Quick Travel: Passing Through the Bloody World

After the autumn harvest, the weather turned cooler, but the temperature in Tiandu City, located in the north-south fortress, was just right.

Every year at this time of year, coal would be burned in the Pingle Palace to ward off the cold. The entire palace, even the corridors, were warm, so that Prince Pingle would not catch a cold due to the sudden drop in temperature.

Xiao Shenyi leaned against the rocking chair in the yard, rocking back and forth lazily, stuffing cut fruit into his mouth while looking at the picture book that was popular in Tiandu City.

When Qianyun came in, she saw Xiao Shenyi, whose face was rosy from the sun.

"Oh, Princess, you can't expose your face to the sun like this. What if you damage your skin..."

Qianyun felt sorry for Xiao Shenyi's delicate skin, so she quickly took out the beauty cream from the room and applied it on him, then covered him with a cloak.

Xiao Shenyi pulled off his cloak with one hand and said, "My face is not that precious. It will get hurt if exposed to the sun for a while."

What's more, he is a warrior in the Profound Realm. If this gets out and people find out, he will get sunburned even when he basks in the sun. Does he still have any shame then?

Qianyun disagreed: "Princess, even if you don't get sunburned, you will get tanned. Then the difference in skin color will be obvious. Isn't that troublesome?"

"..."

Pei Yu's figure suddenly flashed through Xiao Shenyi's mind. He felt that Qianyun's words made sense, and moved his rocking chair to a shady place.

"Is there still no news from the Third Prince's Mansion that the prince has returned?" Xiao Shenyi asked.

This is a strange matter. No one knows what's wrong with the Third Prince Pei Que's brain. Ever since Pei Yu entered the palace to cooperate in the investigation of the attack on the Eighth Prince not long ago, he has always found various excuses to negotiate with Pei Yu.

After the fourth prince fell, his forces were secretly eliminated by others, and the remaining ones also defected to the new prince.

After this incident, Pei Yu returned to the group of princes.

After getting attention, Pei Yu got into a lot more trouble.

Even Emperor Chengming began to ask Pei Yu to give advice on issues in the court, intentionally or unintentionally.

Pei Yu has been at the center of controversy these days, and has encountered an outrageous number of assassinations.

These assassins who came to the door finally had their own destinations. In just over a month, Pei Yu's pets were fed and became fat and strong.

After failing to assassinate Pei Yu, the assassins finally set their sights on Xiao Shenyi.

Xiao Shenyi's methods were much simpler and more brutal than Pei Yu's. After two or three waves of assassins came, he felt that Pei Yu's side was better, at least he could live a few more days.

Putting aside who these assassins are, Xiao Shenyi still doesn't understand what the third prince Pei Que's train of thought is.

After the autumn harvest, the warrior competition is about to begin, and some people begin to travel in groups of three or five, hoping to use some tricks to gain an advantage in the competition.

Pei Yu was summoned to the palace by Emperor Chengming early this morning and the meeting lasted until noon. Before he even walked out of the palace gate, he was blocked by the third prince Pei Que.

It was thanks to the perseverance of the third prince Pei Que over the past month that he finally got a legitimate opportunity to talk to Pei Yu.

And this conversation turned to the sunset.

Qian Yun shook her head: "The Third Prince has hosted a banquet for the royal family members and noble family members who participated in the warrior competition. He is still drinking happily in the mansion. The servants who went with the prince have not reported any news of his return."

"Don't worry, Princess. The prince may have just had a few more words with the third prince."

Xiao Shenyi turned around, closed the sketchbook in his hand, put it on the rocking chair, and then walked out of the yard.

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In fact, the third prince Pei Que really didn’t want to do anything.

It was only after Pei Yu dealt with the fourth prince Pei Qing that he realized that his seventh brother was not someone to be trifled with, so he decided to get closer to Pei Yu and lay a foundation for brotherly friendship.

But Pei Yu ignored him at all.

Pei Que finally met Pei Yu today, and he immediately invited him into his house.

Pei Yu said calmly: "Third brother, this is already your seventh cup of tea."

Pei Que: "..."

Pei Que cleared his throat: "Seventh brother, I noticed your name was on the list of this warrior competition."

Pei Yu hummed and said, "I reported it myself."

"You yourself?" Pei Que was stunned.

Then he looked at Pei Yu's still sick face and said hesitantly: "Seventh brother, are you sure you want to participate in the warrior competition?"

Pei Yu: "Naturally."

Pei Que: "..." Do you really want me to participate in the competition?

He originally thought that Pei Yu just wanted to use this martial arts competition to make friends with some people in the martial arts world and recruit them under his command.

The result is that Pei Yu himself has to go to the competition arena?

He felt that his seventh brother must be crazy.

The warrior competition gathered the most outstanding young talents in the world.

In other words, this election campaign is rife with talent.

It doesn't matter whether you win or lose the game. If someone with ulterior motives bribes the people in charge of the game, it would be easy to kill Pei Yu, a sickly person.

"Third brother, do you think that someone will take advantage of my illness to kill me?" Pei Yu pointed out bluntly.

Pei Que nodded.

Pei Yu smiled and said, "Who do you think is most likely to do this?"

Pei Que's eyes darkened: "The few who have the right of inheritance, the concubines who have princes in the harem, the court officials who can be relied on, and..."

"he."

Emperor Chengming.

Pei Yu curled the corners of his lips calmly. After all, Pei Que was one of the Long Aotian in the original text, and he realized Emperor Chengming's thoughts much earlier than some other princes.

Pei Yu lowered his eyes to look at the ripples in the teacup and said, "Third brother's analysis is correct, but we have left behind a group of people who are hiding in the depths and reaping the benefits."

The fourth prince fell too quickly, leaving many doubts behind, but they were cleared up in just over a month.

Among them, the most important item that contributed to the downfall of the Fourth Prince was the Emperor's seal forged by the Fourth Prince to contact the assassin.

"Your Highness the Third Prince! Your Highness the Third Prince! Prince Pingle...Princess Pingle is here!" the servant knocked on the door and shouted hurriedly.

Pei Que was confused: "Princess Pingle is here, why are you so anxious?"

"No, Your Highness, Princess Pingle came in with a spear..."