Jin Yuqi was very open-minded about Wu Qing's worries. With his current martial arts skills, very few people could kill him. He had been apprenticed to a master since he was a child. His master was an extraordinary expert who had taught him all his skills by chance. He had also relied on his own efforts and cultivation to repeatedly make contributions to the Jinliu Country. Fame was dispensable to him. In any case, he would become the ruler of the Jinliu Country sooner or later. This was fate, a responsibility that he could not escape.
Other than the guards searching everywhere, no one else came out of the palace. It was already dark, and it was time to sleep. Jin Yuqi suddenly felt that something was wrong when he walked near Huichun Hall. Usually, this place would be closed and locked at this hour. Why was the door slightly open today? There seemed to be light coming from inside. He slowed down his footsteps and walked in silently.
Murong Qingcheng was reading a book. The medical book in her hand had detailed records of a few cases of difficult and complicated diseases and folk prescriptions. As she was engrossed in reading, a gentle breeze suddenly blew from behind her. She was startled, and her first reaction was to blow out the candle.
"Who are you? Why are you reading here in the middle of the night?" Jin Yuqi wanted to see her clearly, but his eyes were filled with darkness.
It was him, the current Crown Prince! Qingcheng recognized his voice. What should he do? Qingcheng remembered that there was a white cloth with a medical book on it, so she pulled it over and covered her face with it.
Jin Yuqi felt that it was inappropriate and raised the Green Dragon Sword."Assassin, surrender!"
Assassin? She was unarmed, so how did she become an assassin? Qingcheng remembered that the two of them had talked before. In order not to be recognized by the Crown Prince, she deliberately lowered her voice and said in a low voice,""Your Highness, you've misunderstood. This servant was only ordered to look for books here.”
It was indeed a woman. Her voice was so unpleasant, as if it was intentional. Jin Yuqi still held his sword in his hand and did not dare to relax."Orders? Whose orders? If you dare to lie, the Green Dragon Sword in this prince's hand is not to be trifled with!”
"This…" Qingcheng hesitated. In order to cover up a lie, she needed to weave another lie. She could only say,"Your Highness the Crown Prince is busy, so this servant doesn't need Your Highness to worry about such a small matter. It's already late, this servant should return to report, Your Highness please return!”
"Aren't you afraid of this prince's Green Dragon Sword?”Jin Yuqi admired her determination. If it were any other person, they would have been trembling in fear.
"This servant's life isn't surprising, but His Highness the Crown Prince has a noble status, so he wouldn't make things difficult for a servant, right? If word got out that the Crown Prince had killed the innocent, it would not be a good thing.”
Jin Yuqi laughed instead." Killing a person is nothing to me. You, a maidservant, know quite a lot. However, I still won't let you off."”
In the blink of an eye, Jin Yuqi's Green Dragon Sword flashed with a cold light and went straight for Qingcheng's chest. Qingcheng felt the killing intent and immediately leaned back. At the same time, she grabbed a medical book and threw it at the Crown Prince.
"As expected, you've practiced before. You have some skills!”Jin Yuqi's fighting spirit was ignited, but he was not in a hurry to subdue his opponent."Let's see how strong you are.”
Qingcheng didn't dare to fight him head-on, as it wouldn't do her any good. She dodged his sword and headed towards the door.
"Hmph, you want to escape? It's not that easy!" As Jin Yuqi spoke, the sword in his hand flew out and pierced through Qingcheng's sleeve. The sword's edge brushed past her right arm.
Qingcheng immediately felt pain and her right arm started bleeding. She gritted her teeth and sealed a few acupoints before opening the door and escaping from Huichun Hall.
"Ruthless, stop her!" Jin Yuqi saw Wu Qing outside.
"Assassin, where are you going!" Wu Qing shouted and chased after Qingcheng.
Although her hand was hurting badly, Qingcheng didn't dare to stop. Luckily, the cloth on her face was still there. They probably didn't know her identity yet. He didn't know where the strength came from, but it allowed Qingcheng to use her Traceless Snow Steps lightness skill. Heartless 'lightness skill wasn't weak either. Seeing that he was about to catch up, he reached out and grabbed Qingcheng's hand. Qingcheng kicked backwards, and Heartless instinctively leaned back.
In the end, Qingcheng successfully escaped from Wu Qing's palm. She took advantage of the dark night and the strong wind to escape with her superb qinggong. In order to prevent them from catching up, she deliberately took a detour. When she returned to Changchun Palace, she almost exhausted all her strength and collapsed on the ground.
Qingcheng pulled off the white cloth covering her face. Qing Feng and Ming Yue were sleeping soundly in the room, so she didn't disturb them. She found some ointment and applied it on herself. Fortunately, the wound wasn't very deep. The hand that had been touched began to turn red and itchy. Sigh, her strange illness still hadn't recovered. What should he do? Qingcheng lay on the bed and thought of a plan.
That night, Qingcheng almost didn't sleep a wink. She only made up her mind when the sky turned bright.
Early in the morning, Murong Qingcheng rushed to the sixth princess's bedroom before Qing Feng and Ming Yue woke up. She was sure that the Crown Prince would investigate what happened last night, so she could only think of a way to avoid the disaster.
Jin Yuting had just woken up, and the maid Bi 'er was helping her change. Huan Yan came in and reported,""Princess, outside the palace, Miss Mu Rong requests an audience.”
"Sister Qingcheng? Alright, invite her in." Jin Yuting said to Bi 'er behind her,"Hurry up, I want to see my sister."”
Qingcheng waited for a moment before the princess came out.""Princess, sorry for disturbing your rest."
"Sister, don't be so formal. I just woke up.”Jin Yuting pulled her hand." Sister, your hand is so cold. Eh? Why is it still red?"”
"Thank you for your concern, Princess." Qingcheng pulled her hand back and directly stated her intentions.""Because the female candidates will gather in two hours, I came to the Gilded Beauty Hall. There were three reasons. Firstly, I embroidered a sachet and wanted to personally give it to Princess Yu to see if she liked it. Second, return the princess 'waist token. Thirdly, he missed Xue 'er a little and gave it food.”
Jin Yuqi took the sachet." Ah, the embroidery is excellent. Sister's embroidery skills are really amazing."”She couldn't put it down and smelled it again."Mmm, it smells so good. It's really refreshing!”
"I used a different embroidery method and added refined petals. It's good that Princess likes it.”"It's time to return this waist token to its rightful owner," Qingcheng said.”
Jin Yuting didn't take the token." Sister, since I've given you this token, there's no reason to take it back. It's more convenient to move around the palace with this token. Sister, you should keep it."”
"In that case, thank you, Princess.”Qingcheng thanked him.
Jin Yuting said to Huan Yan,"Go and bring Xue 'er here. She should be hungry too."”
Huan Yan immediately went to the back hall. Not long after, Xue 'er, who was in high spirits, was carried over by her.
Qingcheng happily hugged Xue 'er and was about to tease her when Xue' er suddenly seemed to have been provoked by something. Her sharp claws scratched Qingcheng hard, and her right arm was bleeding profusely. She was in so much pain that she almost cried.
Actually, Qingcheng had intentionally arranged this. She secretly applied an ointment that could cause animals to go crazy on her body. Only by doing so could she cover up the original wound without leaving a trace, but it would undoubtedly hurt herself again.
Jin Yuting was shocked to see Qingcheng being scratched by the rabbit.""Sister, how are you? Aiya, it's bleeding! Xue 'er, you're too bad. Huan Yan, hurry up and carry her away! Bi 'er, quickly go and get the imperial physician."
"No need." Qingcheng declined politely." It's just a small injury. There's no need to alert the imperial physician. I can still take it."”
"Alright then, sister, bear with it for now.”Jin Yuting then said to Bi 'er,"Last time, Imperial Mother rewarded this princess with a bottle of painkiller cream. Quickly go and get it!"”
"Yes." Bi 'er quickened her pace to look for the ointment.
Jin Yuting helped Qingcheng sit down.”"Why did Xue 'er suddenly go crazy?" she asked as she breathed on her wound.”
"It's common for animals to lose their temper.”
"That's right. Maybe it's because it hasn't seen you for a few days and thinks you're a stranger.”Jin Yuting was relieved,"It's just that it's hard for my sister to suffer such a heavy injury." I'll go and inform Female Official Chen later. You can rest well in Changrui Palace.”
"It's fine. It'll be fine after applying the ointment. It's better not to alarm the female official.”Qingcheng said, but she felt a little guilty towards the sixth princess. She was just using her.
The ointment was quickly brought over. Qingcheng had Bi 'er apply the ointment and left the Hall of Beautiful Gilt with an excuse. On the way back to Changrui Palace, she saw many guards stepping up their investigation and felt more at ease. Fortunately, the heavens had helped. There was wind last night, so the fragrance on her body was not exposed.
Jin Yuqi of the Imperial Dragon Palace stood there with a livid face.
"Master, please forgive me!" Merciless lowered his head and stood there. I lost the assassin."
Jin Yuqi clenched his fists and controlled his emotions.""Go and find her. You must find her! You can't even subdue a woman. I, your master, am the same as you, a good-for-nothing!”
"A woman?" "The assassin is actually a woman?" Ruthless raised his head.”
"She said it was someone from the palace."
"Could it be a coincidence?"
"The guards were ordered to investigate the person in the palace. She was injured. As long as we look carefully, we will definitely be able to find her.”"You go too and keep an eye on them," Jin Yuqi said.”
"Yes, sir!" Wu Qing left.
After a while, Jin Yuqi heard footsteps behind him. He scolded without looking back,"Didn't this king say that no one is allowed to disturb you!”
"Even mother can't come in?”The one who spoke was Empress Nalan Xiuhui.
Jin Yuqi turned around and bowed.”
"No need for formalities." Nalan Xiuhui looked at her son."I heard that someone tried to assassinate you last night. Are you injured?”
"Everything is fine." Jin Yuqi answered.
Nalan Xiuhui felt relieved and sat down."Qi 'er, you are the future ruler of our Golden Gilt Country. You must not let anything happen to you.”
"Mother, you know that I'm the target of public criticism."”
Nalan Xiuhui's face darkened." Who asked the Golden Gilt Country to be so powerful? Even a small ant country wants to covet our territory. Getting rid of you, the Crown Prince, is the best blow to the Golden Gilt Country. However, mother believes that you won't be defeated so easily. By the way, have you caught the assassin? How many of them are there?"
"One died and is being searched throughout the palace.”Jin Yuqi said briefly.
"What about Ruthless and Hatred? Why didn't I protect you? Did they fail their duty?" Nalan Xiuhui asked.
"They were ordered to investigate." Jin Yuqi didn't want to say more so that his mother wouldn't worry.""If mother has nothing else, please return.”
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