"Hiss... Lu, Luzhi, I, I'm fine, you, you stop shaking."
Yongjia felt like he was about to be shaken apart by the green branches, and his body and neck were in great pain.
Fortunately, Luzhi finally heard her voice, stopped crying and her movements, and looked at her with wide eyes in surprise, "Princess, you are not dead?"
Yongjia: "...This princess is alive and well."
"But, but Princess, your neck..." Luzhi pointed at her neck stupidly, with an unbelievable look on her face.
Yongjia subconsciously reached out to touch her neck, and sure enough, it felt sticky. Only then did she notice the strong and unignorable smell of blood in her nose. She looked down at the bright red on her hands and almost scared herself to death.
But she was a princess after all, and she remained calm in the face of difficulties, so she didn't do anything embarrassing. She was just afraid in her heart.
Fortunately, Mu Chenke, who was fighting with the female assassin, took the time to take a look at the situation here and quickly helped them solve their doubts. "The princess's neck is not broken. It's probably just a scratch on the skin. It just needs to be bandaged. It won't be life-threatening."
While Yongjia breathed a sigh of relief, he also felt something was wrong. How could someone discuss whether someone's neck was broken in front of him, especially when he had such a nonchalant attitude?
But she didn't think much about it. After knowing that her neck was not broken, she quickly asked Luzhi to help her walk to the side.
Just as she had guessed, once the master and servant left, Mu Chenke lost his scruples and became more timid, his attacks becoming even more ferocious.
However, the noise here finally alarmed the people inside, and soon several of their accomplices came out to check.
Seeing that Yongjia and Luzhi were not dead yet, several people took advantage of the opportunity when the female assassin was entangled with Mu Chenke and rushed towards the two with knives.
Yongjia reacted and hurriedly pulled Luzhi to run. Unfortunately, Yongjia lived a life of luxury and had to pant for breath even when walking faster. How could he compare with the professional assassin? He was caught up in a few moves.
Seeing this, Luzhi pushed Yongjia forward fiercely and said, "Princess, run quickly. I will stop them."
She stopped without hesitation and stood in front of the assassin, but unfortunately, she was a little girl with thin arms and legs, and before she could get close to the assassin, she was kicked against the wall of the palace and fell to the ground. She mouthed out blood and fainted completely.
"Luzhi..." Yongjia was worried about Luzhi, but was also busy avoiding the assassins, running around in panic.
Seeing her in danger several times, Mu Chenke's heart began to beat wildly. Finally, after stabbing the female assassin with a sword, he quickly came to her side.
However, he was unable to split his attention between protecting a helpless man and fighting the assassin at the same time, and soon he suffered a lot of injuries.
Seeing him protecting himself even though he was injured, Yongjia felt extremely guilty. His beautiful deer eyes turned as red as rabbit eyes. A feeling of powerless frustration swept over his body. He had never hated his own incompetence so much before.
In the melee, she saw the female assassin who had just been stabbed by Mu Chenke attacking her from behind with a knife.
Seeing the sword getting closer and closer, Mu Chenke was entangled by the other assassins and had no way to dodge. Her mind went blank and she almost subconsciously opened her hands to block the sword for Mu Chenke.
"Yongjia..." The cold sharp knife pierced deeply into her shoulder, and the person Mu Chenke sent to report the news finally arrived with the prince and soldiers.
Mu Chenke then noticed the movement behind him. When he turned around, he saw the female assassin was about to pull out the knife that had pierced Yongjia's shoulder.
If the knife was pulled out, Yongjia's wound would bleed profusely. In a hurry, he didn't care about the assassin beside him. He quickly threw down the sword in his hand, firmly restrained the knife, and kicked the female assassin away.
But even though the knife was not pulled out, bright red blood still spurted out from the wound. Yongjia could no longer support his body and fell backwards, falling directly into Mu Chenke's arms.
"Yongjia, Yongjia..." The soldiers quickly fought with the assassin, and the prince quickly stepped forward and took Yongjia from Mu Chenke's arms.
Seeing the worry in the prince's eyes, Yongjia smiled and used his last bit of strength to tell him the entrance to the secret passage where the Queen Mother and Prince Wenxuan escaped, then he closed his eyes with peace of mind.
"Yongjia, wake up, you can't sleep! Imperial physician, where is the imperial physician?" Looking at Yongjia whose half body was stained with blood, the prince's eyes were red. He didn't dare to touch her easily, so he could only shout loudly for the imperial physician.
But when the accompanying imperial physician crawled forward to see Yongjia's wound, he just hurriedly took out the hemostatic powder from the medicine box with trembling hands and sprinkled it on her wound for free.
"Your Highness, the Fourth Princess is seriously injured. I am unsure what to do. I can only sprinkle some hemostatic medicine to stop the bleeding. The best plan now is to take the Princess to see Madam Protector of the Nation as soon as possible. It will be too late if we are late!"
The prince cursed him as a waste, then stood up with Yongjia in his arms, ready to run out of the hall. Mu Chenke also stood up, holding the knife firmly, trying his best to prevent the knife from causing secondary damage to Yongjia.
But just as the prince was about to move, he was stopped by the secret guards, "Your Highness, Prince Wenxuan..."
Upon hearing this, the prince frowned and looked inside the hall, then looked at Yongjia who was covered in blood. Finally, he gritted his teeth and carried Yongjia out, leaving only one sentence for the secret guard.
"Pursue Prince Wenxuan, the Queen Mother, and the others with all your might. If they escape, you will be held responsible."
Duke Zhao's Mansion
Although the bandits who came to encircle and suppress the bandits were all under control, Tian An still felt uneasy because he had not received the news of King Wenxuan's defeat from Zhao Yiming. He still stood on the observation deck and kept observing the surroundings with a telescope.
Although the weather in August was not cold, the wind was still biting in the middle of the night. Even though Tian An wrapped herself tightly, Deng Xue still felt sorry for her.
"Madam, you're still in confinement! Just leave the observation to Deng Xue. I promise not to miss any details and will notify you as soon as there is any situation."
Tian An still waved his hand, "It's okay, I'm wearing a lot of clothes and wrapped up tightly, so even my hair can't be blown by the wind. Besides, in this situation, even if I go back to the room, I will only be more worried. I feel more at ease standing here."
However, she couldn't stay here forever.
Because she saw the East Palace's carriage from afar through the telescope, and a large group of people were rushing towards them quickly.
The carriage from the East Palace left the palace at this critical moment and came to their house. Tian An had a hunch that something had happened to someone, but he didn't know who this person was.
However, no matter who it is, if he can ride on the carriage of the Eastern Palace, his status must be very high, and he must be seriously injured.
Without thinking any more, Tian An threw the telescope to Deng Xue, told her to look at it carefully, and then left the observation deck without looking back.
As she walked, she sent someone to inform her apprentices to go to the operating room to prepare...
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