Feng Yunshu watched Helan Yanting leave the house and immediately went back into the room to wake up Xiaoling.
Xiaoling had fallen into a deep sleep since yesterday due to the consumption of her spiritual power and still hadn't woken up yet.
Feng Yunshu waved a big drumstick in front of her. Smelling the fragrance, Xiaoling suddenly opened her eyes and bit the drumstick, munching away.
"Xiaoling'er, you're finally awake. You heartless little thing. Do you know that I was molested by someone yesterday? I almost lost my innocence. And there you were, sleeping so soundly!"
Feng Yunshu flicked Xiaoling on the head. Xiaoling looked at her aggrievedly and said, "Master, aren't you wronging me? Last night you were sleeping so soundly in the arms of that handsome man and even snored! Where did you almost lose your innocence? It was clearly that Prince Helan who was taken advantage of by you..."
Hearing this, Feng Yunshu remembered the scene before going to bed last night, and her old face flushed red.
"Alright, stop talking about this. Hurry up and finish eating. Have you recovered your spiritual power? We have to go out quickly."
After Xiaoling finished gnawing the drumstick, she licked her paw and asked, "Where are we going? To eat delicious food?"
"Eat, eat, eat. All you think about is eating! Other spirit foxes have oval faces. Look at yours. It's already as round as a watermelon seed. You still want to eat..."
Xiaoling looked aggrieved again and said, "There isn't... Master said that I'm plump, and I'm a lucky spirit fox..."
"Alright, alright. Whatever Master says is right. Plump Xiaoling, hurry up and get ready. Your master has to prepare some secret weapons and then we'll go and deal with the bad guys!"
"Deal with the bad guys?"
Xiaoling jumped off the couch and walked to Feng Yunshu's side. "Who?"
"You'll know when we get there."
With that, Feng Yunshu went into the secret chamber she had created. She rummaged through the items on the table and then put them all into a relatively large brocade bag, which she slung across her shoulder.
Since she had to carry a lot of things when going out and the clothes didn't have pockets, it was really inconvenient to carry things around her waist all the time. So, a few days ago, Feng Yunshu took the drawing she had made to the tailor shop and asked the old master to make a large - sized brocade bag for her.
Everything was ready, and the mistress and her servant were about to go out.
"Master, do you need me to transform into a human woman's form? Or a man's?"
Before going out, Xiaoling wagged her tail and asked Feng Yunshu.
The spirit fox clan was actually hermaphroditic before adulthood. Xiaoling's current age was still before the adulthood of the fox clan, so she could transform into male or female human forms at will.
However, since Feng Yunshu herself was a young unmarried female cultivator, she asked Xiaoling to transform into a female form. So, most of the time, Xiaoling appeared in a female form.
Feng Yunshu glanced at Xiaoling and said, "You should stay in your spirit fox form for now. Sooner or later, the emperor will find out that you're missing. All they've seen is your half - human, half - beast form. Don't transform into a woman's form easily. If you have to transform, transform into a man. Do you understand?"
Xiaoling nodded obediently. "Yes, master. You're right. I'll do as you say!"
"Did you say that your spiritual power has a daily usage limit?"
Xiaoling nodded.
Feng Yunshu thought that the palace was still some distance away. Helan Yanting had already set off. If they took a carriage or a sedan chair normally, they might not be able to catch up.
After much thought, she decided to use the "special vehicle" one more time.
Soon, Xiaoling used her spiritual power to make their figures invisible and then carried Feng Yunshu flying towards the palace.
At this time, Helan Yanting was on the carriage on his way to the palace.
It was still early, and there were few people on the long corridor. The capital city was in a peaceful and serene state.
However, this was just the calm before the storm.
The carriage rumbled along the long road, scaring the birds on the trees on both sides to fly away.
Inside the carriage.
Helan Yanting was calmly brewing tea. A wisp of green smoke rose slowly, blurring his ink - like eyebrows and eyes.
Suddenly, the horse neighed loudly, and the carriage shook violently. The teacups on the table also trembled.
"Your Highness, something's wrong!"
The coachman's exclamation came from outside. The next second, an arrow shot straight at the coachman's vital point. The coachman immediately drew out his saber from his waist to block the arrow.
But soon, more and more arrows shot from all directions. This time, all the targets were aimed at Helan Yanting inside the carriage. Many arrows were stuck on the outside of the carriage with a clatter.
Helan Yanting put down the teacup, looked up at the outside of the carriage with a deep look in his eyes, and didn't seem to be in a hurry to get out.
The coachman was also skilled in martial arts and had been trying his best to block these arrows outside. Soon, Yan Liu also rushed to the scene and deftly blocked the large number of flying arrows with his long sword.
However, since the incident happened suddenly, it was difficult for the other guards and secret guards in the mansion to arrive in time. After all, one could not fight against many. The other side clearly decided to use a war of attrition. The continuous rain of arrows made Yan Liu start to feel a bit strenuous.
"Your Highness, the rain of arrows is too dense. And the mastermind behind this must have planned this for a long time. Your Highness, please evacuate quickly. Your subordinate will surely cover your safe evacuation!"
Helan Yanting finally reacted. He lifted the curtain of the carriage and got out.
The rain of arrows continued. Several times, it seemed that the sharp arrows were about to hit him, but Helan Yanting only lightly moved his steps to avoid them.
"Your Highness, please leave quickly! This is not a place to stay for long!"
Yan Liu immediately flashed in front of Helan Yanting to block all the flying arrows for him.
However, unexpectedly, several arrows suddenly flew from behind and stabbed straight at Helan Yanting's back.
Helan Yanting frowned slightly and was about to react when he suddenly heard a familiar voice.
"Your Highness, be careful!"
Feng Yunshu rushed to the scene in a hurry. She saw several black - clothed men lying on the wall not far behind Helan Yanting, aiming their arrows at him.
Feng Yunshu immediately took out several flying darts from the brocade bag on her body and knocked down the arrows that were about to hit Helan Yanting.
Then, she quickly took out a packet of medicinal powder from her body and asked Xiaoling to fly above these people. Since they were still in the invisible state, these people didn't notice Feng Yunshu's appearance at all.
Feng Yunshu immediately threw the packet of medicinal powder down. The packet of medicinal powder hit these people steadily. The next second, these black - clothed men trembled all over, and their bows and arrows clattered to the ground. They all rolled off the wall like dumplings.
Helan Yanting and Yan Liu heard the noise and both turned to look behind them.
Helan Yanting was sure that he had clearly heard Feng Yunshu's shout just now and thought she had come. But when he turned around, he only saw a few black - clothed men groaning in pain on the ground.
Feng Yunshu saw that besides the black - clothed men on the ground, there were still quite a few black - clothed men hiding on the wall and in the trees beside. Feng Yunshu didn't act immediately. She had limited materials on her. A rough estimate showed that she couldn't solve these people immediately.
As the saying goes, "To catch the bandits, first catch their leader." If she wanted to solve these people in a short time, there was only one quickest way: to find their leader.
After looking around for a circle, Feng Yunshu found that the leader of these people was in the carriage on the adjacent street. There was nothing special about the outside of the carriage. If it weren't for a sudden gust of wind blowing the curtain of the carriage, she wouldn't have been able to find the target so quickly.