Does this thoughtless maid realize she was only inches away from death?!
Those were highly-trained soldiers! The elite Imperial Guards who could even give the Dragon Cavalry a run for their money!

All they’ll need is a second! One second and she could be shot with so many arrows that she’d look like a porcupine!

He could imagine the morbid sight of her being dead, her corpse being utterly ridden with arrows, and a sharp bolt of pain twanged in his heart.

Ye Qingli stared at him, shocked by his sudden outburst that her head rang. As if still in a trance, her hand nudged at him softly.