The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 649: Compete
Chapter 649: The Difference Is Clear
The prince nodded, and thinking of what Master Fang had reminded him to be careful of Bai Qingyan, he suddenly felt guilty. He pursed his lips and said quietly, “Master Fang is mature and prudent, but sometimes he is too cautious.”
“It’s a good thing to be cautious. His Majesty is not feeling well, so he has handed over all government affairs to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness is too busy to take care of many things. Having a cautious person like Elder Fang by his side… keeping an eye on things for His Royal Highness, I can rest assured even if I return to Shuoyang.” Bai Qingyan’s lips curled up into a faint smile.
The rain washed the exquisite elm roof of the carriage. The hands at the prince’s side tightened slightly. Old Fang kept asking him to be on guard against Bai Qingyan, but Bai Qingyan spoke well of Old Fang in front of him. The difference was obvious!
Quan Yu, who was kneeling beside and serving tea to the Crown Prince and Bai Qingyan, was worried about Bai Qingyan. Old Fang kept telling the Crown Prince to be on guard against Bai Qingyan, but Bai Qingyan spoke for Old Fang…Princess Zhenguo was still too kind-hearted. He would find a chance to remind Princess Zhenguo a thing or two!
Just as I was thinking about it, the carriage suddenly stopped and there was a sudden neighing of horses outside, which startled everyone.
The prince quickly raised his hand and grabbed the carriage window, and only then did he manage to steady himself.
Quan Yu, who was kneeling in the car, lost his balance and hit his head against the wooden board, feeling dizzy immediately.
The prince, who had just experienced a palace coup, suddenly heard the screams of the guards who were protecting the carriage, and the blood drained from his face. There was chaos in the city today, and the people were hiding in their homes and dared not come out. The long streets were so quiet that there was not even a ghost. The carriage stopped suddenly, and he was afraid that it had been ambushed.
Outside the carriage, the sound of swords clashing came from all directions. Before the prince’s personal soldiers shouted to protect the prince, they heard the sound of arrows whistling in the wind and rain and “bang bang bang” fiercely piercing the wooden boards of the carriage. The prince was so scared that his legs went weak.
The long street, which had been calm just a moment ago, was suddenly in turmoil with the flashing of swords and the horrifying sounds of killing.
“The arrow is on fire! Your Highness, be careful!” people shouted from outside.
Bai Qingyan turned around and saw that the carriage’s green curtains were suddenly ignited by rockets, and he could vaguely smell the smell of kerosene…
The rocket was wrapped with cloth strips and poured with oil. When the rain hit it… it flowed down along the rain, and wherever it went, there were faint flames. The flames slowly devoured the carriage in the rain.
“Fire! Your Highness is fire!” Quan Yu exclaimed with his eyes wide open.
“It’s raining so hard! Fire is useless! We can’t go out!” The prince’s voice trembled.
Bai Qingyan had already lifted the curtain of the carriage and was looking outside. He looked at the secret guards standing on the roofs on both sides in the rain and shooting arrows at the prince’s carriage, and nodded calmly.
The secret guard immediately stood up and raised his arrow, aiming in the direction of the carriage…
The prince looked through the gap in the curtain lifted by Bai Qingyan… and saw dark flames winding along with the rain, clinging to the outside of the carriage. The flames did not go out even when it rained, and they did not resist either. Wherever the rain flowed… there the fire went. He could see the strips of fire entangled in the carriage like ropes.
Bring rockets continuously!
Bai Qingyan glanced outside and made a prompt decision, shouting, “Go and knock that shop open! Quick!”
Upon hearing the noise, the Prince’s personal guards immediately rushed to the shops on the street and knocked on the doors.
“call out–”
Bai Qingyan suddenly turned her head to avoid the rain of sharp arrows rushing in from outside the carriage. She didn’t care about the difference between the monarch and the subject, and grabbed the prince and pressed his head down to protect him.
The feather arrow pierced into the elm board in the carriage, the tail of the arrow trembled, kerosene dripped onto the seat cushion of the carriage, and the flames suddenly jumped high.
The prince’s heart almost jumped out of his throat as he was on the verge of life and death twice in one day.
“Your Highness! I will help you get off the carriage! The horse can still be controlled now, but the arrows are constantly coming. If one of them hits the horse and the carriage catches fire and can no longer stop, we will be in a dead end!” Bai Qing spoke very quickly.
In times of crisis, the only person the prince could trust was Bai Qingyan, so he nodded vigorously.
“Eunuch Quanyu!” Bai Qingyan looked at Quanyu.
Quan Yu mustered up his courage and said, “Princess Zhenguo, rest assured, I will definitely protect you!”
Just go, Quan Yu is in front, taking a deep breath and opening the carriage door…
Bai Qingyan held down the prince’s head, and he and Quan Yu protected the prince in the middle as they jumped off the carriage, and quickly ran towards the restaurant whose door was pushed open by the guards.
After running a few steps, the prince suddenly heard a sharp horse neighing. Turning back, he saw that the horse had been shot by an arrow, with its hooves raised in the air and its head and tail shaking like crazy, rushing out rapidly, dragging the burning carriage, trampling down the prince’s guards along the way, and knocking over an unopened breakfast stall on the side of the road. The carriage overturned to the ground, and flames shot up into the sky.
The prince’s breathing stagnated. If Bai Qingyan had not acted decisively and pulled him out of the carriage, he didn’t dare to imagine what the outcome would be.
Bai Qingyan grabbed the prince’s collar with one hand and almost dragged the prince, whose legs were weak, up the stairs and rushed into the restaurant.
In the rain, Quan Yu stepped on the corpse of the Prince’s guard and slipped in a hurry. Arrows rained down, and he was so scared that he used his hands and feet to climb up the stairs in a panic. The sudden wind of arrows whistled past his ears…
Quan Yu looked up and saw Bai Qingyan pushing the prince away. The feather arrow came with the force of thunder and lightning and pierced Bai Qingyan’s heart fiercely. The force was so great that Bai Qingyan staggered back two steps and tripped over the threshold…
The pain was so severe that Bai Qingyan’s head was filled with only a sharp buzzing sound, as if all the sounds and people around him slowed down, and his consciousness was almost pulled into darkness at that moment.
But she did not forget that she was the one who set up the trap, and she was the key to it… If she fainted, the trap would be in vain, and Xiao Rongyan, who risked his life to accompany her to set the trap, would also die in vain.
She clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging into the tender flesh of her palms, her eyes were wide open and bloodshot, and she held on with clenched teeth.
“Princess Zhenguo!” Quan Yu opened his eyes wide in horror.
The prince, who was pushed aside by Bai Qingyan and then helped up by his personal guards, also opened his eyes wide. He hid in the restaurant in a panic and shouted loudly: “Quick! Close the door!”
The guards quickly closed the restaurant door to block the rain of arrows.
“Princess Zhenguo!” Quan Yu knelt down and crawled to Bai Qingyan who was dragged into the restaurant. He saw that Bai Qingyan’s new clothes were all covered in blood. His hands were also covered in Bai Qingyan’s blood. His throat rolled, “Princess Zhenguo…how are you?!”
Bai Qingyan gritted his teeth, covered his chest and said nothing.
With every breath, her heart felt like it was being torn apart, and it hurt so much that veins popped up on her forehead, cold sweat ran down her face, and she felt dizzy from time to time.
Quan Yu couldn’t help crying out loud. Bai Qingyan had fought against thousands of soldiers today without shedding a single drop of blood, but at this moment, someone shot him through the heart.
The frightened prince took two steps back. When he heard no one shooting arrows again, he heard Quan Yu calling out “Princess Zhenguo”.
The prince hurriedly turned around and knelt down beside Bai Qingyan in panic, his pupils trembling as he looked at the shocking blood on Bai Qingyan’s chest.
Blood flowed down Bai Qingyan’s chest. In her palms was her sticky and hot blood. She moved her fingers and looked at the prince.
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