Two weeks later.

Under the moonlight, Yan Li sat on the roof beam outside Wen Shaoxing's door, polishing his new sword. His eyes were lifeless, and his resentment was heavier than that of the ghosts in the mass grave.

With proper treatment, the injury under her shoulder had mostly healed, but before she could even catch her breath for a couple of days, she received a new assignment—to keep watch at night.

It's still a long shift; we'll stay until Wen Shaoxing leaves alive tomorrow before it ends.

For Yan Li, this was a very novel job, a task he had never done before, and extremely boring.

The long night required her to keep watch over a living person, which was comparable to keeping vigil for the dead.

No, that's not as interesting as keeping vigil for the dead, since there's no fun in that.

Bathed in moonlight, the new sword in Yan Li's arms reflected a chilling light, and her aloof profile could be faintly seen on the blade.

Yan Li naturally couldn't keep watch all night; in her opinion, only a fool would do that.

But just as she was about to close her eyes, the assassin started causing trouble again.

The Regent's Palace seemed to be an empty shell. Every time a group of assassins came, it was as if they had returned to their hometown, and they easily found Wen Shaoxing's courtyard.

No one has ever missed a step.

Indeed, professionals are truly professional when it comes to doing things.

But Yan Li prefers to call this day an unlucky day.

There's nothing more unlucky than having someone come and cause trouble right after I started working.

As the four bodyguards beside Wen Shaoxing, they would never entrust such an important task as night watch to a newly promoted newcomer. They usually worked in pairs, alternating between day and night, lying in wait in the light and in the dark.

Unfortunately, Yan Li, one of the night watch members, was unaware of this rule.

Seven men in the night descended from the sky and landed in the courtyard.

At that moment, Yan Li also jumped down from the roof beam decisively and gripped the sword in his hand tightly.

Without saying much or shouting, he simply looked quietly at the seven people in front of him.

Seven of them, worth at least seven taels of silver.

With these seven taels of silver, she could keep her business for at least two whole months.

The leader of the men in black, seeing that Yan Li was a woman on night watch and disregarding whose territory this was, couldn't help but laugh loudly:

"Is Wen Shaoxing alone? Why would he let a woman like you guard him?"

"He can actually sleep?"

With that, he sneered, raised his sword, and pointed it at Yan Li: "Get out of the way, or I'll kill you too!"

His underlings beside him were even more smug:

"Everyone says the Regent's Palace is impregnable and heavily guarded, but now it seems it's nothing more than an exaggeration by a bunch of useless people. Today, we're determined to take the Regent's head."

The gang leader didn't take Yan Li seriously. She was just a woman, probably terrified. If she didn't dodge, he would just kill her with a single sword stroke.

The group of henchmen were even more smug. They spread out and pressed forward step by step, heading straight for the tightly closed door.

Seeing this, Liu Shi and Liu Xing, who were hiding in the shadows, frowned. They were about to jump down when they remembered what the prince had told them earlier that day, and they suppressed the urge to jump.

"Is she capable?" Liu Shi asked doubtfully, looking at Liu Xing beside him and whispering, "I remember she was trained by you. Is she skilled in martial arts?"

If her martial arts skills were too poor, he wouldn't wait any longer and would go down to help her directly.

This matter concerns the prince's safety and cannot be taken lightly.

As if seeing through Liu Shi's plan, Liu Xing took his hand and calmly stated, "It's not bad, let's wait and see, lest we ruin the prince's plans."

Recalling the tasks he had given to Yan Li, Liu Xing couldn't remember much, only vaguely remembering that she was the only one sent out who rarely returned.

Typically, after completing a task, they disappear for ten days or more, or even several months or half a year.

Liu Xing suspected that Yan Li had long forgotten that he was a servant trained by the Prince's mansion, after all, he had often mentioned in his ear that he wanted to redeem himself several years ago.

Redemption?

Where can Deadpool redeem himself?

Seeing that she was too persistent, and considering her temperament, he thought for a moment and then used fifty taels of silver to appease her. Unexpectedly, several years passed in the blink of an eye, and she finally managed to scrape together the fifty taels of silver.

At that speed, Liu Xing couldn't help but facepalm.

He was genuinely afraid that she would starve to death if she left the palace.

While the two were whispering on a rooftop, in the courtyard, to the surprise of the group of black-clad assassins, Yan Li had no intention of talking or stalling for time.

There wasn't even a panicked shout that there was an assassin.

With a light tap of her toes, she 'flew' over with remarkable agility, her swordplay swift and unrestrained. In no time, the sharp blade severed the throat of one of the men.

It was that same gang leader from earlier.

The villain died because she talked too much and wasted her time.

The gang leader's eyes widened, his sword fell from his hand and slammed to the ground with a 'clang', then he clutched his throat and collapsed to the ground, dying with his eyes wide open.

Depend on!

The remaining six watched helplessly as their leader died before their eyes. Realizing something was wrong, they all stared blankly at Yan Li.

When did Wen Shaoxing gain such a person by his side, who killed their eldest brother with just one move?

In an instant, after exchanging a few glances, they both became wary. Without further ado, they surrounded Yan Li, and then two of them headed towards the door.

They can only succeed in today's mission; failure is not an option.

Even if this maid is incredibly skilled, it's impossible for her to be in two places at once and attack several people simultaneously.

Just when they thought they still had hope, the two people who had been watching from the rooftop landed and blocked the two who were about to attack the door with one or two sword strikes.

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