The pampered heiress holds the script and leads her cannon fodder family to a counterattack.

The dart struck the table, instantly turning the entire surface black.

Qin Wanying felt a chill run down her spine.

That dart must have been poisoned.

Judging by its appearance, it's quite toxic.

If that dart had grazed her skin, she'd probably be done for.

Qin Wanying felt fortunate that she had been practicing kung fu every night these days, and that she had dodged the darts by using a kind of light-body technique.

If I hadn't dodged it, I probably would have lost my life here.

The hidden guards immediately appeared and stood in front of Qin Wanying.

Both the cherry blossoms and the snow plum blossoms were on guard.

Before Qin Wanying could figure out where the dart had come from, several men in black jumped in through the window, each wielding a sword, and rushed toward Qin Wanying.

Qin Wanying was shocked. These people were clearly after her, and they were using deadly and ruthless attacks, seemingly intent on killing her.

Seeing a long sword pointed directly at Qin Wanying's throat, Mu Yan calmly drew his sword, interrupting the opponent's sword strike.

Chunying and Xuemei were both encountering this situation for the first time, and they were so frightened that their faces turned pale, but they still remembered to protect Qin Wanying.

Qin Wanying suppressed her fear and observed the situation.

There were more than a dozen men in black, while the Marquis's mansion only had three secret guards.

The Marquis's residence has a limited number of secret guards, and the number of guards in each residence must be reported to His Majesty.

Qin Wanying managed to bring four people with her, which is actually quite a lot. One of them went back to get reinforcements.

Qin Wanying could tell that the black-clad man who broke in was not as skilled as the shadow guards in her mansion.

There are just too many of them.

She tried to escape, but there were people guarding the window and the door, so she couldn't run away at all.

The shadow guards couldn't withstand the combined attack of so many people and gradually became overwhelmed.

I'm not going to die here, am I?!

Qin Wanying tried throwing a silver needle at one of the men in black.

The man in black, preoccupied with fighting the shadow guards, failed to notice the hidden weapon Qin Wanying had thrown. The weapon pierced directly into the man's ear, causing him to howl in pain as he clutched his ear. Taking advantage of the moment, the shadow guards plunged a sword into his heart, ending his life.

Qin Wanying secretly rejoiced, it seemed that her learning of hidden weapons had not been in vain!

They tried throwing a few more needles, but after one of the men in black was hit by a needle, he became wary of Qin Wanying. Everyone was watching her movements, and Qin Wanying never hit the target again.

I only practiced for one day, and my movements were still too exaggerated, which easily attracted attention.

At this moment, a man in black wounded one of the guards and pointed his sword directly at Qin Wanying.

Qin Wanying calmly pointed the ring on her hand at the man in black and pressed it lightly with her hand.

A tiny needle shot out from the ring and pierced the man in black's neck.

The man in black immediately felt dizzy, and his sword veered off course, allowing Qin Wanying to nimbly dodge it.

The man in black clutched his neck and slowly collapsed, unconscious.

The ring my sixth brother gave me hasn't been tried on by anyone yet, but it seems to be really useful.

Just as Qin Wanying breathed a sigh of relief, a sharp sword stabbed at her from behind.

Mu Yan shouted, "Second Miss!" and lunged at her, shielding her with his body while taking a solid sword blow to the chest.

"Mu Yan!" Qin Wanying screamed. She glanced at Mu Yan and then realized that he was covered in blood. In addition to the sword wound on his chest, he had four or five other sword wounds all over his body, and blood was dripping from his clothes onto the ground.

Mu Yan's sword had been knocked away at some point, so he simply pulled the sword from his chest, snatched it back, and killed his opponent with a single strike.

Mu Yan turned around and saw that Qin Wanying was unharmed, and breathed a sigh of relief.

He can die here today, but he absolutely cannot let anything happen to the Second Miss.

Qin Wanying examined Mu Yan's wounds and concluded that the sword was not poisoned.

That's fortunate.

Qin Wanying looked around and saw that several of her bodyguards were injured, and Chunying was also hurt.

He then used the hidden weapon in his ring to shoot a few more needles, only managing to kill one person before running out of needles.

The hidden weapon in the ring given by my sixth brother is useful, but its drawback is that it can only hold a very small number of needles, so it can only be fired a few times.

Several men in black fell to the ground, but the enemy outnumbered them, and their side feared they were no match for them.

Qin Wanying sighed inwardly, realizing that she could see other people's past and future, but not her own.

If we could see, we would surely have been able to avoid today's calamity.

Is she really going to die here?

Just then, the back door was kicked open, and bright white light shone in from the doorway.

One after another, shadow guards rushed into the house from the white light at the door and fought with the men in black inside.

Qin Wanying breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she had seen hope; her reinforcements had finally arrived!

Seeing that the situation was not good, one of the men in black shouted, "Retreat!"

He then quickly jumped out of the window.

Qin Wanying sent some people out to chase after them.

Seeing that reinforcements had arrived, Mu Yan finally couldn't hold on any longer and fainted.

Qin Wanying quickly sent someone to bandage him and also sent someone to find people from Yunyitang to treat him.

Fortunately, Mu Yan's injury was not fatal; he had only lost too much blood. After timely hemostasis and medication, he was out of danger.

The other two shadow guards were less seriously injured and received timely medical treatment.

Xuemei was fine because no one laid a hand on the maid.

Chunying was slightly injured, but it was because she shielded Qin Wanying from the wound.

Through this incident, Qin Wanying gained a deeper understanding of the loyalty of these people.

The guards were all loyal to their mistress and would risk their lives to protect her, especially Mu Yan.

Chunying and Xuemei were also loyal; they were already very scared and kept trying to find ways to protect her.

Those who protected her today were all rewarded by Qin Wanying; Mu Yan, who was seriously injured, received more.

The guards who went to chase the man in black returned empty-handed and knelt down to beg for forgiveness.

Qin Wanying did not reprimand them, which suggests that their escape route had been planned long ago.

Four of the men in black lying on the ground were dead, and one was injured.

The one who was injured was the one who was knocked down by Qin Wanying's tranquilizer dart.

They tied him up before he even woke up.

The doctor at the clinic was horrified when he saw the dart stuck in the table. He said that it contained a very rare poison that would cause extensive ulceration if it came into contact with the skin, and if it got on the face, it would disfigure the entire face and cause a slow, painful death.

Qin Wanying felt a wave of fear wash over her; thankfully, the dart hadn't hit her.

It's truly ruthless to kill someone who wants to kill you.

"Second Miss, should we report this to the authorities?" a shadow guard asked, looking at the mess on the ground.

Qin Wanying stared at the unconscious man in black for a few seconds. Then she made a decision.

"Don't report to the authorities yet. Take this unconscious man in black back to the Marquis's residence; I need to interrogate him first."

Qin Wanying left two people to guard the scene and took everyone else back to her residence.

On the way back, Qin Wanying sat in the carriage, lost in thought.

These people were clearly here for her.

It must be because her precognitive abilities made her a target of fear that she was targeted and killed.

So, who exactly are these people, and who sent them?

Qin Wanying had just seen the female lead today when she was assassinated by men in black.

Qin Wanying felt that this was not a coincidence.