Yun Duoduo sensed the murderous aura behind her. She spun around and dodged Yun Luoxue's dagger.
On the steps, the Zhenbei Army appeared right in time to Yun Duoduo's side, and the secret guards also appeared one after another to protect Yun Duoduo.
Dressed in a long white robe, with handsome features and an extraordinary demeanor, the commander of the Zhenbei Army flew in.
"Brother Jinzhi!"
Jin Jinzhi grabbed Yun Duoduo and lifted her off the ground, landing her steadily on the roof.
"Brother Jinzhi!" Yun Duoduo looked at Jin Jinzhi with surprise.
She knew he would come and take her away!
Are you injured?
Yun Duoduo shook her head, looking down at Yun Luoxue, who was lying limp on the ground, and the pale-faced Prince Jin and Princess Jin.
She shouted, "Yun Luoxue is plotting to murder this princess! Arrest her!"
"Furthermore, the Prince of Jin and his consort allowed their daughter to commit murder, a crime that is unforgivable!"
Yun Luoxue drew a knife from the waist of the guard beside her and threw it straight up at Yun Duoduo.
[You're asking for it!]
With a cold look in her eyes, Yun Duoduo pulled a whip from her sleeve, raised her hand sharply, and with a whoosh, the whip struck Yun Luoxue's wrist heavily.
The short sword fell to the ground with a thud.
"ah!"
The onlookers took a few steps back, and couldn't help but gasp, "Is Princess Dongping's hand going to be ruined?"
"Yun Duoduo, you!" Yun Luoxue screamed, clutching her wrist and enduring the excruciating pain.
Princess Jin was furious when she saw her daughter suffer such a great injustice. She took out a small medicine bottle from her bosom and threw it at Yun Duoduo.
With a "whoosh," another whip landed on the Princess Consort of Jin's hand.
"You are disrespecting your elders!"
"Hmph, this is a whip bestowed by the Empress Dowager herself. Seeing this whip is like seeing the Empress Dowager. How can I not use it?!"
"Besides, how dare you, such a vicious person, be considered an elder of this princess?"
"Grandmother said that she will punish shameless, violent, and wicked bastards like you!"
Yun Duoduo sneered indifferently.
"you……"
Arrest them all.
"Yes, Princess." Military Advisor Cao waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to come up and tie up the person.
Jin Jinzhi looked at Yun Duoduo, [I knew it, this little girl definitely wouldn't be bullied.]
It's been a while since I've seen her; the little girl seems to have gained quite a bit of weight.
Yun Duoduo felt Jin Jinzhi staring at her, so she turned to look at him.
[Hmm, this face is well-preserved, still so handsome, I'm very satisfied.]
Yun Duoduo smacked her lips and licked them.
He's so handsome! He's even more handsome up close.
"Is Duoduo injured?" Jin Jinzhi's voice was a little hoarse.
hiss……
That voice is so magnetic!
That deep, sexy voice...
Judging by his age, Jinzhi is sixteen now. Is he going through puberty? [Jinzhi, your voice is a bit late!]
She couldn't help but look at his neck. [Sure enough, his Adam's apple was becoming more and more prominent.]
She couldn't help but reach out and touch his Adam's apple.
"Let's go, let's get out of here."
Before her hand even touched his neck, Jin Jinzhi picked up Yun Duoduo and draped a hooded cloak over her, covering her head with the hood.
"The sandstorms here are very strong; it would be bad if it got in your eyes."
Yun Duoduo felt very comfortable and safe in his arms.
She liked the hooded cape's faint, clean, and refreshing scent.
...
On a small hill outside Nanyang, nestled in a dense forest, stands a wooden cabin covered in tender pink peach blossoms.
The wooden house was very large, with an exquisite construction, and the wood used was the finest ebony. Behind the wooden house, many small houses were nestled side by side.
Hanging on the eaves of the wooden house is a brown-yellow nanmu wood plaque with the four large characters "Meihua Ange" (Plum Blossom Hidden Pavilion).
The wooden house was surrounded by budding flowers, and all kinds of beautiful flowers were vying for attention, with anemones, forsythia and other flowers filling the yard.
Wearing a long purple dress and with a cold expression, Zheng Ningxiang knelt on the ground, reporting something like an old woman sitting in the head seat.
The elderly lady sitting in the main seat was dressed in a well-tailored light green blouse, and her hair was tied up with a square hairpin.
The hairpin was a silver hairpin with a very simple design. The top of the hairpin was a neat rectangle with a bar dividing it into two sections. The old man had worn this hairpin for many years, and there were already some wear and tear on it.
On the table next to the old woman was a pot of perilla leaves, and the whole room was filled with the faint fragrance of perilla leaves.
"Master, Liu Mingyue has run away. It's all my fault for not doing my job properly."
Zheng Ningxiang cupped her hands, stood in front of the old woman, and said with her head bowed.
The old woman, referred to as the Pavilion Master, had her hair neatly combed, with no stray hairs falling around her ears or fluttering in the wind. Occasionally, one or two silver strands would peek out from her gray hair.
Although the old woman was short, she was lean and looked very strong and powerful. She had no excess fat on her body, and even the wrinkles on her face were just right, neither too many nor too few. She was also in good spirits and looked very shrewd.
"That explosion in the Nanyang Palace was Liu Mingyue's doing, wasn't it?" Granny Xue sneered.
"Such clean and efficient actions are clearly the result of training by our Plum Blossom Pavilion."
"Alas, I've become an accomplice to evil."
Granny Xue's face betrayed neither pride nor regret, and her voice was cold and devoid of any emotion.
Plum Blossom Pavilion was originally a refuge located in a remote mountain area, used to house girls, young women, and women who had escaped from being violently beaten, tortured, or abused by their husbands, or who had been sold to brothels.
Gradually, Granny Xue trained many top-notch assassins such as Zheng Ningxiang and Liu Mingyue, using the eyes of the women in the pavilion as a yardstick and the power of the Plum Blossom Pavilion to punish evildoers in the world.
However, for her own selfish interests, Liu Mingyue has repeatedly murdered innocent people, and on these recent occasions, she even attempted to kill the only princess of Nanyang.
"It seems that Liu Mingyue cannot be allowed to live. I will have to deal with this matter personally." Granny Xue breathed a sigh of relief and stood up, holding onto the handrail.
"Master, perhaps you should let me handle this," Zheng Ningxiang said, bowing her head.
"You?" Granny Xue's sharp gaze fell on Zheng Ningxiang, her eyes filled with distrust and disappointment. Zheng Ningxiang hurriedly lowered her head, avoiding her gaze.
Her cold demeanor and ruthless nature sent chills down Zheng Ningxiang's spine.
She shook her head slightly, "You can't bring yourself to do it."
Where is Liu Mingyue?
"Sect Master, she's heading to the Northern Frontier right now, and the person behind her is Prince Jin, Yun Mohan." Zheng Ningxiang dared not hide anything and told everything she knew.
"Okay, I understand."
...
Inside the Zichen Palace of the Nanyang Imperial Family.
"Your Majesty, a message has arrived from the Prince of Jibei: Princess Yourong has been rescued!"
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