After the divorce, the four big guys became my servants

The young man dodged and after exchanging a few moves with the guards, he took the opportunity to use his martial arts skills to climb onto the roof and quickly left the East Palace.

The guards pursued him relentlessly.

"stop!"

"Bows and arrows ready!" someone gave the order.

Arrows were shot out and shot towards Yuan Jinglie like meteors.

He didn't have time to dodge and was accidentally stabbed in the left arm. He endured the pain, jumped down, and then quickly jumped into the river.

By the time the guards ran out of the door, he was already gone.

Yuan Jinglie swam all the way, and when he climbed ashore, his whole body was as cold as ice, his lips were trembling, and his face was pale.

The arm that was shot by the arrow was bleeding continuously.

Yuan Jinglie didn't dare to leave any clues by the bloodstain, so he had to tear off a corner of his clothes, pull out the arrow, and then cover the wound with force.

Then, he returned to Wujian Pavilion dying.

In Wujian Pavilion late at night, only Shen Jing was waiting for him to come back.

The silence in the yard was broken by the figure of a young man stumbling in.

"Deputy Pavilion Master..."

Shen Jing was stunned when he saw this, and immediately helped him into the room with a serious face.

"I'll bandage you, bear with the pain." Shen Jing instructed, then took out the medicine box and treated Yuan Jinglie's wound very skillfully.

The bloody hole was shocking to see.

Shen Jing didn't know how he had the heart to pull out the arrow himself.

And during the whole process of bandaging him, Yuan Jinglie didn't utter a word.

This kid is really patient.

"Fortunately, there is no poison on the arrow, otherwise you would have been in big trouble." After finishing the work, Shen Jing washed his hands.

"It seems that your assassination attempt failed?"

Yuan Jinglie pursed his lips and said in a hoarse voice: "Yeah."

Seeing that he had no intention of continuing to explain, Shen Jing asked with interest: "Are you not going to make an excuse?"

Yuan Jinglie: "Failure is failure, there is no excuse for it."

"Okay, you're a man." Shen Jing spread his hands and said helplessly, "But you have to tell me what happened tonight. Let me hear the whole story."

The young man was silent for a moment, then explained in a low voice: "I was discovered by them as soon as I entered the East Palace. They must have been prepared in advance, and there were quite a few people when they came."

"You mean, they were lying in ambush to catch you?"

"...It should be." Although he was reluctant to make excuses for himself, there were indeed many suspicious points about the assassination tonight.

From the moment he was discovered, Yuan Jinglie was thinking: there were at least thirty people rushing towards him from all directions.

It is obvious that the East Palace came prepared.

But how could the East Palace know that he was going to assassinate tonight?

After hearing this, Shen Jing looked calmly, thinking about something.

Yuan Jinglie thought he would analyze it with him a little more, but after a moment, he just sighed and said, "Oh, it's bad luck."

Yuan Jinglie asked: "What bad luck is going to happen?"

Shen Jing: "The assassination was unsuccessful. We have to return at least half of the 1,000 taels of silver we received!!!"

Taking out the money you have already pocketed is simply inhumane!

But if she didn't retreat, the girl didn't look like someone who would be easy to talk to.

Shen Jing sighed again and again.

Yuan Jinglie, who was standing by, felt guilty and thought: Sister spent 1,000 taels to hire me to carry out the mission, which was indeed a loss. She should not return half of it, but the full amount.

But he didn't dare tell Shen Jing this.

That night, he rested in Wujian Pavilion, and at dawn the next day, he immediately returned to the palace.

Yuan Jinglie was afraid that Meng Zhaoge would find out that he was injured, so he calmed down before going to Meiyuan.

He lied and said Mr. Guo was ill again and he wanted to stay at Guo's house for a while to take care of him and attend classes.

And this morning, Meng Zhaoge sent Mo Huan to Qianxiang Tower to wait for news from Black Hawk.

So, when Yuan Jinglie came to see her, she was immersed in tension and didn't think much about it. She told him to take care of himself, gave him some silver, and asked him to buy some things for Mr. Guo.

The young man responded calmly, then left and hid in the Wujian Pavilion to recuperate.

Meng Zhaoge was in a state of panic the whole morning.

Finally, at lunch time, Mo Huan came back and brought her good news.

"Your Majesty, it's done! Just now, His Majesty has issued an edict to restore the Crown Prince's freedom! From now on, everything in the East Palace will be back to normal!"

Hearing this, Meng Zhaoge finally felt relieved.

In order to help the prince leave the Eastern Palace, she has been so busy recently!

On the day of the New Year's banquet, after she learned that Yuwen Lian was unable to go out due to astronomical phenomena, she came up with an idea.

——She asked Wujian Pavilion to assassinate the prince, and then asked the prince to wait for the opportunity.

The assassin must be professional enough, not just anyone.

In this way, after the incident was exposed, the always suspicious Emperor Chu would believe that someone had evil ambitions and was eyeing his eldest son.

And who would want the prince's life so much?

Of course, it’s the other princes.

Therefore, Emperor Chu only realized at this time that as long as he did not release Yuwen Lian, his family would be in turmoil.

Only by releasing the crown prince can the other princes who are ready to make trouble give up.

So, she successfully helped Yu Wenlian regain his honor.

Meng Zhaoge couldn't help but think happily: That's great, Yuwen Qi is one step closer to his death.

But Mo Huan said worriedly, "My Lady, since His Highness has come out, it's probably only a matter of time before he meets you. How long are you going to keep this a secret from him?"

The joy in Meng Zhaoge's eyes faded a little.

Yes, if Yuwen Lian knew that the person who had formed an alliance with him was Yuwen Qi’s princess, what would he think?

But now that things have come to this, what can I do even if I worry?

If Yuwen Lian is really worried and doesn't want to form an alliance with her anymore, then so be it.

On the other side, Yuwen Qi also learned about Emperor Chu's edict.

He almost crushed the walnut in his hand, and said in a stiff voice: "Who would dare to assassinate him at this juncture? I'm afraid he must have staged it himself."

Li Liang said: "But His Majesty specially sent Lord Wei from the Dali Temple to investigate, and he indeed found out that it was done by an assassin. There are traces of blood left by the assassin by the river."

Yuwen Qi smashed the teacup on the table to the ground.

"He came out so easily. I am going to be suppressed by him again."

All his efforts to please his father these days were in vain.

My father already has a legitimate son, how can I still see him?

Li Liang didn't dare to speak.

But Yuwen Qi quickly thought of a new way out: it would be too difficult for him to fight against Yuwen Lian alone. But his wife was now the adopted daughter of the Ningguo Mansion.

If he could use Meng Zhaoge to board the Ningguo Mansion and pull Ningguo into his camp, that would naturally provide him with some extra help.

Especially, Lady Ningguo is the empress dowager's cousin.

It is as difficult as climbing to the sky for an ant to shake a tree, but he had to try it for himself.

Meng Zhaoge of Meiyuan had no idea what he was planning.

In order to avoid meeting Yuwen Lian, she stayed in the palace for a long time and lied to others that she was ill. No matter what banquet Chai An held, she would not attend.

She didn't even attend the birthday party of the wife of Duke Ningguo, but just asked someone to send a gift.

In addition, he also asked Mo Huan to deliver a letter to Wujian Pavilion.

Shen Jing received the letter and read it quickly.

She said in the letter that she could understand that they had failed in their mission, so she would not return the money. But next time she made a request, everyone in Wujian Pavilion would have to obey her orders.

Didn't even give Shen Jing a chance to refuse.

This woman is really good at calculating.

Shen Jing was forced to agree to this extremely unfair deal.

March is here in the blink of an eye.

In the evening of that day, Meng Zhaoge received a message from Yuwen Qi.

"My lady, the prince said that the peach trees in Shoushan are in full bloom, and the prince wants to invite you to go with him."