Chapter 80 The Hidden Secrets of the Side Room

Chapter 80 The Hidden Secrets of the Side Room

Shen Nanzi's shawl was spilled with soup, and even though she was sitting at the head of the table, the maids could still come around and do something to her.

It seems someone is trying to lure her into a trap today.

"What's wrong with you? Don't you know how to serve food?"

Shen Nanzi's maid quickly pulled up the scalded area and, somewhat angrily, spoke sternly to the perpetrator.

"It's alright. Today is the birthday of Marquis Pingyang, so no noise is allowed." Shen Nanzi looked the maid up and down; she was thin and frail.

"Your Highness, this area is soaked, the white shawl is completely drenched." Her maid was anxious, distressed that her mistress had been scalded by the soup.

"Are you in pain? Are you alright?"

"It's alright," Shen Nanzi reassured her maid.

The maid bowed her head. "This servant deserves to die. Please punish me, Princess Jing. Shall I take you to the side room to change your clothes?"

The warm soup was not comfortable against her waist, so it seemed that changing clothes was unavoidable. Without worrying about Cheng'er being implicated, Shen Nanzi asked her maid to fetch spare clothes.

...After the maid brought the spare clothes, Cheng'er was handed over to his aunt.

She whispered, "Auntie, don't feed Cheng'er anything today. If he's hungry, he can eat the pastries he brought with him."

Her great-aunt nodded, looking at her with concern, "You'd better come back soon!"

Shen Nanzi nodded calmly.

Aunt quickly shielded Cheng'er tightly, feeling uneasy. She needed to send someone to find Grand Commandant Shen and inform him.

It's been cloudy all day, gray and lifeless.

Shen Nanzi followed the maid to the side hall in the backyard, thinking to herself, "If only Lie Feng were here."

She had nothing to fear.

She touched the gold hairpin in her hair and slowly followed the maid into the room.

This is a side room in the mansion, which has been specially prepared for guests to use temporarily today.

Shen Nanzi stood in front of the bronze mirror, slowly removing her shawl.

His eyes, however, were constantly watching the maid's every move through the bronze mirror.

The maid seemed to sense Shen Nanzi's wariness and kept her head down, holding the clothes she was going to change into.

After taking over Shen Nanzi's shawl, the maid placed the soiled shawl on a wooden shelf to the side.

He then opened the clothes that Shen Nanzi was about to change into with both hands, just as Shen Nanzi lowered her head and took off her red outer garment.

She suddenly grabbed the maid's wrist, who seemed surprised and looked utterly astonished.

She gripped the silver needle tightly in her hand, its blade gleaming coldly, the very spot where the needle had been meant to pierce her back.

Shen Nanzi was not a weak princess who could not even kill a chicken, which is why she was able to nimbly intercept the maid's sneak attack.

She snatched the silver needle from the maid's hand, aimed it at her wrist, raised an eyebrow, her red lips curved into a cold smile, and her eyes flashed with a sharp edge.

"Speak! Who is your master? Otherwise, I'll stab you. It's easy for me, the princess, to kill a maid who intends to commit a crime."

The maid remained silent.

Shen Nanzi lowered her eyebrows: "Then let this princess guess? Lin Ruyi? Or someone else? Although this princess has many enemies, there are not many who want me dead!"

The maid's eyes flashed with disdain, and then with a flick of her wrist, a dagger appeared in her hand, which she slashed toward Shen Nanzi's chest.

Oh no, this maid looks frail, but she's actually quite skilled in martial arts.

Shen Nanzi dodged to the side, avoiding the first slash, but she had nowhere to dodge the second one that followed.

He also stabbed the maid with the silver needle in his hand, determined to take her down with him even in death.

Her silver needles were faster than a dagger, piercing her arm first.

Shen Nanzi awaited the impending stinging pain.

With a clang, Shen Nanzi felt a jolt in her wrist, but the expected pain did not come. Instead, she saw that the maid's hand was empty.

The maid's face turned pale, and Shen Nanzi immediately noticed that there was another person in the room, with two guards behind him.

Upon seeing who it was, he was overjoyed and couldn't help but whisper, "Xie Yu!"

Shen Nanzi didn't waste a moment. She slapped the golden hairpin on her head and pressed her advantage, inserting it into the maid's body.

The maid was quite agile; with a backhand push, she broke free from her restraints and tried to escape towards the window.

Xie Yu's guards grabbed her by the back of her collar. Unable to escape, the maid fought back against the guards.

Xie Yu strode to Shen Nanzi's side, shielding her with concern, and asked, "Are you hurt?"

"No!" Shen Nanzi, still shaken, tried to remain calm and shook her head. "How did you know I was here?"

"A premonition," he said, making it up. Actually, he had sensed something was wrong when he heard Wuying say that her clothes were wet.

"Thank goodness you came." His voice trembled slightly, a tremor he himself was unaware of.

With Xie Yu there, Shen Nanzi's panicked heart finally calmed down.

The two guards quickly subdued the maid, and just when Shen Nanzi thought the matter was over...

Four more men in black suddenly appeared in the side room.

The man in black came directly towards Xie Yu and her, each holding a gleaming dagger.

Shen Nanzi had a bad feeling. She wondered if this was a group of people or another mastermind trying to assassinate Xie Yu.

In these times of partisan strife, anything is possible.

Xie Yu realized something was wrong and immediately pulled her behind him, blocking her with his entire body.

However, the other side had more people and came prepared; judging from their fighting moves, they were clearly experts.

At this moment, Xie Yu also realized that his side was no match, and tilted his head to say to her:

"I'll distract the man in black. You go out from the right side. Once you're out, just keep running and don't look back."

As they were talking, he secretly slipped something to her.

Shen Nanzi looked down and saw a dagger for self-defense.

She understood Xie Yu's meaning: as long as they escaped this room and received rescue, they wouldn't die; after all, this was the Pingyang Marquis's residence.

She nodded: "You also need to be careful. If you really can't hold on, run!"

That's what they say, but life and death are separated by a hair's breadth.

She has no martial arts skills, and staying here would only be a burden to Xie Yu; only by running away would she have any hope.

As Xie Yu finished speaking, two men in black, daggers in hand, eagerly lunged forward to stab him.

Xie Yu dodged to the side, but Shen Nanzi reacted quickly and ran towards the door.

Everything was going according to plan, just as she was about to step out the door.

The maid who had been subdued suddenly sprang up, struck her in the abdomen, and took the opportunity to snatch the dagger from Shen Nanzi's hand.

Shen Nanzi struggled to stand, but the exit was blocked by a maid, and Xie Yu's dagger gleamed coldly in her hand.

The maid's eyes were fierce and desperate, as if she was determined to kill her.

It seems that the silver needle contained a deadly poison, but it hasn't taken effect yet.

Shen Nanzi had no choice but to pull out the golden hairpin from her head again, determined to fight for her life at this critical moment.

No sooner said than done, this change happened in the blink of an eye.

The two men brandished sharp weapons and charged at each other with all their might.

Shen Nanzi only has brute strength; her hand and foot skills are really average.

Just as she was about to reach it, the gold hairpin in her hand was knocked away by a maid's flying kick, and she was also kicked to the ground by the maid.

Immediately afterwards, the maid's dagger came toward her neck.