Upon hearing this, the villagers' expressions changed drastically, and they stared at the man warily.
The man raised his chin high, staring intently at Xu Nian. "I've heard everything. You're the one who saved the princess, aren't you?"
He was arrogant, saying, "Being able to have the opportunity to save the princess is already a blessing you've accumulated over several lifetimes!"
"My name is Balo, and I am the princess's guard. I advise you to leave here as soon as possible and not to approach the princess!"
As he spoke, he tossed a money pouch out of his pocket, a mocking look on his face. "Well, is this enough?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Balo reached out to touch Da Bao and Er Bao, who were standing next to Ni Lu.
"ah!"
Da Bao cried out in pain and pulled Er Bao along as they jogged to Xu Nian's side.
"Barlow!"
Nilu roared angrily, "These are the guests I brought back! I won't allow you to insult them like this!"
Upon hearing this, Balo unconsciously frowned, seemingly finding it hard to believe. "Your Highness, they are merely ordinary people from outside the area, why would they..."
"Smack!"
Before he could finish speaking, he received a heavy blow to the face.
Nilu lowered her aching hand, her expression icy. "What I do is none of your business, Barlow?"
Instantly, Balo's expression turned ferocious, and he glared at Xu Nian with eyes full of resentment, "It was you who blinded Her Highness the Princess!"
Xu Nian wore her usual gentle smile, but a hint of mockery flashed in her eyes. "Oh? What, you don't dare to lay a hand on your respectable and kind princess, but instead you question me?"
Suddenly struck where his secret was exposed, Barlow's face turned ashen, but he didn't forget to scoff, "Heh, so what?"
"Woman, I advise you to think twice!"
"I think you're the one who should be thinking about what's best for you!"
Xu Nian's expression changed instantly, and a terrifyingly cold aura emanated from her body. "You touched my brother without my permission. I think you're ready to die."
Although Balo was Nel's bodyguard, he was arrogant and disrespectful to Nel, so Xu Nian had no intention of hiding her strength.
She made a grasping motion in the air, and chains appeared out of thin air, suddenly trapping the burly Ballow within them.
"Heh, you think mere chains can imprison me?"
Barlow, however, revealed a disdainful smile, slowly exerting force with his arms, attempting to break free of the restraints by brute force.
However, to his surprise, he was unable to break free from those seemingly weak chains.
"What!" Barlow growled in surprise.
Nilu watched coldly without saying a word.
She had no intention of begging for forgiveness for her subordinate's rude behavior.
Xu Nian remained calm and slowly withdrew her hand.
"ah!"
Barlow immediately howled in pain, looking at Xu Nian with disbelief in his eyes, "What kind of chains are these? Why can't I break free?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Nian did not speak, but said word by word, "First, you are merely Her Highness the Princess's subordinate, and should obey all her words, rather than act on your own."
"Secondly, the power behind me is enough to crush your entire clan at will. If your rude behavior causes me and my friend Princess Nel to become enemies, you deserve to die!"
Upon hearing this, Nilu looked somewhat shocked and involuntarily glanced at Xu Nian.
Barlow was tightly bound to the ground, gradually becoming weak and exhausted, cold sweat pouring down his face. "You're talking nonsense..."
"nonsense?"
Xu Nian tightened the chains again, listening to his heart-wrenching screams, her gaze icy, "Then you can try and see if I'm talking nonsense!"
Immediately afterwards, Xu Nian tossed Balo aside as if throwing away trash, then bent down and asked with concern, "Are you hurt?"
Da Bao and Er Bao knew that Xu Nian was angry with them again, so they immediately waved their hands and answered seriously, "Apart from a little pain, we are not injured."
"That's good." Xu Nian breathed a sigh of relief.
At this point, the comments section was already in an uproar.
[When did this streamer have a powerful backer? I didn't know that.]
"Are you stupid? You're obviously talking about the Imperial General and the Prime Minister's residence."
[That's right, the general and the streamer have an ambiguous relationship, and the young master and young lady of the Su family are also good friends of the streamer. The power behind them is indeed very strong!]
Before Xu Nian could explain, both amused and exasperated, Nilu stepped forward and said, "I apologize for my subordinate's rudeness, and naturally, I will not question your actions."
She is not an unreasonable person. Barlow was in the wrong first, and Nyl will never cover it up.
Although she had just punished Balo, Xu Nian's goodwill towards Nilu had not faded, and she genuinely felt that Nilu was a good person.
Xu Nian simply smiled slightly and said, "It's alright, there will always be disobedient subordinates everywhere."
"That's right."
As Nilu spoke, she glanced coldly at Balo, whose head was bowed low. "Do you know your mistake?"
Balo's body trembled instantly. He raised his head high, his face stubborn. "Your Highness, I was just trying to keep outsiders away from you!"
"Why?" Nilu's voice was cold.
"Because you are the glory of the clan, no one should be allowed to tarnish your beauty!"
Barlow answered quickly, his face even beaming with obsessive fervor, his hands clasped together.
A hint of mockery flashed in Nilu's eyes. "The glory of the clan?"
"Smack!"
She slapped Ballow across the face again, and looking at the bright red handprint, she said firmly, "This is all your delusion, trying to trap me in your sight, trying to take everything away from me!"
"If it were before, I might have considered you a loyal subordinate. But today, you have dared to humiliate my friend like this!"
Xu Nian didn't know what had happened between them, but seeing Nilu's angry appearance, she could roughly guess what had happened.
It's simply that as a princess, Nel is unable to do many things herself, and Balor's controlling nature makes her feel overwhelmed.
Barlow's face turned ashen, and he gritted his teeth in resentment, angrily retorting, "I'm doing this all for your own good, Your Highness!"
"Now that the clan is in imminent danger, all I want is to do is protect you with all my might!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Nian frowned.
Is it in imminent danger?
But in her view, how could the clan, located on the grassland with its favorable natural conditions, be in imminent danger?
For a fleeting moment, a look of loss crossed Nilu's eyes, and she murmured to herself, "Ha, for my own good?"
Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly serious, Xu Nian coughed lightly, pulling Nilu back to her senses.
"Anyway, could you tell me why the clan is in such dire straits?" she said softly.
"Impossible! How could we tell outsiders about our clan's affairs!"
Barlow answered first, anger flashing in his eyes.
Xu Nian looked over indifferently, "Is it your turn to speak?"
After saying that, she snapped her fingers, and Balo was unable to speak, only able to look at Nil.
Nilu sighed leisurely, her expression serious. "It's alright, it's not a secret."
“The clan has split into three parts, and I, as a princess, have only a name…and no real power.”
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