483: Insignificant ants, not worth mentioning.

"Brother-in-law, this kid is clearly harboring resentment in his heart. If we let him go, I'm afraid we'll be nurturing a tiger that will return to bite us." Lian Xing frowned hesitantly as she looked at Duan Zhengchun.

"They are just mere ants, not worth mentioning." Duan Zhengchun shook his head.

"Don't worry, your brother-in-law's Realm is already beyond what we can fathom."

"He has long since walked ahead of all martial paths. There is no one left in the Nine Provinces Continent who is a match for your brother-in-law. A mere small-time hoodlum, even if he were Heaven-Defying, wouldn't reach one ten-thousandth of your brother-in-law's level." Moon Invitation spoke with a proud and arrogant expression as she explained.

Seeing her elder sister like this, Lian Xing felt she needed to reacquaint herself with this sister of hers. She had never seen her sister show such a proud expression for a man.

This Prince Duan truly was a captivating existence.

Unfortunately, he was already her brother-in-law. Otherwise, she would definitely have fought for him.

"Sister, Brother-in-law, there are still many matters to handle in the palace. If there's nothing else here, I'll take my leave first." Lian Xing said.

"Hmm, if that's the case, you may return first." Moon Invitation nodded.

She also knew that Yihua Palace couldn't be left without someone to guard it. She had been somewhat worried before, but now she could rest easy.

With Lian Xing possessing the Flower Transplanting technique, and now having reached the Heavenly Human Realm, it could be said that no one in the Heavenly Human Realm could kill her.

As for those in the Earth Immortal Realm, Yihua Palace had not offended enemies with such formidable strength. Otherwise, Yihua Palace wouldn't have been able to pass down its Legacy to this day.

"Since official duties are pressing, you may return first. Does this prince need to escort you for a part of the journey?" Duan Zhengchun looked at Lian Xing with a smile.

Seeing Duan Zhengchun's smile, Lian Xing's pretty face inexplicably flushed red. The scene from earlier, when Duan Zhengchun had pulled her over, instantly flashed through her mind.

At that time, Duan Zhengchun's hand had been on her waist. If it weren't for the special circumstances, and Duan Zhengchun had let go of her after arriving, they might have been discovered.

Now, hearing Duan Zhengchun say this, it made her immediately recall the scene from just a moment ago. Her pretty face flushed red, and her heart began to pound wildly.

"Brother-in-law is so handsome... What's with this damn heart-pounding feeling? No, I can't show anything unusual. If sister notices something amiss, I'll be in trouble."

"Um, Brother-in-law, you have many affairs to attend to. There's no need to trouble yourself. I can return on my own." After saying this, Lian Xing turned and left.

She didn't dare to stay a moment longer. She was afraid that if she delayed another minute, her sister would notice something was off.

Watching her younger sister's somewhat fleeing figure, Moon Invitation frowned slightly and instinctively looked towards Duan Zhengchun.

She had a feeling her sister was acting a bit strange today, and it must have something to do with Duan Zhengchun.

However, she had no evidence. Now that her sister had left, she couldn't chase after her to ask.

But even if there was something between the two of them, would it really affect her?

She had personally experienced just how terrifying the prince's combat prowess was.

Sensing Moon Invitation's gaze, Duan Zhengchun looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"What's wrong? Does this prince have flowers on his face?"

"No, I just wanted to thank the prince for the great gift you gave my sister."

"How about this, Prince, why don't you take Yuyan in? I've seen these past few days how much that girl Yuyan has been tormented by the prince. She can't even sleep soundly every night." Moon Invitation looked at Duan Zhengchun with a mischievous smile.

"Moon Invitation, what you're saying isn't right. What does this have to do with this prince? Isn't it because you all were making too much noise? How can you blame this prince for it now?" Duan Zhengchun retorted with a straight face.

Hearing Duan Zhengchun's shameless words, Moon Invitation's pretty face instantly flushed red.

What was the reason for her being so loud? Wasn't it because of you, this damned troublemaker? At times like that, one simply couldn't control themselves.

And now you're shifting the blame onto this palace mistress, not wanting to take any responsibility yourself.

I've never seen someone so shameless.

You just don't want to take responsibility.

"Prince, do you really have no shame when you say such things!" Moon Invitation's pretty face flushed with a mix of embarrassment and anger as she glared at Duan Zhengchun.

"Well, it really can't be blamed on this prince. Wasn't I doing it for your own good?"

"Besides, didn't you also reap benefits?" Duan Zhengchun said with a wicked grin.

"You... Shameless! I'm ignoring you." Moon Invitation's face burned with anger. She wanted to strike out, but in the end couldn't bring herself to do it. Huffing, she turned and went back to her room.

Huang Rong watched the spectacle from the side, a smile that hadn't disappeared from her face. Seeing the two of them bickering here made her even happier inside.

"Prince, you really are thick-skinned. You can even make something like that sound so righteous and proper."

"If you put it that way, it seems like you benefited even more than I did, right?" Huang Rong's pretty face grew slightly warm.

Such bold and explicit words, she only dared to say them in front of Duan Zhengchun.

"Ah, my dear Ronger, you're the one who understands this prince best."

"Since that's the case, I'll have to trouble Ronger again today. This prince would like to continue enjoying your performance." Duan Zhengchun said with a wicked grin.

"Oh my, Prince, what are you saying? I don't know. Um, the Dongpo pork in the kitchen must be ready. I'll go check on it so it doesn't burn." Huang Rong said, turning and running away.

Watching Huang Rong depart, Duan Zhengchun didn't actually grab her to do some loving things.

His strength was too great. A single Huang Rong was no match for him; even adding Moon Invitation wouldn't be enough.

Even when he slacked off and let the two of them go at it as they pleased, they nearly wore their lips out.

Matters here had come to a temporary conclusion. It was time to leave.

Snow Moon City, Li Hanyi, your matter should also be resolved.

The matter between you and Zhao Yuzhen should also be brought to an end.

The news of Cheng Shifei being crippled quickly reached the Ming Emperor, Zhu Houzhao. Looking at the message in his hand, Zhu Houzhao shook his head helplessly.

"This Cheng Shifei, he really knows how to stir up trouble."

"I'm trying to win him over, and you actually dare to go cause trouble for him?"

"Even if he didn't deal with you, I would have. Now that you're crippled, you're useless. Originally, I had intended to give you some compensation."

"But now it seems that compensation won't be happening. Otherwise, if it were to upset King Kaoshan, the gains wouldn't be worth the losses."

Shaking his head, Zhu Houzhao tossed the memorial aside and paid it no further mind.

At Dragon Guard Manor, Zhu Wushi looked at the latest news that had arrived, a look of scorn and disdain on his face.

"This Cheng Shifei really has the brains of a pig. Did he really think that with Gu Santong's Legacy, he could be so arrogant?"

"Even if you wanted to prove yourself, couldn't you find a suitable target?"

"Clearly, you're just a slightly larger ant, yet you actually wanted to go find trouble with this fierce dragon? Truly courting death."

"Crippled is crippled. It's just a pity that this prince still needs to continue searching for the Earth-ranked Secret Agent and the Yellow-ranked Secret Agent." Zhu Wushi sighed helplessly.

He sighed, not because of Cheng Shifei, but because he was worried about where to find the two secret agents.

Originally, the four great secret agents of Dragon Guard Manor were meant to correspond to the Four Great Constables of Six Doors. It's just that one had always been missing.

This made him lose face greatly. But truly capable individuals, those worthy of the positions of the four great secret agents, where were they so easy to find?