"Assassin! Assassin!" The eunuch's shrill shouts were so loud they hurt people's ears, and Li Chenjiao even experienced tinnitus for a moment.
The faint stinging in her palms kept her sliver of consciousness. Li Chenjiao lowered her head and tightly shielded the two children in her arms.
Zhao Jia, who was walking in front, was already completely dumbfounded.
What did she hear?
There's an assassin? How could there be an assassin? This is Changchun Garden...
Upon hearing Li Chenjiao's voice, Cao pulled Zhaojia down without hesitation, and the two of them squatted down along the railing.
"Where is Arong?" Cao asked in a low voice, but in the chaos of war, Zhaojia couldn't hear her at all.
Cao noticed the confusion in Zhao Jia's eyes and whispered in her ear that it was the same thing.
Zhao Jia then remembered, where is A Rong?
She was so frightened that she was completely at a loss.
"Sister Arong is here." It was Aman's voice.
Cao turned around and saw that Aman and the eldest princess were holding the helpless Arong in their arms.
The little girl was too young, and she was already crying from fright. But Aman stuffed a piece of milk cake into her mouth, which stopped her from crying out loud.
The maids and servants had already squatted down, surrounding their masters tightly.
Li Chenjiao peeked through the gap in the railing and immediately spotted the firelight at the end of the winding corridor.
She quickly thought of who was in front of them. Those in front of them were the noble ladies who had accompanied them on this trip. At this moment, they were mostly panicking and running away.
They were at the very end, behind the Eighth and Ninth Prince's wives. It was not impossible for them to quietly return to the banquet from the back.
The risk is just too great.
There's no guarantee that there won't be assassins lurking on the way...
Furthermore, their group was simply too conspicuous.
For now, the only option is to remain inactive.
Cao was comforting Zhaojia: "Sister, don't be afraid. We'll all wait here. His Majesty has the Imperial Guards with him. As long as we don't panic and attract the assassins..."
Zhao Jia's hands were covered in cold sweat. She was still a little scared, but now that she was surrounded by familiar people, she wasn't so afraid anymore. What followed was her gossipy nature.
"Where did these assassins come from in the Changchun Garden? What are they doing here..." Cao Shi covered Zhao Jia Shi's mouth with her hand.
Some things can only be thought about but not said.
Everyone couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Fortunately, they were at the end of the corridor. The assassin leaped out of the water but didn't run this way at all. Instead, he stepped on two lanterns on the railing, which darkened the area.
The commotion ahead was quite significant. After a few breaths, Li Chenjiao and Cao Shi in front of her exchanged a glance.
"The Imperial Guards have arrived."
Now I can finally relax.
Li Chenjiao's legs were starting to ache.
Zhao Jia took two breaths: "We..."
She didn't know what she was trying to say, but was quickly interrupted by a piercing scream.
Actually, screams from women could be heard from afar, but they were all quite far away. Only the scream just now was extremely close.
"Help! Help! What are you doing?! Stop them!"
Zhao Jia instinctively grabbed Cao Shi, her hands clutching at a lifeline: "It's Guo Luoluo's voice."
The voice of the Eighth Prince's wife.
As soon as Zhao Jia finished speaking, various footsteps and the sound of swords being drawn rang out again, followed by several screams.
Li Chenjiao couldn't help but curse "idiot" in her heart.
She was only cursing in her heart, but Cao had already cursed her out loud.
"idiot."
Cao patted Zhaojia's hand, then slightly raised her waist and looked back. There was a vast expanse of people, but she immediately saw the glint of a knife, and her legs involuntarily went weak.
Li Chenjiao bit her tongue, trying to remain calm.
She quickly spoke up: "They were trying to get back to the banquet, but they ran right into the assassin's blade... We're in danger."
Who knows whether Guo Luoluo and the others will flee to the banquet or run back in a panic? They are caught in the middle, in danger both ahead and behind.
All we can do now is wait for the Imperial Guards.
The maids and nannies on Li Chenjiao's side were relatively calm, probably because Li Chenjiao herself was frighteningly calm.
Although there was some minor unrest due to Cao's presence, it was nothing compared to the sword fights ahead.
After a while, Li Chenjiao and the others heard a splashing sound.
"Someone has fallen into the water!"
No one spoke, but the thought flashed through their minds.
Someone overturned the palace lantern, and the flames quickly spread.
We can't just sit here and wait to die.
Li Chenjiao called Xiao Luzi over: "I remember seeing palace women releasing river lanterns when I came here. Do you know where their small boats are moored?"
Xiao Luzi thought for a moment and said that it should be parked by the river, right under this corridor.
Li Chenjiao's eyes lit up.
Their group was so conspicuous: "I remember you can swim..."
Li Chenjiao turned to look at Zhaojia and Cao Shi halfway through her speech.
Both Cao and Zhaojia shook their heads. Cao said, "My servants Chunsheng and Qiuyang can swim too..."
Two eunuchs responded as soon as Cao finished speaking.
Li Chenjiao had a plan in mind: "In my opinion, let the maids who can swim go into the water first, and then have Xiao Luzi and the others row the boat over. We'll hide under the long corridor..."
The main problem is that things are likely to get chaotic in the near future.
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