Chapter 1594: I Rule the Martial World of Southern Chu!
Southern Chu, Crown Prince's residence
Just as Yuwen Nian and Xiao Jingrui were escorted away by Yuwen Lin and his personal guards, on their way to the Chu capital, news from Mount Lu reached the capital ahead of them.
After hearing his subordinates' report, Crown Prince Yuwen Hao angrily hurled the cup in his hand and roared, "A rabble, utterly useless! Nearly two hundred capable men have been lost, and you still haven't killed Yue Xiuzhe. What have you been doing?"
The Crown Prince's men only knew that Yuwen Nian had gone to Mount Lu with someone. They had no idea Yue Xiuzhe had already been gravely wounded. Thinking of the more than a hundred corpses on Mount Heng, they couldn't help shivering with fear. They were genuinely worried that Yue Xiuzhe would come to Kyoto. If that monster tried to assassinate the Crown Prince, the guards at the Crown Prince's residence would be no match for him.
Seeing Yuwen Hao in a rage, the Crown Prince's Chief Clerk quickly tried to soothe him. "Your Highness, none of us expected Yue Xiuzhe to be so formidable. Now that Prince Sheng has brought him back to Kyoto, I think we should have the Left and Right Marshal's Offices select some skilled fighters to serve as guards at the Crown Prince's residence."
The Crown Prince nodded, visibly agitated. "You're right. But what should we do about Yue Xiuzhe? If he enters the Imperial Capital, he'll probably tell Imperial Father that we tried to kill him. If I'd known these martial artists would be so useless, I wouldn't have gone to all that trouble."
The Crown Prince's Chief Clerk was somewhat embarrassed. The Crown Prince had originally wanted to push Yuwen Nian, Prince