, the matter will be over."

Helian Yu was furious and punched him twice more, still holding back his strength, muttering softly, "You're stealing my seat again!"

"Sir, you want me to apologize to a eunuch?" Luo Qing couldn't bring himself to apologize, and couldn't swallow this anger. "I'm sorry, but I don't think this Imperial Master's Mansion is a place for me, Luo Qing, to stay. I'll leave today!"

Luo Qing was about to leave when the girl behind him stopped him and shook her head at him.

"Luo Qing, have you forgotten what we said before? We practice martial arts to help the poor, but we have never been appreciated by the nobles. If the Imperial Master had not given us a chance, how could we stay in the capital? Don't let the Imperial Master down!"

(End of this chapter)