53 Doom of doom (1/2)

An Jinyan looked at her mother, who was still in a state of panic, and suddenly found it funny. In the end, it was just a woman.

”Jinyan.” Madam Qin was flustered by An Jinyan's gaze.

”I'm just like you,” An Jinyan said to Madam Qin in a very low voice. Mother, do you know how hard it is to please His Majesty? Even if the crown prince works hard for a year, he still might not be able to win His Majesty's heart. ”

At this time, a sound came from the bushes not far away. It wasn't loud, but An Jinyan and Madam Qin heard it clearly.

”Who?!” the mother and daughter asked loudly as they looked at the bushes.

The court ladies at the back heard An Jinyan's loud voice and hurried over.

An Jinyan looked at the bushes swaying in the rain. Her face turned pale in an instant. Did anyone hear what she said? ” ”Let's go take a look,” An Jinyan ordered her own court ladies.

Just as the palace maids were about to approach, a large nocturnal bird flew out from the shrubbery, spreading its wings and flying directly into the sky.

Madam Qin legs became weak as she said to An Jinyan, ”So it was a bird.”

However, An Jinyan still said to the court ladies, ”Let's go take a look.”

”A maid bravely walked in front of a bush and plucked at the short, wooden vines. Then, she walked in.” ”Crown Princess, there's nothing here.” The court lady heaved a sigh of relief when she saw no one in the shrubbery. At the same time, she stood in the shrubbery and reported to An Jinyan, ”Niangniang, your servant has seen it. There's nothing here.”

Only then did An Jinyan feel relieved. She couldn't keep the palace maids by her side, but she really didn't want to kill any more if it was absolutely necessary.

A gust of mountain wind blew, causing all the branches and shrubs in the forest to sway. The clashing sounds of the leaves and branches resounded through the entire mountain forest, causing mountains and seas to topple. It was like the angry roars of a divine being.

In order to seek peace of mind, Madam Qin put her hands together and began chanting the Buddhist scriptures.

An Jinyan, on the other hand, just stood in the rain with an oil umbrella. Those who didn't believe in gods and buddhas were the calmest, ”Mother, you should stand under the umbrella.” She pulled Madam Qin and said, ”If it rains too much, what happens if you get sick?”

Aunt Xiu was running through the mountains when a sudden gust of wind covered up the sound she made when she stumbled. After hearing what Madam Qin and An Jinyan had said, there was only one thought on the mind of the angered Aunt Xiu. She was going to save her daughter. It was clearly a muddy, slippery mountain road, but it was not easy to walk on. However, she ran very fast.

In the old alleyway south of the capital, most of the people who went out to work for their livelihoods had already returned home. Every household had closed their doors, and the families that ate early had already finished their dinner and were preparing to rest. Shangguan Rui and more than a dozen farmers were still chatting and drinking at the table, the food and wine on the table had also been reduced by half.

Shangguan Ning, who had eaten in her room, had planned to wait for An Jinxiu and Zi Yuan to come back before sleeping. However, the little girl couldn't stay up all night.

The nanny carried Ping An and ate together with the ladies who came to help in the kitchen. The women chatted about family matters for a short time, and the meal was very enjoyable.

There was a knock on the door. Shangguan Rui put down the wine cup in his hand and smiled to the farmers. ”My sister-in-law is back. Please wait here, I'll open the door.”

The nanny also heard the knock on the kitchen door and thought that An Jin had come back. She came out of the kitchen with Ping An and with an umbrella in her hand, she went to greet An Jin.

At this time, Shangguan Rui had already reached the gate. He said to the person outside while opening the door, ”It's raining so heavily, it's not easy to walk in the rain, is it?”

The person outside stopped knocking after hearing Shangguan Rui's voice.

Shangguan Rui opened the door a crack and was about to call her sister-in-law when a bolt of lightning struck down from above. Shangguan Rui saw that the person behind the door wasn't his sister-in-law at all, but a masked man with only a pair of eyes.

Shangguan Rui instinctively wanted to close the door, but the person outside acted much faster than him. After kicking the door open with a kick, the person knocking on the door sent Shangguan Rui flying along with the heavy wooden door of Shangguan family.

Shangguan Rui was pressed to the ground by the wooden door. He tried to struggle to get up, but the tip of a blade came through the door and stabbed into his shoulder blade. Shangguan Rui was still in a daze, and the sabre stabbed into his abdomen again. Shangguan Rui didn't even have time to scream before fainting under the wooden door.

The peasants who were drinking in the front hall saw a group of men wearing night clothes rushing in. When they saw that there were more than ten people in the front hall, they were stunned.

”You, who are you people?” Old man Wang stood up and asked loudly.

”What are you still standing there for?” One of the men shouted in a low voice, ”Kill!”

Sometimes, killing people is really a simple matter, especially when a group of trained killers is facing a group of unarmed peasants. The farmers didn't understand what happened and didn't have the time to resist before they were chopped down by the black-clothed men one by one onto the ground. Their swords cut into their throats, and the people who killed them didn't give them a chance to live.