CHAPTER 37 – GIVING A PLUM IN EXCHANGE OF A PEACH

Chu Xun peed more than half when he suddenly saw a black figure flew over from afar.

He thought his eyes were blurred. He shook his head. That black figure flee from the left to the right.

“Mei Qian Deng! Mei Qian Deng!” His body trembled crazily. One due to nervous and uneasy, another one was due to peeing with shaking to finish it as soon as possible.

Mei Qian Deng heard Chu Xun’s cries as if in the next instant he would die.  She immediately turned around to see what the situation was.

The first thing she saw was Chu Xun’s small white hands were still holding the thingy down there. That thingy still had some translucent drops of liquid on it. Chu Xun currently was facing her too. Mei Qian Deng’s line of vision was very obvious. He instantly understood.

Your mom, who let you see!

“Can you wear your trousers properly first?”

Do I still need you boor to remind me?! Chu Xun stuffed back his family jewels in a rush. In his heart, he had yet to control his terror when another three tenths of gloominess added. His upper half only had an outer garment, his chests were bared with his tits revealed. His lower half just had a pair of underpants with both his white legs revealed. Chu Xun’s face was ghastly pale. He pointed at somewhere far. “Just now, a black figure floated at there! Floated at there!!!”

Mei Qian Deng looked at the area Chu Xun pointed. However, there was no sign of unknown creature.

“Maybe it’s an owl or something like that.” She sized up the Crown Prince’s terrified look, revealing her disdain.

Being looked down by Mei Qian Deng, His Highness Crown Prince was unwilling of it no matter what. A bird and a human, can this Crown Prince be unable to differentiate them?! Despite remembering how terrified he was earlier, Chu Xun raised his head and persisted while knowing he was wrong, “This Crown Prince is afraid an assassin had strike and only want to kindly remind you!”

Who knew his voice had just landed when a person in black clothes landed beside him. Chu Xun felt a wind blow on his ear. When he turned his head and looked, he screamed in strings.

“Ah! Mei Qian Deng! There’s an assassin!”

He used his highest speed to hide behind Mei Qian Deng, just missed of jumping onto female warrior Mei’s body. Even both his arms had tightly wrapped around Mei Qian Deng’s slender waist. Say, did water entered the Crown Prince’s brain today? Hugging the female warrior’s slender waist, if she wanted to fight, it couldn’t be she had to carry the *** alike you on her back?!

Thankfully, that person in black clothes was not an assassin. He instantly knelt down and saluted towards Chu Xun and Mei Qian Deng, “Subordinate had arrived late for the rescue, asking Your Highness for an atonement.”

So, he’s our own people? Scared this baby to death!

Only now that Chu Xun noticed he had tightly hugged Mei Qian Deng in fear. He got awkward for a moment before instantly returned to normal. He loosened his hands and appeared from Mei Qian Deng’s back. He had already put on the elegant, cold and arrogant Crow Prince expression as if how serious and conscientious he was during the enthronement grand ceremony, “After return, this Crown Prince will punish you all.”

That underling kowtowed in gratitude. When he raised his head again, what entered his eye was a pair of long, clean and white with seemingly no hair legs. Going up further was a pair of underpants. His face couldn’t stop from be surprised. His mouth gaped slightly. When his line of vision skipped those sloppy clothes, he only saw the Crown Prince’s handsome face. He wanted to ask but he didn’t dare.

When the Crown Prince was safely escorted back to the imperial palace, the Emperor was naturally enraged as he ordered people to thoroughly investigate this matter. The Crown Prince on the other hand profited from the misfortune. The Emperor afraid there would be more villains trying to harm the Crown Prince and hence the blind date was cancelled just like that. The selecting Crown Princess issue too was left unsettled for the time being. However, inside the palace was a nosy place too. Small news travelled extremely fast around. Because Chu Xun’s clothes were sloppy when that underling found the Crown Prince, various guesses came out.

The first one said that the villain plotted something unlawful towards the Crown Prince. After kidnapping the Crown Prince from the ship, he then wanted to forcefully have him. First rape, then kill. After all, the Crown Prince’s beauty was obvious to anyone with eyes! Thankfully, the Crown Prince’s study partner, Seventh Young Master Mei timely arrive and killed that villain, a hero saving the beauty. The second one said that the Crown Prince completely rejected the idea of selecting Crown Princess previously. After having blind dates with five beauties and seeing hundreds of young ladies portraits yet none of the girls managed to enter his eyes. Thereupon, numerous people guessed if the Crown Prince actually liked men? Plus, at that wilderness, after the hero saved the beauty, it couldn’t be the Crown Prince took the advantage and seduced young warrior Mei?

When Chu Xun found out these from Xiao Jing Zi, he was so angry that he spitted back the tea into the cup. Even after the cup was smashed onto the ground, it still couldn’t appease his anger. He looked around for things to give vent. In the end, he smashed the copper mirror on the table as well.

“Based on what that this Crown Prince is the one that only got hurt? Why no one say that it’s that boor who shove this Crown Prince? Ah?!”

Xiao Jing Zi looked up, he wanted to say something but then hesitated, “……”

“What do you want to say?”

“Young Master Mei has a pure heart and has few desires. Just by looking at the uncorrupted and awe-inspiring righteous spirit all over his body, he really can never be that sort of person. Plus……”

“En?!” The Crown Prince was blowing his top. There was still plus?

“Plus, when Your Highness is with Young Master Mei, Your Highness is usually the one who is mischievous.”

“Why, then it’s Mei Qian Deng who is always give way to this Crown Prince?”

Xiao Jing Zi nodded his head.

“Xiao Jing Zi, are you this Crown Prince’s servant or you’re Mei Qian Deng’s servant?” Chu Xun narrowed his eyes. He considered whether he should change his personal little eunuch. Xiao Jing Zi was already be in one place physically but another place in his mind and heart. Although he didn’t know when Xiao Jing Zi was taken down by Mei Qian Deng, he must not be kept, must not be kept.

Xiao Jing Zi could sniff Chu Xun’s anger, he was extremely troubled. Just as he planned to plead for mercy, Mei Qian Deng pushed open the door of Chu Xun’s room. Xiao Jing Zi’s eyes shone instantly. His saviour had arrived! Chu Xun frowned his eyebrows as usual and roared, “Do you understand the rules or not, don’t you know you need to knock the door first?!”

Female warrior Mei blinked her eyes, “I knocked already.”

“Didn’t hear it!”

“……”

“There is a progress about the Qian Qiu River assassination. Do you want to hear it?”

“You stand at that corner and say it.” Chu Xun threw a tantrum. After roaring at Mei Qian Deng, he glared at Xiao Jing Zi. Still not rolling out and close the door simultaneously?

“The people on the ship at that day had been locked up. Their identity were checked one by one. Although there was no flaw, Mo Nian Yuan said there were two chefs on the ship who looked really familiar. If he didn’t remember it wrongly, they must had worked in Qing Feng Ming Yue Brothel before.”

Chu Xun had calmed down. He frowned and asked, “You’re saying, they’re Imperial Uncle’s people?” Chu Xun silently criticised. Imperial Uncle’s heart, it’s an open secret. If he dared to be this openly harm him, he should have certainty in sending him to death with no way out. However, the fact was obviously not like that. Chu Xun shook his head. He first denied this guess.

“Prince Chen is most unlikely to be this reckless. Bai Qiu Qu has a bigger possibility,” Mei Qian Deng said too.

The tsundere His Highness Crown Prince raised his eyebrows. He glanced quickly at Mei Qian Deng and coldly snorted, “You’re not too stupid huh.”

Mei Qian Deng didn’t reply. She really, always, always felt she had never offend His Highness Crown Prince. Look, His Highness Crown Prince scolded her, when he launched personal attack on her, she had never talk back. Her temper was extremely good. When she really couldn’t hold herself to retort, she would only use Mencius that old man’s words to quote the classics and talked indirectly. But why Crown Prince still always scold her audacious? Female warrior Mei really couldn’t understand and felt really tormented.

“Is there any news on Bai Qiu Qu’s whereabouts?”

“Someone saw him last at Jing Jiao, he was being pursued by others. Later, he seemed to have just disappeared from the world.”

Chu Xun pondered.

Bai Qiu Qu disappeared, where would he gone to? Imperial Uncle was usually sinister and ruthless. After the Qing Feng Ming Yue Brothel had fell, Bai Qiu Qu had lost his value to be exploit. Bai Qiu Qu would then become Imperial Uncle’s discarded tool. Bai Qiu Qu had countless enemies. Maybe he went and begged Imperial Uncle for protection. It couldn’t be that Imperial Uncle denied this Bai guy outside the door and caused Bai Qiu Qu to grow a hatred in his heart. Hence, he had the life and death struggle desire, planned this Qian Qiu River assassination, just to frame Imperial Uncle?

After all, the one who wanted to kill the Crown Prince the most in this world would be Prince Chen.

This was the only plausible idea that Chu Xun could think of. But, with just Bai Qiu Qu’s power alone, he had to struggle to hide around. How could he accurately plan an assassination far above his ability? Chu Xun guessed Bai Qiu Qu had already found a backing, one backing who also wished to kill the Crown Prince and threaten the imperial family.

“Mei Qian Deng, do you want to kill me?” Chu Xun suddenly asked.

Mei Qian Deng shook her head without hesitation. “I hope Crown Prince live healthily.”

“Then, say, who really want to kill this Crown Prince in this world?”

“Prince Chen?”

“Other than him.”

Mei Qian Deng frowned. This sudden question of Chu Xun made her a boor who didn’t understand the state affairs really unable to reply. Therefore, she vaguely summarised, “No matter it is political opponent or unruly people, anyone who is not happy seeing you has the possibility of wanting to kill you.”

“This Crown Prince is endowed with both beauty and talent, the unrivalled, worthy of being called as perfection. Other than you this type of have eyes but see nothing, who else will be unhappy seeing this Crown Prince!!!!”

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