“The Queen has sent us to resolve some trouble,” one of the men said in a thick Northern Li accent.

Zhao Jiao, who was standing to the side, was also so frightened that her face turned pale. "Impossible, impossible, Wanqing is our daughter, impossible!"

Without a word, the two men stepped forward and stabbed Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao in the chest with a knife each.

They moved so fast that An Yi and Hu Qing, who were hiding in the shadows, didn't have time to stop them.

When Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao fell, Hu Qing also rushed out.

The two were shocked to see someone inside. They exchanged a glance and rushed toward Hu Qing.

Although their skills were not as good as Hu Qing's, they were not bad either.

One against two, Hu Qing couldn't finish the fight quickly, so An Yi came out to help, and the two-on-two battle ended instantly.

"Who is your contact person in the capital?" Xiao Yanchu asked as he came out next.

As soon as Xiao Yanchu finished speaking, black blood suddenly flowed from the corners of their mouths, and they instantly stopped breathing.

"Damn it!" Xiao Yanchu cursed under his breath.

They were actually two assassins.

Su Ruojin also came out of the house, and Yan Luo went to Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao's side to check their wounds.

A knife tip piercing the heart is beyond the help of even the most powerful immortals; they can only offer temporary relief.

Yan Luo took out two pills and put them into Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao's mouths.

The intense pain in their chests subsided somewhat. Zhao Jiao grabbed Yan Luo's hand, looked at Su Ruojin, and her voice trembled.

"Xiao Jin, oh no, Your Highness, please... please save us... save us."

"Your Highness, please...please save us...save us for the sake of our childhood in the Lin family." Lin Zhengshan said, clutching his chest, blood flowing continuously from between his fingers.

“If you hadn’t been poisoned or cursed, you might still be saved. But your hearts and organs were already injured before, and this last blow is beyond saving. I can only give you more time,” Su Ruojin said bluntly.

"No...it's impossible, Your Highness, I was wrong...I was really wrong. I shouldn't have treated you like that back then. Please save me...cough cough..." Zhao Jiao cried and begged.

"It's not that I don't want to save them, it's that I can't." Su Ruojin looked at the two of them calmly.

Perhaps because of the medicine, Zhao Jiao felt less pain in her chest. Seeing that Su Ruojin was not helping, she changed her expression and scolded, "Su Ruojin, you heartless bastard! We raised you with so much care, and you just stand by and watch me die!"

Zhao Jiao also noticed Su Ruojin's protruding belly and said, "You're going to be a mother soon, don't you think about doing something good for the child in your womb?"

Su Ruojin sneered, "Madam Lin, you don't blame your good daughter Lin Wanqing for sending people to kill you, but instead you blame me for not helping you. It's no wonder you've ended up like this."

"You're talking nonsense! Cough cough~ They weren't sent by Qing'er!" Zhao Jiao simply didn't believe that Qing'er wanted to kill them.

“Madam Lin, are you pretending to be stupid or are you really stupid? Didn’t these two just tell you that they were sent by Lin Wanqing? I believe you can recognize their accents, and the curved swords they are using are also unique to Bei Li. Hu Qing, take a look.”

Hu Qing searched the two people and found two plaques, which he then handed to Su Ruojin.

Su Ruojin didn't take it either. "Give it to Lord Lin and Madam Lin. This is the iron badge of the Northern Li guards."

When Lin Zhengshan and Zhao Jiao saw the token, their already pale faces turned even whiter, and their lips trembled slightly.

"Impossible, impossible, impossible..." Lin Zhengshan muttered to himself.

Su Ruojin chuckled, "You helped Lin Wanqing steal the Great Chu defense map. You can hide this for a while, but how can you hide it forever? She has no use for you anymore, except to make things easier for her."

"No, you're talking nonsense, it's impossible! We are Qing'er's biological parents, she would never do this to us, it must be you, it was you who did it! Cough cough~~~ Hiss~" Zhao Jiao couldn't help but cry out, and with a forceful movement, she aggravated her wound, causing her to gasp for breath.

Lin Zhengshan looked at Su Ruojin in shock. He hadn't expected Su Ruojin to discover what they had done so quickly.

His face was ashen and lifeless, and the hope in his eyes was slowly fading away.

Even if they didn't die in the assassination attempt, the regent would still face death if he knew they had stolen the defense map.

But Su Ruojin's next words shocked Lin Zhengshan even more, and his mind was no longer able to think.