The abandoned concubine who transmigrated woke up shouting "Long live the widow!"

Jingxue immediately took out several packets of sleeping pills from her spatial storage. She had previously taught Jingze how to use them. She also took out a dagger and handed it to Lixia.

The three were startled by her appearance and wanted to speak, but Jingxue made a shushing gesture and pointed outside.

There was a sound of something cutting through the air. "Get down!" Jingxue said, and at the same time quickly pressed down on the heads of Jingze and the other two.

"Bang!" An arrow struck the top of the carriage.

Ying Jiu, who was outside, also drew a long sword from under the carriage. "Miss, there's an assassin!"

Actually, the arrow was blocked by Ying Jiu's whip; otherwise, it would have shot into the carriage.

"Lie down! Jingze, don't be afraid!" Jingxue said, then leaped out of the carriage. At that moment, the men in black outside had already fallen from the trees.

Jingxue held a long sword in her right hand and a pair of silver needles in her left, and attacked the center of the men in black.

The silver needles then flew out.

Ying Jiu watched as the young lady flew out, and a thought struck her. She wanted to follow, but then she remembered that there were three people in the carriage, especially the young master. So she immediately drew her sword and stood guard beside the carriage.

Just then, several men in black were struck by silver needles, and immediately collapsed to the ground, spitting out blood.

The other men in black never expected that the people in the carriage would be so powerful!

They immediately and skillfully split into two teams: one continued to besiege Jingxue, while the other rushed towards the carriage. In an instant, swords clashed, and the ear-piercing sounds of their impact echoed far and wide.

There were six people surrounding Jingxue. Jingxue held a long sword and slashed at extremely fast speed. Each slash was filled with overwhelming killing intent and aimed straight at the opponent's vital points.

This battle isn't a friendly sparring match; it's a life-or-death struggle. There aren't so many rules to follow!

Not only that, Jingxue also used her supernatural ability at the same time, her movements were as fast as lightning, and soon, two men in black had their throats slit and fell down with their eyes wide open!

Jingxue had no intention of continuing the fight. She threw another silver needle, leaving only one man in black. That man also pulled out a hidden weapon from his leg and threw it at Jingxue.

Jingxue struck out with a palm against the hidden weapon, and the force of her palm sent the weapon veering off course and flying toward a large tree nearby.

Seeing that his first attack had missed, the man in black quickly swung his sword again.

Jingxue dodged the approaching man in black and stabbed him in the chest with her sword.

Then Jingxue and Yingjiu dealt with the remaining three men in black.

At this moment, Jingxue's face and cloak were splattered with blood, and even Yingjiu's shoulder was injured. "Miss, what should we do here?"

Jingxue used her supernatural abilities to investigate her surroundings. There were no more men in black. She looked at the corpses scattered on the ground.

"Check if they have any identification on them?"

"Yes!"

“Miss, they all have tattoos on the back of their necks!” Ying Jiu pulled open the clothes of several men in black.

Jingxue went over to take a look, then took out her Polaroid camera and photographed the image.

Then she took out a bottle of potion from her space and sprinkled it on the black-clad men. In a moment, the black-clad men turned into a pool of blood. However, she left two black-clad men untouched.

After doing all this, she instructed Ying Jiu, "Put away all your weapons and go back to the manor! Use the back door."

"Yes!"

Inside the carriage, Jingze held two packets of sleeping pills in his hand, looking at Jingxue anxiously, "Elder sister, are you injured?"

"No, don't be afraid! It's all someone else's blood."

Xiaoman, shivering, tried to wipe Jingxue's face, but Jingxue said, "No need, let's wash together when we get back to the manor!"

Li Xia couldn't help but ask, "Miss, who wants to kill us?"

Jingxue shook her head. In fact, her first suspicion was that of Princess Xuanhui, and the second was that of the mastermind behind the framing of Jing Zhiyuan. If it was the second, then it meant that the mastermind was in the capital or in the imperial court.

She could no longer sit idly by and wait for her fate; she was determined to find the person behind it all and give them a taste of their own medicine.

The small gate at the back of the Prince's Mansion is where carriages enter and exit. It is much closer to Jingning Garden than the main gate in front, but people are not usually allowed to use it.

As soon as they stepped off the carriage, the guards in the manor knew. The guards immediately sent someone out to investigate and also went to the camp to inform Ye Muchen.

When Ye Muchen sped back to Jingning Garden, Jingxue had already thrown away her blood-stained cloak and taken a bath.

"Xue'er, how are you?" Ye Muchen looked Jingxue up and down and asked anxiously.

Jingxue shook her head. "I'm fine. It's just that Yingjiu got a cut on the shoulder from the sword. It's been treated and bandaged. It's nothing serious!"

Ye Muchen breathed a sigh of relief.

Jingxue took out the photo. "Take a look, do you recognize this symbol? It's a tattoo on assassins!"

Ye Muchen glanced at it and said, "It's the logo of the Ruthless Pavilion. They take money to do things, so someone hired them to attack you!"

“The Heartless Pavilion!” Jingxue repeated.

"This organization has only appeared in the underworld in the last two years, and they generally don't operate in the capital. Someone must have paid a high price for this!"

Jingxue sneered, "That just proves that I'm no ordinary person! The Heartless Pavilion!"

Ye Muchen frowned and remained silent.

"You said you sent people to investigate the person who framed my father. Do you have any leads?" Jingxue asked.

"We've checked in the capital, and no one has gone to Jizhou in the past few months. The only possibility is by carrier pigeon, but there are quite a few carrier pigeons going in and out of the capital every day. Even Xiao Jing raises a lot of carrier pigeons, so we can't find out anything!"

At this moment, Ying Shiwu came in to report, "Miss, the Jingzhao Prefecture received a report from the people and has already gone to remove the body of the man in black!"

Jingxue sent Ying Shiwu over as soon as she returned to the manor to see if anyone else had gone to the scene.

What can the Jingzhao Prefecture find out? At most, they can find out that the people in the Ruthless Pavilion are involved.

"Fifteen, go to the shop and call Shadow A back. Tell him to bring a few more men!" Jingxue instructed.

"Yes!"

"Jingxue, you may freely deploy the guards in the manor!"

Jingxue shook her head, "Not for now, I'll let you know when I need it!"

"What do you want to do? Do you have a target you suspect?"

"Not yet, but I can't sit idly by any longer. I need to take the initiative and see who's behind this!"

Ye Muchen glanced at Jingxue's gloomy face.

After a long while, Ye Muchen said, "I have something to do!" and left Jingning Garden.

Upon returning to Mingyuan Pavilion, Ye Muchen summoned Anjia and instructed him to perform a task.

After seeing Jingxue and her brother enter the palace, Prime Minister Zou sent his attendant to give Zhang Lin instructions. Zhang Lin had returned to the Prime Minister's residence a few days earlier. His friend had already negotiated a price with the Ruthless Pavilion: 30,000 taels of silver to kill Jingxue, with 10,000 taels paid upfront and the remaining 20,000 taels to be paid after the deed was done.

The people from the Ruthless Pavilion have arrived in the capital and are ready to act at any time.

After briefly handling official business, Prime Minister Zou returned to his residence to await good news.

To his surprise, before noon, Zhang Lin came to report that the entire Wuqing Pavilion had been wiped out, and not a single one had returned.

"What a bunch of useless trash!" Prime Minister Zou cursed angrily.

Zhang Lin was so frightened that he knelt on the ground. "Your Majesty, this servant discovered that there were other people observing the area nearby. I had to pretend to be a passerby and try to get closer to take a look. I only found the bodies of two men in black. The others were gone, but there was a lot of blood on the ground."