Xue Lingjun said, "If Hu Xiaotian can treat worthy men with courtesy, I can come calling in person as well. Don't overthink it, Mr. Yu. I came here only to make your acquaintance, with no other intentions."
Yu Tianxing said, "Were those words my father just spoke also at Your Highness's instruction?"
Xue Lingjun smiled. "Perhaps the old gentleman misunderstood me. I merely told him that your two elder brothers are doing very well in the Yong Capital, and that I will certainly have people take extra care of them in the future."
"What exactly does Your Highness mean by 'take care of'?"
"That depends on what you would like me to do." There was steel beneath the softness of Xue Lingjun's words, laden with menace.
Yu Tianxing said, "The illustrious Eldest Princess of Great Yong certainly conducts her affairs openly and honorably." His words dripped with sarcasm.
Xue Lingjun said, "Your own style of deploying troops and arranging formations is unpredictable and uncanny, Mr. Yu. You stop at nothing to achieve your ends."
Yu Tianxing refused to yield an inch. "Does Your Highness think such methods can make me submit and change my loyalty to my lord?"
Xue Lingjun sighed softly. "As far as I know, Hu Xiaotian hasn't shown you any extraordinary kindness. Surely that doesn't warrant spilling your brains and blood on the ground for him. Whatever he can give you, I can give you too. Whatever he cannot give you, I can also satisfy!" At that, she cast Yu Tianxing a seductive glance.
Yu Tianxing smiled. "Your Highness is, after all, only a woman!"
Xue Lingjun's pretty face abruptly turned cold. "What do you mean by that, Mr. Yu?"
Yu Tianxing said, "Your Highness probably doesn't understand what it means for a man to die for