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Along the way, they encountered two more groups of assassins. Probably thinking Xiao Ruiyuan was doomed to die from the Heart-eating poison, the mastermind behind the scenes had sent these two groups whose martial skills were clearly inferior to the previous ones. Before the dark guards could act, the Prince's Mansion guards eliminated them all.
However, they still couldn't find any useful evidence on these assassins that would indicate who had sent them. Therefore, even though they were certain that some Prince or Princes with eyes on the throne were behind it, they couldn't justly drag the culprits into the light.
As Jing City loomed in the distance, Little Flower, who had been following behind, no longer continued to follow. It called out to Maomao in the sky a few times, said goodbye to Xiao Ruiyuan, and then drifted away into the vast night sky under everyone's gaze.
