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Why would an assassin break in at this time?

Tang Qing's eyes turned dark as she immediately pulled away from the bed. Feng Qiu's expression also changed greatly as she stood up.

There were too many people in the front courtyard today, whether it was the high ranking officials, or Feng Jiu Li himself, any of them being injured was a huge matter.

It was impossible to predict who would be hurt if they were thrown into chaos, since they were both assassins and fire.

Feng Qiu walked to the door quickly and shouted sternly: "Men! "What's going on?"

Very soon, someone came in from outside. It was the secret guard beside Feng Qiu who was protecting her.

Feng Qiu obviously wanted to do the same, but the matter was in her own residence.

Moreover, Feng Jiu Li had clearly said that he had just been severely injured by the Red Lotus Church's people in the vicinity yesterday. If something were to happen again, wouldn't the Kaiser and the empress dowager blame it on him?

Thinking about it, Feng Qiu's face became extremely ugly, and she bellowed: Don't speak nonsense! Immediately escort me to the front yard! "

How could the four hidden guards be willing to? However, after Feng Qiu gave the order, they immediately rushed out, three of them could only helplessly follow, while the remaining one was left behind by Feng Qiu to look after Tang Qing.

Tang Qing frowned and looked outside the courtyard. She only saw that the initially heavily guarded imperial guards had already disappeared without a trace, obviously they had already been transferred to the front courtyard for emergency treatment. From this, one could see how crazy these people were.

Tang Qing calculated the possibility that the assassins were all sent by Feng Qiu to silence them. When she thought about how there was no one by her side, she could not sit still.

If the fire was in the front yard and the wind was blowing to the southeast, then the safest point of retreat would be the northwest direction of the courtyard.

Tang Qing looked at Liu Er and Madame Zhao's houses in the courtyard and quickly decided to immediately leave!

Just as she took out a dagger belt, she heard a scream coming from outside the door, followed by a bloodied servant falling into the room. The man in black behind her was filled with killing intent as he charged towards her and the hidden guards.

Tang Qing could clearly feel that that person truly wanted to kill him! She did not pretend at all!

The blade was so close to her face that it almost grazed her face. If it were not for the fact that the dark guard was carefully separating them with a knife, half of her neck would have been cut off!

Tang Qing could see clearly that the hidden guard and the black-clothed man were basically at the same level. If there was another person coming, she and the hidden guard would definitely die here!

Most likely, these people were after the "proof" that Liu Er had mentioned, so after this black-clothed man, there would be other people coming. By then, she would really be out of luck.

Tang Qing's expression was calm as she memorized the route of the entire Prince Consort's Mansion. She gripped the dagger in his hand tightly and made her preparations — She had to leave this house and reach the Northwest Academy safely!

Cautiously avoiding the two's gaze, she stealthily slipped into the small alley as quietly as possible. As far as she could see, she could clearly see another black-clothed person barging in, pouncing towards her little study room!

These people were looking for something. Killing people was simply a way to not be disturbed while they were searching!

Tang Qing wasn't clear about the background of these black-clothed men, but for some reason, she had a feeling that the ones who were searching for and fighting with the hidden guards didn't seem to be a group.

There were only two possibilities for him to dare to brazenly attack, either that or he was crazy and wanted to fight Feng Jiu Li to the death, or he wanted to kill Feng Jiu Li, or Feng Jiu Li was a thief!

She kept walking out, the fire in the front yard continued to burn more and more, the bright light of the fire made the entire Prince Consort's Mansion as bright as day, luckily the wind was not too strong today, if not half of the Prince Consort's Mansion would have been burnt up by now.

Borrowing the light from the fire, Tang Qing carefully walked towards the small forest or fake mountain forests. From afar, there would always be the screams of dying people, and it made the entire Prince Consort's Mansion look like hell on earth.

Tang Qing staggered a bit from the corpse beneath her feet, her arms were in pain from the impact, but she did not make a sound. She only squinted her eyes and grabbed onto the stone beside her, burying herself in the fake mountain.

"Quick!" It's people from the Red Lotus Church! "

"A traitor seeking death!"

"Kill!"

… ….

"That's not right!" Something was not right! It was fake! Not someone from the Red Lotus Church! "

"Impossible!" This person has the Red Lotus Church's mark on him, it's real! "

"That's not right!" This is true as well, but it's fake! "

"What's going on?"

"This is bad!" The King Su is gone! "

… ….

After the last shout, the quarrelsome voices suddenly quieted down. Immediately after, the imperial guards who had been fighting ferociously rushed in front of the men in black. No one even noticed that the fire had spread further.

Tang Qing's breathing was a little ragged as waves of heat pounced on her, causing her face to turn completely red. She thought about the shouts of the people just now, and calmly analyzed the origins of the black-clothed men.

Her eyes were exceptionally bright, and from start to finish, they were as calm as water. Even when she stepped on a corpse and fell down, it did not make her expression change in the slightest.

She was in a large fake mountain forest. Relying on her memories from her past life, she carefully walked forward.

When she passed a certain courtyard, she clearly saw that the guards there had not moved from beginning to end.

Even though a group of at least ten men in black were attacking them with all their might, they were still in formation. Judging from the clothes of the guards, they should be the imperial guards.

She did not get close, but she could vaguely hear the sharp and terrified wails of a woman. She recognized that it was Liu Er's voice, and immediately knew that it was the proof of being imprisoned.

She carefully hid in the fake mountain and swept her eyes over those black-clothed people. A trace of astonishment flashed across her eyes.

Those people no longer had the same aura as the people in her courtyard.

However, she did not continue to linger. Instead, she continued to head in the opposite direction. Her speed was not fast, but her pace was steady and her rhythm was not chaotic at all.

Swoosh swoosh!

Two gusts of wind carried from his clothes flapping above his head, causing Tang Qing's entire body to stiffen, he suddenly stopped his movements, and did not even dare to breathe.

However, those two people didn't seem to see her. They only stayed on the fake mountain for a moment, then quickly disappeared.

Only after a while did Tang Qing finally loosen her tightly clenched fists. It was only when she found a cave and hid herself did she finally realize that her back was already wet.

Those two people clearly saw her! She definitely wouldn't be wrong!

Tang Qing frowned and increased her pace, thinking about the group of black-clothed people she saw today, she rubbed her forehead in puzzlement — This person could actually split into three groups, or even four groups!

There would never be such a chaotic day in his previous life, so it happened because of him?

Tang Qing's pupils contracted, she did not know where she had triggered this, to cause such a shocking mess.

However, she was certain that this situation would not last more than an hour …

If such a big thing happened in the Prince Consort's Mansion, the other imperial guards would quickly receive the news. These black-clothed men must be clear of this point, so no matter what their goal was, they would only be able to attack the Prince Consort's Mansion for less than an hour!

So, how long had it been?

Tang Qing tensed up and frowned. She was about to think about it further when she felt a cold wind behind her, catching her in an instant.

Whoosh!

The cold blade came piercing through the wind, slicing open a hole in her neck with a 'shua' sound!