"Chief Aye, where did these people come from? Could they be after the Gold-and-Jade Glazed Cup too?"
The speaker was an East Lin assassin hiding on the other side.
His face was masked as he questioned the middle-aged man leading them.
The middle-aged man slowly raised a hand, his voice hoarse. "Wait and see. We don't know why they've made their move!"
"Best if they wound each other, and we reap the fisherman's spoils."
He was Aye.
One of East Lin's most renowned assassins.
He had accompanied the East Lin princess when she married into Great Xia and had remained hidden there for over twenty years.
He was one of the Ruler of Eastern Lin's trusted confidants.
Below the cliff, a fierce rain of arrows kept falling, aimed straight at the Eldest Princess's carriage.
Xia Siheng swung his weapon, cutting down the incoming arrows one by one. His gaze stayed fixed on the battlefield as he asked the Eldest Princess:
"It seems your family has made its move. Eldest Princess, if you want to take the Gold-and-Jade Glazed Cup back to Southern Mei alive, abandon the carriage and come out to put in a few good words!"
The Eldest Princess truly had little skill in martial arts. Even inside the carriage, she was pale with fright, afraid an arrow might suddenly pierce her body.
Fortunately, A Shu was doing everything possible to protect her in front of the carriage.
At Xia Siheng's words, A Shu immediately added, "Princess, the carriage is too conspicuous. It's letting the enemy concentrate their fire."
The Eldest Princess considered this for a moment, then immediately lifted the curtain to ask Xia Siheng, "What good words do you want me to say?"
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