Zu An was about to tell her that she didn’t have to go that far, and that he planned to face the emperor and settle the issue on his own once and for all.

However, he couldn’t shake the feeling that all that had happened so far was just too strange. Firstly, the emperor did not summon him to the palace, but made him wait outside for a night. Then, a group of assassins somehow reached him so easily. If he hadn’t made a great breakthrough in his cultivation, he would probably be dead by now.

He didn’t know who was orchestrating all this. If Zhuxie Chixin was one of the perpetrators, and he later found out that the assassins hadn’t been able to kill him, he might just send even stronger assailants, or even get personally involved. That would truly be a headache. It was probably safer for him to make his escape first and lie low for a while.

He nodded. “Okay, let’s go.”

Qiao Xueying beamed. She grabbed his hand and ran...