“If I don’t use my unparalleled spear skills, I can at most kill a few more of Chen Jin’s men, but that’s not what I want.” Gu Mu curled his lips in a mocking smile.
Although Chen Jin repeatedly claimed that it was for His Highness's safety, he only wanted to see His Highness once.
If Gu Mu really appears at this moment.
Perhaps Chen Jin will think he's an imposter.
After all, His Highness has not appeared for a month, and his fate is unknown. Of course, they came prepared to besiege the Prince's Mansion this time.
"So we just watch them die?" The assassins had no emotions.
But he was still loyal to his master. These days, he felt that Gu Mu was not such a cold-blooded person.
"Someone always has to sacrifice." Gu Mu saw things very clearly.
"If we intervene now to save these people but ruin the original plan, then... even more people will die later."
Gu Mu's eyes were filled with indifference.
Since he is above all others in this world, he cannot be soft-hearted or sentimental.
"Master, look, the Princess Consort has come out," the assassin said, pointing to a pavilion in the palace.
Shen Ling was dressed in an ethereal white robe, with a face that could bring ruin to a woman, like a fairy descended from the clouds. She was aloof and arrogant.
She sat on the platform, where everyone could see her.
Picking up the strings with bare hands.
Outside the Prince's Mansion, weapons clashed.
Inside the mansion, the pristine princess sat on a high platform, her ethereal zither music drifting on the wind to everyone's ears.
The mist, seemingly created by dry ice, slowly rose within the mansion, creating an atmosphere reminiscent of a fairyland.
A captivating fragrance wafted past everyone's noses along with the white mist.
The fighting at the gate had not yet stopped.
Every now and then someone would scream and fall to the ground.
Blood stained the gates of the Prince's Mansion.
Meanwhile, in the attic, Shen Ling Cong Rong was playing music.
It seemed that the turmoil of the world had nothing to do with her.
...
Half an hour ago.
Yoyo rushed anxiously into Chen Ling's room, shouting in a panic, "Your Highness! Your Highness! Something terrible has happened! The General says he's going to raze the palace to the ground!"
"What does it have to do with me?" Shen Ling picked up the messenger from the frontier and said indifferently.
This note was taken from a carrier pigeon that flew over from the border.
It was Shen Ci who passed it on to her.
“Your Highness, you are also a member of this palace…” Youyou said softly, her voice lacking confidence.
How can the princess be so calm!
In this situation, shouldn't the princess be trembling with fear?
"Your Highness, are you angry because His Highness is infatuated with beautiful women, spending his nights in the main courtyard partying with those beauties and neglecting court duties?" Youyou asked tentatively, but as far as she knew, her princess was a very righteous person!
If it were just anger, there would be no need for such coldness...
"His Highness has long been absent from the residence." Shen Ling slowly unfurled the message, remaining calm as ever.
"Your Highness, how did you know?!" Youyou slapped her forehead and cried out anxiously, "That's even worse! The General wants to see His Highness, and if His Highness isn't in the manor..."
"What should we do, Your Highness!"
Yoyo was so anxious she was almost in tears.
"As long as His Highness doesn't die, that's fine." Shen Ling opened the message and read it.
“But you should also take care of yourself…” Youyou shouted from the side, but Chen Ling was reading the letter and completely ignored her.
"Doctor... penicillin, is my brother's illness cured?" Shen Ling's eyes suddenly lit up.
The note said that a doctor wearing a ghost mask came to the border a little over a month ago, carrying a token from Shen Ling, saying that it was sent by the princess.
The penicillin brought by the masked doctor cured Shen Ci's injuries and also cured the soldiers in the camp.
“Your Highness, you also left the palace just over a month ago.” Shen Ling’s eyes were dark and unfathomable as they followed the flickering flames in front of her.
Your Highness... saved her brother.
Shen Ling raised her hand and put the note into the brazier to burn it.
The note gradually turned to ashes in the flames, leaving no trace.
"Oh, I've changed my mind." Shen Ling smiled, revealing two mischievous little tiger teeth: "I'm used to living in this palace, and I don't want it to be destroyed."
Besides, what if these people accidentally kill His Highness?
His Highness's life can only belong to her.
"Lu Ming, put my treasured zither in the attic."
...
The song ended.
Shen Ling raised her slender hand again, and the music became more and more urgent and shrill. Although it was beautiful, the hearts of those listening to the music began to pound violently.
It was as if the frequency of my heartbeat had been controlled by the music.
"Like boiling a frog in lukewarm water," Gu Mu said calmly, pressing down on his ghost mask.
The assassin looked at him, puzzled.
Although he is devoid of emotion, "confusion" should be a normal human reaction.
"Shrouded in ethereal mist, fragrant incense, melodious music, and beauties as picturesque as a painting." Gu Mu laughed heartily, "Isn't all of this wonderful?"
"But this is just a killing formation, a deceptive facade."
"At first, the princess used a gentle melody to lower their guard."
"Until they inhale enough poison gas into the air."
"The princess has just begun to activate the killing formation."
Those ethereal mists and fragrant aromas were actually poisonous gases. However, at first, those people didn't feel any discomfort when they inhaled them, so they let their guard down.
The sound of the zither, combined with the poisonous gas, would achieve unexpected results.
Sure enough, outside the Prince's mansion, those who were fighting gradually felt their legs go weak, their hearts pound, and their heads spin...
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