Xiao Linting was always worried about Jiang Qingqing walking around the Princess's Mansion with only the senior palace maid. Even though he asked Yingzhu to protect her, he was still worried.

While chatting with his colleagues, he walked in the direction where Jiang Qingqing left.

Those colleagues saw that Prince Xiao was uneasy, so they tactfully stopped chatting with him and quickly exchanged a few words to get the topic over with.

Just as their colleagues dispersed, Wanqing's exclamation was suddenly heard from the path near Xiao Linting.

He has very good hearing and is a martial artist, so his reactions are much sharper than anyone else present.

He frowned, turned around abruptly, and ran over, leaving his colleagues staring blankly at Prince Xiao who had suddenly run away, confused.

Fortunately, his legs were long enough to allow him to walk more freely, because he was extremely nervous and was still holding the wine glass in his hand, which he had forgotten to let go of during the social event.

He ran to the cobblestone path and saw Jiang Qingqing squatting on the ground, picking up the pebbles and throwing them forward, muttering to herself.

"How dare you sneak attack me, the princess! I think you are tired of living and can't think straight! Wow——"

Although the man in black held a dagger in his hand, he was unable to dodge the pebbles as they attacked him frequently.

Wan Qing was panicked at first and wanted to run to the little princess to protect her, but when she ran to the little prince, she found that the other person obviously had no martial ethics.

She simply stood beside the little princess with an indifferent expression, staring at the clumsy way the man in black in front of her was dodging stones.

"Your Highness, he has a mole at the end of his eye."

"Your Highness, his head is bleeding, he must be injured! This is a characteristic."

"Your Highness, I have brought you a lot of pebbles. Please continue to smash them."

Wan Qing excitedly memorized the characteristics of the suspect for Jiang Qingqing from the very beginning. But since the man neither ran away nor dodged, was there any need to remember?

When the guards arrive, won’t this be a matter of capturing him?

When Xiao Linting saw the sharp weapon in the black man's hand, he tossed the wine glass in his hand. After tossing it up and down for a cycle, he grasped the wine glass at the speed of light, gathered his strength and smashed it towards the black man's neck.

The wine glass hit over with great force, and it happened to hit the acupuncture point where the other person fainted, probably as Xiao Linting had determined.

Then I heard a dagger fall to the ground with a crisp sound, "click".

Jiang Qingqing was about to throw another pebble when she braked in time. She turned her head and saw a slender figure standing in front of the hanging flower gate, with a light wisp of long hair hanging from her temples.

The messy bun makes him look uniquely handsome.

She stared at the emperor's uncle who was usually dressed perfectly. It was the first time she saw him so messy. The different visual beauty made Jiang Qingqing's little heart beat wildly.

What a handsome little boy!

When Wan Qing saw Prince Xiao coming to rescue her, she let out a breath slowly, then held up her skirt and quickly walked to the platform of the main venue to seek help from the eldest princess.

On this side, Jiang Qingqing stared blankly at Xiao Linting walking straight towards her.

She swung the pebble so quickly that her sleeves flipped up, revealing her fair and smooth arms.

The little fellow raised his head and looked at him with a rare dull look in his eyes.

The worry in Xiao Linting's eyes faded a lot the moment he saw her. He did not complain about why Jiang Qingqing didn't bring more people to change clothes as usual. Instead, he squatted down silently and looked at her at eye level.

Then, he lowered his long eyelashes, and his thick eyelashes concealed the fear and relief in Xiao Linting's eyes.

The hands with distinct bony fingers gently held her plump little hands, and the plain handkerchief taken out from his chest was wiping the dirt that her fingertips had picked up bit by bit.

"Uncle, are you angry?"

Jiang Qingqing had never seen an uncle who didn't say a word to her, and she began to feel a subtle worry in her heart.

Xiao Linting kept his eyes down and knelt on one knee to wipe her hands until her hands became white. Then he turned his gaze back to Jiang Qingqing, looking her up and down to make sure there were no other scars.

He slowly raised his hand and tidied Jiang Qingqing's messy sleeves.

"I am sorry that I came late and frightened Your Highness."

[Ah? Why did you suddenly give me a set of knight's quotes? I'm safe. You didn't see me swinging the pebble just now. It was so cool. Wow, I have to show off to Jiang Chen some time. I have to let him practice archery more some other day. There are so many benefits! ! ]

Jiang Qingqing opened her round eyes with a seemingly ignorant look, and at this moment she began to mutter in her mind almost excitedly.

Xiao Linting's mind was filled with the little guy's sweet voice, which was quite noisy. It finally dispelled the fear that Xiao Linting had just felt when he saw the man in black holding a dagger.

He was never afraid when he faced millions of enemy troops on the battlefield, nor was he afraid when he watched his former brothers fall one by one in the bloody battles.

"Uncle, let's take a look at this... who sent this bad guy? He dared to assassinate me in the Princess's mansion. This is too much!"

Jiang Qingqing and the emperor's uncle looked into each other's eyes again, and they found that the once calm young boy now seemed to have thousands of black waves surging in his calm black pupils.

She didn't know why the emperor's uncle reacted so strongly. She used all her strength to hold the emperor's uncle's hand, stood up and pulled him towards the man in black.

Coincidentally, at this moment, Wan Qing informed the eldest princess, who hurried over and brought a wave of people with her.

The curious crowd gathered around them and formed a circle around them.

The eldest princess first glanced at Jiang Qingqing, and then breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she had not seen blood. Then she turned to look at the man in black who had fainted on the ground.

She looked down at the man in black in front of her. He rarely smiled, and his phoenix eyes looked even more ferocious when they turned gloomy.

"Investigate for me! Detain this man and ask him why he came here."

The eldest princess waved her sleeves and shouted a rebuke. People around her shuddered. Those who were watching the fun dared not look anymore, but those who were laughing at the joke could not help but stick their heads out and look at the situation.

Xiao Linting put one hand behind his back and held Jiang Qingqing's small hand with the other hand. Looking at the person on the ground, his phoenix eyes narrowed involuntarily.

"Uncle, do you also think this person looks familiar?" Jiang Qingqing walked closer to look at the person, only to find that there was indeed something wrong with this person.

There was a crowd of people surging around, and logically speaking, no one should dare to step forward and watch.

At that moment, Jiang Qingqing reacted slowly!