The top-level junior sister also wants to act weak today

"What do you think, Young Master Chu? Is this gift from my king thoughtful?" The King of Canglan Kingdom stroked his beard proudly.

The grapes in Chu Ying's hand fell onto the silver plate with a "plop". Her eyes shone brightly, "Your Majesty is thoughtful. It is indeed..."

Her eyes were fixed on a dark-skinned guy with faintly visible abdominal muscles, and she couldn't find the right words for a while.

"What are you all standing there for?" The king slammed the golden table, shaking the lychees in the fruit bowl and making them jump. "Hurry up and serve the young master! They are my guests!"

"Yes!"

Seeing a group of big men about to rush over, Cen Yizi didn't care too much and hurriedly stepped in the middle: "Wait a minute!"

He opened his arms like an old hen protecting her chicks, but unfortunately, the six strong men pushed him there, making him look like a small bamboo shoot that had strayed into the bamboo forest, suppressing Cen Yizi's momentum in an instant.

"Well..." Cen Yi's neck was sweating. He swallowed and mustered up his courage: "Well...don't come over..."

The king was puzzled. "Why? Just now, the young master of the Chu family chased away your beauty, and you were unhappy about it. Now you come to chase away these male favorites?"

"no..."

"So what are you doing?"

Chu Ying stared at Cen Yizhi's back, furious. "No, you don't want a beautiful woman, I want a handsome man!"

She frantically pulled at Cen Yizi's belt from behind, thinking, "Cen, if you try to cut off my romantic opportunities, I'll never let you go!"

She was about to go up and argue with Cen Yizhi, but she heard Cen Yizhi take a deep breath and said, "She is my fiancée!"

Chu Ying:? ? ?

If you say something like this in this situation, and if the marriage doesn't go ahead, wouldn't it be considered a crime of deceiving the emperor?

Chu Ying lowered her voice, her ears reddening as she asked, "Cen Yizi, what are you doing?!"

However, Cen Yizi's face was even redder than Chu Ying's. He pursed his lips and held back for a long time before saying, "Don't worry about it. I'm going to tell you."

The king was stunned when he heard this, and the glass lamp in his hand reflected a colorful halo under the candlelight.

His eyes darkened, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "Oh, I see."

His fingertips tapped lightly on the table. "It seems the Cen and Chu families have become relatives by marriage?"

When he put down his wine glass, the bottom of the glass hit the table with a crisp sound. Chu Ying noticed that the king's knuckles were slightly white, obviously he had used some force.

"Yes." Cen Yizi said firmly.

"That's fine," the king said, his voice unrecognizable, "a closer relationship."

The king waved his hand and said, "Then you guys go down. Don't destroy the relationship between the young couple."

"Yes..."

Seeing everyone running away, Chu Ying felt a little lonely, but she quickly cheered up and continued to eat the cakes.

After Cen Yizi sat back down, Chu Ying immediately started to grumble softly: "Did you get kicked in the head by a donkey? If you say it now, you won't be able to get it back later. My Chu family is a small family among the eight great families, and your Cen family is the strongest of the eight great families. If you want to regret it later-"

"I won't regret it." Cen Yizi looked at Chu Ying seriously and emphasized again: "I will never regret it."

Chu Ying stared at Cen Yizi in a daze, and felt her heartbeat quicken.

She seemed a little flustered: "Why, why are you so serious all of a sudden?"

Cen Yizi quickly turned his head away: "Anyway, I will never regret it."

Chu Ying pursed her lips and held her breath: "Um...you don't want to be brothers anymore?"

"Don't do it."

Chu Ying held her forehead with her hand, and the atmosphere became inexplicably awkward.

Suddenly, the badge on Chu Ying's waist lit up.

She quickly left the hall on the pretext of going to the toilet.

She spun around, shaking off the maids, and hid behind a rockery. Moonlight filtered through the holes in the rockery, casting dappled shadows. Chu Ying placed her fingers together and made a gesture on the jade token, sending a faint flash of light.

[Chu Ying, can you hear me?] Jiang Yingxue's voice came through the jade token, with a hint of urgency.

[Yes, yes!] Chu Ying almost jumped up excitedly [Is the eldest brother awake?]

"Big Brother is awake, but I came here to tell you something else." Jiang Yingxue's voice suddenly dropped. "You might be in danger."

Chu Ying subconsciously looked around, and there was only the chirping of insects behind the rockery.

[Danger? What kind of danger?] She was a little puzzled. After all, she had indulged herself in the palace these past few days, doing nothing but eating and sleeping, and hadn't even touched a sword.

[I don't know either, but the system allowed me to enter the palace to protect you.]

What is the system?

[This is the power given to me by the Qingxing Palace prophecy.]

"But I can't understand," Chu Ying frowned. "There are so many guards in the palace, and most importantly, the king is always accompanied by two experts. He doesn't look dangerous at all." She thought of the two silver-robed figures she had seen during the day; just seeing them from a distance was enough to give her a chill.

"But the system won't lie to us," Jiang Yingxue said in an unusually serious tone. "Now that the king is so corrupt and extravagant, perhaps someone is dissatisfied with his ways and wants to assassinate him. I don't know the reason, but you will definitely be in danger at tomorrow's dinner. You have to find a way to get me in."

Chu Ying didn't ask any further questions after hearing this, because in her impression, Jiang Yingxue was very reliable and had never made a mistake.

Since she said there is danger, we must be vigilant.

"The king has arranged for us to spend half a day exploring the capital tomorrow," Chu Ying said, lowering her voice. "Go to Zui Xiang Lou early and wait for me. My ring can hold living things. When the time comes, hide inside it and I'll take you into the palace."

[good. ]

Just as the jade token's light dimmed, a cold wind suddenly blew over. Before Chu Ying could react, a long sword with a cold glow was already across her neck.

In the moonlight, the sword shone with a faint cold light, reflecting her suddenly contracted pupils.

"Oh my god!" Chu Ying took a quick step back, the soles of her shoes scraping against the bluestone floor, making a harsh sound. "There really is an assassin!"

I only heard the other party snort coldly, and the tip of the sword followed him like a shadow: "You are really the thief crying thief, I think you are the assassin!"

The voice was clear but a bit sharp. Chu Ying could barely see the person coming in the moonlight.

She was a tall woman, her slender figure outlined in a dark, tight-fitting outfit. Her features were picturesque, but a hideous scar on her forehead marred her beauty, adding a touch of awe and awe to her demeanor.

"Big sister! I have nothing but my bare hands and you stabbed me with a sword, and you still say you're not an assassin?"

The woman flicked her wrist, bringing the tip of her sword closer. "That's because I saw you sneaking around under this rockery! And you were so agile just now, you clearly have martial arts skills. And you still say you don't have ulterior motives?"

The sword tip drew a silver arc in the moonlight: "Tell me! Who are you?"

Chu Ying immediately straightened her back and took out a badge from her ring: "I am the young master of the Chu family, one of the eight great families. The king summoned us to the palace. How..."

She deliberately dragged out her tone: "Is this assassin sister planning to kill me?"

"Are you the young master of one of the eight great families?"

"Yes!" Chu Ying took out her identity card from her ring and said, "If you don't believe me, look at it."