I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

Feng Qingyu smiled bitterly and said, "Well, I have important business to attend to in Tiansheng Capital, and I really can't afford to lose any more manpower.

I am willing to hand over the golden cup and silver fetus, but can you guarantee that you will let us go if I hand it over?"

He could see that the opponent's overall strength was not weak, but it was mainly because of this black gold ghost-faced man that held him back.

The others are no match for me. If I kill this leader, I will have more time to deal with the others and maybe even have a chance of winning.

The man with the black-gold ghost face secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Feng Qingyu finally gave in.

I didn't expect that Feng Qingyu was so powerful and his martial arts skills were comparable to mine. I brought thirty people here, but I didn't expect that only half of their combat effectiveness was left now.

Although the other side only has a dozen people, their fighting power is amazing. Eight of them are still resisting stubbornly.

The brothers around him were all trained by him, and he couldn't bear to sacrifice them again in order to grab a miraculous medicine, so he took the initiative to speak up and hoped that the other party would retreat.

Unexpectedly, Feng Qingyu was a man who knew what was happening and actually went along with it and agreed to hand over the miraculous medicine.

The black-gold ghost-faced man thought for a moment and said, "We in the Shadow Pavilion always keep our word. Now that I have revealed my identity, you can rest assured."

Feng Qingyu was shocked. He had heard of the Shadow Pavilion. Its headquarters was in the imperial capital of Tiansheng. Its sphere of influence covered the entire country of Tiansheng. It mainly engaged in intelligence gathering, assassinations and some underground transactions. In recent years, it even had a tendency to expand into several neighboring countries.

He didn't expect to meet such a tough opponent just after arriving. It was really unlucky, but as the crown prince of Tianqi Kingdom, he had never suffered such a big loss.

He held his breath in his heart. He just couldn't believe that he couldn't defeat a few people in the martial arts world.

Feng Qingyu said calmly: "Since you have revealed your identity, I am relieved. The things are in the carriage behind. Come with me to get them. But you must put away your weapons, and you can only come alone."

After saying this, in order to show his sincerity, Feng Qingyu also put away his soft sword.

The man with the black-gold ghost face saw Feng Qingyu's actions and thought they were reasonable, so he nodded in agreement and threw the long sword in his hand to his subordinate beside him.

The subordinate was a little worried and whispered, "Master, no."

The black-gold ghost-faced man said in a hoarse voice: "It's okay. I believe that Prince Feng is a smart man. He will not do such a mean thing as going back on his word."

Feng Qingyu twitched the corner of his mouth and thought, now I just want to be a villain, and you really got it right.

Feng Qingyu asked the guards around the carriage to step back, and then took the leader to the third carriage. The two were very close to each other, so he lifted the curtain and found that there was indeed a carriage full of gift boxes inside.

Feng Qingyu pretended to search for the golden cup and silver fetus, while a black iron dagger quietly slipped from the sleeve of her left hand to her wrist.

In a flash, he grasped the handle of the dagger, turned around and stabbed the black and gold ghost-faced man behind him.

Although the ghost-faced man was also careful, he still got his arm cut. The dagger was extremely sharp, and blood spurted out immediately.

When the other ghost-faced men saw that something was wrong, they rushed over again.

Although the ghost-faced leader was injured, he remained fearless and started fighting with Feng Qingyu again.

The ghost-faced leader was obviously also angry, and he attacked fiercely, hitting Feng Qingyu on the chest with one palm. Feng Qingyu's internal energy surged and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Feng Qingyu's personal guards also quickly joined the battle when they saw this, trying to prevent the ghost-faced men from getting close to Feng Qingyu.

While the fight was going on, a middle-aged, slightly plump man quietly got off the second carriage.

His figure floated behind the black-gold ghost-faced man like a ghost and struck out with a palm. The leader obviously did not expect to be attacked from behind, and he was hit by the palm and spit out blood.

Fortunately, he had been changing his body movements just now, so he was not hit in the heart but in the shoulder blade. However, the man had deep internal strength and the palm force shook his lungs, which still caused him considerable internal injuries.

When the ghost-faced man next to him saw that the Pavilion Master was seriously injured by a sneak attack, he didn't dare to fight anymore and just threw a few smoke bombs.

They carried their leader and fled deep into the jungle.

By the time Feng Qingyu and the others came to their senses, all the ghost-faced men had disappeared without a trace, even the dead and injured were nowhere to be seen.

Feng Qingyu exhaled deeply and looked at the slightly fat middle-aged man beside her with doubt in her eyes: "Minister Qin is really a man of hidden talents. If it weren't for you taking action this time, we would have been left dead in the wilderness."

The Minister Qin smiled and said, "I have some connection with your maternal family. How can I just watch you fall into danger? Besides, His Majesty has asked me to take good care of you.

I knew that Your Highness was quite skilled in martial arts, and I thought that Your Highness should be able to handle this little bandit."

Feng Qingyu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Excellency Shangshu is wrong. These people are definitely not bandits, but members of the Shadow Pavilion, the largest underground force in Tiansheng. The person who is fighting with me is probably the mysterious Shadow Pavilion Master Anlong."

Ling Quan, who was in the first carriage, also got off. Seeing the mess around him, he was still frightened.

He heard the conversation between the two princes and suggested, "Your Highness, I don't know if there are any of their accomplices around here. It would be better for us to leave here as soon as possible."

Feng Qingyu also thought so. He asked the remaining guards to check on the injured guards, feed them some healing medicine, and simply bandage the injured.

The dead guards could only be buried in a pit dug nearby.

He promised that after he returned, he would double compensate their families and reward the guards who followed him this time.

They looked at the sky and saw that it was already past noon. Fortunately, the carriage and horses were intact, so the group set off in a hurry.

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In the hot spring villa, on a plum forest path, two women were walking slowly forward.

One of them said teasingly, "Miss, do you really not want to meet Prince Bai? Today is a rare opportunity."

The woman next to her, who was wearing a light pink skirt with a bright red cape on the outside, said to the little maid coquettishly, "You, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

The woman's appearance could only be described as pretty. The bright red cloak made her fair skin look even more fair. Her slender figure and bookish air gave her a unique kind of beauty.

She is Gu Anyan, the eldest daughter of Lord Gu, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture. Lord Gu once executed the son of a high-ranking official who had committed all kinds of evil. In order to retaliate, that family paid a large sum of money to hire someone to kidnap Gu Anyan, intending to humiliate her, torture her to death, and then send her back to the Gu family.

Fortunately, her maid, Ling'er who was speaking just now, discovered that the young lady had disappeared after buying things, and then found Gu Anyan's hairpin nearby. She cleverly grabbed a passing official-looking man and asked him for help.

The official was Bai Jingchen. He was on a patrol of the military camp that day with a few people from the Ministry of War. On the way back to the city, he met a little maid who asked him for help.

The inspection had just ended, so he ordered his men to split up and look for Miss Gu.

In the end, Bai Jingchen's team found Gu Anyan in a dilapidated temple in the suburbs. She was already unconscious. They arrived in time and the criminals had not yet succeeded.

Bai Jingchen tied up several people. On the way, he heard Ling'er say that the rescued woman was Lord Gu's daughter, so he asked his men to send her directly to Jingzhao Prefecture to report the case.

He carried Gu Anyan in his arms and rode her back to Gu's house. From then on, the two of them had an encounter.