Wei Xiong and Ji Dan followed closely, one was the Left Guard General, the other was the General of Xinyi, both with impressive martial skills.
Before they entered the inner palace, they encountered a group of panic-stricken palace maids rushing out. Tuoba Yilu grabbed one of them and asked, "What causes this panic?"
The palace maid, pale-faced, reported, "There's an assassin, an assassin tried to kill Lady Xue and the Third Prince."
Tuoba Yilu was furious, "There's an assassin trying to kill your masters, how dare you all abandon them and flee!"
With that, he decapitated the palace maid.
Blood spurted out, the fleeing palace maids and slaves screamed in horror, turned around in panic, and happened to knock into Tuoba Biyan, who was escaping while clutching his arm. His protectors were immediately scattered, and he was knocked down flat on his back, coincidentally falling right in front of a palace maid holding a dagger.
