Bai Jiu was stabbed several times and fainted, but he also killed more than a dozen guards.
Gu Si was captured by two guards, while Gu Xin, though not captured, was also surrounded.
Gu Nian was held by four guards, two holding her hands and two stepping on her feet, so she couldn't break free at all.
Ye Wei, seeing that Gu Xin hadn't been caught yet, became somewhat dissatisfied: "Knock her out! Are you all useless? You can't even catch a little girl, what's the point of keeping you around!"
As soon as Ye Wei finished speaking, a flock of birds flew down from the sky and began pecking at him.
Ye Wei frantically waved away the flock of birds: "Are you blind?! Get these beasts away right now!"
Princess Linglan didn't care about her brother. She took out a dagger and walked step by step toward Gu Nian.
As he got closer, Gu Nian spat at her.
Linglan was furious and slapped Gu Nian across the face: "You bitch!"
Gu Nian's face immediately broke out in red marks.
Linglan pinched Gu Nian's chin, her eyes filled with resentment: "Li Muyan has been in the capital for more than five months. I fell in love with him the first time I saw him! It's all because of you, you bitch! If he didn't have you in his heart, why wouldn't he have refused the arranged marriage? We are both princesses, and it's clearly me who likes him! Why? It's all because of you!"
"He smiled at me at first, and I thought he liked me too. But then Li Shan told me that it was because the hair I combed was the one you always combed, the hair accessories I wore were the one you always wore, and the perfume I used had a scent that you made and that you liked. So, I thought he had fallen in love with me at first sight too!"
“His eyes were so gentle, so full of longing, I thought they were for me! But they were for you! So I’ll ruin your face and make him only gentle and full of longing for me.”
Gu Nian looked coldly at Princess Linglan: "Do you know what he likes most?"
Princess Linglan: "What?"
Gu Nian: "Come a little closer, I'll tell you quietly."
Princess Linglan instinctively moved closer.
Gu Nian tilted her head back and then bumped her head into Princess Linglan's head.
"Ah!" Princess Linglan was knocked down and sat down. She rubbed her forehead and glared at Gu Nian with resentment. "I see you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin!"
Gu Nian said coldly, "Let me tell you, you'd better kill me today! Otherwise, spare my life, and I'll make you wish you were dead!"
Princess Linglan sneered, "I'll spare your life, but I'll let you see your disfigured face every day, making you unable to face anyone, yet you won't die. I'll let everyone know that there's such an ugly woman as you in the capital! I am the granddaughter of the Prince of Qu, and you, a mere daughter of a top scholar, are making me wish I were dead? You're dreaming!"
Without wasting any more time, she got up, grabbed a dagger, and prepared to slash at Gu Nian's face.
Gu Xin tried to rush out, but she was surrounded and held back by two guards.
Gu Nian showed no fear on her face; it was her gaze that frightened Princess Linglan.
Just then, just as Princess Linglan's dagger was about to touch Gu Nian's face, Xue Qianyu arrived and threw a copper coin at Linglan's hand from the courtyard wall.
"Clang!" The dagger fell to the ground.
Then Xue Qianyu flew down and directly drew his sword, killing the four people holding Gu Nian. Blood splattered, landing on Gu Nian's face and eyelashes, blurring her vision.
Then she heard Princess Linglan scream in terror: "Ah! Xue Qianyu, how dare you! I am the granddaughter of the King of Qu, I... Ah!"
Without hesitation, Xue Qianyu picked up the dagger from the ground and slashed Linglan's face twice.
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