The Princess's Deadly Daily Life

There are more and more people, and it is getting denser and denser.

She ran down the corridor, her chest full of wheezing.

She was not good at escaping, and if she failed to kill him this time, she was afraid that she was finished!

"The assassin is there!"

She heard someone chasing her from behind, so she just ran without even taking a moment to breathe.

Suddenly, someone grabbed her wrist from inside the door at the corner. She panicked and was at a loss, but the other person closed the door, held it against her back, covered her lips with his palm, and whispered in her ear to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, it's me!"

Li Xi was still in panic, looking at the darkness in front of her, with a tall figure looming in the distance, without any light, but she suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of relief. As soon as the other person's hand loosened, she fell into his solid chest, sobbing to release the sadness in her heart.

"Woooooooo..."

He was obviously stunned. The person in his arms was sniffling, crying, and choking, as if complaining about her loss. He looked at the person who was looking for her outside and it seemed that he had left. He patted her back gently and said softly, "Okay, it's okay."

Li Xixiao looked up at his jawline, lost in thought.

She overestimated herself and underestimated Zhu Wen!

Long Qi stretched out his slender fingers to wipe away the tears on her cheeks. A ray of moonlight leaked in and cast on her face. It was the second time he saw her crying, and he could hardly control himself.

She lowered her eyes, tears welling up again. She waved her sleeves to wipe away the useless tears. This was not the place to cry. Then, she couldn't help but ask in a sobbing voice, "Why are you here?"

He curled his lips, his voice still gentle: "I knew you would enter the palace, so I have been trying to find out about you, and even started making arrangements a month ago... I just wanted to protect you. I just knew you were going to come to Zhu Wen's mansion today, and I was afraid you couldn't help it, so I stayed nearby all night."

But I didn't expect that she would really take action.

From following the figure and playing the bixiao in a trance among the musicians, to sneaking into the kitchen and picking up the knife to cook, he has been quietly protecting the surroundings.

But she didn't notice it at all.

"Aren't you going to look for them for the Madam..." She listened to the noise outside and suddenly fell silent. When she found out it was the sound of wind blowing through the branches, she didn't ask any more questions.

I was wondering if the prime minister's wife's sons had already been found.

Long Qi understood and smiled: "I found Cui Erlang, and I wanted to tell you about the story that happened..."

"I can't talk about it anymore." Although she really wanted to listen, she had more urgent things to do at the moment. If she continued talking, she might really be exposed.

Then she said slowly: "I have to go back quickly, if Zhu Wen's people find me, they won't suspect me!"

The other person's face was difficult to see clearly in the ink, and his thin outline came into view, but she could feel that his eyes were following her every move.

"Goodbye. You don't have to risk your life to protect me in the future." It was his usual irresistible tone of explanation. After a moment, she realized something and was really surprised for a moment.

Without giving it any more time to think, Li Xiying turned around and went out.

But Long Qi grabbed his wrist, and he felt his waist tighten and his body lighten. The two of them crossed the rubble and soon returned to the musician's house to watch.

Li Xi was stunned and was once again amazed at the skill of this martial art.

Looking inside the musicians' room, it was pitch black and silent. In the distance, the noise from the courtyard was getting closer, and it had obviously arrived before Zhu Wen.

Li Xi looked up at him, finally seeing his face clearly. After a slight pause, she said sincerely, "Go back. You don't have to protect me. You have your own things to do, and I also have my own way of doing things."

Long Qi didn't say anything about this, but just said softly: "Do whatever you want to do, don't worry about others."

He was dressed in tight clothes, with an upright figure and a broad chest, looking like a cool breeze and bright moon. Standing under the night sky, his elegant look seemed to be shrouded in a layer of half-bright and half-dark light. For a moment, time was clear, invisible and silent, and seemed to have the power to heal wounds.

"Give me the black clothes." He said in a deep voice.

Li Xiying suddenly realized, then took off her black clothes and handed it to him.

"What are you going to do?" she asked, grabbing the corner of his clothes.

In an instant, the chaotic and noisy sound was getting closer and closer.

He smiled and said, "I will take Hei Yi away and you won't have any handle on me. Don't worry."

She suddenly realized something, then turned away from the light, adjusted her breathing, and quietly walked into the room, then saw that the musicians in the same room were still sleeping soundly.

After a while, the guards outside shouted, "He ran there, chase him!"

Li Xiying lay on the couch listening to the chaotic footsteps getting farther and farther away, until the surroundings became silent again and her heart settled down.

He helped her again.

There will be no sleep tonight.

Doubts once again surfaced in his mind… How did he recognize her through this unfamiliar face?

……

In the next few days, they stayed in the Prime Minister's mansion, serving the man surnamed Zhu day and night, with music and singing everywhere.

The assassin that day was not caught and the defenses of the entire mansion were strengthened, but it did not affect the banquet.

The next day, Zhang Zhusi told Zhu Wen that she wanted to leave the palace and go home. Zhu Wen looked at her for a while, then thought of something and asked, "So, Ah Si will be coming of age soon?"

She nodded, and when she looked up again, she found that her uncle was smiling warmly. The hostility hidden in his brows disappeared immediately, but she didn't know why she felt a little uncomfortable. She just lowered her eyes and replied to him: "When my parents sent me away from home, they warned me to stay at home before the end of the year to perform the coming-of-age ceremony. But now my aunt has passed away, I miss her so much that I want to go home to serve my parents. I can't wait until the end of the year, so I came to explain to my uncle."

Zhu Wen agreed and said with a smile, "On the day you want to leave the palace, just tell the eunuchs and they will arrange everything for you. You were not sold into the palace, and you will naturally go home to get married when you are old enough. But you have been busy staying in my mansion for a few days for the banquets and celebrations. If you leave now, there will be no musician for nothing, and even the best music will be meaningless."

Zhang Zhusi just smiled vaguely, knowing that he didn't understand music, but when she thought about it carefully, it made sense. However, she didn't want to leave at this time, so she had to pack up her things in the palace.

Having said that, she was about to leave, thinking of returning to the banquet later, but Zhu Wen asked her to stay for a while.

She was just wondering when she heard him say, "I heard that you are good at playing the sheng. Why don't you play a piece for your uncle and let him comment on whether you have made any progress in the classical music you learned in the palace?"

As he spoke, someone brought a sheng. He came over personally, raised his sleeves to take the sheng, and slowly handed it to her, his eyes slightly narrowed, with a warm look in them.

Zhang Zhusi didn't dare to look up and meet her elder's eyes, but she couldn't refuse politely. As she was hesitating to take it, a breeze blew from her side.

The visitor bowed and said, "Father, my brothers are already in the outer hall."

Her heart skipped a beat and she barely raised her eyes to glance at the gaunt back of the person who came. She felt a palpitation in her heart and thought of her neighbor's face. She was panicked for a moment and felt that she must be stupid.

Zhu Wen looked at the two with a smile, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly turned back and said, "I just remembered something."

He stopped and said, "You and Zhusi have been childhood sweethearts. When she reaches the age of marriage, how about I arrange a good marriage for you?"

Zhu Youzhen turned to look at Zhang Zhusi, whose face was already red as blood. She immediately replied, "Father, please don't tease me. My cousin is still young and shy. Even if she doesn't like it, she doesn't dare to say it out loud. This is really rude to her."