Chapter 33 How could it be him?

Cheng Yunmeng's eyes went dark.

In the past, no matter how the palace maids in this courtyard bullied her and her son, she always adopted the attitude of forbearance and always advised Xingran not to conflict with this group of people.

But she never expected that her endless forbearance would make the palace maids in this courtyard so bold!

Her head was spinning, her body was swaying, and she almost fainted.

But he held on with strong willpower.

"Xun Tao," Cheng Yunmeng said in a sad voice, "Let Xing Ran go, and I will be your hostage!"

Xun Tao also raised her lips and smiled.

She knew she would not be able to escape from the palace alive today, but she could still...

While her brother Xiangyang was relaxing, she stabbed him in the wound that had not yet fully healed!

"Empress Zhaorong," she couldn't let Ji Xiangyang find out in advance, so she replied coldly, "How can your identity be as noble as that of His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince?!"

This is a truth that even Ji Xiangyang understands. If Lan Zhaorong is brought along, I'm afraid no one will stop.

The fight in the yard stopped because Jiang Xingran was trapped. Ji Xiangyang looked around with an evil smile and slowly walked towards Xun Tao's direction.

It was worth his efforts to deceive her. Even though he had just said such cruel words, this woman still gave him hope of life.

He curled his lips slightly, preparing to give this woman one last sweet treat: "Well done, Xiao Tao, with this prince as a hostage, we can escape this imperial city safely."

Xun Tao smiled softly: "It's all what Xiao Tao should do."

She lowered her eyes to hide the hatred surging in them.

Jiang Yingcheng was so excited that he jumped to his feet.

[Brother Tong, Brother Tong, what’s going on?!] She kept shouting in her heart, [Didn’t they say this person was about to die?]

007, who had been offline for a while, finally came back at this time and explained: [Their school of kung fu has a secret method that can allow seriously injured people to recover to the best condition in a short period of time, but this condition will not last too long.]

Jiang Yingcheng was about to cry: [What should I do now? My seventh brother is being held hostage by that palace maid!]

007 knew he was in the wrong, so he patiently comforted him: "He can only stay like this for two minutes at most. If you delay any longer, he will collapse on his own."

Jiang Yingcheng glanced at Aunt Yun Meng, who was already in tears, and Jiang Xingran, who was still pretending to be calm, and suddenly shouted, "My father doesn't want my seventh brother anymore!"

Ji Xiangyang paused, raised his eyebrows and looked back at her.

Jiang Yingcheng was so frightened that he shrank back behind Eunuch Changshun. After a moment, he mustered up the courage to stick his head out again and said crisply, "It's useless for you to take my seventh brother away. My father won't care about him!"

"But I am the eleventh princess that my father loves the most," Jiang Yingcheng swallowed and continued, "If you can kill Xun Tao for me, I will go with you!"

Ji Xiangyang then turned around and looked at the delicate little girl.

The boy had fair and tender skin, his hair was carefully combed into two cute buns, and the material of his clothes was obviously much better than that of the mother and concubine in this courtyard.

The most important thing is that the eunuch who protected her was someone he had seen in front of the dog emperor when he was assassinated.

This little guy...

It shouldn't be a lie.

He turned his head and looked at Xun Tao who was crying behind him, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "You little dumpling is vicious, but Xiao Tao is my most beloved woman, how could I agree to kill her?"

There were several secret guards surrounding the little ball, and it didn't look like they could be captured easily.

Even if she said she would follow him, what fool would really believe it?

But this person obviously cares about the Seventh Prince very much. If he can threaten the Seventh Prince's life, perhaps he can really trick that little guy into his own hands.

He turned around with a smile and continued walking in the direction of looking for peaches.

Jiang Xingran's gaze slowly moved away from Jiang Yingcheng and turned to the man who was walking towards him.

Jiang Yingcheng's behavior today was indeed abnormal, but the most important thing at the moment was the fatal blow that this assassin was going to bring to him and his mother.

Since this man was found in Pinfang Garden, he is inevitably connected to them, mother and son, no matter what.

But if they can capture this man personally, they can make up for their mistake and maybe they can buy them a chance of survival.

He clenched his hands into fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white and transparent.

There was nothing to be afraid of with Xun Tao's actions. All that was left was to wait for the moment when he relaxed...

He grabbed the knife and stabbed it.

Ji Xiangyang quickly walked up to the two of them. He raised his hand and was about to touch Xuntao's shoulder when he heard a voice from behind -

"Father, you are here?!"

It was the voice of the little guy just now.

Ji Xiangyang was stunned.

Emperor Mingze?

How did he get here?

He turned around subconsciously and saw that the guards behind him had moved closer when he turned around, but the bright yellow figure did not appear around.

He immediately realized that he had been deceived by the little dumpling. When he looked at her with a frown, before he could open his mouth, he felt a cold pain in the back of his heart.

A sharp weapon was inserted straight into his back.

He thought of the dagger in Xuntao's hand.

At the same time, with a "whoosh" sound, a long arrow shot out from the roof opposite and pierced his chest directly.

Ji Xiangyang suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood, leaned his sword on the ground to support his body, and looked behind him in disbelief.

Xun Taohong's eyes were full of hatred. She and the seventh prince stabbed him in the back with a dagger in her hand.

The group of secret guards he had just fought with surrounded him again. His secret technique just happened to fail at this moment. Knowing that he could no longer escape from here, he trembled and asked, "Why... why?"

Wasn't you fine just now?

Xun Tao was also pressed to the ground by the secret guards. She did not struggle at all, but just smiled at Ji Xiangyang crazily and happily.

How could she not see that when this man said those words "Kill me if you want to", he meant it completely from the heart?

How could I not see that this man had never thought of taking me with him to escape from this palace?

But they clearly said they would stay together forever.

Then we'll just have to leave him here too.

Cheng Yunmeng's legs went weak and she was about to fall to the ground when Jiang Xingran and Jiang Yingcheng both ran towards her.

Jiang Yingcheng staggered after being knocked by her, but Jiang Xingran held her steadily after a brief stagger.

Cheng Yunmeng's eyes were filled with tears and she was unable to speak for a long time. Jiang Xingran knew what she wanted to ask and reported that she was safe first.

Only then did she feel completely relieved.

Jiang Xingran helped Cheng Yunmeng sit down in the house. After coming out, he looked in the direction where the cold arrow came from.

No one.

Jiang Xingran frowned.

The secret guards sent by Emperor Mingze to protect Jiang Yingcheng have just rushed out. Who could be hiding there and shooting arrows?

Could it be that someone is secretly monitoring them, mother and son?

"Ahem." A fake cough interrupted his thoughts.

Jiang Xingran raised his head and just in time saw a furtive figure walking out from the corner.

How could it be him?