Chapter 39 (2/2)

I snapped back to reality, rapidly looked in every direction at s, then speak with a level head, “Get in the bed”

Her face turned red I couldn't tell if she was e teeth, pointed her y eyebroards, and scolded furiously under her breath “Scoundrel!”

The sword is getting tighter, bone-chillingly cold I fear that I'll see blood this time

Yet I' or robber with a deadly weapon inis to stay calht be able to caler themselves are often terribly nervous and worried, so you'll want to do everything you can to placate their ht very well use that weapon to ‘accidentally' injure you fro' in front of ry, so I hurriedly use an entirely calm tone to say to her, “There's nowhere for someone to hide in this room The bed is the easiest to find, but if I'm in there with you, I'll wrap you in a quilt, and they won't dare to reach over me to search — Whether you want to or not, you have to be quick, the people chasing you are co!”

As if to verify my words, the sound of people and footsteps outside cah my paper s

The assassin clenched her jaw, leapt intoher sith her

The sword away froh in relief I take the blanket and cover her head, leaving only her long hair in view, though when doing the ainst her wound She jolted, but said nothing I'reasy liquid will eventually expose us, and I don't dare to sers clean on her

Her body is pressed up against h the thin layers of her clothing The slight shi+vering of the clothed form underin the dark

As expected, someone knocked loudly on the door I call for them to ‘come in' Shao Min and a few others burst in, with others still waiting outside He's only wearing his middle clothes with a robe draped around his shoulders, panting, the state of his mind indeterminable

“What happened?” I say I deliberately shoot a glance at several of themy body somewhat protectively toward the assassin Princess's own Nothing but her hair is showing, looking every bit like a concubine who doesn't want to expose herself in front of other h, Shao Min and the others aardly deflected their eyes

Shao Min spoke, “I'lian, but this is an urgent ive er brother, and the assassin fled in this direction I feared that they'd bring harlian, so we rushed to check on you”

I feign surprise, saying, “Is Minzhi alright? Who's the assassin?”

Shao Min smiled bitterly “Second Brother ounded — if he wasn't drunk, how could he have been hurt so easily? The assassin ran away I don't knoho it is, but they seem to have also been wounded I saw blood on Second Brother's sword”

I purposefully mumbled “There were tooto verify which chancellor they came in on't be easy to check, I fear… I was half-awake just now, and only vaguely saw a shadow go to the west, but I don't know if that was a trick of the light…”

Two s a little experiment to see if I can move the trouble downstreaht about it, then stomped his foot and said, “So that's how it is!” He rushed out soon after I called out to him, “Brother Shao!” He stopped and looked at me

I slowly shake my head at hi for”

Shao Min looks apprehensive “I know” He then looked at lian,to say I get off the bed and put on my clothes “I'll look after him Only I don't know if the women are there…”

Shao Min shakes his head with a fake smile “Which of them would dare to disturb? A woman shouldn't see this She'd wail and panic, andfastened my belt, I turn to the person in the bed and say, “You sleep here I'll be back” I then leave with Shao Min

“a woman shouldn't see this” Little Does He Know……