One stroke had cut down six or seven men, and Tantai Qingyue had been holding back.

Because she could only cut three strokes like that in all.

After three, she'd have nothing left and grow weak, and then getting out of the palace would be hard.

But that one stroke let everyone there feel the terror of the first in the martial arts.

"Protect the Emperor, quick, protect the Emperor......"

The old eunuch shoved off the body pressing down on him, dug the King of Xiliang out of the heap of men and screamed at the top of his voice.

The King of Xiliang was so frightened his eyes had gone glassy. A warm wetness spread between his legs. He'd actually wet himself in fright.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

A dense hail of arrows came at Tantai Qingyue with a shrill whistle.

Behind them, the imperial guards in heavy armor with sharp steel in hand charged in too.

Tantai Qingyue glanced at the King of Xiliang and gave a small sigh.

She twisted and turned, dodging the arrows, and cut her way straight into the charging imperial guards.

One woman and one sword, she carved a bloody path out of the great hall... then leapt up onto the roof and was gone over the rooftops and along the walls.

By the time the imperial guards came after her, Tantai Qingyue was long out of sight.

The Xiliang palace was thrown into chaos, and the palace gates were shut.

The imperial guards and the imperial bodyguards searched every inch of the ground.

But they searched the entire palace and found no trace of Tantai Qingyue.

Tantai Qingyue was already long gone from the palace.

With her skill, escaping the palace was easy.

Remember, back when the De Emperor stripped Ning Chen of his power, Lin Ying and Xie Siyu were so angry they slipped into the palace in the middle of the night to give the De Emperor a beating on Ning Chen's behalf.

The palace walls of the Great Xuan were a good deal higher than Xiliang's.

Even so, they couldn't…