Late at night, a slender figure was sitting under the lamp in an inconspicuous house in Pingjing Imperial City, as if waiting for someone. Looking at the slightly swaying candlelight, he thought for a moment and picked up scissors from the side to gently cut off half of the candle heart that had burned. The fire suddenly darkened, and after a moment, it slowly lit up, no longer trembling as before.

"Bang bang." Two slight knocks came from outside the door.

"Princess, please come in." The man laughed softly.

The door was pushed open from outside, and Chu Ling walked in from outside, looking at the calm and smiling man under the candlelight, with a complicated look on his face. After a while, he said, "I'm a little curious, Mr. Qin... how did he avoid the people of the Clan appear here in the middle of the night?" Qin Shu is a Western Qin native, and the Clan members are destined to be guarded against him. He does not have the ultimate light skills to leave the Beijin Inn quietly in the middle of the night and appear here.

Qin Shu sighed lightly and said, "Young Master Qin? Are you really so distant?"

Chu Ling raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't you call me princess too?"

Qin Shu smiled helplessly and answered her previous question, "It's nothing. I originally went to the Prince of Anxin. It would be fine to take time to come here. Although I am not a member of the Clan, there are still a few people around me who can be used. Otherwise... how can I survive in Shangjing?" Chu Ling nodded. She believed Qin Shu's words. Although she had not seen the prince of the Western Qin for two years, she could not see that the eldest prince of Xiqin was hidden in her eyes, but this time she saw it clearly. Now Nangong Yuyue is unconscious. It should not be difficult to deceive Ke Teji, who has obvious IQ.

"Shengsheng sits down and talks." Qin Shu smiled and reached out to a teacup next to her to pour a cup of tea for her.

Chu Ling walked to him and sat down, looking at Qin Shu and said, "I was shocked by receiving your secret letter two days ago." Jun Wuhuan was just unconscious at that time. Although Chu Ling was calm on his face, he was a little confused. When he suddenly received Qin Shu's secret letter, Chu Ling's first reaction was whether this would be a trap for the people of the Clan. But after thinking about it for a while, Chu Ling decided to believe Qin Shu once.

Qin Shu sighed lightly and said, "Actually, I thought Sheng Sheng would not pay attention to my letter at all. After all, you and I have the status of this now..." If he had changed to her position, he would probably not pay attention to an inexplicable letter that suddenly came from that delicate moment. But I have to say that while Chu Ling's choice made him relieved, he also felt a little more admiration in his heart. Not anyone dared to make a decision immediately in the chaotic situation.

Chu Ling shook her head, picked up the teacup and took a sip and said, "I won't talk about this anymore, let's talk about the future." Of course, she would not tell Qin Shu how much hesitation and ideas she had had when she thought for a while. Qin Shu was naturally not the one who came to the bottom of the matter. He nodded and said, "The alliance between the two countries has been agreed upon. Tomorrow, Ke Teji will meet Emperor Yongjia and make the final decision. Then we are about to prepare for going back. I am afraid that Shengsheng will find a way for the rest of the matter."

Chu Ling smiled and said, "It's okay, you have helped me a lot."

Qin Shu looked at Chu Ling, and after a while, she frowned slightly and said, "I heard that Mr. Changli's situation is not very good. If... if... if he really can't hold on, are you sure you can still walk the road ahead? Once Mr. Changli is gone, the people from Lingxiao Trading Company may not really listen to you." Chu Ling lowered his eyes and said for a moment, "Since I have chosen this path, I will definitely walk to the end until... I can't walk anymore." She really can't do the kind of thing that gave up halfway. Since she decided to do something, she must consider various possible results. If something really happened to Jun Wuhuan, she didn't know how painful she would be, but as long as she was still alive, she would definitely continue to walk down. Otherwise, she shouldn't have started this at the beginning.

"You chose to believe me, don't you know that I won't give up halfway?" Chu Ling raised his eyes and looked at Qin Shu and said.

Qin Shu laughed and said, "That's right, but I can only feel more at ease when I hear you say it in person. Shengsheng, even if you and I have a good relationship, I can't bet with you without any scruples. If you can't hold on, I..." Chu Ling certainly knew what he wanted to say. If she can't hold on, don't blame him for selling her. Chu Ling was not disappointed or angry about this. Qin Shu's attitude made her feel more at ease. After all... Qin Shu also has a Xi Qin and a younger brother behind him. If he really stood by her side to bet with her without hesitation, she would be suspicious.

Seeing that she understood what she meant, a smile flashed through her eyes, "We will definitely leave Beijing within three days at the latest. At that time, the news that Ke Teji brought back will inevitably be in the midst of the Tianqi civil strife. I will also let Tuoba Liang believe this news. He should be able to deal with Cangyun City with confidence. But... If Mr. Changli cannot get better as soon as possible, are you sure you are really fine?"

Chu Ling smiled and said, "I thought you had believed me if you asked me for cooperation."

Qin Shu was stunned and smiled helplessly.

Chu Ling held his chin and looked at Qin Shu with curious thoughts, "To be honest, I'm still a little puzzled... Why did you ask me to cooperate with me? Do you know that once the cooperation between you and me is exposed, I may not be a big deal, and Western Qin will be in a catastrophe immediately?" Qin Shu was silent for a moment, and sighed softly and said, "Because I have no other choice, Tuoba Liang is ambitious. Once Cangyun City is broken, the first thing he wants to attack will not be the Apocalypse across the Cangling River, but... the Western Qin." Ling Cangjiang is actually a natural barrier for the current Apocalypse. According to Qin Shu's speculation, even if the Apocalypse people have maintained the current status quo, it will take at least twenty years for the Cangyun clan to completely destroy the Apocalypse.

Chu Ling raised his eyebrows slightly, "If so, can he use you with confidence?"

Qin Shu laughed and said, "So, the day when Cangyun City is broken is the time for me to die. Qin is not as smart as the world, nor does he have the power to be powerful. Why did Tuoba Liang reuse me as soon as he ascended the throne?"

Chu Ling blinked and said, "Please comfort Xi Qin?"

Qin Shu nodded, "Even though the Western Qin has been weak in recent years, it still has some combat power. Xier... Ascends to the throne, his cunning is too shallow. The founder of the Northern Jin Dynasty is still a bit tolerant, but Tuoba Liang can never tolerate him. If I hadn't surrendered and sent my handle to Tuoba Liang, I'm afraid Tuoba Liang would have to attack Xier first."

Chu Ling thought of the somewhat irritable young King of Xi Qin and raised his eyebrows and said, "What did he do to make Tuoba Liang so unhappy?"

Qin Shu was silent for a moment and said, "He has secretly interacted with Cangyun City and Tianqi."

"..." It turns out that he was a teenager who was good at committing suicide. "So, now the situation between you and Tuoba Liang was that you took the initiative to give him your own handle. Tuoba Liang trusted you to use you on the surface, but in fact he was still trying to kill him after using it. And you deliberately made Tuoba Liang feel that you accepted his comfort, but in fact he was still planning to kill him secretly?" Qin Shu looked a little strange and pondered for a moment before saying, "Although Sheng Sheng's words were a little...but this is probably what it means. Therefore, this alliance with Tianqi must be negotiated."

Chu Ling thought for a while and said, "Okay, since that's the case, I'll give you another gift. Tomorrow you will go to discuss the alliance with your father. He will give up some of the benefits to Tianqi again, which is considered as compensation for the union of marriage."

Qin Shu looked at Chu Ling in surprise, and Chu Ling smiled and said nothing. Anyway, those benefits will never be realized, so what if they are all given up?

Qin Shu didn't ask too much, nodded and said, "I understand."

Chu Ling said, "You must be careful when you return to Shangjing, once the situation changes..."

Qin Shu smiled and said, "Shengsheng doesn't have to worry about me. If you don't say anything else, it's still no problem to get out of it."

Chu Ling nodded, "That's good. If something happens to you, I can't afford to pay a compensation for the King of Xiqin." The King of Xiqin, who is suspected to be a manic patient, doesn't know what to do. Qin Shu smiled and said, "Shengsheng was joking."

In the morning, Chu Ling and Li Dan sat in the busiest and bustling teahouse in Pingjing for morning tea. Chu Ling went to see Qin Shu secretly and went to the palace last night, and was a little unhappy. He leaned lazily against the window, listening to the noisy sounds around him. In the past two days, the atmosphere of all the teahouses and restaurants in the entire capital city or the places where scholars appear were extremely strange. Either the mourning and bleak clouds were everywhere, or he looked very mournful, and he looked very happy, which made Chu Ling feel very interesting to see.

There were even cases where students from the Imperial College and other scholars fought directly outside. In short, after both sides had the goal of fighting, they had the ambition to forget the culprit Shenyou who caused this situation. Chu Ling felt that the number of people scolded her in the past two days had been reduced a lot.

Li Dan was very puzzled by the evil tastes of His Royal Highness. This was probably what His Royal Highness said... I was happy when I saw that others were unhappy?

"The princess is in a bad mood, why not rest in the mansion?" Li Dan looked at Chu Ling and couldn't help asking.

Chu Ling looked up at him, yawned a little and said, "In the past two days, at least ten people have come to the princess's mansion to ask for a visit every day. I am in a bad mood recently and don't want to offend anyone."

"..." Is there anyone in this capital that you have not offended?

Chu Ling looked at him and said, "Speaking of it, you called you back in just two days after you went to the Shenyou Army. Isn't it okay?" Li Dan shook his head silently and said, "It's okay." Chu Ling nodded with satisfaction and said, "Your brain is better than those idiots, and you can't delay much. As for learning kung fu, it's easier. I will make up for it if I look back. Recently, I'm short of people here, so you can stay in the capital now. By the way, I still think it's meaningless to play with my shortcomings and avoid my strengths."

Li Dan said, "I am not... I have to become a martial arts master, but... I want to join the army, but I can't be too bad." I can't go to the battlefield in the future. Before the enemy saw him, he was stunned by the horse, or he was frightened by blood when he saw him, so his legs were weak.

Chu Ling sighed and said, "You are indeed a smart person, but... you are a little smarter." But now, they still don't really believe that one day they will really go to the battlefield to fight face to face with the people of the Clan.

Li Dan bowed and said, "It's the princess who doesn't dislike it."

"Ah?!" A sharp scream suddenly came from outside the window, accompanied by countless screams of exclamation. Chu Ling looked up and saw a figure jumping down from the tall building diagonally opposite. Not far from their window was a library outside the Imperial College. The building was five floors high, much higher than the buildings on both sides of the surrounding streets.

Chu Ling didn't have time to think too much, so he pulled out the Liuyue Sword with his backhand and shot in that direction.

The Liuyue Knife shot towards the library like a silver light, and just pierced through the man's wide sleeve and slapped directly into the wall of the library with internal force. At this time, the man was less than two meters high from the ground. The Liuyue Knife directly penetrated the wall, leaving only a knife handle outside. Fortunately, the material of the standard clothes in the Imperial College was very good, and the handle was hung under his arm, so he actually nailed the person directly to the wall.

Just as everyone was relieved, they heard a thrust, and the man's arm slid directly off the hilt, and his clothes also torn apart and fell down again.

Fortunately, this time, it was not very high from the ground. When everyone fell down, they heard a muffled groan, but no one was killed. They rushed up to surround the man and asked about the situation. The bookstore was in chaos.

Chu Ling did not join in the fun, and even was in a hurry to retrieve his Liuyue Knife. Li Dan followed Wenxun and went there with the people who joined in the fun. When he came back, he looked a little strange, "What's wrong?" Chu Ling asked. Li Dan looked at her and said, "That's... a student from the Imperial College. I heard that he planned to participate in the spring exam next year. He was removed from the list for a while... he couldn't think of it..." he jumped off the building.

Chu Ling was not guilty of this, "It's not a few months away from next year, so it's not that they won't be allowed to participate in the spring exam, which is worth jumping off the building? I can't think so, and if I enter the officialdom in the future, I might be sorrowful. Let him go home and take a shower and go to bed as soon as possible." Li Dan had long seen that this princess really had no sympathy and pity for these scholars who wanted to be an official in the imperial examination. If she hadn't needed some scholars, I'm afraid that in her eyes, they would be a waste of food. Li Dan was a little suspicious, and whether it was the right choice to follow His Highness the princess.

"Does the princess... hate scholars?"

Chu Ling blinked her eyes, and it took a while to understand what Li Dan meant. She waved her hand and said, "No, I personally have great respect for those who are truly knowledgeable and talented."

Li Dan's eyes flashed slightly, waiting for her.

"But... I hate people who have read a few books and are content to die and are content to die. Unfortunately, most scholars in the Tianqi court are like this." Li Dan pondered for a moment and said, "They... maybe they just think that they should not be too hasty. Confucianism advocates the doctrine of the mean, and some of the princess' methods are too extreme."

Chu Ling sneered and said lazily, "I think that things they dare not do are not allowed to be done by others. After all, how can others do things they cannot do? Wouldn't that seem useless? In a chaotic world, the country is declining, and the whole northern people are in vain. At this time, you tell me the doctrine of the mean?" Li Dan said nothing, and he didn't know what else to say. Sometimes he would be glad that he met the Princess Shenyou at the youngest age. If it was twenty years later, perhaps his thoughts were no different from those people.

"Since that's the case, why did the princess save people just now?" Li Dan said after a while.

Chu Ling said lazily, "Today's 15th, I will eat vegetarian food."

“…”

"Princess." Xue Yuan walked up from below, and both sides sent the Liuyue Knife to Chu Ling's hand. Chu Ling asked, "Is that kid okay?" Xue Yuan curled her lips and said, "I broke one leg, my left arm's shoulder and arm are probably a little wounded. It will take a year or two to heal."

Chu Ling shrugged and said to Li Dan, "Look, he could have just joined the spring exam, and maybe he could pass the exam. Now... it's hard to say."

“…”

Jin Xue glanced at Li Dan and said to Chu Ling with a smile, "Princess, news has just been heard in the mansion. Your Majesty sent someone to say that the agreement with the Clan has been reached. The Clan envoy has resigned from Your Majesty, but the Nangong National Master still did not come forward." Chu Ling nodded and said, "I understand." Jin Xue said, "The Fu Guard next to the Nangong National Master comes to the Princess' Mansion and wants to ask to see the princess."

Chu Ling was a little surprised and was still a little curious about the guard Chu Ling next to Nangong Yuyue. After all, Fu Leng's strength is indeed not weak, but his presence is really low. Almost apart from protecting Nangong Yuyue, he didn't care about anything. Therefore, Fu Leng would take the initiative to come to the princess's mansion to ask for a meeting, and Chu Ling was also a little surprised. But she also understood why Fu Leng came to the princess's house for her sake.

Chu Ling said, "He wants Yan'er to go and see Nangong Yuyue's treatment? Forget it, Nangong Yuyue's snake sperm may be the first thing he does when he wakes up, slap Yan'er to death with one palm."

Jin Xue covered her lips and smiled, "He really came for this. Miss Xiao also knows it and is negotiating conditions with Guard Fu."

Chu Ling was puzzled, "Add to negotiate conditions? What conditions did she want to discuss?"

Xiao Yan'er talked about the conditions that Fu Leng must not and dared not agree to. For example, let Fu Leng abandon Nangong Yuyue and make a cow and horse for her, and when Nangong Yuyue wakes up, he will personally serve her tea and thank her for her life-saving grace. For example, Nangong Yuyue will never cause trouble for her no matter what she has done. Chu Ling was speechless. Even if Nangong Yuyue personally serves you tea, would you dare to drink it?

In the princess's mansion, Xiao Yan'er was looking up at Fu Leng from above.

There was no way. Even though she was sitting tall, Fu Leng was standing, so she was still a little taller than her.

"Hey, do you have the sincerity to ask someone for help?" Xiao Yan'er said unhappily.

Fu Leng glanced at him and said, "It's Miss Xiao that makes people difficult. Miss Xiao's conditions, please forgive me and cannot agree."

Xiao Yan'er blinked, "Why don't you agree to come to me for? Nangong Yuyue's senior brother is still unconscious now. Are you still asking for help? You are not afraid that I will poison him to death." Fu Leng said without saying anything. Since he came back to find Xiao Yan'er, he was naturally sure that he would not poison the national master. In short, the young master is also considered Miss Xiao's senior brother.

"Young Master Changli's injury... Although it cannot be separated from your son, you cannot blame him all." If your son Changli's health is fine, the little trouble the young master is asking for is just a small trouble and it will not be a big deal at all.

Xiao Yan'er opened her eyes wide and said angrily, "If my senior brother hadn't been in good health, the three Nangong Yuyue wouldn't be enough for him to beat him!"

Fu Leng said, "Miss Xiao really refuses?"

Xiao Yan'er narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at him vigilantly, "You don't want to be tough, do you? I warn you, if you don't want to die, you stay away from me." Fu Leng naturally knew that the person in front of him was known as the poisonous immortal, and frowned slightly and said, "I know the whereabouts of the old man Canye."

"Hmm?" Xiao Yan'er was a little confused, "Who is that?"

"..." Fu Leng was silent for a moment, as if he could not bear it anymore, "That is the master of Mr. Changli and our master!"

"Ah?! Are you talking about my master?" Xiao Yan'er finally reacted and said angrily, "It's better if you just say that I master, right? I almost didn't react."

You didn't react at all, I told you.

Xiao Yan'er was a little curious, "How could you know the whereabouts of Master?"

Fu Leng didn't answer, but just looked at Xiao Yan'er and didn't say anything. Xiao Yan'er sighed with her chin and said, "Master is not good at medical skills, so even if you know his whereabouts, it's useless."

Fu Leng said in a deep voice, "Old Man Canye's martial arts skills are superb, and Young Master Changli became like this because of him. How could Miss Xiao know that he has no way to do it? Even if it cannot be cured, she can always help a little, right?" Xiao Yan'er was stunned, frowned slightly and thought seriously. He, a master, loved to cause trouble in his early years, and did not know any medical skills. He has been a bit of a retreat in the world over the years. She and his master have not seen each other for several years, and they don't know what he is doing all day long.

But if she had just spared Nangong Yuyue... Xiao Yan'er curled her lips, so unwilling to accept it.

Fu Leng frowned and said, "I promise that the old man Canye will definitely come to the Princess's Mansion within five days."

"This..." Xiao Yan'er hesitated.

"Yan'er, promise him." Chu Ling's voice came faintly from outside, and the next moment, Chu Ling had already walked in with Li Dan.

"Sister A Ling." Xiao Yan'er was a little depressed. Chu Ling smiled and patted her on the shoulder and said, "I guess Mr. Fu just wants to wake up Master Nangong."

Fu Leng nodded, as long as the young master woke up, everything would be easy.

Chu Ling looked at Fu Leng and said, "I have the conditions too. Nangong Yuyue must leave Pingjing before she can wake up. If you want him to wake up as soon as possible, then leave Pingjing earlier."

Fu Leng hesitated a little, but he couldn't believe Chu Ling.

Chu Ling looked at him lightly and didn't say much.

After a while, Fu Leng said in a deep voice, "I believe in the promise of God blessing the princess, and I hope the princess will keep her trust."

Chu Ling smiled and said, "If you keep your trust, I will naturally keep your trust."

"Okay." Fu Leng nodded.
Chapter completed!