Report to the Empress and the Eldest Princess: They're using the system to poach your men.

Shen Sangwan pulled out a bottle of poison from her bosom and, without thinking, opened it and threw it at the person behind her.

Blood kept gushing from Shuyan's mouth, and she spoke incoherently, "You...it's good that you're alright."

What are you doing back here again?

"My heart was pounding, oh dear—thankfully no one hurt...you—"

After speaking, his consciousness gradually faded, and he fell weakly downwards.

"Ayan! Ayan—!"

Ruoying, who had followed, picked up the longsword from the ground and forced the assassin away.

Shen Sangwan struggled to move Shu Yan off her, the sword still embedded in her heart, blood gushing out.

She frantically searched for hemostatic powder in the system, her mind filled with only one thought: her little Yan Yan couldn't die.

His hands trembled as he took out the medicine powder. He wanted to pull out the sword stuck in Shuyan's heart before applying the medicine, but Wen Yuening stopped him.

"Drawing the sword like that is tantamount to ending her life directly."

"Be careful."

Shen Sangwan caught sight of someone thrusting a sword at her. She clutched her chest with one hand and quickly pushed Wen Yuening away with the other.

Are these imperial guards all incompetent fools? They haven't even been able to deal with several assassins in all this time.

"Your Highness, do not move her."

Wen Yuening, who had fallen to the ground due to carelessness, saw Shen Sangwan about to pick up Shuyan and leave, and shouted loudly.

Shen Sangwan bent down and shifted her position, picking up the longsword that had been knocked down beside her. Enraged, she slashed wildly at the assassin.

The scene descended into extreme chaos. Fireworks were still going off in the sky, while flames leaped rapidly on the ground, and waves of heat slapped against Shen Sangwan's face.

These people kill every single day, they just keep killing, how come they can't kill enough?

As the fire grew larger, Shen Sangwan had no choice but to take several more bottles of poison powder and spray them in all directions.

This wasn't the first time she'd done something that would inflict ten thousand damage on the enemy while also losing eight thousand of her own.

The area was filled with firelight and the surroundings were teeming with poison.

"have eaten."

While taking the antidote, he also handed Wen Yuening a pill.

The guards, imperial guards, and assassins present all knelt on the ground in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, under the influence of the poison powder.

In crucial moments, you still need a cheat code.

After taking down the enemy, Shen Sangwan retrieved several bottles of antidote from the shadows. She first gave them to Cen Qingyu, Ruoli, and Ruoxin, and then handed the antidote to the three of them to distribute to her own people.

She then urged Wen Yuening to find a way to save Shuyan as soon as possible.

Shuyan leaned against a pillar, surrounded by blood that was pooled on the ground. It was unclear whether the blood belonged to the assassin or to her.

Wen Yue Ning saw everything clearly, whether it was getting the hemostatic powder or producing the poison powder.

It was impossible to pull out so many medicine bottles from her flat chest. She roughly guessed that the key was related to the girl named Xiaotong.

So he leaned close to the other's ear and whispered, "Your Highness was able to pull out so many things from your robes, I imagine Your Highness can probably also produce some century-old ginseng slices and anesthetic powder!"

Shen Sangwan didn't know what Wen Yuening was up to, but since the other party had spoken, she couldn't worry about anything else. She could always find an opportunity to explain later.

I rummaged through the system's items, but there was no Mafeisan (麻沸散), though there was plenty of anesthetic. I took a bottle and then took out the syringe along with it.

As for the ginseng slices, they were labeled as "thousand-year-old ginseng slices." She didn't know if they were genuine, but she took one slice.

"We don't have anesthetic, but this... has the same effect. To use it... find a blood vessel, insert the needle, press here and push it in. You have to return this after you're done using it, and no third person can see it."

Fortunately, the system recycles junk files; otherwise, she would have had a hard time dealing with this foreign item.

Wen Yuening took the syringe and placed the ginseng slice under Shuyan's tongue.

He rolled up his sleeves, found the right spot, and injected all the anesthetic. After the medication was administered, he handed the items to Shen Sangwan.

"Your Highness, hold her down."

After taking the syringe, Shen Sangwan pulled it behind her back, pressed the retraction button, and then helped Shuyan up as Wen Yuening instructed.

Looking around, he used his sword to pull open the curtains inside the hall, tore them down, and then handed them to Ruoli and the others, using the pillars that Shuyan had carried to create a small space.

"Don't shake it. Your Highness, please don't panic when the blood splatters."

While comforting Shen Sangwan, Wen Yuening encouraged herself in her heart.

He used his sword to cut open Shuyan's clothes around her chest, carefully tearing a gash in the opening.

The exposed skin was covered in blood.

Wen Yuening gripped the hilt of the sword on her back, steadied herself, and then quickly drew the sword.

Shuyan groaned in pain as she slept, "Ugh—!"

"Xiaotong, is this anesthetic fake?"

[Master, this isn't a potent medicine; it takes time for it to take effect.]

The moment the sword left his body, blood spurted out.

Because she was surrounded, no one could see what was happening inside, so Shen Sangwan took a large roll of cotton yarn directly from the system.

Wen Yuening was still somewhat shocked, after all, creating something out of thin air was still a bit strange.

But it was only for a moment. He quickly picked up some cotton gauze and pressed it against the bleeding point, changing the gauze while applying hemostatic powder.

"Your Highness, if we don't leave now, the fire will get bigger and we won't be able to escape."

Ruoli held the shutter with her back to Shen Sangwan, her face already flushed red from the firelight.

"how long it takes?"

Wen Yuening was actually having a headache. It wasn't a matter of time; even if the bleeding stopped, she couldn't move the patient.

"Your Highness, Princess Yuan'an's condition makes it unsuitable to move her."

"Even if you can't move it, find a way to do it for me."

Shen Sangwan almost shouted these words, and Wen Yuening was slightly taken aback. This seemed to be the first time in her memory that Shen Sangwan had lost her temper so much.

This made her doubt the words Shen Sangwan had once told her.

Who could be so important?

She sent people to investigate carefully and found that Shuyan was just a powerless palace maid who was being bullied, and the two of them had never crossed paths before.

She wouldn't believe it if you said it wasn't someone she loved.

"Please go and find a plank of wood. Once the bleeding stops, carry the person away immediately."

Upon hearing this, Ruoli handed the curtain to another guard and ran into the inner hall to search around. She eventually split a nanmu wood screen in half and took one piece. Although it was a bit short, it was long enough to lift a person.

Shuyan's face was pale from excessive blood loss, appearing even more so in the firelight.

"Be careful, try not to stretch the wound."

After bandaging the wound, Wen Yuening covered Shu Yan's body with one of the curtains to prevent others from seeing the exposed skin.

"The rest can be left to Physician Li. To avoid gossip, Yue Ning will now part ways with Your Highness."

He straightened up and hastily wiped the blood off his hands. He wanted to wipe the sweat from his forehead, but found that his clothes were already stained with splattered blood, so he gave up.

Amidst the heat, Wen Yuening jumped out of the window from the rear hall of the main hall and disappeared into the night.