Volume 1: Gathering Winds of Splendor Chapter 46: Mutual Confrontation

  An Xin coldly smiled, and with a flick of his sleeve, he sent Yun Mingyue flying to the ground. He swiftly moved forward, leaving Yun Mingyue behind. Seeing An Xin abandon Yun Mingyue, the dark guard's eyes flashed with a hint of malice. With a swift movement, he launched himself at An Xin, his soft sword flashing towards him like lightning!

  An Mu's face changed, he never expected this to be his plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Wanting to stop him was already too late, so he could only muster up his internal energy and quickly dash to An Xin's back, raising his hand swiftly to grasp the long sword that had already stabbed over.

  "Xu'er!" Ling Susu's face was filled with panic, and the sound of swords scraping against bones could almost be heard. The pain spread throughout her body in an instant. Disregarding her dignity, she shouted at the guards who were still reacting slowly beside her, "Hurry up and go save him! Go quickly!"

  All of this happened in the blink of an eye, and it wasn't until they heard Ling Su's roar that the dark guards came back to their senses. They simultaneously drew out the soft swords wrapped around their waists and raised them, heading towards the nameless dark guard who was still moving forward without regard for anything else.

  "Princess?" Yun Mingyue's dark guard saw this scene and hastily shouted a question to ask about his master's decision.

  "Stop them!" Yun Mingyue sat on the ground, clutching her chest and panting heavily. The feeling of having narrowly escaped death made her feel extremely fortunate, but the thought that someone had tried to take her life undoubtedly enraged her deeply. With a loud shout, Yun Mingyue commanded.

  An Xin naturally knew that the dark guard was shifting his line of sight, and when he went to rescue Xi Xi, he secretly launched a sneak attack on her. However, she wasn't worried because with her Misty Steps, the dark guard couldn't catch her shadow. But what she didn't expect was that An Mu Dust would single-handedly take risks and use his own body as a shield to block in front of her!

  An Xin caught the humming sound with his right hand, turned around and saw that An Mu Chen's hands were still tightly grasping the hilt of the sword. There was a long blood stain on the blade from the tip to the middle section, left behind by the torn skin and flesh. His hand was constantly dripping with blood. An Xin's pupils constricted, and in an instant, he poured his internal energy into his palm and slapped it against the chest of the dark guard!

  Everyone heard a loud cracking sound, and they all stopped fighting and looked in the same direction as An Xin. Her eyebrows were filled with killing intent, her eyes were cold and stern, her right hand was holding onto An Mu Dust, and her left hand slowly withdrew into her sleeve. The dark guard had already fallen to the ground, his seven orifices bleeding, a palm print on his chest caved in over an inch deep, his eyes wide open, with no signs of breathing!

  "Brother, how are you?" An Xin lazily glanced at the crowd of people with different expressions in the courtyard. The sound of "suo la" fabric being torn apart was heard as An Xin quickly tore off two long strips of brocade from her skirt and asked while rapidly wrapping the strips around An Mu Dun's wounds that were deep enough to see bone.

  "Don't worry, nothing's wrong." An Mochou's handsome face was a bit pale, but his expression remained calm.

  Ling Su's footsteps were a bit unsteady as she walked over, her face paler than An Mocheng's. She looked at An Xin anxiously as he bandaged his wound, "Xin'er, is your brother okay?"

  "Well, fortunately, it didn't hurt the bones, and with good care for half a month, it will heal!" He said in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the movement of his hands, without raising his head.

  "Yun Mingyue, how dare you let the dark guard hurt people! Come and take down Princess Mingyue for me. Later, I will go to the palace to ask Father Emperor to send a letter to Emperor Nan Yun, asking him how to deal with this ruthless and unscrupulous woman!" Ling Susu was furious for the first time, her beautiful eyes burning with flames, and she commanded sternly!

  Yun Mingyue's expression changed suddenly, her heart filled with fear. Ling Susu was the most favored princess of Eastern Ling by Emperor Wenxian. If she insisted on having the emperor give a letter to Nan Yun, and if the emperor found out about her actions, he would definitely hand himself over to Ling Susu for punishment. The more she thought about it, the more flustered she became. But on the surface, she maintained a calm demeanor, saying, "Sister, if Miss Anxin hadn't almost killed me, my guard wouldn't have hurt anyone either! Besides, he's already been killed by Miss Anxin, so shouldn't that cancel out the mistake?"

  "Foolish fantasy!" An Xin finished bandaging and slowly turned around to face Yun Mingyue, who was forcing herself to calm down, and said in a cold voice, "Your guards will have to pay the price for my brother's injuries today. Otherwise, I will never let you off easily!"

  "Miss Xiner, you were the first to make a move, now why are you still being aggressive? The guard who was about to kill me has already been killed by you, what more do you want? Don't be too greedy!" Yun Mingyue glanced at the situation where her and Ling Susu's guards were facing each other with swords drawn, her eyes flashing uncertainly as she growled in a low voice.

  "Did I ask for an inch and take a mile? Would there be all this trouble if you had returned my pet earlier? Now you want to admit defeat, want a peaceful resolution? Still the same! Delusional!" An Xin's lips curled up coldly, her eyes glanced at An Mu Chen's hand, which was still dripping with fresh blood despite being wrapped in bandages, and her gaze turned icy. The small hand hidden in her sleeve clenched into a fist.

  "Anxin, I'm your elder, your stepmother. Is this how you threaten your stepmother?" Yun Ming's eyes swept towards the dead guard, and her heart couldn't help but beat rapidly at the sight of his miserable corpse.

  Looking at Yun Mingyue's eyes, which had begun to well up with tears, she clicked her tongue and thought of her unstoppable tears, saying disdainfully, "Don't pretend to be pitiful and seek sympathy for now. Father is probably on his way back to the mansion. When he arrives, you can show off your acting skills. Otherwise, if you cry out all your tears, how will you continue with the drama?"

  Yun Mingyue's small hand, which was about to take out a handkerchief from her bosom, stopped in its tracks. She raised her head and glared at An Xin with a fierce gaze, her eyes shooting out a sinister light, as if she wanted to tear her apart limb by limb.

  "Tsk, tsk, tsk, your gaze is really frightening, it's chilling to look at you, and compared to Kayako from the TV, you're not much better!" An Xin let out a sigh of relief, and even intentionally shuddered a few times, as if she had been genuinely scared by Yun Mingyue.

  "Hey, don't be too much! If you push me to the limit, we'll both end up in a mess and no one will come out on top!" Yun Mingyue pretended to mock An Xin's behavior, her beautiful eyes flushing red with anger, her small face twisted in a scowl, her nostrils flaring slightly as if filled with rage, shouting furiously.

  An Xin rolled her eyes, furrowed her brow and looked Cloud Moon up and down, shaking her head and sighing, "Princess Ming Yue, you look really ugly now. Your father can also keep his mouth shut with you looking like this, he's indeed a rare flower in ancient and modern times!"

  "Heart, don't talk nonsense!" As An Xin's words fell, An Lian Cheng's voice rang out, and the crowd in the courtyard, who were shocked by An Xin's unexpected move, looked outside with rapt attention.

  "Princess Mingyue, a woman's three tricks are crying, making a scene, and hanging herself. You've already done two of them, when will you perform the last one? I'll prepare some melon seeds to watch the show!" An Xin walked over, ignoring him, with a hint of cold smile in his eyes.

  Digression

  Recommendation: "Favored by the Villain" or "The Rural Girl Who Seduces with Her Charm", those who like farming can take a look.