Empress, please have some self-respect. I am not your husband.

"careful!"

Seeing the skilled assassin return, Yu Ningyan was terrified and turned pale.

But Lu Feng, who was masked, smiled and thought, "If I don't leave a flaw, how can the other party take the bait?"

The powerful punch landed squarely on Lu Feng's back. The assassin's eyes were filled with cruelty. He was certain that once he took this punch, the masked man with the mysterious origins in front of him would have no chance of survival!

However, something strange happened the next moment. He found that his punch, which was powerful enough to shatter rocks, hit Lu Feng, but the other party did not feel anything at all!

"this!"

Before he could even be surprised, a surge of incredibly violent true energy poured out towards him like a dam bursting open!

"This is impossible!"

That irresistible divine power seemed to be telling him that the person in front of him was not to be trifled with! He only had time to utter "Impossible!" before the assassin was instantly blasted to pieces by Lu Feng's counterattack of true energy!

Blood and flesh splattered everywhere, like a rain of blood falling from the sky, turning the scene into a living hell!

The remaining assassins had never witnessed such a scene before and were all terrified, standing there dumbfounded and at a loss for what to do!

At that very moment, a group of Qian Kingdom imperial guards, armed with swords and spears, charged toward them through the chaotic crowd.

Lu Feng immediately tried to leave but was grabbed by someone.

It's Yu Ningyan!

The princess of Western Chu looked at him with pleading eyes: "Don't leave me, take me with you."

Lu Feng injured one person and killed two others earlier, and now there are still five assassins left!

Although she was stunned by his attack, if Lu Feng just left like that, he might kill Yu Ningyan before the Imperial Guards arrived.

"Hold on tight," Lu Feng said softly.

Seeing him put his arm around her waist, Yu Ningyan quickly snuggled into his embrace.

He gathered his strength and lifted Yu Ningyan into the air, and in one leap the two of them arrived on the rooftop, leaving many people dumbfounded.

In the darkness of night.

The two of them kept leaping up and down on the rooftop, each time stopping for only a moment, making Yu Ningyan feel as if she were flying through the air, giving her a dreamlike feeling.

This made the princess feel incredibly at ease.

About fifteen minutes later, Lu Feng landed in the courtyard of his own residence.

Although the imperial court provided him with an official residence, he was ultimately just a sinecure of the fourth rank, and the court didn't even have the opportunity to assign him servants.

He never considered buying servants from a brokerage firm, so he was all alone in the mansion and wasn't afraid of being discovered.

"How long do you intend to hold me like this?"

The sudden sound broke the silence, and Yu Ningyan came to her senses, only then realizing that she was safe.

Looking up at Lu Feng, she saw that he had removed his mask at some point, revealing a handsome face that was slightly pale, and he was looking at her with a mocking gaze.

Looking at the face she had previously wanted to tear to pieces, Yu Ningyan released her grip with a complicated expression.

Lu Feng clicked his tongue. The beautiful woman in front of him looked quite pitiful. Her expensive pink and white gauze dress was stained red with blood, and even her face was covered with blood. Even though she was safe now, her eyes still showed an undisguised panic.

He shook his head and walked toward the house, and the woman followed him hastily like a frightened little animal.

Pushing open the door and lighting the oil lamp, Lu Feng pointed to a basin of water on a shelf beside him, saying, "There's water there, wipe yourself down."

Upon hearing this, Yu Ningyan tried to calm herself down, as everything that had happened today had been quite a shock to her.

Looking at the bloodstains on her face in the bronze mirror, she quickly wiped them clean with water, restoring her original soft and pretty face.

Turning around, he saw Lu Feng pouring him a cup of cold tea and handing it to him: "Have some to calm your nerves."

She took the tea and drank it. Although it was bland, it calmed her down considerably. At this moment, Lu Feng smiled and asked, "Do you have a grudge against Northern Qi?"

Yu Ningyan was taken aback, then shook her head: "Were those assassins from Northern Qi?"

She knew that Lu Feng must have figured something out.

"A single move can destroy the heart."

Lu Feng casually said, "This is the signature technique of Wu Tianshu, a grandmaster of the Northern Qi Dynasty, which is the fist technique that guy just used."

Yu Ningyan was shocked: "Wu Tianshu, the Grandmaster of Northern Qi, didn't he perish together with the Crimson Flame War God?"

Two years ago, Wu Tianshu was one of the nine grandmasters of the Three Kingdoms who besieged the Crimson Flame War God.

Lu Feng rolled his eyes: "He usually seems quite smart, how come he's acting stupid now? Wu Tianshu isn't the only one who can use the Heart-Shattering Technique. That guy just now might be his disciple or something. But one thing is for sure, those assassins are from Northern Qi."

Grandmaster Wu Tianshu never passed on this move to outsiders.

Yu Ningyan understood, and a bitter smile appeared on her delicate face: "So that's how it is, I understand now."

"Understand what?"

Lu Feng took out a handful of melon seeds and started cracking them open. Yu Ningyan chuckled and said with a look of utter despair, "Because my trip to Qian Kingdom failed, if I die in the capital of Qian Kingdom, Western Chu will have an excuse to send troops to conquer Qian Kingdom! The one who takes action is Northern Qi, but the mastermind may not necessarily be Northern Qi."

Her words were filled with despair. Yu Ningyan never imagined that she, who had always been loyal to the country, would end up being used as a waste.

When she is needed, she is the Princess of Western Chu.

When she's no longer needed, she's just a pawn that can be discarded at will.

"Tsk tsk, no wonder everyone says the imperial family is heartless."

Lu Feng sighed. It now seemed that sending Yu Ningyan as an envoy to the Qian Kingdom was just an excuse.

If Yu Ningyan succeeds, she will allow Western Chu to occupy the twelve cities of Western Continent.

So next, it will probably be envoys from Northern Qi and Southern Jing.

This is a slow, insidious process of nibbling away at your strength, like cutting flesh with a dull knife. You, Qian Kingdom, have no choice but to agree, because you are weak.

But if you, Yu Ningyan, fail, then let you die in the capital of Qian Kingdom. Western Chu will take the opportunity to send troops, and Northern Qi and Southern Jing will interfere, leading to another Three Kingdoms invasion of Qian.

Enough!

Thinking of this, Lu Feng shook his head, raised an eyebrow, and glanced at Yu Ningyan in front of him: "That's about enough. I'll take you to the State Guesthouse. Remember, you can't mention to anyone that I saved you today."

Yu Ningyan raised her head and stared at him blankly. A sudden glimmer of will to survive appeared in her beautiful eyes. The despair from before was gone. She calmly said, "You just saved me. Now you want me to walk into the lion's den?"

Lu Feng lowered his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

Yu Ningyan: "They planned to kill me after my mission failed. There might be traitors among my followers. If I return to Western Chu with them, I might die in some city of Qian Kingdom tomorrow, even if I don't die in the capital today."

"They don't want me to return to Western Chu alive."

Lu Feng frowned, but he also found it hard not to agree with Yu Ningyan's statement.

"Then what do you want to do?"

As soon as he asked the question, Yu Ningyan stepped forward and stared intently at him: "I don't want to die. I'll do anything as long as you protect me!"