Your Majesty said that my life is worthless, so why are you crying when I increase my troops?

"If Auntie still hasn't realized she was wrong, then she still can't leave the Princess's Mansion for the time being."

"Once the imperial envoy leaves, I will resign from my position as commander of the guards and set my aunt free."

After Xia Mingyuan finished speaking, he immediately turned around and left.

"You...Xia Mingyuan, come back here."

Xia Xue's face flushed red. She looked up at Xia Mingyuan and felt a burning sensation on her face, as if she had been slapped hard.

Xia Mingyuan's words made her feel a little dazed.

What her adopted nephew said was right. Xia Tianxiong really wanted her, the eldest princess, to die suddenly all the time. She had already prepared for this in her heart. She had thought about resisting or finding a way to escape, but it was too wishful thinking for her, a mere princess, to want to fight against the court.

So, some time ago, Xia Xue even had the idea of ​​accepting her fate.

But at this moment, Xia Xue finally realized that her life and death was not just her own life and death. Behind her, the lives of countless innocent people were involved.

Xia Mingyuan turned around with a calm expression.

"What? Did Auntie realize she was wrong?"

"I…"

Xia Xue, who was kind-hearted, blushed and stammered.

Xia Xue couldn't help but feel a little guilty when she thought that her willful act of running out to seek death would cause the deaths of Xia Mingyuan and others.

"Xia Mingyuan, this matter was indeed a case of my own inconsiderateness. I did not inform you in advance of my trip. From now on, I will definitely bring guards with me when I go out."

"Hey, that's right!" Hearing this, Xia Mingyuan immediately smiled, "I said that my aunt is not the kind of person who is unreasonable."

"Since Auntie has admitted her mistake, and I'm not one to dwell on trivial matters, let's just forget about this matter and not mention it again."

Xia Mingyuan said this and sat back in his original seat.

Seeing this scene, Xia Xue felt secretly relieved for some reason.

She was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help asking, "The court has sent an imperial envoy to kill me. Do you have a plan?"

"Not yet." Xia Mingyuan shook his head gently. "Aunt, please don't know. The imperial envoy entered Yangcheng secretly this time. I just happened to know that he and the county magistrate Sun Yaozu were plotting to deal with you."

"However, since they are already trying to harm us, we can't just sit there and wait for death. Nephew, I'm going to strike first!"

At this point, Xia Mingyuan's eyes were filled with a hint of ruthlessness.

Xia Xue couldn't help but shudder when she heard this. She raised her head in shock, hesitated for a moment and asked, "What are your plans?"

Xia Mingyuan thought for a moment before speaking, "I met the imperial envoy at Cuiwei Tower earlier. He was extremely bold and lecherous, but he had very little brains. He was nowhere near as treacherous as that old fellow Sun Yaozu."

"I plan to start with him and use some means to sow discord between the two of them. Without the help of Sun Yaozu, the local tyrant, he won't be able to harm my aunt alone. I will find an opportunity to kill him and put the blame on Sun Yaozu. Even if Xia Tianxiong knows the truth, he can only suffer this loss for the time being."

"I came to discuss this matter with Auntie today just to give you a heads-up. A storm is brewing, and we are tied together. We must stop being suspicious of each other. At this critical moment, I still need your protection as the eldest princess."

Upon hearing this, Xia Xue nodded slightly and looked at Xia Mingyuan with complicated eyes.

"Don't worry, I know the seriousness of this matter. Since the court wants to harm me, you are the only one I can rely on. Although I don't know if you can trust me, you sacrificed your life to save me in the temple. All the grudges between you and me have been written off long ago."

"Besides, I believe you are more trustworthy than Xia Tianxiong."

Hearing this, Xia Mingyuan couldn't help but laugh. He clapped his hands, stood up and said, "My nephew likes my aunt's honesty. Being able to defeat Xia Tianxiong is not something my nephew should be proud of."

"But with your words, aunt, I can now go ahead and do it."

After saying this, Xia Mingyuan left Xia Xue's room, leaving Xia Xue sitting there alone, staring at Xia Mingyuan's disappearing back, lost in thought.

"Hongying, you will have to work hard for the next few days. The defense of the Princess's Mansion will be handed over to you. The Qilin Guards in the Princess's Mansion will be under your command. There must be more than ten people on guard around my aunt."

"Besides, since you are a girl, it would be best if you could protect your aunt closely. Those rough guys in the Qilin Guard would always be inconvenient."

After going out, Xia Mingyuan thought for a moment and gave instructions to Zhao Hongying.

"it is good!"

Zhao Hongying frowned, "If I go to protect her, what will you do?"

Xia Mingyuan chuckled upon hearing this, and lowered his voice in a mysterious manner, "Don't worry, I have tens of thousands of troops around me, no one can hurt me."

Zhao Hongying curled her lips, obviously not believing Xia Mingyuan's nonsense. She rolled her eyes at him and went back to her room.

Xia Mingyuan smiled helplessly. He didn't expect that when he told the truth, others would not believe him.

However, it seems that right now I should really use the system to improve the high-end combat power around me.

After all, those peak-level third-grade Longxiong Ruishi are not as good as second-grade masters. If Geng Ruhuai finds a way to find a killer of the second grade or above to assassinate him, he might really succeed.

Xia Mingyuan thought to himself and opened the system panel again.

At present, he has a total of fifteen Dragon Warriors under his command.

Five of them were assigned to Kunlun Security Town, five were in charge of two thousand elite soldiers in Wild Wolf Mountain, and the remaining five were summoned from Cuiwei Tower to deal with Geng Ruhuai.

With a thought, Xia Mingyuan first spent 960 ordinary soldiers' places to exchange for 50 Qilin Guards and 10 Longxiang Warriors.

The next level up from the fifth-level Dragon Warriors is the sixth-level Tiger Guards.

It is still two level five Dragon Warriors combined into a Tiger Guard.

But apart from that, like Qilin Guard, there is a limit on the number of synthesis times.

According to the rules given by the system, one must have at least fifty Qilin Guards in reality in order to have a chance to synthesize.

Compared to the Dragon Warriors, who can get five summoning opportunities for every twenty-five Qilin Guards, the difficulty of summoning the Tiger Guards has increased dramatically.

Arriving in the yard, Xia Mingyuan summoned out fifty Qilin Guards.

At the moment, including the two hundred people he summoned before, the Qilin Guards he summoned through the system, Lin Lin has a total of two hundred and fifty people, which gives him just five chances to combine into a sixth-level Tiger Guard.

Xia Mingyuan did not hesitate and immediately used the ten Dragon Warriors he had just exchanged to form five Tiger Guards.

These Tiger Guards appeared in front of Xia Mingyuan and still knelt on one knee in front of Xia Mingyuan at the same time.

"Meet the Commander!"