Chapter 91 Assassination
The carriage that picked up Qu Ling was sent by the princess's mansion.
"My little princess, Her Royal Highness the Princess has sent a servant to pick you up." The female official was waiting beside the carriage.
"Where is Sister Yuanrong?" Qu Ling asked.
"The eldest princess went to the palace early this morning, saying she had something to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The eldest princess gave the order that Qu Ling should be called "little princess" as if she were her daughter.
"Why don't you see your aunt?"
"I'm waiting for you at the princess's mansion," said the female official.
Qu Ling got on the carriage and said, "Let's go."
The personal guards lined up to protect the carriage, making such a huge noise that pedestrians had to give way.
But an accident still happened.
When they reached the long street, the carriage was stopped by someone.
"Miss Qu, is it Miss Qu?"
The woman's voice sounded familiar to Qu Ling.
"How dare you! Who dares to stop the princess's carriage?"
"It's me, Wu Sanniang from Jiangzhou."
Qu Ling frowned, lifted the carriage curtain, looked over, and it was indeed Wu Sanniang.
"The young lady is indeed a noble lady, a princess," Wu Sanniang said, overjoyed as she brought a child of about ten. "You were seriously ill back then, and I cured you with a folk remedy. Do you remember?"
Remember.
Not long after she arrived in Jiangzhou, she became seriously ill due to unfamiliarity with the climate and no matter how many doctors she consulted, her condition did not improve.
Later, Wu Sanniang brought the medicine into the mansion.
"Why did Sanniang come to the capital?" Qu Ling did not get off the carriage. "When did you arrive? Why didn't you come to find me?"
"My family has been in trouble and we are left with nowhere to go. I hope the princess can remember the friendship we had in the past and give us, mother and son, a chance to survive." Wu Sanniang burst into tears.
Seeing her ragged clothes and pale face, and seeing that Qu Ling really knew her, some soft-hearted people began to comfort her, "You saved the princess's life, so the princess will naturally not ignore you."
"It's so pitiful."
Qu Ling waved at her, "Sanniang, come here."
Wu Sanniang knelt down directly, "You are the princess, I... I dare not offend you."
She looked at the fierce-eyed guards, hugged the child tighter, and refused to move forward.
So Qu Ling got off the carriage.
The female official advised, "Princess, it's best to be careful."
Qu Ling smiled and said, "No problem."
In public, her savior appeared and knelt in front of her. What a coincidence.
"Get up." Qu Ling reached out to help Wu Sanniang.
With a flash of cold light, the dagger in Wu Sanniang's sleeve slipped out.
She pinched Qu Ling's arm with one hand and stabbed him with the dagger in the other.
The female official was so frightened that she almost lost her soul, "Princess!"
The personal guards drew their swords and stepped forward, but it was too late.
Wu Sanniang was too close.
Qu Ling bent down to avoid the fatal blow, and without any hesitation pushed the child onto Wu Sanniang as a shield.
Seeing that she had lost the initiative, Wu Sanniang turned pale and wanted to stab again, but the dagger was kicked away and she was restrained.
The female official breathed a sigh of relief and was about to speak when a cold arrow came from the teahouse in the distance.
The guards' attention was all on Wu Sanniang, and no one noticed the sneak attack.
Qu Ling dodged one attack himself, but he didn't expect another one to come so soon.
"Princess, be careful!" The female official pushed Qu Ling, ready to block the arrow with her own body.
Qu Ling protected her in front of him and took the arrow with his back.
The imagined blood splatter did not occur on the spot.
"It's okay, I'm wearing soft armor." Qu Ling's forehead was covered with sweat.
The long arrow did not pierce the body, but it still hurt.
There are more and more people who want to kill her.
Fortunately, the princess was prepared.
"Princess, are you okay?" Chi Yuan brought people to Qu Ling's side and saw that she looked pale. "We need to call a doctor."
"It's okay." Qu Ling forced a smile.
"Has he been caught?"
"I've caught him," Chi Yuan nodded. "I'll bring him back to the Dali Temple for a strict interrogation."
As early as a few days ago, someone came to the Dali Temple to look for him and brought a letter from Qu Ling.
The letter said that the Song family might hold a grudge against her and kill someone when she entered the palace, so she asked Lord Chi for help.
Chi Yuan didn't think she was worrying too much.
She had a hard time.
So many things happened in Dingxiang Marquis Mansion.
She must have a point in saying that.
When Chi Yuan replied, he attached a piece of soft armor, which was left by his grandfather.
Marquis of Jingwei.
The old marquis back then also fought bloody battles and ate raw meat and drank blood.
"Please take this woman back and interrogate her thoroughly." Qu Ling looked at Wu Sanniang who was being held.
Wu Sanniang did not beg for mercy, nor did she cry out her helplessness.
She cursed Qu Ling in despair.
"I shouldn't have saved you back then. I should have let you die of illness."
"Someone wanted to kill you, captured my man and threatened me to kill you. This is simply an unprovoked disaster."
"If you still have half a conscience, you should commit suicide here, spare my life, and bring my man back."
When she cursed, her eyes were so vicious that she wanted to cut Qu Ling into pieces.
Qu Ling frowned, "Who captured your husband?"
"I don't know, I don't know." Wu Sanniang cried.
Wu Sanniang felt that she was asking this out of guilt, and her words were even more fierce. "Why don't you die? In Jiangzhou, I heard from your wet nurse that you killed your mother."
"Whoever gets involved with you will be unlucky..."
Qu Ling snatched the child from her hands, put the knife to the child's neck, and said with a cold look, "I have never owed you my life, but you just owed me one. Then repay me with your son's life."
The officers from the Dali Temple had already dispersed the people around, but gasps of shock could still be heard on the long street.
"Mother, mother, save me..."
The child reached out to Wu Sanniang in fear.
"You...how could you be so cruel and confuse right and wrong!"
Wu Sanniang cursed until she was hoarse.
"The medicine that cured me back then was sent by Madam Mu. You took the credit for it, took my reward, and profited from it," Qu Ling said. "During the years I was in Jiangzhou, did you ever return empty-handed from my visit?"
This is what Qu Ling knew before he died in his previous life.
She went to Madam Mu to ask for medicine that could make the Marquis unconscious. Madam Mu knew what she wanted to do but did not stop her. She gave her the medicine and did not take the money.
"Why don't you persuade me? It's better to live a miserable life than to die." She joked with Madam Mu at that time.
Madam Mu was very indifferent. "You have come to this point, so you must be in great pain. Since I can't help you solve the problem, what right do I have to persuade you to live?"
Qu Ling laughed for a long time.
She felt that there were still people in this world who could understand her.
When she was about to leave, she heard a sigh behind her, "If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have sent you medicine in Jiangzhou."
Qu Ling turned around and saw Madam Mu mumbling to herself, "Forget it, I saved a life, and I sent it away. It's all karma."
Wu Sanniang indeed felt guilty for a moment.
"Nonsense, you're talking nonsense. You clearly don't want to admit it." She said stubbornly.
The knife in Qu Ling's hand cut her son's neck, causing him to bleed. "Your husband is gone, and you want your son to die too?"
Wu Sanniang finally collapsed to the ground, weeping bitterly, "Princess, I have no choice. They said I saved your life, so they definitely wouldn't be on guard against me and let me kill you."
Qu Ling's face was calm. "Look, if you take something that doesn't belong to you, you will suffer retribution."
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