A perfectly good meal was disrupted by Wu Shansi, ending it early.

This chubby guy’s cultivation level is too shallow, and his courage isn’t very impressive either.

In front of the Virtuous Prince, he still doesn’t dare to be presumptuous.

After he left, Long Fei took Wang Xiaoya and Di Renying and bid farewell to leave.

Initially, Princess Taihua was following her second brother, but when boarding the ship, she eagerly chased after them and jumped onto Long Fei’s little black-covered boat.

Long Fei glanced at the Virtuous Prince’s luxurious redwood ship nearby and asked her with a smile, "Is there something wrong with your head? Why not ride such a luxurious ship and instead take our shabby little boat?"

Princess Taihua giggled and said, "I am happier with you guys, but uncomfortable with my second brother."

She excitedly said to Long Fei, "Do you know how my second brother evaluates you? He says you are the dragon and phoenix among men, a Kylin talent. He wants me to persuade you to help him out by his side."

Long Fei shook his head, softly singing, "I am just a loose cultivator in the world, enjoying meat and wine freely. Once inside the court, it’s all kinds of restrictions and discomfort."

Di Renying clapped and exclaimed, "Great, great poem!"

Wang Xiaoya laughed hard, "Your flattery is so low-level! You call that a poem?"

Di Renying joyously said, "Anyway, Big Brother is my idol now, whatever he does is great."

Princess Taihua squinted and smiled, "Master is my idol too, even daring to hit Wu Shansi. In this world, Master is the only one who dares to hit Wu Shansi."

Di Renying said, "It’s easy to say, but if Empress Wu knew about this, it could be a real hassle."

Princess Taihua said, "What’s there to fear? I’ll go and complain to my mother when I return. Master hit him to protect me, surely my mother won’t punish him?"

Di Renying replied, "You don’t understand the treacherousness of court politics and power struggles. If it happened elsewhere, your mother might listen to you. But having hit him at the Virtuous Prince’s banquet, your mother might think Big Brother is the Virtuous Prince’s person, making her wary and targeting him because of that."

Princess Taihua thought for a moment and said, "You’ve reminded me, I’ll tell my mother when I return that Master and my second brother have nothing to do with each other. Isn’t that clear enough?"

Di Renying shook his head and chuckled bitterly, "By saying that, you may end up creating something out of nothing, backfiring." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Princess Taihua rubbed her head, "So annoying, you adults’ world is really troublesome."

Long Fei told her, "The clear are self-clear, the turbid are self-turbid; there’s no need to deliberately speak for your Master. Your mother is a wise person, she will make her own judgment."

Princess Taihua nodded, glanced around the ship, and changed the subject, "Master, why didn’t you bring your maid up?"

Wang Xiaoya said, "I let Yu’er go back first, and she’ll come to work at your mansion tomorrow."

Princess Taihua laughed heartily, "Today it was so satisfying; without Master coming over, we would have lost miserably. By the way, did they give us the one billion chips?"

Wang Xiaoya shook her head, "Not yet, tomorrow they’ll give it together."

Princess Taihua mumbled, "Mistress, you’re too lenient with her. What if she changes her mind? We don’t even have any written papers."

Long Fei chuckled lightly, "Relax, she won’t change her mind."

"Why?"

Princess Taihua curiously frowned.

Long Fei said, "Because the people behind her haven’t seen through us yet, they will surely send her to get close to us."

"The people behind?"

Princess Taihua didn’t quite understand and started rubbing her head again.

They took the waterway back to the Princess Mansion, and Di Renying came along to take a look around.

After Prince and Princess come of age, they are arranged residences outside.

The mansion Empress Wu gave Princess Taihua is not far from Daming Palace, located in the most bustling area of East Market, just a few steps to the palace.

Inside is much bigger than Di Renying’s home, with a front hall, guest rooms, and a back garden, at least seven entrances and exits.

Princess Taihua arranged for Long Fei’s courtyard by the small lake in the back garden, accessible from the back door.

Upon returning, she summoned people to first serve Long Fei and the others tea.

She went to the palace herself, claiming to preempt Wu Shansi in lodging a complaint to her mother.

Long Fei and the other two sat down in the pavilion, brewed tea, then Di Renying looked around carefully before speaking cautiously to Long Fei, "Big Brother, just now I smelled a familiar bloody scent on one of Wu Shansi’s retainers."

Long Fei was slightly surprised, fiddling with the tea set, pouring him tea with a smile, "I almost forgot, you are a Divine Detective!"

"Big Brother, what do you mean?"

Di Renying was a bit puzzled.

Long Fei said, "You observed well. That person indeed has a blood qi, it’s the same as the blood qi from the corpses in the morgue. Plus, I know that person."

"Oh?"

Di Renying smacked his lips, "You know them?"

Long Fei nodded, "Indeed, that person is an old acquaintance. He attained the fortune of a Blood Demon, cultivating by devouring cultivators’ essence blood. The person beside him is also an expert, with Nine Lifetimes Cultivation, probably fully awakened now. These two are now backed by Wu Shansi, making them difficult to deal with."

Di Renying said seriously, "No matter who backs them, if I catch evidence of their crimes, I will definitely arrest them."

Long Fei said, "I can’t help much on this matter; you’ll have to rely on yourself."

Di Renying said, "Big Brother, you’ve helped me enough. This matter doesn’t need to trouble you, I have my own ways to investigate the case."

Long Fei nodded and didn’t say any more.

He drank tea with Di Renying for a while, then saw off the Divine Detective.

Upon returning, Wang Xiaoya curiously asked, "Why didn’t you help him? Aren’t Zhu Yuchen and Zhang Hengyu our archenemies?"

Long Fei shook his head, "The more we intervene, the more the fortunes of this world’s people will be affected. Moreover, Zhu Yuchen and Zhang Hengyu aren’t targeting us right now, so there’s no reason to make things difficult for them."

Wang Xiaoya nodded while sipping tea, reaching out her hand to Long Fei.

Long Fei raised an eyebrow, looked around, and said, "What are you doing? It’s not dark yet; that’s uncivilized."

"What are you babbling about? No one’s doing anything with you!"

Wang Xiaoya blushed, speechlessly saying to him, "Hand over the Spirit Stone you cut out today! Husband earns money; wife manages it. If you keep carrying it, who knows when you’ll give it to another woman."

"Are you talking about this?"

Long Fei chuckled, got up shaking his head, "I won’t give it to you, but I can show you the rarity of this Spirit Life Stone."

"What rarity?"

Wang Xiaoya curiously stood up to follow.

"It’s crowded here, let’s take a look inside!"

Long Fei reached out and took her little hand, leading her inside.

Wang Xiaoya sat down and shouted, "You’re bluffing, right? I’m not a little girl anymore."

She giggled and was pulled into the room by Long Fei.

Whether the Spirit Stone was rare or not she didn’t know, but this rascal wasn’t very rare, as soon as they entered he had her on the bed.