Replacement Month

CHAPTER 16

Xuan Ye's group fought fiercely with the five people in black, those five people were not ordinary soldiers but rather trained elite troops. Some of Xuan Ye's soldiers were already dead, and his two shadow warriors were also a little overwhelmed, Xuan Ye thought that if this kind of situation could continue to harm Shen Ling, 'The target is just me, the target is me, it should be that if it split up then Shen Ling could escape.'

Finally Xuan Ye gave the order to the chief of the bodyguards, "Adjudan Li, we split up you take Miss Shen Ling with you we meet at the city gate of Lin Man."

A Li who was already very frightened, continued to take shelter behind the palace soldiers, while Shen Ling joined the fight and managed to subvert a soldier.

Finally according to Xuan Ye's orders the group split into two, the head of the bodyguard brought a portion of the troops, and Xuan Ye along with his shadow warrior.

The black-clothed warrior only targeted Xuan Ye they did not care about the palace guard troupe, and more surprisingly it turned out that Shen Ling was following him.

Even when Xuan Ye was close to Shen Ling, Xuan Ye spoke to him, "Are you stupid? Why are you following me? You'll be safe with the bodyguard's head."

Shen Ling replied, "you're the fool, these men are just after you. You're their target, I'll help you, let's just say I return your favor when the Emperor attacks first."

In the middle of his fight, Shen Ling saw a gap when his opponent was exhausted, Shen Ling threw a needle and hit his two opponents. Instantly the two men were unable to move and fell to their knees.

"This serum is poisonous, don't underestimate the woman."

One of his shadow warriors shouted, Xuan Ye swiftly protecting Shen Ling, then the shadow warrior Xuan Ye shouted "Her majesty hurry up and run, Let us take care of here."

Xuan Ye nodded then pulled Shen Ling's hand and they ran together.

The lucky fate was apparently on Xuan Ye's side, the rain was pouring down heavily and was able to erase their tracks.

Xuan Ye and Shen Ling ended up hiding in a cave.

Shen Ling chuckled softly, "It's good that the rain has fallen down so hard, the two people who were exposed to my poison should have died."

The curious Xuan Ye finally asked, "Did your needle just now be poisonous?"

Shen Ling nodded, "That beetle is not actually a malignant poison only serves to paralyze the opponent, but if the victim's body is exposed to water then the poison will turn into malignant and directly attack the heart and liver."

After that, the atmosphere became awkward. The two of them were like people who did not know each other, sitting far apart and silent.

Shen Ling's sneezing sound broke the atmosphere, "You started the flu, try me to check if you have a fever?"

Xuan Ye tried to hold onto Shen Ling's forehead, Shen Ling looked uneasy with Xuan Ye's treatment but still did not prevent the man.

Xuan Ye was right, Shen Ling finally obediently followed Xuan Ye's orders. As Shen Ling was busy hiding, Xuan Ye had already come with a bit of firewood and flint, then Xuan Ye made a bonfire.

"Like this cave is often used by hunters, look at them leaving behind flint and some firewood."

Shen Ling felt relieved, with her bonfire then she could warm her body and dry her clothes. "Your majesty until when are we going to hide here?"

Xuan Ye only smiled listening to Shen Ling's question, "Until my shadow warriors come, the moment they come means that things are already safe and we can continue on the journey, he said, but we have to change the course of our journey I don't want something like today to happen again."

Then Xuan Ye finally asked Shen Ling, "Miss Shen, if you don't mind me having a question for you? How could a noble princess learn a man's skills?"

Shen Ling laughed at Xuan Ye's curious expression, "It's nothing big Your Majesty. Surely your majesty has heard of my brother Shen Ming? since the birth of Shen Ming sick, his father forced Shen Ming to practice kung fu, horse riding and archery. Father deliberately called in trained soldiers to teach him directly. And I also practiced a lot, and Shen Ming was unable to attend the training and I was the one who learned the martial arts."

Xuan Ye digested all of her, and he was finally able to understand her.

"Where did you learn poison and medicine? Don't tell me that you also learned it with Shen Ming?"

Shen Ling replied, "Glorious Lord, because of Shen Ming's innate illness, the father sought the most powerful healer to cure him. The physician stayed at the Shen residence to take care of Shen Ming. And I studied medicine and poison from physician Huan."

Finally Xuan Ye understood all that there was no great secret behind his abilities, "Why does the Shen Family Residence keep it a secret? It's very rare for a woman to master martial arts in our kingdom, but there's no prohibition about it either."

Shen Ling smiled, "For the sake of my noble sister. Both of my parents wanted to keep my sister's good name, so outsiders wouldn't know that my sister was really weak. Incidentally after giving birth to Shen Ming, my mother's uterus was troubled so it was impossible to get pregnant again and my father was unwilling to take the concubine. He said he only loved my mother in this life."

Without feeling the rain outside had subsided, Shen Ling was dressed again, along with that shadow warrior came, "Report Your Majesty, I'm sorry that the remaining criminals managed to escape, he said, we failed to catch up to him."

Xuan Ye thought, that this person has already planned everything carefully. That was his meaning they had to be careful while in Lin Man city.

"Alright, we continue the journey to the city of Lin Man by circling through the south lane. Then convey my message to Adjudan Li that all plans will be reversed."

"Good Crown Prince."

After the departure of the shadow warrior, the two of them continued on their way.

In the middle of the road Xuan Ye's stomach was ringing loudly, apparently he was starving from having not eaten anything for the whole day. Shen Ling laughed at hearing that, from behind her clothes Shen Ling took out two snack cakes and gave them to Xuan Ye. "Here you eat, if we find a teahouse we can buy some bakpaos."

Xuan Ye thought that all along he had suspected Shen Ling excessively, it turned out that Shen Ling was not as bad as he had imagined.