Seeing her daughter Ling Yue, Ye Huangyu’s eyes blurred.
She had thought that she would die here tonight and never have a chance to see her daughter again.
"Ling Yue, how could it be you? Run quickly, this street is surrounded by Hong Fang’s people, we can’t escape."
"No, mother, I have a way to escape, you’re injured, don’t speak." Ye Lingyue examined her mother’s injuries, her brows furrowed; damn Hong Fang, he had struck with such force.
Ye Huangyu’s newly healed ridians were injured again and this ti, the injury was even more severe. Ye Lingyue was not sure she could heal it with Cauldron Breath.
She wanted to hide her mother in Hong ng Heaven, but now that her mother was injured... she needed care.
She sent a stream of Cauldron Breath into Ye Huangyu’s body, temporarily protecting her heart ridians, then Ye Lingyue’s eyes spun with a plan.
She lifted Ye Huangyu on her back, and after a few maneuvers, they had caught up with the Lan Residence’s carriage.
Lifting the carriage curtain, Ye Lingyue darted inside.
Inside the carriage, Lan Yingwu and Lady Lan were shocked to see the grievously injured Ye Huangyu.
"Ling Yue, what happened?" Lan Yingwu and Lady Lan were sitting in the carriage on the way back to the Lan Residence when they suddenly heard shouts of "assassin" ahead.
General Lan also knew that tonight the Crown Prince had drunk too much and was with Hong Yulang.
He thought soone was attempting to assassinate the Crown Prince and was about to rush forward when he found the street had already been blocked off by the Hong Residence guards.
At this mont, Ye Lingyue, who was sitting in the carriage, felt an inexplicable panic and, without a second word, she leapt out.
Unexpectedly, Ye Lingyue’s premonition turned out to be so accurate; the assassin turned out to be Ye Huangyu.
But Ye Huangyu had no grudge against the Crown Prince; obviously, she had mistaken the Crown Prince for Hong Fang.
"You all stay in the carriage, I’ll go take a look," Lan Yingwu said, stepping down from the carriage to probe ahead.
"Adoptive mother, my mother is severely injured. I have temporarily protected her heart ridians. Now the street is blocked by Hong Fang. We must undergo a thorough search to get out. I will leave my mother here in the carriage; please take care of her for ." After speaking, Ye Lingyue helped Ye Huangyu change out of her night clothes and put on her own, ready to leave the carriage.
Hong Fang was cunning; he would definitely start a search along the street. She must find a way to lead him away so that her mother and the Lan couple could successfully slip away.
"Ling Yue, let go down, I can’t implicate the people of the Lan Residence," Ye Huangyu struggled, knowing that her daughter intended to lead Hong Fang away.
Hong Fang’s cultivation was not trivial, and her daughter Ling Yue was no match for him.
"No, Third Miss Ye, you’re injured and cannot leave the street. As a couple, we have accepted Ling Yue as our adoptive daughter, and we are family," said Lady Lan. Although she was a woman and had not encountered such a situation before, after all, she was Lan Yingwu’s wife and had withstood many ups and downs, her fortitude was much stronger than that of ordinary won.
After her initial startle and a whirlwind of emotions, she also understood that if they were found sheltering Ye Huangyu, the consequences would be unimaginable.
But she admired Ye Huangyu’s bold and decisive character all the more; she could not bring herself to hand her over.
She believed that if her husband Lan Yingwu and daughter Lan Cai’er were here, they would surely agree with her decision. She must think of a way to save Ye Huangyu.
"Lady is right, Sister Ye, don’t be agitated. Ling Yue is always quick-witted; she will definitely find a way." Lan Yingwu had already gathered the information and returned.
The situation was as Ye Lingyue had anticipated earlier; Hong Fang had already searched every house on the street, from the head to the tail end.
The inhabitants of every household were driven out.
Every carriage traveling on the street had to show identification before being allowed to pass through.
"Adoptive father, please ensure you get my mother out safely." Ye Lingyue cald down slightly after listening; with Lan Yingwu’s identity, there wouldn’t be a problem passing the street’s checks.
"Ling Yue, where will you go?" Lan Yingwu looked worriedly at Ye Lingyue, dressed in night clothes.
"Adoptive father, the carriage can’t hide too many people. To avoid raising suspicion, you depart first, and I’ll secretly follow behind," Ye Lingyue said as she covered her face, flipping onto the roof adjacent to them.
Lan Yingwu glanced at the carriage, indeed it couldn’t hide four people, he sighed and got on.
Thanks to Hong Fang’s tily rescue, the drunken Crown Prince was rely startled and not injured.
"Scoundrels, daring to assassinate , the Crown Prince. Grand Protector, you must capture that assassin, and have them cut into a thousand pieces." The Crown Prince of Daxia, who was the beloved son of Noble Princess Consort Luo, was a slender young man with a slightly ominous look. Despite having fairly delicate features, his temper was extrely volatile.
At this mont, he was in a thunderous rage, with Hong Yulang by his side.
Having grown up together with the Crown Prince, Hong Yulang understood his temperant very well, and it was only after he mollified him a few tis that the Crown Prince’s anger subsided slightly.
"Your Highness, rest assured, my father will surely find that assassin," Hong Yulang, who was also taken aback, reassured him. The assassin from earlier was quite skilled.
At the ti, the Crown Prince was drunk, but Hong Yulang wasn’t. He clearly heard the assassin shouting, "Hong Fang, your life is forfeit."
It was evident that the person had co to assassinate his father, however, the assassin’s voice was unmistakably female.
Moreover, Hong Yulang had also noticed that his father actually had the chance to kill the female assassin but for so reason, held back.
At the mont, a mix of emotions churned in Hong Fang’s heart.
He suspected that the female assassin was none other than Ye Huangyu, whom he abandoned years ago.
However, when Ye Huangyu was expelled from the Hong Residence, she was clearly injured by Zhuge Rou’s people, damaging her ridians, which should have left her nearly incapacitated.
So why was the female assassin he encountered monts ago an Elixir Realm master? Could it be that Ye Huangyu had encountered so sort of fortuitous adventure?
Thinking of Ye Huangyu, Hong Fang couldn’t help but also recall the infant girl who had been expelled from the Hong Residence alongside Ye Huangyu years ago.
That infant girl was also his own flesh and blood, yet back then, due to Ye Huangyu’s stubbornness, that infant girl, in the end, suffered an injury that left her mindless.
"Father, father," Hong Yulang’s voice pulled Hong Fang back from his thoughts.
"Yulang, you stay with the Crown Prince for now, I’ll go check the streets. Your Highness, rest assured, I’ve already ordered the streets to be locked down; the injured assassin, even if she had great skills, would not be able to escape," said Hong Fang.
Hong Fang led his n to the street.
Tonight, coinciding with the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet’s dispersion, and with this street being a main route leading from the Imperial Palace, many officials’ carriages were stuck at the head of the street, being checked, as each needed to present identification before they could leave.
When Hong Fang arrived, he happened to run into the Lan Residence’s carriage trying to pass through.
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