After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

They walked forward along the rows of stones.

Xie Xing was sandwiched in the middle, with Song Ci'an in front of him and Jun Lanjin behind him.

In the darkness, a pair of hands silently draped over Xie Xing's waist.

Xie Xing's expression froze, and she immediately turned her head to look at Jun Lanjin.

Jun Lanjin blinked, tilted his head, and looked at Xie Xing with a half-smile. He leaned closer and whispered in Xie Xing's ear, "Can't I hold your waist, Madam?"

The soft sound tickled Xie Xing's ear, making him shudder and feel weak all over.

She bit her lip, immediately bringing herself back to her senses.

"Treat them like your own children, Your Majesty?"

She had just noticed Jun Lanjin's actions; he had hidden the mark of his Ghost Palace, probably because he was afraid that the people of the Yama Palace would see it.

Jun Lanjin kept calling Xie Xing "Madam," as if Xie Xing had already been married.

He seemed extremely concerned.

Xie Xing ignored Jun Lanjin and the group slowly moved forward.

The further they went, the louder the sounds of fighting became, until they could finally see what was going on ahead.

The group then stopped.

The smell of blood was coming from over there.

Xie Yuze stared intently at the cloaked man standing on the rock.

The man's face was expressionless, one hand behind his back, as he coldly watched his men slaughter all the guards.

After an unknown amount of time, all the guards were finally killed.

His subordinate knelt before Luo Hanfeng and said, "Palace Master, the men have all been killed."

Luo Hanfeng raised his hand and said calmly, "Go in."

Luo Hanfeng infiltrated the city lord's mansion with only four or five subordinates.

Just as the group was about to go inside, Luo Hanfeng seemed to sense something and turned to look at Xie Xing and the others.

The moment Xie Yuze saw Luo Hanfeng, he could no longer suppress the killing intent in his heart.

He roared, "Luo Hanfeng! You deserve to die!"

Immediately, with a light touch, he launched a direct attack on Luo Hanfeng.

Xie Xing was stunned.

Her small mouth was slightly open as she watched Xie Yuze attack Luo Hanfeng directly.

Why was he so impulsive?

He's so daring.

[Wait, how did he know this person was Luo Hanfeng?]

Xie Xing quickly realized something was wrong.

However, Xie Yuze was consumed by hatred at the moment and had no time to dispel Xie Xing's doubts.

Just as Xie Xing was still thinking, a heavy arm draped over her shoulder.

Turning his head, he saw Jun Lanjin with one hand on his waist, his body slightly bent, and the other hand on Xie Xing's shoulder. He looked like a scoundrel and said, "Your brother seems to have a long-standing grudge against the Lord of the Underworld."

"Luo Hanfeng?"

"Is that the seventh prince of Chu?"

Xie Xing feigned ignorance and said, "Ask me? I don't know."

Xie Xing really didn't know.

How would Xie Yuze know?

Over there, after discovering Xie Xing and the others, Luo Hanfeng easily countered Xie Yuze's attack.

The moment Luo Hanfeng saw Xie Yuze's true face, he was truly shocked.

He tilted his head. "You're not dead?"

How can this be.

He saw Xie Yuze die with his own eyes, so how could this person still be standing alive in front of him?

What a ghost.

Xie Yuze sneered: "If you're not dead, how could I be?"

"Luo Hanfeng, you treacherous villain!"

Luo Hanfeng didn't know how Xie Yuze knew his identity, but then he thought that perhaps that's when he found out.

He didn't want to fight Xie Yuze. After exchanging a couple of blows with him, he stepped back, took off his cloak, and revealed his true face.

He smiled and looked at Xie Yuze: "What you're saying, Third Young Master Xie, is truly laughable. The person who killed you was your sister, Xie Mingzhu, not me."

"Why are you just arbitrarily shifting the blame onto me?"

Xie Yuze asked coldly, "What kind of good person are you?"

"The Xie family's current state is all your doing!"

Luo Hanfeng raised an eyebrow. "Who would believe that?"

He said his gaze gradually slid from Xie Yuze to the three people behind him.

He knew Song Ci'an, and he was even more familiar with Xie Xing. As for the man with his arm around Xie Xing's shoulder, behaving intimately...

Luo Hanfeng's eyes narrowed dangerously.

He turned to Xie Yuze and asked, "Does Father know that you defied the imperial decree and ran away?"

Xie Yuze gripped his sword tightly, about to attack again, when Jun Lanjin spoke up: "You can't beat him."

"Don't push yourself if your injuries haven't healed."

Xie Yuze paused, then reluctantly retreated.

As soon as Xie Xing returned, she couldn't help but tug at Xie Yuze's sleeve and whisper, "Brother, what are you doing?"

"To stir up trouble and alert the enemy."

Xie Yuze pursed his lips, turned his head, and looked intently at Xie Xing, saying, "Xing'er, don't worry, this time, your brother will definitely protect you well, and it will never happen again..."

We will never again let you be tortured to death by a thousand cuts, leaving you with not a single piece of healthy flesh.

Xie Yuze did not finish his sentence.

Xie Xing was completely bewildered by Xie Yuze's serious expression.

She tilted her head to look at Xie Yuze.

"Alright." Jun Lanjin snapped his fingers in front of Xie Yuze, then looked at Luo Hanfeng over there: "Since we are both from Chu, we can put aside our grudges for now."

"I didn't know the Seventh Prince had come here?"

Luo Hanfeng looked coldly at Jun Lanjin: "And who are you?"

Jun Lanjin smiled and said, "I am just an unknown nobody, not worth mentioning."

"An unknown nobody?" Luo Hanfeng sneered. "Indeed, judging from your appearance, you would be lost in a crowd."

"So ordinary, who gave you the courage to speak to me like that?"

Luo Hanfeng raised his eyes and looked down at Jun Lanjin.

Jun Lan paused for a moment.

This was the first time someone had described him in such a way, despite his high position.

A little novel.

He glanced at Xie Xing, whom he was using as a human crutch.

Xie Xing was very quiet at this moment.

Jun Lanjin, harboring malicious intentions, nudged Xie Xing with his elbow: "Madam, say something! Madam, who am I?"

"Madam?" Luo Hanfeng's eyes were like knives as he looked at Xie Xing.

Xie Xing: "..."

"Me, me?" She pointed to herself incredulously after being pushed and staggered.

Jun Lanjin nodded: "This seventh prince said I am not qualified to speak to him, so you are the only one here, and you are the master of this mansion."

"You are the most qualified to speak to thieves who break into a mansion and steal."

"You should talk to him about it."

These words silenced Xie Xing.

I am one-thirteenth of my master.

Her?

"Xie Xing?"

Luo Hanfeng was unaware that Xie Xing had already gone to be someone's concubine. He reached out and touched the Heart-Eating Gu at his waist, looking at Xie Xing with a dangerous gaze.