He didn't expect the guards beside Wei Zijin to appear so quickly. He covered his wrist and took two steps back. He was about to draw the sword when a long sword crossed his neck.
He stared at the man in black in front of him who was extremely fast-witted, with a look of surprise and suspicion: "Are you Shadow Guard?"
The black shadow did not answer him, but looked at the assassin who was trying to assassinate the princess coldly and asked in a deep voice: "Are you an assassin sent by the emperor?"
The man did not answer, but just sneered, and turned his eyes to Wei Zijin who was blocked by Huan'er, who stabbed her hard: "This time I failed, I was my own fault. I didn't expect that there were so many people around her who protected her..."
The black shadow looked gloomy and stabbed the assassin hard on the shoulder with a sword. He only heard a muffled groan and refused to beg for mercy.
The movement in the front hall also alarmed the guards in the mansion. When the guards led by Kong Wu saw the situation in the front hall, they rushed over to surround the assassins.
"Princess——" Kong Wu was the first to rush to Wei Zijin. When he saw the blood on the princess' body, his face changed drastically.
"I'm fine. Please help Huan'er aside. She used her back to block the assassin's dagger for me. Please ask the doctor!"
Wei Zijin was pregnant after all, and was still shocked, her voice was quite weak, and even her face turned a little pale.
Kong Wu quickly helped Huan'er, who was in a coma, carefully. Wei Zijin took a breath, looked at the assassin who was still moving under the black shadow sword, and asked coldly: "Is it Xiao Heng who sent you here?"
The assassin still did not answer. Even though he was stabbed by a black shadow, he still gritted his teeth and said nothing.
"You search for his body. If he can enter the mansion calmly, he must have a token on his body!"
Wei Zijin ordered in a deep voice, and several guards searched the assassin's whole body and found a token from him.
"Princess, look—"
Wei Zijin took the token and looked carefully. Sure enough, this token was carried by the scout. If it weren't for this token, even the scout wouldn't be able to enter the Luoyang Palace!
"You killed the scout?" Wei Zijin asked sternly, holding the token on the scout.
The assassin raised his head and laughed a few times, nodded happily, admitting Wei Zijin's words: "I heard that the Princess Luoyang is extremely intelligent. Now when I see it, it is indeed worthy of its reputation. It falls into the hands of the Princess Luoyang. I am convinced!"
"Since you know, why do you still come to the royal palace to assassinate?" Wei Zijin asked with a frown.
"I didn't want to assassinate the princess, but I just ordered to ask the princess to come with me..." He answered with serene words, as if the act of stabbing Huan'er with a dagger just now was not what he did.
Wei Zijin did not continue to ask questions, and he already fully understood the intention of Xiao Heng sending him!
Xiao Heng wanted to use her to suppress Xiao Jingyao and force Xiao Jingyao to surrender!
Xiao Heng was probably at the end of his journey and could no longer send out a fierce general to deal with Xiao Jingyao and the kings. He actually wanted to send someone to control himself to deal with Xiao Jingyao!
She should have expected Xiao Heng to do this... Xiao Heng was cruel and ruthless. He could have spoken love words in front of her and turned around to plot against her to force her to death. How could he be ruthless to her now?!
What’s ridiculous is that no matter whether it was her previous life or this life, no matter what identity she changed, Xiao Heng never gave up on the idea of harming her!
Perhaps she and Xiao Heng are destined enemies. Even without Xiao Jingyao, she and Xiao Heng will only have a life-and-death ending!