Queen turned pale with fright, her heart in her throat.

"Xun Er..." The anxious voice trembled as it pleaded.

"S-royal brother …" Murong Lingshan was extremely afraid, she had never seen such a Murong Xun before. Since he was young, no matter how angry her royal brother was, he had never moved a finger towards her.

Both Puyang Bingwei and Bai Ruoyu frowned deeply.

The Crown Prince was abnormal, could it be that Bai Lier was really dead? A flash of excitement appeared in both of their eyes at the same time.

Seeing Murong Lingshan's fearful eyes, Murong Xun frowned, the strength in his hands gradually relaxed.

"Cough, cough …" When his neck loosened, Murong Lingshan immediately retreated a step, holding onto his neck and started coughing frantically.

The last time it was Bai Lier, and this time it was her most beloved royal brother. Why? Why did her royal brother do this to her?

"It would be best if it wasn't you, otherwise our relations.h.i.+p would be broken." Her ice-cold voice seemed to be permeated with frost, shocking everyone present.

His Highness the Crown Prince actually wanted to cut off all ties with the eighth princess for the sake of the Miss Bai. It seemed that the Crown Prince had truly fallen for the Miss Bai.

Seeing that Murong Xun cared so much about Bai Li, Puyang Bingwei and Bai Ruoyu both clenched their fists in jealousy.

Queen frowned, her eyes filled with displeasure. Is this still her Xun Er? Ever since Bai Lier recovered, he had completely changed.

Bai Qingyan walked out of the resting room with tears in her eyes. Without saying a word, she knelt in front of Murong Shuofeng and kowtowed immediately.

"Fourth Sister-in-Law, what are you doing? Quickly get up!" Murong Shuofeng frowned, he immediately wanted to help her, but he felt that it was inappropriate.

"Emperor, the leopard was hunted down in the hunting grounds, and is seriously injured. Please help her." Bai Qingyan said, and then kowtowed again.

Bai Qingyan's words caused the expressions of Puyang Bingwei and her to turn ugly at the same time.

Heavily injured? Is Bai Lier still not dead?

When he thought about Bai Lier's injuries, Murong Shuofeng frowned deeply and said with a serious face, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. Even if you didn't say anything, we would have still investigated this matter thoroughly.

Murong Shuofeng glanced in Murong Lingshan's direction as he said that.

Murong Lingshan's body trembled, and his face instantly became deathly pale. What does royal father mean by this? What did it have to do with his that Bai Lier was being hunted?

Puyang Bingwei and Bai Ruoyu were so scared that they lowered their heads at the same time.

Puyang Bingwei tightly clenched her fist, her heart filled with unease and anxiety. Why did she feel that it was her imagination that Emperor saw just now, could Emperor have seen something?

Bai Ruoyu was so scared that her face turned white, and her clenched fists were covered in cold sweat. Who would have thought that the situation would turn out like this? This group of idiots dared to make a move in this kind of place. They were simply courting death. The most important thing was that even after making such a huge scene, she was still alive. How foolish.

Other than Murong Lingshan, Puyang Bingwei, Bai Ruoyu and the other two, Queen's expression was also abnormally ugly. Her long fingernails dug deep into her palm, and her sinister eyes were filled with jealousy and hatred.

"Thank you, Emperor." Bai Qingyan thanked him and then entered the resting room.

Bai Li was injured, and no one had any intention to fight anymore, so the hunt ended early. Very soon, the results of the Autumn besieging hunt would come out. First Bai Li, second Xue Qingyan, third Murong Xun.

No one had any objections to the result. The performance of the top three was impressive, especially for Bai Li. Her absolutely stunning performance had caused everyone to remember her, to the point that when the news of her hands being crippled spread, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

Imperial City, Misty Rain House. Dao Ba and the pockmarked girl were each hugging a girl and playing with each other.

"Come, give this grandpa a kiss." The pockmark pulled the green-clothed girl beside him into his embrace, and the monkey hurriedly kissed her.

"It's been a while since Sabrelord has come to see Mei Er. Why is it that Sabrelord doesn't want Mei Er anymore?" The red-clothed female leaned into Dao Ba's embrace, tugging at his beard with a charming smile.

"Yes, it hurts my heart to think about it." Dao Ba embraced the red-clothed female and buried his heavily bearded face into her chest.

"Boss." Blackie hurriedly entered one of the private rooms on the second floor.

Seeing Blackie return, Dao Ba pinched the face of the red-clothed female beside him and said, "You two go out first."

The woman in red and the green-clothed woman with pockmarks immediately stood up and obediently retreated, closing the door behind them.

"Is the money coming back?" Dao Ba glanced at Hei Zi, then picked up his wine pot and poured himself a cup of wine.

Hei Zi shook his head. "I did not see Second Miss Bai. He refused to see me."

Dao Ba paused when he was pouring wine, then smacked the wine cup on the table in dissatisfaction, "What, she wants to go back on his words?"

Hei Zi was startled by Dao Ba's sudden action, he swallowed his saliva and said, "No, it's that Bai Lier that's not dead yet."

"What did you say?" Dao Ba suddenly jumped up from the chair.

The pockmark finally put down his gla.s.s and looked at Blackie with a face full of shock.

"Bai Lier did not die. She fell off the cliff and was saved." Blackie explained simply.

Dao Ba stared blankly into s.p.a.ce for a long while before regaining his senses, "He didn't die even after falling from such a high cliff, this fool's life is really tough ah."

He had previously checked the cliff before, but it was so deep that he couldn't see the bottom. It might even be more than three thousand meters tall, and for Bai Lier to not die even after falling down from such a heavy injury, it was simply a miracle.

Thinking of something, Blackie took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over to Dao Ba, "This is a letter sent by a little beggar. It should be from Second Miss Bai.

Dao Ba took the letter and read it carefully.

Seeing Dao Ba's increasingly ugly expression, Hei Zi and Li Zi became nervous. "How is it? What did Second Miss Bai say? "

Dao Ba looked up, "She said that the transaction has been cancelled, and said that we should temporarily not touch Bai Lier."

"Why?" Ma Zi frowned with a puzzled expression. Didn't Second Miss Bai always want to get rid of Bai Lier? Now that Bai Lier was not dead, why would she cancel the deal?

Dao Ba's face was gloomy, he placed the letter on top of a fire candle and burned it down, "Yesterday's a.s.sa.s.sination attempt at the hunting grounds had already alarmed Emperor, Emperor ordered for people to investigate this matter thoroughly, she does not want to bring disaster upon himself."

Fortunately, they weren't the ones who took action yesterday, and it would be really troublesome if they were targeted by the royal family.

"Then what should we do now?" Hei Zi and Ma Zi looked at each other, frowning nervously.

Dao Ba's deep eyes slightly narrowed, "Listen to her, stay put for the time being. Don't take on such dangerous work in the future."

They couldn't afford to offend these people from the royal family. What was the point of having money these days? It was better to stay alive.

"Yes." The two of them immediately responded.