Only after being reborn did I realize that I was the white moonlight of a powerful minister.

Chapter 87 Jumping off a cliff to escape death

"Miss, run southeast and don't look back. His Highness has people waiting there to meet you." The guard told Ye Wanning to run first, while he stayed behind to cover their retreat.

Now that things had come to this, Ye Wanning didn't even dare to turn around. Her right shoe had somehow come off, and her foot was already chafed raw on the pebbles.

The pain made her even more alert, and she dared not stop for even a moment.

"Kill her! Our master ordered that neither Ye Wanning nor Princess Longyu should be spared!"

Someone shouted, but Ye Wanning only had one guard left, while the other side had three.

Seeing that an assassin was about to catch up, Yunzhi drew her dagger, and Ye Wanning, understanding her intention, also drew her dagger.

"Miss, please leave quickly!" Yunzhi pushed her mistress.

Ye Wanning replied, "What's the point of life if I'm the only one left?"

She and Yunzhi grew up together, and over the years, she considered Yunzhi an indispensable person in her life. Without Yunzhi, she would live her whole life in regret and guilt.

The dagger was meant for self-defense, but it turned out to be useful. However, neither Ye Wanning nor Yunzhi knew martial arts, so Ye Wanning had to resort to some tricks.

"Lord Xie, you've arrived!" Ye Wanning suddenly shouted, attracting the attention of even Yunzhi and the assassin.

The instant the assassin turned his head, Ye Wanning swung her dagger. Although she didn't hit any vital organs, she managed to slash his arm and knock his weapon away.

"Yunzhi, hurry!" Ye Wanning shouted again. Yunzhi reacted and, taking advantage of the assassin's attempt to grab Ye Wanning, plunged her dagger into the assassin's arm.

A scream rang out, and the assassin released Ye Wanning. However, being trained, he tried to pick up the sword from the ground. But at that moment, Ye Wanning's guards killed two other assassins and turned to attack, killing the assassin instantly.

"Girl, let's go!" There's no way back now, and no one knows what's going on behind them, so they might as well take this opportunity to leave. The guards led Ye Wanning on a frantic run to the agreed-upon cliff.

Ye Wanning tore her skirt with a tree branch and looked down at the surging river. She followed the guards around the cliff and down the river.

When the person who was supposed to meet them saw them, before he could even ask what was going on, the guard told him not to speak, "Take the girl and leave quickly, I don't want to ask anything, you have to be fast!"

After Ye Wanning and her servant left, the guards went back to erase the traces, then carried the assassin's body to the edge of the cliff to create the appearance of a fight.

Once he was almost done, he threw down his sword and jumped off the cliff.

The prisoner couldn't fall into the hands of the town's military commander; there was no one they couldn't pry open. The guard knew how to swim, but he was injured, and by the time he got back to shore, who knew how much time had passed? Even if he went back, it could be explained: he was seriously injured, couldn't return in time, and had no one with him.

Furthermore, Princess Longyu prepared a female corpse with a similar figure to Ye Wanning, dressed in the same clothes, and soaked it downstream, hiding it in a secluded ditch. By the time the corpse was found, it had been soaked so much that its appearance was unrecognizable, and it could only be identified by its clothes.

All of this was arranged by Princess Longyu. After all, Xie Bohuai is such a meticulous person, it is not easy to fool him.

This assassination attempt provides a satisfactory explanation; otherwise, it would have been merely a case of being frightened by a wild beast, with many things going uncontrollably along the way.

Xie Bohuai chased the assassin all the way to the cliff, where he found the body of an assassin and a woman's shoes on the edge of the cliff. The veins on the back of his hand, which was gripping his sword, bulged. "Find him! You must find him!"

Someone said, "My lord, given the situation, Miss Ye might jump off the cliff to save herself..." Before he could finish speaking, Xie Bohuai's sword was already at his neck.

"I told you to find the person, not to talk nonsense!" Xie Bohuai's eyes were sinister, and everyone immediately scattered to search for the person, but there was no trace of them.

It's obvious that Ye Wanning jumped off the cliff.

Upon hearing that Qingshan and the others had not found it, Xie Bohuai jumped off the cliff without hesitation.

"grown ups!"

"Third Master!"

Seeing his master jump down, Qingshan wanted to jump after him, but was held back by the others. He said anxiously, "You two go and tell the Emperor that the Master is leading us to find Miss Ye and clean up the battlefield. The rest of you come with me!"

Qingshan thought to himself, "This is it, my master jumped down."

He knew his master was crazy, but at this moment, how could he be so willful?

How come the master couldn't think of something that even someone as clever as him could?

Qingshan hurriedly led his men to find a way down the cliff, while in the hunting grounds, when the Emperor learned that Ye Wanning had been forced to jump off the cliff, his first reaction was to go see Princess Longyu.

When Princess Longyu was brought back, her arms and hands were injured. She knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the Emperor, pleading, "Father, please let me die knowing why. Ever since I returned to the capital, there have been people who have been secretly slandering me, and now they want my life. I have endured humiliation and hardship for the sake of peace between our two countries for many years, how could this be the result?"

The Emperor was furious upon hearing this, and felt even more ashamed when he saw Princess Longyu's disheveled hair and blood-covered hands.

Therefore, the Emperor stayed in Princess Longyu's tent, waiting for the imperial physician to bandage and treat her.

Hearing that Ye Wanning had been forced to jump off a cliff and was likely to die, the Emperor didn't care whether Ye Wanning lived or died. However, Ye Wanning was Princess Longyu's adopted daughter. Princess Longyu had no children of her own and had only adopted this daughter. He was afraid that Princess Longyu would not be able to accept it.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Princess Longyu burst into tears, "My Wanning, why are you so unfortunate? It's all my fault that you've been dragged into this. If anything were to happen to you, how could I face your brother and grandmother?"

Princess Longyu cried until she choked up, which made the Emperor even more distressed. At this moment, another eunuch came in and said that Prince Duan had also been assassinated.

"What?" The emperor was even more agitated now. He had already vomited blood and had only just regained some energy when the eunuchs rushed over to help him catch his breath.

"Your Majesty, please don't be agitated. Prince Duan is fine. All the assassins have been killed by Lord Xie." The eunuch who delivered the message was covered in sweat and had run all the way here.

"We must investigate! Investigate thoroughly, clearly and completely. I want to see who has the audacity to do this!" The Emperor helped the eunuch to his feet. "Longyu, you should rest well. Don't worry, I will give you an explanation. I refuse to believe that anyone has the ability to attempt an assassination in the hunting grounds."

The emperor left after saying those words.

Just as Granny Jiang was about to speak, Princess Longyu shook her head and said, "Walls have ears. Nowadays, no matter who it is, there are definitely people watching them."

Since this has already happened, let's take this opportunity to let Ye Wanning get away.

Then someone came in to deliver a message, saying that the Crown Prince and his entourage had also encountered assassins.

Princess Longyu gave a mocking snort. It seems that many people have ulterior motives today, and none of them are very content!