CHAPTER 1056: 1133: SEARCH AND CAPTURE

Because that stone was originally aimed at her head!

If it weren’t for the guards being nimble and swift, she might have had her head blown off by that stone by now!

The Seventh Princess was enraged; her voice was icy as she coldly and heavily uttered a single word: "Search—!!"

Immediately, it was like poking a beehive. The guards around the Seventh Princess did not move; they were intently guarding the surroundings. But from the shadows, more people emerged, silent as cats, swiftly kneeling on one knee and clasping their hands in salute towards the Seventh Princess, before quickly darting into the night in all directions.

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Shu Yu’s strike missed, but it yielded some results. Regardless, this probe has made the Seventh Princess startled and angry, and she’s revealed some of her hidden cards. She has quite a few people, and all of them are outstanding in Inner Strength, hidden very deeply.

But the problem is, after stirring the hornet’s nest, the Seventh Princess’s Hidden Guard commenced a search operation, forcing Dong Huiying to pull Shu Yu along, ready to discreetly withdraw.

This Seventh Princess is indeed not to be underestimated.

Previously, Zhi Chen had received some information that before the Eighth Princess took power, the Empress had sent an army as the garrison for the Seventh Princess’s city, but later this force was reclaimed by the Eighth Princess.

According to the intel, the reason the Seventh Princess could govern South City so stably was because she borrowed Charles’s power.

But as it turns out, she still had many hidden cards of her own.

It seems she places great emphasis on her own security; these exceptionally skilled Hidden Guards were previously mixed into the squad of personal soldiers escorting her to the Mist Capital.

Dong Huiying thought, if the Seventh Princess didn’t take these Hidden Guards away, but left them in South City, the Blue mansion might have struggled even more against Charles, perhaps even succumbing in the end.

After all, skill prevails over numbers.

But...

Those Hidden Guards on the other side are not easy to deal with; every street has a Hidden Guard stationed on the rooftop as a lookout to prevent anyone from escaping amid the chaos. Dong Huiying quickly realized that withdrawing discreetly was impossible because besides those watching from the rooftops, there were numerous Hidden Guards conducting a ground-level search in a carpet-like manner, searching house by house, not even missing a corner.

Furthermore, someone deduced the position where the couple might be hiding based on the angle of the stone’s trajectory. Thus, the Hidden Guards sent to search their area were the most numerous.

Dong Huiying felt a headache coming on. It seems like the only choice might be to fight it out?

Shu Yu gently tugged at her wife’s clothes; he and his wife came out to do something shady, and Night Walk Clothes and triangular black face scarves for masking are basic equipment. Now, although his face was covered, showing only his forehead and eyes, his gaze seemed to speak, looking at hers pathetically.

As if saying, please don’t be mad, I’ve messed things up, but it wasn’t on purpose?

In any case, his eyes looked incredibly innocent!

Dong Huiying nearly burst out laughing. The second master acting coyly could be quite adorable!

She stood on tiptoe and patted the second master’s head, then whispered to him: "It’s alright, I’m not angry with you." Shu Yu just reacted quickly, but if Shu Yu hadn’t acted, she probably would have wanted to intervene herself.

After all, this Ji Liuli, Ji Laoqi, is just too hateful!

But right now, it’s best to quickly think of a way to escape.

She considered whether she should release Xiao Hua; she had brought quite a few poisons with her.

But just then...