Huangxiu

Chapter 864 Trading
Zhou Yifan quickly caught up with the two middle-aged men.

They split into two directions, one on the left and one on the right, and Zhou Yifan first caught up with the tall middle-aged man.

"Mr. Feng, I'm sorry." Zhou Yifan showed up, looking helpless: "Please stay."

His sword suddenly became brighter, and with a "hum" a sword light appeared and enveloped the tall middle-aged man.

The tall middle-aged man greeted him with his palm and snorted coldly: "Xiao Zhou, don't make the mistake!"

Zhou Yifan said helplessly: "Mr. Feng, I have no choice but to choose to keep the two gentlemen."

"The truth cannot be hidden, Xiao Zhou, you need to think it through."

"It's better to delay it for a while. We can't let the two gentlemen go back and tip off the situation."

"Then don't blame us for dragging you down with us before we die."

"Don't worry, gentlemen. I won't kill you. I'll just keep you alive." As he spoke, the sword light became brighter again, and the speed increased again.

It instantly pierced through the palm shadow and stabbed the tall middle-aged man's left shoulder.

The tall middle-aged man suddenly felt half of his body numb and fell down.

Zhou Yifan's face turned pale, and he appeared in front of the short middle-aged man a hundred meters away, dragging his shadow. He said no more, and the sword flashed brighter, and then stabbed the short middle-aged man's left shoulder.

The short middle-aged man also fell straight down with a look of disbelief on his face.

Zhou Yifan sighed and said, "This is the Thunder Sword Technique that I got by chance."

The power condensed in the sword is strange and has the same magical effect as lightning. Once it enters the body, it will directly paralyze the whole body.

"What a powerful swordsmanship." Fu Zheng appeared beside him and clapped his hands in admiration.

At the same time, he sealed the acupuncture points of the two middle-aged men and chuckled, "Zhou Yifan, do you still have the strength to fight?"

"Miss Fu won't take advantage of others' misfortune, right?"

"Why not?" Fu Zheng waved his sword and chuckled, "Come on."

"Forget it." Zhou Yifan returned the sword to its sheath and said helplessly, "I'm definitely no match for Miss Fu."

Fu Zheng snorted and said, "You are just playing tricks."

Zhou Yifan shook his head and turned to look at Chu Zhiyuan: "My Lord, the two of them..."

"Take them back." Chu Zhiyuan said calmly, "Let Tingyutai find out what they are up to."

"...Yes." Zhou Yifan looked bitter.

All the dirty work has to be done by himself, and this prince consort doesn't get involved at all.

It's really a good idea.

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Tingyutai's actions are really getting more and more powerful. They knew someone was trying to assassinate me, but they pretended not to know."

Zhou Yifan looked bitter.

This matter is also very troublesome. No matter what, the twelve princes-in-law are all members of the royal family.

Once it gets out, other members of the royal family will have doubts in their hearts.

If he could treat the twelve princes-in-law like this, how could he not treat himself like this?

Tingyutai will become the target of public criticism.

Tingyu Terrace already had a bad reputation, and all the civil and military officials in the court were dissatisfied. It would be unwise to offend the royal family further.

Chu Zhiyuan waved his hand: "Go ahead."

"...Yes." Zhou Yifan opened his mouth and closed it again, knowing that he had no right to speak.

How can I make the twelfth prince consort shut up? I need to negotiate with a higher level, as I don’t have enough power.

"Then I'll take my leave." He picked up the two motionless middle-aged men and floated away.

Fu Zheng's eyes flickered, and she whispered, "Your Highness, are you just going to forgive him like this?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Beat him up or cripple him?"

"At least give him a beating." Fu Zheng snorted, "Destroy his prestige."

Zhou Yifan obviously prided himself on his extraordinary achievements and looked down on everyone, not even taking His Highness seriously.

This is short-sighted. We should teach him a lesson so that he can realize his own limitations.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "No need, he is still from Tingyutai after all."

"I didn't expect that he was from Tingyutai... He was originally from Tingfeng Pavilion, this guy!"

"Tingyutai is indeed very strong."

Fu Zheng looked solemn: "Your Highness, is Qianji Tower controlled by Tingyutai?"

She felt that Tingyutai had more than one tentacle reaching out to Qianji Tower. It was very likely that there were others besides Zhou Yifan.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly.

He also had this judgment, that Qianji Tower should be controlled by Tingyutai.

I can see Qianji Tower, and Tingyutai, who specializes in collecting information, can see it even better.

So he took the opportunity to take over Qianji Tower and increase his source of information.

"Your Highness, then..."

"I will try to negotiate with them and get Zhou Yifan to cooperate with you."

Since Zhou Yifan is from Tingyutai, don't expect to subdue him and make him do your orders with your martial arts and status.

Then we can only talk about it from a higher level.

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Tingyutai's actions were faster than he had imagined.

Less than an hour after he returned home, his seventh uncle, Prince Cheng, came to the Prince Consort's residence in person.

Prince Cheng is a plump, smiling old man with a ruddy face, like the immortal from the South Pole.

He was accompanied by two middle-aged men.

Chu Zhiyuan extended his hand and came to the front hall. Fu Zheng poured tea for him personally and then stood aside.

"Ha ha……"

Prince Cheng smiled before he spoke, and shook his head repeatedly: "My dear Prince Consort, I am sorry. They acted so carelessly this time. They really shouldn't have done that."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "I was disappointed that Tingyutai didn't tell me in advance. Now that I think about it, I might have overthought it."

He shook his head and said, "After all, my consort is different from ordinary consorts."

Prince Cheng laughed and said, "Your Highness is a mighty and powerful man with a great reputation. He has made great contributions to our Phoenix. I am to blame for this mistake!"

He clasped his fists and said in a deep voice towards the direction of the palace: "I will personally apologize to the emperor."

Chu Zhiyuan waved his hand and said, "This is serious. Why should we alarm His Majesty for such a small matter?"

"If it involves the Prince Consort, it's not a small matter." Prince Cheng shook his head and said, "What's more, if Tan'er comes out and knows about this, she will definitely make trouble for me."

He shook his head and sighed, "Maybe he'll pull my beard, or even come to my house and yell at me."

Chu Zhiyuan laughed: "Not really?"

"She's capable of that, even taking care of my good-for-nothing sons."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and shook his head: "Madam..."

He then said seriously: "Your Highness, after I entered the Imperial City, I was confused and muddled all day long. I really don't want to be like this. I can't rely on the Supervisory Department. I can only rely on the Thousand Machines Tower, which is not up to the standard."

Compared with Tingyutai, Qianji Tower is of course inferior.

He said this in order to lower the status of Qianji Tower and thus gain control.

"Haha... I understand." Prince Cheng stroked his white beard and nodded repeatedly: "Qianji Tower does have a lot of spies. If Your Highness wants to borrow their power, they will cooperate."

If it involves Tingyu Terrace, then that is obviously not possible. No royal family or royal relatives can get their hands into Tingyu Terrace.

Qianji Tower doesn’t matter.

A small and ineffective force. There are at least nine out of ten such forces in the entire imperial city.

For the prince consort, such a small force can be ignored.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Chu Zhiyuan clasped his fists solemnly.

That sealed the deal.

Prince Cheng felt a little embarrassed, thinking that Prince Chu Zhiyuan was too miserable. He laughed and said, "Did the prince have a falling out with the Supervisory Office?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "Yujing thinks that I have married a wife and forgotten my mother, and I have betrayed Yujing."

"Your Highness is in a difficult situation indeed." Prince Cheng said, "Phoenix can trust Your Highness."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled but said nothing.

Prince Cheng said, "There is a rare item hidden in Qiyun Valley that can be used to assassinate Prince Consort. Fortunately, Prince Consort did not go there."

"What strange thing?"

"Nine Star Vine makes people enter a fantasy world without knowing it and cannot extricate themselves."

Chu Zhiyuan thought about it and shook his head.

(End of this chapter)