Chapter 41: Openly Poisoning

  Tuoba Yunji smiled bitterly: "Now that I'm like this from head to toe, I'm afraid there's nothing about me that a noble lady would find pleasing. This is an unreasonable request."

  No chips, but have such a temper to come and ask for help?

  Chu Youyang didn't rush to express his opinion, but rather looked at her with a calm and leisurely expression: "As far as I know, the King of Mobei has many children, among whom only Tuoba Huai'an, also known as the fifth prince, is born to the same mother as you. Since he brought you here, it must be after careful consideration. Why are you undermining his efforts behind his back?"

  Tuoba Yunji's brow was clear and calm, but she didn't differentiate, only saying, "He is my brother, and I am just his pawn. Without me, he can still play the game. I - just don't want to succumb to the fate of being this pawn."

  The woman's eyes were calm and her expression was firm, without a hint of urgency or anxiety when asking for something from others.

  Chu Nanyang looked at her and couldn't help but have a different impression of Tuoba Yunji, who didn't play by the usual rules.

  Just as she was about to speak, Qing Luan reminded her from a short distance away: "Young Mistress!"

  Chu Zhiyang suddenly gathered his mind and spirit.

  Two people coincidentally looked up at the same time and saw a green-clad palace maid carrying two bowls of tea from afar.

  It's neither Qingteng nor the maid who came to find Tuoba Yunji before.

  "I have seen two masters, and I was ordered by the servant girl to bring tea for the two of you." The maid walked forward and bowed.

  "Let's put it aside for now!" Chu Youyang said, and he and Tuoba Yunji turned around and sat back down in the pavilion, one after the other.

  The maid carefully served tea bowls in front of the two people.

  Chu Nanyang just took a glance and then chatted as if admiring flowers, for the time being they didn't bump into each other.

  Tuoba Yunji took the teacup in her hand, lifted the lid of the bowl to one side, and saw that it was indeed the chrysanthemum tea that Chu Sunyang had specifically asked for. The defensive look in her eyes became even more pronounced, and she opened her mouth calmly, saying, "Where's Kame? Didn't I instruct her to bring the tea?"

  "Please report to the princess, Kame accidentally twisted her ankle and the maid who was with her helped her to another place to apply medicine." The maid said, holding the tray and retreating two steps to stand by, but she didn't intend to leave.

  Tuoba Yunji's hands, holding the tea, began to stiffen, a sense of unprecedented crisis rising in her mind, her eyes fixed on the maid's every move.

  At the same time, the maid also left a thread of gaze on the teacup in her hand.

  Chu Youyang turned back carelessly after listening to the conversation between the two, pointing to the cup of tea beside him and said, "I'm not used to the taste of this chrysanthemum tea, I'll give it to you!"

  The maid was taken aback, her eyes widening in surprise. After a moment, she stammered, "This tea is a treasured item from the palace of Her Majesty the Empress, I am but a lowly servant and dare not taste it."

  "Don't you know how to show respect?" Chu Xiangyang smiled and said, his voice still carrying a hint of amusement, but the aura he exuded was still enough to make the maid's heart tremble with fear.

  The maid hastily lowered her head and avoided her gaze, kneeling down and saying: "I really dare not accept this reward!"

  "You've already come this far, so it's too late to be afraid," said Chu Nanyang. "Even if there was aconitine poison in this tea, you wouldn't have the qualifications to refuse my hospitality!"

  As soon as the last word fell, her complexion changed abruptly, revealing a sharp edge.

  Qing Luan and she had an unspoken understanding, so she immediately went forward with the tea bowl, turned around to force-feed the maid.

  The maid was greatly frightened——

  The spoiled daughter of a wealthy family was also seen by many, but it was the first time she met such an overbearing and ruthless person.

  It was clear that she couldn't hide it anymore, and the maid's eyes flashed with a fierce intent. Taking advantage of the tray in her arms to conceal her actions, she pulled out a short knife from her bosom.

  She was hiding a deadly weapon, Qing Luan had noticed from the beginning and was already on guard. He didn't try to stop her, instead he directly poured the scalding hot tea water in his hand over her head.

  The maid was shocked and subconsciously raised her hand to block it.

  Scalding hot tea was poured onto her hand, and a silver bangle on her wrist instantly turned black.

  "Are you blind? Don't you know who the master of my house is? You dare to openly poison someone in broad daylight within the imperial palace? I think you're tired of living!" Qing Luan scolded, and with a single palm, she pushed him away.

  The maid's hand was scalded and the skin was broken, and the place where she had been stained with poisonous tea was also blackened, showing that the toxic substance mixed in the tea water was not low in efficacy.

  She was scared out of her wits and took off running.

  Qinggong was quite good, and in an instant he had already run out several zhang away.

  Chu Nanyang's eyes narrowed and he gave Qing Luan a signal, "Follow him and take a look, something might happen to Qing Teng!"

  In the palace, no one dared to move her, but Qingteng was a different story.

  "The young lady should go back first." Qing Luan hesitated for a moment before catching up with the maid.

  Chu Songyang's face had already fallen, and he looked at Tuoba Yunji and said, "They're after you!"

  Tuoba Yunji's face didn't look good either, but she didn't show much surprise. She met Chu Muyang's gaze head-on and said, "Now that I'm in danger in the palace, shouldn't you, as a princess, have a reason to not shirk your responsibility?"

  Tuoba Yunji is a member of the royal family of the northern desert, if she were to be openly assassinated in the palace, it would inevitably trigger a major disturbance.

  Chu Youyang smiled slightly and decisively grasped her wrist, "Let's go!"

  Tuoba Yunji's fright had yet to subside, and it was only now that she felt slightly at ease, following which she quickly exited the pavilion.

  But unexpectedly, the other party seemed to have made up their mind to take her life, and four more palace maid-dressed women rushed over.

  Everyone is extraordinary in their own way, and their skills can be seen at a glance.

  "They dared to kill someone in my Xī Yuè Palace, now this Japanese palace is also getting a good show." Zhū Jiǔyáng snorted with laughter. She wasn't afraid of these few assassins, but at this time she didn't know what they were planning, and there was no intention of sending a signal to the Imperial Guard to capture them. Instead, she directly grabbed Tuòbá Yúnjī's wrist and turned her head to run away.

  Tuoba Yunji didn't ask for the reason, and the two people's actions were tacitly agreed upon. They quickly turned around two fake hills, temporarily blocking the line of sight of the assassins behind them.

  "Search! Be careful, don't leave any traces!" One of them ordered hastily, and the four people divided into two groups to surround the back of the fake mountain.

  Tuoba Yunji was experiencing such a scene of being openly pursued and killed for the first time, although she appeared to be barely calm, her whole face turned pale with shock.

  After a quick mental calculation, she tried to shake off Chu Mo Yang's hand and said, "You go!"

  "They won't leave any survivors." Unexpectedly, Chu Youyang didn't let go.

  Tuoba Yunji was shocked and suddenly lifted her head to look at her.

  Chu Youyang's lips still had that hint of a smile, and he seemed completely carefree.

  She saw the assassin creeping up from both sides of the fake mountain, and then suddenly felt a strong pull on her wrist, causing her to stumble sideways.

  His feet stepped on empty air, and he inexplicably plummeted at high speed into a perfectly flat flowerbed.

  Digression

  Covering face, remaining calm in the face of danger, someone else's carefully designed assassination plot has arrived at my house in Xinyang, but it's become something that can't even be looked at straight... suddenly feel like this time's female lead is a bit against the heavens ah—_—|||