I just want to live a good life

Everyone waited until dark.

Many people were as hungry as Su Nuan and didn't even have the strength to speak, so even though the hall was full of people, it was unusually quiet.

After being trapped here for a day, Su Nuan was extremely hungry. At first, she tried to fill her stomach with water, but she soon discovered that this method was not only ineffective, but also caused trouble. So now she had one more pain than others - the urge to go to the bathroom.

Now she could only beg silently for mercy to let her out before she reached her limit.

Just as Su Nuan was expecting, the door of the hall was finally opened. A guard leader stood at the door and said loudly: "The assassin has been killed. You can leave now."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall rushed to the door instantly. Since Su Nuan was not in an advantageous position, she could only watch others leave first.

At this time, two eunuchs who were going against the flow of people caught her attention.

One of them came up to Cheng Ansu and the woman behind her and said to them, "Madam Cheng, Miss Cheng, the Prime Minister asked me to tell you two that he has something else to do and cannot leave for the time being, so he asked you two to return to the Prime Minister's residence first."

Cheng Ansu thanked him and helped Mrs. Cheng leave.

So he came to deliver a message, Su Nuan thought to herself. Then she saw another young eunuch squeezing through the crowd and walking towards her. She felt inexplicably excited. Could it be that Mu Yunting also delivered a message to her?

Unexpectedly, the eunuch walked around her and came to the Second Prince, "Second Prince, His Majesty wants you to go to the Imperial Study Room as soon as possible."

Su Nuan sighed silently. She hoped that Mu Yunting would remember her only if the sun rose from the west.

Seeing that everyone had already walked out of the hall, she hurried to catch up. When entering the palace, she walked through a corridor. It was probably dark there now, and she didn't dare to walk there alone.

After blending into the crowd and leaving the palace, each family's carriage stopped outside the palace gate in an orderly manner. When the coachmen saw their masters coming out, they either waved or reminded them out loud.

When Su Nuan came out, Li Liu waved to her from a distance and shouted, "Madam Concubine, here you are."

His voice was passionate and loud, attracting many people's attention.

Cheng Ansu, who had already stepped into the carriage, also looked back. The moment he saw Su Nuan, his eyes immediately became vicious.

Su Nuan gave her a little finger, then without caring whether the other party understood it or not, she quickly walked to her own carriage and hurriedly got on it.

On the way back, they could see large numbers of soldiers patrolling every few steps. Seeing this, Su Nuan frowned. Although the assassin had been killed, he must have accomplices, and they must not have been captured yet.

But this kind of thing is not her concern. The most important thing right now is to return home as soon as possible to solve her own problem.

At Su Nuan's urging, Li Liu drove the carriage very fast, crossed a street, and turned into an alley, and the side door of the Prince's Mansion was in front of him.

As they were about to reach their destination, Su Nuan gradually relaxed.

At this moment, Li Liu suddenly screamed. Su Nuan was shocked and her first reaction was to go out and see what happened.

But as soon as she stood up, a sharp sword flashing with cold light stabbed in.

Su Nuan didn't have time to think about it, and instinctively dodged the attack by turning sideways. Although the original Xia Qingyan's brain was not very good, her physical fitness was better than that of ordinary people, but that was all.

When the second sword and the third sword pierced into the carriage one after another, Su Nuan was already in danger. At this moment, she had only one thought in her mind: Today is probably going to be a very dangerous day!

"Someone is coming! There is an assassin!"

Hearing Li Liu's desperate shouting outside, Su Nuan felt hope again. There were many patrolling guards nearby, and they would definitely come to check the situation when they heard the shouting. As long as she could hold on until the guards arrived, she would not die today.

She focused all her attention on the curtain of the carriage. Suddenly, a muffled groan came from outside, and then the curtain was pulled down, and a man in black appeared in front of Su Nuan.

The two looked at each other, and the man in black thrust out a sword. Seeing that Su Nuan had no way to avoid it, she gritted her teeth and kicked him hard.

The moment the tip of the sword pierced Su Nuan's abdomen, her foot also kicked the black-clothed man's private parts, and both of them screamed in pain at the same time.

Su Nuan used her arm to block the sword the moment it pierced her abdomen. Although her arm was cut by the sword, she managed to save her life.

Looking at the man in black again, he was bent over in pain after being kicked by Su Nuan.

Su Nuan took the opportunity to ram the man in black hard, and the man in black was knocked off the carriage. She herself also fell off the carriage due to inertia.

The man in black was skilled in martial arts after all, so falling off the carriage did not hurt him, and he climbed up from the ground almost instantly.

But Su Nuan was different. Her arm was injured and bleeding. She fell off the carriage and was knocked unconscious. At this moment, she had no ability to resist the man in black.

The man in black swung his sword to kill Su Nuan. At the critical moment, a knife flew towards him. The man in black took a step back to avoid the knife. Su Nuan took the opportunity to roll on the ground, trying to keep as much distance as possible from the man in black.

The man in black adjusted his body slightly, then immediately chased after Su Nuan with his sword raised.

Not far away, four figures were approaching rapidly.

One of them shouted loudly: "How dare you commit a crime here, you thief? Why don't you surrender?"

The man in black paused when he heard the shout. He glanced at Su Nuan who was rolling farther and farther away, hesitated for a moment, and then turned and left.

When the four figures came in front of Su Nuan, two of them did not stop and went straight to chase the assassin, leaving two to help Su Nuan up from the ground.

Su Nuan was still in shock. She looked at the two suspiciously and asked, "Who are you?"

"Madam Concubine, we are the guards of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"If you are the guards of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, then why are you here?"

The two guards looked at each other and said, "We heard someone calling for help and came to check. We didn't expect to see the concubine being chased by an assassin."

The location where the two people appeared just now was clearly behind the carriage. Su Nuan knew that they were lying and began to doubt their identities. She turned slightly sideways and glanced at the alley entrance, estimating the distance to the alley entrance in her mind.

"My Lady Concubine, let's go back to the palace." The two guards made a gesture of invitation and asked Su Nuan to go first.

Su Nuan didn't dare to turn around, for she was afraid that if she turned around, she would be knocked unconscious by the two men from behind. She stepped back step by step, and suddenly she was tripped by something.

Looking down, she saw Li Liu lying on the ground. With the faint moonlight, Su Nuan could see the cut on Li Liu's neck, with bright red blood oozing out from the cut.

She squatted down to feel Li Liu's breath and found that he was no longer breathing.

A life that was just alive was now gone. Su Nuan was extremely frightened. She slowly stood up, looked into the eyes of the two guards, and asked word by word, "Who are you?"

"My Lady Concubine, I am truly the Crown Prince's bodyguard."

Su Nuan no longer hesitated, turned around and ran towards the alley entrance, and the two guards followed closely behind her.

Just as they were about to reach the alley entrance, a team of patrolling soldiers passed by in front, and Su Nuan seized the opportunity to shout for help.

"Someone come! Help!"

When the team of officers and soldiers heard the shouts, they quickly ran towards Su Nuan and soon surrounded Su Nuan and the two guards.

Su Nuan finally relaxed, but just as she was catching her breath, two guards took out their badges and showed them to the captain of the team of officers and soldiers.

After reading it, the team leader said, "It turns out that they are from the Prince's Mansion. It's a misunderstanding."

After saying that, he waved his hand and left with his people.

"Are you really the prince's guards?" Su Nuan asked.

"Yes."

"So you were following me just now?" Su Nuan continued to ask.

The two guards looked at each other again, then lowered their heads, not daring to answer.

The reactions of the two were enough to explain the problem. Su Nuan then asked, "How long have you been following me?"

The two of them kept their heads down and said nothing.

After waiting for a while and seeing that the two still didn't speak, Su Nuan took another step and ran towards the Prince's Mansion.

The two guards were confused and followed her while asking, "Madam Concubine, why are you still running?"