C46 Part1

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The assassin's white powerful strike was extraordinary, and if he was hit by it, his viscera would be smashed and he'd be killed.

Murong Cheng watched the white powerful strike hit like a shock, with his eyes widened, full of fright and despair, and said in his heart:

'My life is over.'

At this critical moment, another white strike attacked from the side and hit the assassin. In this way, the assassin's strike tilted to one side and he hit the wall.

Murong Cheng rolled his eyes and fainted.

"Emperor Father!"

Murong Chang, who had just walked out of the Sleeping Hall, heard the screams coming from the Sleeping hall and rushed back over immediately.

Seeing her father fainted, she felt anxious and furious, and ordered her servant:

"※Yuan Xiu, take him down!"

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※※ (N.B.)

You may have noticed that there are many different characters whose last name is "Yuan".

Well, that is because the last name given to court-ladies is all the same in the Palace, and it's not their real last name, but more like a title as a court-lady!

In this case, the last name "Yuan" is used in all of these court ladies.

Just to clarify and summarize the court-ladies we've seen so far:

•Yuan Qiu (元秋) = She was Concubine Zhao's court-lady. She's suspected of having drugged Concubine Zhao's soup before her death;

•Yuan Fang (元芳) = She was Concubine Zhao's court-lady;

•Yuan Xiu (元秀) = She is Murong Chang's close court-lady and expert of martial arts;

•Yuan Shun (元顺) = She is Murong Cheng's court-lady, in charge of the Emperor's Hall.

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Yuan Xiu was the one who just intercepted the assassin's attack and stopped it.

She was a close court-lady of Princess Zhaohua, and she had excellent martial arts.

Even the martial arts of the commander of the Imperial Guard could not defeat her within a hundred moves, proving her high martial arts.

Princess Zhaohua had been out of the Palace playing around for half a year.

The world outside the Palace was sinister, difficult and dangerous to live in, and the people's feelings were unpredictable.

Without the protection of Yuan Xiu, she would have been in trouble and wouldn't have been able to return to the capital safely.

While Yuan Xiu and the assassin were fighting in the spacious Sleeping Hall of the Emperor, Murong Chang helped Murong Cheng to lie down and exclaimed anxiously:

"Emperor Father...! Emperor Father...!"

The guards outside heard the noises and rushed in to protect the Emperor.

Realizing the failure of his assassination, the assassin was remorseful and unwilling to fight anymore.

He grabbed a long knife from the guard, and stabbed Yuan Xiu fiercely.

Yuan Xiu swiftly avoided, took a long knife from another one of the guards and rushed forward.

As the two blades hit each other, a clanking sound was heard and a silver light flashed.

Yuan Xiu didn't expect the assassin's martial arts to be so powerful, so she didn't dare to take it lightly and tried her best to take him down.

The assassin grabbed one of the guards, threw the guards at her, and then took the opportunity to dash towards the window sill, and then leapt out.

Yuan Xiu chased him immediately, but saw that the assassin was stopped by someone outside.

To be precise, someone waited outside the window for a while, waiting for the assassin to run away towards the window, predicting his moves.

The assassin had just landed outside the window and was about to fly to the top of the Hall roof, but saw a person standing in front of him.

The man was wearing a black gold-embroidered python robe.

He was tall, standing high between the sky and the ground, luxurious, domineering and superb, as if no one in the world could compare to him.

His black and beautiful Jade-like pupils gleamed brilliantly, and his icy glow was breathtaking.

It was Murong Yu.

Meanwhile, Murong Ci arrived at the Palace, and she saw this scene:

Murong Yu confronting an assassin.

Because she was standing on the side of the assassin, the assassin ran towards her suddenly, and in a moment he squeezed her throat and held her life.

She decided to not move because she didn't want to have her martial art skills more exposed.

Murong Yu's beautiful eyes suddenly became a bit cold, as if his pupils would swallow the entire world.

"Don't mind this Prince and just catch the assassin!"

Murong Ci raised her voice.

"Shut up!"

The assassin sternly said, pressing his cold fingers on her throat with a bit more force.

In this scorching summer, Murong Ci's hands and feet were cold, and her neck was in severe pain, as if her neck bone was about to be crushed.

The assassin's fingers were like a sinister little snake, pouring the shade and viciousness into her jade-like skin.

At this time, the guards rushed over, holding their big swords and dared not move.

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END of CHAPTER 46 PART 1

.....................to be continued