Assassination

  If she wants to avenge Lian Zhen and Song Linglong, and find her own mother, then she must have enough power to contend with them. However, although she is nominally the eldest daughter of the Xiang family, she has only an empty title. It's okay to bully the maids in the Xiang family, but if she goes out of the Xiang family, she can't do anything. Moreover, contending with them would be like hitting a stone with an egg.

  So she must have an assistant.

  Mu Xiao's martial arts skills were something she had witnessed before, and if she could add him to her own camp, then at least in terms of military strength, she would still be able to protect herself.

  Mù Xiāo Chǎn was very careful when he was against the imperial court, and did not let them see his true face. So even if they were to stand in front of him later, they might not be able to recognize him!

  The music ended, Mu Xiaoqiu slowly put down the flute: "Song Niang, it's late and dewy, I'll send you back first."

  Song Lingyu nodded and smiled: "Trouble the village owner."

  A gust of wind blew by, and the weeds, almost as tall as a person, rustled and made some noise.

  Song Lingyu looked at Mu Xiaojuan with a glance, and in the sound of her voice, there seemed to be the sound of trampling on weeds. That kind of sound was different!

  But Mu Xiao also seemed to have noticed, turned his head to look at Song Lingyu, but found that she was also looking at him. He nodded slightly towards Song Lingyu, and Song Lingyu also understood, her hand unconsciously clenched into a fist.

  Mu Xiao Xuan paid attention to the movement around him, then said to Song Ling Yu: "Let's go back first."

  Song Lingyu nodded and then walked quietly away.

  The person in the dark saw Song Lingyu about to leave and hastily stood up and shouted: "Young lady!"

  Song Lingyu's footsteps paused, "Big sister? Could it be someone from the Prime Minister's residence?"

  Mu Xiao Xian slightly furrowed her brow, why was it that the clearly observed withdrawal of troops from the imperial court in the previous period, yet today on the back mountain, people from the Chancellor's mansion could still be seen, did they want to create a diversion?

  As Song Lingyu had guessed, although he withdrew Mu Qian and relaxed his vigilance, he still needed her as a hostage since the imperial court's troops had not completely withdrawn. Tonight, he happened to see people from the Prime Minister's residence again, and his alertness might rise once more.

  That man rushed over to block their way, and then another person appeared out of nowhere. The two men drew the knives from their waists and pointed them at Mu Shaochen: "Boss, we just want to rescue the young lady, please forgive us."

  Song Lingyu looked at the two people under the moonlight, and their clothes were indeed from the Chancellor's mansion. But hadn't the imperial court withdrawn its troops? Why would there still be people from the Chancellor's mansion? According to Song Yuan's personality, he didn't have any intention of disobeying the emperor, that was defying the imperial edict! "Was it Father who sent you to rescue me?"

  The two of them exchanged a glance, and one of them said: "It was the lady who asked Lord Saisho to send us to keep an eye on the camp, hoping to rescue both young ladies."

  Song Lingyu couldn't help but sneer. Zhuang Qing's abacus was really well-played, on the surface she was worried about wanting to save her, but in reality she was afraid that if they really withdrew their troops, she would be sent back! Even if the emperor blamed her at that time, she could say that she was only out of a mother's psychology and worried about herself. At that time, the emperor would look at the face of the right prime minister and deal with it lightly, or even not blame her.

  Mu Xiao looked at Song Lingyu for a moment, then pulled her behind him and said in a low voice to the people opposite: "Get out of the way!"

  The two of them exchanged a glance, Mu Xiuxiu's martial arts skills were something they had never seen before, but they had heard that he alone had defeated Liang Changqing, so his skills were not to be underestimated either. However, thinking again, if today they could really rescue Miss Song, then their efforts would definitely not be in vain!

  The two of them seemed to have made up their minds, raised their swords and stabbed Mu Xiaojuan.

  Mu Xiaoqiang wasn't one to be trifled with either, he seized the opportunity, snatched the sword, and made a sweeping kick. In just a few moves, he knocked both men to the ground, not even allowing them to touch a single thread of Song Lingyu's clothes. Mu Xiaoqiang knew they shouldn't linger in this place for long, so he pulled Song Lingyu along as they continued on their way.

  Song Lingyu did not resist and followed him all the way until they reached the village before he let go of her hand.