The two exchanged a glance and then began to jointly cast spells, channeling their spiritual power into Bai Chen's body.
At this moment, with the boost of spiritual power, Bai Chen slowly opened his eyes. But he said coldly, "Are you crazy? Do you know that what you're doing might get you back - absorbed by me! You're risking your lives!"
Seeing that Lord Bai Chen had regained consciousness, Yun Jiu and Yun Yi withdrew their magical power. They smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord Bai Chen. We're confident! But, your injury... what on earth happened?"
"Don't ask what you shouldn't. You two can leave first!" Bai Chen closed his eyes and said coldly.
Yun Jiu shrugged at Yun Yi. The two had no choice but to go out helplessly and closed the door.
On the other side, at the city gate, seeing that the feudal prince was about to attack the city, Si Hongxi had also made preparations.
Just at the critical moment, Bing Tu appeared at the city gate. Seeing Bing Tu full of energy, Si Hongxi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The two exchanged a smile and then ordered the city gate to be opened.
Sure enough, Miss Wan Ruo always had a way! It was really great!
Bing Tu rode his horse alone and came in front of the feudal prince.
"Don't you know who I am? Hurry up and make way for me!" Bing Tu shouted sternly.
At this moment, the feudal prince's soldiers quickly made way. Bing Tu rode his horse and rushed in front of the feudal prince.
Seeing Bing Tu safe and sound, Ba Er was also very surprised. "Prince, it's really you!" Ba Er said happily.
Bing Tu nodded at Ba Er with a smile.
"Father, I'm fine. I made you worry!" Bing Tu dismounted and bowed to the feudal prince.
Seeing Bing Tu safe and sound, the feudal prince finally relaxed his tightened heart.
"Since my son has returned safely and our warriors have arrived here, why don't we just attack and take them down? It would be quite satisfying!" the feudal prince said imposingly.
As soon as he said this, the generals around the feudal prince all agreed!
"Father, absolutely not! Not only are we unclear about the military situation in the imperial capital, but I've also discovered that there's a dark force within the imperial capital trying to overthrow the court. If we act now, we'll only let others reap the benefits. It's really not a good time to attack the city! So, please think twice, Father!" Bing Tu advised sincerely.
The feudal prince frowned tightly. He knew his son very well. Since his son had said so, there was no reason not to believe him. "Then what do you plan to do about your marriage with the princess?"
"I've decided to make a marriage alliance and marry An Yao!" Bing Tu said seriously.
The feudal prince frowned tightly. Looking at his beloved son, who was going to inherit his position in the outer fiefdom in the future, he decided to let him do as he wished.
"Fine! Retreat the troops! You can decide the matter of the marriage alliance by yourself!" The feudal prince then returned with the army.
At this moment, An Yao and Wan Ruo came to the city gate together. Seeing the person she loved was about to leave, An Yao looked on longingly.
Bing Tu looked at An Yao on the city wall. Thinking of her care these days, he couldn't help but turn his horse and ride towards the city gate.
At this moment, An Yao quickly ran out of the city gate. The two hugged each other.
"Thank you, An Yao! Don't worry. I'll come back for you!" Bing Tu said gently.
Hearing this, An Yao was already in tears and nodded frantically.
Bing Tu looked at Wan Ruo on the city wall and nodded to show his gratitude.
Then he mounted his horse and galloped away.
At this moment, Si Hongxi immediately sent people to report the news of Princess An Yao and the feudal prince's troop retreat to the palace.
When his gaze fell on Wan Ruo, he noticed that her arm was injured. He frowned slightly and asked nervously, "What's wrong with your arm? How did you get injured? Let me take a look!"
Si Hongxi grabbed Wan Ruo's arm and saw it was a sword wound. What happened?
Only then did Wan Ruo remember that she had encountered an assassin on the way today. She quickly said, "I'm fine!" and handed the waist token she had found on the assassin to Si Hongxi.
"My lord, take a look at this. Do you recognize it?" Wan Ruo asked curiously.
Si Hongxi took the waist token, frowned tightly, and was quite shocked!
"This is the waist token of the imperial guards in the palace. How did it end up in Miss Wan Ruo's hands?"
"It's a long story! I met a masked killer today, and I found it on him!" Wan Ruo explained briefly.
A masked killer? An imperial guard? Someone in the palace actually wanted to assassinate you?
Si Hongxi looked completely incredulous. Why would a little girl be involved with people in the palace?
"Could it be because you foiled the assassination of Prince Bing Tu in the Mulan Hunting Ground last time that you've gotten into trouble?..."
"Could it be that there were people inside the palace involved in the assassination of Prince Bing Tu? An inside - outside collaboration?"
"The political parties involved... could it be the crown prince? But you don't seem to have any feud with him. The second prince has been ill for a long time and rarely participates in political affairs. It's even less likely to be him. Could it be the concubines in the harem? That doesn't seem likely either. We need to think this over carefully!"
Si Hongxi analyzed briefly. Wan Ruo was completely confused at this moment. How did she know who she had offended? She hadn't interacted much with them!
If it was because of the incident in the Mulan Hunting Ground, it was possible. But they needed to find out the mastermind behind that incident to figure all this out!
But it didn't really matter. Since things had happened, she might as well accept them.
On the other side, a mysterious person was reporting the situation to someone.
Through the curtain, one could only vaguely see the slender figure of a man.
"Reporting to my lord, Shi Huang has been killed, but there's been an accident on the feudal prince's side!" the mysterious person reported truthfully.
"Didn't you already succeed in dealing with the feudal prince's son? How could there be a mistake?" The man's delicate voice carried a hint of cruelty, which sent shivers down one's spine.
Just then, a masked man suddenly appeared.
"Greetings, my lord!"
"How did the mission go?"
"Reporting to my lord, the assassination failed!" the masked man said tremblingly.
A cold snort was heard. "You dare to come back to report after failing the mission? Humph!" The delicate and cold voice echoed in his ears.
It scared him into breaking out in a cold sweat. He panicked and shouted, "My lord, please spare my life! Please spare my life!"
"Humph! You can't even handle a little girl. What use are you?"
As soon as the words were spoken, there was a "hiss" sound, and the masked man fell to the ground.
At this moment, the mysterious person threw the sword in his hand on the ground. The scabbard was still in the masked man's hand. He was so fast that even a swordsman couldn't react in time.
"Reporting to my lord, there's really a highly - skilled person protecting this girl! I've fought this person before. He has great skills, no less than mine!" the mysterious person said worriedly.
"If even you say so, it seems they're really not to be underestimated! I'd really like to meet these two people someday. They seem quite interesting!"
In the blink of an eye, night had fallen.
In the prime minister's mansion, at the prime minister's request, only Qin Manman was left to take care of him, and the others all withdrew.
At this moment, Qin Manman nervously held the nourishing medicinal soup and fed the prime minister spoon by spoon.
Seeing that there was no one around, the prime minister said, "Okay, stop feeding. Help me up!"
Qin Manman was startled. She quickly put down the medicinal soup and helped the prime minister up with all her strength.
She saw him slowly walk up to a bookcase, turn the candlestick beside it, and a secret door suddenly appeared out of thin air.
Qin Manman was a bit stunned. This...
"Come in with me!" the prime minister said and walked in first.
At this moment, Qin Manman was still a bit nervous and hesitant.
People are always like this, always full of curiosity and fear about the unknown!
After much hesitation, Qin Manman summoned up the courage and followed him in.
The secret passage inside was very long. There were candles on both sides for lighting. At this moment, Qin Manman's heart was pounding so fast that it felt like it was about to jump out of her throat!
"Adoptive father, where are we going?" Qin Manman swallowed hard and asked cautiously.