After a master of metaphysics severed ties with his family, the whole family was filled with regret!

Chapter 46 Encountering an Assassin While Touring the Lake
"Your Highness doesn't even know about 'dual cultivation'? It's about men and women having sex. However, since we have special constitutions, we can use dual cultivation to repair the deficiencies in your body."

Luo Chujiu spoke with ease and grace, not at all feeling that it was something shameful to talk about.

However, Xiao Beiming was different. After hearing Luo Chujiu's explanation of dual cultivation, he blushed even more, and his neck turned red.

"Ahem, let's talk about this after we get married. Let's not talk about that now."

Hearing Xiao Beiming's words, Luo Chujiu couldn't help but scrutinize him carefully, staring at him intently for a long time before coming to a conclusion:
"His Highness is shy."

Xiao Beiming glanced at Luo Chujiu with embarrassment and annoyance, signaling her to stop talking. If she continued, they wouldn't be able to go boating on the lake today, and Xiao Beiming would have to go back to the palace to hide from Luo Chujiu.

Luo Chujiu knew when to stop, lest Xiao Beiming be too shy and feel that he had been too reckless.

In fact, even if Luo Chujiu remained silent afterward, it wouldn't change her image in Xiao Beiming's mind.

Upon arriving at their destination, Luo Chujiu jumped off the carriage first, then stood beside it and reached out to help Xiao Beiming down.

Nan Ke suddenly felt that the roles of his prince and princess had been switched!

However, seeing how much the prince was enjoying himself, Nan Ke didn't dare to say anything. He and Fei Yun stood guard by the carriage, watching Luo Chujiu help Xiao Beiming onto the boat for a lake tour.

After the two boarded the boat, the boatman began to row, and the boat slowly moved away from the shore.

Tea and snacks were prepared on the boat. After the two were seated, Xiao Beiming reached out and poured Luo Chujiu a cup of hot tea.

Have you had breakfast yet?

"I ate! I ate two steamed buns and two plates of pickled vegetables," Luo Chujiu said proudly.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Beiming couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Can you eat this much in the morning? How can you even finish these snacks?"

"Don't underestimate me, my stomach can hold a lot. These little things aren't staple food, so eating them is no problem!"

"Okay, then Xiao Jiu should eat more later. If you don't finish, you can pack it up and take it home to eat." Xiao Beiming pointed to the pastries on the small coffee table and said to her.

Luo Chujiu nodded, thinking that this was a perfectly acceptable approach, and that they couldn't waste food.

"After the lake tour, would you like to return to the palace with me? I'll introduce you to someone."

Out of respect, Xiao Beiming still asked Luo Chujiu for her opinion.

"Sure, who is it?"

Luo Chujiu knew that Xiao Beiming's family had all passed away, so who would he be introducing her to?

"She is my wet nurse, Nan Ke's mother, and to me she is like family."

"Okay, let's go meet them then. But you mentioned it so suddenly, I haven't even had time to prepare a gift."

Luo Chujiu felt a little regretful. How could she not bring a gift when meeting her elders for the first time?

Ancient times are not like modern times; you can't just buy two cartons of milk and some fruit and call it a day.

"No need to prepare gifts, just go. Aunt Ning isn't the kind of person to hold grudges. Besides, once you marry into the royal family, you'll be a princess. If you want to give Aunt Ning something, you'll have plenty of opportunities."

Xiao Beiming chuckled, thinking that Luo Chujiu was too nervous. It was just a meeting and introduction; there was no other intention.

When Luo Chujiu heard Xiao Beiming say this, she felt it made perfect sense. There would be plenty of time in the future, so she didn't care whether she brought a gift the first time or not.

Just as the two had finished their snacks and tea on the boat and were preparing to leave, a sudden change occurred!

The boatman was shot through the throat with an arrow and died on the spot!
As soon as the accident occurred, two black-clad guards appeared on the ship and stood firmly around Luo Chujiu and Xiao Beiming.

"Your Highness, there are assassins! You and your future princess must stay inside the ship and not come out!"

After saying that, the two guards in black closed the cabin door and began fighting outside.

The two remained in the cabin, surrounded by the sounds of fighting and shouting. Luo Chujiu glanced at Xiao Beiming and, seeing him also scrutinizing her, couldn't help but laugh.
"The prince is quite calm; he acted as if nothing had happened even after being assassinated."

"Xiao Jiu is as indifferent as I am."

Xiao Beiming looked at Luo Chujiu with more admiration and pride.

Luo Chujiu was no ordinary woman. If others were in such a situation, they would have already started shouting and screaming, disregarding all dignity.

However, Luo Chujiu was still able to sit quietly opposite him and chat and laugh with him.

Hearing Xiao Beiming's words, Luo Chujiu put down her teacup and explained:

“I’ve seen these fighting and killing scenes since I was a child, and I’ve seen even more bloody ones, let alone this small scene.”

For Luo Chujiu, the massacre she experienced as a child was the most unforgettable nightmare she could never escape, so this kind of assassination was just child's play.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Beiming couldn't help but wonder what kind of experiences Luo Chujiu had gone through in her childhood that would lead to her current calm demeanor.
However, now is not a good time to have a heart-to-heart talk; it's not too late to ask in detail later.

The two continued drinking tea in the cabin until the noise outside stopped.

Xuanwu and Xuanliu opened the cabin door to welcome the two of them out.

"It's too dirty outside, Xiao Jiu, please continue sitting."

Xiao Beiming raised his hand to stop Luo Chujiu from leaving the cabin, but Luo Chujiu was no obedient girl. The more he forbade her to do it, the more she wanted to join in the fun.

Outside the cabin, there were corpses everywhere, all of them killed in gruesome ways, including the body of an innocent boatman.

“Row the boat back to shore, disembark, give the boatman a proper burial, comfort his family, and make sure the compensation is not less.”

Xiao Beiming glanced at the boatman's corpse and said to Xuan Wu and Xuan Liu.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will make the arrangements!"

After they finished speaking, the two of them began to deal with the corpses on the ship. They took out corpse-dissolving powder and dripped it onto the assassin's body. In a short while, the assassin's body turned into a pool of blood.

Soon, they were back on shore.

Nan Ke could smell the pungent stench of blood as soon as the ship docked.

"Has Your Highness been assassinated?"

Xiao Beiming nodded slightly, but didn't want to say anything more.

Nan Ke understood and stepped forward to help Xiao Beiming off the boat. Seeing this, Fei Yun also quickly helped Luo Chujiu down as well.

"Miss, are you alright? Are you injured?"

"It's alright, Your Highness has taken care of everything, there's no need to worry."

Luo Chujiu didn't have a chance to make a move throughout the entire process before being dealt with by Xiao Beiming's men.

Upon hearing this, Feiyun felt a little relieved and thought it best to take her young lady back to the Imperial Preceptor's residence as soon as possible.

Who knew that when the young lady got into the carriage, it was heading to the Xiao Prince's Mansion.

Aunt Ning knew that Xiao Beiming was going to bring Luo Chujiu back to the mansion, so she prepared lunch early and was waiting for them to return to the mansion to have lunch together.

The carriage stopped at the Xiao Prince's residence, where Aunt Ning and several servants waited at the entrance.

Aunt Ning originally thought she would see the prince help the future princess down from the carriage, but to her surprise, the future princess jumped down from the carriage first and then bounced over to her.

"You must be Aunt Ning. I am Luo Chujiu. From now on, Aunt Ning can call me Xiaojiu."

Have a great weekend everyone!
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(End of this chapter)