"Yes, they wanted to assassinate His Highness, but little did they know that His Highness had already planned to catch them like turtles in a jar."
"Your Highness is wise! It was definitely the right thing to do to have us stay in the General's Mansion these past few days!"
"..."
However, the next second, the courtyard gate was kicked open.
A heavily wounded, blood-covered guard from the Ling family collapsed on the threshold, pointing in the direction of the Ling residence, and with his last strength shouted, "Your Highness, save the Madam..."
Something happened at the Ling family residence?!
Everyone's smiles froze.
Qin Yue Zhao was stunned for a long time before she reacted.
"What are you all standing there for? Come with me to the Ling residence to rescue them!"
Upon hearing this, all of Huo's soldiers followed Qin Yue Zhao toward the Ling residence.
However, before they even reached the Ling residence, they smelled a strong stench of blood.
At the entrance of the Ling residence, a large number of onlookers, eager for a good show, had already gathered.
As they trembled, they watched the bodies, covered in white sheets but still seeping blood, being carried out of the Ling family home, pointing and whispering amongst themselves.
Several members of Huo's army carried out a corpse.
The white cloth was blown off by the cold wind, revealing Madam Zou's pale face and her neck, which looked as if the bones had been severed by a sharp blade.
The stark contrast between the blood and the white fabric caused Zou's eyes to widen as she clutched her stomach tightly with both hands.
But her stomach had already been slashed open with a sharp blade, and the baby inside had vanished. Her organs and intestines hung limply at her sides, and when she was carried out of the mansion, blood splattered all over the ground.
The people were horrified by the horrific scene and gasped in horror.
Qin Yue Zhao quickly stepped forward, trembling as she closed Zou Shi's eyes and wiped the blood from her face.
No matter how she wiped it, the blood seemed to seep out from her body, and the more she wiped, the more it appeared.
Chen Wan'er stepped forward with red eyes and a trembling voice.
"Your Highness, things have come to this, please don't be too sad."
Qin Yue Zhao recalled the scene when she first met Zou Shi, the scene when she agreed to take Zou Shi's child as her godson, and the scene when Zou Shi led all the women in the city to work. She clenched her fists silently.
"Where is Ling Tianen? Where are the children?"
As soon as the words were spoken, a heart-wrenching wail echoed from inside the mansion:
"Oh dear, young master, young lady, how come you're all dead? How come you're all dead?"
The one wailing was the groom from the Ling family.
Because of his age and hearing impairment, he did not hear the sounds from the front yard while sleeping in the stable.
By the time he realized what was happening, the entire Ling family had been killed.
Madam Ling was disemboweled, and her two children had their throats slit with a long sword.
The ground was stained red with blood, everywhere was blood, all red, which terrified him so much that he almost went crazy.
Looking at the small, thin corpse on the ground, Qin Yue Zhao felt a tremor run through her body, and a rush of blood surged to her head.
Her eyes were bloodshot as she roared at the night: "Beasts, you bunch of beasts!"
"If you're so capable, come at me! Why are you harming innocent children? They're only six years old!"
However, her voice was swallowed up by the biting cold wind and darkness before it could travel far.
Chen Wan'er had never seen His Highness so sad. She wanted to go forward, but Zheng Hu grabbed her arm.
Zheng Hu, his face deathly pale, pointed towards Ling Tianen's guest room, his voice trembling:
"Miss Wan'er, something terrible has happened! General Yue's family members and General Qi's wife, who were in the Ling family's guest room, have all been killed!"
Chen Wan'er froze.
"What did you say?"
You should know that these people were all arranged by Qin Yuezhao to stay at the Ling family's residence, and they were all killed in less than two days.
If General Yue and General Qi found out, what would they think?
They must have thought that His Highness had deliberately brought their family members into the city to be killed.
Almost simultaneously, the city's garrison galloped away, shouting towards Qin Yue Zhao: "Your Highness, Huangfu Shaohua has entered the city with General Yue and General Qi!"
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