The coachman, also very skilled, sensed something was amiss. He drew his sword and stood before Ren Yingying, saying, "Princess Consort, please get in the carriage. Our men will be here soon!"
Without hesitation, Ren Yingying immediately obediently lifted her skirt and ran towards the carriage.
Seeing Jinse standing there motionless, she couldn't help but come over and pull her. "Jinse, come on!"
"Please get in the car first, I'll be there in a bit." Jinse was on high alert.
"What are you waiting for!" Ren Yingying's voice rose. She belatedly realized that at least forty or fifty tall, strong men, armed with weapons, had surrounded her.
Are they trapped like turtles in a jar?
Qu Nian barked wildly.
What's going on with these two women!
Everyone, get on the bus quickly!
Jinse said, "Princess Consort, please get in the carriage first, and listen to me! Coachman, you take the Princess Consort and go quickly! Leave this to me!"
"What am I entrusting to you? Are you crazy? What can you do?!" Ren Yingying roared as she pulled her away, "Let's go!"
Let's go together!
Go as far as you can, delay as long as you can.
Their people will come looking for them too.
Jinse smiled at her, then suddenly raised her slender hand and ran it across the pipa.
A series of clanging sounds rang out, Ren Yingying immediately found the sound grating and her head throbbing.
Qu Nian was stunned.
Could it be?
Could it be...?
"Princess Consort, I am from Nanyue," Jinse said. "The Princess did not misunderstand me before."
Qu Hua was an extremely shrewd and capable woman. After returning to the palace, she thoroughly investigated everyone's background.
She believed Jinse's background was questionable and had someone take Jinse back for investigation.
It was later said that Jinse might have been a person from the Nanyue.
Ren Yingying: You're talking nonsense! She's mine!
So she challenged Qu Hua and rescued Jinse without further ado.
At that time, Qu Hua was in a hurry to go to Liaodong, and considering the time, Jinse had been in the capital for two or three years when Qu Nian had his accident, so she temporarily put it aside and left.
"So what if you're from the Nanyue Nanyue?" Ren Yingying stamped her foot in frustration. "Even if you're a demon or monster, you're the kind of demon or monster I like. We'll talk about it when we get back!"
Qu Nian thought to himself, "That should make sense."
The Nanyue boasts many legendary families, among which one particularly famous reclusive family excels in—
Sound Attack!
This is just a legend; virtually no one has ever witnessed it.
To everyone's surprise, Jinse was actually a member of the Sound Attack Clan.
"Princess Consort, I am the last remaining heir of the Si Family of Nanyue. My name is Si Jinse, and I am skilled in Sound Attack. Please leave; I will be fine!"
"I don't care what your name is, you're Jinse! Come with me!"
Ren Yingying would never abandon her friends.
Qu Nian bit her trouser leg and pulled it back, what's with the show of bravado!
But Ren Yingying didn't move at all, and the enemy had already surrounded her.
Jinse gritted her teeth and said, "Princess Consort, wait for me in the carriage! Cover your ears! All of you, cover your ears! Quickly!"
Jinse took out the earplugs that Ren Yingying had given her, put them on, and ran towards the people who had gathered around her, holding her pipa.
Those people were all stunned.
What does this woman want to do?
Then, Jinse moved.
Long, slender fingers plucked the strings with incredible speed.
Ren Yingying covered her ears, but was still so shocked that she could barely stand.
The unsuspecting assassins, caught off guard and at close range, could no longer hold their weapons and rolled on the ground, clutching their heads.
Ren Yingying retreated while suffering from a headache, all the while cheering loudly.
Qu Nian: Shut up!
Ren Yingying: "Dog Meat, open your mouth!"
Opening your mouth reduces the stimulation to your eardrum.
Qu Nian lay on the ground, covering his ears with his paws, thinking to himself, "Luckily, I didn't encounter anyone from the Sound Attack Family in Nanyue."
If dozens of them came, wouldn't they be able to deal with the thousands upon thousands of men under my command?
But he soon noticed that Jinse's face was growing paler and paler.
Qu Nian seemed to understand.
--Could it be that this Sound Attack, while inflicting a thousand casualties on the enemy, also harms eight hundred of its own?
Ren Yingying noticed it too, and sat on the ground calling out, "Jinse, Jinse-- "
Jinse is desperately stalling for time, waiting for rescue!
She cried and shouted.
She didn't want anything to happen to Jinse, no!
Come quick, you idiot guards!
Perhaps her muttering had an effect, for soon the sound of horses' hooves could be heard.
Ren Yingying looked up and blinked.
The person did come, but the wrong person came!
Why is it the Old Cabbage Stalk that's here?
Never mind, as long as someone comes, that's enough!
The horses refused to come forward when they heard the pipa music. Fortunately, Jinse realized they were close enough, so she stopped, turned around, and ran towards Ren Yingying.
Wu Zhenhai sat on his horse, extremely anxious.
In particular, he didn't see his Ruanruan.
Upon hearing that the prince's carriage had been involved in an accident, he immediately led his men in pursuit.
He was extremely anxious when he didn't see Mingzhu.
Wu Zhenhai took the lead, carrying a knife, and killed them one by one, leaving Ren Yingying stunned.
Old Cabbage Stalk is so handsome!
You have the face and abilities of a male lead, but the fate of cannon fodder!
However, she didn't have much time to gossip; she had to go see Jinse.
Jinse ran over, coughed up a mouthful of blood, and collapsed weakly into Ren Yingying's arms.
"Jinse, Jinse!" Ren Yingying panicked. "What's wrong? I don't know how to diagnose your illness, but I have medicine. Tell me, tell me what's wrong? I'll find you some medicine!"
Jinse swallowed a mouthful of blood, her lips deathly pale, and slowly said, "Princess Consort, I'm fine. I just accidentally injured myself. It's nothing serious, I'll be alright after a few days of rest."
Ren Yingying helped her to the carriage, ignoring the swords and shadows outside.
"This is a blood-replenishing medicine, take it! Oh, and there are others, let me look for them."
Qu Nian stared at her in shock.
How did she manage to conjure up so many medicines?
"Your Majesty, I'm really alright." Jinse had rested a bit. "Thanks to the magical artifact you gave me, my injuries were limited."
Unlike her maternal grandmother and mother, who both ultimately died from their own Sound Attack.
The Sound Attack technique is passed down only to women, not men; it defeats the enemy but also harms the user.
Therefore, the mother was unwilling to teach him.
However, she was worried that she would be bullied if she were all alone in the world, so in the end, amidst her complicated and conflicted emotions, she still passed on the Sound Attack to herself.
"You scared me to death!" Ren Yingying cried, hugging her tightly. "If something had happened to you, how could I have survived!"
She spent the rest of her life consumed by guilt.
Qu Nian: This touching... sisterly bond, there's just something a little off about it.
He should be happy that his wives and concubines are all happy.
But he couldn't be happy.
Because among them, he was like that pickled fish—sour, bland, and superfluous.
After a while, Wu Zhenhai lifted the carriage curtain. "Ruanruan? Where's Ruanruan!"
"We split up, she should be fine, right?" Ren Yingying said.
Wu Zhenhai turned around, spurred his horse, and rode back.
He had to go see Mingzhu; he wouldn't feel at ease until he saw with his own eyes that she was alright!
He regretted going down the wrong path and doing good deeds, but he didn't care at all; he just wanted Ruanruan to be alright.