Chapter 170

"Twisting logic, silver‑tongued — would you, for this Princess, actually believe me?"

"My royal younger brother is weak‑willed by nature, controlled by Sun Zhongquan, and he has taken the throne."

"This Princess has been waiting for a chance to rescue him, never expecting that he would run into you!"

"You seem to have saved him on the surface, but aren't you actually doing it for the throne?"

"Today this Princess cannot kill you — it's my inadequacy — but someday someone will take your life! Kill me now!"

Shen Tianxing almost laughed out loud; this princess seemed to be talking to herself, as if she were just here to be funny.

"First, I seized this throne — it was to save your younger brother; otherwise he would already have been killed by those plotting rebellion."

"Who in the world doesn't want to be emperor? I merely went with the flow — what's wrong with that?"

"Out of respect for your brother, today I won't kill you — you may leave now, and I'll give you this pill."

Shen Tianxing said, casually tossing out a Small Return Pill; now his Killing Value can be exchanged for whatever he wants, so he no longer cares.

You should know that Shen Tianxing gains Killing Value every day — whenever his troops under him go to suppress bandits, they earn Killing Value.

Moreover, the troops that Lin Feiyun led out to the Great Wu region — everyone they kill there yields Killing Value.

To be safe, Shen Tianxing also dispatched the Five Tiger Generals to go together, letting them hold the fort; basically there is no strong enemy they cannot handle.

As for Master Qiao Yinxiang, he also went, and the two previously sent out have joined up with Lin Feiyun!

Nowadays Shen Tianxing doesn't need to do missions; he just lies around earning Killing Value. If he hadn't turned off the alert tone, he'd hear sounds all day long.

"You really won't kill me? This couldn't be some poison, could it — killing me with poison must be your goal?"

This Princess is obviously not very bright; Shen Tianxing couldn't help but slap his forehead.

"Please use that small brain of yours to think carefully — why would I want to kill you? What point would there be?"

"If I wanted to kill you, a casual palm could slap you dead; when I fought back just now I could easily have struck you down — why bother with the trouble of poison?"

Changping Princess nodded instinctively, then carefully swallowed the Small Return Pill.

In an instant, all her injuries healed, her face full of disbelief.

"What kind of divine pill is this? I feel the wounds I just received are completely healed — you didn't tamper with the pill, did you? This Princess will never submit to you."

Shen Tianxing really laughed in anger; this princess is overconfident to the point that he felt the urge to kick her and had to restrain himself.

"If I really wanted to do something to you, why go through all this trouble? I could just seal your pressure points — could you still resist?"

"Your injuries have healed; you should go now — go find the little emperor, no, I mean your younger brother, and ask me properly whether I've forced him, and whether he still wishes to be this emperor."

Changping Princess fell silent; she is now no different from a princess of a fallen state. This time she came not only wanting to kill Shen Tianxing, but also with a resolve to die — she would kill him and then die herself.

Now she hasn't killed him, nor has she died. For a moment she feels at a loss, unsure where to go — should she go find her useless younger brother?

"How to let you leave, you still aren't willing? Don't think you can mooch off me — I won't take in this ill‑behaved princess; who knows if you'll try to kill me in the middle of the night and disturb my sleep?"

Shen Tianxing was only teasing. But after hearing that, Changping Princess's eyes lit up suddenly, as if she had made up her mind.

"This Princess will no longer kill you — from now on she won't — but you must let her marry you; she at least deserves to be a Noble Consort."

Shen Tianxing isn't stupid either; how could he not see what this Changping Princess is after? Simply put, she wants to stay by his side and continue a life of comfort and plenty.

If it were possible to seize the crown prince, perhaps they could restore the Great Zhou's realm to its original imperial family.

"Turn left when you go out, roll back where you came from — I'm not so desperate that I'll take just anyone; you may be pretty, but I have no interest in you, and you don't truly harbor that feeling for me."

"Your motives are impure; I won't tolerate your staying — stop daydreaming. Besides, my Noble Consort quota is full; I don't need you meddling."

Li Zhangming refused bluntly, giving no opening — yet no one expected that Changping Princess would say nothing and simply start taking off her clothes.

"You've gone mad, right? I told you to scram, you didn't hear? Then don't blame me for being rude."

In the midst of speech, Shen Tianxing raised a finger and lightly tapped, striking Changping Princess's pressure points from afar — this is the newly switched Ultimate Martial Art, the Sunflower Point‑Striking Technique, which Yang Hongyue and the others favor.

Of course, Shen Tianxing's sealing of Changping Princess wasn't meant to do anything to her; it was purely to stop her from continuing to undress.

"What are you doing? You just spoke like a true gentleman, yet now you've sealed me — I didn't expect you to be this sort of person; I've misjudged you."

Changping Princess is truly talent among talents; Shen Tianxing couldn't help but admire her, giving her a thumbs‑up.

"You took off your own clothes, I sealed your pressure points to keep you from undressing — how does that turn me into that kind of person? And besides, what did you missee about me?"

"I admit your face is not bad, but your figure really has nothing to look at — please get to know yourself better, then go find other men casually; don't keep causing trouble here for me."

Changping Princess, hearing Shen Tianxing's blunt words, had her eyes well up with tears and couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Sniff… … A princess reduced to this state — it's not your fault? If you hadn't seized my brother's throne, how would I have become like this?"

"All I want now is to relive the good days of my past — why can't I? I, a proper princess, have been brought to this point, and you still say such things — you're truly not a man."

In life, there are times when one especially wants to tear a person apart limb from limb — Shen Tianxing feels that way now. This beauty is certainly fine, but she's so annoying that killing her really would be the best.

"Someone come in, put this princess's clothes on her properly, then send her to the Prince Bao's mansion — let Prince Bao properly educate this clueless older sister."

"The servant obeys the order."

Soon Zhao Gao came running in, accompanied by a few guards; Zhao Gao went up and dressed the Changping Princess, then the two guards lifted her and escorted her out.

"Li Zhangming, you scoundrel — how dare you treat the Princess this way? You'll regret it; this Princess knows the secret of the Great Zhou's treasure, and if you don't marry her, you'll never find out."

Shen Tianxing didn't think much of it at first, but hearing the rest he froze — this Princess even knows about the Great Zhou's guarantee; the key is whether the Great Zhou really has such a guarantee — what on earth is going on?

"Wait — first put her down; I want to see what ridiculous thing she can still say."

"The servant obeys the order."

Zhao Gao hurriedly had someone set her down. As a result, the Changping Princess simply shut her mouth and said nothing.