Listening to her daughter's heartfelt words, the pregnant Lady Hou went on a killing spree.

A soft buzzing sound was particularly clear in the quiet night.

Mo Wen twitched his left ear, then leaped off his horse with a powerful kick, drawing his broadsword from his waist and parrying to the side.

"Will!"

The blocked hidden weapon changed direction and stuck into the stone slab, embedding itself three-tenths of an inch deep, which shows the depth of the opponent's skill.

But Mo Wen is no pushover either.

Several buzzing sounds rang out one after another. Mo Wen and Mo Da wielded their broadswords and swung them fiercely on both sides of the carriage. The hidden weapons stuck in the ground gleamed with a faint blue light, indicating that they had been coated with poison.

"Hurry up and send the lady back to her residence."

Upon hearing this, the coachman dared not hesitate. He lashed the horse's rump with his whip, and the horse neighed, its front hooves rising high before galloping away.

The three servants, master and servant, clung tightly to the carriage wall, barely daring to breathe. Ji Yueru's grip was particularly tight.

She had to keep her balance to ensure that she didn't hurt An'an in her womb.

The two brothers used their light-footed skills to protect the carriage with their broadswords.

More and more hidden weapons were being shot from the shadows. Mo Wen dared not be careless, for he knew how much the prince cared about Lady Anshun and the child in her womb.

Taking advantage of a lull, he took out a signal from his pocket and pointed it into the sky.

"Chirp...!"

A melodious sound rang out in the air, and the magnificent red spider lilies bloomed in the sky.

Xiao Ce's expression changed as soon as he rushed out of the palace gate. Ignoring the other princes and princesses who were still present, he leaped onto the roof next to him and disappeared from their sight in the blink of an eye.

The Crown Prince, Prince Cheng, and Prince Ming were all greatly surprised. They had no idea that the fourth prince's martial arts skills were so high. It seemed that their previous investigations were all wrong. The fourth prince was truly someone to be looked at with new eyes.

King Ming was the first to react.

"Something must have happened. I'll go check it out."

After saying that, he got into his carriage and drove away.

The Crown Prince and Prince Cheng exchanged a glance, and neither gave way, so they boarded their own carriages and sped off towards the location where the signal had been sent.

Princess Changping had no intention of joining in the fun; she understood the principle that a wise person does not stand under a crumbling wall.

Just before getting into the carriage, he remembered something and his expression changed.

"Xuan Yi, Xuan Ye, you two follow them. If you see Lady Anshun in trouble, rush to her aid."

"Yes, Master."

At the same time, more than a dozen figures in the palace rushed to the location where the signal was sent, like ghosts. Princess Changping looked up and saw a silver lotus flower emblem on the chest of her black-clad figure.

She recognized them as her father's Imperial Guards. Her father had actually sent out the Imperial Guards; it seemed that the situation in the capital was about to change.

The assassinations on the street continued, and the coachman tightened the reins, causing the carriage to gallop forward.

As Mo Da blocked the dart, he noticed a faint glimmer of light on the ground ahead.

"Stop right now!"

The coachman was startled and hurriedly pulled on the reins, but it was too late; the horse's hooves had already stepped on the deliberately laid-out triangular spikes.

The horse with the injured leg let out a mournful cry, and with the coachman's forceful tug, it was slammed hard to the ground, causing the carriage behind it to veer to the side.

Mo Wen was greatly alarmed.

"Madam is worried!"

However, they were unable to spare any hands to help.

The same applies to Mo Da. If they stop now, the carriage they are protecting will be riddled with thorns, and none of the three, master and servants, will escape.

Just as the carriage was about to tip over, a figure leaped rapidly from a distance. Upon smelling the familiar sandalwood scent in the air, the two felt relieved and became even more alert to deal with the hidden weapons flying from the shadows.

Seeing that the carriage was about to overturn, Ji Yueru didn't have time to think. She pulled back her hands to protect her belly, a mother's subconscious action to protect her child.

Zhiyi and Shuyi wanted to help, but they were too busy taking care of themselves.

At the critical moment, a figure rushed in from outside the carriage, one hand around Ji Yueru's waist, the other protecting her stomach, forcefully breaking open the carriage and carrying Ji Yueru out.

Seeing the two rush out of the carriage, the hidden darts became even more concentrated on them, and Mo Wen and Mo Da quickly stepped forward to help.

Xiao Ce pulled his cloak over Ji Yue Ru to shield her, and with one hand, the sleeve of his cloak fluttered, preventing the thrown weapons from getting even a fraction of a second closer to him.

An'an, who had been preparing to use her own power to protect herself and her mother, spoke with a surprise that even she couldn't detect.

[Mother is Prince Shun; he has come to save us.]

At such a critical juncture, Xiao Ce was inexplicably in a good mood because of a single sentence from An An.

Instead of hiding under the eaves, the three of them worked together to fend off darts thrown from the shadows.

At this moment, Ji Yueru disregarded her shame and wrapped her arms around Xiao Ce's waist, pressing her stomach against him. Even if a dart were to stab her, it would stab her back first, not her stomach.

Within a dozen or so breaths, screams echoed one after another from both sides of the street, and fewer and fewer darts were being thrown from the shadows. After seven or eight breaths, the screams stopped, and a strong smell of blood filled the air.

Xiao Ce put his arm around Ji Yueru's waist, and the two landed steadily on the ground.

Mo Wen and Mo Da didn't look in their master's direction, but instead went to check on the two maids among the wrecked carriages.

The street fell silent again. Having just survived an assassination attempt, Ji Yueru could almost hear her heart pounding wildly.

A faint sandalwood scent lingered around my nose; the fragrance was not strong and was not unpleasant to smell.

"Mommy, if you don't let go, you're going to squash me!"

Almost at the same time An'an's voice rang out, Ji Yueru suddenly let go of her hand.

The hand that was around her waist did not loosen its grip. At this moment, Ji Yueru did not dare to look up, nor did she dare to see what kind of expression the Prince Shun had.

"Oh."

A very soft laugh exploded above her head, and Ji Yueru felt her cheeks flush instantly, making her feel even more uncomfortable.

Especially the area where his hands were around her waist was burning hot.

"I am unsure if there are any other assassins on the road. I will escort my wife back to the manor."

When the words "Madam" came out of Prince Shun's mouth, Ji Yueru could detect a hint of ambiguity in them.

"what!"

Amid Ji Yueru's exclamation, Xiao Ce bent down, picked her up horizontally, and disappeared into the night with a light step.

Mo Wen and Mo Da concealed the surprise in their eyes. Could it be that the prince actually...

They didn't even dare to think about what was going to happen next, and one of them, along with an injured maid, disappeared into the night.

The groom, who had just peeked out from beside the dead horse and found no movement, witnessed this scene.

He suddenly felt a little wronged; he, a grown man, had been abandoned by these people.

Looking around, he sensed that someone was spying on him in the darkness, which frightened him so much that he got up and ran wildly towards the Marquis of Anshun's residence.

When the King of Light arrived too late, he found the street in complete disarray, with a carriage lying in pieces in the middle of the street.

Inside Qinghe Courtyard, several maids were waiting for their mistress to return when several figures suddenly landed.

The maids couldn't help but shout when they saw it.