On the road.
Inside the carriage.
"Qingcheng, the Empress and the Princess are being so unfair! Your song was clearly much better than that of the Crown Prince's concubine, yet they are so blatantly protecting you. Aren't they afraid of alienating everyone?"
Ye Qingcheng smiled and said, "This Crown Prince's concubine is the precious daughter of Prime Minister Ye. It's not surprising that they protect her."
I just didn't expect them to dare to protect her like this in front of so many powerful officials and noble ladies.
"Hmph, this is so unfair."
"It's nothing, just a small matter. If they didn't do this, where would the Crown Prince's face be?"
"But speaking of which, Qingcheng, your poem 'Ambush from Ten Sides' was truly breathtaking."
Listening to it made me feel as if I were on a thrilling battlefield.
Even the battle drums of our Wen family army probably don't have this kind of momentum.
Upon hearing this, Ye Qingcheng smiled and said, "Ning Xue is exaggerating. This is just a tune I played casually. How can it be compared to the war drums of the army?"
"Tch, do you call that just casual playing?" Princess Wenning rolled her eyes at Ye Qingcheng after hearing this, and said speechlessly.
Seeing this, Ye Qingcheng smiled slightly and said nothing more.
But just then...
Ye Qingcheng's expression suddenly changed.
"careful!"
call out…
As she finished speaking.
An arrow pierced through the air with incredible speed, leaving a sharp and piercing sound as it went straight into their carriage.
Just as the arrow was about to hit Ye Qingcheng, only a dozen centimeters away.
Ye Qingcheng was about to make a move.
But at this time...
Princess Wenning reacted quickly, raising her delicate hand to firmly grasp the arrow, preventing it from advancing even an inch further.
"Your Highness, Your Highness."
Qinglian and Ningxin also reacted at this moment, called out to Ye Qingcheng, and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Ye Qingcheng was alright. Then they looked at Princess Wenning.
"Thank you, Princess Wenning, for your timely intervention."
After hearing this, Princess Wenning nodded to them and then looked at Ye Qingcheng.
"Qingcheng, were you scared?"
Ye Qingcheng shook her head: "No." After saying that, she stared coldly out of the carriage.
At this time.
The coachman seemed oblivious to anything amiss, and the carriage continued to move.
After a moment of silence, the people in the carriage were quiet.
Seeing that everything was calm outside and there was nothing unusual, the carriage continued to move as usual.
The group looked at each other in confusion.
"What happened?"
Princess Wenning looked at Ye Qingcheng, her brows furrowed slightly, and asked in confusion.
Ye Qingcheng shook her head in confusion, then looked out of the carriage and asked.
"Driver, is anything unusual outside?"
"No, Your Highness," the coachman outside replied.
kindness?
The group was puzzled again after hearing this.
However, seeing that the carriage was moving smoothly as always, the group paid no more attention.
All eyes were fixed on the arrow.
"Qingcheng, judging from the shape of these arrows, they don't seem to be used by the military; they look like they belong to some martial arts sect."
Upon hearing this, Ye Qingcheng frowned slightly, took the arrow from Princess Wenning's hand, and examined it carefully.
Immediately afterwards.
She picked up the arrow, put her nose to the arrowhead, and sniffed it.
"What's wrong?" Princess Wenning asked upon seeing this.
"poisonous."
"What? Poisonous?"
"Okay!" Ye Qingcheng nodded.
After hearing this, the group exchanged glances.
"Your Highness, please let me take a look," Ningxin said.
After hearing this, Ye Qingcheng handed the arrow to her.
Ning Xin took the arrow and examined it carefully for a while, her brows furrowing slightly.
"It's the Netherworld Palace."
"The Netherworld Palace?"
Upon hearing this, both Ye Qingcheng and Princess Wen Ning frowned slightly and looked at Ning Xin.
Ning Xin nodded.
After looking at it for a while, Qinglian nodded: "That's right, it is indeed the Netherworld Palace."
Ye Qingcheng asked in confusion, "What kind of force is this Netherworld Palace?"
"This Youming Palace is also the second largest gang on the list of assassin organizations in the martial arts world. Its main strengths are disguise and poison."
"Disguise? Poisoning?"
"That's right."
“This… Qingcheng, that arrow was clearly aimed at you. Do you know who wants to kill you?”
They actually resorted to using the second-largest assassin organization in the martial arts world, and if the arrow is poisoned, then they intend to kill you with a single blow.
Ye Qingcheng frowned slightly and shook her head.
At this moment, all she could think of were the Crown Prince and the Third Prince.
However, given their personalities, it's impossible for them to simply fire a poisoned arrow and then do nothing more.
Ye Qingcheng frowned slightly as she pondered. After thinking for a while, she still couldn't figure it out, so she continued to think about it.
He held the sword and arrow and examined them carefully once more.
"Ning Xin, how powerful is this Netherworld Palace?"
"They are powerful and have many members, both men and women. It can be said that their strength is no less than that of Qingyun Hall, but they are good at acting alone."
"Good at acting alone?"
"That's right."
"Don't they look at the results of their actions?"
"What were the results of the operation?"
"Is this the target they're supposed to assassinate, dead or alive? Don't they even bother to check? Are they unsure?"
"No, it's said that when they're deployed, they never show themselves, and their attacks are designed to kill."
If the initial strike fails, they will continue tracking the target until it dies, at which point the mission is considered complete.
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