Chapter 206: Murderous intentions, nobody knows (2/2)

As soon as she left the carriage, she saw their guards fighting off black-robed assassins. The few carriages behind them were in the same situation. She stood to the side without making a move, coldly surveying the movements of the assassins around them.

Why did the carriage take a side road instead of the main one? Even supposing that this was the normal path, who in the capital city and all its environs had the guts to attack the Duke of Qin’s carriage? Did these assassins came to rob them, or were they after the occupants inside? Han Yunxi immediately thought of Northern Li’s Duke of Kang, but these assassins weren’t skilled experts. They still couldn’t win after prolonged fighting with the guards. Northern Li’s Duke of Kang shouldn’t have such weak subordinates, right?

While Han Yunxi was still thinking, a black-robed assassin broke through the guards and flew towards the carriage with sword in hand. Han Yunxi’s eyes turned cold as she raised her hand and aimed. A single needle flew out from her wrist and accurately hit the man between the eyebrows!

Seeing this, all the guards were astonished. The assassins, too, looked over. Of course, all of this happened in an instant before they quickly resumed fighting. Han Yunxi’s lips rose in a smile before she carelessly turned around and ended another assassin who sought to sneak up on her from behind. She was serious yet controlled when facing an expert like Chu Xifeng in their bout, but now she had free rein to let loose against these assassins! It was rare to have first hand battle experience. With so many people around, Han Yunxi’s mood spiked. Gradually, she left the carriage behind her and claimed an unworthy place in the struggle.

When the assassins saw her coming, they all rushed towards her. But her figure was as quick as a wild goose, her every movement elegant beyond compare. Even so, that elegance silently sent out needle after needle that dropped the assassins one by one. The sight was enough for the guards to stop without thinking, while the assassins stopped surrounding the carriages to surround Han Yunxi instead, 20 of them altogether. Han Yunxi wasn’t a bit afraid, but played to her heart’s content. She dodged the assassin’s sword on one end while shooting needles from the other. Sometimes she’d lean back, sometimes she’d bow forward; sometimes she’d turn her body sideways, sometimes she’d spin in place. Her movements grew easier and smoother as it gradually approached the realm of floating clouds and flowing waters. It was as if she was performing a stirring dance all her own.

On one side, the concealed Chu Xifeng watched until his mouth started twitching. He wasn’t sure how to judge this woman anymore. Again, he had to suspect: was she really a waste at martial arts? Meanwhile, the Long Feiye standing behind him was also watching with rapt attention, his icy lips rising in an indulgent smile. They were planning to lie in ambush for Northern Li’s Duke of Kang, but other assassins had arrived instead. Of course, he didn’t plan to reveal himself.

None of the passengers in the other carriage dared to get off, while all of the guards had turned into spectators. While Han Yunxi enjoyed herself, Grand Concubine Yi…was stuck on the border between life and death! Inside the carriage, Grand Concubine Yi was huddled up into a ball, her mouth gagged. She stared disbelievingly with wide eyes at Murong Wanru. Her face was three parts paler than that of a corpse. The daughter who had been holding her hand and chatting happily just then was now planning to kill her!

The daughter she’d doted on for ten years with all her heart actually held murderous intentions?

Why?

Just why was this?

Grand Concubine Yi couldn’t believe her own eyes. Even if this was a dream, she never imagined that she’d have this sort of nightmare! She’d always been timid and cowardly, but now her shock exceeded her fear.

No, she couldn’t accept this reality!

Murong Wanru allowed her to stare as she calmly took out three acupuncture needles and amusedly counted them one by one. Her fine, exquisite face gradually revealed a cold, twisted smile as she spoke in a soft, slow voice that made one shiver. “Mufei, do you know? A doctor once told me, as long as one…firmly stabs the Mingkong Point with three needles, it’s guaranteed…that the person, will die!”

Finally, Grand Concubine Yi was afraid. Fear exceeded her shock until her red eyes were glancing between Murong Wanru’s face and the needles in her hands. She couldn’t stop shaking her head, afraid, as muffled sobbing came from her throat. Her tears turned her eyes red as if they were filled with blood.

“Why are you looking at me like that, mufei?” Murong Wanru’s voice was all innocence. “Mufei? Why are you crying? Counting back, I’ve called you mufei for so many years…” At this point, her voice turned sharp and fierce.

“Were all those ‘mufei’s for nothing?”

She suddenly drew closer at those words, the point of the needles resting over the acupoint on Grand Concubine Yi’s neck. The icy, sharp tips of the metal made Grand Concubine Yi convulsively shudder as cold sweat broke out on her body. She could even sense blood flowing out from the point of contact as it slowly trickled down below.

“Sobsob…sob…” She didn’t dare to shake her head, but burst out with frantic muffled crying that grew louder and louder.

Murong Wanru understood her all too well. She pressed even closer and patiently asked, “What do you want to say? That despite raising me, I’m repaying your love with hate? That despite how well you’ve treated me, I’m being ungrateful?”

Grand Concubine Yi wanted to shake her head, but was too afraid to move. She only replied with muffled noises.

Murong Wanru smiled disdainfully. “Grand Concubine Yi, you’ve always considered yourself high and mighty above the rest. You even need others to be overwhelmed with gratitude when you favor them with small alms. Do you know how tiring it’s been for me to live at your side all these years?”