Chapter 77.2

Yaoniang was taken aback. Before she had time to say anything, she saw Jin Wang leaning back, avoiding the sword that the other party had swung. Then he drew his own sword and stabbed over, immediately piercing the sneak attacker.

This was the first time for Yaoniang to witness Jin Wang killing someone like that. It should be bloody, but she actually felt that the scene was surprisingly beautiful.

But she didn't have time to think about it any longer. With another sound of horseshoes pounding the road, more than twenty horseback riders seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. From their clothes, it was obvious that they were not the people of Jin Wang.

These men actually had more people hidden in ambush!

"I didn't expect that the dignified Jin Wang would go to such lengths for a woman. Since you’re here, then stay. If I can kill you, with such a great achievement, it’d be enough for the rest of my life!" The bearded man laughed and gave a signal. His men then attacked like a pack of hungry wolves. Jin Wang only brought around seven or eight guards, but the opponent had thirty to forty. It was obvious that the enemy had the stronger force.

Yaoniang couldn't help shouting, "Your Highness, leave quickly!"

Jin Wang ignored her and swung his sword in silence.

Yaoniang was very anxious. At this moment, the horse connected to the carriage was frightened and it reared up. Yaoniang remembered Xiaobao, who was still in the carriage and climbed inside. The woman holding Xiaobao turned pale. Without saying anything, Yaoniang stepped forward to take her child, but the other party held on tightly.

Seeing Xiaobao being grabbed so tightly, yet still refusing to cry out in pain, Yaoniang's mind went blank. When she returned to her senses, she realized that she had stabbed the woman with a hairpin.

The woman howled. Holding Xiaobao in her arms, Yaoniang backed away.

From the shaking they were experiencing, the carriage seemed to be back on the road.

Yaoniang pressed her body to the wall. Holding Xiaobao in one hand, she clenched the window tightly with her other hand.

Suddenly a person came up behind her. It was Jin Wang.

He raised the other woman, dragged her outside and threw her down. Then he went to sit at the front of the carriage.

"Sit down!"

It was too late. The horse bolted away, out of control. Jin Wang pulled the horse's reins with one hand, trying his best to control the direction of the horse's movement. During this period, countless people flocked to them, trying to kill Jin Wang on the carriage, but they were all blocked by Jin Wang with his sword.

An arrow flew over, seemingly out of nowhere. Yaoniang only felt a flash in front of her eyes, and there was an arrow in Jin Wang's shoulder.

"You should leave. Don’t worry about us…"

Yaoniang's words were broken up by the bumps of the carriage. She also knew that she was being too unreasonable. Since he was already here, with Jin Wang’s character, how could he be willing to leave? She recalled how he had said, ‘You don’t trust this prince?’. Feeling pained, Yaoniang realized that she seemed to have harmed Jin Wang because of her recklessness.

But if she didn’t come, what would happen to Xiaobao?

This was a dead knot that couldn’t be untangled.

She didn't know what was right or wrong, and there was nothing she could do at this moment. All she knew was that no matter what happened today, she would accompany him.

Since she was inside the carriage, she didn’t know that the scene outside had already changed with the arrival of another group of people. The carriage seemed to have hit a rock and it suddenly bounced up. Yaoniang automatically hugged Xiaobao tighter, but she slammed her head into the window and fainted.

There was chaos everywhere. A group of men in black were cleaning the battlefield.

On a horse, a square-faced man said to Qiu Zhan, "Commander, now what?"

Qiu Zhan was also helpless, but what could he say?

The original plan was to follow the vines to find out Yong Wang’s intentions and to snatch back the drawings that were stolen by the spies sent from Yongzhou. Unfortunately, His Highness changed his mind and caused the current mess.

Now the people were dead and the trail was broken. Yong Wang’s intentions and the whereabouts of the drawings were still unknown. Qiu Zhan had a headache as he thought of all this, but he still said, "His Highness must have his own reasons for doing this." A loyal subordinate must maintain the master's great and wise image at all times.

The square-faced man showed a weird face. His Highness's purpose must’ve been to save the beauty by playing the hero, right?

But he dared not say this.

"Bring back those who are not dead yet and ask them why they kidnapped the child."

"Yes."

At Liuchun Pavilion, Tao Hong smiled and chatted with the others as usual before stepping out of the courtyard.

She was a bit worried, but whenever she encountered any acquaintances on the road, she still greeted them with a smile on her face.

"Tao Hong."

Tao Hong turned her head automatically and saw Fucheng's smiling face. Not only him but there were also a few guards behind him.

Fucheng signalled, and the guards rushed up.

Tao Hong was ruthless and bit the poison sac buried under her back molar. The poison came into effect very quickly. Black blood dripped from the corner of her mouth, and her breath disappeared.

"Such bad luck!"

Yongwang's people were all bad luck. None of them were afraid of death. Before they could even say anything, they would all kill themselves. In the past two days, Fucheng dug out several nails within the manor, and they all acted as Tao Hong did. If this didn’t count as bad luck then what was it?

Fucheng looked at Liuchun Pavilion, shook his head before leaving with the guards.

When Yaoniang woke up, she saw a thatched roof.

She froze. After a while, she sat up and found a person lying beside her.

It was Jin Wang.

Jin Wang was in ragged clothes. His hair was messy, while his face and lips were very pale. His injuries seemed to have been treated and there were strips of cloth tied around it. On the ground laid the arrow that was dripping with blood. Next to it was some cloth stained with blood.

It was a shocking sight.

Where were they?

There was a sound. Yaoniang turned her head and saw Xiaobao lying at the end of the bed. Half of him was on the bed while the other half was about to fall off. It seemed like he was trying to crawl back onto the bed.

She was taken aback, and hurriedly went over to pick up Xiaobao.

Xiaobao's face was red and his eyes were covered with mist. If he could speak, he was probably scolding the adults for their neglect. Seeing this, Yaoniang was very distressed.

But then she turned to look at the culprit-

If she was right, they should have escaped. This house was extremely simple, unlike a place where Jin Wang's subordinates would let him live. So he must’ve taken her and ran away, then found a place to temporarily stay?

How could he be bothered to take care of a child that wasn’t even his? It was already good that he didn’t throw Xiaobao away while she was still in a coma.

So-

"It's all Mother’s fault. Mother will never neglect Xiaobao again…" Yaoniang apologized to her son with guilt. She couldn’t even imagine how terrible it’d be if Xiaobao fell off the bed.

A faint moan sounded behind them.

Yaoniang hurriedly put Xiaobao aside and turned around to check on Jin Wang's situation. She saw that Jin Wang's eyes were tightly closed with cold sweat on his forehead, but his forehead was extremely hot.

He must be feverish.

Yaoniang, who focused all of her attention on Jin Wang, naturally did not notice that Xiaobao, sitting behind her, had eyes full of angry flames.