"How did you get hurt? I don't have any medicine with me, what should I do?"

"It's okay, the wound is not deep." Xiahou Chongyuan withdrew his hand and covered the wound with his sleeve.

Song Qingxue did not insist on continuing to check his wound, but withdrew her hand, sat beside him and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Chen Jing told me that Xiahou Chun will take action today."

"Chen Jing?" Song Qingxue scratched his head. "How does he know what Xiahou Chun is doing?"

She didn't understand. Didn't Chen Jing live in the palace all the time? How did he know Xiahou Chun's actions?

Xiahou Chongyuan said: "Not long after you returned to the General's Mansion, I asked Chen Jing to go to the Prince's Mansion."

"What? I haven't heard you say that."

"I was too busy at that time and didn't have the chance to talk to you about this."

"understand."

At that time, the incident of Mo Weixin's fake death was a big deal. Xiahou Chongyuan was either busy dealing with Marquis Anding or investigating whether Mo Weixin was dead or not. He really had no time to talk to her about this.

"But why did Xiahou Jun want to kill me?" Song Qingxue was a little confused.

She really couldn't think of any reason why Xiahou Chun would kill her.

However, if the instigator was Zhao Wanqiu, the purpose would be very clear.

I guess Xiahou Chun must have taken action, and Zhao Wanqiu hated her in her heart, so she took advantage of this action and sent a small group of assassins to kill her?

But at this time, attacking her just to satisfy his own personal vendetta would be too willful!

Song Qingxue's guess was correct. Killing her might just be Zhao Wanqiu's selfish desire, but Xiahou Jun's action this time was not just to satisfy her selfish desire.

After a moment of silence, Xiahou Chongyuan said, "Meng He secretly led people who infiltrated our Dongyue land. They should have arrived at the imperial city."

Song Qingxue paused, "What do you mean?"

When Xiahou Chongyuan heard her question, he also lowered his eyelids.

"It was all my negligence."

"Um?"

"I was so busy watching Xiahou Chun some time ago that I didn't notice that the number of people coming and going in the border city gates was dozens of times more than usual."

"That……"

Song Qingxue paused, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Only then did she fully understand that the world was in complete chaos.

All the plots have gone off the original track, and she can no longer look at what is happening in the world from an outsider's perspective.

"It's okay. It's good to be an insider."

Xiahou Chongyuan suddenly said this, which made Song Qingxue stunned.

"you……"

As soon as she opened her mouth, footsteps were heard outside the cave.

"Look for them! If you can't find them, you can go back and die!"

Song Qingxue quickly covered her mouth.

She caught a glimpse of the fire beside her and subconsciously moved her body to try to block the flames.

"It's okay, they can't see it." Xiahou Chongyuan said in a low voice.

Song Qingxue breathed a sigh of relief, but when she heard the footsteps outside, she was still very nervous.

She looked at the flickering firelight and then up again.

"Xiahou Chongyuan, what should we do now? We can't hide here forever."

There is no water or food here. If these people keep hanging around outside, they will either be killed or starve to death here!

"Lin Shu should be bringing people here soon." Seeing her anxious face, Xiahou Chongyuan spoke to comfort her.

Apparently, his words worked.

After hearing this, Song Qingxue's expression suddenly eased a lot, and new hope ignited in her heart.

…

As expected, less than half an hour later, the sound of fighting was heard outside.

But not long after, the sound disappeared.

Instead, there was the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer.

"My Lord?"

Lin Shu stood at the entrance of the cave covered with weeds, staring at the unclear mark on it. After hesitating for a moment, he dug away the weeds.

"Lin Shu!" Song Qingxue exclaimed in surprise when the thick weeds were lifted up.

She didn't actually see his figure and appearance clearly, but the word "Master" he called out just now made her confirm his identity.

When Lin Shu heard her voice, he walked in with his head bowed, and then knelt down in front of Xiahou Chongyuan and Duan Duan.

"My lord, I am late. Please forgive me."

"Get up." Xiahou Chongyuan had no intention of blaming him. He just stood up slowly and said, "Is there anyone alive?"

"Reporting to the Lord, no."

What the secret guards practiced was the skill of taking someone's life with one blow of the sword.

And those killers have even trained themselves to have the courage to commit suicide.

Even if some of them were not killed by them, if they had no way to retreat, they would immediately commit suicide by taking poison, leaving no chance for anyone to survive.

Of course, such a result was also within Xiahou Chongyuan's expectations, so he had no intention of punishing these secret guards.

He walked up to Song Qingxue, stretched out his hand to pull her up, and said, "Let's go back first."

Today, both he and Song Qingxue encountered assassins. I'm afraid the situation with Xiahou Le is not optimistic. I don't know how he is doing. It's better to go back early to check the situation.

"yes!"

Lin Shu responded and moved aside.

As soon as I walked out, I saw corpses all over the ground. Bright red blood was spilled on the yellow-brown mud. The air was full of the bloody smell that made people want to vomit.

Song Qingxue raised her hand to cover her nose, frowned, and followed Xiahou Chongyuan over the corpse and left.

But when he was about to reach the tent at the hunting ground, Xiahou Chongyuan stopped.

Seeing that he didn't leave, Song Qingxue asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiahou Chongyuan did not answer immediately, and then he saw a secret guard appear in front of them.

"My lord." After the secret guard stood still, he immediately knelt down.

"speak."

"Reporting to the master, the emperor has been rescued, and arrangements have been made for you and the emperor's substitute to be mixed in with those corpses."

"Um."

Xiahou Chongyuan waved his hand, signaling him to leave.

After the secret guards disappeared, he said to Song Qingxue: "Qingxue, remember, the emperor and I are both dead now."

"Are you planning to lure someone into a trap?"

"Um."

"I understand." Song Qingxue nodded and said, "After that, if there is anything, how can I find you?"

"I'll let Lin Shu stay with you."

"good."

Song Qingxue responded, raised her hand to scratch her hair, then rolled on the ground, making herself extremely embarrassed.

"Then I'll go back. You and the emperor should be careful."

After she finished speaking, without even waiting for Xiahou Chongyuan to respond, she took a deep breath and ran towards the tent.

Xiahou Chongyuan watched her run into the tent before turning and leaving.

…

Because a group of assassins suddenly appeared to assassinate Xiahou Le, the hunting had been ended long ago, and all the ministers who went hunting were called back.

The military generals who came today all went to look for Xiahou Le together with the imperial guards. At this time, there were only civil officials and a group of female relatives in the tent.

Song Qingxue suddenly rushed in, scaring everyone.

"Help! Someone is trying to kill me!!"

Song Qingxue opened her eyes wide and her tone was extremely panicked. She really looked like someone who had just escaped from the clutches of death.

After seeing her appearance clearly, several palace maids who remained in the tent hurried forward to support her.

"Girl, please sit down first."

Song Qingxue was helped to sit down by the palace maid, and immediately her body collapsed, looking completely frightened.

"Miss Song, you said someone wants to kill you?"

Everyone knew that there was an assassin in the hunting ground today, so when she said that, everyone believed it immediately.

"Yes! So many people... so many people!"

Song Qingxue was breathing heavily and gesturing with her hands as she spoke, but her voice and body couldn't stop shaking.

Seeing her like this, everyone was worried and scared, but they didn't dare to say they wanted to go back first.

Now the whereabouts of the Emperor and the Regent are unknown, and Prince He has just sent people out to look for them. But at this moment, no one dares to act rashly without Prince He's order.

However, Xiahou Chun couldn't help but frown when he saw her like this.