"yes!"

The deputy general didn't dare to say anything after hearing this. As long as the Crown Prince and His Majesty were safe, this operation would be a success. In the chaos, a few deaths were nothing.

Zhu Jia looked at the women running around, his eyes gradually darkening.

She actually regretted it. Her adoptive father had mentioned her marriage a long time ago and wanted to choose a husband for her, but she thought the men in the army were vulgar, so her adoptive father told her to return to Beijing to choose. However, she thought the sons of the aristocratic families in Beijing were too superficial, so she never agreed to come back.

But if she had returned to Beijing as soon as she left, and come back before he got married, perhaps the situation would have been different.

He was attracted to Xu Wanruo simply because he found her novel, but Xu Wanruo was essentially just a little woman living in the inner house. How could he compare with her?

Other women tried their best to get him to look at them, but she could discuss important matters in the court with him. He was so arrogant and looked down on the most talented people, so she could easily catch his eye.

Her adoptive father had originally intended to marry into the Xie family, and since Meng Huaichuan was unwilling to marry a girl from the Xie family, it was only natural for her to marry into the Xie family.

But unfortunately...

She was a moment late. How could she accept that the position of the young mistress of the Xie family was taken by a merchant girl with despicable means?

If Xu Wanruo died, the Xie family's marriage would have to have a different story.

Zhu Jia's eyes darkened, and he pulled the reins, turned his horse around, and led his troops to another place.

Meanwhile, the women of several families near the colorful tent were still in a state of chaos.

Wan Ruo said sternly, "No one will survive if we keep running. There's a bush near the upstream. If we can hide in it, we might be able to escape. These assassins aren't coming for us, so they won't deliberately come looking for us!"

Everyone managed to calm down, and with tears in their eyes, they asked, "Is it really okay?"

"When the large number of assassins rushed in just now, the Imperial Guards had already been dispatched. Now the noise over there has quieted down a bit. It must be a fight to the death. We just need to hide."

Wanruo knew Xie Xianyu's plan. There were imperial guards ambushing and guarding this place, so the assassins shouldn't be able to kill them.

"Well, then we'll listen to you." The young ladies had never seen such stormy weather before, and even though they were trembling with fear, they nodded repeatedly.

Wanruo pulled Xiuzhu and the other ten or so daughters of the rich family and hid in the bushes behind.

Fu Xian stayed near Wanruo and Xiuzhu. He first set off a firework signal to let his master know the location of the young lady, and then continued to be on high alert.

"Don't worry, Madam. The young master has been prepared for this. The imperial guards are lying in ambush nearby. The assassins who came with such a fierce momentum just now disappeared in the blink of an eye. They must have been killed. The assassins' target was the crown prince. It should be safe for us to hide here."

Wanruo nodded, and Xie Xiuzhu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the bushes, and then several masked assassins in black rushed in, dragging bloody knives.

Wanruo immediately covered Xie Xiuzhu's mouth, holding her breath and concentrating. Fu Xian's face also changed immediately.

"Damn it, we've been tricked. It seems there was an ambush in the court. Most of our brothers are dead! I wonder if we succeeded in killing the brothers who boarded the prince's dragon boat."

"There are so many imperial guards lying in ambush by the river, how could there be no one on the dragon boat? I think it's probably over. How can we explain this defeat to the prince?"

Wanruo's eyes flashed. It looks like these are remnants of the army?

But there were nearly ten of them, and judging by their physiques, they must be experts. If they were really discovered, I'm afraid Fu Xian alone would not be able to protect so many of them.

Xie Xiuzhu was so scared that her face turned pale. She looked at Wanruo with tears in her eyes. Wanruo made a gesture to her to keep quiet and shook her head gently. Xie Xiuzhu bit her lip and didn't dare to move.

These assassins just wanted to find a place to hide to avoid being hunted down and liquidated by the imperial guards. Wanruo thought that maybe they could wait a while. Fu Xian had already sent out a signal, and reinforcements might arrive soon.

But suddenly, there was a noise in the bushes.

A noble lady was so frightened that she trembled and accidentally dropped the hairpin on her head to the ground.

"who!"

The assassin immediately became alert and searched the place where the noise came from. He quickly caught a noble lady hiding behind a tree.

"Oh, there's a girl hiding here. She looks like a rich lady. My son has suffered a loss, so I won't let you guys have an easy time!"

The assassin had a fierce look in his eyes and reached out his hand to touch the greasy face of the noble lady.

Upon hearing this, the other assassins gathered around. The noble lady was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "No, don't kill me, there are many people hiding here, they are all here! I am not the only one!"

As soon as these words came out, the assassins' expressions suddenly changed: "How many people are still hiding?"