"Still alive?" He Jinran asked casually, but Nineteen nodded seriously. "Yes."
Sigh, could it be any more wooden?
He Jinran ignored Nineteen, because... if he didn't put out the fire, the entire palace would be burned to ashes.
He gave a cold look to the rocket pilots beside him.
"What are you all standing there for? Put out the fire!"
At first, those people seemed not to hear, and turned to run away.
Looking back, there was no escape.
Because Nineteen had already appeared behind them like a ghost.
Moreover, a sudden movement,
Then, a rocket pilot was seen having his head severed by Nineteen.
When assassins strike, they always aim for the vital points and kill the target with a single blow.
Those people still wanted to escape.
However, the entire palace was already in complete chaos.
It's clear that the strength of both sides...
The soldiers of Dongjin have a slight advantage.
Even so, they still thought about escaping.
However, Qiu Xu never gave them another chance.
He wielded a sharp blade, spun in mid-air, and the longsword in his hand swiftly sliced through their throats.
He Jinran's face lit up with joy when he saw that it was Qiu Xu.
"Uncle, come quick, put out the fire!"
He cried out urgently,
He has already taken matters into his own hands, leading Xuanming, Xuanying, Mubai, Muxiao, and Nineteen to put out the fire.
He Jinran thought, let the Eastern Palace be destroyed if it is destroyed, but let's not let it affect the entire palace.
Soon, Qiu Xu joined them...
Fortunately, apart from the Crown Prince of Qin, no one else came to the Eastern Palace.
At this very moment, the Prince of Qin and his men are engaged in a life-or-death struggle with the soldiers of Dongjin.
"Xiao Ran, why didn't you invite me when you came to the palace?" Qiu Xu wasn't unaware of the palace coup at this moment.
However, His Majesty, seeing that his martial arts skills were decent, ordered him to protect He Jinran at all times.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ran disappeared in the blink of an eye.
And so, he searched all the way to the palace.
Finding the palace gates tightly shut but hearing clanging and banging coming from inside, he knew something was wrong, so he simply scaled the wall and entered the palace.
Qiu Xu had run here after being blocked and killed all the way.
"I was just thinking of minimizing the danger for my uncle," He Jinran grinned. He truly meant it.
But Qiu Xu's face darkened.
"Have you ever considered that if something happens to you, His Majesty will hold me accountable first!" After all, His Majesty trusts him so much.
But he still managed to sneak into the palace through He Jinran.
"Uh... I won't do it again next time."
Qiu Xu: "You want a next time? Next time, you must call me!"
"Okay, I'll listen to my uncle." He Jinran smiled sheepishly.
During the firefighting, he watched Nineteen's clumsy water-splashing movements and thought to himself, "This person seems to know nothing but killing."
"Is your injury any better?" he asked Nineteen.
"Much better." Nineteen was flattered and spoke somewhat slowly.
"Don't misunderstand, Your Highness is just thinking that the efforts my mother and I made that day shouldn't have been in vain." Even in this situation, He Jinran still had a faint smile on his face.
It seemed that nothing could affect his mood.
Nineteen lowered his head slightly. "Your subordinate understands."
His face, blackened by smoke, completely obscured his original handsome features.
"Does your body still hurt?" He Jinran asked again.
"No...it doesn't hurt." Nineteen said in a measured tone before asking:
"Your Highness, what happened?" Why did this sudden turn of events occur out of nowhere?
"You don't know?" He Jinran truly couldn't find the words to describe Nineteen.
"Didn't you try to kill me before? Don't you know that? The Prince of Qin came to take my life back then."
He spoke casually, as if he were talking about someone else, completely at ease.
Nineteen's expression changed; remembering what he had done before, he was about to kneel again.
But He Jinran called out...
"Stand still!"
He straightened his body.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I truly knew nothing about this." Nineteen felt that His Highness had not let go of his prejudice against him.
"I know." He Jinran certainly knew that Nineteen had been nothing more than a complete puppet from beginning to end.
He was utterly guileless, and his actions were nothing more than those of a murder weapon.
He Jinran: "Nineteen, I know your old injuries haven't healed, and you inhaled dust because of the fire in your bedchamber. Go, I don't need you anymore."
Nineteen had just unknowingly saved his life again.
So He Jinran was also thinking of him.
If this continues, he won't be able to hold on for much longer.
Furthermore, He Jinran never truly intended to accept Nineteen.
He knew why his father had devised this plan, and the reason he had risked his life to come here was to see who was behind this rebellion.
When he realized that it was the Crown Prince of Qin, he was not too surprised, but rather relieved.
I'm afraid it's not the Qin family, but someone even more powerful has arrived.
What he didn't know was that the truly important person he had predicted was actually right...
Upon hearing this, the nineteenth boy knelt down with a thud.
He had nowhere to go and didn't know what he could do after he left.
"Your Highness said... If that's the case, then why did Your Highness return?" Your Highness could have simply sat quietly in the pavilion of the General's Mansion and listened to everything that was happening in the palace.
"If I hadn't come, you would be dead." He Jinran sneered.
"Get out of here quickly! This prince is not so low as to let a mere assassin pay for my life!"
His words moved Nineteen deeply, and she almost burst into tears.
In fact, He Jinran was just saying it.
"Your Highness, I am willing to give my life for you!" Nineteen knelt on the ground, his face showing a resolute determination. "Please, Your Highness, leave quickly!"
"Fool." He Jinran sneered. "Can't you see that I've been using you all along?"
This assassin's mind is so simple and adorable; even when manipulated, he still thinks of serving his lord with utmost loyalty.
"Why didn't you escape when the palace was on fire?" He Jinran was completely puzzled.
But unexpectedly, what I heard was a sentence,
"His Highness said that I must not step out of my bedchamber!"
He Jinran: "..." Is there really such a stupid subordinate in the world?
Yes, there was one kneeling before him.
Two quarters of an hour later, the fire in the Eastern Palace was extinguished.
Thank goodness, no other palaces were affected.
He Jinran rushed out of the East Palace immediately.
But at this moment, inside the palace, the fierce battle from before was nowhere to be seen.
Yes, there was only the silent palace, thick with the stench of blood.
And on the ground, there were the corpses lying there.
There are enemies, and there are also our own people.
Although they underestimated their enemies, there were still many of them.
The warriors of Dongjin have never been cowards.
However, I didn't expect that many of our own people would also suffer losses.
Without saying a word, He Jinran rushed straight to the dragon boat outside the palace.
Qiu Xu was the same, with several people following closely behind.
Led by He Jinran and Qiu Xu, each with a horse, they galloped across the road.
Only Nineteen, who had been abandoned by He Jinran, followed on foot.
They were all eager to know whether the river surface was as calm as usual.
The river surface continues...
"Your Highness, I'll be right back." Qiu Yan, bored, nodded and smiled at Mayi, preparing to leave for a moment to get some fresh air.
But she hadn't left yet.
In an instant, the sound of horses' hooves thundered, and dust billowed everywhere.
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