My chat group is full of female losers

Chapter 334 The Next Enemy

Changhong returned to the inn and, without saying a word, immediately packed his clothes, his movements as hurried as if he were fleeing a disaster.

She was indeed fleeing – she was worried that if Lark were captured, he would reveal her hiding place.

In no time, the clothes were packed into a pitiful little bundle, which she clutched to her chest and turned to leave. The composed and mocking expression she had displayed on the high-rise building was gone from her face; her eyes were now filled with panic.

She dared not linger for a moment, jogging through the streets and alleys of the capital city late at night.

Then they began searching around for the driver's house.

After all, relying solely on two legs is too slow; we need to get a horse and a carriage as soon as possible.

Soon, she found a rickshaw driver's house. The driver was awakened by the knocking in the middle of the night. He opened the door sleepily, saw a strange woman, and was about to scold her.

Changhong, however, was too lazy to waste words with him. She lowered her voice and said in a tone as if sharing top-secret information, "You don't know yet, do you? I just heard from a relative who works in the palace that the Imperial Guards are going to conduct a city-wide search tonight. They say that an assassin who tried to kill the emperor has fled to a coachman's house."

So anyone with a carriage will be arrested; better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free! They're about to search this street, and your carriage is your death warrant! Get rid of it now, or you'll be made a scapegoat and beheaded!”

Under the influence of the female lead's halo, this fabricated rumor seemed incredibly real and believable. The coachman, upon hearing this, was terrified, but said with a pained expression, "But this carriage is so big, how am I supposed to get lost so quickly?"

Chang Hong smiled slightly and said, "Consider yourself lucky to have run into a great sage like me. Give me the carriage, and I'll help you get rid of it."

Upon hearing this, the coachman immediately thanked him profusely and quickly led the carriage out to hand it over to Changhong.

Changhong threw the bundle into the carriage, snatched the reins, mounted the horse, lashed the horse's rump with a whip, and the carriage sped away in the silent night, quickly disappearing into the south of the city.

She drove her carriage across most of the capital, stopping in front of a secluded house in the north of the city. She knocked on the door, and before the occupants could speak, she cried out in a panic, “Run! Don’t ask why! I just came from the south of the city, and it’s in complete chaos there! They say they’ve caught an accomplice of an assassin who knows sorcery, and he’s given a list of names on this very street!”

The soldiers are now searching house to house, and anyone even remotely connected to the law, young or old, is to be killed on the spot, supposedly to prevent the spread of witchcraft! I only came around to shout this because I thought your house was in a remote location and I was afraid you wouldn't know! If you don't leave now, once the soldiers seal off the street, you'll be trapped like turtles in a barrel!

The family was so frightened they nearly lost their minds. They thanked Changhong profusely for saving their lives, grabbed their most valuable possessions, and fled out of the city with their entire family.

Seeing this, Changhong settled the carriage and then quickly walked into the house. She locked the doors and windows before sitting down in a chair to rest for a while.

After catching her breath, she remembered the chat group. With everything that had happened, the group must be going crazy with worry right now.

She clicked on it in a state of frustration, and sure enough, the group chat was in complete chaos.

Li Tian'er: "Senior Changhong! Where are you? What exactly happened just now?"

Su Wanqing: "Yes, why did Huo Qi and the others suddenly retreat? And what was that earth-shattering explosion?"

Consort Li: "Did the plan succeed or fail? Is the Emperor dead?"

Consort Wan: "What should we do now? Say something!"

The barrage of questions on the screen was irritating. Changhong pursed her lips, instinctively wanting to fabricate a lie to get by. She'd say she was one step ahead, that the explosion was news of the emperor's death, and that Huo Qi's retreat was due to a leaderless army—a way to stabilize morale. After all, spreading rumors was her instinct.

But the thought had barely formed when Chu Lu's confession flashed through her mind—a rare poison…if she spread rumors again, the poison would immediately take effect…

Her finger, which was reaching for the screen, froze instantly.

Her silence fueled the growing tension in the group chat. Finally, someone couldn't contain themselves any longer and risked sending someone to scout the vicinity of the palace. News quickly returned.

Consort Li: "The people I sent have returned! They say the emperor is not dead at all! He's perfectly fine in his palace!"

Lin Xuewei: "So the plan failed? Have you heard anything about the explosion?"

"It's said to be explosives thrown by an assassin."

"An assassin? Could it have been sent by Senior Changhong?"

"What about her? Is she still in the palace?"

"How strange, why isn't she saying anything?"

Each question relentlessly tugged at Changhong's fragile nerves. Her face grew paler and paler, her breathing became rapid, and a torrent of negative emotions—suppression, unease, and wavering—swirled within her.

She became increasingly hesitant to reply, and finally decided to close the chat group and pretend she hadn't seen it.

But just then, an avatar that hadn't spoken in a long time popped up.

It's the Third Princess! Third Princess: "Changhong, are you faking your death?"

This seemingly ordinary sentence made Changhong's heart skip a beat. Like a primary school student whose name had been called by the teacher, she froze, instinctively holding her breath.

After all, it wasn't anyone else, not Li Tian'er, not Su Wanqing, not those dispensable, fake female leads, but the Third Princess's inquiry.

She dared not answer, nor could she lie. She had no choice but to grit her teeth and continue to play dead, hoping that the Third Princess was just asking casually and would soon forget about her.

However, the next moment, the Third Princess sent another message: "Explain the current situation."

This is not a question, but an order.

An eerie silence fell over the group chat. Everyone sensed something was wrong, and they all remained silent, standing in front of their respective chat interfaces, staring at the messages, waiting for Changhong's reply.

A cold sweat instantly broke out on Changhong's back. She was beginning to feel afraid; the Third Princess was not the kind of person who would allow herself to be ignored repeatedly. If she continued to play dumb, she would only offend her completely.

But if I tell you, won't the situation be worse?

Changhong hesitated.

Time ticked by in a suffocating silence.

Just when Changhong felt he was about to be crushed by this pressure, the Third Princess sent a third message, which couldn't be simpler.

Third Princess: "@Changhong"

That was all; there was no further comment.

But this silent urging filled Changhong with immense fear. She could imagine the Third Princess's cold eyes on the other side of the screen. She understood that this was the final ultimatum.

Changhong finally couldn't hold on any longer, and a look of utter dejection and complete surrender appeared on her face.

She replied, "The plan has completely failed."

Upon hearing this, the female protagonists in the chat group were immediately shocked and exclaimed in surprise.

They wanted to ask immediately, but since the Third Princess hadn't spoken, they didn't dare to. They could only stare intently at the chat group, anxiously waiting for what would happen next.

Then, the Third Princess replied: "How did you fail? Explain clearly."

Changhong recounted the whole story in detail: "From the very beginning, he was using me. He knew all along that I had spies around him. He deliberately gave his spies false battle reports to make me believe them. In the end, the rumors I spread actually helped him a lot."

I wanted to retaliate again, but Shen Yanchen found out another secret. She said that the emperor had obtained a strange poison from the group leader and tricked me into drinking it. If I dared to spread rumors again, it would take effect immediately.

I dared not gamble, so I sent Hibari to assassinate him, but that failed too. I'm at my wit's end now.

Changhong's words were like a bomb dropped into the group chat, shocking the female protagonists, whose faces were filled with horror. They couldn't hold back any longer and, disregarding the Third Princess, began to speak one after another.

Consort Li exclaimed, "Heavens! There's actually such a poison?"

Li Tian'er: "Yes, and is he really that smart? Not only can he discover spies, but he can also use them against them?"

Su Wanqing exclaimed in surprise, "So it was all an act all along. How terrifying!"

However, just as everyone was marveling at the scene, the Third Princess spoke again, and her words were completely different from what everyone else was saying.

Third Princess: "That group leader is indeed quite capable, but in the end, you're just too useless."

Her aim was straight at Changhong.

Chang Hong's face stiffened.

The Third Princess continued, "All you've ever known is how to be opportunistic and deceitful. You don't understand at all that strength is everything. We women are naturally stronger, so we should defeat him directly with violence, not with these things. You haven't recognized your own nature, and you haven't understood the essence of women, which is why you failed."

Changhong's face turned pale and then red as she read the news about the Third Princess. Her most prized skill in spreading rumors had been rendered utterly worthless, which infuriated her. She wanted to retort, but the Third Princess was, after all, she had indeed lost, and she had no face to refute her. So she could only swallow her anger.

Seeing that she remained silent, the Third Princess continued, "Never mind. Although you all lost, you weren't entirely useless. At least you bought me enough time."

In the distant desert, the Third Princess calmly sent out the message as if it were the most natural thing in the world: "My storyline is almost over, and I can finally free up some time. I'll go over there now and take care of that emperor and the group leader together."

(End of this chapter)