Liu Hui Ying gasped as the chill that was covering her body vanished into thin air before she turned her head and looked at the arrow that she was holding in her hand. Not only was the thing sharp enough to drill into her skull its tip was even poisoned!

This man really wanted to kill her but he could still look at her and say those flowery words, no wonder the original owner of the body died without knowing anything, this man's heart was like a needle in the ocean.

His ruthlessness was so deeply hidden that his victims wouldn't even get a chance to ask for water before dying.

" The Yin energy is really thick this time," said Li Gang as he came to stand next to her and peered down at the arrow that she was holding. " It was a one-shot kill, if I hadn't helped then you would have died the second it pierced into your skin, how are you going to reward me huh?

You better get me that black pepper chicken that you promised, now that you are the queen you cannot make excuses like you don't have enough funds."

" I am glad that you are this worried about me," Liu Hui Ying smiling looked at Li Gang causing the latter to shiver as he flew back and hid behind Grandma Lan Fen as he sulkily said,  " Why is she getting angry at me huh? What did I do? If she is angry then she should take it out on the Emperor after all it's clear as the day that he is the one behind it."

" Do you think we can't tell?" said Jia Li as she rolled her eyes at him, " We can see it with our own eyes as well, and if you look carefully Hui Ying is trying her best not to snap." She pointed at the nerves that were throbbing at the back of Liu Hui Ying's hand that was clutching the arrow and added, " I have to say that I was expecting her to snap and do something unexpected, she is holding it in much better than I thought she will."

" She is not holding it in," said Grandma Lan Fen with a heavy sigh. " The Emperor and the assassin both have to pay for what they have done."

"Jia Li," no sooner did Grandma Lan Fen speak, they heard Liu Hui Ying speak as she slowly turned her head and looked at the three of them with a devious smile playing on her lips. " Go and get hold of that assassin to make sure you teach him a good lesson."

Jia Li rolled her eyes, and huffed heavily before she rose in the air she said, " Anything is fine as long as I don't kill him right?"

" That's right," conceded Liu Hui Ying as she nodded her head and then turned to look at the crowd that was finally recovering its wits.  In the entire crowd, only Nanny Gong and Qui Ai tried to throw themselves in front of Liu Hui Ying but because they were at quite a distance because of the Emperor being close to their mistress they couldn't reach her.

For an instance, they thought that they were going to lose Liu Hui Ying and now that they were looking at her holding the arrow that was aimed at her, both of them almost passed out with fright.

" Your majesty, why are you holding onto that thing, throw it away!" Nanny Gong grasped her skirt that was hindering her movements and rushed towards Liu Hui Ying.

" Your Majesty! Your majesty," Qui Ai on the other hand was so shocked that tears were pouring down her cheeks, if she was a bit faster and didn't slide down because of her skirt then she would have gotten to her mistress faster and then she would have taken that arrow with a smile on her face. Goodness, how can she be so incompetent in the face of danger?

What if her mistress got hurt because of her incompetence, even her head wouldn't have been enough to pay for that sin.

" Are you okay your majesty?" Nanny Gong carefully assessed Liu Hui Ying from top to bottom and only when she saw that the latter was totally fine did she heave a breath of relief. " I was so scared, your majesty…if something happened to you then I would have no choice left but to smash my head and die with you here and now."

" Forgive me, your majesty," sobbed Qui Ai as she twisted her hands left and right as she looked down at the ground. " I am so useless, I couldn't even save you when you were in danger .. if only I was a bit faster then I would have been able to save you but I am just so… wahhhh, I should die... I deserve to die for not being able to save you."

Liu Hui Ying heard the two women fussing over her and the anger in her heart rose another degree as she stared at the emperor in front of her. That's right, if she died right now then nanny Gong and Qui Ai would have to die as well since they failed to protect her and even if they didn't die, they would have lived a life worse than death.

Let's say that he has a reason to kill her, so does he have a reason to kill these two women as well? What excuse did he have to shed the blood of these innocent women?

" Don't cry, little Ai," she pressed her hand on top of Qui Ai's head and ruffled her hair with a smile before turning her head and looking at the procession of the Emperor as she continued, " An Emperor, a general and head commander along with a total of ten guards couldn't do anything, why do you blame yourself, it's not like your martial arts failed in the face of danger, no matter what you do not need to be ashamed of yourself."

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can I get some powerstone and gifts?