Traitor!
Before you came out, he had already glanced at me several times, probably sizing me up to see if I was worthy of being his opponent.
Chu Yuan had already heard most of what the Xiao family had done over the years from Shen Kuo.
Enemies meeting are bound to be filled with hatred.
But she didn't show it at all; on the contrary, Xiao Jing, who was quite old, didn't seem very composed.
Moreover, Chu Yuan noticed Xiao Chengyao beside him, and even recognized Dugu Pingting, but she remained more composed than anyone else.
Knowing that Dugu Jue was reliable, Chu Yuan was willing to say, "And you, did you recognize the maids behind them?"
That's not some real maid, but your dear cousin, Dugu Pingting.
"You tell me, these two are hanging out with Dugu Pingting, and they even dared to bring her into the palace. Doesn't that prove that Dugu Xuancheng is the one who's been colluding with them in Huaxu all these years?"
These words successfully made Dugu Jue's deep eyes narrow slightly.
With his extraordinary intelligence, he must know something.
Chu Yuan looked at him intently, waiting for him to explain in detail, but before Dugu Jue could speak, screams and noises erupted all around, "Oh no, there's an assassin!"
"???" An assassin coming to this kind of occasion? Isn't that a bit too arrogant?
As it turns out, these people are really arrogant!
There are about forty or fifty of them.
They are all top-notch experts.
Dressed in black night clothes, he slaughtered palace maids, eunuchs, and officials as easily as chopping up radishes, one by one with each cut. His ruthlessness and efficiency were appalling.
"Protect the Emperor! Protect the Emperor!"
Amidst shouts, the Imperial Guards and Eunuch Xu, among others, all stood guard around the Emperor and Empress Dowager.
The remaining people protected the princes and princesses, including Chu Yuan and others, but the assassins were too fierce, and the palace was not a military stronghold with thousands of soldiers!
The Imperial Guards were stationed at various palace gates and were scattered, so temporary deployment would undoubtedly take time.
The Imperial Guards are all usable, but they can be wiped out by assassins in a single wave, so they're not very useful at all.
Many officials and their families perished in the screaming and fleeing chaos. Dugu Tianxiong and the others watched with furious rage, yet were powerless to do anything about it.
Chu Yuan snatched the child from the moment the assassin appeared and held him in her arms.
Dugu Jue was also very conscientious, guarding her side. Even when he saw many innocent people die tragically under the assassins' blades, he had no intention of abandoning Chu Yuan to save others.
"First, we need to escape their encirclement." Chu Yuan's heart was racing; any normal person would react the same way when facing a life-or-death crisis.
Dugu Jue nodded and glanced in the direction where there were more people.
There were many imperial guards over there, including the emperor and empress dowager. After the escape, the group was in disarray. Most of the royal family members were with the emperor, while he and Chu Yuan were on the other side. He didn't have time to think about anything else and grabbed Chu Yuan's hand, running away as fast as he could.
Although the scene was extremely terrifying and tense, Xia He and the two wet nurses still kept close behind them.
Xia He would rather die than abandon Chu Yuan, while the two wet nurses did not want to die and were filled with regret. If they had known that entering the palace would end like this, they should not have rushed to come in the first place.
I thought I was going to the palace to receive a reward, but I never expected to be a lamb being herded!
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