Seeing this, the Crown Prince smiled faintly. "Come to think of it, your disposition and courage are quite to my liking. It's a pity, though. You just have to oppose me! And you've fallen for that Yu dog. Well, I'll just grant your wish and let you two go together on the same path."
Go together on the same path? Wei Dongling's heart skipped a beat. What did the Crown Prince mean by that? She glanced sideways at Cui Huan beside her. There was also full of confusion in Cui Huan's eyes.
Wei Dongling shot a glance at the Crown Prince and said coldly, "Why look for other excuses? You want to kill me simply because you're afraid the things from that year will be exposed! You think you've pulled it off without a trace, but ask yourself! When Concubine Chen died a tragic death back then, wasn't your mother involved in fanning the flames?"
Hearing this, the Crown Prince's face changed drastically. He kicked Wei Dongling to the ground and roared, "Shut up! My mother had nothing to do with it!"
Wei Dongling was kicked to the ground. She raised her face and sneered contemptuously. "Do you think I'll believe that? With just the crime of Empress Zhao in her hands, Concubine Xue would have been able to crush her. But they've been at each other's throats for so many years. Why has Concubine Xue never mentioned this matter? It's because they're accomplices!"
Cui Huan was completely confused. It seemed like these two were speaking in riddles.
"Shut up!" Cold sweat trickled down the Crown Prince's forehead. His handsome features contorted, looking hideous and terrifying. He glared at Wei Dongling and snorted. "So you do know everything... Then I definitely can't let you live. Go down and accompany your lover!" The Crown Prince angrily made a gesture to his servant and turned away.
Miss Qiao received the order and came over with a long knife in hand.
Wei Dongling felt a chill in her heart and shouted, "Explain yourself clearly! What happened to Yu Zixi?"
The Crown Prince, who was walking towards the door, turned back to look at Wei Dongling and snorted. "I might as well tell you. Do you think I didn't know Yu Zixi went to the northwest? I have 80,000 troops of the Xue family. Do you think they're just for show? Your lover fell off a cliff ten days ago and there's not even a whole body left!"
How could that be?
Wei Dongling felt cold all over. No! Yu Zixi couldn't have had an accident! She glanced at Cui Huan beside her.
Cui Huan's eyes were wide open, just as disbelieving as she was.
Miss Qiao's voice sounded like a ghost in her ear. "It's okay. I'll send you two to reunite right away." She aimed the long knife at Wei Dongling's head and slashed down hard.
"No!" Cui Huan lunged forward and blocked in front of Wei Dongling with her body. With a tearing sound, even though there was a hemp rope net in between, Cui Huan's back was instantly a bloody mess.
"Huanhuan!" Wei Dongling's eyes were bloodshot. Her nose twitched, and tears welled up involuntarily.
Cui Huan fell beside Wei Dongling and desperately bit at the hemp rope binding Wei Dongling.
Miss Qiao had been ordered by the Crown Prince to assassinate Wei Dongling. All her previous attempts had ended in failure. This time, she finally managed to catch them after staking out, and was commended by the Crown Prince. She was secretly happy at first. But now, seeing Cui Huan risking her life to protect her master, still so tenacious in trying to save her even after being seriously injured, Miss Qiao got angry. She raised her long knife and hacked at Cui Huan in front of her randomly.
Wei Dongling suddenly kicked out. Miss Qiao was caught off guard and was kicked in the abdomen. She fell hard backward and struggled for a long time before getting up. With a dark face, she grabbed the knife and walked towards them step by step.
Cui Huan didn't dare to stop for a moment. She bit at the knot of the hemp rope and tugged at it randomly.
Wei Dongling felt the ropes on her body loosen. She quickly took out the small crossbow mechanism from her lapel and gently pressed the buckle at Miss Qiao's face.
Puff, puff, puff - Five silver needles were all shot out. Miss Qiao had no idea. She was just pouncing towards them. The distance was so close that all five silver needles hit her face, and one even went straight into her eye.
"Ah -" A shrill scream pierced the sky.
The Crown Prince at the door was startled and quickly rushed back. He saw Miss Qiao kneeling on the ground painfully. She wanted to cover her face with both hands but didn't dare to touch the silver needles on it.
Here, Wei Dongling had already taken out the meteor blade. She untied Cui Huan, helped her lift the net, and was about to run away.
The row of secret guards in the room were so scared that they were shivering and didn't dare to move when they saw Miss Qiao in such a sorry state. Seeing this, the Crown Prince flew into a rage. He roared at the secret guards, "Whoever gets their heads first will be handsomely rewarded!"
Hearing this, the black - clothed secret guards all took out their weapons and pounced forward.
Wei Dongling made a prompt decision. She put her arm around Cui Huan's waist, turned around, rushed out of the door, and jumped over the railing into the courtyard. But then she heard the Crown Prince give an order, and more black - clothed thugs swarmed in from all directions, surrounding them tightly.
Two or three black - clothed men jumped out. The daggers in their hands glinted coldly as they rushed straight towards them.
Cui Huan grabbed the meteor blade from Wei Dongling's hand. Despite the pain, she flew forward and with two quick slashes, two black - clothed thugs fell to the ground.
The meteor blade was indeed as sharp as rumored!
Seeing Cui Huan's powerful momentum, the black - clothed men who were about to pounce hesitated and didn't dare to step forward.
Seeing this, the Crown Prince was even angrier. He ran down from the upstairs, grabbed a long sword from the person beside him, and slashed at Wei Dongling's head.
When the black - clothed thugs saw that the Crown Prince had taken action himself, they didn't dare to slack off and surrounded Cui Huan tightly.
Wei Dongling was already covered in wounds from the punches and kicks before. She was about to lightly tap her toes and run away when a black - clothed man behind her kicked her to the ground.
The Crown Prince sneered and aimed the tip of his sword at Wei Dongling's neck.
"No!" Cui Huan wanted to pounce forward to protect her, but several black - clothed men around her had surrounded her tightly. Someone threw a hemp rope to loop around her neck, and the meteor blade in her hand was also kicked away.
Cui Huan could only watch helplessly as the Crown Prince's sword stabbed towards Wei Dongling's neck. She forgot the pain in her back. Hot tears welled up in her eyes.
Just as the tip of the sword was about to reach Wei Dongling's throat, a hand suddenly appeared and grabbed the tip of the Crown Prince's sword.
Wei Dongling looked up. A black - clothed man with a black veil on his back was facing away from her. In the dim moonlight, she couldn't see who it was. She only saw that the man's right hand holding the tip of the sword was gushing blood, dropping one by one to the ground.
When the Crown Prince saw this person, his face darkened. He said angrily and frustratedly, "It's you? How dare you! You actually dare to openly return to the capital and oppose me!"
"I wouldn't dare, Your Highness!" The man's voice was hoarse.
Hearing the voice, Wei Dongling trembled all over and almost shed tears.
The person who came was actually Jingzhe!
The Crown Prince's face turned black with anger. He roared, "Jingzhe! Have you forgotten who your master is?"
Jingzhe replied calmly, "I know very well, but I follow my heart's desire."
The Crown Prince was so angry that he laughed. His hand holding the sword trembled. He growled, "Heart's desire? Fine! You're really something! I'll grant your heart's desire today!" With that, the Crown Prince suddenly pulled out his long sword and stabbed at Jingzhe's throat.