However, the second son just smiled and said nothing more.
At the same time, he also let go of her hand.
Although Ruan Tang was confused, she was soon affected by the hot atmosphere, and she danced with others again.
Outside the bustling West Garden, a group of people in black were approaching Prince Ning's Mansion hidden in the darkness.
In less than a moment, they all climbed over the high wall and sneaked to the outskirts of the West Garden.
Nanfeng, who originally retreated, walked back to Chu Mu and leaned over to report again: "Your Highness, people are here. Do you want to act now?"
"No, wait until they enter the garden and then capture them."
With that said, he also got up from the low stool and walked towards Ruan Tang's direction.
At this moment, dozens of black shadows suddenly descended from the sky, and the long swords in their hands flashed with cold light, and they all stabbed towards Chu Mu.
Chu Mu had already been on guard, and when the swords of those men in black came towards them, he dodged to avoid them.
He quickly pulled out the soft sword hidden in his waist and started fighting with the men in black.
Nan Feng also rushed over when the men in black landed, as did the other guards. Some of them helped Chu Mu defend against the enemy, and some of them went to protect the dancing people.
When everyone saw the man in black falling from the sky, they all screamed in horror, and then began to run away.
In an instant, the entire West Garden became extremely panicked, with screams and cries in chaos.
Ruan Tang was naturally scared, but she was pushed and pushed by the crowd and was trapped in the crowd, unable to escape.
Just when she finally squeezed into the outer circle, she suddenly felt herself being hit with great force.
She staggered and threw forward.
The direction she rushed towards was exactly where Chu Mu was fighting with the man in black.
Ruan Tang secretly thought something was wrong and wanted to stop, but he couldn't.
She instinctively shouted to Chu Mu, who was not far from her, "Your Highness, help."
Chu Mu heard her voice and turned around to look over. The moment he looked over, a man in black thrust his sword in front of him.
Ruan Tang's eyes widened in horror, and she wanted to warn her, but before she could say anything, he grabbed her around the waist.
She was held in front of him and blocked the long sword that was thrust towards her.
Ruan Tang only felt a pain in his chest. He lowered his head and found that a small section of the long sword was exposed on his chest.
Then with a 'pop' sound, the long sword disappeared, and she was carried backwards. When she threw herself back in front of Chu Mu, she felt severe pain in her chest.
She even felt warm liquid gurgling out from where the sword had just penetrated.
She raised her eyes and looked at Chu Mu who was right in front of her, with a look of disbelief on her face.
After she was stabbed with a sword, Chu Mu's eyes instantly turned red, and the murderous aura around him was like that of hell.
He held the soft sword in his hand, and the internal force penetrated the sword body, and the sword body made a clanking sound.
He grabbed Ruan Tang's waist and started fighting crazily.
At first he wanted to stay alive, but now, he just wanted to kill them all with his sword.
But after all, there was still some sense left in him, and he had not forgotten the purpose of today's banquet.
"Keep one or two alive, kill the rest!" he ordered with a roar.
Soon, several men in black had their throats pierced by his sword.
Nanfeng and his guards also came to him, and soon, most of the men in black were killed with swords.
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the remaining ones turned and fled.
Nanfeng immediately led his guards to chase him.
Chu Mu put Ruan Tang on the ground and checked her injuries. Seeing that the place where she was stabbed by the sword did not hurt her vitals, he said to her: "Wait until I come back."
He had been planning for so long and was waiting for this moment. He was determined not to let them escape like this.
After saying that, they chased Nanfeng and the others in the direction they were chasing.
Ruan Tang was lying on the ground dying. Her wound was very painful. She thought she should faint from the pain at this time.
But her mind was extremely clear.
Even the scene of Chu Mu pulling her to block the sword kept replaying in his mind, and the image of him leaving her behind and rushing to chase the assassin.
The corners of her lips curled up into a sneer.
She knew that he had no feelings for her, and even if he had, he knew what happened in bed.
In his eyes, she should be just like what Princess Jingning said, she was just a lowly business maid, not even worthy of being his concubine.
How could he care about his own life and death?
Didn't he stab himself mercilessly not long ago?
What does it mean to pull her to block the sword?
But this sword was not like the one he stabbed last time. This sword made her suffocate in pain, and her heart seemed to be torn apart.
She wanted to raise her hand to cover the wound, hoping to slow down the blood flow and prevent her from dying so quickly, but she had no strength left in her body and could not even raise her hand.
She looked at the bright moon in the sky, her vision gradually blurred.
Chu Mu left Ruan Tang behind to pursue the assassins, and soon captured several of them alive. However, he was in a hurry to return home and was careless, and was killed by cold arrows from the dark.
A moment of carelessness caused all his plans to fail, and Chu Mu felt a frightening chill all over his body.
But he still returned to Prince Ning's Mansion at an extremely fast speed, but when he arrived, all the guests in the mansion had dispersed.
He captured a guard who was guarding the gate of the mansion and asked, "When did the second son of the Duke's mansion leave?"
The guard was so frightened by the sinister look on his face that his legs trembled and he shook his head tremblingly.
There were so many people coming to the banquet, and he had not ordered these guests to leave, so the guards did not dare to stop them.
In addition, everyone rushed out of Ning Prince's Mansion, so they naturally did not pay attention to when the second son left.
But what made Chu Muwo even more angry was that he had placed Ruan Tang under the pear tree in the West Garden before leaving, but now he was gone.
He hurried back to Canglang Garden, but there was no one inside either.
He searched for Chun Han, and after asking, he learned that Chun Han had been in the kitchen all night. It was him who was looking for her, and she learned that Ruan Tang was missing.
Chunhan burst into tears at that time, especially after learning that Ruan Tang was still injured and missing, he cried even harder.
Chu Mu was upset by her crying and asked Nanfeng to take her down before reviewing the story in detail.
She was seriously injured, and her entourage and maids were still in the palace, so it was impossible for her to escape on her own.
Then there is only one possibility, someone took her away.
But who will take her injured away?
During the entire banquet, the person with the greatest suspicion was Shen Qianyi.
When he held Ruan Tang's hand and danced tonight, he felt something was wrong.
He has clearly seen that Ruan Tang is a woman disguised as a man, but he does not feel the covetousness between men and women toward Ruan Tang. Instead, there is something strange that he cannot understand.
Thinking about it now, he must have figured out that Ruan Tang was the merchant maid he brought back to favor him a few days ago.
Moreover, he might have been responsible for the cold arrow in the dark just now.
Unexpectedly, the second son of the Duke of Guo, who was usually gentle and gentle, turned out to be a ruthless character, and actually played with him in the midst of applause.
Chu Mu's cold eyes were filled with murderous intent.
It seemed that Shen Qianyi was planning to use Ruan Tang to control him.
But is he such an easy person to handle?
If it weren't for the fact that she blocked the sword for him.
She was a useless chess piece that he could discard.
He summoned people and ordered: "Go and visit the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion."
