After being demoted, my 300,000-strong army trampled the imperial city!

Prince Xin, incredibly audacious, insulted the swordsmen serving the Crown Prince's palace in front of the Crown Princess.

The swordsman suddenly gripped his scabbard, his eyes blazing with murderous intent.

The Crown Princess said angrily, "Prince Xin, you are too rude. I will report today's events to the Emperor and the Crown Prince truthfully."

Prince Xin turned to look at the stunningly beautiful face so close to his, and hiccuped cheekily, "I and the Crown Prince are brothers, and I am also Father Emperor's son. You... are ultimately just an outsider, yet you dare to stir up trouble. Let me tell you, I respect you and call you Crown Princess, but if I look down on you, you are nothing but a worthless slut."

His few words silenced the large room completely.

The Crown Princess was completely dumbfounded, and the others were even more terrified, suspecting they were hallucinating.

Only Chen Futu wanted to burst into laughter, inwardly giving Prince Xin a huge thumbs up.

It has to be said that, apart from being brutal and perverted, this guy does have some redeeming qualities. At least he's straightforward and says what he thinks. Although there's a suspicion that he's emboldened by alcohol, this feud is truly over.

The Crown Princess stared at the hungover Prince Xin for a long time, her pretty face changing expressions repeatedly. Finally, she snorted coldly and turned away.

As the Crown Princess and future Empress, she wouldn't openly confront or argue with a drunken prince, but she still needed to save face. How to resolve the situation was another matter.

Seeing the Crown Princess leave in anger, the swordsman sneered at Prince Xin and left as well. The others, seeing this, retreated in a rush, like a tide.

The guards of Prince Xin outside the door were terrified.

This is terrible!

Prince Xin was notoriously cruel, and when drunk he would become completely unrecognizable to his own family. However, how could a mere prince insult the status of the Crown Princess!

Chen Futu did not stay upstairs any longer. He planned to follow the Crown Princess's footsteps. When he got downstairs, he said to the Crown Princess, who was expressionless and about to get into the carriage, "It was my fault today. Don't worry, I will have someone send another Golden Dragon Cup."

The Crown Princess was taken aback. "Is there more?"

"I brought two because I was worried about them getting damaged on the road. Please don't be angry," Chen Futu explained with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the Crown Princess's expression softened slightly. She said, "Your Excellency is very kind. Just send the Golden Dragon Cup directly to the Eastern Palace."

"Sending it there is no problem, the main issue is..."

Chen Futu looked at the shop, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopped himself.

The Crown Princess suddenly realized what was happening and instructed the swordsman, "Wuqie, you take some men and stay here to guard the shop. If Prince Xin tries to kill someone, you must stop him and not let him act rashly."

"Subordinates take orders."

The swordsman accepted the order and left behind a group of the Crown Prince's subordinates.

The Crown Princess then boarded a carriage and returned to the Eastern Palace.

Chen Futu said to the swordsman in a serious tone, "So you are Commander Wuqie. I'll have to trouble you with my shop."

Wu replied coldly, "I am merely following orders; Your Excellency need not be so polite."

As they were talking, a woman's scream suddenly came from the second floor; the scream was extremely shrill.

Wu Qie's expression changed drastically. "This is bad! Come with me!"

He led a group of imperial attendants toward the pavilion.

This time, Chen Futu didn't follow up, and the smile on his face vanished without a trace. "Fight, fight, it's better if you break their heads."

Hearing the commotion, the guards of Prince Xin's mansion who were stationed outside went inside. Then, a carriage slowly drove out of the back door of the shop, driven by Qi Wen.

Yan Qing lifted the carriage curtain, her beautiful face etched with sorrow, "It's my fault that those girls were ruined..."

“It’s none of your business. Prince Xin is no human being. He should collect their bodies and compensate their families. That would be more than enough.”

Chen Futu sighed and ordered Qiwen and the Tiger Guards to escort Yan Qing back to the mansion first. Prince Xin might attack again tonight, but as long as they could get through tonight, everything would be fine. The Crown Princess would definitely use this as an excuse to get the Crown Prince's faction to collectively attack and deal with that beast.

After the carriage left, Chen Futu squatted by the roadside watching the play.

Dian Wei bought two strings of candied hawthorns, and then squatted down with Chen Futu to watch the fun.

The shop was bustling with activity, filled with chatter and noise.

Chen Futu, biting into a candied hawthorn, asked indistinctly, "Silly boy, do you think that Wuqie can defeat Prince Xin?"

"I don't think I can win it."

"why?"

"Even if Prince Xin is a scoundrel, he is still a prince, so no one dares to harm him."

"Makes sense."

Regardless of whether Prince Xin would be captured, since Prince Xin had been courting death all night, the purpose of this trip had been achieved.

About fifteen minutes later, Prince Xin was helped out of the shop by a group of personal guards. Wu Qie and several injured members of the Eastern Palace also came out first.

Wu glared angrily at Prince Xin, "Your Highness, you are becoming more and more lawless. The Crown Princess asked me to keep an eye on you and prevent you from killing anyone, but you still do as you please."

Prince Xin closed his eyes and shook his head, "I didn't kill anyone, I was just venting my anger. There's no one in this shop who's any good. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have provoked the Crown Princess, and the Golden Dragon Cup wouldn't have been broken."

"It was clearly His Highness's own fault for not holding it properly, how can you blame others!"

"If I said they broke it, then they broke it. If there's nothing else, I'll go back to sleep now."

Surrounded by a group of personal guards, Prince Xin boarded a luxurious carriage and rode away.

Chen Futu and Dian Wei had just finished eating their candied hawthorns when they stepped forward and said, "Commander Wuqie, please, Your Highness, grant us your request. Otherwise, I will have no way to explain myself to the King when I return."

Wu nodded without saying much, and then led his group of subordinates away in a hurry.

Chen Futu said to Dian Wei, "Have the Tiger Guards in the shadows collect the body and send it to the capital's government office. Tonight, Prince Xin will attack us, which may cause quite a commotion. You keep watch for me. Qiwen and I will take advantage of the chaos to collect the old man's body."

Dian Wei accepted the order and, after making arrangements, returned to the residence with Chen Futu. Ge Fei and Liu Longyue had already prepared their weapons.

The caravan guards, disguised as Tiger Guards, used Western-style curved swords as their weapons.

Chen Futu explained the current situation to the group.

Yan Qing asked nervously, "You mean that if Prince Xin comes to kill us tonight, the city guards will be mobilized, and there will be fewer people guarding the old man's remains?"

“That’s right, this is the only chance. Qiwen and I are enough. If we fight tonight, you just stay in your room and don’t come out.”

Chen Futu gave earnest instructions.

In the entire mansion, only she and some of her servants from the Yan family did not know martial arts; if they simply hid during a fight, they would be fine.

"I will remember this, Your Majesty should also be careful."

Yan Qing was filled with worry, while Liu Longyue kept a straight face and showed no reaction.

Chen Futu and Qiwen changed into their night clothes, leaped onto the roof, and disappeared into the thick night.

East Palace.

When the Crown Princess returned to the palace, her elegant face was so gloomy it was almost as if water could drip from it.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince asks what you did after leaving the palace?"

Not long after, a maid suddenly came into the palace to deliver a message.