Mu Jingrui returned to his room, and even though he was physically and mentally exhausted, he couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
He stood up and walked to Mu Jingyan's door.
"Xiaoyan," Mu Jingrui knocked on the door, "Are you asleep?"
There was no response from inside.
"I'm your brother, please open the door, I have something to tell you."
Mu Jingrui waited for a long time, but still no response.
He held his breath and listened carefully, but he couldn't hear any sound from inside. He suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Xiaoyan, I'm coming in."
Just in case, Mu Jingrui paused for a moment after saying this, in case something embarrassing happened due to his wrong judgment.
He pushed open the door and found that there was no one in the room.
The clothes that Mu Jingyan had been wearing just now were now hanging on the screen. The sword on the bedside was also gone.
"Oh no." Mu Jingrui's heart sank and he rushed out immediately.
At midnight, the night was getting dark, a cool breeze was blowing, and dark clouds covered the bright moonlight.
A dark shadow climbed over the wall and sneaked into the Prime Minister's Mansion. She hid on the beam in the corridor and saw the guards on night patrol walking slowly. She quickly jumped down and grabbed the guard walking at the back.
She covered the guard's mouth, and after everyone left, she asked coldly, "Where is Shangguan Yue's room?"
The guard pointed with his finger, and the black shadow immediately knocked the guard unconscious and threw him into the flower bed.
She flashed past quickly, jumped onto the roof, secretly lifted a tile, and observed carefully for a long time.
The room was silent.
A dark shadow climbed in through the window, slowly drew out his sword, and approached the bed silently.
At this time, the clouds and fog had dispersed, and the moonlight shone in from the window, shining right on the edge of her sword. The refracted light woke up Madam Shangguan, who was already a light sleeper.
"Who are you?"
Madam Shangguan screamed, the black shadow's eyes moved, and he raised his sword and stabbed at Shangguan Yue.
Shangguan Yue was also awakened at this time. In a hurry, he did not lose his composure and grasped the black shadow's wrist with all his strength.
"Madam, please go..."
Madam Shangguan turned pale with fear and shouted loudly: "Help, there is an assassin...Help..."
The black shadow struggled for a few times, used his internal force to push Shangguan Yue away, and then kicked him in the chest.
Shangguan Yue was kicked far away and his back hit the corner of the table heavily.
Just as the shadow was about to chase after her, Madam Shangguan rushed over and hugged her waist.
"Master, run away... run away..."
The black shadow suddenly became furious. She wanted to hit Madam Shangguan on the top of her head, but she couldn't bear it and only hit her shoulder.
By the time she attacked Shangguan Yue again, the night patrol guards had already rushed in.
The guards surrounded the black shadow.
"Madam... Madam..." Shangguan Yue struggled to get up, ran to the bedside and helped up the injured Madam Shangguan.
Seeing his wife pale and unconscious, he could not help but get furious and shouted, "Catch her alive. I want to see who is so bold as to come to my underworld and assassinate me."
The sound of fighting alarmed more guards who rushed over.
Seeing a steel knife coming towards her, the shadow had no time to dodge. She was secretly anxious.
At this moment, a sword energy came and repelled the guards around her.
Another man in black joined the battle.
The black shadow obviously knew who was coming, and with the help of her companions, she boldly went to assassinate Shangguan Yue.
"There's a lot of time to go, hurry up."
The black shadow broke free from his companion's hand and stabbed Shangguan Yue.
However, a guard rushed out from the side and slashed the black shadow in the chest with a knife.
The man in black was shocked, and after repelling the people around him, he rushed over immediately. He saw Shangguan Yue staring at them angrily, and thinking of the past events, he became furious.
The long sword in his hand stabbed towards Shangguan Yue.
"father……"
Shangguan Wanning heard the noise and ran over. She watched the black-clad man's sword about to pierce her father's forehead and could not help but scream.
This voice immediately stopped the man in black.
He turned to look at Shangguan Wanning.
Their eyes met and Shangguan Wanning was stunned.
The man in black gave up on assassinating Shangguan Yue and rushed towards Shangguan Wanning instead.
Shangguan Yue panicked and shouted, "Protect the young lady..."
It’s too late!
The man in black had already reached Shangguan Wanning and put a strong arm around her neck.
All the guards stopped and no one dared to act rashly.
Shangguan Yue had no choice but to put his wife down, barely managed to stand up, walked forward and said, "I don't care who you are or where you came from, as long as you let my daughter go, I promise to let you leave the Prime Minister's Mansion safely tonight."
Shangguan Wanning was held hostage, but she didn't cry or struggle, and was as calm as water.
"come over."
The man in black shouted to his injured and bleeding companion.
She was unwilling to fail in the assassination attempt, but she also didn't want to die here. She gritted her teeth, supported herself with the sword and walked to her companion.
The man in black took Shangguan Wanning out of the room carefully step by step.
The yard was already full of archers. He looked around and quickly assessed the situation.
If Shangguan Yue gave the order, it would be difficult for him to guarantee that both of them could escape unscathed.
"Tell them to put down their bows and arrows and retreat." The man in black said in an ice-cold voice.
Shangguan Yue didn't dare to take any risks and waved his hand to signal everyone to step aside.
"Walk."
The man in black held Shangguan Wanning hostage and retreated, soon retreating to the corner of the wall.
He was about to jump over the wall when suddenly a sharp arrow shot out from the darkness and pierced Shangguan Wanning's chest.
The man in black was startled and raised his sword to shoot down the arrow, but this action left him vulnerable.
Shangguan Yue waved his hand and the guards rushed forward.
The man in black gritted his teeth, pulled Shangguan Wanning with one hand, picked up his companion with the other hand and jumped onto the wall. A sharp arrow hit his back.
"There is a carriage parked on the left." Shangguan Wanning reminded.
The man in black got on the carriage according to Shangguan Wanning's instructions and drove away quickly.
He stopped in a secluded alley only when he could no longer hear the footsteps of the pursuers.
"Your wound has been bleeding. Let me bandage it for you..."
Before Shangguan Wanning could get close to the man in black, she was pushed away by a hand extended from the other side.
"Get lost! I don't need your fake kindness."
"Mu Jingrui, Mu Jingyan, what on earth are you two going to do!"
Shangguan Wanning recognized the man in black the moment their eyes met.
She was too familiar with this man.
Sure enough, the man in black took off the black scarf covering his face, revealing his handsome and resolute face.
"Why did you want to assassinate my father? Was it your idea or His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's?"
Facing Shangguan Wanning's questioning, Mu Jingrui's face was gloomy and he said nothing.
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