After Ying Jiu finished speaking, he saw the prince consort pause for a moment, and then he actually stopped struggling and shouting.
Ying Jiu slowly released the prince consort, then took out a letter from her bosom, knelt on the ground, and presented the letter.
The prince consort reached out and took the letter, roughly tore open the envelope, and then quickly read through it.
After reading it, he first glanced at Ying Jiu kneeling on the ground with a deep look in his eyes, then his expression changed, and he held the letter as if he were extremely excited, and quickly said, "I will reply to her right away! You wait a moment!"
"Wait here a moment. I don't have any writing brush or ink in my room. I'll go to the study next door to get them!"
After finishing his sentence, the prince consort limped off the ground, not even bothering to put on his shoes. He crumpled the letter up and stuffed it into his pocket, then quickly pushed open the door and ran towards the next room.
Ying Jiu kept frowning, feeling that something seemed wrong, but everything was just as the princess had said. The prince consort was indeed crippled in his left leg, and the maid who often served him did come to serve him every night and morning.
So what exactly is wrong?
Ying Jiu stood in the room, and after a moment he suddenly sensed danger. This sense of danger was an intuition ingrained in Ying Jiu's bones.
He silently held the long sword at his waist and quietly drew it from its sheath. Just as the sword was fully drawn, the door was suddenly kicked open, and a group of guards rushed in.
The prince consort followed behind these people, limping, and pointed at Ying Jiu inside the house, saying, "Catch the assassin! He's trying to kill me! Catch him!"
Swords and blades were drawn, and a group of guards rushed towards Ying Jiu's direction.
Ying Jiu frowned deeply, trying to escape through the back window, but people quickly rushed in through the back window as well, and Ying Jiu was soon surrounded.
The moment Ying Jiu clashed with these people, he saw the prince consort standing by the door, a sinister smile on his lips as he leaned against it.
When his eyes met Ying Jiu's, he shouted again, "This guy's an assassin! He's covered in poison. Don't try to get close and grab him, just kill him!"
If anyone were surrounded like this, it would be difficult to escape. However, Ying Jiu was a shadow guard secretly trained by the royal family. Although he was ultimately outnumbered, he did not lose ground for a while.
Swords clashed more than a hundred times in the blink of an eye, the clanging sounds echoing endlessly.
The sounds of swords and spears quickly alerted the people who were busy working by the hanging stove in the backyard.
After the lid of the hanging oven was lifted, the dark roast duck inside emitted a pungent, burnt smell.
Li Hua stood beside the hanging furnace, and somewhat angrily threw the lid down with a loud "bang".
Phoenix Restaurant's roast duck has always been famous in Yindu, but no one can replicate it. Even Li Hua, who has been learning for so long, still can't control the heat properly every time.
However, after the lid hit the ground, the sound of metal objects clashing did not stop. Li Hua keenly turned his head to look towards the front yard.
He then immediately abandoned the chaotic scene and rushed out of the kitchen. Before he could even give any instructions to the people at the kitchen door, Sanjiu hurriedly flew over from the front yard and knelt down beside Lihua, saying, "An assassin has entered the front yard. He is after you, Master. He attempted to assassinate His Highness the Crown Prince, but he probably mistook him for someone else and almost injured Zhongli Zhengzhen. Master, please do not go to the front for now!"
Li Hua stood at the kitchen doorway, surrounded by the acrid smell of burning food and the pitch-black night. She reached out to wipe the mess of soot off her face, but only made an even bigger stain.
During this period, he frequently encountered assassins, which was perfectly normal. Having entered the center of power, there were countless people in the world who wanted him dead.
However, very few people could distinguish between him and Zhongli Zhengzhen. In particular, Li Hua deliberately crippled Zhongli Zhengzhen's left leg, so even those who knew his true identity, including Zhongli Zhengzhen's father and mother, could tell which one was the real Crown Prince of Jinchuan.
Li Hua stood there somewhat indifferently, his hands still covered in oil and ash. He even thought, somewhat twistedly, what would the emperor and empress think if the assassins sent were from the palace, and they killed the real Zhongli Zhengzhen, killing their beloved darling with their own hands?
Such a wonderful scene must be seen in person.
Therefore, despite Sanjiu's advice, Li Hua walked quickly towards the front yard. Sanjiu could only follow closely behind Li Hua and summoned other servants to surround Li Hua and protect him.
Li Hua quickly walked to the front yard, but he saw Zhongli Zhengzhen standing perfectly fine at the door, even shouting, "Kill him! Leave no survivors! He's covered in poison, don't capture him, I've already told you! He's a suicide soldier!"
He screamed hysterically, wishing he could personally go up and tear that person to pieces, and not even leave anyone alive to ask the person behind him.
Li Hua frowned slightly when she heard his crazy words.
The fighting inside the house continued, and soon a dark figure covered in blood rushed out of the house—
"Ahhh—" Zhongli was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly and fell to the ground.
Ying Jiu had no time to worry about anything and quickly ascended, attempting to leap onto the roof.
At this moment, Sanjiu and the others saw someone rush out and surrounded Li Hua from all sides, fearing that this killer, who had gone mad, would find his target after seeing Li Hua and rush towards him instead.
"Don't let him get away! Chase him! Kill him!" Zhongli was still shouting as he fell to the ground.
At this moment, the "suicide squad member" had already stumbled and jumped onto the roof, and was about to climb down.
Li Hua frowned as she looked at the man, and very quickly took a bow and arrow from the guard beside him, nocked the arrow, and drew the bowstring taut.
The stars and moon are shining brightly tonight, but there are only a few lamps lit in the courtyard. Li Hua's bow is fully drawn, aimed at the man's back, and he is about to release the arrow.
Whoever came to assassinate him, there was no way he could be allowed to leave alive. Moreover, this was within Nanzhao territory, and it was possible that the person trying to harm him was from Nanzhao.
We must seize this opportunity.
But just before Li Hua was about to release the arrow, the man suddenly turned around without warning and looked in Li Hua's direction.
Logically speaking, the worst thing a person can do when fleeing after an assassination attempt fails is to look back. Whether they are well-trained guards or assassins, they all understand that if they look back while escaping, they are leaving an opening for their opponent.
But that one glance back made Li Hua's eyelids twitch violently, and his longbow slipped from his hand. Li Hua could only hurriedly use the bow to knock the flying arrow off course, causing it to graz the man's shoulder and fly away.
At the same time, Sanjiu was about to lead his men to give chase, but Lihua grabbed Sanjiu and said, "You must not harm them!"
Sanjiu looked puzzled, while Lihua said coldly, "He is not an assassin. Keep him alive, fight him, and then find a way to let him escape. Have someone follow him, and make sure they don't lose him!"
Although Sanjiu did not understand what Lihua meant, he did as he was told and quickly led his men to chase after the assassin in the direction he had fled.
Li Hua then drew another arrow, pulled the bowstring taut once more, and this time walked up to Zhongli Zhengzhen, aiming the arrowhead directly at Zhongli Zhengzhen's forehead.
Zhongli was trembling with fear, and he cried out in a hoarse voice, "Brother... are you crazy! What are you doing? The assassin got away, why are you pointing an arrow at me!"
Li Hua gave Zhongli Zhengzhen a cold look and said to the people around him, "Kill all those who obeyed his orders just now!"
Zhong Li's true face was directly distorted.
"Brother...don't do this, brother!" Zhongli's earnest pleas were to no avail, and soon these people were lying scattered all over the ground.
Zhongli Zhengzhen didn't even dare to look closely; he was trembling as if he had gone mad.
This is all he has, all he has!
Li Hua is far too ruthless!
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