By the time Song Yaoyao and the others arrived, they spotted a group up ahead.
Guagua: [Host, that group up ahead was sent by Zhu Qin. Their target is Qin Luou.]
Song Yaoyao: [That saves us some trouble. With Zhu Qin's people clearing the way, we just need to follow carefully behind them.]
Guagua: [Mm.]
Song Yaoyao gestured to Chen Yixiao and the others to follow the group ahead.
Chen Yixiao and the others all nodded.
They followed the group, keeping neither too close nor too far behind.
The Imperial Shadow Guards in the palace were highly skilled in martial arts, but they had all been trained by Zhu Qin before being given to Nian Fengyuan.
The people Zhu Qin had sent came from the same shadow guard training camp as the Imperial Shadow Guards. They knew the Imperial Shadow Guards' moves and routines inside out.
The people Zhu Qin had dispatched this time were the strongest batch recently trained by the Shadow Guard Camp.
They handled the Imperial Shadow Guards with effortless ease!
Before long, the Imperial Shadow Guards up ahead had been taken down.
Wherever Zhu Qin's people passed, the Imperial Shadow Guards fell one after another.
Song Yaoyao and the others went forward to check. The fallen Imperial Shadow Guards were merely unconscious, not dead.
It seemed Zhu Qin had shown mercy. He had no intention of truly tearing away the facade of civility with Nian Fengyuan.
Then they would give Zhu Qin a helping hand. Without hesitation, Song Yaoyao and the others finished off the unconscious Imperial Shadow Guards with their blades.
And so, Zhu Qin's people cleared the way ahead while Song Yaoyao and the others delivered the killing blows behind them.
Before long, they followed the group to a palace hall: Zhaohua Hall.
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