Oh no, someone is trying to assassinate the Queen Mother!
Su Lijin suddenly woke up, and all the sleepiness in her body disappeared instantly.
The black-clad assassin walked towards the inner room with a knife and rushed straight to the Queen Mother's bed.
Seeing that the knife was about to stab the empress dowager, Su Lijin was quick-eyed and quick-handed. She picked up a tray at hand and smashed it forward steadily and fiercely.
The dagger was deflected, and the assassin rolled over, turned around viciously, and raised his hand to stab Su Lijin.
The assassin struck with great force, and the dagger came with a strong wind. It was obvious that he was enraged by Su Lijin and wanted to kill her.
Seeing that the Queen Mother was not injured, Su Lijin felt relieved.
She quickly dodged the attack, stretched out her hand to clamp the assassin's arm, and was about to hit him, but her eyes fixed, staring at the tattoo on the assassin's arm in a daze.
This tattoo...
During this moment of hesitation, the assassin got a chance to catch his breath. He slapped Su Lijin away with a palm, jumped out of the window and disappeared without a trace.
"There's an assassin! Protect the Queen Mother!"
The noise of the assassin's escape alarmed the guards outside, who shouted and ran quickly towards the Empress Dowager's bedroom.
Seeing that the guards were about to rush in, Su Lijin's eyes turned, and she raised her hand to pick up the dagger dropped by the assassin and slashed it hard on her arm.
The clothes on his arm were torn, and the skin underneath was exposed, with a large amount of blood flowing out.
Su Lijin's lips turned pale, and blood instantly spread on the ground, which was shocking.
Her body swayed and she fainted.
"Empress Dowager, are you injured?" At this moment, a group of guards rushed in.
The noise of the guards finally woke up the Queen Mother.
She looked at the guard in front of her blankly, then her gaze shifted to Su Lijin lying on the ground, and she was stunned.
"What's going on?"
As the Queen Mother finished her words, a bright yellow figure came in quickly from outside and looked at the person on the ground in shock.
When Xiao Shengxing came in, he saw Su Lijin lying in a pool of blood, unconscious.
His usually calm and self-possessed expression instantly broke, his dark eyes flashed with pain, and he quickly picked up Su Lijin and shouted sternly, "Call the doctor! Go now!"
The guards were frightened by his sudden pressure and ran out to call the imperial physician.
The imperial physicians headed by Lu Bingqian were brought in and hurriedly surrounded Su Lijin.
At this time, they were already in Su Lijin's Kunning Palace.
Xiao Shengxing hugged Su Lijin tightly, his brows knitted tightly together. His voice was calm and cold: "Doctor Lu, please help the queen quickly. She has lost a lot of blood."
The voice was filled with suppressed emotions, there was deep pain in the black eyes, and the stern face was as cold as if covered with a layer of frost.
Lu Bingqian had never seen Xiao Shengxing like this. Usually, Xiao Shengxing looked calm and indifferent, as if he never cared about anyone or anything.
His heart couldn't help but tighten.
"Yes, I will do my best."
Lu Bingqian was also shocked by the bloodstains on the ground and hurriedly checked the wounds on Su Lijin's body.
His eyes were slightly puzzled as he glanced at the wound and then looked elsewhere.
When he was sure that there were only a few wounds on his body, something seemed to flash in his eyes.
He took Su Lijin's hand again and took her pulse carefully.
While taking the pulse, he suddenly felt some movement under his fingers.
Lu Bingqian couldn't help but look up, and he saw that the person who should be unconscious at this time was secretly winking at him and making a gesture in a place where no one else could see.
After understanding the meaning of the gesture, Lu Bingqian's gentle and handsome face almost couldn't hold back his expression.
Su Lijin used gestures to tell him to cooperate with the acting and deliberately said that she was seriously injured.
Although he didn't know why she did this, Lu Bingqian sighed in his heart and agreed to cooperate.
"Your Majesty, the Empress is seriously injured. I'm afraid..."
Xianxian, who had rushed over, heard this and immediately knelt on the ground and burst into tears: "Empress, please don't die... I haven't served you well yet..."
Her crying was so sincere and sad, as if Su Lijin was really going to die at this moment, which made people feel heavy-hearted.
The pain in Xiao Shengxing's dark eyes deepened, and Xianxian's crying made his temples throb.
"Shut up!"
Xiao Shengxing suddenly cast a look at him, a look full of warning and coldness that could freeze a person in an instant.
The sight of Su Lijin lying in a pool of blood just now made his heart stop beating instantly.
If he hadn't been sure that the person was still breathing, he didn't know what he would have done.
Xianxian's crying suddenly stopped. She was so scared that her body was shaking. She raised her hands to cover her mouth and cried softly.
Lu Bingqian coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty is seriously injured, but her life is not in danger. I will do my best. Please rest first, Your Majesty."
Xiao Shengxing was reluctant to leave, but other imperial physicians persuaded him that a quiet environment was needed at this time, so he pursed his lips and left.
After everyone left, in the bedroom of Kunning Palace, apart from Su Lijin who was lying there, only Lu Bingqian and Xianxian were left.
Su Lijin stood up suddenly and smiled at Lu Bingqian: "Thank you."
Lu Bingqian just sighed, but Xianxian beside him was frightened and stunned.
Giving Xianxian a soothing smile, Su Lijin turned around, his expression stern, and asked, "Master, today's assassin has a tattoo on his hand. Do you recognize it?"
As he spoke, he described the shape of the tattoo.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Bingqian shook his head: "I have never seen it."
"You don't know either..."
Su Lijin murmured, frowning and thinking.
She always felt that she seemed to have seen this tattoo before, so she wanted to ask Lu Bingqian, hoping that his explanation would evoke her memories.
But Lu Bingqian didn't know him.
However, Su Lijin tried to recall it for a long time but still couldn't remember it.
The only way to find out who sent the assassin to assassinate the Queen Mother is through the tattoo.
"However, I have some doubts about the Empress Dowager's physical condition," said Lu Bingqian.
"Master, please speak." Su Lijin was slightly stunned and looked at him.
"I suspect that the Queen Mother has been suffering from chronic toxins entering her body, which is why she suddenly fainted for no reason." There was deep thought in Lu Bingqian's eyes.
"The Queen Mother was poisoned by a chronic toxin?" Su Lijin was dumbfounded.
Nodding, Lu Bingqian said seriously, "It's just that the toxin cannot be detected. I need the Empress's help."
"Okay, I will help you investigate the poison."
Su Lijin suppressed her shock and nodded in agreement.
The next day, Su Lijin went to the Empress Dowager's palace to serve despite her injuries.
When Xiao Shengxing heard the news, he couldn't hide his worry in his eyes, and at the same time, he felt very strange.
But he couldn't dissuade Su Lijin from her decision, so he suppressed his emotions and acquiesced to her decision.
"Give orders to everyone to spread the story of the Queen sacrificing her life to save the Queen Mother, and also mention the Queen caring for the Queen Mother despite her injuries."
"yes."
The eunuch took the order and left.
Soon, the news spread throughout the palace.
When everyone heard about this, they all praised Su Lijin for her kindness, loyalty and filial piety, calling her a rare queen.
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