"Aunt, there's no need to kneel, the person is already gone!"
As Jing Zhe's figure receded into the distance, Chen Jiannan once again played the good guy and prepared to help Madam Zhu up.
Madam Zhu flung his hand away, stumbled to her feet, and glared at him.
"You already knew he had been summoned by His Majesty?"
"Yes... I've heard a little about it..."
"You saw him win first prize at the poetry competition?"
"Yes... that's right..."
"You know everything, but you deliberately didn't tell me?"
"Um...no, that's not it!"
"Smack!"
The next moment, Madam Zhu's slap flew over, and Chen Jiannan's originally symmetrical face instantly swelled up.
"Are you trying to make me look foolish?"
"..."
Madam Zhu undoubtedly vented all her anger and resentment on Chen Jiannan, but he was not entirely innocent.
Madam Zhu had a bad impression of Jing Zhe because of her preconceived notions, but if Chen Jiannan hadn't been stirring things up, she wouldn't have lost her rationality and judgment so quickly.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Madam Zhu sneered again: "No wonder she looks down on you. You don't dare to utter a word when it matters. All you do is hide behind the scenes and play tricks. Bah!"
The spit landed squarely on Chen Jiannan's chest, and he didn't dare to move, looking quite pitiful.
"Let me tell you, if Jing Zhe doesn't live at home, you can forget about living here either!"
"So... he's settled in?"
"If he moves in, you should get out even more, so he won't be bothered by your presence!"
"..."
...
As General Jinghong, Liu Jinghong rode a horse alone, while Zhu Tong arrived in a carriage.
Zhu Tong thought that when they returned, he and Jing Zhe would ride in a carriage while Liu Jinghong continued on horseback. However, Liu Jinghong got into the carriage first and then beckoned Jing Zhe to come in.
Seeing this, Zhu Tong couldn't help but chuckle.
But then he shook his head, feeling gratified to see his old friend's children living in such harmony.
"Isn't this inappropriate? After all, Prime Minister Zhu is so old..."
Once inside the carriage, Jing Zhe watched as the elderly Zhu Tong, with the help of his guards, mounted his horse, and said somewhat guiltily.
"If you don't like it, then you can leave!"
Liu Jinghong glanced at him.
"Well... let's forget about it!"
Jing Zhe shook his head. "As you get older, you should exercise more!"
"..."
As the carriage set off, Liu Jinghong asked, "How did we get here?"
"My second sister asked me to come."
"When you left home this morning, did you go out and do something naughty behind my back?"
Liu Jinghong stared at him for a few moments, then suddenly asked a question.
Jing Zhe was taken aback, thinking that his affair with Wang Yingqiu had been exposed, but then he thought it was unlikely, so he said, "I didn't do anything. I just ran into my second sister when I got back to the Zhang family."
"wrong!"
Liu Jinghong shook her head, looked her over carefully, and then concluded: "Something's not right with you!"
"..."
Jing Zhe was shocked. He thought to himself, "I was so neat and tidy after my battle with Wang Yingqiu. How did she find out something?"
Well, she'll find out sooner or later anyway, so why don't I just tell her?
Just as Jing Zhe was about to speak, he saw Liu Jinghong pinching her chin and staring at him with a thoughtful look on her face: "Where did you get all that internal energy?"
"..."
Oh, so that's what you were talking about!
Jing Zhe thought for a moment and then recounted the story of the "date pills" he had received from Zhou Zhiwei. However, he omitted the details about the relationship between men and women, only saying that Zhou Zhiwei had given him the tonic as a thank you for agreeing to teach him calligraphy.
"Jinxi is known as the capital of medicine, so it's not surprising that it has these miraculous medicines. Otherwise, the Tongtianque sect, a heretical sect, wouldn't have become one of the four major sects in such a short time."
"These jujube pills are just too miraculous! To instantly grant someone like me, with absolutely no cultivation, internal energy is truly astonishing. It seems I really need to make a trip to Jinxi sometime!"
After saying that, he didn't forget to instruct, "According to what you said, no one else has this medicine. You must keep it safe and don't tell anyone else."
At the same time, she happily said, "That's even better! Now that you have internal energy, I can teach you some martial arts for self-defense, so you won't be passive when you encounter bad people in the future!"
Upon hearing that Liu Jinghong was going to teach him kung fu, Jing Zhe readily agreed.
Will he finally realize his martial arts dream one day?
...
Before long, Jing Zhe entered the palace.
In the imperial court, many ministers were seeing Jing Zhe for the first time and were immediately captivated by his handsome appearance.
Seeing Jing Zhe and Liu Jinghong standing together, looking so harmonious, one can't help but sigh that heroes emerge from among the young.
Qi Junguang arrived late, accompanied by a somewhat unfamiliar face who, judging from his attire, appeared to be a martial arts expert.
After paying his respects to Emperor An, his gaze lingered on Liu Jinghong for a long time, just like when he looked at Zhu Xinning the night before, which was quite annoying.
"Third Prince, I've summoned you here today to discuss the martial arts competition!"
Andi spoke first.
"Alright, I'm getting impatient."
With his hands behind his back, he exuded an air of nonchalant magnanimity.
Andi rolled his eyes, thinking to himself, "Where do you get the courage to act tough when you're just a defeated opponent?"
However, as the ruler of a country, he could not say such things. After thinking about it, he realized that there was someone in the court who was suitable, but he didn't know if he could understand what he meant.
He then coughed and glanced discreetly at Jing Zhe.
Jing Zhe also found many things to criticize about Qi Junguang's words, and he immediately understood the meaning behind Emperor An's gaze.
"Is the Third Prince getting impatient?"
Qi Junguang glanced at Jing Zhe. He didn't want to talk to him, not only because of his status, but also because the scene of Jing Zhe defeating him the night before last was still vivid in his mind, making him feel disheartened.
But I can't help wanting to pretend.
"Well, I've waited for two days in a row, so I'm not in a hurry anymore!"
Jing Zhe nodded, then said to Emperor An, "Your Majesty, the Third Prince is eager to return to Southern Qi. We must send him back as soon as possible!"
"..."
Qi Junguang's face turned red, and he was about to retort when Emperor An waved his hand to interrupt him: "Since the Third Prince is homesick, then we will quickly send the Third Prince back!"
He finished speaking and laughed loudly, and the court officials also laughed along with him.
Qi Junguang stood in the crowd, isolated and helpless, looking rather pitiful.
The middle-aged man in martial arts uniform next to him patted him on the shoulder and said, "Your Majesty, let's talk about the martial arts competition! You can't win by just talking!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Jing Zhe, as if to say that he was all talk and no action.
Jing Zhe was furious. He thought to himself, "I can kill you with just a few words. Do you think you can?"
Seeing that he had turned the tide, Qi Junguang was overjoyed. He pointed at the middle-aged man and said, "Your Majesty, I forgot to introduce you. This is Qi Gulong, the number one warrior of Southern Qi and also the Silver Thread General of Southern Qi!"
"..."
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