Shen Yuerong was soaked in coldness, and she walked forward slowly and spoke.
"Slap your face."
She was too lazy to talk nonsense with Bai Xue. As soon as she finished speaking, Taohua stepped forward, grabbed her collar and slapped her several times.
In just a moment, Bai Xue's cheeks became red and swollen, and her speech became unclear.
"Just wait for me. When you come back, you will all be dead."
Shen Yuerong stood there calmly and spoke casually.
"It is said that the Saint is kind-hearted and compassionate to all living beings. If outsiders knew that the maidservant beside the Saint was so arrogant and disregarded human lives, what do you think would happen?"
Bai Xue then became afraid, even though the saint had always tolerated her unconditionally.
But the prerequisite is not to cause trouble for her. She has seen other maids being dealt with mercilessly by the saint after causing trouble.
But she was unwilling to admit it easily, and she pointed at Shen Yuerong with her hands on her waist and yelled.
"Our Saint is the supreme being. Even your emperor has to respect you. You are just a poor princess who married the prince by some trickery. Now you are pretending here."
"Pah, I feel disgusted. I won't bother with you today."
She turned around and walked out quickly, as if she was afraid that Shen Yuerong's people would catch up with her.
As soon as she stepped over the threshold, Taohua hit her on the knee with a stone.
With a loud bang, Bai Xue fell straight down on the bluestone threshold, two of her front teeth were knocked out and blood was flowing.
She turned around and glared at Shen Yuerong angrily, "Just wait for me."
Taohua took two steps forward and was so frightened that her legs went weak and she fell again, then she had to crawl away.
"I thought you were so powerful, but you're just a coward."
Shen Yuerong didn't say much about Taohua's behavior, but just asked lightly.
"Where did the prince go?"
Taohua paused, her expression frozen.
Is she going to say that Chi Mu went out with the Saint?
Originally, a group of people were invited to go, but Lord Kang and Mu Lingchuan both declined, and in the end, only the two of them were left.
If the princess knew about this, it would be bad if she misunderstood something.
Seeing her like this, Shen Yuerong understood something.
"Where did they go?"
Taohua smiled awkwardly, turned around and saw that she could no longer hide the truth, so she could only answer honestly.
"They went to Crescent Terrace."
Shen Yuerong was stunned for a moment, and Taohua knew that she didn't know where Crescent Moon Terrace was, so she hurriedly explained.
"The Crescent Moon Terrace is where the Saint originally lived. It is located at the highest point of the border. Because its shape resembles a crescent moon, it is called the Crescent Moon Terrace."
"It is said that every once in a while a woman appears on the Crescent Moon Terrace. That woman is the Saint."
Only then did Shen Yuerong remember the Crescent Moon Terrace.
The Crescent Moon Terrace is the place where the saint was born. Every saint would return here before her death and place a white jade crescent moon on the roof.
Only the blood of the saint can awaken the white jade crescent and remove it.
She lowered her eyes. Although the Crescent Terrace was just opposite the villa, she needed to go down the mountain and then climb up the mountain. The border was windy and sandy, and it was not easy for her to go out now that she was pregnant.
So Shen Yuerong did not suggest going to Crescent Moon Terrace, but instead wandered around the villa.
At this time, Shen Yuerong discovered that the villa looked like a circle, just like the sun, facing the direction of the Crescent Terrace.
She stood in the attic on the second floor, the wind and sand blowing her skirt and hair.
Within the field of vision is the magnificent border, where mountains and plains meet each other. Although it is approaching winter, the tops of the mountains are still green.
She put her hands on the railing and could clearly see the situation on the crescent platform opposite.
The huge crescent-shaped rock face and the old courtyard that resembles a crescent moon stand out in the dim wind and sand.
She originally didn't want to look, but what she saw was the Crescent Platform, and she could vaguely see two figures on the platform.
The one dressed in black and the other in red, they are naturally Chi Mu and Yue Tong.
For some reason, Shen Yuerong felt a dull pain in her heart, as if something was slowly digging, trying to explore the deepest part.
She originally wanted to turn around and go back to rest, but out of the corner of her eye she saw a series of black shadows climbing up quickly on the edge of the mountain where the Crescent Terrace was located.
There was a faint sharp cold light emerging, and it was obviously an assassin.
Shen Yuerong's heart skipped a beat, and she shouted in that direction without caring about anything else.
"Run, there's an assassin!"
Her voice echoed in the valley, over and over again, ethereal and desolate.
Even though Shen Yuerong shouted again and again, Chi Mu and Yue Tong on the opposite side did not move at all.
Just when Shen Yuerong thought that Chi Mu and the others didn't hear it, Chi Mu finally moved.
On the Crescent Moon Terrace, Chi Mu vaguely heard Shen Yuerong's voice. He looked around but didn't see her, but he could hear his voice.
He stopped talking and listened carefully to the noises around him before he could clearly hear the word "assassin".
Chi Mu immediately drew out his sword, turned around and ordered the secret guards to protect Yue Tong.
As expected, several black shadows suddenly jumped onto the steep cliff, each holding a sharp blade. They rushed up and fought with swords without saying a word.
Originally Chi Mu was able to resist, but he didn't expect Yue Tong to suddenly rush out with a jeweled dagger and give him a serious warning.
"Brother Chi Mu, I will face it with you."
She stood beside Chi Mu, trying to stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
But Chi Mu took two steps forward, his clothes fluttering in the wind, and the sword in his hand quickly blocked the attack.
Just when Chi Mu was dealing with the situation with ease, Yue Tong rushed towards a lone assassin nearby again.
She was petite to begin with, and was holding a palm-sized dagger, so how could she possibly be able to defeat an assassin wielding a long sword?
Chi Mu suddenly became a little angry. She could obviously handle it herself, but she insisted on rushing out.
He threw the sword in his hand, knocking the assassin's weapon down, and then directly struck Yue Tong back to the side of the secret guard.
After all this, Chi Mu was scratched on the arm by the assassin. He simply knocked the assassin off the cliff with his bare hands.
The secret guards rushed over and cleaned up the others.
Heng Yu couldn't go forward because he had to protect Yue Tong. He was not willing to lend a hand to help Yue Tong at all, and his eyes were full of disgust.
If it weren't for her, the prince wouldn't have been injured at all. He even said she was a saint and rushed forward with the short dagger.
Who saved whom? It’s so infuriating to think about it.
Yue Tong didn't notice Heng Yu's resentment at all. She just walked forward quickly, looked up at Chi Mu with tears in her eyes.
"Brother Chi Mu, why are you so stupid? In order to protect me, you don't even care about yourself."
Hearing this, Chi Mu covered his arm with a handkerchief and hurriedly stepped back.
"Heng Yu, escort the Saint Girl down the mountain. I still have some things to deal with."
Yuetong did not resist, but followed Hengyu down the mountain obediently.
Seeing that most people had left, Chi Mu asked someone to deal with the bodies and then slowly walked into the Crescent Moon Terrace courtyard next to him.
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