The Crown Princess calculated with her fingers and the prince was terrified.

Jiang Xian Yue moved very fast; the yellow talisman transformed into a beam of light and flew into the minds of the assassins.

That once fearless gaze instantly turned into a dazed, blank stare.

Jiang Xianyue took a step back, feeling overexerted. All the luck she had painstakingly absorbed today had been used up on this.

She missed the days when she could freely use her spiritual power, feeling that she had wasted too much of it in the past. Now, even trying to use that little bit of ability would cost her her life.

Jiang Xian Yue's forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat when she turned to Liang Feng and said, "Untie me!"

Liang Feng was astonished!

It's not easy to capture them all alive. If we release them, do we have to recapture them again?

However, Shen Shijing did not object to Jiang Xianyue's words, and as her subordinate, he had no choice but to comply.

After Liang Feng did this with suspicion, those people did not resist, as if they were really dumbfounded.

"Whoever sent you, teach them a lesson in the same way!"

Jiang Xianyue chanted an incantation, and with a thought, those people left like walking corpses.

This maneuver left everyone speechless.

"Miss Jiang, this..."

"Your Crown Prince doesn't even know what Wanggu Mountain is. What's the big deal about such a small skill?"

Afterwards, Jiang Xianyue clapped her hands and walked confidently in front of Shen Shijing.

"What... will happen to them?"

This was the first time Shen Shijing had ever encountered such esoteric divination techniques right before his eyes.

"Your Highness, why don't you come with me and see for yourself? But once you know, Your Highness will have to reconsider our situation!"

"Speak," Shen Shijing turned his face away, looking very unnatural.

"I will think it over carefully!"

……

From another direction of Ciyun Mountain, Jiang Ruyan alighted from her sedan chair and leaned against it.

Behind them, a figure slowly appeared.

Jiang Ruyan wore a smug smile.

"Second Prince, do you think Jiang Xianyue will continue to be arrogant after today?"

You have no idea how arrogant she was when she came back yesterday!

Shen Qinglan came out and exchanged a smile with Jiang Ruyan.

"Jiang Xianyue is quite capable. If I want to completely eliminate the Crown Prince, it is essential to befriend her as soon as possible. It would be good to thwart her luck this time!"

Just then, Jiang Ruyan hesitated for a moment, then walked towards Shen Qinglan.

"What a pity, Ruyan is just the daughter of a mere vice minister. She doesn't have such a good destiny, otherwise she wouldn't have had to watch her sister marry the second prince!"

As Jiang Ruyan spoke, her eyes were filled with jealousy and resentment.

She didn't understand why Shen Qinglan said he had to marry Jiang Xianyue, even if he didn't like her, yet he still had to pretend to be affectionate.

They were both daughters of a vice minister, yet their treatment was vastly different.

What is destiny, and does it really exist?

"You saved me back then, and I will remember it for the rest of my life."

"It's getting late. I shouldn't be here at this hour. Handle everything properly!"

As Shen Qinglan spoke, he embraced Jiang Ruyan and then left with his entourage.

Before long, the assassins returned.

This was the person Shen Qinglan had assigned to Jiang Ruyan, and now Jiang Ruyan's gaze was urgent.

"So, has Jiang Xian Yue been...?"

In order to prevent Shen Qinglan from touching Jiang Xianyue, Jiang Ruyan had to make Shen Qinglan feel disgusted whenever he thought of Jiang Xianyue.

"Speak up! She's just a mere woman. With so many of you, you're not going to fail, are you?!"

Jiang Ruyan stepped forward, completely unaware that something was amiss.

Those people rubbed their hands together and walked towards Jiang Ruyan woodenly, like walking corpses. Even the lewd expressions on their faces seemed to have been programmed and taught to be standardized.

Jiang Ruyan kept retreating.

"What are you doing! I am your master, the benefactor of the Second Prince! How can you treat me like this!"

Jiang Ruyan's tone was filled with fear. The four sedan bearers who came to help were all killed.

Blood stained the road before the Buddhist holy site. Jiang Ruyan fell to the ground, completely disheveled. Her delicate silk skirt was now covered in mud, torn by a group of contemptible assassins. The surroundings were filled with the smell of sweat and foul odors.

As a lady from a respectable family, Jiang Ruyan could not accept any of this.

Her clothes were torn, exposing large areas of skin. The men who saw this did not react any further. Instead, they went about their business numbly, their eyes devoid of lust, as terrifying as robots.

In the desolate wilderness, Jiang Ruyan, who had hoped Jiang Xuanyue would have nowhere to turn for help, was now undoubtedly courting death.

Having watched the show to her heart's content, Jiang Xianyue cast her spell again, and the curse vanished.

The assassins looked at each other, their faces ashen and pale. They didn't know why insulting Jiang Xianyue had turned into insulting Jiang Ruyan. Jiang Ruyan's clothes were tattered, her eyes were streaked with tears, and her body was covered in bruises.

Although he is still innocent, he is not entirely innocent.

"You, I'm going to kill you all!"

Seeing that they had stopped moving, Jiang Ruyan picked up the knife from the ground and stabbed at the nearest assassin.

"You lowly wretch, how dare you lay a finger on me!"

However, Jiang Ruyan did not have the courage to kill. Watching the blood flow out and soak her clothes, she cried in despair.

"Get out! Get out of here now!"

Jiang Ruyan shouted at the top of her lungs.

Because she didn't bring any maids with her, Jiang Ruyan now has no one to help her, and is in such a sorry state, on the verge of collapse.

When she looked up again, Jiang Xianyue was already standing in front of her.

"Jiang Xianyue, you weren't..."

Jiang Xianyue laughed arrogantly.

"You weren't bullied by what? You weren't bullied by the people you brought in?"

Jiang Ruyan, you really can't learn your lesson. Do you think I'm stupid? We're not on good terms, yet you asked me out and I still dared to go. Don't you understand what that means?

I warned you, and you're reaping what you sowed!

As she spoke, her slender fingers gripped Jiang Ruyan's neck.

"You look really dirty now. I really want to see how the Second Miss of the Vice Minister's Mansion will get back in this state of disarray and covered in wounds under the scorching sun. The coachman has been killed, so there's no one to cover for you."

This little thing is enough to teach you a lesson!

Jiang Ruyan's eyes were filled with immense fear.

Originally, she wanted to ruin Jiang Xian Yue, just like her plan in her previous life. Shen Qing Lan was a person of noble character and integrity. Even after marrying Jiang Xian Yue, nothing happened between them. It was all because of Jiang Ru Yan's scheme that Shen Qing Lan harbored resentment.

It's laughable to think that a man would remain chaste for another woman.

She shook off Jiang Ruyan as easily as shaking off an ant.

"I'm not going to waste my time on you. Don't try to fool me. I'll barely spare your and the Qin family's lives if you do, otherwise, I'll take your lives immediately!"

After saying that, Jiang Xianyue entered Ciyun Temple alone.

Jiang Ruyan hid inside the sedan chair, not daring to go anywhere, for fear of being seen and having her reputation ruined.

Even as night fell, Qin Yu searched anxiously everywhere, but could not find Jiang Ruyan. The second daughter of the Jiang family had simply disappeared.