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Dozens of long arrows, like a dense rainstorm, shot towards the carriage.

Chu Xunzhen's gaze sharpened, and he pressed Chen Jiamin down into a hidden compartment inside the carriage.

The wooden planks had just risen when the long arrow shot into the carriage.

Chu Xunzhen turned to the side.

However, the arrows were too densely packed, and she could only desperately protect her vitals.

puff puff!

The long arrow pierced Chu Xunzhen's body.

The entire street was deserted.

Bang!

The carriage suddenly fell apart.

Dozens of men in black brandished their knives and charged towards Chu Xunzhen.

Chu Xunzhen raised her left hand, and a deadly poison needle shot out from her bracelet. In the next instant, the five assassins died on the spot.

The remaining dozens of people surrounded the two of them.

Princess Jiamin held the wooden board in front of her.

Chu Xunzhen noticed that most of these people's gazes were fixed on Chen Jiamin.

Could the assassin's target be Chen Jiamin?

Chu Xunzhen shielded her and suddenly stepped back.

"Do you want money? I, Chu Xunzhen, am willing to pay ten times the price. Just step back now."

The man in black was stunned.

"How tempting. Too bad. We assassins keep our word."

"Wait!" Chu Xunzhen suddenly spoke up, "Are you from the Shadow Assassin's Tower?"

As soon as Chu Xunzhen spoke, the man in black's expression turned cold.

"Don't waste your breath on her. She's definitely stalling for time, trying to wait for reinforcements to arrive."

Chu Xunzhen twitched his right index finger slightly and said, "Your boss at Shadow Assassin's Tower still owes me something. You dare take a job targeting me? Are you sure your boss won't hold it against you?"

Upon hearing this, the assassins exchanged bewildered glances.

"Chu Xunzhen, this order isn't targeting you, but Princess Jiamin. Leave now, and we won't make things difficult for you."

Upon hearing the assassin's words, Jiamin trembled with fear.

Incredulity flickered in her eyes.

The person the assassin wanted to kill was actually Chen Jiamin?

What happened?

Will my cousin's wife abandon me and leave me?

Seeing Chu Xunzhen's back already struck by an arrow, Chen Jiamin's gaze changed, and her voice became firm: "Sister-in-law, you must leave quickly. Let my cousin bring troops to rescue me. Or you can go to the Five Cities Garrison."

The assassins laughed loudly: "That's right. Ninth Princess, this matter has nothing to do with you. Retreat immediately, or my Shadow Assassins will not offer any explanation for their mistaken killing."

Chu Xunzhen glanced at Chen Jiamin and said, "Okay. You wait here."

Chen Jiamin nodded, her heart heavy. She knew she absolutely could not be a burden to Chu Xunzhen.

After all, the assassin came looking for her, and she couldn't let her cousin-in-law get hurt.

Chu Xunzhen turned to leave, but just as she was about to leave the encirclement, she turned and leaped, landing right in front of the leader of the black-clad assassins.

"How dare you!" the leader in black roared.

At the same time, Chu Xunzhen raised his dagger and stabbed at the black-clad leader, but the next moment the leader grabbed his wrist.

A black worm crawled into his body along his hand.

The leader in black gave the order: "Kill Chen Jiamin!"

However, the next moment, all the assassins in black fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

Chen Jiamin closed her eyes, squatted on the ground, and hugged her head, but the pain did not come for a long time.

She instinctively opened her eyes wide and saw all the men in black lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth.

"What happened?"

The leader of the assassins' expressions changed, and he abruptly retreated.

The total annihilation caused by the unknown is chilling.

He had already decided to withdraw.

With a turn of his head, the leader left.

Chu Xunzhen's body suddenly went limp, and she almost fell to the ground.

While talking to the assassin, Chu Xunzhen summoned small snakes and scorpions that quickly dispersed.

"Sister-in-law!" Chen Jiamin came over and helped Chu Xunzhen up.

She had thought her cousin-in-law was really leaving, but it turned out she was just trying to get their attention.

"I'm sorry, sister-in-law, it's all my fault. I've dragged you into this."

Chen Jiamin carried Chu Xunzhen on her back, talking as she ran towards the Wanyao Pavilion ahead.

"Help! Quick! Save your boss!"

Chu Xunzhen's forehead was covered in cold sweat. Three long arrows, arranged in a triangular pattern, were embedded straight into her flesh on her back.

"Sister-in-law, why are you helping me? With your abilities, if you wanted to leave, they would be powerless to stop you."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xunzhen chuckled and said, "Since you call me 'cousin-in-law,' you are also my cousin. I will naturally protect you."

Chen Jiamin was stunned, and tears welled up in her eyes.

She supported Chu Xunzhen, her body swaying unsteadily, and she fell to the ground several times.

But she always protected Chu Xunzhen, using her own body to cushion Chu Xunzhen's fall.

"Help!"

Chen Jiamin shouted loudly.

The doors of the Myriad Medicines Pavilion finally opened.

"Is that the boss? Quick, the boss is injured!"

"And this girl is also injured. Help them inside."

After a short while, Chu Xunzhen was settled in a side room.

Chen Jiamin suffered a minor injury to her hand.

After the doctor bandaged her up, she stayed outside Chu Xunzhen's room.

Seeing several female doctors going in and out, she was terrified and turned pale.

Nangong Yue has arrived.

As soon as he entered, he saw a female apprentice carrying a basin of fresh blood coming out of the side room.

His expression changed.

Chen Jiamin, pale-faced, tugged at his sleeve and said in a tearful voice, "Cousin, you're here!"

"What happened?"

He suppressed the urge to rush in and asked Chen Jiamin.

"They were after me. My cousin-in-law was so badly injured trying to save me. It's all my fault! It's all my fault!"

Chen Jiamin's eyes were red and swollen. She spoke between tears and incoherently.

Nangong Yue didn't say much, but rushed into the side room.

As soon as he stepped inside, he startled several female doctors.

"Greetings, Ninth Prince."

"How is the princess?"

Nangong Yue asked, looking at the pale-faced woman on the couch.

God knows how anxious he was when he learned that Chu Xunzhen was injured.

"The princess is seriously injured and has fallen into a coma. If she can pull through tonight, she will survive. If she cannot, then..."

The doctor didn't say what he was going to say next, but everyone present understood.

Chen Jiamin staggered, unable to believe it.

My cousin's wife got injured because of her. If something really happens to her, how will she ever repay that debt for the rest of her life?

Nangong Yue remembered the life-saving medicine in the mansion and quickly asked Anshun to fetch it.

Inside the side room.

Chu Xunzhen's entire body was bandaged up tightly.

Nangong Yue stroked her hair, took her hand, and said, "Sister, I've come to see you. Are you very tired? Get some rest, and wake up tomorrow, okay?"

On the tatami mat.

Chu Xunzhen was delirious with fever.

With a splitting headache, she couldn't hear what Nangong Yue was saying at all.

Anshun brought back the miraculous medicine.

Nangong Yue quickly put the life-saving medicine into Chu Xunzhen's mouth.

Seeing that she had swallowed it, Nangong Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Lianxin remembered that she had life-saving medicine in her own household, so she hurriedly went back to get it.

midnight.

Chu Xunzhen suddenly woke up.

She gasped for air, clutched her shoulder, and sat up.

At this moment, her back was burning with pain.

"Sister, you're awake."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xunzhen looked up and immediately saw Nangong Yue, who looked haggard and pale.

"water."

Chu Xunzhen's voice was weak.

Nangong Yue quickly poured water for Chu Xunzhen.

"Sister, drink slowly, let me help you."

Chu Xunzhen took a sip of water and became fully awake.

Looking at Nangong Yue, who was standing beside him with her hair as messy as a bird's nest, Chu Xunzhen couldn't help but laugh.

"Your Highness, your hair is messy."

Nangong Yue shook her head, grabbed Chu Xunzhen's hands, and said, "Sister, you scared me to death. I will never let you enter the palace alone again."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xun was truly at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"The palace is very safe. I was accidentally injured on the street this time."

"That won't do. Starting today, I'll be sending you more people."

"Sister, are you hungry?"

Chu Xunzhen shook her head slightly, her pale face full of fatigue, her voice weak: "I'm not hungry, Your Highness, please go and have your meal first, okay? That way you can come back and take good care of me."

"it is good."

Nangong Yue helped Chu Xunzhen to sleep.

He stepped out of the room and immediately saw Chen Jiamin carrying a wooden box, jogging back.

"Cousin, this is the Ten-Thousand-Year Elixir that my mother gave me. It is a treasure that my mother obtained from the alien race of the Great Qian Dynasty. It can bring the dead back to life. As long as a person has a breath left, drinking it will make them fully recovered."

Upon hearing this, Nangong Yue's cold and hard expression softened.

"My dear cousin, you're so kind. Please keep this miraculous medicine. Your cousin's wife just woke up, but she's resting now. Her fever has subsided."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jiamin's legs went weak, and she burst into tears of joy.

God knows how scared she was just now?

If her cousin-in-law's death was truly caused by her, she would be held responsible.

"No, no, no!"

Princess Jiamin quickly shook her head, placed the medicine in front of Nangong Yue, and said, "Cousin, I was ignorant before, and I often talked back to you and my sister-in-law after listening to the Empress. Today, my sister-in-law risked her life to save me. If you don't accept this life-saving medicine that can bring me back to life, I will not feel at ease."

Nangong Yue shook her head and pushed the box back.

"If you want to deliver it, wait until your cousin-in-law wakes up, then you can deliver it yourself. You should go and rest now."

"Yes."

Princess Jiamin breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Chu Xunzhen was alright and recovering, and went to rest.

Inside the courtyard of Wanyaoge, under the osmanthus tree.

Nangong Yue stood there, looking at Anshun, and asked, "Have you found out? Was it done by the Shadow Killer Tower?"

"Your Highness, we've found out. It was the Second Prince of Daqian who did it. Three years ago, the Second Prince proposed to His Majesty that Princess Jiamin be married off. The Eldest Princess refused. The other day, the Eldest Princess killed Tuoba Fei of Daqian. The people of Daqian went mad and wanted revenge on the Eldest Princess, so they ordered the Shadow Assassins to kill Princess Jiamin. The Princess Consort was also in the carriage at the time. The assassins immediately took action and shot arrows at the carriage."

"Let's go, follow me to the Shadow Assassin Tower."

Just then, Nangong Yue noticed a furtive figure appearing not far away.

Nangong Yue recognized this person.

This person was none other than Chu Mingli, the second young master of the Marquis of Ping'an's mansion.

He's a member of the Chu family, and he's long since severed ties with his sister. What's he doing here so secretly?

Nangong Yue watched him hunch over, taking each step with extreme caution.

Suddenly, Chu Mingli pushed open the door to Chu Xunzhen's room and quietly sneaked inside.

Nangong Yue's gaze changed, and a murderous intent suddenly burst forth.

He used his lightness skill, flipped over, and landed right in front of him.