Chapter 54: Your Highness, Please Rest in Peace...
The wind rustled in the forest, and it was eerily quiet.
Shang Xi, riding his horse, turned around with a frown and shouted to Furong, "This isn't right! Furong, go back!"
Furong also noticed something was wrong.
Princess Huaxun and the group of noble ladies were chatting and laughing beside them just now, but in the blink of an eye, only they, the master and servant, were left.
It was obvious that someone had set a trap and was waiting for them to fall into it!
Furong gritted her teeth and reined in her horse, "Your Highness, please go first. I will cover you!"
"Don't be silly! How can a weak woman like you, who can't even lift a finger, protect me? Hurry up! If it's a trap, and I'm the target, let's run separately! If you can get help in time, I might still be able to survive!"
Shang Xi spoke, looking around calmly.
Furong bit her lip and said, "I will go find someone right away!"
After saying this, he kicked his horse's belly and ran outside. Before he had run far, a feather arrow from the air pierced his shoulder blade.
Furong groaned and fell off the horse.
The huge inertia brought by the arrow made her fly several meters into the air and fall to the ground.
For a moment I didn't know whether I was dead or alive.
Shang Xi glanced at Furong on the ground, gritted his teeth, spurred his horse, turned around and galloped in the opposite direction of the arrow.
The sound of horse hooves behind him shook the ground, and it was obvious that there were quite a few people coming.
This was followed by the sound of a bowstring being pulled.
Shang Xi pursed his lips and could only whip the horse with a whip, trying to make it run faster and get rid of these people.
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To avoid colliding with the women, the men went to the other side of the enclosure.
Xiao Ning followed them for a while, and after the princes dispersed to hunt, she took the opportunity to slip away.
After winning the first prize on the first day, Xiao Ning stopped trying to show off. Every day during the hunting trip, she would ride her horse around in the woods and casually kill a few prey for her own good.
Xiao Ning casually drew his arrow and shot a rabbit. He rode his horse over and was about to pick up the rabbit on the ground when he heard the screams of birds and animals in the distance.
She looked up and saw that the sky south of the enclosure was filled with birds flying around and scattered, and the whole place was covered with black clouds.
Isn't that the direction the women go hunting?
Did something happen?
The princess is over there too...
Thinking of this, Xiao Ning lost his composure and quickly turned his horse's head towards the place where the bird was hovering.
The princess is the person who can be most sympathetic to her in this era. Although she is sometimes a little arrogant and unreasonable, what's the problem? After all, it's normal for a princess to have some princess syndrome.
Xiao Ning sped all the way to that area, but he didn't see a single female relative, and didn't even hear any sound.
Xiao Ning's heart suddenly sank.
Something really happened...
She calmly observed the traces on the ground, quickly determined a direction, and rode away.
From a distance, I saw a horse grazing on the ground, and then...
"Fleur?"
Xiao Ning reined in his horse, jumped off without waiting for it to stand still, knelt down and carefully turned Furong over.
The arrow pierced her shoulder blade, and blood soaked her purple riding uniform. Her lips were pale and her eyes were closed.
Xiao Ning checked her pulse and let out a breath.
Fortunately, it was just excessive blood loss and not fatal.
"Hibiscus!"
Xiao Ning shook Furong vigorously twice.
"Um……"
Furong groaned, barely opening her eyes. Seeing Xiao Ning, she managed to raise her finger and pointed in a direction: "Princess... Go quickly, save the princess... Someone is trying to assassinate her..."
Xiao Ning held her hand and said, "I understand. I'll go save the princess right away!"
After saying that, he picked up Furong and laid her horizontally on the horse, then patted the horse's buttocks and drove it towards the camp.
He then jumped on his horse and galloped in the direction Furong pointed.
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A stray arrow hit the horse's leg, and the horse fell down with a whine. Shang Xi was thrown to the ground and rolled several times before finally stopping.
He was so dizzy from the fall that he could hardly get up.
Seeing the assassin approaching, Shang Xi gritted his teeth, supported himself on the tree trunk next to him and stood up, then continued to stagger forward.
The red riding uniform was torn by the branches, leaving several holes. The red cloth strips were hanging on the branches, fluttering in the wind.
The sound of horse hooves was getting closer.
There was the sound of an arrow breaking through the air...
Shang Xi heard the sound and rushed to the side.
The arrow grazed his arm and lodged itself in the tree trunk behind him.
Shang Xi fell to the ground, gasping for breath, with beads of sweat dripping from his forehead.
The assassins had caught up with him and surrounded him, with countless cold arrows pointing at him.
Shang Xi turned over, leaned against the tree, and looked at the assassins around him.
At this moment, he still tried to remain calm: "I am Princess Duanhui, deeply favored by His Majesty. If you can let me go, I can promise you ten thousand taels of gold and will not pursue today's assassination."
The assassins looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
"She's trying to bribe us!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"Your Highness, rest in peace..."
An assassin drew his bowstring, but his companions stopped him. "It's quiet here, don't you want to have a taste of the princess?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the assassins' gazes towards Shang Xi were no longer filled with cold murderous intent, but with a hint of lust and scrutiny.
I have to say, Shang Xi is indeed beautiful.
Especially at this moment, her clothes are disheveled, her hair is messy, and the broken hair is stuck to her cheeks, which makes her look more fragile and innocent than usual. This contrast is very touching.
"Let me go first!"
The assassin who spoke first dismounted and walked towards Shang Xi, his disgusting gaze lingering on Shang Xi's chest and waist.
Shang Xi pursed his lips and shrank back until his back was pressed tightly against the tree trunk.
He found a piece of dead wood on the ground, picked it up, held it in his hand, and waved it at the man who was walking towards him.
He knew it was useless, but he had no other choice.
He doesn't want to die.
I don't want to die in such humiliation.
But today, when he was riding and hunting, he didn't even have a hairpin on his head, so he couldn't commit suicide even if he wanted to.
Shang Xi's face turned pale and he waved the branch in his hand more and more frequently, but it was of no use.
At this moment, he was like a lamb to be slaughtered, posing no threat in the eyes of others.
Even the swinging branches hitting the man didn't hurt at all, but instead seemed like a flirtation.
The men on horseback roared with laughter.
The man grabbed the branch and pulled it hard, taking away the only "weapon" in Shang Xi's hand. The barbs on the branch scratched the flesh on Shang Xi's palm, and blood dripped onto the ground.
It only caused the man to chuckle.
"You are indeed the precious princess. Look at your delicate skin and tender flesh. Wow, it really makes me feel distressed. Let me serve you well today!"
The man pounced over and pushed Shang Xi to the ground.
"Get out of here!"
Shang Xi shouted, but it was of no avail.
Rough hands tore at his belt, and the man's lips moved towards his face.
The man grabbed Shang Xi's hands and pressed them over his head.
Watching the man's lips getting closer and closer.
Shang Xi tilted her head and bit his shoulder fiercely, but the man only hissed softly, "Your Highness, you have good teeth. You will have your chance to bite later! Haha, uh..."
The arrow pierced through his flesh, and hot blood sprayed all over Shang Xi's face.
Shang Xi watched as the man, who had just been showing his fangs and claws, saw blood gushing out of his chest. He collapsed on him, his eyes wide open and he died.
"who!"
The assassins turned their horses and looked in the direction from which the arrows came.
Shang Xi also looked in that direction.
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