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The royal members of Xuanji, as well as all the officials, rushed over, along with a large group of imperial guards.

”King Meng! Are you trying to assassinate the Emperor?” the Eldest Imperial Princess screamed.

”King Meng… This is far too disrespectful!” The Prime Minister pointed a trembling finger at her, giving off an ”I have never seen such disrespectful and shameless behavior in front of a nation's king” expression.

”Can King Meng please explain herself!” The Twelfth Prince's voice chimed in angrily.

Emotions were running high as everyone squeezed forward together, yet they remained a distance of one zhang away, pointing angrily and shouting at the shameless, disrespectful and vicious yet formidable King Meng.

Representing the nation and the hundreds of officials, the Eleventh Prince announced calmly and resolutely, ”Your actions have severely hurt the feelings of the people of Xuanji!”

”We demand retribution for such behavior!”

However, someone suddenly pushed through the crowd and walked forward calmly to Meng Fuyao. He ordered the guards to retreat, then personally supported the Emperor, who had been frightened by the commotion and had fallen to the ground, then conveniently picked up the Empress who was cowering at one corner because she thought she was about to be attacked. After sitting both of them down in a dignified manner, he turned and bowed to Meng Fuyao, saying, ”I believe this is a lack of planning on Xuanji's part, inciting King Meng's wrath. I apologize on Xuanji's behalf, it's just that Father is gravely ill and does not take to scares well. Hence, may King Meng please explain her actions to His Majesty, such that he may be relieved.”

Beautiful!

Meng Fuyao narrowed her eyes and looked at the poker-faced Third Prince. He truly lived up to his reputation, his every action respectful and filial without any fault. His words were beneficial to both sides; clearly, he was on a level several tiers higher than his royal siblings!

”None of that.” Meng Fuyao smiled slightly, dragging her voice as she said slowly, ”Xuanji has good governance, good scenery, beautiful and respectful rulers, as well as talented princes and princesses. As an uncouth person, I can only look on enviously, how could I get angry?”

She smiled sincerely and reached behind her back. She pulled out something and waved it in front of everyone.

”I've merely discovered a little rat.”

Lord Yuan Bao lolled its head and extended its claws, cooperating with Meng Fuyao as it pretended to be dead in her palm.

”Ah—rat!” Before even looking at the thing in Meng Fuyao's hands, upon hearing the word ”rat”, the Empress' face paled as let out a screech and retreated a step back.

”Look, the Empress has gotten a fright now, hasn't she?” Meng Fuyao stuffed the ”dead rat” back into her sleeve as she waved a hand at the multiple glares in front of her. ”I knew that Her Grace would be frightened.”

”Tell me.” Meng Fuyao said dramatically, ”When I discovered a vicious rat suddenly scuttle into the honored throne of Xuanji and slip behind the screen, clearly intending to frighten the elegant and noble Emperor and Empress, making them lose face in front of everyone—how could I let such a thing happen? How could I not take action and seize this godforsaken creature, and squeeze it to death! Cut it up! Burn it into ashes! Throw it into the sea!”

All the representatives of Xuanji stared dumbstruck as King Meng continued to lambast the rat so viciously.

'Why did she have to be so cruel to a rat? Did she have some animosity with this rat in her previous life?'

Only the Third Prince and Ninth Princess remained unperturbed as they smiled slightly and bowed, one of them praising, ”How thoughtful of King Meng!” and the other even clapping and exclaiming, ”Many thanks to King Meng for extending a helping hand and saving our Emperor and Empress from danger!”

Meng Fuyao returned the bow and responded, ”It's nothing much, you're too kind.”

'Oh, it seems like this Third Prince is on an even higher level than the Ninth Princess—his skin is even thicker.'

”I'm so tired…” Meng Fuyao ”wiped” her ”sweat”, glancing at the Empress who was glaring at her from the throne. ”I've suffered from some injuries just a little while earlier and have yet to recover. This move has sapped my body of energy, ah…” She swayed slightly, and upon spotting a stool, she sat down immediately and started massaging her legs, looking ”extremely weak and unable to walk”.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

The Xuanji representatives' mouths twitched.

'Just now, when you rushed over, you were filled to the brim with energy and ferocity, even a guard wearing the special enhanced golden armor was no match for you after one blow, so why are you suddenly ”extremely weak and unable to walk”?'

Although they felt extremely dubious, they didn't dare to say anything; if they said anything, it was hard to guess what this person, who was within the ranks of the top ten martial artists, would do, perhaps even using them as a ”practice target” on the spot.

Anyway, it was extremely clear to everyone now; under the heavens, there were only things that King Meng didn't want to do, and nothing that she did not dare nor felt embarrassed to do.

”May the Crown Prince and King Meng please rest in the palace tonight,” the Third Prince said after receiving stares from the rest of his siblings. ”Actually, if not for the fact that we were afraid that the two of you wouldn't be used to it, Father originally wanted to invite the two of you to stay in the palace.”