Duanmu Qing had a cold glance at Si Yunhan and rose to toast Xuanyuan Mo.

“Mr. Xuanyuan, here is a toast to you.”

The guests were so speechless. What was wrong with the couple? The fiancé was officially engaged and still wanted to hit on the crown princess. The fiancée had already taken away the crown princess’s previous lover and now coveted the latter’s current lover. Shame on them!

Duanmu Xue instantly went mad and wanted to shout at Duanmu Qing but was stopped by Huangfu Che.

Huangfu Che watched the young people’s interaction, his corners of the mouth slightly lifted.

How could that woman covet Xuanyuan Mo? How naive!

Xuanyuan Mo frowned and looked at Duanmu Qing with a disdainful look, his amber eyes full of contempt.

“Snow, I’m a bit dizzy. Let’s go back to the Eastern Palace.”

She didn’t want to waste her time talking with Duanmu Qing anymore. Otherwise, she would directly slay this woman.

“Xi, are you okay?”

Hearing that Duanmu Xi felt dizzy, Xuanyuan Mo felt nervous.

As Xuanyuan Mo was so worried about Duanmu Xi, Duanmu Qing immediately pulled a long face.

“Your Highness, what’s wrong?”

Duanmu Xi just ignored her and wanted to leave with Xuanyuan Mo.

Duanmu Xi’s ignorance directly angered Duanmu Qing.

D*mn it. Why did the total wreck fight against her for everything?

“Duanmu Xi, I shall challenge you. The loser cannot badger Mr. Xuanyuan anymore.”

Duanmu Xi narrowed her purple eyes. This woman wanted to challenge her? Did Duanmu Qing want to court death? Did Duanmu Qing really think that she was a total wreck?

Duanmu Qing’s words caused an uproar again.

Heiress of Princess Jing wanted to challenge Her Highness the Crown Princess? Didn’t Heiress of Princess Jing know that Her Highness was incapable of martial arts?

And what kind of wager was that? The loser couldn’t badger Mr. Xuanyuan? On what ground could an engaged woman put on such a wager?

Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che were both furious.

It was so outrageous that Duanmu Qing wanted to challenge Xi! She clearly knew that Xi was incapable of martial arts and yet, she still wanted to challenge the latter. Did she deliberately want to embarrass Xi?

Xuanyuan Mo also pulled a long face, which was full of killing intent.

What did the woman take him as? How dared she take him as the wager? She was literally courting death.

When the atmosphere was getting tenser and tenser, Duanmu Xi said, “Snow is mine. You will only contaminate his purity.”

Hearing Duanmu Xi’s words, the guests all refrained from snickering and stared at Duanmu Qing.

The crown princess was clearly saying that Heiress of Princess Jing was dirty. It was fair enough. Everyone knew that Heiress of Princess Jing had a lot of lovers, maybe a few hundred. Compared with the crown princess who was still single, she was dirty indeed.

Duanmu Qing almost vomited blood in anger. Duanmu Xi dared to accuse her of being dirty? What an outrageous total wreck!

“Since the Crown Princess doesn’t dare to accept my challenge, then…”

Before Duanmu Qing finished talking, Duanmu Xi said, “However, even so, I still accept your challenge. The time and the location are up to you.”

Fengyi Palace became quieter but the quietness only lasted for a few seconds. Then, Fengyi Palace became boisterous.

“I can’t believe this! Her Highness the Crown Princess accepted Heiress of Princess Jing’s challenge!”

“Oh my, is Her Highness the Crown Princess wasted? Otherwise, why would she accept Heiress of Princess Jing’s challenge?”

“Her Highness the Crown Princess has got some nerve. She is even willing to risk her life for a handsome man!”

“…”

Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che also looked at Duanmu Xi in shock. Duanmu Xue shouted anxiously, “Xi, you…”

Duanmu Xian and Situ Rui also frowned and looked at Duanmu Xi in bewilderment.

Duanmu Fei was not as patient as the others. She jumped off her seat directly.

“Qing, what do you mean? You know Xi is drunk today and that she is incapable of martial arts but you still challenge her. What are you up to?”

Duanmu Qing was a bit dazed at first but now that Duanmu Fei shouted at her, she was completely sober.

She was quite surprised at the result. She claimed to challenge Duanmu Xi on the spur of the moment, hoping to insult the latter in this way. Unexpectedly, Duanmu Xi really accepted her challenge. More than a year passed by. She was impressed by Duanmu Xi’s courage.

This time, she must defeat Duanmu Xi fair and square in front of everybody. She must let all the people know that Duanmu Xi didn’t deserve to be the crown princess of the Zhuque Empire.

Duanmu Qing pulled herself together and said to Duanmu Fei, “You’ve wronged me. We must honor each other’s willingness in terms of the martial arts competition. Since Her Highness the Crown Princess also wants to, let’s duel on Sparrow Slaying Platform in three days. What do you think? Any problem, Your Highness?”

Duanmu Qing raised her eyebrows and looked at Duanmu Xi defiantly.

The guests all gasped in astonishment upon hearing Sparrow Slaying Platform.

Heiress of Princess Jing was so cruel. She clearly wanted to kill Her Highness the Crown Princess.

Duanmu Xue and the others stared at Duanmu Xi with worry, only hoping that she wouldn’t agree. However…

“Fine by me.”

Her indifferent voice ruined the others’ expectations.

The guests hadn’t recovered from the shock even when the dinner party was over.

The next early morning, the news that Duanmu Xi and Duanmu Qing would have a duel on Sparrow Slaying Platform three days later was spread throughout the whole capital.

Such shocking news immediately made for great conversation among the locals of the capital.

In Tianxiang Mansion of the capital in the Zhuque Empire, three young ladies were having morning tea.

The three of them kept looking outside, seeming to wait for someone.

“Why hasn’t Mei arrived yet?”

“Who knows? She always arrives earliest. Why…

Before she finished talking, a woman in yellow rushed to the table excitedly and picked up the teapot. Instead of pouring the tea into the cup, she pointed the teapot at her mouth and had a few gulps. The several other women were slack-jawed.

The woman in yellow put down the teapot. Before she could breathe evenly, she lowered her head and said mysteriously, “Here is something absolutely shocking…”

“Alas. Again.” The woman in yellow was interrupted by the other three women.

“Are you going to talk about the duel between the crown princess and Heiress of Princess Jing?”



“No way. You’ve known it?”

“Yeah. Come here. Sit down first. I know more about this.”

The woman in yellow called Mei sat down as told. The four of them got together and talked in a low voice.

“I heard that they fight a duel because of a handsome man. The winner gets the man.”

“Oh? What kind of handsome man can make the crown princess and Heiress of Princess Jing fight a duel?”

“It is said that he is even more handsome than the royal consort.”

“Is that so? I would love to take a look at him.”

“If you want to take a look at him, I have an idea. You can watch the duel on Sparrow Slaying Platform two days later. Since they fight for the handsome man, maybe on the date of the duel, we will be able to see him!”

“Haha! Brilliant! I must go there early and get a good spot so that I can see him clearly.”

“Good idea. Let’s go together by then.”

Hearing the women’s conversation, a man in red next to them raised his eyebrows with an intrigued look.

A handsome man? He must see how handsome the man was.

The corners of the man in red’s eyes were lifted and his mouth curved into a sinister smile, which made his neuter face extremely enchanting.

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