Xia Chenhuan said coldly, "Do you think I'm the only one who doesn't want to expose the secret? If King Xuan finds out about the replacement marriage, the alliance between Yanxia and Xia will be broken, and they will even meet each other. The Ruan family will be the happiest and most profitable. The Ruan family grows bigger, and the previous balance of the family is broken, does the prince think that the Li family can get it right?"

Li Peng's brain is simply unable to turn these interest alliances and checks and balances.He felt that what Xia Chenhuan said made sense, but he didn't want to let others gain the upper hand.

"Stop bluffing me with the Ruan family! The Li family is proud of itself in Longxi. Even if the two countries go to war and Ruan Ji usurps the throne, we still won't be able to move us!"

Xia Chenhuan sneered at Li Peng's short-sighted argument, "My son can't figure it out, so go back and report it to your father and elder brother to see if Li Guogong will be so confident. Don't make your own claim now, son. The infamy that ruined the Li family."

Li Peng couldn't hide his surprise, and asked in disbelief, "Aren't you afraid that I will tell my father this secret? He will definitely use this to deal with the Yin family and Emperor Xia!"

Xia Chenhuan's words were full of sarcasm, "Why, if I don't let Shizi say it, why won't Shizi stop talking?"

Does Li Peng really think everyone else is a fool?He wanted to deceive Xia Chenhuan by keeping a secret and get what he wanted, so he had to see if he had credibility.How could Xia Chenhuan believe him.

Of course, Xia Chenhuan understood that the fewer people who knew about it, the better, but it was better to let Li Guofeng know than to negotiate terms with a brainless person.

Li Guofeng can control his son's mouth better than Xia Chenhuan.

To be honest, Xia Chenhuan didn't want Li Guofeng to know.With the participation of the Li family, there will be turbulent waves among the various forces.

But at least Li Guofeng will not spread rumors, and will not sit back and watch Yanxia go to war, as Ruan Ji wished.As for how he will use this to deal with the Yin family and Emperor Xia, that's not what Xia Chenhuan should worry about, what he can worry about.Above rights, each depends on his ability.

He can only make the most favorable choice at the moment.

Li Peng was speechless by Xia Chenhuan, and the feeling of being humiliated and ridiculed made him almost burst.

Li Peng is usually domineering because he is protected by his father and the lintel of the Li family, because he is the eldest son of Li Guogong's mansion.

But just now Xia Chenhuan used every word and every word to suppress and threaten him with Li and his father.Li Peng flinched and was afraid, and he was even more afraid to tell outsiders this secret.

Seeing Li Peng's expression, Xia Chenhuan knew that the effect had been achieved, and her tone became even colder, "I have finished what I have to say. I believe the son is a smart person and can understand. You can bid farewell to His Majesty tomorrow morning and rush back to the cloud. Explain this to Li Guogong face to face."

After Xia Chenhuan finished speaking, she turned around and stopped looking at Li Peng.

He took a deep breath, kept calm and was about to go out, when he suddenly heard a sound behind him, and before he could move, he was tightly held by Li Peng in his arms.

Xia Chenhuan desperately tried to break free, and shouted in a low voice, "Let go, let me go! Let go!"

Li Peng's eyes were red, and his hair pointed at his eyes. His heart was full of anger at being humiliated, resentment of wanting revenge, and lust for not getting what he wanted.

"Aren't you afraid? Shout out louder! Attract the guards, King Xuan, and Emperor Yan! See if I'll tell the secret before I'm executed for adultery!"

Xia Chenhuan's words just now were indeed intimidating and deceptive, but they were not impeccable.He deliberately weakened his attitude and weaknesses in this matter, and deliberately made a tough stance. Only in this way would Li Peng be frightened and dare not speak out.

What Xia Chenhuan did was not wrong, but he didn't expect Li Peng's brain to open up in his anger, and he seized the order to contend with him.

It was rare for Li Peng to be smart, and he gave Xia Chenhuan the choice.He was betting that Xia Chenhuan cared more about keeping this secret secret than he did.

"Let go! Li Peng, you are crazy! Let go!"

Xia Chenhuan kept struggling and shouting, but in the end he didn't dare to make a big noise and attract the attention of people outside.

Li Peng smiled vilely, his face was full of ambition, he knew he had won the bet.

Li Peng learned his lesson this time. While imprisoning Xia Chenhuan, he groped him to make sure that he didn't carry any more weapons.

"Today I was quite obedient, I didn't bring a dagger."

Li Peng put his hand into Xia Chenhuan's clothes, kept stroking, licked and bit his shoulder, and threatened, "Call someone in if you have the ability, or cooperate with me obediently. If you dare to hurt me again, I will go to see Yan immediately." Emperor!"

Xia Chenhuan only felt that Li Peng's breath was extremely disgusting, and the places he touched and licked were filthy, completely different from when Xiao Haoxuan touched her.

Xia Chenhuan's eyes were full of despair, he relaxed and let Li Peng do whatever he wanted.

Li Peng didn't have a long memory, so he thought Xia Chenhuan had compromised.His eyes were burning with lust and lust, and he was about to tear off Xia Chenhuan's underwear, but suddenly his pupils dilated, and he covered his neck in disbelief.

In Xia Chenhuan's hand was an extremely sharp copper hairpin. The tip and edge of the hairpin were specially polished, making it as sharp as a dagger.

This is the tool he used for self-protection in the Xia Kingdom, and it can't be seen that it is usually inserted into the bun.If he hadn't happened to get the dagger last time, Xia Chenhuan would have used this hairpin to threaten Li Peng.

This copper hairpin was inserted into Xia Chenhuan's bun just now, and now it is inserted around Li Peng's neck.

From left to right, it is completely penetrated, and it can be seen that the person who pierced has exhausted all his strength.

"Ah...you...you..." Li Peng's eyes popped out, bloodshot instantly, his expression distorted and deformed, excruciating pain.He wanted to speak, but his throat had already been pierced, and he could only utter one word with all his life.

Xia Chenhuan's eyes were red, and he pulled out the hairpin abruptly. Blood gushed out from the hole in the middle of his neck and splashed on his body and face.

Li Peng fell to the ground with a grim face, struggled a few times before dying, and then remained motionless.

A pair of protruding eyeballs stared at Xia Chenhuan, unwilling to die.

The copper hairpin fell to the ground, and Xia Chenhuan's hands couldn't stop shaking.He looked at Li Peng, who was in a terrible state of death, and murmured hoarsely, "You forced me, you forced me..."

In fact, Xia Chenhuan didn't want to kill people to silence him, even if the secret would be leaked to the Li family, he didn't think about it.This has nothing to do with Li Peng's character, it's just that Xia Chenhuan doesn't want to be a person who would not hesitate to take other people's lives in order to protect her secrets and lies.

He wanted to shock Li Peng with those words.As long as Li Peng left Lishan, he would have no chance to take advantage of it, so he could only go back to Xia Kingdom to report to Li Guofeng.

But Xia Chenhuan had considered this situation, if Li Peng must humiliate him... So he inserted the hairpin into his hair.

At that moment of despair just now, Xia Chenhuan instinctively made a choice, and he killed someone.

Xia Chenhuan had seen many people die in the palace, alive and dead in front of him, but he could only watch helplessly.

This was the first time he killed a person with his own hands, and he felt terrible, the pain was unbearable, his whole body was cold, and he couldn't stop shaking.

Xia Chenhuan took two deep breaths, trying to calm himself down.He didn't want to see Li Peng's tragic death, turned around and fell to the ground, screaming, the volume gradually escalated, "Let me go, let me go! Ah! Ah! Help! Ah!"

Not only acting, but also venting the fear and grievance in my heart.

Ying [-] and Ying [-] leaped to appear in front of Xia Chenhuan almost the moment they heard the scream.

The two remained calm in the face of danger, showing no surprise, not even in a daze.

Ying Er immediately guarded Xia Chenhuan behind his back and guarded his surroundings tightly.

Ying San stepped forward to check on Li Peng, held his pulse, then shook his head at Ying Eryi: dead.

Zhong Ji also rushed in with the guards, and finally followed Lianqiu and Qingluo.

Zhong Ji was dumbfounded and turned pale with shock.

The concubine's clothes were disheveled, and the white long gown was dripping with blood, even her face was covered with blood, which was shocking.Li Peng's death beside him was even more shocking.

He hurried forward to check and asked, "Princess, are you okay? Where is the injury?"

Xia Chenhuan's eyes were lost, but she still shook her head, her voice hoarse, "I'm fine."

Both Lianqiu and Qingyao were terrified, and rushed to his side, unable to hide their grief and heartache, Qingyao burst into tears, "Wangfei, Wangfei, how are you?"

"How could this be, princess, the blood on your body..."

Gu Yao shook his head soothingly at them, swallowed, and looked at Ying Er Ying San who was about to disappear, "Don't tell the prince until the hunting competition is over."

Ying Er and Ying San looked at each other, knelt down and accepted the order, "Yes!" Then they jumped and disappeared.

Although the prince ordered their concubine to report the accident immediately, but the matter has already happened, there is no rush at this moment.

More importantly, after seeing the scene, everyone can guess exactly what happened.After all, this kind of thing is not easy to spread. If Xiao Haoxuan left the hunting ground suddenly, not only would he lose the top spot in the competition, but it would also spread the matter and attract rumors.

Zhong Ji also understood this truth. He ordered the guards in a cold voice, "Surround the hot spring layer by layer and seal off the hot spring! Shut your mouth tightly!"

"Yes!"

Lianqiu and Qingyao held back their sobs and surrounded Xia Chenhuan with a cloak.

Seeing that his legs were limp, Zhong Ji gritted his teeth, and begged on his knees, "I beg your concubine to forgive me. This subordinate has offended me, and I dare to ask you to return my debt to my concubine."

Xia Chenhuan's appearance is really not suitable for staying outside for too long. If he walks back, he will attract many eyes along the way.

He nodded.Zhong Ji immediately went forward to pick up Xia Chenhuan, behaved respectfully, kept his eyes straight, walked against the wind, jumped a few times on the tall trees, and returned to the king's tent in a short while.

Liandong and Qingluo who stayed in the tent were also panic-stricken.But the two didn't ask much, and quickly prepared to bathe the princess.

Xia Chenhuan had already calmed down, showing no fear or sadness at all, he just quietly watched the crowd bustle, and even took a bath by himself without the help of a maid.

How could the servant girls dare to leave him alone, and they would wait by the side with tears in their eyes.

Xia Chenhuan ignored them, washed the blood off by herself, changed the water and washed it again, then got dressed and went back to the inner room.

His Majesty and King Xuan were in the hunting ground, so Zhong Ji sent someone to notify the Queen immediately.

Gu Yao sat anxiously at the table and waited. When he saw him coming in, he immediately got up, stepped forward to hold Xia Chenhuan's wrist, and looked it over carefully from head to toe. He was relieved to confirm that he hadn't hurt him.

"Are you all right?"

Xia Chenhuan laughed, "I've made my mother worry, I'm fine."

Gu Yao was worried, so he forced people to lie on the bed and asked the imperial physician to come in and feel the pulse.

The imperial doctor also said that the princess was fine, but she was a little frightened, and she would be fine after drinking two pastes of medicine.With that said, he withdrew the decoction and went.

Gu Yao had already heard the scene report, but he didn't ask a word, just chatted casually with Xia Chenhuan, as if he didn't know what happened.

Gu Yao knew very well that he should not be the one to speak up and comfort him, all he could do was to accompany him temporarily.

In less than half an hour, Xiao Haoxuan walked into the inner room with a sullen face, and stood still the moment he saw Xia Chenhuan.He stared at the person on the bed with dark eyes, complex and deep, difficult to distinguish between emotions and anger.

Gu Yao got up and walked to Xiao Haoxuan's side, said softly, "Take good care of him", and went out after speaking.

The remaining two people were in the tent, and the room was silent.

Xia Chenhuan wanted to get up, but Xiao Haoxuan stopped him in a cold voice, "Lie down, don't move around."

"Yes." Xia Chenhuan could only sit down awkwardly.

Xiao Haoxuan walked to the table and sat down, then scanned the person on the bed again, and confirmed again that he was not injured.

But the man's heart became more and more depressed, and he could hardly restrain his surging emotions. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Xia Chenhuan showed a slight smile, and said first, "The hunting competition is over, so the prince must be the winner this year, right?"

Xiao Haoxuan opened his eyes to look at him, and acquiesced.

Xia Chenhuan said sincerely, "Congratulations, my lord."

Xiao Haoxuan squinted his eyes and remained silent, but now Xia Chenhuan stopped talking.

After a long while, Xiao Haoxuan said coldly, with hostility, "I said, stay away from him."

Xia Chenhuan suffocated and froze instantly.

When King Xuan said this, he already knew that it was he himself who took the initiative to meet Li Peng.

Xia Chenhuan smiled wryly.If Li Peng is willing to leave on his own, the matter of their meeting can be kept a secret.But Li Peng died by the hot spring, Xiao Haoxuan must investigate thoroughly.

The moment Xia Chenhuan stabbed out the copper hairpin, she knew she couldn't hide it.

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