The night wind was bleak, and a group of scattered people and horses were hidden in the woods. The horses' hooves were rushing, adding a bit of tension to the dark night.
Wen Ranran gently stroked the Silver Lin Sword on her waist and looked at Tao Yuanyuan aside.
Tao Yuanyuan closed her eyes and rested her mind. Her face had been baptized by wind and sand these days and was no longer as soft as before. Her skin was tanned to a wheat color, but it had gained a bit of heroism for no reason.
Wen Ranran instantly felt that this seemed to be the real Queen Tao.
"What time is it?" Tao Yuanyuan asked softly without opening her eyes.
"It's almost midnight. At this rate, we can arrive in Youzhou by tomorrow morning!" Wen Ranran curled her lips, her eyes dim and unclear.
"Buzz--" As the carriage was galloping, a faint sound of breaking wind sounded, and a poisonous jet-black arrow quickly passed through the curtain of the carriage and was firmly nailed to the wall of the carriage.
The fast horse neighed and stopped in the middle of the woods.
Wen Ranran shouted angrily: "Who?!"
"Haha... the princess is really sharp! Even the most elite archers couldn't hurt the princess and the empress!"
Wen Ranran opened the curtain and saw that she and the others were surrounded.
The sword in the hand of the man in black at the front was glowing with a bleak murderous aura.
Wen Ranran's face was so ugly that it was about to drip with tears, "Qianyu, take the mother and leave first!"
Qianyu was stunned, "Princess!"
Behind him, Tao Yuanyuan also jumped out of the car with her long whip, "Stop talking nonsense! Who dares to even stop my aunt?!"
"Queen Mother!" Wen Ranran looked ugly and shouted to stop Queen Tao, "Leave first! These people are coming with bad intentions!"
The leader chuckled, his eyes looking ferocious.
"Princess...you should worry more about yourself! No one can get out of the woods today!"
Wen Ranran ignored the other party, the sword on his waist buzzed, and the Silver Lin Sword was held directly in his hand.
"You can try it!"
"Aren't you curious, Princess, who am I?" The man smiled, then took off his face scarf, revealing his usually honest face.
Wen Ranran's eyes narrowed slightly, showing a hint of shock.
"Qiu Feng?! How could it be you?!"
Qiu Feng smiled coldly and looked at the men in black around him.
"Who else could it be if not me?!"
"Are you going to rebel?" Wen Ranran stared at the other party with wide eyes.
Qiu Feng smiled slightly, "What did the princess say? What kind of rebellion? Qiu Feng just wants to fight for something of his own, isn't he?"
Wen Ranran looked at the other party expressionlessly, with no emotion in her eyes.
"That day... the person who was able to rescue Yuan Xu in the middle of the night without anyone noticing was you! Who are you?!"
Qiu Feng just smiled coldly, with a somewhat miserable look on his face.
"Who am I? I am just a poor person who has been played in the palm of your court. I just want to fight for a future for myself!"
Wen Ranran's eyes were calm, "But... Commander Wang treats you well!"
Qiu Feng was stunned, and his expression turned ferocious.
"Don't mention him to me?! If you treat me well, how could you allow me to sit in the position of deputy general for decades? If you treat me well, how could you not pass on the position of commander of the Royal Forest Army to me?
Instead, let that young general Qin Zhuo take over?!"
"I've been with him for so many years, and I'm loyal. I've never done anything wrong. Why! I'm thirty-five now! If I don't fight for myself, what future will I have?"
Wen Ranran's eyes were indifferent, and she just looked at the other party slightly, "What do you think is the future?"