Chapter 245
"Your Highness! Your Highness!"
A guard hurried in from outside the tent, holding a piece of paper that was damp from the wind and snow.
Once inside the tent, he disregarded everything else and knelt directly before the somewhat displeased Renle, holding the paper aloft and trembling as he said, "Your Highness! Sang Yu'er has sent a letter!!!"
"What!?"
Upon hearing this news, Renle stood up barefoot: "Where is he?! Take me to see him immediately!"
Sweat beaded on the guard's face, and after stammering for a long time, he finally managed to utter the next sentence.
"He...he was captured by Gu Zhongtai...The note said that you should go alone...to the Xuanbing Cliff behind Tianshan to find him..."
...
"Oh? Really? She really said that?"
At a tea stall outside Tianshan Town, an ordinary-looking man looked at the person opposite him with a slightly amused smile on his face.
"I never expected that His Highness would be so impatient."
The person opposite him seemed to know him well; the shadow fell on his face, making it difficult to see his features clearly. However, judging from his stature, one could still discern a dignified and upright bearing.
He held up a cup of tea, the rising steam blurring his vision.
"However, since she has made this decision, we should take action. We can't delay any longer. News has come from the court that she will definitely have new developments at the end of the year. Moreover, the news doesn't seem to be good."
"Oh? Is this kind of news appropriate for me?"
The ordinary-looking young man waved his hand, dispersing the steam from the tea.
“There’s nothing inappropriate about it. We’re in a cooperative relationship right now. What you want isn’t what I’m interested in, and what I want is what you want to see. Since we share the same interests, we’re partners.”
"Ha, you are indeed decisive in killing. If all the people of the Central Plains were as easy to talk to as you, then they wouldn't be so annoying."
“Not all of you Western Region people are straightforward.”
The young man glanced at the person opposite him, his expression turning slightly colder.
"Alright, tell me which date she set?"
"Two days."
...
Two days passed quickly.
Fan Xiaoxiao rubbed her frozen hands. She had to admit that winters in ancient times were terrifyingly harsh. This wasn't even the coldest time yet, and people felt uncomfortable after being outside for even a short while.
"Wife, why don't you go down first? I'll take care of things here."
Looking at Fan Xiaoxiao's fingers, swollen like radishes, Xiao Hei felt his head spin. If the master saw this, he'd definitely say it was because he hadn't done well on this little darling's test!
"Don't speak... Ouch! Someone's here!"
Fan Xiaoxiao exclaimed softly. A carriage was approaching from afar at the foot of the mountain. She immediately composed herself and made a gesture to Xiao Hei.
They had practiced this simple action hundreds of times here. Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Hei immediately took out a bronze mirror from his pocket.
After a while, when the carriage had gotten much closer, a horse's neigh echoed throughout the valley. Then, as if out of control, the carriage shot straight down the mountainside.
The groom could no longer hold the reins. He gritted his teeth, put two fingers to his lips, and a strange whistle sounded.
He then slapped the carriage and jumped up the steep slope.
The carriage lost control, tumbled over and crashed to the bottom, shattering into pieces.
Fan Xiaoxiao sneered and immediately pulled Xiao Hei to another place.
"My lady, how did you guess that Renle wasn't in which carriage?"
Xiao Hei couldn't quite understand. Recalling what Fan Xiaoxiao had said, he now felt that this woman seemed rather intelligent.
"She's a princess."
Fan Xiaoxiao glanced at Xiao Hei speechlessly. The latter scratched his head, still not quite understanding the connection between the two.
But time didn't allow him to think any further, and the second carriage quickly rushed towards the mountainside. This time, the wind blew the curtains, and although it was only for a brief moment, Fan Xiaoxiao still clearly saw the face revealed through the carriage window.
Fan Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes and grinned.
"It seems that our Princess Renle is still willing to come despite the danger."
She glanced back at Sang Yu'er, whose face was bruised and swollen, and raised an eyebrow: "You're quite charming, aren't you? You actually managed to make the princess risk her life for you?"
Today, Sangyuer's mouth and nose were stuffed up, and it was whimpering and making noises on the ground.
Fan Xiaoxiao gave a cold laugh and focused her gaze down the mountain. The carriage was moving very fast, and soon it had passed the spot where the first carriage had crashed.
This time, the carriage was much faster and passed through the area without much trouble.
Fan Xiaoxiao watched their actions and sneered, "They don't think I'm using the same thing twice, do they?"
As it turned out, she not only wanted to play twice, but the second time she wanted to play a big one.
Another neighing of horses. This time, it was far more tragic than before.
In the snow, countless fragments of collar reflected the light. The horses, dazzled by the light, stumbled, and not far away, the cliff still loomed.
If a person falls in, they will either die or be seriously injured.
The horses neighed in agony, and screams of women echoed from inside the carriage. The coachman tried his best to control the carriage, but how could a man move a raging beast?
Not long after, the horse fell off the cliff. Xiao Hei clicked its tongue and secretly glanced at Fan Xiaoxiao beside it.
This woman is truly intelligent.
"Let's go, let's give her the final blow. Killing a princess, hehehe, just thinking about it is exciting."
Fan Xiaoxiao grinned and was about to get up when she heard a soft and seductive voice behind her: "Ah... Princess Shi... I thought it was Gu Zhongtai who came? I didn't expect... it would be Lady Xiao."
Fan Xiaoxiao froze, and Xiao Hei reacted almost instantly, his body stiffening like a drawn bow, drawing his sword and blocking behind Fan Xiaoxiao.
Fan Xiaoxiao slowly turned around, and behind her stood Ren Le, who had just been in the carriage.
"Heh, greetings, Your Highness."
Fan Xiaoxiao waved her hand casually, showing no intention of actually bowing to her.
Ren Le didn't seem to care much about this. Behind her followed a small squad of elite soldiers.
"Princess! I'll capture them right away!"
Renle waved her hand, glanced at Sang Yuer who was struggling fiercely on the ground, and pointed at him with a half-smile: "How about giving this dog back to me?"
Fan Xiaoxiao shrugged, her face indifferent.
"This person is no longer useful to me, after all..."
She smiled and said, "I've already given what he had to someone more interested, right, Mr. Gu?"
"Ka"
The guard beside Renle smiled and placed his long sword steadily against Renle's neck.
"you!"
Ren Le's eyes widened, and he was about to speak.
But then she felt a sharp pain in her body. Looking down, she saw a blood-stained dagger piercing through her body from behind.
Why—it shouldn't be like this...
Renle slowly turned his head: "It's you..."
"Yu Dan!!!"
(End of this chapter)
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