"Catch the assassin… Protect His Majesty…"
She took out the map and looked at it carefully. The voice seemed to be coming from Liuying Hall. Yin Chujin wondered if she should go over now. Seeing the guards running towards Liuying Hall from all directions, she hesitated for a moment before following them.
She stood behind the willow tree and looked at the situation in front of Liuying Hall. Several assassins in black with unique skills blocked the siege of groups of guards. With a wave of the sword, the sharp edge of the sword slashed across. The guards at the front fell to the ground with their eyes open. Seeing the emperor protected by layers of guards and even holding a few palace maids in front of him with his face was filled with panic and fear, Yin Chujin laughed mockingly. He did not have the aura of a supreme ruler at all. He was really a fatuous ruler!
When she shifted her gaze again and saw Xiao Yelei, who was standing not far from the emperor with a cold expression as if he was watching a show, she really felt that he was extraordinarily deep. He hid himself so deeply that it was too scary.
"Useless Emperor, hand over the Armament Breaking Blueprint or I'll take your life!" An assassin broke through the guards' encirclement and flew towards the Emperor with his sword.
The imperial guardd raised their halberds to block with all their might. Yin Chujin's sharp eyes noticed that a trace of ruthlessness flashed across Xiao Yelei's eyes when he heard the words "Armament Breaking Blueprint". In the next moment, he actually joined the ranks of the imperial guards. So what he cared about was the Armament Breaking Blueprint! Could it be that this was the thing he wanted to take from her? Would the princess have the Armament Breaking Blueprint?
"Protect the Emperor! Protect the Emperor! I don't have any Armament Breaking Blueprint with me. The late Emperor didn't pass it to me. Perhaps he gave it to my mother. She was already dead half a year ago. Perhaps… Perhaps the Armament Breaking Blueprint is among the burial items in the mausoleum… Protect the Emperor. Eunuch Xue, where did the guards in the palace go? There are assassins. Where are they when they're needed? Kill them all!"
The emperor was so panicked that he was about to stomp his feet. In order to save his life, he even used the late emperor and the empress dowager as shields. How inhumane!
From the emperor's words, she understood some clues. Perhaps the previous emperor had really given the Armament Breaking Blueprint to the Empress Dowager. Now that the Empress Dowager had passed away, there was no news of the Armament Breaking Blueprint. Perhaps the Empress Dowager had given it to her most beloved princess, Yin Chujin, or perhaps she had not given it to her. However, Xiao Yelei also speculated that the Empress Dowager would give it to Yin Chujin, so he targeted her.
Yin Chujin looked down at the map in her hand. A thought flashed across her mind. Perhaps she could take a gamble! She quickly rolled up the map in her hand and put it in her pocket. She put on a terrified expression and ran towards the chaotic crowd. When she saw the man in black stabbing the emperor with the long sword in his hand, she quickly knocked the emperor to the ground and rolled to the side.
"Don't kill my father, don't kill him. I… I know where the Armament Breaking Blueprint is. It's with me. Before my grandmother passed away, she gave me the Armament Breaking Blueprint… Ah…" Before Yin Chujin could finish speaking, a long sword was placed around her neck. In the next moment, she was held in the hands of the black-robed man.
At that moment, she saw a trace of panic on Xiao Yelei's face. In the blink of an eye, he flew over and reached out to grab her. Unfortunately, he was still a step too late. Yin Chujin sneered in her heart. She did not think that he was worried about her, his "wife." He was only afraid that she would hand over the thing he wanted to the man in black.
"Hand over the blueprint!" The man in black roared at her fiercely. At the same time, he exerted strength in his hand and the long sword cut into her flesh, causing blood to gush out.
"It hurts… Don't kill me, don't kill me. As long as you don't kill Father and me, I'll give you the Armament Breaking Blueprint!"
"Cut the crap. If you don't want to die, take it out quickly!"
Yin Chujin's face was filled with panic. Trembling, she reached into her clothes and took out the map. Just as she revealed the edge, the black-robed man snatched it away. Then, she was also sent flying by a palm strike. She fell heavily to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood. She supported herself and turned around to look at the situation. Just as she had expected, the black-robed man did not have time to check the map before he was attacked by Xiao Yelei. At this moment, the palace guards rushed over and surrounded the black-robed man.
"Retreat!" The leader of the assassins in black ordered. The men in black stopped fighting and threw down smoke bombs. When the white fog dissipated, other than the few men in black who had died in the battle, the others were long gone.
"Damn it!" Xiao Yelei punched the wall, his face full of anger.
No one noticed the smile in Yin Chujin's eyes.
"Eunuch Xue, quickly call the imperial physician, invite all the imperial physicians in the palace to Liuying Hall. Go immediately. Can't you see that my princess is seriously injured?" The Emperor heaved a sigh of relief after the danger. At the same time, he remembered his daughter that had risked her life to save him. If Yin Chujin had not rushed over in time, he would have been stabbed by the assassin. "Yelei, quickly carry Jin'er to Liuying Hall. Jin'er is seriously injured."
No matter how unwilling Xiao Yelei was, he wouldn't disobey the emperor's orders since there were so many people present. Hence, he carried Yin Chujin and walked towards Liuying Hall.
Yin Chujin hid all her smugness in her heart. Her face was pale and she looked weak. She coughed violently and dyed his white clothes red with the blood from the corner of her mouth.
She was betting on killing two birds with one stone. She won, but she was still seriously injured. Before she fell unconscious, she seemed to see a man in a dazzling purple robe standing outside the crowd and looking at her with a faint smile…
This glance wiped away all her smugness, because that map… came from the man in purple! Shouldn't he be in Shengrui Pavilion?