The prince is fierce: Who dares to steal my woman?

Luo Chuan smiled faintly: "Your Highness, I didn't hear anything. You can continue. Just pretend I don't exist."

After saying that, he deliberately turned his head away.

Xiao Jinyan and Guan Lingxuan exchanged a smile, a smile that held a secret and tacit understanding that only they could comprehend.

As the carriage moved slowly along the winding road back to Jiankang, Luo Chuan drove it, the wheels gently clattering against the stones. Inside, however, the atmosphere was completely different, filled with a suffocating tension and intense passion.

Xiao Jinyan gently pulled Guan Lingxuan onto his lap, as if he were holding a priceless treasure. Guan Lingxuan's slender fingers unconsciously slid towards Xiao Jinyan's broad chest, her fingertips touching his warm skin, sending a shiver down her spine.

Xiao Jinyan was not to be outdone. He placed his large hand on Guan Lingxuan's slender back, gently caressing it, bringing waves of warmth that reached her heart. He skillfully removed Guan Lingxuan's outer garment, his movements both gentle and resolute, as if performing a sacred ritual.

Suddenly, Guan Lingxuan leaned forward abruptly, her cherry-like lips pressing tightly against Xiao Jinyan's slightly surprised thin lips. Xiao Jinyan's heart raced instantly, a fiery glint flashing in his eyes before being overwhelmed by a surge of emotion.

The kiss deepened, their breaths mingling as if the world stood still. Just as their emotions surged like a tidal wave, Guan Lingxuan was suddenly pulled up by a strong arm. Xiao Jinyan lifted her up with an irresistible force and gently pressed her onto the soft cushions of the carriage.

Just as Xiao Jinyan's fingers were lightly tapping Guan Lingxuan's clothes, preparing to further explore the long-awaited intimacy, the carriage jolted violently and then came to an abrupt stop. This sudden change was like a slap in the face, abruptly pulling the two from their dreamlike state back to reality.

"Your Highness, there's an assassin!"

Outside the car, Luo Chuan's voice boomed like thunder, carrying an undeniable sense of urgency and crisis, instantly shattering the romantic atmosphere inside.

Xiao Jinyan and Guan Lingxuan quickly tidied their clothes and opened the car door...

All that could be seen was a vast, dark mass of mysterious figures dressed in black and veiled in black, wielding gleaming longswords. They resembled a group of ghostly messengers who had crawled out of hell, silently surrounding the small clearing in the center.

Looking at the impenetrable black-clad army before him, Xiao Jinyan secretly calculated in his heart, knowing that it would be difficult for him, Luo Chuan, and Guan Lingxuan to break through this impenetrable wall.

“If a hero is only after money,” Xiao Jinyan’s voice was steady and powerful, “everything is negotiable.”

However, the response he received was an extremely feminine and chilling voice, which came from the leader of the men in black.

"Xiao Jinyan, today, we are here to take your life!"

Xiao Jinyan's heart sank. The other party clearly knew his identity perfectly well. This trip was definitely not a simple robbery, but a premeditated assassination. He looked around. The blade in the black-clad man's hand gleamed with a bloodthirsty light, and an aura of death quietly spread, making him feel a chill.

But Xiao Jinyan still held onto a sliver of hope and spoke again: "Hero, is there an employer who has hired someone to kill you? If so, I am willing to pay ten times the price, just to save my life."

Unfortunately, it was all in vain.

The leader of the men in black was resolute: "Xiao Jinyan, enough nonsense, prepare to die!"

Before the words were even finished, the man waved his hand lightly, as if directing a grand dance, and the men in black surged forward like a tidal wave, swords flashing and a chilling aura emanating from them...

Xiao Jinyan suddenly swung his arm, and the Xuanming Sword roared out of its sheath, its cold light gleaming. When did this "show-off weapon" become a life-saving tool?

"Silly girl, hide in the back, it's dangerous here."

However, Guan Lingxuan seemed not to hear at all. Instead of backing down, she stubbornly squeezed in front of Xiao Jinyan, her bright eyes shining with an undeniable light.

"No, my husband, this time, let me protect you."

Seeing this, Xiao Jinyan shook his head helplessly, feeling both touched and worried. Knowing Guan Lingxuan's personality, he could only give her a deep look, signaling her to fight alongside him.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps accompanied by the sound of wind breaking rang out. Luo Chuan, like a ghost, lightly leaped into the air in a few steps, and his throwing darts, like shooting stars, accurately struck the vital points of several men in black, instantly knocking them to the ground.

Immediately afterward, he flashed into the enemy ranks, broke the arm of a man in black with his bare hands, snatched the long knife from his hand, and charged into the crowd like autumn leaves in the wind, his blade flashing like lightning, invincible in its path.

On the other side, a group of men in black seemed to have smelled blood and pounced on Xiao Jinyan and Guan Lingxuan like hungry wolves. Xiao Jinyan and Guan Lingxuan stood back to back in defense, their coordination impeccable.

Xiao Jinyan wielded the Xuanming Sword, its light like a dragon, slashing left and right with overwhelming force, killing several people in succession. The corpses of the men in black fell around him, blood splattering everywhere.

Guan Lingxuan was not to be outdone. She quickly drew a black whip from her waist. The whip was exceptionally agile. Sometimes it was like a snake emerging from its hole, wrapping around the enemy's neck and waist, and pulling it back to slit his throat with a dagger. At other times it was like a storm, lashing the black-clad man's body, leaving bloody welts.

Xiao Jinyan and Guan Lingxuan, one forceful and the other gentle, worked together flawlessly, driving the group of men in black back in disarray. However, the crisis was far from over; more men in black surged in from all directions, seemingly intent on overwhelming them…

However, just as Xiao Jinyan was fully focused on defending against the relentless attacks, a cunning man in black, like a venomous snake, silently circled behind him, raising a gleaming blade, ready to deliver a fatal blow. Xiao Jinyan, however, was completely unaware of this sudden crisis; all his attention was focused on the enemy in front of him.

At this critical moment, Guan Lingxuan's keen eyes caught this scene, and her heart tightened.

However, Guan Lingxuan was also preoccupied with her own problems at this moment. The long whip in her hand had already been cleverly disarmed by a man in black, and the dagger at her waist was deeply embedded in the chest of an enemy who had fallen not long ago, and could not be pulled out immediately.

Faced with this sudden turn of events, she was frantic with worry, but could only desperately cry out, "Husband, be careful!"

Before the words had even faded, Guan Lingxuan had already rushed towards Xiao Jinyan without hesitation, like a resolute bolt of lightning. Just as the black-clad man's blade was about to touch Xiao Jinyan's back, she lunged forward, using all her strength to tightly embrace him from behind, using her own flesh and blood to build a life-saving barrier for him.

"laugh--"

The sound of a sharp blade slicing through the air was accompanied by Guan Lingxuan's scream of pain. A vicious slash had been made in her back, and blood instantly stained her clothes crimson, like a blooming spider lily, tragically beautiful yet filled with despair. At that moment, the air was thick with the stench of blood, and with the weight of Guan Lingxuan's deep love for Xiao Jinyan.