"When we set out from Zheng State, Elder Brother told me that someone would obstruct my return to Chen State. He contacted me beforehand and arranged for people to meet me in the Zhongnan Mountain Range at an agreed time."
"That time was noon today."
"But we never encountered the people Elder Brother sent to meet us."
"The only possibility was that the people Elder Brother sent had already met with misfortune. That was why I became anxious, and then we encountered this attack tonight," Princess Jingyi said.
With Ye Tian's discernment, he could naturally tell that Princess Jingyi was not lying. Everything she had said was true.
She truly did not know the background of the person or faction that had sent assassins after her.
The only certainty was that since the other side had dared to openly attack a princess of Chen State, and this attempt had already failed, they certainly would not let the matter rest so easily. Before Princess Jingyi returned to Jianshui City, the Chen State Capital, they would most likely strike again.
In this attack, Bai Yu, the strongest member of the group, had suffered grave injuries. Princess Jingyi, Commander Li, and the others had also sustained not small injuries, while the personal guards responsible for mutual protection had suffered casualties exceeding half their number.
In such a state, facing stronger assassins that the enemy would certainly send after having failed once already would be exceedingly dangerous.
That was why Princess Jingyi and the others were so desperate to find the Two Energies Qi Nurturing Flower. At the very least, they wished to use it to restore Bai Yu's and Princess Jingyi's injuries, increasing their ability to confront the dangers ahead.
It was also for this reason that Princess Jingyi had patiently explained the