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Ji Yunkai's courtyard was located in the center of Prince Yanbei's Mansion, but the guards there were the weakest.

Li Yuan was a top-notch expert. With his abilities, he could easily sneak into Ji Yunkai's courtyard without anyone noticing.

Upon closer inspection, one would notice that vines had extended from the grape arbor, the mint leaves were brighter than during the day, the scent of lavender was more potent than usual, and the red peppers looked as if they would explode at any time...

Li Yuan had a great wealth of experience in the Jianghu and had never looked down on anyone. If one made even the slightest movement, he would raise his guard. But, no matter how cautious he was, he would not put a bunch of plants in his eyes.

Li Yuan noticed the hidden dark guards nearby but did not take them seriously. He immediately jumped inside the courtyard and planned to take Ji Yunkai away before the dark guards noticed. But, as soon as he stepped into Ji Yunkai's courtyard, it was already a tragedy!

He did not know what he touched, but a green vine suddenly flew toward him with a speed as fast as lightning. Li Yuan had discovered it in time and dodged it, but the moment he landed on the ground and before he could even stand steadily, he heard a *bang* and did not know what had exploded.

Li Yuan instinctively wanted to dodge, but before he could move, his nose started to itch and he began sneezing non-stop.

In this situation, unless the dark guard was dead, he would still be able to easily find him.

"Assassin! Protect the Princess Consort!" The instant the vines withdrew, the dark guards spotted Li Yuan. Four black figures pounced forward and signaled the guards of Prince Yanbei's Mansion at the same time.

"I never thought that This Old Man's brilliant life would end in such a damned place." Li Yuan rubbed his nose and laughed bitterly.

Ignoring the guards who pounced toward him, Li Yuan waved his sleeves. He pushed away from the chili powder that was floating in the air and rushed into Ji Yunkai's courtyard, but...

Without even waiting for him to get close, the potted plants in Ji Yunkai's courtyard fell to the ground like thunderclaps; it was as if they were firecrackers.

Not all of the plants raised by Ji Yunkai were planted in the ground. Many of them were put on specially-built shelves or hung up. No matter how good his martial arts were, Li Yuan had no choice but to step back.

"What's going on?" Li Yuan looked at the ground littered with soil and broken porcelain and could not help but frown.

Prince Yanbei was so full of tricks that he even used plants as a trap?

The dark guards saw the broken potted plants and wanted to ask what was going on.

Was this assassin here to assassinate the Princess Consort or to destroy her plants?

Of course, this had nothing to do with them. What they needed to do was to capture the assassin.

However, it was still possible to delay the situation a bit. Once reinforcements arrived, no matter how strong this assassin was, it would be useless.

Besides, the Princess was not stupid. With so much commotion outside, how could she possibly sleep?

Of course, Ji Yunkai could not sleep through the commotion. She would be a pig if she could still sleep after all the noise the dark guards and the assassin loudly made.

Ji Yunkai nimbly got off the bed, put on her outer robes, grabbed the golden needles that Feng Qi had given her, and climbed out the window.

Recently, she seemed to be climbing out of the window quite a lot.

Only, this time her luck was bad. She noticed Li Yuan the moment she went out of the window. With a sweep of his eyes, his icy killing intent seemed to have substance, causing Ji Yunkai to freeze and making her feel like she was a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

But even so, Ji Yunkai still resisted. Seeing Li Yuan being pushed back by the dark guards, Ji Yunkai did not care that she was still lying on the window. Holding onto the golden needle box that Feng Qi left for her, she pointed it toward Li Yuan.

The golden needle that Feng Qi left her was a sharp weapon that could save her life.

*Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!* Several golden needles shot toward Li Yuan like cannonballs, causing his expression to change as he retreated several steps. He exclaimed, "Heavenly Doctor's Divine Needle!"

Didn't Feng Qi say that this golden needle was something he made? How did he get involved with the Sky Doctor Valley?

Forget it, the most important thing was to escape.

"Pfft!" It was unknown whether it was because Li Yuan was not strong enough, or because the Heavenly Doctor's Divine Needle was too powerful, but no matter how fast Li Yuan dodged, he was still pierced by a golden needle.

Li Yuan's footsteps paused, as he covered his wounds.

Li Yuan was surrounded by the guards and the dark guards, but he did not panic at all. His gaze fell on Ji Yunkai, and when he saw the golden needles in her hands, a hint of fear flashed across his eyes. Before the guards and dark guards attacked, Li Yuan flung his sleeves and flew away…

Today, Prince Yanbei's Wife should consider herself lucky!

"Chase!" Seeing their target disappear so suddenly, the dark guards were unreconciled. Leaving behind some people to protect Ji Yunkai, they chased after him. But how could they be his opponent? By the time they had chased out, they had not even seen Li Yuan's shadow.

"Princess Consort, are you alright?" The Steward who arrived late asked worriedly when he saw the messy little courtyard.

"I'm fine. Is the Infanta okay?" Ji Yunkai did not need to ask to know that the Steward must have come from Shiqing's place and only came to see her when he saw that Infanta Shiqing was fine.

"The Infanta is fine. The assassins are here for you, Princess Consort." While the Steward was speaking, he kept looking at Ji Yunkai with a measuring gaze, as if he was looking at a criminal.

Ji Yunkai's face immediately darkened, and she said snappily, "Are you sure the assassin is targeting me? It's not because he didn't find the Prince and wanted to use me as a punching bag instead?"

Such a big thing had happened, yet Xiao Jiu'an still had not appeared. It could be seen that Xiao Jiu'an was not currently in the estate. Otherwise, with Xiao Jiu'an's capabilities, he would have been the first to discover the assassin.

The Steward was silent for a moment before nodding, "It is not impossible."

"Hmph." Ji Yunkai snorted, turned around, and walked back to her courtyard.

Looking at the plants on the ground, Ji Yunkai was extremely angry, but at the same time, she was glad that she had raised them in her courtyard and set them as a trap. Otherwise, with the capabilities of the assassin tonight, she would have died...