Chapter 209 The Burning of Zhanxing Tower

Yongning Palace—

Two black shadows hurried into the side palace hall and knelt on the ground upon meeting Wan Li, the Shenle Marquis.

"Your Highness, our failure is punishable by death—"

Seeing their bruised noses and swollen faces, Wan Li immediately understood and screamed,

"You're well-trained. Why can't you even handle a little girl?"

Knocking his head on the floor, one man covered half of his face imprinted with a purple shoe print and explained,

"We've bagged the target, yet an Honour Guard showed up out of nowhere. He was really good!"

"Pathetic cowards—"

Cursing, Wan Li smashed his palm on the table, which immediately broke into pieces.

Wan Li held a grudge because he lost face before Gu Yunxi.

It so happened that his Eldest Sister Wan Yuyao had been loathing Gu Yunxi because of Leng Qingtang. Thus she had ordered several eunuchs who were skilled