The moon had arisen from the forest.

The Palace of Da Yi was surrounded by large numbers of the capital army. They joined forces with the Honour Guards and brutally killed the thousands of the Clan of Swords followers who had entered the Palace to assassinate the Emperor.

They fought violently in the Palace. The sound of fighting and howling were like waves constantly which mingled together and sounded extremely tragic. The air was filled with the pungent smell of blood.

When the concubine Miaoyin led people into the Kunning Palace, the Fourth Princess Huanan Jiyan was awakened by her maidservants Yaoer and Yunjin. They took her out of the Princess' House and hid among the flowers.

The night was dark and dreary. Huanan Jiyan was horrified to see many strangers in night clothes walking in and out of Kunning Palace. They rummaged everywhere.

Then, a woman in full gorgeous dress entered the main hall of Kunning Palace.

After a while, there came out the sorrowful screams of her mother.

Huanan Jiyan struggled many times, but she was pressed by the two maidservants. They whispered in her ears,

"Your Highness, there was a coup in the Palace."

Huanan Jiyan had only heard of "coup" from the drama. And now, she experienced it personally. The real bloody and heavy aura of palace warfare made her stunned for a while.

Under the cover of several court guards, the three girls secretly escaped from Kunning Palace in the dark. They avoided the chaotic scene and ran east to the Zhengyang Gate, only to see that the Honour Guards guarding the city were fighting with men in black.

In the darkness, the light of the sword was like lightning, and the sound was horrifying.

Huanan Jiyan looked straight ahead and clenched her teeth,

"What should we do? If we want to escape from the palace, we must break out of the chaotic crowd and open the city gate."

Even if it was to hit the stone with an egg, in order to live, it was worth trying!

The desire for survival made Huanan Jiyan and her maidservants no longer care about anything. The guards and the maidservants held weapons and rushed into the battlefield.

There was not much time for them to figure out the enemy’s identity. Whoever stood in their way would die!

Yaoer grabbed the Fourth Princess and swung the sword in the other hand. The blood was splattered around them.

Yunjin flew up into the air. She wrapped the enemies' neck with her arms and twisted it hard. Only to hear the sound of "crack", the bone was broken, and the man immediately fell to the ground.

The girl crouched promptly, avoiding another attack. She buckled the man's wrist which held the knife with her hands and squeezed it tightly. Suddenly, blood spattered.

The city gate was opened, and the capital army flooded into the court. The troops quickly divided into two groups, ascending the tower to replace the Honour Guards.

Prince Chen ordered that he would rather kill a thousand innocent people and never let go of any rebel party of the Clan of Swords who entered the palace to assassinate the emperor.

Therefore, when the capital army took control of the Zhengyang Gate, the soldiers set up their crossbows and shot arrows to the chaotic situation downstairs. They didn't even care whether it was the rebel party or the Honour Guards.

Immediately, arrows were as dense as migratory locusts, shooting at the bottom of the gate tower. The empty field was uncovered, and countless people were attacked and fell to the ground with screaming.

The guards swung their blades to pluck away the sharp arrows and prevent the princess from being hurt.

Huanan Jiyan blankly stared at the blood around her. She was stunned and confused.

"Your Highness, be careful..."

The scream stopped abruptly.

Yaoer stood up in front of her, and her eyes widened stiffly. Her back and chest had been pierced by a flying arrow, with scarlet blood gradually soaking her body.

She blocked an arrow for her master just now.

"Yaoer..."

Tears blurred the eyes of Huanan Jiyan.

She ran away and hugged Yaoer, whose body was getting colder. And now, she could no longer withstand the shock. She howled with her face towards the sky,

"Why... brother? Why do you want to kill me? Am I not your favorite fourth sister? Why... why are you doing this..."

There were continuous movements on the gate tower. Several capital soldiers wailed. Their blood fell down the gate tower.

A man in a white dress flew down from the night, which was very eye-catching.

He rushed to the Fourth Princess in a few steps and held her up,

"Jiyan, are you okay?"

Huanan Jiyan tried to focus on her eyes. Finally, she saw the face in front of her, which was stunning but worried.

"Zhu... is that you, Zhu?"

Huanan Jiyan suspected that she was in a ridiculous dream at this time. But when she saw Lu Qiange, she hoped that everything in front of her would never be a dream.

She missed Zhu, and wanted to see him.

She believed that she desperately tried to escape just to find him at the most critical point, because she was in love with him.

However, everything in front of her was truly and cruelly happening...

"Jiyan, it's me! Sorry, I am late!"

Lu Qiange saw the girl's hands stained red with blood. His purple eyes widened, and suddenly his nose felt a little bit sorrow.

He stretched his arms around her shoulders and held her up. Then, he said decisively,

"Let's go. I'll take you out of the palace!"

On the gate tower, the capital army was preparing to launch a second round of arrow rain attacks.

Tonight, they received a secret order that they would never let go of anyone who wanted to escape from the palace. Whoever they were, the Emperor's relatives or the court officials, if they wanted to step out of the city gate, they must be killed.

Raising her head, Huanan Jiyan saw that the rows of sharp arrows in the firelight dappled with blinding cold light like stars. She shivered and grabbed Lu Qiange's arm with nervousness and panic.

Lu Qiange gritted his teeth and held his sword to make a defensive stance. The sound of pulling bows was loud enough to shake the earth. Then, the arrows left the bows, and the arrow rain that flew closer almost broke through the purple-colored glaze.

A black shadow flashed in front of them, and a powerful force came up, blocking the overwhelming arrow rain. The powerful sweeping momentum instantly dragged Lu Qiange's black hair up.

The arrow rain coming down to the city was controlled by a strong internal force. It turned around with a bang, scattering and collapsing in mid-air.

Surprisingly, they were unscathed.

Lu Qiange breathed a sigh of relief. He fixed his eyes on the person in front of him and claimed in surprise,

"Master, I have found you finally!"

Wenren Junzheng didn't look back. Because of the outbreak of internal force just now, his upper clothing had been broken into strips, exposing the solid muscle torso inside.

His expression was as calm as the water. He stared solemnly at the massive capital army under the city gate and said loudly,

"Hua’er, take Her Highness away immediately. I will cover you with the disciples of the Clan of Swords!"

Lu Qiange felt nervous and stubbornly shook his head,

"No, I won't leave!"

"Be obedient. Go and find the Commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot... No, find Huanan He and Ruo. Be sure to tell them that it was my fault. I have been blaming them wrongly!"

"Master..."

"Go!"

With a violent roar, Wenren Junzheng clenched the knife with his fingers and shouted,

"Disciples of the Clan of Swords listen to my order. We will fight the imperial court to the death..."

The response waned and waxed, like the waves of the sea. They wanted to write the most wonderful and magnificent music in the last moments of life.

Lu Qiange shed tears and hugged Huanan Jiyan. He lifted his toes and flew over the city wall by levitation.

The girl was struggling and crying in the arms of the man. She looked at the loyal maidservant Yunjin and the guards who were smiling at her peacefully. Their lively faces gradually faded from her vision...

At that night, the Palace was overwhelmed by blood, and fires blazed everywhere, but the crimes of that night would not be recorded in the annals of history.

The sky was lighting up. Huanan Xin sat tiredly on the dragon chair. When he was about to close his eyes to rest, the tall eunuch rushed over in a hurry and whispered,

"Your Highness, Yu Xuanji... disappeared."

"What?" Huanan Xin was surprised, "What do you mean by ‘disappeared’?"

...

In the Cold Palace,

The guards and eunuchs guarding the door knelt to the ground. All of them panicked and were trembling.

With so many eyes staring at him, no one could know how a living person walked out of the Cold Palace without being noticed.

Huanan Xin strode to the house where Yu Xuanji was being held. The thick iron chains and handcuffs were all intact. There was nothing else on the ground except a pool of dark blood.

Prince Chen was puzzled and muttered to himself,

"That's weird. His martial arts have been abolished. Could he still be able to shrink the bones? Or did he really know some kind of magic and turned into a small bug to slip out?"