"You've only fought for two moves. You dare to challenge me with this little skill? You're overestimating yourself! Lin Jinghan, I advise you to admit defeat as soon as possible, kneel down and kowtow to me a few times, and you'll get less whipping." Murong's whips became more vicious and tricky, and he gradually tightened the range of the whip, leaving Lin Jinghan with less and less space to dodge.
Before learning swordsmanship, Lin Jinghan was better at attacking, using golden needles to launch unexpected attacks, but Murong Huan used a whip, and she couldn't get close to her. This was tantamount to using one's own weakness to attack the opponent's strength. How could she not be embarrassed?
However, Murong Huan had taken the initiative to provoke her before, but was defeated and became the laughing stock of the entire capital. Naturally, she would not follow in her footsteps.
Lin Jinghan finally had no way to avoid it, her steps were a little chaotic, and she revealed a big flaw.
Murong Huan proudly rolled up her sword with a whip. It must feel great to whip an unarmed person with the whip!
But just as she tried to pull the whip back, a sense of danger came over her. She subconsciously wanted to swing the whip in front of her, but it was difficult to pull the whip out of Lin Jinghan's sword at such a critical moment, not to mention that Lin Jinghan had already calculated this!
Just as Lin Jinghan expected, the golden needle pierced Murong Huan's body. The heart-wrenching pain made Murong Huan fall to the ground instantly, wailing.
"You despicable villain, you actually used a hidden weapon." Murong Huan howled and cursed, how could she still look like a princess?
"It's the same here. Didn't you sneak attack me and poison the weapon that hurt me? What I'm doing is called a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye."
"Ah! Lin Jinghan, I will kill you." Murong Huan was almost crazy, staggering towards Lin Jinghan.
"Tsk tsk tsk, what a lunatic!" Lin Jinghan shook her head, took two steps back, sat in the carriage, and asked casually:
"Wu Si, I wonder what happens to those who fail in a challenge according to the rules of Nanzhao?"
"Agree to one of the other party's requests." Wu Si answered in a proper manner.
"I'll remember this request." Lin Jinghan turned her head and looked at the people from Nanzhao.
"Your princess is already like this, why don't you go and call your prince out? Or is your prince so heartless that he doesn't even care about his own sister?"
Meanwhile, Murong Shuo had just arrived at the Jingnan Palace. Before he could even open the door, he saw their guards rushing over. "Your Highness, the Princess of Jingnan has come to challenge the Princess. The Princess has fallen prey to her schemes and is now in agony."
At this moment, Murong Shuo understood that the person sitting in the carriage he had seen earlier was Princess Jingnan! Princess Jingnan's incident at this time was clearly telling the emperor that the conflict between Sikong Zhan and Nan Zhao could not be reconciled, and he would never give the antidote to Murong Qi.
In other words, Murong Qi's awakening had nothing to do with him!
He was actually just one step slower, just one step, and watched helplessly as Prince Jingnan seized all the opportunities. This time, he had no way to defend himself.
Unless, unless...
As the saying goes, a friend dies, but I am better off dead. Now that things have come to this, I can't blame him for being cruel. He can only ask him to take the blame!
He immediately turned his horse around and rushed back to the inn.
As soon as Murong Shuo left, Sikong Zhan followed.
On the other side, the people from Nanzhao surrounded Lin Jinghan and carefully carried the princess back.
But Princess Nanzhao was howling and struggling so hard that a large group of people worked for a long time but still couldn't get the princess back.
When Murong Shuo arrived, he saw the unusually lively scene at the entrance of the inn. He made a quick decision and asked someone to knock Murong Huan unconscious. He looked at Lin Jinghan angrily.
"Princess Jingnan, why did you hurt my sister?"
"Your Highness is wronging me by saying this. I am here to challenge you according to the rules of Nanzhao. This is what His Royal Highness said in the Golden Palace: in Nanzhao, both men and women can challenge each other.
Today, your sister accepted my challenge and lost. She still owes me a request. How about this, Your Highness, will you agree to it on her behalf?"
Murong Shuo glanced at the crowd watching, then called the guards to verify what had happened. It was just as Lin Jinghan had said. His sister had accepted the challenge and failed. He clenched his fist and said:
"Since Princess Jingnan is following the rules, I will agree to your request! I wonder what Princess Jingnan wants my sister to do?"
Lin Jinghan pondered for a while, and when Sikong Zhan arrived, she smiled playfully:
"Nan Zhao came to ask for peace with sincerity. Since she brought the princess with her, it seems that this is heaven's will. Since heaven has sent the princess to marry, this princess will not make things difficult for her. She can just accept the marriage honestly."
Keeping this unruly princess in the capital was originally a very troublesome matter. However, don't think she didn't know that this unruly princess came to the capital to compete with him for her husband! No matter who dared to think about her, he would make him regret coming into this world! Since he wanted to marry Donglin so much, then she would grant her wish.
"Is Princess Jingnan really so cruel?" Murong Shuo's face was full of disbelief. The Princess Jingnan looked weak and delicate, but she was so vicious in her heart!
Is a princess married into a defeated nation still a princess? If her husband cares about her, it's fine, and she can barely maintain the dignity of a princess. Otherwise, the princess is nothing!
"Isn't it normal for a defeated country to send a princess as a marriage partner? How can it be that I am so cruel?" Lin Jinghan said.
"Marriage, or death!" Sikong Zhan's cold voice sounded.
It seemed that Sikong Zhan had absolutely no intention of showing any affection towards the unruly princess. This realization made Lin Jinghan very happy. She took Sikong Zhan's arm and said, "Prince, let's go home."
Murong Shuo watched the departing figures of Prince Jingnan and his wife, his eyes dark. "Prince Jingnan, whatever you have to say, just come to me. You've only dishonored your reputation by plotting against my sister, a mere woman."
Lin Jinghan's expression changed instantly. She turned around, looked at Murong Shuo, and said coldly, "It was I who took the initiative to challenge Murong Huan today. What has my prince got to do with it? Your Highness the Crown Prince has slandered my prince today. I will remember this."
After Nanzhao's accompanying doctor Lu Qing examined Murong Huan, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and immediately walked outside the inn. He bowed to Murong Shuo and said cautiously:
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, I can't cure the poison of the Princess..."
"Leave the antidote!" Murong Shuo's face was as cold as ice, and he instantly blocked Sikong Zhan and the others' way.
"Isn't Nan Zhao's poison technique known as the best in the world? How come there is a poison you can't cure?"
Lin Jinghan shook the antidote in her hand, then put it back in her pocket and said, "If you want the antidote, show your sincerity." Then she left.
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