The guards immediately arrived with their escorts.
Chu Minghao roared, "How dare you!"
"I am the one giving the order, who dares to disobey?" Chu Qianli's voice grew sharper. "Without evidence, Prince Hao, as a member of the royal family, actually slandered my medicine as problematic."
"Regardless of whether my medicine has issues or not, your clamoring and making a scene is clearly sowing discord!"
"Take him down!"
Xi Jiu quickly stepped forward.
Gui Tong immediately moved to block him.
Chu Lingyang sent a palm strike.
Gui Tong was startled. He dared not confront Chu Lingyang directly. He was a prince of a kingdom!
Gui Tong hesitated, and Xi Jiu and Chu Lingyang had already reached Chu Minghao.
Although Chu Minghao's martial arts were not weak, how could he be a match for Xi Jiu and Chu Lingyang?
In just three moves, Chu Lingyang had pinned both his arms behind his back!
"Chu Qianli, you dare treat this prince like this, this prince will absolutely not..."
But his words, he finally bit his tongue and swallowed them back.
Chu Qianli ignored his grumbling and looked past him, her gaze falling on the white-clothed man who was slowly approaching.
"My Lord, what has happened?" Lan Fan merely glanced at Chu Qianli indifferently, then paid her no further mind.
It seemed he didn't take this Princess Chu Qianli seriously at all.
"My Lord, what crime has he committed to warrant such severity?"
With a casual flick of Lan Fan's hand, Xi Jiu, who was holding Chu Minghao, felt a heat before his eyes, as if a ball of fire was rushing towards him.
The ball of fire expanded in an instant, about to engulf Chu Qianli.
"Princess, be careful!" Xi Jiu immediately released Chu Minghao and stepped in front of Chu Qianli, using his tall frame to shield her.
Chu Qianli's brow furrowed, and she tugged at Xi Jiu's clothes, "Xi Jiu, what's going on?"
"Princess, hurry and leave!"
"Xi Jiu, I'm fine! Wake up!" Chu Qianli placed a palm on his shoulder.
That surge of true energy suppressed Xi Jiu's own aura.
Xi Jiu looked up, but in his vision, there was no fire.
Yet, just now, he had clearly seen a ball of fire heading towards Chu Qianli.
"Princess..." Xi Jiu turned to look at Chu Qianli, finally understanding what had happened.
His expression darkened, and Xi Jiu said gravely, "Princess, I have been struck by an illusion."
Chu Qianli nodded.
Only then did Xi Jiu lower his guard and step aside. Now, his eyes were filled with wariness as he looked at Lan Fan.
The people of the Lan clan, their skills, Xi Jiu had indeed experienced them!
He hadn't expected them to be so bizarrely powerful!
No wonder the Princess had said that Lan Fan's martial arts might not be that formidable; compared to a master like Feng Yexuan, he was far inferior.
But his strength wasn't in martial arts, but in various strange and esoteric arts.
It was indeed true!
Even with strong martial arts, one could fall prey to his tricks if not careful!
It was truly impossible to guard against!
"Mr. Lan, what is the meaning of this?" Chu Qianli asked Lan Fan to step aside, her gaze fixed on him.
"Princess, don't look into his eyes!" Xi Jiu urged anxiously.
Chu Qianli curved her lips into a smile, "It's alright. Mr. Lan is waiting to see how this Princess resolves the current predicament. I will be fine."
"Is that so?" Lan Fan's lips also curved into a smile.
Just as he was about to say something, Chu Qianli's gaze had already shifted away from his eyes.
"I have no interest in what you are thinking, Sir."
Her smile vanished, and her eyes held only seriousness. "However, if the villagers' poisoning this time was intentional, no matter who it was, this Princess will make them pay the price!"