Illusion Array

As more and more people entered the restaurant, the aura that isolated the restaurant from the outside world vanished without a trace, like a transparent bubble popping away.

A passerby heard the fighting and glanced at the restaurant; that one glance nearly scared the soul out of him.

The entire restaurant was splattered with blood, and several corpses lay scattered on the floor.

"Ah! Murder!"

People cried out in alarm, and more and more people who saw it shouted and ran away from the restaurant.

Just as Xiao Ce finished dealing with Luo Yan who was rushing over from a distance, he suddenly heard the commotion and immediately accelerated to the maximum speed.

From the moment the arrow fell to the moment Changping broke through the defenses, and then to the moment the guards rushed into the restaurant to rescue him, it all took only a dozen or so breaths.

When Xiao Ce arrived, he immediately noticed Ji Yueru, who was still on the stairs, crouching down and protecting An'an in her arms.

As for the three maids protecting the mother and daughter, Xiao Ce didn't even see them, let alone ask or answer any of them.

Seeing that the crisis was over, the three maids stopped covering him so tightly, afraid of hurting the young master in the middle.

They all stepped back slightly.

"I'm here, don't be afraid."

[Mother, what happened?]

An'an, who had just woken up, was a little confused. She had only taken a nap, so why did she smell blood as soon as she woke up?

Seeing that Prince Shun was holding her and her mother in his arms in public, An'an, who had just woken up, hadn't figured out what was going on yet. She instinctively pushed Xiao Ce away, her hand showing obvious disgust.

"An'an, you're awake! You scared your mother to death!"

Ji Yueru was genuinely frightened just now; she had never seen An'an look like this since An'an was born.

Now, An'an can sense her surroundings without her mother saying anything, but strangely, her mind just now seemed to have gone blank. She only had the images before she fell asleep and the present moment, but she had no consciousness at all after falling asleep.

This is very dangerous for An'an, and she can't let this happen again.

As more and more people joined in, all the men in black in the entire second-floor room were wiped out.

The bodies were carried out of the room one by one; some were the assassins in black, while others were the original guests, the manager, and the waiters of the restaurant.

There were no fewer than a hundred corpses laid out together, including seventy or eighty of the black-clad assassins.

This was a premeditated assassination.

Xiao Ce never imagined that he would be tricked into being the mantis.

He used Ji Yueru and her daughter as bait to lure out the people from Medicine King Valley, but little did he know that the people from Medicine King Valley were also bait to lure out the mother and daughter.

What a clever tactic! The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Changping didn't leave; once the commotion subsided, he went into the restaurant.

She immediately saw Ji Yueru holding An'an standing next to the corpse. She wanted to remind An'an that she was too young and should move away.

Then you see An'an's big, dark eyes scanning the corpse on the ground, showing no fear whatsoever.

Yes, how could she forget that An'an was different from ordinary people?

The mask on the man in black's face was completely removed, and before Xiao Ce's men could send back any news, An An's voice rang out.

No need to investigate further; these people are all from the Sifang Escort Agency.

Xiao Ce turned his head and gave instructions to Zhou Heng, who was standing beside him.

"Go, have your men surround the Sifang Escort Agency. Don't let anyone inside escape."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhou Heng accepted the order and left.

An'an reached out to Prince Shun and uttered the word "hug".

She's almost seven months old now, and she's starting to speak much earlier than other babies; she can already utter one word at a time.

Xiao Ce was not far away, and upon hearing An An's words, he turned around and hugged her.

"Carry me to the rooftop to check. The restaurant was acting very strangely; it could block my five senses. That's not something an ordinary person could do."

Xiao Ce also realized the seriousness of the matter. He glanced at Ji Yueru and saw that she did not object. He then carried An'an out of the restaurant and went up to the rooftop opposite the restaurant.

Ji Yueru didn't go out with them; she wasn't too far away, and she could still hear An'an's thoughts from there.

"Thank you so much, Your Highness. If it weren't for you today, my daughter and I would have been in danger."

"I don't deserve your thanks, it was just a coincidence that we met."

Even without me, it seems Prince Shun will arrive with his men very soon.

Changping was telling the truth, but Ji Yueru was still grateful to her.

Only she, who was there at the time, knew best how dangerous it was. If it weren't for Changping's shout, Xiao Ce would probably have arrived to collect their bodies, which were now riddled with thorns.

An'an was held in Xiao Ce's arms, her eyes taking in the entire restaurant across the street, a golden light flashing in them for a moment.

I never imagined that the Great Qin could find such an extraordinary person who set up an illusion array in the restaurant, so that I didn't notice any trace of it from the very beginning.

Everything makes sense now; no wonder the emperor and empress of the previous life met such a tragic end.

With such tight security in the palace, how could they have managed to starve the emperor to death without him even realizing it?

Someone must have set up a formation in the emperor's bedroom to prevent outsiders from noticing anything unusual.

This person must be found, otherwise he will surely become a major threat to the Ming Dynasty.

The three people who heard An An's voice were extremely shocked; they had never heard of such an extraordinary person in the world.

An'an has found traces of an illusion array, but she still hasn't figured out how the other party blocked her five senses.

Sometimes An'an really wanted to point at God and curse him, wondering why she could calculate other people's fortunes but not her own or those close to her.

"An'an, can you figure out where that person is?"

The capital city is too big; they currently have absolutely no clue about the other side.

If An'an could point out a direction, the probability of finding the person would greatly increase.

An'an shook her head.

The other party is wary of me, and I can't figure it out at all.

By the way, could you check if my birth date and time have been leaked?

If someone wanted to harm her, they would have absolutely no way of getting their hands on her hair or nails, but getting her birth date and time would be much easier.

There were quite a few people present on the day she was born, and roughly twenty or thirty people knew her exact birth date and time.

By process of elimination, An'an, who was on their side, certainly knew it was impossible.

The only ones left were the imperial physician from that day, Doctor Zhao, a few midwives, the imperial guards in the courtyard, and the close attendants of the emperor and empress.

Xiao Ce had been sending people to protect the mother and daughter, but he never expected that the other party could use their birth dates and times to their advantage. He had been careless.

"Okay, I'll have someone investigate when I get back."

"Your Highness, a fire has broken out in the west of the city."

Reminded, Xiao Ce turned around with An'an in his arms and could see thick smoke billowing from the west of the city.