"Who goes there? How dare you trespass into Prince Jing's mansion at night! Seize her!"
"Capture the assassin!"
Chu Qianli woke up, still groggy.
Opening her eyes, she saw nothing but guards and torches.
The firelight blazed, making it difficult for her to open her eyes, and she instinctively squinted.
She tried to raise her hand to shield her eyes from the light, but as soon as she moved, she discovered her hands were bound.
"What is it?" Amidst the chaos, a deep, unfamiliar male voice echoed through the crowd.
"My lord, this female assassin attempted to assassinate the Prince and we have apprehended her."
"Assassin?" Upon hearing this, that lord was immediately filled with disgust.
Without thinking, he roared, "Drag her away and behead her!"
"Yes!"
Two guards immediately escorted Chu Qianli, intending to drag her away.
Chu Qianli finally woke up completely.
Of course, if she didn't wake up, she would lose her life.
"Wait a moment!"
She looked up, at the "lord" who was turning to leave, and said sternly, "I am not an assassin... Where is this?"
The lord ignored her completely.
The two guards continued to escort her, trying to drag her away.
Chu Qianli tried to sort through the information she had just heard.
Prince Jing's mansion?
"I am not an assassin!" This time, she straightened her back, twisted her wrist, and a dagger appeared in her hand.
With one slash, she cut through the ropes binding her hands.
Chu Qianli swept her long legs, and the two guards beside her, caught off guard, were sent tumbling to the ground.
That lord paused in his steps and immediately turned to look at her.
The guards around who had been about to leave now drew their long swords again, encircling her.
This assassin was no ordinary person. She had already been bound, yet she managed to produce a dagger from somewhere and cut herself free!
As expected, she was prepared!
"Archers, prepare!" the lord commanded.
The surrounding guards immediately retreated behind him, clearing a large open space.
Archers swarmed forward, countless arrows aimed at Chu Qianli.
Just as the lord raised his hand, ready to give the order to fire, Chu Qianli shouted, "I am with Prince Xuan! I am here to save Prince Jing!"
...
"My person?" The man, who was high above and looking down at her condescendingly, still exuded an insufferable arrogance.
Once again bound, Chu Qianli looked at him coldly.
If it weren't for the sake of survival, she absolutely, absolutely would not have any entanglement with this scoundrel.
But with dozens of archers, in that situation, if she hadn't found a suitable reason to stop them from shooting at her all at once, Chu Qianli would probably have turned into a hornet's nest by now.
"Let me take Prince Jing's pulse. It will do you no harm."
If he truly cared so much about Prince Jing.
Feng Ye Xuan's face remained expressionless.
The lord was named Cang Yu, Prince Jing's personal guard.
Cang Yu looked at Feng Ye Xuan at this moment, feeling uneasy. "Your Highness, this... is not your person?"
"No," Feng Ye Xuan's reply was crisp and clean.
Cang Yu's expression immediately darkened, and he angrily said, "Guards, drag her out and dismember her!"
Prince Jing was now so severely injured that medicine was useless. Even Master Liu Jin was helpless, only able to use medicine to sustain the Prince's life.
The entire mansion was filled with a deathly silence. This damnable female assassin even dared to impersonate Prince Xuan's person!
Cang Yu wished he could tear her into pieces!