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After what happened with Yuwen Fei and Li Consort, it would be inconvenient for Huai Jin to pursue the matter regarding Ran Die. After all, the last sentence of the Li Consort was full of warning.

Right now, she didn't have the ability to fight against these people. In the palace, she only had the empress dowager to rely on and was still unreliable. It wasn't easy to live a heavy life, so she had to protect her small life.

"Don't you want to say something to me?"

"Is there something else?" Huai Jin raised her eyebrows and asked.

Ran Mei muttered to herself for a moment, turned around to look at her surroundings, and said softly: "Master Hou still has some people in the palace, do you want to..."

Hearing this, Huai Jin's pupils contracted. Although the matter regarding the Li Consort was a hidden danger, could she really trust the Xuanping Marquis? She had not forgotten about the bet between the original owner and Prince Jin, so Huai Jin kept on weighing the pros and cons.

Ran Mei waited at the side for her reply.

After a long while, Huai Jin finally breathed out slowly and waved her hand at Ran Mei, "There's no need.

Ran Mei nodded her head, and was about to go down, but just as she turned around, the candle flame at the window flickered, and a black figure flashed past. Without enough time to think, Ran Mei rushed to the window, protecting Huai Jin behind him.

But Huai Jin was clearly faster than her by a step. After pushing Ran Mei, who was standing in front of him, away, Huai Jin nimbly turned her head to close the window and extinguished the candle flame by the window.

Ran Mei looked at Huai Jin who was standing in front of her in a daze. The previous situation was extremely urgent, she knew that she had no time to dodge it and was already prepared to die.

Just as Ran Mei was in a daze, Huai Jin had already donned her clothes, took out a dagger, pushed open the door and went out to fight with the people outside.

Although Huai Jin had not learnt any ancient martial arts, she was still able to master all sorts of martial arts. She was extremely ruthless, using every single move without any regard for her life, and was able to fight on par with the man in an instant.

The moonlight that night was extremely beautiful as it illuminated the shadows of their figures on the ground. As the two exchanged blows, the shadows on the ground were also very faint, making one's vision blurry.

The two of them were battling intensely, Ran Mei also took out a flexible sword from her waist, but shesheas afraid that if she suddenly stepped forward and interfered, she would accidentally injure Huai Jin, so he only used his sword to protect the side.

After a few rounds, the other party had already understood Huai Jin's technique, with every step pressing closer, Huai Jin was slowly being pushed down by the wind due to her insufficient stamina. Seeing the opportunity, Ran Mei used his sword and pierced through two people, protecting Huai Jin behind him, then used his sword to fight against the man.

Only then did Huai Jin have the time to carefully observe the person who tried to assassinate him in the middle of the night. That person's body looked like a man, but it was smaller than an average man's, and her face was covered with a black cloth.

Looking at those eyes, Huai Jin suddenly thought back to when she met Li Consort in the evening. That weird little eunuch, whose eyes were also staring at him like that.

Huai Jin warned Ran Mei about his opponent's weakness. After Ran Mei heard this, she spun her hand and pointed the sword at his opponent's fatal point.

The snake-like flexible sword had been infused with energy, and its straight body shone with a cold light under the moonlight.

Just as the sword was about to strike his opponent, a paper fan suddenly flew in from the air, causing the sword in Ran Mei's hand to fall, at the same time a powerful force forced Ran Mei to continuously retreat from the man's side.

Huai Jin glared at the direction where the paper fan came from, then rushed forward and pulled Ran Mei away. The dagger in her hand was struck by Huai Jin with force, and pierced straight into the young eunuch's body.

With another clear "clang" sound, Yun Jing appeared out of nowhere and blocked Huai Jin's dagger as well as protecting the young eunuch behind him.

The young eunuch let out a laugh as he was saved. He hid behind Yun Jing and his eyes kept rolling around.

Huai Jin then looked behind Yun Jing, the tree shadows were abundant, he could not even see the shadow of the person, but Huai Jin knew that Yuwen Fei was definitely there, it was just that the other party did not have any plans to come out.

Withdrawing his gaze, Huai Jin looked at Yun Jing, who was in front of him, and snorted coldly: "There's a thief who assassinated the princess, and yet you, as Seventh Prince's bodyguard, did not help this princess catch the assassin, and instead wanted to protect him?"

Yun Jing kept the sword in his hand, and did not reply.

Huai Jin's face sank. "Why don't you call some people to come in and explain it to them?"

Yun Jing's expression, which seemed to be eternally expressionless, slightly changed. He glanced behind him, and then said to Huai Jin: "If the princess were to call for help, Yun Jing might not be the only one to explain everything." With that, he looked at Ran Mei who was behind Huai Jin, his meaning self-evident.

"Princess …" Ran Mei called out softly, but just as she was about to speak, she was cut off by Huai Jin with a wave of her hand.

The person behind Yun Jing did not seem to have the intention to come out, it seemed like they knew that she would not dare to expose this matter, and that was the truth. After the other party had clearly expressed his knowledge of Ran Mei's identity, Huai Jin gave up on this idea, since she was already a hostage in the palace.

It was just that Huai Jin was curious as to what was behind Ran Die's death. It actually made her concubine assassinate him, a princess, in the middle of the night. Was she not worried that the Xuanping Marquis would start a war after his death? Or could it be that the thing she was trying to hide was more serious than the rebellion of the Xuanping Marquis?