"It seems that Nan Gong Yan is not simple!"
Nan Gong Mo's eyes darkened slightly as he instructed the guard beside him, "Check him out later and see how much power he has hidden behind the scenes."
"Yes."
The guard bowed respectfully.
Although the Third Prince knew that Nan Gong Yan had many businesses in secret, he was unaware that he also maintained a numerous group of assassins in private.
Nan Gong Yan seems to be more valuable than what he imagined, if he could be utilized for his own purposes.
The Third Prince's eyes flickered slightly, further solidifying his determination to cultivate ties with the Jin Mansion.
Subsequently, he similarly entrusted his instructions to those around him.
The fight turned transparent, and the assassins attacking Nan Gong Yan noticed that the Crown Prince was also helping from the side. They were all very puzzled, wondering why the Crown Prince went to help someone else.
The Empress had ordered them to collect Nan Gong Yan's blood, thinking the task would be easy. Little did they know that Nan Gong Yan's martial arts skills were so high, that they couldn't even get close enough to him.
At this point, the Crown Prince was once again helping the other party, so they had to withdraw temporarily.
The Empress' people retreated, but those who were assigned to kill Yu Yao by the order of Princess Zheng, seemed to be gathering more and more.
Nan Gong Yan looked at those assassins, his eyes filled with a cold ice, a cruel smile curved up the corner of his mouth as he raised his hand again.
He sent out a series of hand gestures in the air.
Suddenly, a group of well-trained black-clad men appeared from somewhere, without saying a word, they directly joined the battle.
This scene left everyone present in a state of shock and staring in disbelief.
Is that Nan Gong Yan? They can't have been hallucinating, can they?
Where did he get so many bodyguards? Did the Jin Mansion really have that many hidden guards?
Keeping hidden guards is very expensive, so the Jin Mansion must be incredibly wealthy.
Even the King of Jin and the Queen of Jin seemed as if they didn't recognize their son.
"Marquis, is that really our son? Does our Jin Mansion have so many bodyguards? I didn't know about this."
The Queen of Jin was completely stunned, feeling like there were question marks all over her head.
It's good that the son has power in secret, but why did he keep it from them?
The Marquis shook his head slightly, then nodded, "Indeed, it's our son. But this young fellow is cunning, he's managed to keep so many bodyguards in secret, I don't know where he gets all the money from!"
Subsequently, his face turned dark as he said, "That little rascal is so rich but doesn't even know to show some respect to his old man. It makes him live a frugal life, unable to buy anything he likes."
Nan Gong Mo's eyes showed a mix of emotions as he raised his hand, bringing out a large number of bodyguards who were trained by the East Palace. Their number was not less than the one that had just appeared.
The Third Prince watched the scene before him, and his mouth couldn't help but tremble. Just how many people were hidden around? It felt like there was an endless supply of people at his disposal.
Also, why does he have the feeling that the Crown Prince and Nan Gong Yan are competing? Are they comparing who has more people?
The battle at the scene was almost one-sided. Those originally wanted to kill Yu Yao were killed off in an instant, leaving only two survivors.
But before Yuan Chun could reach out to dislocate their jaws, the two assassins were already dead.
Yuan Chun's face turned pale, he turned around and reported to Nan Gong Yan, "Master, they had poison in their mouths and have already died."
Nan Gong Yan jumped down from the top of the carriage, his gaze falling on the two dead bodyguards, and said nothing.
These men were assassins to begin with, so doing this was quite normal.
Everyone present looked at Nan Gong Yan with complex eyes.
If it wasn't for the assassination attempt today, they might not have seen Nan Gong Yan's true appearance. They never thought he would have such a terrifying power hidden behind the scenes.
He's really no weaker than the Crown Prince.
Fortunately, Nan Gong Yan is not a prince, otherwise both the Crown Prince and the Third Prince might have trouble sleeping.
"Yan, are you alright?"
The Queen of Jin pushed the Marquis aside and hurried to Nan Gong Yan's side.
She looked him up and down, seeing that he had no wounds. Although his white clothes were stained with blood, they seemed to be someone else's.
The Queen of Jin felt relieved.
She wanted to ask him where he got those bodyguards and when he had started raising so many, but then thought that with so many people around, it wouldn't be convenient to ask.
So she could only swallow the questions in her mind.
Nan Gong Mo was not looking at Nan Gong Yan, ordering the bodyguards beside him to investigate the identities of the assassins.
Looking at the ground filled with black-clad men, the guard checked around for a round and then reported back, "Reporting to the Crown Prince, they are all assassins with no identification marks on them. However, they look like they are from Princess Zheng's mansion."
"Princess Zheng's mansion?"
Nan Gong Mo's brow furrowed slightly as he understood the reason in his heart.
Princess Zheng is pinning the disappearance of Princess Zhao Min on Yu Yao and trying to have her killed.
"Crown Prince, what should we do with the bodies of these assassins?" The guard asked.
"Dispose of some of them, and send the rest to the Ministry of Justice. After returning to the palace, I will go and report to my father."
Nan Gong Mo glanced at the bodies scattered on the ground, furrowed his brow, and said gravely.
Although there are people from the Empress in there, the scene is too big and cannot be hidden from so many people.
Fortunately, they are all dead. There's no evidence to speak of.
Even if the Emperor investigates it back to the Empress, without evidence, there's nothing he can do about it.
The people present saw the Crown Prince's decision, and they didn't say anything. They all returned to their own carriages one by one.
Inside the carriage.
"Yao'er, do you know? I am so scared, so scared that something might happen to you. I dare not imagine what I would be like if something happens to you."
Nan Gong Yan tightly held Yu Yao in his arms, greedily sniffing the unique sweet smell on her body.
It wasn't until this moment that his tense nerves finally relaxed.
Yu Yao allowed herself to be held by him, listening to his words, and she smiled faintly, "I'm not doing fine?"
Frankly speaking, she didn't feel much about this.
It's not that what Nan Gong Yan said was not moving or deep enough.
It's because by the later stages of the mission, every male protagonist will show various displays of deep affection, and she had become accustomed to it.
Because she had shut the system in the small cellar, she was completely unaware that at this moment, Nan Gong Yan's liking for her had already increased to 90.
Nan Gong Yan had no idea what was going on in her mind, he only hugged her tighter, not wanting to let her go at all.
The carriage set off slowly, and by sunset, they had entered the Imperial City.
When Yu Yao and the others returned to the Jin Mansion, the sky was getting dark.
"Everyone is tired, have dinner, wash up, and then go to sleep. There's plenty to talk about tomorrow."
After giving the order, the Marquis, accompanied by the Queen of Jin, headed towards the main courtyard.
Yu Yao and Nan Gong Yan also returned to the Prince's Mansion, quickly having dinner and washing up, and then they lay down in bed, embracing each other.
"Do you know who the person who attacked us is?"
Yu Yao said this to the man in front of her.
Nan Gong Yan didn't try to conceal anything, "The group of assassins who tried to kill you should be from Princess Zheng's mansion. As for the group of bodyguards who tried to stop me, it's not clear who they belong to at the moment."
By the end of his statement, his eyes showed confusion.
"Princess Zheng's mansion?"
Yu Yao furrowed her brow slightly and understood the reason in her heart.
Probably the investigation by the Ministry of Justice officers made Princess Zheng suspect her.
Even without evidence, and even though the case hasn't been solved, Princess Zheng still decided to take her down.
She narrowed her eyes slightly, regardless of the reason the Princess dared to kill her, she needed to be prepared for her counterattack.
"All of them…"
Yu Yao called for a while without getting a response from the system and then realized that she had shut the system in the small cellar.
After thinking for a while, she let the system out of the small cellar, even though it had been released.
But it quickly blocked out the system's voice.
She didn't need to hear it, she knew that the system was cursing herself as loudly as it could until it finished cursing. Then, she turned off the screen.
The system was extremely helpless about the host's sao operation, so it didn't bother to curse anymore.
It had figured out that every time it taunted the host, it would end up being shut in the small cellar.
However, it couldn't help but want to taunt the host every time.
