Shen Tangning stared at the blood-stained knife in front of her, and involuntarily held her breath.
Her heart was pounding, but her mind was surprisingly calm. She heard herself ask in a slightly trembling voice, "Brave warrior, I don't think I've offended you before. We have no grudge against each other, so why are you trying to kill me?"
She looked up and met the man in black's cold gaze. Her eyes reddened, and tears streamed down her face. "Even if I'm going to die, at least let me die knowing why," she said.
The woman's nose was slightly red, and her eyes were brimming with tears, making her look truly innocent and pitiful. The man in black had a sudden thought and thought indifferently, "This Miss Shen is indeed innocent."
To be honest, he couldn't understand why his master would deliberately arrange such a scene, sending several assassins to deal with a woman who couldn't even kill a chicken. This situation was truly using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Moreover, their master's intention was not to directly order them to kill her, but rather to test them.
The man in black stared at Shen Tangning: "Miss Shen, why don't you think carefully about whether you've done anything you shouldn't have done recently, or offended anyone you shouldn't have?"
She paused, several candidates flashing through her mind.
The Lady of the Marquis? That's unlikely.
It was even more impossible for Shen Xiwei; she couldn't mobilize such elite assassins.
That leaves only one person...
The Third Prince.
She considered herself to be cautious in everything she did, so where exactly did she slip up and arouse the other party's suspicion?
Could it be that the flower-viewing banquet at the princess's residence had aroused his suspicion?
With a thousand thoughts swirling in her mind, Shen Tangning smiled sadly: "How could I, a woman who rarely leaves her home, possibly have any enemies? Are you perhaps deliberately trying to make things difficult for me?"
If the other party is one of the Third Prince's people, then she guessed that she still had a sliver of hope. The Third Prince only suspected her and did not have any concrete evidence.
Secondly, she has a wide network of powerful connections. Her father is a second-rank official, and her aunt is the Empress. They will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly. Killing her and the Third Prince will not bring any benefits, but will only bring trouble and expose her ambitions in advance.
A ruthless glint flashed in the man's eyes: "It seems Miss Shen won't shed a tear until she sees the coffin?"
The blade suddenly kissed her neck, and Shen Tangning's heart tightened. She had been prepared to draw blood, but then she noticed something moving among the shadows of the trees.
Her pupils contracted slightly as she saw a figure emerge from the branches. The man had a pair of calm and sharp eyes like a hawk. As their eyes met, she recognized him at a glance as the assassin he had saved from the princess's residence!
Her heart skipped a beat: "Wait a minute! I think... I think I remember! Before, at the Princess's residence..."
The man in black had no suspicion and stopped what he was doing.
Shen Tangning tilted her head back slightly, a knife pressed against her delicate neck, and said in a pleading tone, "Could you move your knife a little further away? I'm afraid it will hurt me, and you're making me nervous..."
The man in black took a step back impatiently: "Miss Chen, I advise you to behave yourself and not try any tricks!"
The assassin, lurking in the shadows, seized the opportunity and swooped down to strike the two nearest men in black. He easily slit the throat of one of them.
Taking advantage of the moment when the man in black who was holding her hostage was distracted, Shen Tangning gripped the hairpin she had hidden in her sleeve and stabbed it into the man's arm!
The other person withdrew their hand in pain, and she ran without hesitation. The man in black reacted and subconsciously chased after her, grabbing Shen Tangning's shoulder and throwing her to the ground.
Shen Tangning rolled twice on the ground, her lower back hitting a protruding rock hard, and her face immediately turned pale.
"Miss Shen, have I been too lenient with you?"
The man in black approached dangerously from behind. She gritted her teeth, grabbed a handful of mud and sand from the ground, and threw it at his face as he got close.
The man in black was caught off guard and his vision was obstructed by the blindfold.
Shen Tangning hurriedly got up, trying to take the opportunity to escape, but was grabbed by the arm and pulled back: "You're asking for death!"
The man in black was clearly enraged. To have been defeated by a woman twice was an utter disgrace to him!
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