Brother Huang, he has been planning for a long time

"If something happens to the princess, the slave will not survive." Yue Ji knew this very well, so she desperately wanted to protect her master behind her.

Qingchen stood in front of her and said to the man in black: "Your target is me, spare the innocent people."

The man in black was approaching them with a sword. He felt a little surprised at Qing Chen's words.

A strange light flashed across his black eyes, and he immediately charged towards them with his sword.

The sword was about to stab them, but Yueji pushed Qingchen away, rushed forward, hugged the man in black's thigh tightly, and shouted to the master behind him: "Princess, run quickly..."

Seeing this, Qingchen wanted to step forward to pull her back, but Yue Ji stopped her: "Princess, I beg you, please run away..."

"Yueji..." Qingchen was in a state of confusion, and she couldn't bear to let Yueji suffer for her.

But she is afraid of betraying Yueji’s loyalty...

Just as she was hesitating, the man in black's thigh was hugged by her, unable to move.

He immediately swung his sword and struck Yue Ji on the back of her neck with the hilt.

"Princess..." Yue Ji struggled for a moment, her eyes darkened, and she fainted on the ground.

Qingchen knocked Yueji unconscious towards the man in black, took a breath and said hurriedly: "Don't kill her..."

"My own life is at risk, so I have no time to care about others!" The man in black's voice seemed to be deliberately lowered and hoarse.

"She is innocent." Qing calmed down her emotions and stood still. "She has fainted now and poses no threat to you. You let her go. I am right here. Come over with a sword. ...The mission is accomplished.”

After saying that, she raised her chin slightly, revealing her smooth neck.

Seeing this, the man in black rushed forward with a long sword.

Qingchen slowly closed his eyes.

I kept comforting myself in my heart that it didn't matter, this life was given to me by God anyway.

He died in a muddle in his last life, at least in this life.

Let her know that her father loves her.

Emperor brother is also...

She herself also experienced the taste of love...

Also, rose and lovesickness are peaceful.

This is enough……

Facing death, at this moment, she didn't have any fear.

On the contrary, it was more relief.

Such a mentality made the man in black look complicated, and he stabbed the wall next to her ear with a sword, making a squeaking sound.

His long sword cut off a few strands of green hair around her ears without hurting her at all.

His tall figure pressed her against the wall, and his breath forced her very close.

The faint fragrance of his daughter's body also lingered on the tip of his nose.

The heart of the man in black trembled, and then he pulled off the black cloth covering his face, revealing a handsome face, "Ninth Princess, it's me."

Hearing a slightly familiar voice, Qingchen opened his eyes suddenly and found that the man in black so close was actually...

"Qingmu?" Qingchen said in shock: "I knew you had a grudge against me all the time. Every time you see me, you want to take my life. Today, you took action while I was out of the palace!"

Aoki was stunned for a second, then put away his sword, stood up straight, and distanced himself from her.

"The Ninth Princess is serious. I have no intention of committing the crime of beheading."

"You don't have that idea, what are you doing now? Did you come here specifically to scare me?" Qingchen became angry when he saw this person.

After doing this for a long time, she was actually hunted down by the people around the emperor!

Aoki immediately knelt down on one knee and apologized: "I'm sorry for scaring the princess, but I did this because I wanted to force out the princess's secret guard."

Qingchen was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

"When the master's life is threatened, the secret guard will definitely come forward to protect the master." Aoki continued to explain: "In order to prevent the princess's secret guard from recognizing the subordinate, the subordinate has never used the secret guard's kung fu moves."

Of course, facing the princess in front of him who didn't know how to do martial arts, he really didn't need to use any martial arts moves.

So it's easy to conceal your identity.

"So?" Qingchen frowned.

"Obviously, when the princess' life was in danger, none of the princess's secret guards showed up." Aoki took away the black cloth from his chin, and the black clothes on his body were torn to pieces by him.

Revealing his original guard uniform, his handsome face remained calm, "Princess, I will escort you back to the palace first."

"Where's my groom?"

"Knocked out by his subordinates."

"Then he..."

"My subordinate has asked Zhong Shui to send him back."

He had arranged everything so far, and Qingchen didn't feel like saying anything else, so he just nodded and agreed to let him escort him back to the palace.

However, when she saw him carrying the fainted Yueji into the carriage, Qingchen hesitated to speak. Seeing his cold expression, she suddenly felt that it was useless to say anything else.

She didn't know what kind of life these secret guards had lived since they were young, and it was normal for them not to be sympathetic to women.

Looking at this paralyzed face, he had the same expression all the time. Just when he was about to assassinate himself, his eyes were filled with murderous intent...

Qingchen shivered while sitting in the carriage, and he would never get close to this person in the future.

I always feel like he is just going to kill me...

If he really wanted to kill him just now, he could really do it without anyone noticing. Even if his father sent people to investigate, they probably wouldn't find anything...

She touched her arms and tried to calm down.

The carriage was very smooth. Qingchen thought for a moment and still wanted to ask, so she opened the curtain: "What you said just now...does it mean that I don't have any secret guards?"

Hearing this, Aoki glanced at her slightly, "The Emperor probably won't let you leave the palace without the protection of secret guards."

"Then what you mean is that I have secret guards. But why did my secret guards not come forward when you wanted to assassinate me just now?"

Can you make it simpler and easier to understand?

Aoki's eyes were still looking at the front of the carriage, and his voice was calm: "There is only one reason. The princess's secret guard was bribed by others."

Qingchen looked shocked, "Can this secret guard be bribed?"

"My subordinates are still investigating this matter. Please give me some more time, Princess."

"Didn't I tell Zhong Shui to investigate this matter?" How could it fall on him?

Aoki paused for a moment, and a different kind of emotion flashed across his eyes, "Zhong Shui has other tasks."

"...Okay." Qingchen put down the curtain and stopped talking.

The voice of the man driving the carriage came in again, "All the secret guards are orphans, with no relatives, and they work hard for their masters. The chance of being bribed is extremely low, and there has never been such a case among the secret guards so far. example."

Qingchen had a complicated expression when he heard this. She did not open the curtain, but said through the curtain: "How about... I go and tell my father about this?"

"The emperor probably won't believe that anyone dares to challenge the emperor's authority."

In other words, her father would not believe that her secret guard had been bribed.

If he told his father about this, he would definitely think that he was just thinking.

But she believed Aoki's words. After all, she lived such a miserable life in her last life, but no one told her father.

Until the news of her death reached her father...

That proves that her secret guard was bribed from a very early stage.