Time travel, quick transmigration

Having finally managed to get rid of Li Longji without any real trouble, Shi Yan leaned against the couch, feeling utterly depressed.

"I'm so bored, I almost got taken advantage of by this tyrannical emperor."

Thinking of this, Shi Yan became furious.

"Damn you, 0804, come out here! How could you ignore my plea for help in this emergency?"

"What kind of partner are you? You let me down at the crucial moment. How can I trust you anymore, ah..."

0804, trembling and clutching her forearm, was under Shi Yan's wrath.

"Yan Yan, I know you're angry, but can you calm down? You're a stunning beauty, getting angry will give you wrinkles. Besides, with your intelligence, you perfectly resolved the crisis, didn't you?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Yan nearly had a heart attack.

"Fine, so you think I'll rely on myself for everything? Then what use are you? Let's just go our separate ways. I never said I'd sacrifice my innocence. Are we here to accumulate merit or to play the little yellow book of seduction?"

0804 immediately fell silent.

"Speak up! Why aren't you saying anything? Are you feeling guilty?"

Not hearing a response, Shi Yan called out to it in a low voice.

0804 felt wronged.

"Yan Yan is so fierce, so terrifying, Xiao Ba is too scared to speak, boohoo..."

Shi Yan was speechless.

0804 continued to recount her grievances.

"Yan Yan is wicked. She yelled at me before I could even finish speaking. And then she wanted to break up with me. I felt wronged..."

"They didn't intentionally not respond; they were blocked. The emperor has imperial aura, and they've been blocked by him, so they can't reply to you. They're already feeling wronged, and you're still being mean to them..."

Shi Yan was stunned for a moment, and after realizing what had happened, she was embarrassed and speechless for a long time.

"If that's the case, why didn't you say so from the beginning? You've caused people to misunderstand. I'm also very wronged, you know."

"Okay, don't be sad or angry with me. I just raised my voice a little, but I didn't yell at you."

0804 was displeased upon hearing this.

"No, you're clearly being mean but you won't admit it. My little heart has been hurt, you can't just falsely accuse me."

Shi Yan had never seen such an imposing 0804 before, so she had no choice but to simply say so.

"I misunderstood you, I'm so sorry, my adorable little Ba, please forgive me."

0804 finally calmed down a lot.

"That's pretty much it."

Just as Shi Yan was about to ask 0804 some questions, she heard the sounds of weapons clashing and fighting coming from outside.

"What's going on outside?"

Looking suspicious, Shi Yan sat up from the couch, put on her shoes, and was about to go out to check on the situation when 0804 stopped her.

"It was Consort Wu Xian from the palace who sent people to kill you."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yan stopped what she was doing.

“Wu Xianyi, there is such a person in Li Longji’s harem.”

0804 shook his head.

"Yan Yan, isn't there something wrong with your focus? The person who's going to kill you is right outside the door. Aren't you worried or scared?"

Shi Yan sat on the couch and stroked her chin.

"I only care about whether Xiaodie is in danger."

0804 said irritably.

"When she saw the fighting in the yard, she cleverly hid back in her room."

Shi Yan nodded.

"That's it. If someone comes to kill me, someone else will protect my life. The four Imperial Guards left by Li Longji are not to be trifled with; they won't let anything happen to me. Since they can't kill me, what do I have to be afraid of or worried about?"

0804 couldn't refute it for a moment and agreed that Shi Yan's words made perfect sense.

In the courtyard of Huanqing Residence, in front of the gate of Dongling Temple, the assassins hired by Wu Xianyi at a high price were fighting fiercely with Xiao Shen and his three companions.

The Imperial Guards lived up to their reputation as the emperor's personal bodyguards; they were the elite of the elite. In no time, the four of them dispatched six people with a few swift strokes, killing them on the spot.

The rest fought desperately, but within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, they perished at the hands of Xiao Shen's three good brothers, becoming victims of his blade.

"Speak, who sent you to assassinate Dongling Temple?"

"Is your target His Majesty, or Lady Yang Guifei?"

The square-faced man kicked a man in black to the ground with a powerful kick, then pressed his foot against the man's chest as he interrogated him.

The man in black glared at the square-faced man, then, with a determined heart, bit into the poison in his mouth, tilted his head to the side, and died from the poison, black blood gushing from his mouth.

Clearly accustomed to life and death, Xiao Shen and one of his guards calmly and steadily walked forward without looking to either side and examined all the corpses.

"Nothing useful was found. These people's martial arts style clearly indicates they are desperate criminals who make a living by risking their lives; they are not afraid of death. The person who hired them is also very cautious."

The square-faced man moved his foot away and gave Xiao Shen and the other three a wink.

The three men, understanding each other perfectly, each carried a corpse over the wall and disappeared. Huanqing Residence returned to its quiet state; apart from the still-wet bloodstains, there was no other sign that someone had died in the courtyard.

"There was such a commotion in the courtyard just now, and Lady Taizhen didn't even suspect anything. If it were me, I would definitely have gone out to check it out."

Xiao Shen muttered to himself, quite puzzled.

The four men had finished disposing of the body and were heading towards Dongling Temple.

After hearing what Xiao Shen said, the square-faced man reached out and tapped him on the head.

"Don't say things you shouldn't say, keep them to yourself. If you keep speaking recklessly, you'll only hurt yourself sooner or later."

"The woman who can make His Majesty so infatuated and obsessed with her must be someone simple."

"Knowing the danger, they would naturally avoid it; do you think they're stupid?"

Xiao Shen rubbed his head, feeling a little deflated as he noticed his two good friends were laughing at him.

"I won't say anything then. Anyone can play dumb."

Seeing that he was unconvinced, the square-faced man simply shook his head and stopped talking.

"Well, it seems there's no movement outside."

Shi Yan listened to the sounds outside the door and asked 0804.

0804 rolled her eyes, clearly looking down on Shi Yan's sneaky and cautious manner.

"You were so confident and calm. Why are you showing signs of weakness now? Why don't you just open the door and go out to see for yourself? Why ask me?"

Shi Yan pursed her lips.

"Didn't you hear the sounds of chopping melons and vegetables outside just now? Maybe someone has been killed outside. I am a good socialist citizen who grew up under the red flag. I have never seen a murder scene with my own eyes. Of course I would be scared."

Upon hearing this, 0804 realized that she had been too petty and shouldn't have deliberately provoked Shi Yan with her words, so her tone softened.

"The sixteen assassins who came were all killed by the four Imperial Guards left behind by the Emperor. You are safe now and can go out. Don't be afraid. They have also cleaned up most of the corpses in the courtyard. You can have Xiaodie clean it up again."

Shi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door, and walked towards Xiao Die's room.

"Xiaodie, it's me."

Inside the house, Xiaodie, filled with fear and worry for Shi Yan's safety, sat helplessly on a stool, completely unaware that the people fighting outside were either dead or gone.

She was startled awake when she heard Shi Yan calling her from outside the door. She immediately jumped off the stool and ran to the door to open it.

Upon seeing Shi Yan appear unharmed before her, she immediately burst into tears.

"Oh... my wife, I'm so glad you're alright. You scared me to death."