Chapter 95 (1/2)

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Chapter Ninety-Five: Impossible to Grasp

Fortune and time were the most ruthless of blades. In the past before the three cousins had married, there had been jealousy, but it had not reached such a level. She and Hua Yi Liu should have been sisters who supported each other, but now they had become two awkward people with barriers between them.

Hua Xi Wan's eyes were closed as she rested against the wall of the carriage. The carriage suddenly stopped. She frowned. This was the city suburbs. Why did the guards of the w.a.n.g fu suddenly stop without any cause?

The captain of the guard who was in charge of protecting Hua Xi Wan looked at the old couple who was lying in the middle of the road and showed wariness. He waved his hand for his subordinates to guard the carriage and inspected the surroundings. There was a lot of shrubbery and trees on the two sides of the road. It would be hard to discover if people were hiding within them.

”Go and see.” The guard captain had a guard who was usually the most reliable scout, but his hand was already on his sword.

When the ”old couple” lying on the road saw the w.a.n.g fu's people did not fall for this, they suddenly jumped up and attacked the guard walking towards them. Who knew that the guard was prepared. An arrow flew out of his sleeve and killed one of the two where they were.

”a.s.semble!” The guard captain heard the sounds coming from the woods around and felt that it was not good. After the s.h.i.+eld soldiers came forward, he saw dozens of arrows heading his way. He turned back to look at the carriage that was motionless and jumped onto the front of the carriage. He blocked the door and would not let any villains go near the door of the carriage.

”Leader, the guards of Xian w.a.n.g Fu are too brave. Our attacks are not effective!”

”Attack with fire. I don't believe that a woman will not panic with so much going on. If she panics, the guards of Xian w.a.n.g Fu are useless no matter how strong they are.”

A qinw.a.n.g fei's carriage had the walls and roof made from steel. Normal arrows could not penetrate the carriage. But if they attacked with fire, they could force the people out of the carriage. It would not be late to act then.

Just as the guards of the w.a.n.g fu thought that the attackers would retreat, some more people came out of the flora and were about to pour something onto the carriage even at the cost of their lives. Some of the guards were completely soaked and immediately detected something was wrong. This was oil?!

”Everyone careful—these people want to set fire!”

Bai Xia and Hong Ying who had come out with Hua Xi Wan changed expression and bent down to unsheathe the daggers they had hidden on their legs. They had serious expressions. At this time, Bai Xia noticed that a w.a.n.g fu guard was retreating from the fight and coming closer to the carriage. Her brow creased slightly, and then she unhesitatingly kicked the guard aside. Caught off-guard, the guard fell down, and two matches dropped down.

The guard captain who was standing at the shaft of the carriage changed expression. Before he could move, Bai Xia cut that guard's throat, and the movement was so clean that the guard captain couldn't say a thing.

”Be careful. If they are not the closest and most trusted people, they cannot go near w.a.n.g Fei.” Bai Xia glanced at the guard captain. She took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood off her dagger and then returned to her original spot.

My mother, what servant girls does w.a.n.g Fei have? They are too vicious! While the guard captain did not change expression, he was thoughtful inside.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of a door being pulled down and turned back to look. He saw a foot wearing a pearl-encrusted and embroidered slipper come out. He stilled and then hurried to say, ”w.a.n.g Fei, please….”

”The a.s.sa.s.sins want to use fire to force me out. How can I not do as they please?” Hua Xi Wan gripped the sword in her hand that could cut hair and briskly jumped off the carriage. Then she said, ”The guards who have oil on your clothing—take those clothes off. Do not fight if you encounter fire; it is best to avoid them.”

The guards present immediately reddened. They were low-status people, and they were too embarra.s.sed to take off their outer robes in front of the w.a.n.g fei and the servant girls.

”The situation is an emergency. In the face of the enemy, everyone, do not care about convention.” Hua Xi Wan unsheathed her sword and threw the sheath to the side. She sneered. There were many rumors about her in Jing, and it was hard to know what was truth or lie. But it was a pity that the only thing these people did not know was that she had learned the Lu Family sword arts from her maternal grandfather's side. While she was not invincible, it was still enough to defend against the enemy.

”w.a.n.g Fei.” Bai Xia and Hong Ying retreated to Hua Xi Wan's side. Bai Xia's face was cold as she said, ”These people clearly planned ahead. I suspect that this has to do with the Tang Miss.”

Hua Xi Wan sighed and looked at the guards in the surroundings. These were the guards whom she had especially taken with her today. All of them had been carefully picked just to prevent such a thing from happening.

Right now, all the factions in Jing were restless in the fight for the throne. How could she leave her home without any preparations, much less to see Hua Yi Liu who she had been at odds with previously? Even if she was returning to her paternal home, she would take enough guards.

Now those people who hid in the shadows finally couldn't resist acting. She thought of the ”Be careful on the road” that Hua Yi Liu had said when she left the monastery, and that face she could not see the expression of. She sighed.

No one had thought that Xian w.a.n.g Fei who had been rumored to be devastatingly beautiful and delicate was able to use a sword. When the first a.s.sa.s.sin fell under Xian w.a.n.g Fei's sword, the a.s.sa.s.sins were not the only ones surprised—the w.a.n.g fu guards were also very shocked.

From the shocked expressions of the a.s.sa.s.sins, these people did not know that Hua Xi Wan could use the sword. If Hua Yi Liu really hated her, why didn't she tell the mastermind behind this that Hua Xi Wan knew martial arts?

Hua Xi Wan seemed to think of something and sighed. She turned to look in the direction of the monastery and then gripped her sword. ”Since they dare to come, then naturally we shall not let them return.”

In the monastery, Hua Yi Liu sat in the dark. She looked at the sunlight by the window and touched her bangs. Then she said to the servant girl behind her, ”What time is it?”

The servant girl looked worriedly at her and said in a small voice, ”It is almost noon.”

”She must have already returned to the w.a.n.g fu.” Hua Yi Liu stood to sit by the mirror. After carefully putting on her makeup, she drew a beautiful bold plum flower on her forehead. After examining it closely, she asked the servant girl, ”Is it beautiful?”

The servant girl nodded dazedly.

Hua Yi Liu smiled bitterly and inserted a golden b.u.t.terfly buyao into her hair. She looked at herself in the mirror and said, ”I have never made a decision for myself in this lifetime. Finally, I managed to make one decision to do something, but everyone thinks that I am wrong. By the end, even I feel uncertain. In the past, I thought that I was more virtuous and gentle than Third Sister. She grew up being spoiled by Eldest Uncle. Other than that face, she was not as good as me in anything. Now I know that she is much stronger than me. A woman is not a winner because her needlework is good and she is gentle. She is stronger than me mentally.”

When she had first been sent to the monastery, she really wanted Hua Xi Wan to die immediately. But when someone found her and wanted to ally with her to scheme against Hua Xi Wan, she found that she actually didn't want Hua Xi Wan to die.

Hua Xi Wan could do what she, Hua Yi Liu, wanted to but could not do. Hua Xi Wan could obtain what she wanted but didn't even dare to think about. Hua Xi Wan could live the life that she didn't even dare to dream about. She was jealous of Hua Xi Wan, crazily jealous, but she could not forget how moved she had been that day when she heard that Hua Xi Wan was blocking the gates of her husband's home.

Even if she hated, she could not forget the warmth of Hua Xi Wan's hand that reached out to her then. So at the last moment, she had lied to that person. She had said that Hua Xi Wan had been spoiled by her family and wasn't special at all.

She wasn't able to be bad to the end, but her personality was not generous. From her birth, her life was like a joke.