Chapter 167 Falling Sick

The remaining thousands of imperial guards once again led the way. A royal secret guard carried Emperor Wu of Qin on his back, and dozens of other royal secret guards, with the cooperation of the imperial guards, charged forward again, vowing to carve out a bloody path.

After more than a quarter of an hour of bloody fighting, with the joint efforts of many royal guards and royal secret guards, they managed to tear open a gap and carve out a bloody path.

Finally, Emperor Wu of Qin and a group of ministers were sent back to Pingcheng.

In this battle, hundreds of imperial guards were killed or wounded, hundreds of palace soldiers were killed or wounded, three ministers were injured, and four ministers died. However, all the dead were civil servants. Most of the military generals still participated in the battle and there were no casualties.

At critical moments, the generals' advantages were brought into play.

Grand Tutor Gu also received two cuts on one of his arms, both of which were so deep that the bone was visible. It happened to be his right arm. It would be a luxury for him to play with words in the future, as the imperial physician said that his right hand might even have difficulty writing.

From now on I can only use my left hand and start practicing again.

In this battle, Shen Xuanzhi was rewarded by the emperor for his meritorious service in protecting the emperor. The pending position of the crown prince of the Duke of Yingguo's mansion was directly confirmed. At the same time, he was rewarded with a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, a hundred acres of fertile land and two manors in the suburbs of Beijing.

The reason why he was able to protect the emperor this time was all thanks to the Tang sword that Lin Pianran gave him, which could cut through iron like mud.

Shen Xuanzhi himself was quite good at martial arts, and with the help of this extraordinary weapon, he was able to kill those men in black as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, making it impossible for them to get close to him.

This enabled him to stay by Emperor Wu of Qin's side and win the credit for protecting the emperor.

Even when he returned to his room, Emperor Wu of Qin still looked frightened, his hair was disheveled and his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

He kept cursing, "These are all troublemakers. I must kill them all..."

It seemed as if he had been extremely frightened.

When he fled in a hurry just now, even with the protection of the royal secret guards and the imperial guards, Emperor Wu of Qin was pushed and fell twice. He was also attacked from behind and hit with a club, and his back was red and swollen.

After returning, the imperial physician made a diagnosis and reported, "Your Majesty, your ankle is severely sprained. You will need to stay in bed for at least several days and will not be able to walk..."

When the imperial physician was adjusting his bones, Emperor Wu of Qin's face was distorted with pain and he screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

In response to the attack on Emperor Wu of Qin, he was furious and cursed hysterically, "These hateful and unruly people are simply a group of traitors! They even dared to attack officials. They are so audacious and don't know how to live or die..."

"When I return to the capital, I will find out who is behind this. I will tear them into pieces, skin them alive, and kill their entire clan. I will not let them off..."

All the ministers were silent, bowed their heads and pretended to be dead, waiting for the emperor to vent his dissatisfaction.

That night, Emperor Wu of Qin had another terrible nightmare.

This time, in his dream, a group of men in black broke into his dormitory. One of them, a masked man in black, grabbed his collar and asked fiercely, "You have been so cold and ruthless to her for so long. Do you regret it? Do you feel guilty?..."

"You relied on her to obtain the throne, so now you should return it obediently! Otherwise, we will surely make you deserted by all your friends and relatives, hunt you down and kill you, and make sure you die a miserable death..."

When Emperor Wu of Qin woke up from his nightmare, he was covered in cold sweat. Recalling everything in his dream, he was still terrified. He screamed and vomited blood, then fainted...

When the old eunuch and the attendants arrived, Emperor Wu of Qin had already lost consciousness and had fainted. The head of his bed was covered in vomited blood, which looked shocking.

The imperial doctors worked frantically to save Emperor Wu of Qin.

At this point, Emperor Wu of Qin was completely ill. He was on the verge of death for several days, often having nightmares and falling into a coma at any time...

This made all the ministers and imperial doctors nervous.

*****

That night, Lin Pianran sneaked into the Lin family's house without anyone noticing.

She went to the yard where she used to live first, as if she was familiar with the route.

There were only two unfamiliar third-class maids guarding the yard.

Lin Pianran first entered her own room and cleared out all the things inside, leaving only an empty room.

He also put all the things in his small warehouse into the space.

Then he went to Zhao Yuruo's yard and took away all the things inside.

Next is the courtyard of Old Madam Lin, Lin Chuyao, Lin Chuyan and Lin Chuge.

Then he went to the second room and searched the courtyards of Wang Yanwan and Lin Chuxi one by one.

After cleaning the backyard, he quietly went to the front yard.

All the treasures in Lin Aodong and Lin Aosong's yard and warehouse were put into the space one by one.

Next came the courtyards of all the young masters, leaving none of them untouched.

Lin Chusheng from the first wife and Lin Chuxuan and Lin Chuqi from the second wife were all swept away, not a single hair was left.

After all the things in the Lin family's main courtyard were looted, Lin Pianran stopped.

Lin Pianran spared the courtyards of those illegitimate children.

After all, they were of low status, had little sense of existence, and had no property. As long as they didn't fall into her hands, she was willing to let them go.

Lin Pianran’s last target is Lin Chumo.

He is currently the only legitimate master in the capital.

Judging from his appearance, Lin Chumo inherited the good genes of the Lin family. He is handsome, tall and strong. He looks gentle and refined, and is a handsome and elegant young man.

In fact, he is full of evil intentions and is full of thieves and prostitutes.

He is not very talented in martial arts, and his academic ability is mediocre and useless.

But he was good at taking shortcuts. All day long, he was thinking about using his good family background and outstanding appearance to plan a bright future for himself.

Since he became an adult, he has figured out a quick way, which is to go the route of women, which will enable him to get a career and a steady stream of wealth faster.

He was able to please everyone and had ambiguous relationships with several noble ladies in the capital.

He also used one of the noble ladies, Princess Qinghe of Prince Zhao's Mansion, to get himself a job as a seventh-rank editor in the Hanlin Academy.

He also schemed to become the savior of another woman from a royal merchant family, and obtained a steady stream of financial support from the Zhao family, which enabled him to have a smooth career in officialdom.

There is no one in the capital who can be so successful in living off a gigolo.

He stepped on several boats and ascended steadily without being noticed.

What a talent!