Assassination

  Assassination

  After listening to Mo Xiu Yao's words, Ye Li remained silent for a long time before slowly saying: "Marrying into the Ding Guo Wang Fu, can't this already prove the courage of the Wang Fei?" If it were another girl, after being jilted by the Lei Wang and then betrothed to the Ding Wang, wouldn't she have hung herself with a white silk rope? She still... or perhaps her own self was enough to prove that her courage wasn't small.

  "Ah——" A child's cry came from not far away, and Princess Chang Le suddenly called out, "It's Zhen Ning! Empress Ding..." Sitting on one side, Mo Xiu Yao waved his hand, and two dark guards quietly exited the battlefield and quickly flew towards the source of the cry. Ye Li looked at Liu Gui Fei sitting beside the Emperor and frowned...

  Even they heard Princess Zhenning's cry, she didn't believe that Liu Guifei hadn't heard it. However, Liu Guifei's expression remained calm as usual, and even the Empress frowned and looked over a few times, but as her birth mother, she seemed to have heard nothing. Before, she only thought that Liu Guifei was cold and detached, but now looking at her, she couldn't help but

  It's chilling. A woman who doesn't even care about the safety of her own daughter, what is she thinking?

  Surrounded by layers of guards, the Empress spoke a few words to Mo Jingqi with a stern face. Mo Jingqi raised his head and looked over in their direction. Seeing Mo Xiuyao sitting calmly on one side and Ye Li's eyes slightly sunken, he said loudly: "Ding Wang, please bring my Second Princess back." Mo Xiuyao smiled faintly, stood up tall, and smiled at Ye Li before flying away.

  Go outside the building. As Mo Xiuyao, sitting still and not moving is nothing, but if the Emperor himself speaks up and still doesn't move, that's unacceptable. The Empress obviously didn't expect Mo Jingqi to speak up and call Mo Xiuyao to save someone, first stunned, looking in Ye Li's direction with a worried frown. First of all, it was not the Crown Princess, her own daughter was still young

  The fruit cannot be at peace without the king guarding it on one side. After glancing at the calm and peaceful Empress Liu, the Queen's expression turned cold for the first time towards her, "Zhen Ning was taken away by assassins, doesn't Empress Liu care at all?"

  Liu Guifei faintly withdrew her gaze from outside the building, calmly saying: "With so many guards in the palace, they will naturally rescue Zhenning safely. Let's not worry Her Majesty the Empress."

  The queen's heart was blocked, and she coldly snorted, no longer speaking, but constantly paying attention to Yeli and Chang Le on the other side. With the emperor's temper, he would absolutely not agree to her sending someone to bring Chang Le over, even if that person was his own daughter in the chaos.

  Mo Xiuyao was gone, and the assassin's attack on this side became even more fierce. It was clear that these assassins had been holding back before because Mo Xiuyao hadn't made a move yet. Now that he was gone, they naturally wanted to take care of their current enemy before he returned. A black-clad assassin was flung to Ye Li's feet, and beneath the ferocious face, Princess Chang Le couldn't help but...

  Live in a scream. Ye Li frowned and stood up, saying: "An Er, Qing Luan, take two people to protect Princess Chang Le." An Er looked at Ye Li disapprovingly, and Princess Chang Le also tightly grasped Ye Li's hem and refused to let go. Although she was still young, her intuition, which had been honed from growing up in the palace since childhood, was stronger than usual, and being by Empress Ding's side made her feel

  Completely at ease. Yelü opened her hands and said softly, "Good child, it's very dangerous to follow me. Follow those two to a safe place." Princess Chang Le blinked her eyes looking at her, "Ding Wangfei is going with me..."

  Ye Li smiled faintly and shook her head, glancing at Ye Luoye who was fighting in perfect sync with the assassin. As long as she made a move, Ye Luoye would definitely lead the assassin to her again. Since that's the case, it's better to just stand here and respond to changes without changing herself. "Your Highness should listen, don't make your mother worry, you know?" Princess Chang Le looked hesitantly at the tense figure not far away

  Her own queen, finally nodded obediently.

  In the midst of the fight, Yelü You turned his head and glanced at Ye Li who was still standing not far away, raised an eyebrow and smiled: "The princess is indeed brave and resourceful."

  Ye Li leaned against the pillar and said faintly, "If Prince Yelü didn't lead people this way, I would be even happier. Actually, I'm so scared now that my legs are weak and can't move."

  Yelü Yu was not the least bit embarrassed when his intentions were exposed, and he smiled: "So the princess has discovered it. To be honest, I just wanted to have a heroic rescue scene. I believe the princess won't blame me for that, will she?" At this moment, An San on the side raised an eyebrow, grabbed a dagger with one hand, and thrust it forward.

  A flash of knife light charged at Yelü Ye, stabbing straight ahead. Hearing the wind sound, Yelü Ye turned around nimbly and kicked away the out-of-control assassin with one foot, "This... be more careful."

  He raised his hand with a dark and expressionless face, apologized without sincerity, "A momentary mistake, please forgive me, Your Highness."

  Yelü Wozuo raised an eyebrow and smiled: "The king's consort indeed has a lot of talented people around her, so it's only natural that the prince wouldn't think it strange."

  "Yelü Ye! Go die!" The seemingly careless fight had finally hurt the assassin's pride, and with a loud roar, several black-clad men simultaneously pounced on Yelü Ye without regard for their own lives. The fierce attack was so shocking that it left people breathless. Yelü Ye also finally began to muster his spirit to counterattack. Ye Li leaned against a pillar, watching the chaos around her with disdain for Mo Jingqi, who was surrounded by layers of guards and refused to let them leave his side to deal with the assassins. The emperor's subjects were being slaughtered by the assassins, yet he, as the ruler, had taken half of the guards for himself and wouldn't even let them go to fight back. It was said that Mo Jingqi was skilled at controlling people's hearts, but now it seemed that in the face of life and death, he had forgotten everything, even though they hadn't actually reached a critical point yet.

  A few clear whistles sounded, and several black-clad figures rushed into the building from outside. Ye Li couldn't help but furrow her brow - the palace guards were strict, just how capable were these assassins to infiltrate the palace on such a large scale? And what about the palace guards? It had been almost an hour, yet not a single guard had arrived! Feeling something was off, Ye Li began to move stealthily towards the outside of the building. A strange aura wafted through the air. Ye Li narrowed her eyes and shouted loudly: "Quickly, leave! They're going to set fire to the building!" As soon as she finished speaking, An Er had already grabbed Long Le Gong Zhu and flown out from the corner. Qing Luan nodded at Ye Li and followed them out, while An San blocked an assassin with one palm and grabbed Ye Li, also leaping out of Zhai Xing Lou.

  In the midst of a hail of arrows, he had just landed and found a place to hide, when he turned back to see that the first and second floors of Xuanxing Tower were already ablaze. It was clear that some fire arrows had been mixed in with the previous volley, and Ye Li on the upper floor had smelled some flammable oil. Moreover, it was now early June, and the wooden materials of Xuanxing Tower, combined with the paint, could be said to be highly flammable. Everyone was on the third floor, and when the fire broke out, the originally chaotic Xuanxing Tower became even more chaotic, with cries for help ringing out incessantly. "An San, save us!"

  "The princess, we didn't bring many people into the palace." An San said with a frown.

  Ye Li said in a low voice, "Don't worry about me, let's save people first." Those who can qualify to enter the Star-Picking Building today are all high-ranking officials of the imperial court. It's not just that half of them were killed or injured, even if only a few were injured, it would be troublesome.

  An Qi had no choice but to wave his hand and let the few dark guards who followed him upstairs to rescue people. Soon, Mo Jingqi and the palace concubines were also rescued one by one by the guards. The guards who had been surrounding Mo Jingqi in vain immediately confronted the assassins outside. In the darkness, no one knew how many assassins there were. The high-ranking palace concubines, princes, and princesses were fine, as they all had someone protecting them. As for some of the lesser-known palace concubines, they might not even be noticed if they died. The empress dowager looked around as soon as she landed, and after a while, she saw Ye Li and hurriedly ran over, "Wangfei...Changle..." Ye Li said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, Princess Changle has been sent to a safe place." The empress dowager breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly: "Thank you..."

  "Be careful!" Ye Li pulled the empress away and pushed her towards the approaching guard, dodging the knife's glow with a swift movement of her head. With agile movements, she slipped past the assassin's side. The assassin, who had been sure to succeed, felt a chill in his heart and stared blankly at the blood gushing out from his own chest. Ye Li turned back to the guard and said, "Take the empress to a safe place." The golden phoenix embroidered on the empress's clothes was too eye-catching, and as soon as she landed, two arrows came flying over. After instructing the guard, Ye Li flashed her hand again and merged into the night, her eyes calmly and coldly staring at everything in front of her.

  "The Queen Dowager is indeed agile, and Xiao Wang admires her." A voice sounded beside him with a hint of teasing.

  Ye Li narrowed her eyes and threw an elbow strike at the person who suddenly appeared beside her. The newcomer was clearly not easy to deal with, as they raised their hand to grab her arm. Ye Li's lips curled up in a cold smile as she quickly drew out a dagger from her sleeve and slashed it at the newcomer. The newcomer let out a sound of surprise and dodged to the side, but Ye Li had already kicked her leg out and clearly saw that the person in front of her was none other than Ye Lü Ye, who had unknowingly run into this place amidst the chaos. Ye Lü Ye raised his hand to block the kick, but then let go because Ye Li's dagger was already pointed at him. Ye Lü Ye turned around and smiled wryly: "Ding Wangfei, with a great enemy before us, must we still fight among ourselves?" He had seen many women skilled in martial arts, and the women of Beijun were all trained to be deadly from a young age, but he had never seen anyone with techniques as fierce as Ye Li's. She was even more formidable than professional assassins. Ye Lü Ye finally decided that now was not the time to provoke her. If they fought each other, they would only end up being taken advantage of by others, and that would be a foolish mistake.

  Ye Li flew forward and pushed him away, coldly looking at him saying: "Infighting? Prince Ye Lu's wording is incorrect, presumably due to being unaccustomed to the language of Great Chu."

  Yelü Ye Momo smiled and rubbed his nose, saying: "At least we're on the same side now, aren't we? I just wanted to protect the princess, but it seems that's not needed anymore." Ye Li's expression was cold as she stared at him, saying: "Protection isn't necessary, Prince Yelü should keep a distance from me, lest he gets hurt accidentally." Yelü Ye watched as Ye Li accurately and effortlessly cut off the neck of someone trying to sneak up on her, and couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. So this is the Princess of Great Chu? Indeed, just like the ruthless King Ding of legend... But... isn't it more interesting with a woman like this?

  "Protect the Emperor!" The Imperial Guards finally arrived, and a large number of them surged in, causing the darkness to lose its advantage. Ye Li turned her head to look at the scene that was starting to turn around, and without hesitation, she turned around and headed deep into the palace. Yelü Ye, who had been staring at her, rubbed his chin with interest and followed after her.