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After the coachman received his orders, he hurried off toward the front.
Inside the carriage, Concubine Li and Bai Xinyao exchanged pleased glances upon seeing Bai Linglong’s carriage come to a stop.
“It seems everything is proceeding according to plan,” Concubine Li said smugly.
“Mother, should we go take a look?” Bai Xinyao still had some lingering worry.
“What’s there to see? We just keep moving forward; the assassins will take care of her,” Concubine Li replied impatiently.
The carriage continued onward. Once Bai Linglong saw them move far away, she focused her thoughts and instantly entered her mysterious space.
At the same time, the hidden assassins surrounding the area saw Bai Linglong’s carriage stop and believed the moment had come. They sprang from their hiding places, armed with sharp blades, charging toward the carriage.
“Kill!” the lead assassin shouted, and the others began to slash and stab at the carriage.
Hearing the commotion, Concubine Li and Bai Xinyao quickly ordered their carriage to stop and got out to witness the chaos at the cliff’s edge, bursting into triumphant laughter.
“Haha, Bai Linglong, you little vixen, you’ve finally died!” Concubine Li shouted excitedly.
“Mother, from now on, the Marquis’ Mansion will be ours!” Bai Xinyao exclaimed, her face flushed with excitement.
After laughing enough, they put on a facade of panic and hurried back to the Marquis’ Mansion.
As soon as they entered, they rushed straight to the Marquis’ study, bursting into tears.
“Marquis, it’s terrible!”
Concubine Li sobbed as she rushed into the study, collapsing to the ground.
Bai Zhentian, who was busy with his affairs, was startled by this sudden scene. “What on earth happened? Why are you both in such a panic?”
Bai Xinyao knelt beside Concubine Li and cried out, “Father, on our way to the temple, we were attacked!
Sister… she was pushed off the cliff by the assassins while trying to protect us. Her life and death remains unknown!”
Upon hearing this, Bai Zhentian’s expression changed drastically, and he shot up angrily, shouting, “What exactly happened? Tell me everything in detail!”
As Concubine Li cried and embellished the story, she omitted any mention of her own involvement in hiring the assassins, placing all the blame on the unknown attackers.
Bai Zhentian’s face turned ashen with fury as he slammed his fist on the desk, “This is outrageous!
“How dare they attempt to assassinate my daughter right under my nose!
Someone, immediately send people to investigate; we must capture those assassins and tear them to pieces!”
Concubine Li and Bai Xinyao exchanged a glance, a barely perceptible gleam of triumph in their eyes.
Concubine Li continued to cry, “Marquis, the elder young lady died such a tragic death!
We must avenge her!”
Bai Zhentian’s face was filled with sorrow as he said, “Of course! Bai Linglong is my most cherished daughter. Now that she has met with misfortune, I will not let those murderers go unpunished!”
At that moment, a guard burst in hurriedly, “Marquis, it’s bad!
We just received word that Bai Linglong’s carriage has been found at the cliff, shattered to pieces, and there are… there are bloodstains at the scene. I’m afraid that the elder young lady…”
Upon hearing this, Bai Zhentian felt darkness envelop him, nearly fainting from shock.
He trembled, pointing a shaking finger at Concubine Li and Bai Xinyao, “You… how could you be so careless?
Why didn’t you protect Linglong?”
Concubine Li and Bai Xinyao hurriedly knelt, crying, “Marquis, we didn’t want this to happen either!
We did our best, but those assassins were too ruthless…”
Bai Zhentian, overwhelmed with grief, collapsed into his chair, his eyes vacant, murmuring, “Linglong, my daughter… how could you leave me like this…”