Aside from Ye Chongtian's voice, everything in the grove was terrifyingly silent, indicating that the person hiding had every intention of not letting his family escape. Ye Lingxian and her husband exchanged a glance, readying their hidden weapons.
Including Ji Nan in the carriage also tensed up, clutching the hidden weapon Ye Qiu had just handed him, his little face taut.
"Whoosh!" A hidden arrow flew towards the carriage, which Ye Lingxian cut down with her sword.
Soon, more and more hidden arrows shot out from the woods; Ye Chongtian and Ye Lingxian were hard-pressed to fend off hidden weapons coming from all directions, with many arrows already hitting the carriage.
Inside the carriage, Ye Qiu became more anxious, finding it hard to imagine the trials her mother had undergone in her previous life to escape from this orchestrated assassination.
