Splendid Palace.

in the garden.

"Who sent you here?!"

Li Jinglong held the knife in his hand tightly and looked at the three captured killers coldly and asked.

The three killers didn't say a word, looked at each other, and suddenly bit their back molars forcefully in unison!

"Stop them!"

Li Jinglong's heart tightened, he shouted, and hurriedly reached out to grab the jaw of one of the killers!

But it's too late!

In an instant, all three killers fell limply to the ground and committed suicide by taking poison on the spot!

Li Jinglong gritted his teeth in regret, reached out and tore off the black scarves covering the faces of the three of them, and then his expression suddenly changed.

After a slight hesitation, Li Jinglong immediately turned around and walked towards the pavilion.

In the pavilion, Zhu Yunwen stood aside with a solemn expression, silently watching Hongyuan treating Zhu Yunxi's wounds. There was a complicated look between his eyebrows, showing gratitude and self-blame.

"Your Highness, due to your humble duty and negligence, the killer committed suicide by taking poison. There is poison in everyone's mouth."

Li Jinglong came closer, bowed his hands, and said reproachfully.

"Can you tell their identities?!"

Zhu Yunwen asked with a stern face.

"One of them has a low-level acquaintance, and he is...a dead soldier under Hu Weiyong..."

Li Jinglong nodded and said with a frown.

Hearing Li Jinglong's answer, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but change his expression suddenly, remembering what Zhu Yunxi had said in the Fengtian Palace before.

Zhu Yunxi said at that time that once he became the emperor's grandson, rebelling against the party would definitely be detrimental to him!

But he didn't expect that before he was registered as the grandson, the rebels had already sneaked into the Jinxiu Palace to assassinate him!

Zhu Yunxi ignored the conversation between Zhu Yunwen and Li Jinglong. After Hongyuan finished treating his wounds, he slowly stood up and walked straight to the guard commander guarding outside the pavilion.

"Yunxi?"

Zhu Yunwen noticed Zhu Yunxi's actions, was stunned for a moment, and followed him in confusion.

He didn't fully know what happened just now. He only knew that when he turned around, he found that Zhu Yunxi had blocked a knife for him.

"Why do you do that?!"

Zhu Yunxi came to the commander of the guards and asked expressionlessly.

"...Your Highness..."

"The situation was critical at that time, and I didn't have time to think too much because of my humble position. I couldn't watch His Highness the Second Emperor's grandson die under the knife of an assassin, right?"

The guard commander swallowed and replied nervously.

"So you pushed an innocent woman in front of the killer?! Is this what second brother teaches you on weekdays?!"

Zhu Yunxi stared coldly into the eyes of the guard commander and asked word by word.

Hearing this, everyone present understood what had happened. Zhu Yunwen could not help but change his face and frown.

"This matter has nothing to do with His Highness the Second Emperor's Grandson! It was all done by Hsinchu in desperation. If His Highness the Third Emperor's Sun feels that the life of a maid is more important than the life of His Highness the Second Emperor's Sun, Hsinchu is willing to be punished!"

The guard commander hesitated for a moment, then said decisively, without any sign of regret.

After hearing the words of the guard commander, Zhu Yunxi's face suddenly darkened, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes!

But before he could get angry, a red figure rushed out like lightning, and in a blink of an eye he was in front of the guard commander, and kicked directly on the guard commander's abdomen!

Red Kite!

The guard commander groaned, flew out, and fell heavily to the ground!

Seeing this scene, Zhu Yunwen and Li Jinglong changed their expressions at the same time.

Hong Yuan's face was livid, and she walked straight towards the guard commander who fell on the ground. It was obvious that she had murderous intentions!

In her heart, Zi Ning is as important to her as Zhu Yunxi! No one can hurt Zi Ning! Even if the other person is Zhu Yunwen!

"What do you want to do?!"

The guard commander glared at Hong Yuan and shouted sternly.

Hong Yuan didn't say anything, but bent down to pick up the saber that the guard commander had dropped on the ground, and slowly raised it.

Seeing this scene, the guard commander's expression suddenly changed!

Just when Hong Yuan was about to wave down the long knife in his hand, a person suddenly rushed over and blocked Hong Yuan's front.

Li Jinglong!

"Step aside!"

Hong Yuan narrowed her eyes and said coldly.

Except for Zhu Yunxi, she has never taken anyone in the palace seriously! Even Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao who holds a high position!

"You can't kill him!"

Li Jinglong shook his head and said in a deep voice without any intention of giving in.

"Anyone who dares to hurt the wandering palace must die!"

Hong Yuan said word by word.

"But this is the Splendid Palace! He also wanted to save the second emperor's grandson!"

Li Jinglong frowned and reminded.

"What's with me?!"

Hong Yuan said coldly, and then prepared to take action again.

"stop!"

At this moment, a dissatisfied voice sounded, and Crown Princess Lu rushed over with a group of entourage, with dissatisfaction on their faces.

Seeing the arrival of Crown Princess Lu, everyone saluted.

"Are you okay?"

After coming closer, Crown Princess Lu looked at Zhu Yunwen with concern and asked nervously.

"Don't worry, concubine, the baby is fine."

"But Yunxi blocked the knife for me, and his shoulder was seriously injured."

Zhu Yunwen shook his head, pointed at Zhu Yunxi beside him, and said slowly.

"So that's it. If you can do this, it's not in vain that Yunwen has been so good to you since childhood."

"But is this how you control your men?!"

Crown Princess Lu glanced at the injury on Zhu Yunxi's shoulder and said something indifferent, then suddenly her face darkened and she said dissatisfied.

He didn't care at all whether Zhu Yunxi was seriously injured or not. He started questioning him head-on!

"Mother concubine..."

Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment and hurriedly winked at Crown Princess Lu.

But Prince Lu pretended not to see anything and still stared at Zhu Yunxi dissatisfied, waiting for a reply.

"She just wants to seek justice for her sisters. Is that wrong?"

Zhu Yunxi smiled and asked lightly.

"I probably heard something just now and already know what happened."

"She is just a lowly maid. She will die when she dies. It is her honor to die to protect the emperor's grandson!"

"What? Do you still want to indulge your subordinates in Jinxiu Palace and act wild for the sake of a lowly maid?!"

Crown Princess Lu glared coldly at Hong Yuan who was holding a knife in her hand, and scolded in a deep voice.

"Concubine, stop talking!"

Zhu Yunwen frowned, and hurriedly came over and pulled the sleeves of Crown Princess Lu, while winking.

"What are you doing?! Are you just watching her run wild in Jinxiu Palace?! Why don't you put down your weapons in front of me?! Take it down!"

Crown Princess Lu didn't listen to Zhu Yunwen's dissuasion at all and shouted sternly.

Following the order, several Splendid Palace guards immediately stepped forward, preparing to take down Hong Yuan who was holding a long knife.

"stop!"

"I see who dares?!"

Zhu Yunxi's face turned livid and he shouted loudly.

At the same time, Zhu Yunwen also hurriedly waved his hand to stop the guards.

"What? You even want to be arrogant in front of me?!"

Crown Princess Lu looked at Zhu Yunxi and asked coldly, with a trace of obvious provocation in her eyes.

"Just a lowly maid?!"

"Maybe the mother-in-law really thinks so, but in my heart, they are not humble!"

"They are indeed the maids around me, but they are also my friends and partners!"

"I won't allow anyone to hurt them!"

Zhu Yunxi looked at Crown Princess Lu and said word by word.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yunxi, already dragging his seriously injured body, turned around and walked towards Hong Yuan, snatching the knife from Hong Yuan's hand.

"What do you want to do?!"

Crown Princess Lu asked sternly with anger on her face.

Zhu Yunxi didn't answer, and went straight to the guard commander who fell on the ground, with no expression on his face.

"Do you know where I went wrong?"

Zhu Yunxi slowly knelt down, stared into the eyes of the guard commander, and asked coldly.

"It happened for a reason, I just wanted to save..."

As soon as the guard commander opened his mouth, he stopped abruptly before he finished speaking!

A cold light flashed, and the knife in Zhu Yunxi's hand was swung out, instantly slitting the guard commander's throat!

The blood splashed directly onto Zhu Yunxi's face!

Seeing this scene, everyone present was stunned.

"Her life is worth more than yours! It's not cheap!"

Zhu Yunxi looked at the guard commander lying in a pool of blood with a horrified face, and said coldly.

"presumptuous!"

"It's the opposite! Do you still have my eyes on me?!"

Crown Princess Lu completely exploded and roared.

At the same time, several guards immediately pulled out their weapons, preparing to attack Zhu Yunxi.

"Don't move at all!"

"Get out!"

Zhu Yunwen took a look and shouted hurriedly.

Hong Yuan looked coldly at the several guards who were about to take action. The dagger hidden in her sleeve had slipped into her hand. Her face was full of murderous intent, ready to take action at any time...

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