The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

Seeing Yun Mujiu's certainty, the Meng family guessed that Mujiu might have some powerful figure on her side, or that the Night King had prepared a powerful secret guard or top experts for Mujiu.

For example, didn't the Night King ask Lord of the Underworld to handle many important matters before?

Yun Mujiu assured Duke Meng and his group that they should not come along, jokingly adding, "Are we going to make dumplings? One after another?"

That evening, Yun Mujiu returned to her residence and made preparations, taking out all the hidden weapons she had crafted. Fortunately, not many people in the Night King's mansion knew she had gone to rescue Meng Shihao; otherwise, they certainly wouldn't have trusted her to decide to go out alone so soon. Meanwhile, Wei Bai had been busy with business outside the mansion for the past two days.

The next morning, Yun Mujiu finished his preparations and ordered Suixi Yingliu to take a detachment of Hanying Guards and lie in ambush in the nearby deep mountains of the northern suburbs, just in case.

Immediately afterwards, Fusang drove the carriage away with Yun Mujiu.

The sky was overcast with dark clouds, and there was no bright sun. The air was filled with a stuffy, unsettling atmosphere.

When Yun Mujiu arrived at the foot of the mountain, she changed into a silver-gray night outfit with red trim and covered her face with a black veil.

She alighted from the carriage and told Fusang to wait for her where she was. If the impossible thing did happen—meaning she wouldn't be able to return in time—she would instruct Fusang to mobilize the Cold Shadow Guards and return to the Night King's Palace to fetch another group of reinforcements.

But that was impossible; she was confident that she could bring them back safely.

As dusk fell, eerie cries of crows echoed through the mountains.

High atop the mountain, bonfires burned in clusters, while a group of men in black with sinister eyes paced back and forth.

A woman dressed in gray appeared in a flash, coldly saying, "Release them!"

"Heh, Princess Night, you've finally arrived!" The leader of the men in black sneered. Today is either Yun Mujiu's death day or the day she's crippled!

Yun Mujiu did not remove her veil, revealing a pair of cold eyes, and then sneered: "Long time no see! None of these people will live today!"

As darkness fell, strange sounds of birds and beasts could be heard in the valley, along with the clanging of swords clashing.

That night, the battle was fierce, and apart from Yun Mujiu, who was directly involved, no one knew exactly what had happened.

Yun Mujiu single-handedly used hidden weapons, poison powder, and her martial arts skills to eliminate everyone.

The scene was engulfed in flames. She stole a horse from the man in black, threw the unconscious Meng Shihao onto its back, tied him up with a rope, and then sent a signal flare into the sky.

Fusang waited for a long time, and when she saw someone riding down the mountain on horseback, she suddenly burst into tears.

That's wonderful! The princess is safe and sound, and she even managed to bring the person back!

Yun Mujiu had already cleaned up the scene with fire on the mountain and successfully brought Meng Shihao back. She had just fired a signal flare to alert Suixi and Ying Liu that they could begin their operation!

Eliminate all the accomplices of the men in black who might be lying in ambush near this remote mountain area!

The next day, news spread throughout the capital that Meng Shihao, the son of the Duke of Meng, had been kidnapped by villains but was rescued by a young woman in gray.

People heard: "That person is the leader of the new assassin organization, Xianggen Pavilion!"

The world was shocked.

A newly risen sect leader, and a young woman at that, has single-handedly slaughtered a group of bandits! This person is no ordinary individual!

The vast majority of people's initial indifference or even contempt towards Xianggen Pavilion and Pavilion Master Yuan immediately changed.

People exclaimed in amazement, "The Night Queen is amazing! She managed to get the Pavilion Master of Xianggen Pavilion to come and save people!"

In the Imperial Study of the Palace, Emperor Zhongyue was furious.

"How could the plan possibly fail!"

He sent the Dragon Staff Guards and the assassins he hired to capture Meng Shihao, and also wanted to use Meng Shihao, this useless hostage, to capture Yun Mujiu. Unexpectedly, not only did his operation fail, but his entire army was wiped out!

"Ye Xiaohan, Yun Mujiu, you two are truly cunning!" The Emperor was so angry that his eyes turned red. He never expected that, with the Night King gone from the capital and Yun Mujiu left alone in the capital in such a helpless and desperate situation, the Night King and Yun Mujiu would actually plan ahead to rescue them or their relatives who might be harmed by someone!

Overnight, the reputation of the Pavilion Master of the Iris Pavilion began to spread widely, and the status of the Fragrant Root Pavilion also rose accordingly, leaping to the threshold of a mid-level assassin organization.

Afterwards, those who heard that Yun Mujiu and Meng Shihao had been threatened by thugs all expressed their concern for the Night King's Mansion.

The first to react were the Seventh Prince and Princess Ji Ling and her group of Yun Mu Jiu's girlfriends, followed by the Fifth Prince. Of course, the ungrateful Consort Yu did not speak up.

In addition, there were hypocritical emperors and empresses, and even the imprisoned Prince Di and Prince Sen symbolically expressed their concern.

Yun Mujiu continued her life of seclusion and recuperation. To outsiders, she was still in seclusion, but they didn't know that she was the Pavilion Master of Yuan Pavilion, nor did they know that she was secretly improving herself!

When Wei Bai returned, he heard that Yun Mujiu had asked the leader of a small assassin organization to rescue Meng Shihao. He hesitated for a moment, but Yun Mujiu quickly brushed him off.

When Wei Bai returned from his busy affairs, he shared the good news that he had vigorously developed the Night King's Mansion's businesses, severely damaging the businesses of the Emperor, his subordinate Minister Lu, and the Di King's lineage, thus avenging the previous grievances of those who had harmed the Night King's Mansion's businesses.

"These are all strategies that the Prince gave to his subordinates! By the time the Prince returns, our Night Prince's Mansion will have accumulated even more silver!"

"Hmm! Your Highness is truly a natural businessman, and also a formidable opponent who knows how to put people down!" Yun Mujiu praised with a smile.

The next day, military reports came back about the Night King's battle against the Western Barbarians, who had been reinforced with troops.

The Night King triumphed over the Western barbarians, and the whole nation rejoiced!

Meanwhile, the low-profile Yun Mujiu and the Night King's Mansion successfully withstood the close attention of a group of people.

...

On the western border of Zhongyue, Ye Xiaohan received a message from the capital.

"Meng Shihao was arrested? Mu Jiu hired another assassin to rescue Meng Shihao?"

Ye Xiaohan looked at the report written by Wei Bai and shook his head slightly. Mu Jiu was really stubborn and strong-willed. Why didn't she wait a little longer and let the Han Ying Guard and personal guards go out? It was too dangerous for her to arrange everything by herself.

In the blink of an eye, his heart felt a little bitter again. He hadn't been able to stay by Mu Jiu's side, and he felt indebted to her. He hated that he couldn't overcome all the difficulties with that girl, hated that he couldn't eliminate troubles for her in time and protect her.

Ye Xiaohan frowned, his gaze falling on a piece of letter paper on the desk.

Yun Mujiu did not mention Meng Shihao's past incident, but only said that the Meng family had encountered some minor troubles, which she had resolved.

At the end of the letter, she emphasized: "I am doing well at home, Your Highness need not worry. You fight on the front lines, and I will guard the rear. Your Highness must return safely. Your wife is waiting for you."

Ye Xiaohan's brow relaxed, and he gently raised his lips: "You always report good news and never bad. But I believe that you have always been the best woman."

He put away the letters and issued an order: "Summon all generals for a meeting to discuss the attack plan."

This time, Zhong Yue is going to intensify his offensive!

Zhongyue's battle against the Western Barbarians must end before winter arrives!