Su Tiyue stepped into the house, stood on the threshold, looked inside, and then silently looked outside.

Just a door away.

Inside were the elderly, women, and children of the Su family, all unarmed.

Outside stood Qingwu and her young male servants, armed with sharp weapons…

The door slowly closed.

At the last moment, Su Tiyue, her eyes red, said to Qingwu, "Qingwu, your life is mine. I won't allow anything to happen to you..."

Qingwu nodded, a slight smile playing on her lips, and said casually, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'm very capable. Killing a hundred or two hundred people is no problem for me."

Qingwu has always been outspoken, and no matter how tense the situation, she would never say anything discouraging.

She didn't know if she could take on a hundred or two hundred.

But Qingwu needs to convince the Empress that she can fight that many, right?

Su Tiyue opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but the door in front of her had already been slammed shut.

She stared blankly at the figures standing outside the door. All she could do now was to stay put and not cause them any trouble.

The biggest help is keeping outsiders from getting distracted.

*

Outside the door, Qingwu closed her eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of cold air.

She was soaked to the bone, with rainwater still wet on her face.

She slowly pulled a strip of cloth from her sleeve, then raised her hand to gather her loose hair behind her back and tied it tightly.

She was heroic and composed, displaying the demeanor of a female general.

The guards and men lined up in order, standing guard at the gate, ready to go.

Qingwu drew her sword and walked to the outermost edge of the corridor, at the very front of the crowd.

His voice was firm: "Regardless of what Your Majesty just said, I only have two things to say."

She looked at the dark, unknown night rain around her, her eyes sharp and her aura imposing.

Qingwu spoke, her first words being: "Slay all who come!"

The second line is: "Tonight we'll hold out to the death! We'll wait for my master!"

Qingwu believed that once her master dealt with those people, he would definitely come to help.

Even if my master doesn't come, I can hold on and maybe the officials will arrive...

Furthermore, Qingwu is by no means weak.

She believed in herself and had worked hard to practice martial arts for so many years, all to protect the Empress.

Even if she couldn't protect the entire Su family, she would fight to the death to protect the Empress.

...

In the pitch-black night, several blinding, cold white lights suddenly flashed.

What's meant to happen will happen...

Immediately afterwards, a fierce battle broke out in the long and spacious corridor.

Several men in black rushed in through the window. The front door wasn't broken, but...

The window on the side and rear is broken!

At this moment, Su Tiyue was standing closest to the window.

She was not standing with the others in the room.

Two men in black spotted her and lunged at Su Tiyue with their swords.

She waved the wooden stick haphazardly in her hand, and in the blink of an eye, the stick was cut in two.

Su Tiyue quickly dodged backward, but in her haste, she unfortunately fell to the ground...

The longsword, gleaming with silver light, pierced towards her chest, inching closer and closer.

"Your Majesty!" Liu Wan shouted.

Everyone inside the house saw this, but no one had time to react.

That's way too fast!

"Moon!"

"Xiaoyue!"

Su Sui and Yang spoke almost simultaneously.

Su Tiyue's pupils contracted, her whole body stiffened, and she stared at the long sword that gleamed with a cold light.

My mind went completely blank.

The sharp tip of the sword was just a hair's breadth away from her chest...

Just then, a dark figure flashed in through the window, arriving in front of Su Tiyue with lightning speed. With a long leg, it kicked away the sword blade that was pointed at Su Tiyue.

The person blocking Su Tiyue's way was also dressed in black, but was not wearing a mask.

Clearly, he is not one of those people.

The man swiftly drew his sword and swung it heavily. The two masked men in black were forced back several steps by the force of the sword's energy.

They stared in shock at the person before them. The candlelight flickered, casting a dim light. When they finally saw the face clearly, they nearly dropped their swords.

Is it her?

wrong……

To be precise, besides her, there should be another one...

The man in black took a few steps back, looking somewhat hesitant.

They can't win if we advance, but what about retreating?

The deputy governor will definitely kill them too.

Either advancing or retreating, it's all certain death.

One reckless individual gritted his teeth and charged forward, but before he could even get close, the man flung his sword away...

The incredibly sharp longsword circled once in the room before slitting the throats of all the men in black who had broken in through the window.

In an instant, several people fell to the ground, and the longsword spun and flew back into the man's hand.

The person in front of her was someone Su Tiyue had never seen before.

But they came to save them.

The man turned around, then bent slightly and slowly extended his hand toward Su Tiyue.

Looking at this unfamiliar, handsome face, Su Tiyue did not hesitate and offered her hand.

When Su Tiyue stood up, still shaken, she opened her mouth, her voice trembling, "Thank you, young master..."

She paused, then didn't continue speaking.

Because Su Tiyue saw that face clearly.

Despite the person in front of her with her black hair standing on end and dressed as a man in a black outfit, Su Tiyue recognized at a glance that this was no young master.

She should be a woman.

A delicate and spirited face, with a pair of slender, willow-leaf eyes...

Su Tiyue looked her up and down, and after confirming, she spoke again: "Thank you for saving me, young lady."

"I am Jiang Lisu, greetings to Your Majesty." She spoke, her voice crisp and clear, just like her sword.

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