Seeing Liu Sisi staring blankly at the pen, Xi Yu and the others gathered around and asked her questions.
"Is Sisi's reward just a pen this time?"
"Yes, it's said to be a magic pen, but it doesn't look like anything special! I wonder what it's used for."
Liu Sisi picked up the pen and looked at it, but couldn't see anything special about it; it seemed to be just an ordinary calligraphy brush.
"Why don't you take it and draw it and you'll know?" Xi Yu suggested.
Just as Liu Sisi was about to go find some paper to test what was so magical about this magic pen,
Just then, Wang Erni outside the door shouted, "Miss, something terrible has happened! Someone from the palace has come and said that His Majesty has been assassinated and is currently unconscious."
Liu Sisi suddenly appeared from the spatial dimension, opened the door, and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Liu Sisi told the Wang sisters to keep an eye on the Princess's residence first, and then followed the person from the palace who came to report to her to head to the palace.
It was already the hour of Xu (7-9 PM).
He asked the eunuch who delivered the message a few questions on the way, but he didn't know the details. He only knew that His Majesty had been assassinated and that Consort Hui had sent him to invite Princess Anning.
As soon as Liu Sisi arrived at the palace, she saw that Emperor Yong'an was as pale as paper and had an arrow wound in his chest. Imperial Physician Gong was cleaning Emperor Yong'an's wound, and his complexion was also very bad. Consort Hui and the other concubines all had red eyes.
When Consort Hui saw Liu Sisi, it was like seeing a savior.
"Princess Anning, come and see His Majesty quickly," Consort Hui had already regarded Liu Sisi as her pillar of support.
From the first time she met Liu Sisi, she felt that Liu Sisi had a mysterious aura that transcended this world, as if she could solve any problem.
"Your Highness, please don't panic. What exactly happened?" Liu Sisi asked.
"Your Highness, His Majesty went to bed earlier than usual today. When I saw that His Majesty was asleep, I wanted to turn off the light, but before I could turn it off, a dart came from somewhere and extinguished the light."
"Before this old servant could even go to save His Majesty, I heard the sound of His Majesty being shot by an arrow," Eunuch Luo replied in a trembling voice.
"Where are His Majesty's Imperial Guards and Secret Guards?" Emperor Yong'an has many people protecting him, so it's not normal for ordinary people to get in.
“All the palace maids, eunuchs, secret guards, and imperial guards outside were killed. If it weren’t for the Second Prince’s timely arrival, this old servant would have lost his life as well.”
"It's all because this servant is useless and failed to protect His Majesty. This servant deserves to die."
Grandpa Luo knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face, looking terrified.
They were all killed? No wonder there was a strong smell of blood, and there was a lot of blood on the ground. It seems that the situation was urgent and there was no time to clean up; they just carried the people away.
Liu Si couldn't understand who possessed such high martial arts skills. Emperor Yong'an's secret guards and imperial bodyguards were all quite skilled, yet they were able to kill everyone.
She suddenly felt her eyelids twitching wildly, and had a bad feeling.
She immediately asked, "What about the Second Prince? Where is the Second Prince?"
"His Highness the Second Prince has gone after the assassin. No one can stop him except His Highness the Second Prince."
As soon as Eunuch Luo finished answering, Physician Gong knelt on the ground, his voice trembling with tears.
"Your Majesty has been struck by an arrow, the arrowhead of which is poisoned. The wound has already begun to fester. As far as I know, the poison Your Majesty has been struck by is called 'Ten Thousand Flowers Fall,' which is made from hundreds of poisonous herbs and flowers. The poisoned person must be detoxified within half a month, otherwise, after half a month, they will turn into a pool of blood."
"But this antidote is only available from the great shaman of Miaonan Kingdom. It would take at least two months to get it by horseback, and the great shaman of Miaonan Kingdom has an eccentric temper, so ordinary people can't buy his antidote."
"What? What do you mean? Does this mean His Majesty is doomed?" Consort Hui asked urgently.
"Your Majesty, I am incompetent and beg your forgiveness." Imperial Physician Gong was also extremely anxious, but he truly had no ability to save the person.
Liu Sisi walked to Physician Gong's side, took out a bottle of water from the Bagua River, and said.
“This is the life-saving elixir my fifth brother gave me. You should give it to His Majesty to drink first. My fifth brother is the apprentice of Physician Jiang.” Liu Sisi added this sentence to make sure everyone believed her.
"Let's see if it works. If not, I'll set off immediately to Miao Nan Kingdom to seek medicine."
Xi Yu only said that this water could cure all diseases, but Liu Sisi didn't know if it could detoxify, so she could only try it as a last resort.
Upon hearing that he was Jiang Shenyi's apprentice, Physician Gong took the porcelain bottle from Liu Sisi's hand and had someone help Emperor Yong'an up so he could drink it.
A moment later, Physician Gong took the pulse again, and a look of joy appeared on his face.
"The toxins in His Majesty's body have been contained, but the poison has not been neutralized and an antidote is still needed," said Imperial Physician Gong, his words tinged with both joy and worry.
Liu Sisi frowned slightly. The water of the Bagua River couldn't completely detoxify her. It seemed that the water wasn't a panacea.
"Take good care of His Majesty, I'll set off for Miao Nan Kingdom to find the antidote now." Liu Sisi got up and walked out of the palace.
Just as they arrived at the palace gate, they encountered Gu Lingchen, who had returned covered in blood.
Liu Sisi immediately stepped forward to support him, "Gu Lingchen, are you injured?"
"I'm fine, just superficial wounds. The blood is from the assassin." Gu Lingchen said, but his voice was weak.
"Did you find out who the assassin was?" Liu Sisi asked.
"No, the assassin was highly skilled in martial arts. I fought him for a long time but couldn't capture him. In the end, I used all the hidden weapons I had and even shot him with a musket before I finally caught him."
"I was just about to ask him who he was when he vomited a mouthful of blood and died. The blood on my body was from his vomit."
"An assassin? With your martial arts skills, you couldn't take him down quickly, and you were even injured."
"Go in quickly and let Imperial Physician Gong treat your wounds. His Majesty has been poisoned by a strange poison, and I need to go to Miao Nan Kingdom to find an antidote."
"What? Father Emperor has been poisoned?" Gu Lingchen got up to go see Emperor Yong'an, but Liu Sisi stopped him.
"Wait, I'm writing a letter asking my third and fourth brothers to come and protect His Majesty. I'm afraid that if the people they sent this time die, they'll send others. The secret guards are no match for their men."
"His Majesty is unconscious, so you will have to take charge of state affairs for now. As for protecting His Majesty, I will leave it to my third and fourth brothers!"
Liu Sisi took out a pen and quickly wrote two letters. One letter asked Liu Siping and Liu Si'an to come to the capital to protect Emperor Yong'an.
One letter instructed the third and fourth brothers to transfer everyone from the martial arts training ground back to the Liu residence to protect the family before coming over.
Even though the other party's target isn't our home, we still need to be extra careful.
After all that commotion, it was almost dawn outside.
Liu Sisi sighed. The New Year was just around the corner, but this happened. It seemed she wouldn't be able to celebrate the New Year with her family again. This meant she wouldn't be able to go back for her sister-in-law's baby delivery either.
Her second brother passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, but she didn't have time to go back to congratulate him this year, and she can't go back for the New Year either.
My parents in the capital can still visit occasionally, but I can't see them in Jinshan County even once a year. Sigh.
"Your Highness, I'm leaving now. Take care." Liu Sisi strode out of the palace.
P.S. Happy New Year, babies!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
