She thought she was being followed by Xiao Zhun, but the boy was not around. Is she walking too fast?

Before Lan Qi was about to turn around to turn back— suddenly from behind her an arrow shot out and stuck in front of her feet. Lan Qi was aghast. She looked up, looked right, and left. Spread the gaze to the sky. To the top of the tree.

From the right. Lan Qi turned around, just in time to find an imperial guard—obviously an imperial guard, in golden robes and black armor. A face helmet made of golden copper with a bow in his hand. Lan Qi widened her eyes before another attack landed.

"Princess Li Ming, run!" Xiao Zhun shot quickly from behind her and just in time, he brushed aside the bow that was about to sink into Lan Qi's back. With his dual swords, Xiao Zhun held the two twin daggers like a protective shield.

“You—”

“This is not the time to be in denial. They are palace people, you have to get out of here.”

For a moment, Lan Qi seemed to have lost her mind. A