Chapter 92 Life is in Danger
"Why do you want to kill me?" the Emperor of Chu asked. He was stalling for time, hoping that Chen Yan would be more clever, or that someone else would come here. However, after he let Ye Qingyu out, he closed the door of the imperial study and even dismissed Eunuch Chang and the others.
"Many years ago, Mei'er and I were in love and had already decided to spend our lives together. But you, with an imperial decree, summoned her into the palace and made her your concubine!" Zhao Quan didn't say much, but this hatred had been accumulating for two years, and he had endured humiliation for two years. Perhaps if he hadn't known that the matter was exposed and the emperor had murderous intentions towards him, he would probably have continued to pretend in the palace.
"Chen Yan won't come. Chu Qingyu just left and won't come back. I have transferred all the guards in the imperial study. You don't have to think about anyone coming to rescue you." Zhao Quan seemed to know what Emperor Chu meant and sneered.
"The Mei'er you are talking about is Concubine Mei?" asked the King of Chu, but he was afraid that Zhao Quan would really answer that it was his most beloved concubine.
"Since you already understand, today is the day you die," Zhao Quan's eyes flashed with ruthlessness, and the sword in his hand tightened a little. If the sword was thrust forward again, the King of Chu would die immediately.
"Dang" a locust stone attacked, Zhao Quan felt something was heading straight for the back of his head, in order to avoid a head injury, he had to dodge, the locust stone flew past the ear of the Emperor of Chu. It could only be said that the person who sent out the locust stone was clever enough, otherwise if there was a slight deviation, it might not have hit Zhao Quan, but the Emperor of Chu.
At this time, two figures rushed towards Zhao Quan. No one spoke, and they started fighting two against one in the imperial study.
Zhao Quan's martial arts skills were very high, but he was still inferior to Chen Yan and Ye Qingyu. He was beaten by the two within dozens of moves without any chance to fight back. Zhao Quan saw that things were not going well, sneered, threw his sword at Ye Qingyu, and ran straight towards Chen Yan's sword with his body. Blood spurted out, and Zhao Quan's heart was pierced by Chen Yan.
In an instant, Zhao Quan sent out a poisonous nail, which went straight to Emperor Chu. At this time, Chen Yan's sword was piercing Zhao Quan's body, and he had no time to go over to protect the emperor. Ye Qingyu was disturbed by Zhao Quan's sword, and his body slowed down for half a beat. Seeing that Zhao Quan seemed to have sent out something and went straight to Emperor Chu, he wanted to use the sword in his hand to block it, but the ice black iron sword in his hand was too weak. If he used his internal force to block it, Emperor Chu would be swept by the sword energy and seriously injured because he did not know martial arts. He did not have time to think about it and flew in front of Emperor Chu to block it.
The imperial study was quiet. Zhao Quan was dead, and blood was flowing out from the sword wound on his heart. The Emperor of Chu had a scratch on his ear, which was caused by Chen Yan hitting Zhao Quan with the locust stone. Ye Qingyu used his body to block Zhao Quan's final desperate attack.
The King of Chu was completely unaware of the thrilling danger that had just occurred. At that moment, Zhao Quan's hidden weapon was as fast as lightning and extremely close. By the time he reacted, he had only seen a flash of white shadow, instantly blocking his way.
"Young Prince!" As a martial arts expert, Chen Yan naturally had an extraordinary eye and saw the clues at a glance. He was extremely anxious and hurried forward to investigate.
The poisonous spike was extremely small, hidden under the clothes, and it was almost impossible to detect without careful examination. Only on Ye Qingyu's white clothes near the heart, there were faint traces of blood. Seeing this, Chen Yan's heart suddenly tightened, and he secretly exclaimed: "Could this poisonous spike hit the vital point of the heart?"
"What happened to Qingyu?" When Emperor Chu saw Chen Yan's nervous expression, he suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart and asked hurriedly.
Normally, as the head of the Imperial Guards, Chen Yan should have prioritized the Emperor's well-being. After all, Emperor Chu also had a bloody scar on his ear. However, at this moment, Chen Yan couldn't care less. Knowing the young prince's injuries couldn't be repaired without further delay, he acted decisively, swiftly pressing acupuncture points on the young prince's acupoints, attempting to prevent the poison from the nail from further invading his heart and giving him a glimmer of hope.
"Your Majesty, the young prince has been hit by a poisonous nail. The situation is extremely critical. Please summon the imperial physician to treat him!" Chen Yan looked anxious and hurriedly explained to the Emperor Chu.
"No, wait..." Ye Qingyu felt a dull pain in his wound, but he hadn't yet realized its severity. To him, it was just a tiny nail piercing his body, the wound as thin as a needle prick. If it weren't poisonous, the injury wouldn't be a cause for concern. But then he thought, how could such a small hidden weapon be non-toxic? Perhaps it was even deadly and inflicted a fatal blow upon contact!
"This... summon... summon the imperial physician quickly!" When the Emperor of Chu heard this, he was immediately panicked. He stood up abruptly and was about to walk out the door, intending to call the imperial physician himself.
"Uncle Emperor, please first..." Ye Qingyu had a clear mind. If he summoned the imperial physician at this time, everyone in the palace would know that Zhao Quan died in the imperial study, and the matter of Concubine Mei would probably be exposed as well.
However, Emperor Chu completely ignored Ye Qingyu's obstruction, strode straight to the door of the imperial study, pulled it open, and shouted at the top of his voice to summon the imperial physician.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Chen Yan quickly dragged Zhao Quan's body to a corner and disposed of it with great speed. At the same time, he called Eunuch Chang and whispered to him to quickly wipe the shocking bloodstains on the ground.
At this moment, Ye Qingyu lay half-reclining on the dragon couch in the imperial study, his face as pale as paper, devoid of any color. Shen Yan had previously pressed acupuncture points all over his body to slow blood flow and control the spread of the toxin, but this was only a temporary solution, perhaps only effective for a short while.
The Emperor's urgent summons had no time for Dr. Wang, who had rushed over at a trot. As soon as he entered, he saw a bloody streak on the Emperor's ear. He was immediately horrified and quickly pulled out a handkerchief from his medicine chest, ready to clean the wound.
"Don't worry about me for now, go and see Qingyu!" The Emperor of Chu was extremely anxious and pointed at Ye Qingyu on the dragon bed and said loudly.
"Huh?" Doctor Wang was stunned. What had happened to the young prince of the Northwest? He lay there on the dragon couch, looking pale and showing no symptoms. He tried to feel his pulse, but found only a very weak one.
After treating Zhao Quan's body, Chen Yan hurried over. As soon as he entered, he saw Doctor Wang taking his pulse slowly. With such anxiety that veins popped out on his forehead, he shouted, "Doctor Wang, please stop probing here. The young prince has been poisoned!"
Upon hearing this, Doctor Wang hurriedly followed the direction pointed by Chen Yan and carefully examined Ye Qingyu's chest. He saw a faint trace of blood there, but it was not obvious. It was really not his fault that he could not see it due to his old eyesight.
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