"Don't worry, Your Highness. Although the King of England has the courage to do such a thing, he will not really do it." Mr. Xiao said meaningfully.
"Why?" Prince Qi Lie looked at Mr. Xiao, turned around, walked to the chair in the middle and sat down.
"If the King of England really wanted to take action... he wouldn't have waited until now, and the marriage... wouldn't have been so hasty. He married a princess who didn't help him at all, and who was a burden to him. It shows that he... is also short-sighted and inexperienced."
Mr. Xiao curled his lips in sarcasm, showing a bit of disdain. Although his status was not as high as that of the King of England, in his opinion, the King of England was still stupid. It didn't matter if he was arrogant for a while. After the Emperor passed away, who in the world would be able to tolerate him? By then, it would be too late to plot. "It seems like a brocade, but how will the future be... It's hard to say, and besides..."
Mr. Xiao paused for a moment, "Even if he has this idea again in the future... it's too late. Time waits for no one. Sometimes once an opportunity has passed, it's impossible to catch it again! The King of England is still ignorant after all."
Prince Qi Lie was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, agreeing with Mr. Xiao's statement.
As the two were talking, a man suddenly rushed in. The guard at the door quickly stretched out his hand and put his sword against the man's throat...
"Your Highness, it's bad, someone is trying to assassinate the princess." The one who came was Princess Qia's personal maid. At this time, she was pointed at by a sword and dared not move. She could only scream in panic.
"Qia? Where is she now?" Prince Qilie was stunned, stood up and asked anxiously.
"Just... behind, the princess is injured, the princess is injured." The maid burst into tears in fear.
Prince Qi Lie took a step forward and wanted to go out, but was stopped by Mr. Xiao, "Your Highness, the situation is unclear now, you cannot go out at this time."
"Qia she..." Prince Qilie said anxiously.
"Your Highness, don't be anxious. No matter what, you are the most important. Just send the guards to pick up the princess." Mr. Xiao said calmly.
Prince Qi Lie stopped and waved his hand. Two guards rushed out. The guards who stayed here to protect him were all the best in martial arts, and there were not many of them in the room.
The maid led the guards out and the room became quiet again.
Prince Qi Lie took a deep breath and trod a few steps in annoyance: "Mr. Xiao, do you think he is my brother's man?"
"This... is hard to say. We have to investigate first." Mr. Xiao said with a wry smile. He didn't dare to say it for sure. This matter happened too suddenly. He originally thought that it was impossible for anyone to deal with Prince Qi Lie at this time, but someone came.
Not long after the maid went out, she came back with Princess Qia.
Princess Chia, who used to be dressed exquisitely, was now in a panic. Her clothes seemed to be put on casually and only tied up slightly. She was covering her arms, which were stained with blood. Her hair was messy and tangled, hanging down, with a few strands falling in front. She looked more like a refugee than a princess.
"Second brother." Seeing Prince Qilie, Princess Qiya pushed the maid away and rushed over crying.
Prince Qi Lie reached out and supported her: "What happened? Are you hurt?"
"Brother, someone wanted to assassinate me... Someone wanted to assassinate me... Brother... I almost couldn't see you again." Thinking of the scene just now, Princess Qia was terrified.
She was sleeping in the yard when she heard some noise outside. When she got up to check, she saw an assassin suddenly rushing out from behind the flowers. If she had not fallen down out of fright, the sword would have pierced her heart. Then she screamed and the guards rushed in to protect her.
The assassin fled.
“Second brother… Second brother… Someone wants to kill me, someone wants to kill me.” Princess Qia trembled, and at that moment, she really felt that she was going to die.
"How many assassins?" Prince Qia asked another question after listening to her story.
"A, an assassin... Second brother, second brother, quickly capture him, kill him, and cut him into pieces." Princess Qia cried loudly, her face was ferocious, and she gnashed her teeth.
"Why only one?" Mr. Xiao, who was listening on the side, said to himself with a frown.
"What do you mean by only one? How many are needed? Could it be that Mr. Xiao hopes that I will die?" Princess Qiya was already feeling unhappy. When she heard what Mr. Xiao said, she immediately became furious. She pointed at Mr. Xiao and cursed, "You really have ulterior motives. Did you bring people here to harm me?"
"Princess... I misunderstood." Mr. Xiao apologized hastily, "I was just thinking about the reason for this matter."
"Reason? What reason? The reason is that someone wants to harm me and take my life. Not only did you not let my second brother come to save me, but you are also talking nonsense here. As expected..."
Princess Qia was furious, and her fear just now turned into raging anger. Mr. Xiao's face turned red after being scolded, and he was very embarrassed for a while.
"Qiya, shut up." Prince Qilie's face darkened.
"Second brother... you see, I almost died, I almost... died, and he is still here talking nonsense, and... he still doesn't let second brother come to save me." Princess Qia cried.
When she came over just now, the maid had already told Princess Qia about her rescue.
“If Second Sister continues to yell like this, the wound may get worse, and then… it will be troublesome.” Prince Qi Lie said coldly.
Princess Qiya was now yelling and shouting out of control. She no longer had the dignity of a royal princess. She looked more like a street shrew. Prince Qilie disliked her very much.
After hearing what he said, Princess Qia stopped talking abruptly. She reached out and pressed the hastily bandaged wound. She held the hand of her maid and sat down on a chair beside her. She began to cry softly, feeling very aggrieved.
"Mr. Xiao, Qiya was also frightened just now and talked nonsense. Please forgive me." Prince Qilie bowed deeply to Mr. Xiao.
Mr. Xiao didn't dare to accept such a salute, so he leaned aside and returned the salute: "Your Highness is too polite. If something like this happens, not to mention that the princess is just a woman, even if she were a man, she would probably lose her composure at this time."
He has adjusted his attitude now and smiles gently.
"I'm sorry, sir." Prince Qi Lie said sincerely. He had an excellent reputation in the Northern Frontier for so many years, so his behavior was naturally convincing.
"Your Highness, let's not talk about this little thing for now. What do you think...why did the assassin want to assassinate the princess?" Mr. Xiao waved his hand, no longer dwelling on this matter, and asked.
"Don't you think this is a bit strange? Although people outside have been shouting about assassins, we can't see any real assassins. They are just outside and no one is rushing in. We just thought that they might not be able to rush in, but why did someone rush in to the princess' place? And the guards haven't noticed yet?"
Mr. Xiao raised a question.
Princess Qiya's hand was hurting more and more. She looked around and there was no doctor around. It was a mess outside and she didn't know what had happened. She was still in shock and now she had finally calmed down. She didn't dare to ask Prince Qilie to send someone out to find a doctor, so she could only endure it.
Fortunately, the wound had been bandaged before and I got some medicine from the guard.
"This... is very strange." Prince Qilie didn't understand either. He had previously speculated that it was his eldest brother, the prince of Northern Frontier, but now he felt that might not be the case.
"Second brother, Mr. Xiao, I feel like someone wants to kill me. They want to kill me, not my second brother." Princess Qia also calmed down at this time, and said hatefully while gritting her teeth.
"Want to kill the princess?" A strange look flashed across Mr. Xiao's brows.
"Yes, they want to kill me, they must kill me. Mr. Xiao, there must be guards secretly around Princess Jing, right?" Princess Qiya suddenly asked.
"I don't know about this." Mr. Xiao shook his head.
"You don't know who else knows," Princess Qia taunted.
"Second sister!" Prince Qilie warned.
"Okay, second brother, I won't say that. I'll just ask... I just arrived in the capital and I don't have any grudges with anyone. Who would want me to die so much? After thinking about it, it can only be Princess Jing. And it's a coincidence that there should be someone around Princess Jing." Princess Qiya shook her uninjured hand.
"Could it be... the Princess of England?" Mr. Xiao couldn't help but ask.
Although he didn't know clearly about the troubles Princess Qia had caused before, he had heard some things vaguely. He heard that it was related to Princess Ying and Princess Jing.
"Are you just going to protect Princess Jing?" Princess Qiya stared at Mr. Xiao coldly.
"Second sister..." Prince Qi Lie wanted to stop Princess Qia from making inappropriate remarks.
"Brother, don't worry. I am very calm now. I have never been so calm before. The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty wants me to enter the Jingwang Mansion. The details have not been discussed yet. This matter is a little different from the previous one. The Jingwang wife is very strong-willed. I am afraid she will not tolerate me. With the manpower of the Jingwang wife and the ability of the Jingwang Mansion, it is very easy to launch such a thing, isn't it?"
This question was a rhetorical one, and the one being asked was Mr. Xiao.
Although Mr. Xiao entered the capital together with the envoys from the Northern Frontier, he was actually sent by the General Fuguo to protect them in the capital, and he was the General Fuguo's man.
Liu Lanxin is the only daughter of the General who assists the country.
Hearing what Princess Qiya said, Mr. Xiao coughed heavily, shook his head, and sighed, "Princess, you must have misunderstood. Princess Jing is not that capable. Since entering the capital, there has been no one around her. The general will not place people in the capital, which will attract attention. As for the marriage, it is not something Princess Jing can decide."
"You mean she can't possibly kill me?" Princess Qia said unconvinced.
"Impossible!" Mr. Xiao still shook his head.
"Then whose people do you think these people are? Why are there so many of them?" Princess Qiya asked sternly. As she was speaking, a stray arrow came from nowhere and hit the window frame with a "bang". Princess Qiya was so scared that she screamed and fell off the chair and sat on the ground.