Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 1068: Chapter 978: Hidden Guard 1

In this lifetime, Shuangshuang is a Hidden Guard, codenamed Seven, simply known as An Qi. Of course, Shuangshuang still remembers her own name, Wei Shuangshuang. The reason she has a name is that Wei Shuangshuang had memories before joining the Hidden Guard organization.

Wei Shuangshuang was a farmer’s girl. Because her family couldn’t afford food when she was young, her own parents sold her for ten taels of Silver. The person who bought Wei Shuangshuang noticed her strong bones, suitable for martial arts training, and they took her back to be cultivated as a Hidden Guard.

The person who bought Wei Shuangshuang was the current Imperial Uncle. Once this batch of Hidden Guards was trained well, they were intended to become the Hidden Guards for the Fourth Prince born from the Empress, to ensure the prince’s safety.

The training for Hidden Guards was gruelling. Martial arts required training in the depths of winter and the heat of summer. The hardships were indescribable to outsiders. Although there wasn’t a twisted requirement for Hidden Guards to kill each other and leave the strongest, just the hardships of martial arts training led many children to give up, not to mention the bloody tasks executed by Hidden Guards.

Ever since becoming a Hidden Guard, Wei Shuangshuang has been especially resilient to hardships. Coupled with her talent in martial arts, she quickly became the most outstanding among the Hidden Guards.

A Hidden Guard’s name represented their martial arts prowess. Wei Shuangshuang was originally An 65. Once she successfully completed her Hidden Guard training, she became An Qi, having defeated countless other Hidden Guards to reach this level.

However, the ranking of Hidden Guards isn’t fixed, later challengers would constantly confront you. If defeated, they would exchange names with the victor.

Once the Hidden Guard training was completed, the top ten ranked Hidden Guards were sent to the Fourth Prince’s side to protect him. The Fourth Prince was very wise and ambitious.

The Fourth Prince could endure loneliness, with great precision in vision. Although not the Emperor’s favoured successor, he was the most trusted son. The Emperor had already appointed this fourth son as the Prince to assist the next Emperor.

Originally, if the Fourth Prince continued to endure patiently, gradually overcoming the Emperor, one day, the Emperor’s intention would shift from having this son assist the next Emperor to becoming the successor.

Unfortunately, a crossing woman, Meng Jingru, suddenly appeared—a particularly lively and adorable girl, attracting the attention of many outstanding men in Capital City, including the Fourth Prince.

This Meng Jingru was particularly skilled. She opened hotels, organized women’s salons, and had endless money-making ideas, entwining a group of excellent men around her.

Among these men, the Fourth Prince was the highest-ranking and the most obsessed with Meng Jingru, doing many irrational things for her, even giving Wei Shuangshuang, the Hidden Guard, to protect her.

Originally, if the Fourth Prince had succeeded in getting together with Meng Jingru, it might have been fine. But Meng Jingru accidentally fell for the Second Prince, who unexpectedly returned to Capital City from guarding the border city. The Second Prince was outstanding in martial arts, with a cold personality, yet showed exceptional treatment towards Meng Jingru.

This kind of tenderness exclusively for her quickly captured Meng Jingru’s heart. Meng Jingru refused to share a man with other women, rejecting the Fourth Prince, who had two palace maids, in favor of the Second Prince who had none.

Meng Jingru’s actions instantly drove the Fourth Prince to a darker path. He began schemes against the Second Prince, losing his usual wisdom and clarity, repeatedly making foolish moves, eventually losing the Emperor’s favor, turning into the ’ungrateful’ son.

Ultimately, the Second Prince successfully ascended as Emperor, while the Fourth Prince, as the loser, was demoted to a commoner, expelled from Capital City, and forever forbidden to return.

But after expelling the Fourth Prince from Capital City, the newly appointed Emperor, still uneasy, dispatched people mid-journey to assassinate the Fourth Prince. The Fourth Prince, following his demotion, had all Hidden Guards killed, leaving only Wei Shuangshuang alive, who led him to break through the siege.

Yet, the Emperor could summon a vast amount of manpower. Wei Shuangshuang alone couldn’t stand against them. She endured a year-long difficult escape with the Fourth Prince, ultimately besieged and killed.

Wei Shuangshuang, being a brainwashed Hidden Guard, had only one wish: to protect the Fourth Prince. Unfortunately, when Shuangshuang arrived, the Fourth Prince had already been demoted and expelled from Capital City, and the Emperor’s dispatched assassins were about to arrive, soon encircling her and the Fourth Prince.

At this moment, Wei Shuangshuang and the Fourth Prince Zhao Zhengfeng were beside a stream in a mountain ravine. The reason for being here was Wei Shuangshuang knew the Emperor wouldn’t spare Zhao Zhengfeng, his old enemy, surely intending to hunt him down.

Thus, after escaping the Emperor’s purge, Wei Shuangshuang hastily led Zhao Zhengfeng here to avoid the Emperor’s sent assassins.

Wei Shuangshuang lowered her head and glanced at her reflection in the water. The image showed a girl dressed in black, with a delicate but stern face, exuding a very cold aura.

Wei Shuangshuang frowned. This outfit was no good; it was a target; anyone who glanced at it would know something was wrong. Wei Shuangshuang then looked back at Zhao Zhengfeng, who hadn’t spoken since their escape, seeming to have lost the ability to speak.

The clothes he wore were luxurious. Although Zhao Zhengfeng was expelled to commoner status without a penny, the Emperor, unwilling to be accused of mistreating his brother, didn’t have his splendid attire removed. So now, while Zhao Zhengfeng looked a bit disheveled, he still had the bearing of a graceful nobleman.

Feeling a bit hungry, since finding Zhao Zhengfeng, they had been rushing non-stop without food. Wei Shuangshuang, having undergone hunger resistance training as a Hidden Guard, managed, but Zhao Zhengfeng, pampered in luxury, was experiencing stomach cramps from hunger, though he ignored the pain with a resigned heart.

Zhao Zhengfeng didn’t want to eat; Wei Shuangshuang, however, refused to starve. Luckily, this body already had a solid martial arts foundation. As long as she adjusted her cultivation technique slightly, she would soon become a top-notch expert.

Casually breaking off a branch, Wei Shuangshuang looked at the water’s surface, swiftly piercing two large fat fish, as this area was a lush mountain, there were plenty of spices for seasoning. Wei Shuangshuang even luckily found a wild pepper plant, perfect for seasoning the grilled fish and suppressing its fishy taste.

Wei Shuangshuang’s grilling skills were excellent. When finished, the aroma was irresistible. Although there was no salt, Wei Shuangshuang used a ground solution from a slightly salty plant root to replace salt. Though still bland, it was better than nothing.

Wei Shuangshuang placed the two grilled fish on a cleaned large leaf, putting one in front of Zhao Zhengfeng, ”Master, you haven’t eaten for a long time, have some grilled fish.”