As soon as Yuan Zhao saw Gu Qingchen's expression change, she instinctively dodged to the side, and didn't forget to pull Princess Chaoyang along.

Almost as soon as Gu Qingchen finished speaking, an arrow shot straight at him.

With a "ding!", the arrow pierced straight into the door frame.

Looking at the arrow that glowed with blue light, Yuan Zhao felt a wave of fear.

If Gu Qingchen hadn't warned her, she would have been the one shot right now.

The arrow was aimed at her; she had just been standing in that spot.

Princess Chaoyang was completely stunned and didn't come to her senses for a long time.

At this moment, Princess Chaoyang's guards realized something was wrong and rushed in to protect her behind them.

After such an incident, they naturally didn't stay any longer.

Princess Chaoyang bid her farewell in a hurry and returned home under the escort of the guards, while Yuan Zhao also boarded the carriage under the escort of Wen Feng and Linglong.

To her greatest surprise, Gu Qingchen stopped his parade and hurriedly squeezed through the crowd.

"Miss Yuan?"

He asked with concern.

Just now, he looked up to greet Yuan Zhao, but suddenly saw something reflective, and that thing was pointing directly at Yuan Zhao.

He issued a warning without thinking, and sure enough, something bad happened.

He didn't know if Yuan Zhao had managed to evade the attack.

"I'm fine, thank you."

"Oh, by the way, I haven't congratulated you yet. Mr. Gu, you've become the top scholar in the imperial examination. Your future is limitless."

Hearing Yuan Zhao's voice, which didn't sound like anything was wrong, Gu Qingchen felt relieved.

"Thanks to Miss Yuan."

Without Yuan Zhao's help, he wouldn't even be able to become a top scholar today, let alone enter an official career.

"Your Excellency, continue with your work."

"I'll visit you another day to express my gratitude."

After Yuan Zhao finished speaking, he gestured for Wen Feng and the others to drive away.

Because of this incident, there weren't many people left on the street; most had dispersed.

Gu Qingchen did not continue the parade through the streets, but instead followed Yuan Zhao's carriage, escorting him all the way until he saw Yuan Zhao arrive safely at the General's Mansion, at which point he left.

Upon receiving the news, the Yuan family father and son rushed back.

"Zhaozhao, is something the matter?"

Mr. Yuan looked his daughter up and down to make sure she wasn't injured before he breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's going on? Who are they targeting?"

At that time, only Yuan Zhao and Princess Chaoyang were in the private room. He couldn't figure out which of the two girls would go after him!

"They're after me."

Yuan Zhao calmly said, "It should still be about what happened at the Princess's residence that day."

Yuan Zhao only told his elder brother about this, but Yuan Gu also told his father.

"Didn't they say they couldn't find anything on Zhaozhao?"

Yuan's father frowned as he looked at his eldest son.

Yuan Gu frowned upon hearing this:

"Indeed, no trace could be found."

He was very puzzled as to how the Second Prince knew.

"The Second Prince himself has behaved improperly, and now he wants to kill people to silence them."

"He really thinks my General's Mansion is just for show."

Yuan's father said angrily.

In the past two years, the struggle between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince has become increasingly apparent, and many court officials have taken sides.

The general's mansion did not have it.

Both the Crown Prince and the Second Prince sent people to contact him, but he rejected them all.

He didn't want to side with anyone; he was only loyal to the emperor.

After Yuan Zhao recounted her dream, he even ceased to be loyal to the emperor.

His current idea is to become a powerful minister with a high position, and find a way to return to the border as soon as possible to become a regional governor. At that time, the emperor will be far away and no one will be able to control him.

However, now that the Second Prince dared to touch his precious daughter, he naturally wouldn't let it go so easily.

Thinking of this, he spoke:

"The Second Prince has been in charge of the Ministry of War for quite some time now; it's time for a change."