The Empress Dowager passed away and the funeral arrangements took a month to complete.

Lu Yanluo had been keeping vigil in the palace, and only then agreed to leave the palace with Chu Xuan.

On the carriage back to the palace, Lu Yanluo suddenly seemed to remember something: "Chu Xuan, that day the Queen Mother asked me what I liked to eat, how did you know?"

Chu Xuan didn't expect her to ask this suddenly. He smiled foolishly and felt guilty: "I saw you always eat osmanthus cake and water chestnut cake, so I thought they are your favorites."

【lie!】

[It's hard for me to live in front of you all day long. I have to calculate this and that, and I have to calculate how you can let me go. How can I eat snacks in front of you? ]

Looking at Lu Yanluo's scrutinizing and suspicious eyes, Chu Xuan's mouth twitched and he felt even more guilty!

Sure enough, Lu Yanluo folded her arms and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I have never eaten those two cakes in front of you. How could you have seen them?"

Chu Xuan scratched his head: "That's what I asked Xiao Ran!"

【Lie again! 】

[You are a tyrant in front of Xiaoran and me. She will never tell you what I like to eat, for fear that you will poison me! ]

Chu Xuan was speechless!

What the hell!

Why did he poison Lu Yanluo!

"I……"

Chu Xuan's lips moved, but he couldn't say anything nice, so he just gave up and said, "I guessed!"

Lu Yanluo was stunned for a moment.

[You don’t even have to make up a reason?! ]

[What is this bastard man trying to deceive me about! ]

Lu Yanluo looked him up and down for a while, and suddenly said, "It seems that the prince has a secret, and it is a secret that I cannot know."

All these things were enough to plant a seed of doubt in Lu Yanluo's heart.

But she really couldn't guess what the secret was.

[This dog prince is actually hiding something from me. It doesn't seem like he has anyone outside! ]

【How strange! 】

[Forget it, forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore! ]

Chu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. Just stop thinking about it!

"A Luo, you must have been too sad recently, so you have so many crazy thoughts."

Chu Xuan advised softly: "Don't let your imagination run wild, okay?"

The truth is that he can hear Lu Yanluo’s inner voice!

Don’t tell anyone that Lu Yanluo doesn’t believe it, he doesn’t believe it either!

Lu Yanluo just felt a headache and said lightly: "I'm fine."

However……

[I'm fine, sir! You're the one who's tired and has wild thoughts and nonsense! ]

【What is there to hide from me? 】

[Is there someone else outside? ]

[You are too fickle, aren't you? You just found a new lover after you recognized Yan Xiwan's true face? I must educate Chu Yao well when I go back. Don't learn his father's behavior. ]

[Men in ancient times were all pigs. There would be no happiness if they stayed. They had to run away! ]

Chu Xuan's head was buzzing and his psychological defenses collapsed.

Is this what women mean by "I'm fine"?

Lu Yanluo had a blank expression on her face, but what she was thinking could fill ten thousand storybooks!

Is this a woman?

Chu Xuan shook his head: "A Luo, the Qingming Festival is in four days. I will take you to the suburbs so that you can relax and pay tribute to the Royal Grandmother. How about that?"

If Lu Yanluo continued to let her wild thoughts run wild, he would be annoyed to death.

Hurry up and think of a way to stabilize Lu Yanluo!

Hearing this, Lu Yanluo raised her eyes and said, "Okay."

[This scumbag finally found his conscience. It's not easy! ]

It starts again...

Chu Xuan held his forehead with his hand, he seemed to be stuck in a loop.

However, Chu Xuan kept his word and really took her to the suburbs four days later.

When I arrived, I found out that today was the anniversary of Concubine Yun's death. Every year at this time, Chu Xuan would come to the river in the suburbs to release river lanterns.

Lu Yanluo also released a river lantern and said with a smile, "Thank you."

Chu Xuan did not comment.

Stop overthinking, it seems the method worked.

However, just as the two were about to set off for home, a dense group of men in black suddenly rushed out and blocked their way!

The falling rocks rolled down like raindrops. In panic, Chu Xuan jumped off the carriage holding Lu Yanluo.

The carriage behind him was smashed to pieces in an instant!

"A Luo!"

Lu Yanluo stood up quickly: "I'm fine!"

The next second, countless black figures broke through the air and started fighting with the men in black who were lying in ambush.

He is the secret guard of the Night Palace.

Shen He drew out his sword and stood in front of Chu Xuan to fight: "Master, you go first!"

There were so many people coming, so densely packed, there were probably hundreds of them!

Chu Xuan didn't waste any words and pulled Lu Yanluo away.

"wrong!"

After walking for a while, Lu Yanluo suddenly stopped.

"Chu Xuan, do you feel that the road we have come here is a little too smooth, as if someone has paved it and is waiting for us to walk on it?"

Lu Yanluo could only think of one possibility——

Lure the tiger away from the mountain.

The next second, there were footsteps behind him. The assassin had caught up with him.

Chu Xuan sighed helplessly: "This is a well-planned assassination. Today is the anniversary of my mother's death. I come here every year at this time. Everyone in the capital knows it."

He drew his sword, turned around and faced the assassin, his eyes flashing coldly: "But the only one who dares to make such a big noise to assassinate me is Ning Wang Chu Zhen."

Lu Yanluo took a few steps forward and suddenly understood why the assassin led them here.

Because there is a cliff behind!

Chu Xuan whispered, "I've seen this cliff before. It's not high. There's a stream at the bottom of the cliff, and there are vines on the edge of the cliff that can support you. You can still survive if you jump down."

Lu Yanluo frowned.

[No matter how high your martial arts skills are, you can't defeat so many well-trained assassins. ]

【It’s better to give it a try. 】

Thinking about it, she nodded, her eyes firm: "Let's go."

Chu Xuan swung his sword to repel the leading assassins, then hugged Lu Yanluo's waist without hesitation, grabbed the vines on the edge of the cliff with his other hand, and slid down along the vines.

"what to do?!"

When the assassin saw the two people jumping off the cliff, he panicked instantly!

The leading assassin pointed at the vines and said, "Cut it off!"

The vine broke with a sound. Chu Xuan seemed to have thought of it beforehand. He turned over and put Lu Yanluo on top of him, closing his eyes to welcome the fall.

【Why didn't I think they could cut through the vines? 】

[Has Chu Xuan thought of this a long time ago? ]

[Will I die if I fall down like this? ]

[Chu Xuan, are you going to be my meat cushion?! ]

With a "plop", the two fell into the stream.

Lu Yanluo climbed to the shore and pulled Chu Xuan out.

"Chu Xuan!"

No response.

Chu Xuan fainted!

Lu Yanluo hurriedly checked whether he had any wounds, but found that Chu Xuan's body was covered with blood. She didn't know whether he had hit a sharp rock or something, and she was immediately at a loss.

"A Luo..."

Chu Xuan was conscious and his first reaction was to see if Lu Yanluo was okay.

Seeing her alive and kicking, he felt relieved: "I'm glad you're okay."

Lu Yanluo tore off her clothes, made them into strips, and bandaged the wound on his hand.

When I grabbed the vines, I was injured by the thorns, and my skin and flesh were torn off, and blood was everywhere.

"Don't move, I'll bandage your wound."

Lu Yanluo frowned, "Their assassination was so spectacular, I'm afraid they won't stop until they see the 'corpse' and will definitely look for it. The ground is covered in blood, so we can't stay here for long."

[Are you stupid? You actually used me as a meat cushion. 】

[You are a martial arts expert and a prince of the current dynasty. It is obviously more valuable for you to survive! ]

"No!"

Chu Xuan looked at her seriously: "A Luo, no matter your status or martial arts, I want you to live, do you understand?"