Chapter 355 Nighttime Infiltration of the Princess's Residence, Murder for Revenge!
Li Qingluo raised her finger to signal them to be quiet and handed them a note that she had just written.
The note read: I'm not comfortable speaking tonight, so please act according to my gestures.
Although the three found the girl's behavior strange, they didn't suspect anything.
In the blink of an eye, the four of them slipped into the darkness and vanished without a trace.
After they all left, Madam Pei slowly emerged from behind a large tree with Granny Zhang.
Granny Zhang: "Madam, this... young lady must have something important to take care of, and she didn't want you to worry, that's why..."
Madam Pei sighed deeply: "I'm getting old after all..."
"How can I help her?"
“Old Zhang, I know she didn’t want to be a burden to me as her grandmother, and she didn’t want me to worry, so she did it secretly without telling me.”
Granny Zhang: "It's good that you can think positively."
Madam Pei: "Even if I don't want to open it, will I suffocate myself?"
"Wasn't Prince Su's behavior today also telling me that he would protect Luo'er?"
"I think I've figured it out now. Luo'er is completely under his control, and she'll probably never be able to escape his grasp."
Granny Zhang: "Ah? Then what about our young lady's family background now..."
Madam Pei narrowed her eyes: "Even if I have to fight, I will fight for Luo'er to get the position of princess again!"
"Bang bang—"
"Bang bang—"
"The weather is dry, be careful with fire!"
After the night watchman and the patrol battalion had left the main street, four dark figures flashed by in the darkness.
Then, they secretly sneaked into the princess's residence.
Sha had already thoroughly explored every corner of the princess's residence, so he led Li Qingluo directly to their destination—Princess Qinyu's bedroom.
The twenty-seven members of the Night Slayer Sect were all highly trained assassins from a young age.
Wherever they could think of in Jinling City, there was no place they couldn't go.
Moreover, it can easily take someone's head without making a sound.
However, Princess Qinyu's residence is quite unusual, so we must be careful in every aspect.
In just a short while, two patrolling guards had already passed by them not far in front of them.
There are also those who can kill with a single finger, and at least eight guards take turns guarding the area around this bedchamber.
Princess Qinyu's residence could be considered impregnable.
Sha Yi then pointed to several locations, indicating that there were people watching and guarding each place.
No wonder, even standing in the dark, Li Qinglu could feel that there were eyes everywhere in the princess's mansion.
Just like the Spring Banquet Pavilion, Princess Qinyu had placed her residence under even tighter surveillance.
Doesn't she feel creeped out by being watched by so many eyes all the time?
She was a strange woman with exceptionally unique thoughts.
It always seems like they don't belong in this world.
However, even the best eyes will eventually doze off and blink.
Otherwise, the four of them wouldn't have been able to sneak into the princess's residence tonight.
Li Qinglu made a hand gesture, and Sha Qi seized the opportunity to jump into the bushes nearby.
Soon, a thick plume of smoke rose from the bushes.
Sha Si was hung under the eaves.
Sha Yi, carrying Li Qingluo, turned and disappeared into the shadows.
"Why is there smoke over there? Go check it out!"
As the flames appeared, someone shouted, "Fire!!"
"Quickly! Thick smoke is coming from behind Her Highness the Princess's bedroom! Everyone, hurry and put out the fire!"
"How could it have caught fire?"
"Perhaps the wind blew the lanterns off the tree."
No one suspected that an uninvited guest had arrived at the princess's residence today.
Qin Yu, who was inside the room, was choked by the smoke that drifted in.
"What happened?"
"Cough, cough..."
Every time she coughed, the largest wound on her body was immediately pulled and torn apart with pain.
Her face turned pale.
"Go! Quickly find out what's going on."
Although it was impossible for any villains to sneak into her princess's residence under such tight security, something had already happened in the palace tonight, and nothing is absolute anymore.
It must be said that Princess Qinyu's caution was indeed beyond that of ordinary people.
But she still miscalculated one thing.
Li Qingluo's purpose in coming to the princess's residence tonight was not her at all.
Killing Qinyu wouldn't be difficult, but for the four of them to kill Qinyu and then escape from the princess's residence wouldn't be so easy.
Li Qingluo's purpose today is to make Princess Qinyu taste the same excruciating pain she just suffered.
At this moment, Li Qingluo and Sha Yi had already left the vicinity of Princess Qinyu's bedroom.
Strangely, fires were still frequently set off around his sleeping quarters.
When the third fire was lit, Princess Qinyu had already struggled to her feet and realized that something was wrong.
"A bunch of idiots! This isn't some kind of accident; someone's deliberately starting a fire!"
"There must be something unusual about the area around my bedchamber. Not a single guard noticed!"
"The people I keep in this manor are all damn good-for-nothings!"
No sooner had they begun speaking than someone outside shouted again, "Fire! Fire here again!"
"W-Why is this so strange? Didn't we just put out the fire?"
"No one has gone there at all."
"Could it be... a will-o'-the-wisp?"
People outside were starting to get suspicious, and half of the princess's servants had gathered nearby.
But despite the darting figures, they managed to catch none of the individuals behaving abnormally.
Qin Yu trembled with anger: "Go, tell everyone in the surveillance team to be on high alert, and to capture the person at the slightest sign of trouble!"
"If they continue to serve me as mere decorations, I will gouge their eyes out tomorrow!"
"yes!"
Qinyu had only one maidservant with her tonight, and this maidservant was also the only maidservant from Chunyanlou who only suffered minor injuries this time.
So these past few days she has been staying by Qinyu's side.
Even she was a little nervous at this moment.
He even advised Princess Qinyu, "Princess, why don't we leave the palace quickly?"
"I have a feeling that this place has been targeted."
Qin Yu grabbed the teacup beside her and threw it at him in exasperation: "Have you lost your brain? No matter what kind of demon or monster it is, he just wants to lure me out with this smoke tonight... cough, cough cough..."
"You can't even see this? What use are you to me?"
This wasn't just smoke seeping in; it was genuinely choking her so badly it was unbearable.
But the purpose of these tricks outside is most likely to lure her out of her bedchamber.
After all, her bedroom was the place where she designed the most traps and mechanisms.
If any intruders come, they will not even be able to enter through this gate; they will be riddled with bullets.
"Continue to triple the manpower for investigation and patrols, and be sure to catch the culprits!"
Maid: "Yes, Your Highness."
"Also, tell Young Master Zongzheng and Miss Ku to be careful. Don't leave their rooms easily."
There was a lot of noise and commotion in the princess's bedroom.
Almost all the guards in the mansion have been lured away.
At this very moment, in the courtyard where the eight maids reside.
The once bustling courtyard is now desolate and lonely.
Apart from one room where a faint light was still on, there was no one else in sight.
"Bang!"
A loud bang.
The two maids who were lying in the room recovering from their injuries looked up in astonishment upon hearing the sound.
Li Qingluo raised her hand and threw a pebble, extinguishing the candle flame with a flicker.
She drew her soft sword from her waist and thrust it out.
Soon, the two maids in the room were lying on the bed, with blood all over the floor.
Li Qingluo made a few gestures, and Sha Yixin understood immediately. He used the bed curtains to hang the maid's body from the roof beam.
After clearing the courtyard of people, Li Qingluo and Sha Yi quietly sneaked into the guardhouse.
The group of guards who had just finished their shift were called back to bed before they could even lie down.
"Quickly! There are unidentified assassins in the manor who intend to force Her Highness the Princess out of her palace."
"But this thief is cunning and has not been found yet."
"Everyone stay up tonight! Get your spirits up and protect the princess with your lives!"
"We swear to protect the princess with our lives!"
Just as the last group of guards donned their armor, picked up their swords, and prepared to charge out, Li Qingluo and Sha Yi appeared silently behind them like two shadows.
He slit one of their throats.
Li Qingluo also nimbly raised the sharp short knife in her hand.
By the time the guards realized what was happening, the two were already in a bloodthirsty frenzy.
Soon, the ground was littered with corpses.
However, Li Qingluo left one alive, then tied a dog leash around its neck and left it hanging halfway under a tree in the yard.
If he dares to run, he will only be strangled to death.
After they finished what they were doing, they quickly left the blood-soaked courtyard.
After the others discovered the anomaly, the entire princess's residence was thrown into complete chaos.
Someone actually massacred the guards at the princess's residence!
Not only did they kill more than a dozen guards, but they also left one alive, hanging him from a tree like a dog. They were extremely arrogant!
In an instant, the entire princess's residence erupted in indignation.
Some were filled with panic and fear, while others were enraged to the point of madness.
But to their dismay, they couldn't find even a trace of a ghost.
It's as if... it really was made by a ghost.
Princess Qinyu was still confused after hearing the news: "What exactly is he going to do?"
Maid: "Your Highness, is our Princess's residence really haunted?"
Qin Yu gave a cold laugh: "What the hell?"
"In my opinion, there are some damned people playing tricks!"
"Go, summon Zongzheng Wuheng and Ku Lianqiao to me!"
She couldn't get up; her body was covered with medicine that Zulia had carefully prepared for her.
If you get up and wander around aimlessly, all your efforts will be in vain.
Therefore, Qinyu could only pin her hopes on these two people tonight to help her guard the princess's residence and catch the person behind the charlatan!
The maid had just left when another maid came running in a panic.
"Your Highness, the maids...they were also killed in the room."
"Furthermore, the bodies were all hung from the rafters!"
Princess Qinyu felt a 'boom' in her mind.
It was hanging from the roof beam.
They were chained up in the yard like dogs.
Why are both of these scenarios happening tonight?
A face flashed through her mind in a very fast instant. Could it be... her?
Li Qingluo, her revenge?
No, how could that be?
How could a delicate woman from ancient times possibly achieve this?
Furthermore, if she really wanted revenge, shouldn't she have come after me?
How could anyone risk their life to avenge two servants?
The proud and arrogant Princess Qinyu quickly rejected the idea.
"etc!"
Just in case, Qinyu told her maid to quickly call back the maid who had just gone out.
However, it was all too late.
The maid's body was found hanged under the eaves behind the princess's bedroom.
Qin Yu struggled to get up, and without caring about anything else, she rushed to the window and pushed it open.
The maid's body swayed precariously in front of the window, like a broken doll.
He had already stopped breathing.
She, her eight maids whom she had carefully trained for many years... just like that... all gone?
Qin Yu was instantly overcome with anger and felt a metallic taste in her throat. With a "pfft," she coughed up a mouthful of blood from her anger.
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