"My footsteps are heavy. Don't let anyone hear you," she said in a low voice.
Yun Hen's brow furrowed as he pondered. The Prince of Qi was here, and there were guards on all sides. How was he going to get out?
She turned her body so that her back was facing the room.
In the quiet room, the man looked at Qi Xunyi calmly.
His gaze was calm and graceful, yet deep and boundless. Even though he hadn't said a single word, Qi Xunyi suddenly felt his mind sway as his eyes shone with such brilliance. In a trance, he had the urge to bow his head in respect.
His trusted aide coughed softly, realizing that he had almost done something unbefitting of his status. Qi Xunyi was just a liaison of the Limitless Nation, how could he be bowed to him?
While wondering about that strange feeling, he gestured for the guest to enter. Before he could even sit down, Qi Xunyi got straight to the point. "… I failed just now, he's already left."
"Oh?" The man raised his eyebrows. "Then why are you still sitting here, Your Highness?"
"Huh?" Qi Xunyi was stunned. "I've already made arrangements outside the palace. I think it's more important for me to stay by my father's side …"
"Arrangements?" The other party smiled, but no matter how one looked at it, there was a hint of sarcasm in his smile. "The matters of this world are like flowing water, ever-changing. There is nothing that stays the same."
"He received the Map of Xuanji that you gave me." Qi Xunyi frowned. "Although the dancer didn't make a move, the poison on the map has already entered his hands …"
Before he could finish, he stopped in shock, because the man had already stood up.
The man bowed slightly and smiled at Qi Xunyi, but his words were not gentle at all. "You have two choices. One, I leave, and you stay here to wait for your 'sure' success. Then, I might help you collect your corpse on account of our friendship. The other is you and I leave right now and chase after Qi Yuanjing so that we can collect his corpse."
Qi Xunyi looked into the man's eyes. That pair of extremely bright eyes were filled with grace and elegance, as well as a sense of steadfastness. Anyone who looked into those eyes would not dare to have the slightest doubt about the meaning behind them.
Gritting his teeth, Qi Xunyi stood up abruptly. "Let's go!"
The two of them hurried out. The man was a step behind. He suddenly pressed his chest and glanced sideways at the left side of the building.
Beside him, Qi Xunyi forced a smile as he mounted his horse. "May I know your surname?"
"My surname is Yuan." He held the reins with one hand and suddenly turned around to look at the side hall that was guarded by soldiers. "Your Highness, why don't you take all of your trusted guards with you? Since things have come to this, a battle is inevitable. The more guards you have, the better."
"Good." Qi Xunyi immediately passed down the order. The guards who were guarding the side hall gathered into a group and left.
"The royal guards in the palace are all Yan Lie's subordinates. Right now, they are all under my control. Even if the Crown Prince goes to the Xin Palace, he will not be able to move an inch. I have already ordered the royal guards outside the Xin Palace to shoot the Crown Prince on sight!"
"Really?" The man smiled and raised his hand. A pigeon fell to the ground and crashed into his palm. The man flicked the pigeon away with a flick of his finger, leaving a small scroll in his palm.
Qi Xunyi's expression changed. He let out a sigh of relief and murmured, "Sir, you're really skilled. Thank goodness you shot the pigeon down …"
"Did King Qi think that there was only one pigeon?" The man's smile carried a hint of mockery. "I'll bet with you that when the Crown Prince came out of the pavilion, at least ten pigeons flew out from all directions. I alone won't be able to kill them all. "
"Ah!"
"I asked you to wait for half a month to sort out the various powers in the palace and find an opportunity to clean up the mess before making a move. This was to prepare for a failed assassination. Why didn't you listen to my suggestion?" The man glanced at Qi Xunyi with a hint of disdain. "How can a successful person be so impatient?"
"What do you know!" Qi Xunyi's eyes flashed with a trace of humiliation as he was repeatedly pressured by him. He had always thought of himself as a man of virtue, but this person didn't give him any face at all. He really didn't know what was good for him! After enduring for a long time, he finally couldn't hold it in anymore. His noble and arrogant aura finally exploded. "You're just a commoner's counselor. At most, you can play some underhanded tricks. What do you know about the overall situation? Father is seriously ill. The imperial physician told me in private that it will be difficult for him to survive this birthday. If he passes away, the Crown Prince will inherit the throne. Half a month? If we wait another half a month, it will be too late no matter what we say! "
The man was silent. He had been reprimanded by Qi Xunyi, but there was no anger in his eyes. Instead, there was a faint sense of pity.
He bowed slightly on the horse and smiled.
"Then, as you wish."
The Crown Prince didn't rush to the burning Xin Palace at all. Instead, he headed straight for the palace gate. Not far from the palace gate, he was stopped by Yun Chi, whose head was wrapped up like a rice dumpling. Yun Chi brought the Crown Prince to a secret tunnel under the Qianan Palace and escorted him out of the palace.
The unmarked secret passage under the side hall of Qianan Palace was the only way out of the palace. When the screen was moved halfway, it led to the inside of the side hall. When the entire screen was moved away, there was another secret passage that led to the outside of the palace.
If Meng Fuyao knew about this, she would probably be so regretful that she couldn't bite the brass kettle that caused the accident. Yun Chi had wanted to wait for them to "coerce" him before telling them the secret. In the end, she was too ruthless and knocked him out, causing him to miss the secret passage even though there was clearly a secret passage.
At the same time, messenger pigeons flew up from all over the palace. However, the moment they flew out of the palace, they were shot dead by a group of men in black.
At this time, Fang Minghe, who was blocked outside the city gate, was anxiously leading the army at the city gate. While he was hesitating, he suddenly saw a rocket with a long whistling sound soar into the sky, blooming colorful fireworks in the sky.
"Did King Qi succeed?" Fang Minghe was overjoyed. He waved his hand. "Attack!"
On the city gate tower, a man in snow-white robes and cherry red lips turned to look at the blazing northwest of the palace. He then looked at Fang Minghe's army, who had begun to smash the gates with black logs. He sighed softly.
"Tonight's situation is full of surprises …"
"Young Master."
Zong Yue turned back to look at his subordinate's inquiring eyes. After a while, he suddenly laughed.
"We're here to stir up trouble. Now that there's no need for us to stir any further, we can stop now."
He floated down. Behind him, the last log finally knocked over the city gates. The heavy gates slowly opened, and the soldiers guarding the gates could only see a figure floating away without a speck of dust.
In the left wing of Qianan Palace, Yun Hen poked his head out and said, "The guards outside have all withdrawn. It's just the right time for us to leave. I'm going after the Crown Prince. He should be heading straight for the palace gates to gather the imperial guards."
"I'll stay in the palace and disguise myself as a palace maid." Meng Fuyao was paralyzed on the ground, not wanting to move.
"No way." Yun Hen pulled her up. "King Qi is paranoid, and Fang Minghe is cruel. If they succeed, they'll definitely purge the palace. You've lost your true qi, so it's too dangerous to stay. It's better to chase after the Crown Prince. There's still a group of loyal guards in the palace. It'll be safer to follow him."
"Oh." Meng Fuyao got up lazily.
Looking at her tired expression, Yun Hen thought for a while and tore off a belt. He tied one end to her wrist and the other to his own.
"What are you doing?" Meng Fuyao was stunned. "Aren't you afraid that it'll be inconvenient to move around?"
"Hold me and let me protect you," Yun Hen answered concisely.
Meng Fuyao laughed. After a while, she said shamelessly, "If you die, won't I have to die with you?"
Yun Hen was silent. Meng Fuyao cut off the belt with her knife, took a deep breath, and smiled. "Then, let's go!"
*****
It was three quarters of an hour in the evening.
Yan Lie kept pacing in front of the first palace gate. He saw the fire in the palace, but he did not dare to leave. If the Crown Prince wanted to leave the palace, he had to be there to stop him!
The sound of horse hooves could be heard in the darkness. Yan Lie's eyes narrowed. With a wave of his hand, the imperial guards unsheathed their bowstrings and stood ready for battle.
The silhouette of the approaching figure gradually appeared in the darkness. It was King Qi, who had brought along his guards.
Yan Lie heaved a sigh of relief and gestured for the guards to open the gate. King Qi gripped the reins tightly, his eyes flashing. He looked calm, but his fingers were white from clenching so tightly that his horse snorted in frustration.
On the other hand, the man beside him was leisurely and elegant. Yan Lie could not help but take a few more glances at him.
The first palace gate slowly opened.
The faint red light in the distance was also fanned out, casting a blood-red glow on the ground.
"Swoosh!"
An arrow came from nowhere and pierced through the darkness, breaking the buckle of Qi Xunyi's horse in an instant!
The horse was startled and reared up. Qi Xunyi was caught off guard and fell backward. He tried his best to stabilize his body, but a black shadow suddenly shot toward him. It was as fast as a beam of light in the darkness, knocking him off his horse. Just as the shadow was about to pick him up, Yuan Zhaoxu, who was beside Qi Xunyi, suddenly raised his hand and pulled Qi Xunyi to the side, avoiding the fate of being held hostage.
The black shadow turned back. Under the illumination of the torch, its eyes were deep and serene. It was Yun Hen.
Failing to succeed in one move, Yun Hen snorted angrily and flipped onto his horse. With one hand, he tossed another slender shadow into the air, heading straight for the man beside Qi Xunyi.
The black figure that appeared later had a graceful figure. As she flew, her headscarf fell open, and her long black hair flowed under the faint red light. She was like a goddess that had appeared out of nowhere in the world of gods and demons.
She extended her fingers in mid-air, and a dagger glinted coldly in her palm. She went straight for the eyes of the man on the horse.
"Dismount!"
The woman's low voice rang out in the air, cold and murderous. The man on the horse suddenly looked up and smiled.
In the air. Immediately.
Their eyes met.
Her eyes were as clear as the moon above the Ninth Heaven that was not covered by the clouds and mist. His eyes were as deep as the endless surging rivers.
The moonlight shone on the ocean, shining on the originally calm ocean that was now surging silently. It was as if there was a song from the four seas and eight wastelands, echoing endlessly in their hearts.
At that moment.
The blade was about to strike.
He suddenly opened his mouth. In that instant, his lips moved soundlessly.
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