The princess was ordained by Heaven.

Chapter 129 The System Unleashes its Power

It should be noted that Zheng Xun looks to be only about ten years old.

The tiger was taller and stronger than her, and looked fiercer. No wonder people say that the people you should never mess with when traveling the world are lone children, women, and the elderly. Children like that are indeed not to be trifled with.

"No matter how strong he is, he's still just a child. So what if he can chase a tiger? There are so many of us, yet we can't even beat a tiger?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Today, if she doesn't die, tomorrow disaster will befall us!"

"But I feel that if Princess Yuanjia dies, the Emperor won't let us off the hook..."

"Honey, don't say such discouraging things."

Xiang Chen couldn't help but ask Zhi Cheng, "You were speaking so loudly, anyone with decent hearing could hear you..."

"Try to understand. After all, they're not professional assassins. They've always operated in the open, so it's normal for them to make mistakes occasionally."

"Do you know who they are?"

Zhicheng smiled and said, "The most likely group to make a move during this period is none other than the Twelve Guards."

"Could it be that other forces are taking advantage of the situation? After all, there must be quite a few people who don't like the princess."

Zheng Xun: ?

She's still here!

What do you mean by saying that many people dislike her? They are clearly the ones who are guilty and wary of her fortune-telling skills. What does it have to do with her? She is innocent too, okay?

"Other forces? Those who didn't make a move before won't make a move in the future, and those who did make a move are already having tea with the King of Hell."

Xiang Chen: "That makes sense!"

"Also, we didn't keep our voices down, so they could hear us."

Xiang Chen quickly turned his head to look at the places where people were hiding, but he was startled to see two heads sticking out. He quickly forced an awkward smile.

Xiang Chen: "Hello?"

The assassins roared, "Charge!"

Zheng Xun raised her hand to stop them, saying, "I wasn't speaking quietly just now, was I? Didn't you hear me?"

The assassins thought for a moment and honestly replied, "We heard it."

"Did the princess know we had an ambush on the mountain? Were your two men deliberately saying those things to us?"

Moreover, although they were not professional assassins, they were not a mob either, so how could their whereabouts be exposed so easily?

Zheng Xun nodded slightly: "Since you know that I can predict the future, then guess why I dared to go up the mountain without making any preparations?"

Assassin: What else could it be? Either they're fearless or they're bluffing.

Zheng Xun considerately suggested, "Why don't you send one person up first to test it out? Otherwise, you might all be wiped out at once."

The assassins: She really is! They were crying their eyes out, and she was actually worried about them...

Zheng Xun smiled slightly: Actually, I was being sarcastic.

The assassins immediately gathered together to discuss their plan.

"are you going?"

"I'm not going. Princess Yuanjia's methods are extremely wicked. What if something happens?"

"What are you afraid of? She's just a little girl, do you think she'll eat you up?"

"That sounds nice, why don't you go yourself?"

They discussed for a long time without reaching a conclusion. Zheng Xun impatiently urged, "Hurry up, I still need to go hunting. Let's finish this quickly."

However, the assassins were so engrossed in their argument that they completely ignored her.

Zheng Xun: ...

She doubted whether they would notice if she quietly left at this time.

She got a little bored while waiting, so she turned around and hunted down the tiger that had just escaped. The tiger skin would be perfect to take back to her father, the emperor.

Judging that they weren't finished yet, she caught a few more fish, planning to take them home and cook them for dinner.

She did so much, but when she got back, she found that they still hadn't reached a conclusion after arguing.

Looking at the sky, she couldn't stand it any longer: "Zhicheng, Xiangchen, ask them if they're done yet. If not, I'll go back and eat before I come back."

Bored, Zhicheng and Xiangchen dropped the grass roots they were picking at and rushed over to interrupt them.

After a while, they finally came up with a solution.

The one who was the most stubborn and headstrong was the last one to be pushed out.

Zheng Xun looked at him and impatiently urged, "Hurry up."

"Is the princess provoking me?"

Zheng Xun: "Yes."

The other party was quite taken aback by Zheng Xun's straightforwardness and raised his knife directly. Someone nearby couldn't bear it and turned their face away.

Zheng Xun raised his hand to stop him: "Wait!"

"Be afraid!"

Zheng Xun ignored him and instead looked at the people around him: "You all stay away."

While the assassins hesitated, Zhicheng and Xiang Chen had already started reaching out to chase them back.

Although I don't know what the princess means, I'll just do as she says.

Once everyone had retreated a distance, Zheng Xun looked at the assassin with the knife opposite him and said, "Let's begin."

"Bah! Bah!"

The assassin spat a few times into his left and right palms, then shouted and charged at Zheng Xun with his knife.

But as he ran, his pace slowed down, and eventually he stopped running altogether.

Amidst the other assassins who were holding their breath, a soft question rang out: "What's going on?"

As soon as those words were spoken, the assassin with the knife seemed to be startled, and the next moment, he suddenly exploded.

Blood and bits of flesh scattered everywhere, like a dazzling and beautiful fireworks display.

Zhicheng was prepared, so when he saw this scene, he quickly hid behind an assassin. Although Xiang Chen didn't know why he did this, he was a senior to the princess, and following him was the right thing to do, so he also hid behind the crowd.

As it turns out, their choice was correct.

Seeing the other assassins covered in blood and flesh, their faces as pale as if they had been dead for seven days, the two men patted their chests in lingering fear.

Zheng Xun, who was closest to the body, was completely clean, without even a drop of blood on him.

She stood with her hands behind her back, looking calm, as if everything was within her expectations.

Only Xiang Chen and Zhi Cheng, who could hear her inner thoughts, knew how fiercely she was cursing in her heart.

[Damn it, the system only said that the defense system was upgraded, but it didn't say that the upgrade would be this brutal!]

[Thanks, now you see what it means to explode in the sky! Those bits of meat flew at least two stories high, and there were pieces everywhere!]

[Damn system, how disgusting are you?]

[The ground is covered in bits of flesh; how am I supposed to get out of this encirclement with my clean feet?]

Xiang Chen: So all you care about is your own clean soles?

Listening to the sounds of the assassins vomiting all around him, he honestly felt a little nauseous too.

Zhicheng lowered his head, seemingly lost in thought: "Tsk tsk tsk, but this scene is indeed spectacular. It's a pity there are only so many spectators today."

He was certain that these people would never dare to oppose the princess again. That was good; the princess wouldn't have to work so hard anymore.

Zheng Xun gave this rather inelegant defense system over a dozen negative reviews, but the system remained silent as always.

She snapped out of her daze, glanced around at the pale-faced guards, and asked gently and kindly, "Want to try again?"

The other guards shook their heads repeatedly, as if they wished they could shake their heads off.

"And what about the next assassination attempt?"

The assassins, who had just retched and pulled off their masks, continued to shake their heads.

"Please go ahead..."

"Your Highness is so brave! This tiger is so heavy, why don't I carry it for you?"

"Princess, I was young and ignorant before and did something wrong. I will leave as soon as I get back. If Your Highness needs me, I can work for you without pay!"

"Actually, the assassination attempt was all a misunderstanding. The princess is blessed with good fortune, and such a mere assassination attempt is nothing to her. Look at what happened today..."

As Zhicheng and Xiang Chen were pushed further and further away by these people, they cursed in unison, "lackeys!"

……

On the other side, Zheng Jin waited in the same spot, worried.

She waited for as long as Zheng Xun went up the mountain.

Nie Zhao knew she was definitely not in the mood to listen to him, so he just stayed quietly by her side.

He leaned against a ginkgo tree, seemingly lazy and relaxed, but in reality, he never let his guard down.

Zheng Jin stood there, frowning as she looked into the distance. Nie Zhao kept an eye on his surroundings, glancing at her every now and then, only turning his gaze away when he was sure she was standing there safely.

He straightened his back as he watched a large group of people walk up to the mountainside.

The trees were lush and obscured the view, but Zheng Jin couldn't help but step forward: "Is Yuan Jia back?"

Nie Zhao pulled her behind him and said, "Many people are going down the mountain. You go back first, I'll wait here."

With a sudden buzzing sound, Zheng Jin felt a little dizzy and blurted out, "I'll wait for Yuan Jia!"

But she was strong-willed by nature, and she forced herself to calm down, estimating the distance from here to the bottom of the mountain: "Take a look from a distance, and if it's not right, then we'll talk."

She felt so regretful, as if she had swallowed a thousand needles.

She shouldn't have agreed to let Yuan Jia take the risk. If anything happens to her, she will never be able to forgive herself for the rest of her life.

Nie Zhao glanced back at her, assessed the situation, and said, "Okay, if things look bad, run."

She felt at ease knowing he wouldn't influence her decisions, and that even if something happened, he would always be the one to get to her first.

After all, she was his only junior sister.

After the group of people came down the mountain, Zheng Jin saw the specific situation.

Zheng Xun rode at the very front, his body perfectly intact, uninjured and unbound, with a smile on his face. Instantly, Zheng Jin's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was put at ease.

But when she saw the group of people following behind her, a look of doubt appeared in her eyes.

Zheng Xun, whom she was thinking about, saw her figure from afar and immediately spurred his horse to speed up.

Seeing this, the others quickly followed, as if afraid that if they were a step too slow, they would be snatched away by the ghost.

Before long, Zheng Xun arrived in front of them.

"Why are you still here, Second Sister? Are you tired of standing?"

Nie Zhao's eyes lit up, and he quickly complained, "She's worried about you, and no matter how much we try to persuade her, she won't go back."

Hehe, he can't do anything about her, but he'll tell on her!

As a grown man, it's a piece of cake for him to manipulate his junior sister.

Zheng Xun's face darkened as expected: "Second sister, don't you believe me?"

Zheng Jin turned around and glared at Nie Zhao, then turned to Zheng Xun: "What's going on here?"

Her gaze fell on the group of disheveled assassins behind her, and her doubts deepened.

“They…” Zheng Xun smiled faintly, “have already abandoned darkness and embraced the light.”

Zheng Jin looked suspicious, clearly not believing her explanation.

“Really,” Zheng Xun blinked sincerely, “After we met, I only said a few words, and they were moved by me and decided to be good people from now on.”