I'm competing with the male lead for a woman (GL) - Chapter 1.2

After two days of mental preparation, Xiao Jin has undergone a complete transformation and is now able to bravely lead the palace guards to the heroine’s wedding venue to snatch the bride.

The bridal sedan chair was right ahead, yet Xiao Jin had no intention of yielding. Instead, she took the silk handkerchief presented by the servant, covered her lips, and coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood.

After coughing, she even had the leisure to fold the blood-stained silk handkerchief neatly and hand it to the servant.

Until the palanquin got closer, Xiao Jin didn’t react at all. Only when she saw the Fourth Prince riding on horseback did she finally show some response.

However, her reaction was unexpected.

Xiao Jin lowered her eyes and drew an arrow from the quiver worn at the waist of the guard.

Yesterday, the system told her that she not only inherited the original owner’s short lifespan but also her skills.

Since the original owner has been on the battlefield and was able to be appointed as the Grand General of the Kingdom, she must have some skills.

Even if her legs are useless, muscle memory still remains.

Xiao Jin was somewhat curious about how high the original owner’s martial arts skills were. Just as luck would have it, a live target had just delivered itself to her doorstep.

The Fourth Prince rode a fine steed, holding the reins in his hand, dressed in dark ceremonial robes, exuding an air of vigor and vitality, with his brows and eyes almost soaring to the heavens.

However, when Xiao Jin looked at him, it was as if she were looking at a steadily moving lab mouse.

Fingertips brushed over the arrow’s feathers, and there was even a hint of pity in her gaze.

As if saying, “Tough luck for you.”

Xiao Jin only felt a brief moment of pity, then swiftly nocked an arrow and accurately aimed the arrowhead at the location of the Fourth Prince.

I have to say, Xiao Jin’s series of actions truly left the system baffled.

What is the host doing?

The core of this mission is just to snatch, not to assassinate.

The system said with a wry smile, “Host, although you possess the original owner’s skills and muscle memory, you can’t just eliminate the second male lead right from the start…”

The common people were also dumbfounded.

If they weren’t mistaken, it seemed that His Highness the Prince of Yan was drawing his bow and aiming at the Fourth Prince?

The system originally wanted to persuade a few more times.

However, Xiao Jin completely ignored the advice, pinched the tail end of the goose feather arrow with her fingers, pulled it back, and swiftly shot the feather arrow out.

“Whoosh——”

The child upstairs watched this scene, and if not for being covered by his mother’s hand, he would have probably cried out loud.

However, the next moment.

When he saw the feathered arrow graze the groom’s hairpin and hit the bridal sedan curtain, the expression on his face gradually turned cheerful again.

After a moment, she let out a giggle.

Of course, not everyone can laugh like the child.

Because of that cold arrow shot through the air, the scene under the pavilion was already out of control.

The fierce horses neighed, and the guards all drew their swords, shouting loudly, “Assassin—protect His Highness!”

The morning sun rises.

The morning of the imperial capital begins here.

••••

When the guards shouted and killed, surrounding the rebellious assassins, they suddenly fell silent.

Looking at the Prince of Yan sitting in a wheelchair, the guards felt as if they were living in a dream. For the first time, they realized that drawing their swords to protect their lord was actually a way to ruin their own futures.

At this moment, they were holding their swords high, unable to swing them or put them away, truly caught in a dilemma.

The Fourth Prince had finally managed to calm the frightened horse. When he rode up to the assassin, filled with rage, he was taken aback.

Because he encountered someone even more aggressive than him.

The person in the wheelchair had clear black eyes and extremely pale skin, looking as if they were suffering from some illness. Even with a cloak as dark as ink draped over them, they couldn’t hide their lethargic demeanor.

Yet, his appearance was exceptionally handsome, with sharp and delicate features, so refined that he resembled a woman.

However, due to this person’s temper, no one dared to say it out loud; at most, they only dared to mutter it in their hearts.

In fact, Xiao Jin also felt that the original owner’s face didn’t look like a man’s at all.

Anyone with a retina can tell that the original owner was cross-dressing as a man, yet despite having done so for over 20 years, no one ever exposed her.

As expected of an cliché, melodramatic web novel, if you go in with your brain, you’ve already lost.

The system is still in a state of shock.

Because it had just fast-forwarded to the scene where the Fourth Prince was shot in the forehead with an arrow, blood splattering everywhere.

As a result, unexpectedly, the host just wanted to… shoot the sedan curtain?

During the grand wedding of the banner people, there is indeed a custom where the groom shoots arrows at the bridal sedan chair. However, this is a fictional web novel, and the host is here to snatch the bride.

She can’t really think of herself as the groom, can she?

Just as the system was frantically speculating about Xiao Jin’s intentions, the venue fell into silence.

Rather than saying it’s quiet, it’s more like it’s eerily silent.

The Fourth Prince, mounted on his horse, stared at Xiao Jin, while his guards and Xiao Jin’s guards also drew their swords, forming a standoff.

Such an eerie atmosphere was finally broken by Xiao Jin’s cough.

Xiao Jin frowned and took the silk handkerchief presented by the servant.

In front of the Fourth Prince and the crowd on the pavilion, she lowered her bow and arrow and began to cough violently.

The coughs were heart-wrenching, and the palanquin bearers listened to these life-threatening sounds one after another, their legs trembling.

After coughing up the blood from her throat, Xiao Jin used a silk handkerchief to wipe the red from the corner of her lips, then raised her eyes to look at the Fourth Prince: “Today is a great day for you, Fourth Brother. Although my legs are not convenient, I should still come to congratulate you.”

Congratulations?

Everyone fell silent, as if your way of congratulating was to shoot an arrow at the groom’s head.

The Fourth Prince listened to Xiao Jin’s words and remained silent for a long time.

After controlling his facial expression, he finally spoke, his words very straightforward: “Third Brother, what exactly do you want to do?”

It seems that the original owner’s younger brother is very dissatisfied with her.

Xiao Jin coughed a few more times, thinking to herself that indeed, one must win people over with virtue; otherwise, it wouldn’t be so easy to complete the task.

So she began to win people over with her virtue.

Xiao Jin displayed the original owner’s already eccentric demeanor and calmly replied, “This Prince is here to snatch the bride.”

System: “……”

The Fourth Prince suppressed the anger in his heart with great effort and asked expressionlessly, “Why?”

Xiao Jin was somewhat incredulous.

Snatching a bride, is there really any need for a reason?

However, Xiao Jin still decided to reason with him, retorting to the Fourth Prince, “The Kingdom of Yao was all conquered by me, why do you ask?”

Upon hearing this, the guard’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

The eunuchs carried the grand red bridal sedan chair, their legs trembling, yet they forced themselves to keep it aloft, not daring to let it touch the ground.

The long street fell silent once again.

Although what Xiao Jin said seemed unreasonable, for a moment, no one could find a reason to refute it. Because, indeed, this person was the one who conquered the Yao Kingdom.

The Fourth Prince is the son of Concubine Mu and has been pampered by those around him since childhood. When has he ever endured such grievances?

He already had a bad temper, and now that he couldn’t stand it any longer, his hostility naturally surged. Looking down at Xiao Jin’s legs from a high vantage point, he asked with a smile, “Even if Third Brother wins the beauty’s heart, I wonder if he has the fortune to enjoy it?”

Noticing the Fourth Prince glancing at her legs, a look of disdain in his eyes.

Xiao Jin’s heart skipped a beat; this counts as a personal attack, right?

If others don’t offend me, I won’t offend them.

So she decided to fight back.

Xiao Jin raised her eyes to look at the Fourth Prince, and said slowly, “Whether I have the fortune to enjoy it or not is another matter, but let’s talk about the Fourth Brother first.”

“Fourth Brother, you are just a Prince. Without any official position or title, and without any fief, yet you dare to boast in front of me. You certainly have some guts.”

“It is known throughout the country that I am the ruler of Yan and also the Grand General of the Kingdom, appointed by His Majesty himself. Even the Princes of other countries who despise me still have to address me as His Highness the Prince of Yan out of courtesy, and you…”

Xiao Jin’s voice paused here.

Then she asked softly, “Who do you think you are?”

T/N: Hello, my friends~ I want to share one of my favorite transmigration tropes with you all. I won’t spoil anything, but I hope you like it! If you enjoy it, feel free to bookmark this story. Additionally, I update one chapter every Monday, but you can read the advanced chapters if you’d like.