To protect themselves and their descendants, powerful and influential families went to great lengths to raise assassins.
While ability is important in selecting assassins, loyalty is the most crucial criterion.
Only absolute loyalty can ensure a servant's loyalty and protect its master.
In the novel, the emperor favors the crown prince, so the secret guards assigned to him are naturally the best, especially the crown prince's personal bodyguard, who is extremely skilled in combat and extremely loyal to the crown prince.
After the crown prince was deposed and imprisoned in a side hall, his personal bodyguards remained loyal and dutifully protected him, shielding him from both open and hidden attacks on numerous occasions.
The reason why the deposed crown prince died so easily was because the princes worked together beforehand, using the deposed crown prince as bait to set a trap and kill his personal bodyguard first.
The guard, eager to protect his master, fell into a trap. Before dying, he worried that his wounded corpse would frighten the deposed crown prince. He held on to his last breath and left the side hall, dying silently in a dark corner unknown to anyone.
In fact, the deposed crown prince was selfish and narrow-minded. Even if his secret guards died in front of him, he would not be moved in the slightest.
In his mind, the guards were merely his sword and shield, tools, not even human beings, so he naturally didn't care about their lives.
But for Ye Jingchen, as long as he doesn't reveal his identity as a transmigrator, his personal bodyguard is his greatest lifeline in this other world, his guardian angel, so he will never be as foolish as the original owner!
In the novel, the death of the personal bodyguard is a minor climax. The author used a lot of words to describe the conspiracy and battle, so Ye Jingchen still remembers the bodyguard's name.
Ironically, the Dark Guard was supposed to be someone who lived in the shadows and couldn't see the light of day, but the author gave him the name 'Dawn,' which signifies the arrival of light.
However, Ye Jingchen really liked the name.
Being a bodyguard is just an identity, a profession. There is no inherent hierarchy or distinction between professions; what is shady is only the hypocrisy and darkness of the human heart.
That person deserves the name 'Dawn'.
Ye Jingchen sat up in bed and called out that name with great care.
"Dawn".
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a man dressed in black and wearing a black mask appeared in front of his bed.
Ye Jingchen swore he didn't blink, but he just couldn't see how this person appeared out of thin air in front of him.
As soon as dawn appeared, she knelt on one knee in front of him without saying a word, in a posture of being ready to serve at any time.
"Get up," Ye Jingchen said, using a commanding tone as much as possible.
Given the original owner's temperament, it was impossible for him to have a good attitude towards Chenxi, so he couldn't be amiable towards Chenxi from the beginning, as that would only arouse her suspicion.
Although the body was young and the voice was tender, it was used to giving orders and still had a certain air of authority.
Chenxi got up as instructed, but just stood there with her head down, still not speaking or making eye contact with Ye Jingchen.
He stood very straight, but his figure was somewhat thin. Although his face was covered by a dark, cold mask, he still looked like a young man.
The Daeyu royal family indeed only selected young people to be the personal bodyguards for their princes. They were only three or four years older than the princes. Their intention was that people of the same age would have common topics, making it easier to develop feelings for each other and to control the princes.
After all, a personal bodyguard is not the same as an ordinary bodyguard. They are responsible for protecting their master closely, which is of utmost importance. Even if they are equally loyal, the difference between those who are devoted and those who are not is huge.
Unfortunately, the original owner felt that the identity of the secret guards was lowly and looked down on Chenxi from the bottom of her heart, so naturally she would not treat him well.
"After I fell into the water, you saved me?" Ye Jingchen asked.
After warning the palace servants in the garden, he asked who had rescued him and offered a reward, but no one stepped forward to claim it. The situation was too chaotic, and they didn't even know who had rescued His Highness the Crown Prince.
This question earned him the names of several palace servants, and at the same time, he had a guess in his mind.
Perhaps, it was his bodyguards who saved him.
After all, if they were palace servants, they would have to step forward to receive the reward.
Even if it was chaotic at the time, if a palace servant had saved the original owner, since they were all on duty in the East Palace and knew each other, someone would have noticed. Only the secret guards, because they could not show themselves in front of others, would not have remembered even if someone noticed the secret guard saving someone.
Among these secret guards, the one most likely to save the original owner is Chenxi, since Chenxi was by the original owner's side at the time.
"yes."
As expected, Chenxi admitted it.
But are all the bodyguards so quiet?
"Do you know your crime?" Ye Jingchen asked deliberately with a stern face and a low voice.
This question clearly surprised Chenxi. He quickly glanced at Ye Jingchen, then lowered his head again and said in a deep voice, "This subordinate knows his mistake."
They really know how to be economical with words!
"Then do you know where you went wrong?" Ye Jingchen teased him deliberately.
The dawn was silent.
After a moment, just as Ye Jingchen was about to criticize Chenxi for not rescuing him in time, Chenxi spoke first, and finally, she didn't just utter a few words at a time.
"I failed to save you before you fell into the water. It was my dereliction of duty. Please punish me!" he said, and then knelt down again.
With his sharp eyesight, how could he not see that his master wanted to harm the Third Prince? Who would have thought that his master would fail in his attempt to harm others and instead fall into the water himself? He was too shocked to save his master before he fell into the water.
Ye Jingchen originally wanted to blame Chen Xi for not rescuing him the moment he fell into the water, causing him to choke on water and faint. He didn't expect that she would be so conscientious and take the blame for his fall into the water.
Ye Jingchen had originally intended to use this opportunity to make a scene and extract useful information through tact and obfuscation, so how could he let such a good chance pass? He raised his chin and said arrogantly, "It's good that you realize your mistake! Considering that you saved me in time, and that I only choked on water and barely passed out, I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself. You need to thoroughly investigate the backgrounds of all the servants who followed me yesterday—no, you need to thoroughly investigate the backgrounds of all the servants in the Eastern Palace, compile a list, and bring it to me. I suspect that someone is trying to harm me!"
Ye Jingchen spoke with righteous indignation, while Chenxi, who knew the truth about the original owner falling into the water—
Chenxi didn't react at all, only replying with a "Yes".
"Don't think I'm making a mountain out of a molehill. Don't you think there were too many coincidences yesterday? My third brother is so young. The Imperial Concubine has always protected him like the apple of her eye. How could she let him stay alone in such a dangerous place by the water?"
"I fell into the water because the road was slippery. It didn't rain yesterday, so why did I slip?"
"Yesterday I was just taking a casual stroll, but why did I happen to end up by the water, and why was my third brother alone by the water? These are all suspicious points, which is why I have asked you to investigate all the servants in the Eastern Palace!"
Ye Jingchen originally just wanted to find some plausible reasons to make his unreasonable demands seem less abrupt, but as he talked, he almost believed that the original owner's falling into the water was a conspiracy.
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