*swis.h.!.+*

"Ahh!" The coachman suddenly shrieked and fell backwards. His chest was embedded with an arrow that took his life. His body turned left and fell off the carriage. Since the coachman died and there were no other people holding the horses' reins, the carriage started swaying like a drunkard while running.

Only a few seconds pa.s.sed after the first arrow was released, a batch of arrows flew towards the four imperial guards who were following the carriage.

*swis.h.!.+* *swis.h.!.+* *swis.h.!.+* *swis.h.!.+*

The imperial guards were caught off guard and only two of them successfully fend off the upcoming arrows. The other one was injured at his shoulder while the other one was killed on the spot.

"Protect the Empress and the Eighth Prince!!" The two imperial guards who were fine immediately directed their horses towards the carriage where Yue Xiao Xiao and Xu Fei Yi were.

"No one is driving the carriage!! Quick!!" One of the imperial guards shouted when he noticed that the coachman fell off the carriage.

Yue Xiao Xiao's face paled when she heard the noises outside the carriage. She could hear the distant shouts and screams of the imperial guards. She could not help but pull her son, Fei Yi in her arms, subconsciously protecting him.

"Kyaa!!!"

When the carriage wavered, Yue Xiao Xiao and the rest could not help but scream. The speed of the carriage increased as if the horses were afraid of something, running blindly in the midst of the darkness.

"Imperial Mother!!" Xu Fei Yi pulled Yue Xiao Xiao's arm, wanting to escape from her embrace. He did not want his Imperial Mother to protect him. He, as a man, had to protect his Imperial Mother instead!

"No!! Do not move!!! Xiao Yi, listen to Imperial Mother… Xiao Yi is still a child, let Imperial Mother protect you, do you understand? This is not the time to be willful.!"

Yue Xiao Xiao raised her hand and lowered the curtain of the widow beside her. she wanted to obstruct the a.s.sa.s.sins' eyesight so that they could not see the inside of the carriage.

*neigh!*

One of the horses was. .h.i.t by an arrow and fell. Like a domino, once the other fell, the rest would follow.

When Yue Xiao Xiao felt the sudden momentum, she hurriedly tightened her arms around Xu Fei Yi as they were thrown forward.

"Xiao Yi, are you okay?" After the impact ended, Yue Xiao Xiao immediately checked her son's body, fearing that he was injured because of the sudden force.

"I-Imperial Mother… this son is okay.. How about Imperial Mother?" Xu Fei Yi's eyes were full of worry. When they were thrown forward, he could only lay cowardly inside his Imperial Mother's embrace as she protected him. When the carriage stopped, he could feel the huge impact when his Imperial Mother collided with the table.

"Empress!! Quick!! There are a.s.sa.s.sins outside!!" Xia'er closed the door in panic.

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