"Kill her." The woman's voice came from not far away. Her tone was quite clear and her manner was neither hurried nor slow, but very resolute.
The man who met Ye Qingxue's gaze was halfway through putting on his clothes; judging from his attire, he was a palace guard.
However, just now, in order to do that thing, he took off his sword and placed it on the muddy ground.
The guard, seeing that she was a woman, didn't take her seriously and slowly put on the rest of his clothes, even with a hint of disdain on his lips.
Ye Qingxue flashed and headed straight for the sword on the ground.
However, the guard reacted quickly, kicking the sword away and sneering, "You think you can take my sword?"
As he spoke, the guard drew his sword, forcing Ye Qingxue to retreat repeatedly.
This person's kung fu was so outstanding that Ye Qingxue was unarmed and dressed in formal attire, which made it difficult for her to perform well. Faced with his fierce attacks, she could only barely parry for the time being.
Ye Qingxue dodged his attack, turned around and ran out of the bushes. Taking advantage of the high ground, she leaped up and ran two zhang away in one go.
"Trying to run? Not so easy!" After a moment of hesitation, the guard drew his sword and chased after her, determined to kill her.
As soon as Ye Qingxue saw Qiu Shen, the guard caught up with her, his sword strikes fierce and aimed directly at Ye Qingxue's vital points!
"They even have accomplices? Then we'll all die together!" the guard said menacingly.
Ye Qingxue dodged his sword, but was also forced to distance herself from Qiu Shen, who was weaving something with long grass in his hand.
After Ye Qingxue left, she searched for a sharp object nearby and cut down some long grass, just in case.
Even as guards charged at her, she didn't stop what she was doing; instead, she quickened her pace of weaving.
Ye Qingxue was unarmed, and the guards in front of her were skilled and had longswords in their hands, so it wouldn't be easy for Ye Qingxue to leave with Qiu Shen.
Moreover, the guard in front of her was fierce in every move, and Ye Qingxue's heart tightened. Just then, Qiu Shen shouted, "Miss, catch!"
Ye Qingxue turned around and saw that Qiu Shen had woven a rope from the wild grass in his hand and was throwing it towards her. Ye Qingxue reacted quickly and caught it.
With a flick of her wrist, the straw whip lashed out like a nimble snake. The guard, caught off guard by her sudden weapon, was struck on the cheek by the whip tip, and felt a burning pain.
"You're asking for death!" the guard roared and charged forward again.
However, with the whip, Ye Qingxue was like a tiger with wings. The whip flashed, and the guards who tried to get close were forced back by the whip.
Not far away, the palace maid, seeing that the guards had been unable to break through, had a gloomy expression. She pulled out a dagger from her sleeve and silently approached Ye Qingxue from behind.
"Miss, watch out behind you!" Qiu Shen, who had been looking around, immediately noticed the palace maid's movements and shouted.
Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxue turned around abruptly, lashed out with her whip, and wrapped it around the woman's wrist holding the dagger.
When Ye Qingxue saw the palace maid's face clearly, her heart skipped a beat.
But her hands didn't stop moving at all. She pulled hard on the straw rope whip, and the woman cried out in pain, dropping the dagger to the ground.
To protect the palace maid, the guards flashed to her side, but Ye Qingxue lashed out with her whip, binding the two of them and slamming them to the ground.
Before they could react, Ye Qingxue and Qiu Shen had already stepped forward!
Ye Qingxue stepped on the guard's chest, and Qiu Shen stepped on the palace maid's chest. The two glared at each other, but could no longer move.
Ye Qingxue said coldly, "Actually, you don't need to panic so much. I have no grudge against you. I don't care to spread your affairs and cause trouble for yourselves!"
As she spoke, Ye Qingxue's gaze shifted to the palace maid's face.
It's truly unbelievable that the person having an affair with the guard was actually Wanxin, the head palace maid by the Empress's side.
Ye Qingxue had never met the Empress in her previous life, but Wanxin was often sent out by the Empress to do things, especially to Prince Ding's side, so she knew Wanxin's identity.
Ye Qingxue picked up the dagger that Wanxin had dropped and held it to the guard's face, ready to slash his throat at any moment.
"I am the young lady of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion. As long as Miss Wanxin tells me why Her Majesty the Empress specially invited me to the palace to attend the flower viewing banquet today, I will let you two go!"
The person before me was none other than Ye Qingxue from the Marquis's mansion!
The guards and palace maids were shocked; no wonder they were no match for this woman!
What bad luck! Instead of running into some weak and helpless young lady, I ran into this woman!
Wanxin snorted coldly, completely unafraid of her threat.
Ye Qingxue had no choice but to draw a bloody line on the guard's face, and the guard immediately groaned in pain.
"Well, to put it simply, murder is punishable by death. If I kill you, I'll have to bury your bodies. I won't kill you. But what you two were doing as husband and wife just now... I'm going to spread it around."
"Although Miss Wanxin is someone close to the Empress, she has done such a thing. The Empress will definitely make an example of her, and in the end, Miss Wanxin will certainly not escape death."
"As for this guard, do you have no other family members? Won't they suffer because of you?"
Without waiting for their reaction, Ye Qingxue looked up at Qiu Shen and said, "Go and call someone here. Tell them that the two of them are committing adultery in the harem. I will watch them from here!"
As autumn deepens, it's time to get up and leave.
Wanxin suddenly spoke up: "Miss Ye has accomplished two extraordinary feats in a short period of time. Her Majesty greatly admires you and simply wishes to become your friend!"
Ye Qingxue said "Oh," and understood. The Empress wanted to win her over and make her work for her.
It seems the Empress is unaware of her impending death.
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