The queen is crazy and spoiled, and the tyrant bows to her

Jiang Wantang's voice was soft and gentle, and the words "Thank you, sir" sounded particularly nice coming from her mouth.

Every time he shouted, Xie Zhiyan felt like a small hook was tugging at his heartstrings.

He was silent for a moment, his eyes darkening as he looked at her with a smile, "Second Miss Jiang, you are wrong. I just happened to be passing by and saw you here alone."

Jiang Wantang rolled his eyes in his heart: I don’t believe you at all, I think you are following me on purpose.

Showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing.

Jiang Wantang ignored him and rode away.

Then, wherever she rode, Xie Zhiyan followed.

Jiang Wantang said impatiently, "Thank you, my Lord. I know I'm very charming, but I'm your Majesty's woman after all. Could you please stop staring at me?"

Xie Zhiyan couldn't help but sneer: "After not seeing you for a few days, Miss Jiang has become more and more shameless."

"Why am I staring at you? Don't you know what's going on?"

"I wonder what Miss Jiang has thought about the matter Xie mentioned last time?"

Jiang Wantang's eyes narrowed, but he didn't say anything.

Immediately, she picked up her longbow, drew an arrow from the quiver on the horse's back with her right hand, placed the tail of the arrow on the bowstring, and the bowstring was pulled like a full moon, with the arrow pointing straight at Xie Zhiyan's head.

It looked like they were ready to fight if they disagreed with each other.

"Don't pretend?"

Xie Zhiyan raised his eyebrows, crossed his arms, and said indifferently: "If Miss Jiang still remembers the grudge of that arrow, Xie will let you shoot it back today. You will never resist..."

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Wantang suddenly loosened his right hand, the bowstring rebounded, and the arrow flew out like lightning.

The tip of the arrow brushed past Xie Zhiyan's ear, and only a crisp "clang" sound was heard.

The arrow shot by Jiang Wantang knocked a cold arrow released from the dense forest to the ground.

Xie Zhiyan's expression stern. He quickly tightened the reins, patted the horse's body, and drove the horse in front of Jiang Wantang. He looked vigilantly into the depths of the dense forest and whispered, "Be careful, there's an ambush!"

Jiang Wantang clenched the bow in his hand, facing Xie Zhiyan from behind, observing the movements around him.

At this time, the forest was dead silent, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind, and a cold murderous aura in the wind.

Jiang Wantang had a premonition that the ambush was aimed at him, and Xie Zhiyan was just unlucky to encounter it.

Because the arrow was aimed at her.

Someone wants to kill her.

A cold wind blew by, and suddenly several cold arrows shot towards her from all directions. The arrows were sharp and carried cold murderous intent.

Xie Zhiyan narrowed his eyes slightly, and his originally deep pupils were now cold and full of murderous intent.

He said to Jiang Wantang, "Just stay here and leave it to me."

"Hide your edge and don't show off your kung fu skills to others."

Then he drew the sword from his waist, jumped up, and swung the sword quickly in the air. The sword flashed with a cold light under the sunlight, shooting down all the arrows.

Jiang Wantang saw that his swordsmanship was swift and sharp, and his movements were effortless. The man and the sword seemed to form an indestructible barrier, blocking her firmly behind them.

She thought that he seemed to have shown mercy that night at the Dali Temple.

With Xie Zhiyan blocking the way in front, she sat quietly on the horse and observed her surroundings.

This dense forest is already vast, with trees providing cover, and these killers are hiding very secretly, making it almost impossible to determine their location.

I think he must be very familiar with the terrain of Beishan.

In order to ensure everyone's safety, the Beishan Hunting Ground was inventoried a few days before the hunt.

Therefore, it is not easy to ambush this killer.

Who is so deliberate in wanting her death?

She didn't know anyone in the capital, nor did she have any enemies, so it could only be someone in the harem.

After much thought, Jiang Wantang had only one person in mind who was the most suitable candidate, and that was Empress Dowager Qi.

Could it be that Empress Dowager Qi discovered that I was secretly investigating her past and wanted to silence her?

"Ding ding dang dang", the sound of metal collision continued to echo in the forest.

Soon the patrolling guards were attracted, and the men in black hiding in the dense forest saw that the situation was not right and quickly retreated.

Xie Zhiyan ordered Zhang Long and Zhao Hu to lead several teams of guards to track and investigate, and also sent people to report to Ji Wuyuan about the attack in the dense forest.

After he had dealt with everything, he turned around to look at Jiang Wantang and saw that she was sitting obediently on the horse, and she was extremely quiet.

Xie Zhiyan patted the horse's body, moved closer, and said with a faint smile: "I guess you are wondering who wants to kill you now."

"And you already have a rough candidate in mind, right?"

Jiang Wantang looked up and met Xie Zhiyan's pair of eyes as dark as ink. Xie Zhiyan smiled deeply and said, "I also guessed what you wanted to investigate, but there has been no progress."

Jiang Wantang couldn't help but rolled her eyes at him, thinking: You are so good at guessing, it would be a shame if you didn't go for a fortune-teller.

Xie Zhiyan seemed to see what she was thinking, and chuckled softly with his fist covering his lips.

"It's a simple truth. How can someone in a high position tolerate such filthy past events?"

"Even if there was, it would have been dealt with long ago."

"So, it's not easy to dig up these old things again."

As he spoke, he looked deeply at Jiang Wantang.

"Second Miss Jiang, you are alone and weak, and you are in a dilemma. You need a helper."

"A helper who holds great power and has access to powerful sources of information."

"And this helper must not have any conflict of interest with you, so you can trust him with confidence."

Xie Zhiyan paused, staring into Jiang Wantang's eyes, and spoke word by word: "I can do it. Only I can do it."

Jiang Wantang frowned, his fingers clenched the reins so tightly that his palms felt numb.

She thought that Xie Zhiyan was indeed the most intelligent and cruel official in Dasheng, with wisdom that was almost demonic.

He knew her situation and thoughts very well, but it was not a pleasant feeling to have someone know everything.

Jiang Wantang looked at him coldly and said, "Master Xie, how can you say that? I can only be with you. I have His Majesty behind me, right?"

Xie Zhiyan smiled, his tone quite intriguing: "Your Majesty, do you know your true side?"

"In other words, do you dare let him find out?"