For some reason, he added, "Just now in the hall, your demeanor hardly suggested someone who couldn't even kill a chicken."
"Heh, Yu Nanqing, you're just being smug. I'm your shield now, your scapegoat, the kind who sticks her neck out to be killed. You're the kind who gets the benefits and then acts innocent. Be careful, or I'll push you into the assassins' pack!"
In the eyes of Emperor Yuanhe and the Eldest Princess, she is now a foolish and unruly girl who does all sorts of stupid things. From beating the drum to appeal for justice, to pulling the carriage around and crashing it, to pretending to be crazy in front of the Marquis, to refusing the Eldest Princess's banquet, and then to confronting Emperor Yuanhe in court at the family banquet just now.
What isn't a dangerous game for them?
That's why Emperor Yuanhe and the Eldest Princess thought she was easy to deal with, that she was stupid, clumsy, and brainless. Now they just want to get rid of her, and they've even put aside the matter of dealing with Yu Nanqing. Isn't that just using her as a shield?
Without the trouble she's caused these past few days, would Yu Nanqing have been able to recover peacefully for over ten days?
Therefore, she said that Yu Nanqing was being hypocritical after getting the benefit.
“Okay.” Su Wanyan was just joking, but Yu Nanqing replied with two words very seriously.
Su Wanyan: "..."
"If we're really in danger, pushing me out might give you a chance to live." To them, his life was more tempting than Su Wanyan's.
"Oh, so all my service these past few days has been for nothing?" Su Wanyan rolled her eyes: "You don't know how to appreciate things at all."
Su Wanyan got angry, shook her head, and walked forward without pushing anymore.
Yu Nanqing paused, placed her hand on the wheelchair, and tried to move it, but found that the wheelchair could not be moved an inch.
Yu Nanqing frowned and tried harder, but still couldn't move. Was his body so weak that he couldn't even muster this much strength?
Seeing Su Wanyan walking further and further away, he hurriedly called out, "Yan'er."
"Call me Su Wanyan!" Su Wanyan turned around and put her hands on her hips: "Who told you to call me Yan'er? It's disgusting. Don't call me that."
"Su Wanyan." Yu Nanqing obediently listened.
Seeing that he looked a little disheveled, Su Wanyan sighed inwardly and decided not to tease him anymore. She stepped forward, kicked open the buckle that was fixing the wheels, and continued to push him forward.
Yu Nanqing: "..."
"Live on, Yu Nanqing." She really wanted to save him, but the important thing was that Yu Nanqing himself had to have the will to live.
He was constantly thinking about dying, and before his leg even recovered, he couldn't hold back anymore. That won't do.
This time, Yu Nanqing didn't argue: "Well... I'll listen to you."
Perhaps feeling a little awkward about what he was saying, he raised his hand to lightly cover his lips, his ears turning slightly red.
Fortunately, the darkness concealed their presence, and Su Wanyan did not discover them at all.
At the central gate of the palace, the carriage sent by Emperor Yuanhe was already waiting. Su Wanyan asked Yu Nanqing, "Shall we get on?"
"Um."
Upon hearing the answer, Su Wanyan pushed him onto the carriage.
The coachmen were two palace guards in armor. The carriage was moving rather slowly. Su Wanyan quietly lifted a corner of the curtain and saw that the carriage had already left the palace gate.
Su Wanyan looked at the composed Yu Nanqing, leaned closer and whispered, "Is there anything I can do for you?"
Yu Nanqing shook his head.
Seeing this, Su Wanyan obediently sat down to the side.
Assassins...
I never imagined that assassins actually existed in this era. The time she lived in was so peaceful that most people would never encounter any fights or brawls.
It's only been a short time since I transmigrated here, and I've already faced life and death several times.
Yu Nanqing can strike a cow from a distance, can those assassins do the same?
If she really couldn't escape, she hoped those assassins would kill her with a single blow. She had never suffered any physical pain in her life, and she definitely couldn't bear being half-dead.
Xuanyang Street is the only way to enter and leave the palace, and there are no other paths to take, so Su Wanyan was a little nervous.
What's nerve-wracking isn't what would happen if we encountered an assassin, but rather that it's so quiet now, and if someone suddenly bursts in or makes a loud noise, she'd be easily startled.
It's like popping a balloon; even if you're mentally prepared, you'll still feel nervous and scared.
"What are you thinking about?" Seeing Su Wanyan pursing her lips and remaining silent, Yu Nanqing looked up: "Afraid?"
"Nonsense!" Su Wanyan glanced at him.
As if remembering something, Su Wanyan took out a white porcelain bottle from her bosom and poured out a pill: "Take this, it's a heart-protecting pill."
She originally thought that if Yu Nanqing was angered half to death by Emperor Yuanhe, she would take it out to save his life, but she didn't expect that Emperor Yuanhe was the one who was angered half to death by them, so she didn't take it out in the palace.
Even though she knew the princess had sent men to ambush them, she still gave him one beforehand.
Yu Nanqing had no suspicions and took it and put it in her mouth.
Just then, the carriage suddenly lurched violently, and Su Wanyan's heart skipped a beat. Startled, her fingertips instantly turned icy cold. It's here?
However, two muffled thuds were heard outside the carriage. The carriage did not stop and continued to move forward. After a while, the curtain was lifted.
Under the moonlight, a dark figure came into view. He had his face covered with a black cloth, and his eyes gleamed with a deep, cold light. The scimitar in his hand was stained with blood, which dripped from the tip onto the carriage floor.
Su Wanyan clenched her fist in her sleeve and immediately pulled out a silver needle hidden under her sleeve, holding it tightly.
However, the expected battle did not take place. Instead, the man in black suddenly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Highness!"
The voice was filled with unspoken excitement, as if the clouds had finally parted and the moon was shining. Just hearing that voice made one want to rush over and hug Yu Nanqing tightly.
The coachman was no longer a palace guard; he had been replaced by another man in black.
Su Wanyan was stunned for a moment, and before she could figure out what was going on, she saw Yu Nanqing tilt his head slightly and give a signal.
The black-clad man lowered the curtain of the carriage, and the carriage continued to move forward slowly.
Su Wanyan stared wide-eyed, still somewhat shaken. This...?
What the heck?
Where's the assassin I was promised?
"Su Wanyan?" Yu Nanqing looked at the frightened Su Wanyan and reached out to grab her shoulder.
Su Wanyan turned around first: "Where is the assassin?"
"..."
"Where's the assassin you promised?" Su Wanyan pressed.
"..." Yu Nanqing didn't know where to begin. He withdrew his outstretched hand before it even touched Su Wanyan, touched his nose, and said, "Now that I know the Princess has set an ambush, wouldn't I be a fool to fall for it?"
"..." So, all that mental preparation she did for so long was for nothing?
"Why didn't you say so earlier!"
"I never expected it to be resolved so quickly."
"So now... everything's alright?"
Yu Nanqing shook his head: "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."
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