The woman in red pressed down on her reins. "Your Highness, do not act rashly." She waved to her guards. "You few, go after them."
"Yes!" The guard spurred his horse and gave chase.
With a sharp look in his eyes, Wei Da sensed his surroundings. "Deputy General Hong, please sit behind the Princess."
Without hesitation, the woman in red leaped into the air.
Wei Da quickly climbed onto the horses that had been cleared. He said to Nan Qianyue, "Your Highness, this place is not safe. We should hurry back to the city."
Knowing that the situation was getting more and more serious, Nanqianyue nodded and said, "Yes."
However, after traveling only a few miles, a group of people dressed in martial arts attire suddenly emerged from the shadows.
Without saying a word, they immediately drew their knives and slashed at Nan Qianyue and his companions.
At the same time, more than twenty guards flew in and fought with the bandits.
Weda said urgently, "Let's take the princess away first!"
The woman in red immediately snatched the reins from Nan Qianyue's hand. "Your Highness! Hold on tight!"
She slapped the horse's rump, and the horse reared up and galloped away.
However, an accident occurred.
The horse, which was perfectly fine a moment ago, suddenly began to twist and spin in place as if having a seizure, even letting out a painful neigh.
The woman in red sensed something was wrong and, holding Nanqianyue in her arms, leaped off the horse.
In the blink of an eye, the horse collapsed and couldn't get up.
The same was true of Veda and the other guards' horses.
"Someone tampered with the horse!" The woman in red stared intently at her surroundings. "It must have been done when we entered the manor."
Nan Qianyue felt uneasy and was overwhelmed by intense anger and self-blame. "...Perhaps they used the Liang family to lure me out."
Muyang Villa is located in the suburbs, with many trees along the road, making it a convenient place for an ambush.
Why go to such lengths to kill her? Was it the Empress again?
The woman in red held Nan Qianyue's wrist tightly, protecting her. "Your Highness, please don't blame yourself. We should return to the capital safely first."
"Someone is approaching!" Veda gripped his sword, standing protectively on the other side of the southward-migrating moon.
The other guards who arrived at the scene protected the area.
No sooner had Veda finished speaking than a group of men in black swiftly flew out.
They were ruthless and their attacks were deadly, making it difficult for the guards to defend themselves.
Upon seeing this, the woman in red quickly took out a signal flare and launched it.
Twenty miles away, Zhuo Yuanzhi, who was training his troops on the command platform at the Black Cavalry Camp, frowned and quickly looked up at the horizon.
"Not good!" He jumped down from the command platform and roared at the young officers, "Take your troops and come with me to provide support!"
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