"Thank you, Miss Shen, for tonight!" Princess Luoyao thanked Shen Li and said, "If it weren't for you keeping Luoning here tonight, I don't know where I'd be looking for her now!"
Shen Li was taken aback. Suddenly, she realized that Princess Luoyao seemed to have misunderstood. She thought Shen Li had deliberately kept Princess Luoning waiting for someone to pick her up. But that wasn't the case! How could she explain this now?
Princess Luoning apparently also realized something. Seeing Shen Li looking like she wanted to say something but hesitated, she tugged at Princess Luoyao's sleeve. With an impatient look on her face, she said, "Sister, didn't you say you were going to that Moon - God Temple? Why aren't you leaving yet?"
Hearing this, Princess Luoyao was slightly stunned, and then her face quickly flushed.
The Moon - God Temple had always existed, and the incense there was quite prosperous. Although Princess Luoyao was of noble status, in the end, she was still a young maiden in the boudoir. Since there was no sign of her marriage yet, it was understandable that she came to the Moon - God Temple to pray for a good marriage. After all, there were many young girls with the same intention tonight.
But now, Princess Luoyao's secret had been revealed by Princess Luoning in public. Although only Shen Li had heard it, Princess Luoyao still felt embarrassed.
Shen Li noticed Princess Luoyao's embarrassment and naturally said very considerately, "We still have other places to go, Princess. We'll take our leave first!"
Princess Luoyao naturally didn't say anything else. After Shen Li paid her respects, she turned and walked in the other direction.
On the other side, Princess Luoyao also pulled Princess Luoning towards the Moon - God Temple. As she walked, Princess Luoning would still look back in the direction where Shen Li and the others had left from time to time.
Shen Li deliberately strolled around on the street for a while before heading towards the Moon - God Temple.
On the street separated from the Moon - God Temple by one block, the crowd was as dense as in other places. But what was different was that there was a group of people performing acrobatics on this street.
One man held a torch in his hand. He spat a mouthful of white liquid onto the torch, and the flame on the torch instantly rose higher. The crowd immediately burst into applause and cheers. Another man was twirling a staff with great vigor. He looked really skillful.
There were twelve people performing acrobatics on this street, and the on - looking common people had surrounded them in three or four layers. It looked extremely lively.
Shen Li and her three maids didn't go closer to watch. They just stood far away on the outside.
Hanyue had already placed her hand on her sword, remaining vigilant at all times. "Miss, those people all know martial arts!"
Hearing this, Shen Li scanned the surroundings again. Her eyes moved from the acrobats to the common people around, and then to the places on this street that were suitable for hiding and ambushing. A sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Finally they're here! I thought I'd be making a vain trip today!"
The four of them just stood still on the spot, watching as the acrobats slowly moved towards them. Finally, the man twirling the staff stood beside Shen Li. The twelve people deliberately surrounded Shen Li and her three maids within their circle.
While the on - looking common people were still engrossed in the show, they didn't notice that two of the twelve people had already replaced the things in their hands with weapons.
"Humph! Seeking death!" Hanyue, who was standing beside Shen Li, saw the sword glinting coldly in the light of the candles, pointing directly at Shen Li's back and getting closer. Without even unsheathing her sword, she directly kicked out at the man's face.
The man had intended to launch a sneak attack but was discovered. Now, he could only barely dodge Hanyue's kick.
Seeing this, the other eleven people no longer concealed themselves. They directly threw away their acrobatic tools, unsheathed their hidden swords, and stabbed at the four of them one after another.
Suddenly seeing the swords in the acrobats' hands, the surrounding common people let out screams and ran away. However, some people also jumped out of the crowd. Holding weapons in their hands, they joined the fight and surrounded Shen Li, Jiaoyue, Hanyue, and Mingyue. The crowd instantly became chaotic.
There were more than just the twelve people. Another twenty - odd people wearing ghost masks and black clothes appeared later. The situation that Shen Li and the others were facing was extremely severe. The assassins attacked one after another without giving them any chance to catch their breath.
When Shen Li's Night Shadow Whip lashed out, it tore the skin and flesh of the enemies. Shen Li quickly took out four or five people, and the others didn't dare to get close to her. So there were no assassins within a radius of one zhang around her.
Once Hanyue unsheathed her sword, it immediately became a deadly weapon in her hand. It seemed to be an extension of her. Every move and every strike could take a life.
Mingyue and Jiaoyue's martial arts were relatively weaker. Now, with their backs against each other, they fought the enemies together, which well compensated for their deficiencies.
However, even so, the enemies' goal was very clear. They were after Shen Li's life. They only sent a small number of people to entangle Hanyue, Mingyue, and Jiaoyue.
Half a moment after the assassination began, Hanyue immediately saw their intention. She kept moving towards Shen Li and finally stood beside her, fighting side by side with her.
After a quarter of an hour, nearly half of the thirty - odd assassins had been killed by the four of them. The remaining assassins looked at the bodies of their companions on the ground and hesitated. After surrounding Shen Li and the others, they didn't immediately attack as they had before.
On the second floor of a shop on one side of the street, not far from this assassination, there were two figures standing there.
"A bunch of useless fools! They can't even kill a woman!" A woman wearing a silver mask with a red butterfly pattern that covered her whole face was looking at the scene in the distance. Angrily, she slapped the window sill in front of her and scolded the man beside her.
Hearing this, the man just lowered his head and said apologetically, "Those two are too good at martial arts. Our people are no match for them at all!"
"No match? Then what's the use of you?" Hearing this, the woman glared at the man beside her. All her dissatisfaction and unwillingness were revealed through her eyes.
"I don't care. Anyway, I must make sure that Shen Li won't see the sun tomorrow! If those people can't do it, then you go in person. With your martial arts, you should be able to defeat her, right?"
Hearing this, the man showed a hesitant look on his face. "Although my martial arts are on par with Shen Li's, my martial arts all come from... that place. Once I make a move, they will surely recognize me. Then..."