Thankfully... it was just my shoulder.
This was Prince An's first thought after feeling a sharp pain. He glanced out of the corner of his eye at the assassin who was about to pull his sword back.
The sword pierced his shoulder, but Prince An, enduring the pain, grabbed it and snatched it from the assassin's hand. Ignoring his own bleeding wound, he chopped off the assassin's arm in a few swift movements. Then, disarmed, he was subdued by the belatedly arriving guards.
However, before they could take the person away, the assassin bit off something from his mouth, spat out a mouthful of black blood, and fainted…
They knew that failure would lead to dire consequences, so they naturally prepared a way out for themselves.
"Imperial Physician!" Emperor Kangxi strode forward to support Prince An. As Prince An had been fighting with the assassin, the sword had already been drawn. Emperor Kangxi disregarded everything else and grabbed a piece of clothing to stop the bleeding.
The imperial physicians arrived quickly. One person treated Prince An's wounds, while another went to examine the assassin. However, the assassin had bitten into the poison in his mouth, and the poison took effect very quickly. In a short time, the man had already died from his blood loss, and there was no time to save him.
There was no way to save his life.
Just as the anomaly occurred, Jingrou, who was in Prince An's Garden, also received a notification.
"Warning! Warning! Detection triggered, Prince An is in danger!" The voice was somewhat shrill, but Jingrou didn't care at all.
At this moment, Jingrou was sitting comfortably under the pavilion, drinking tea with her maternal grandmother. The kitchen staff had made her favorite osmanthus cake and mung bean soup.
At this time of year, the osmanthus flowers selected are the freshest.
Although she likes to eat osmanthus cake, after learning about his hobby, she would usually save up some osmanthus flowers in the small kitchen every autumn to make osmanthus honey or dried osmanthus flowers for later use. However, except for autumn, she would usually eat the dried osmanthus flowers that had been air-dried beforehand.
But the osmanthus cake is at its sweetest right now. The osmanthus flowers were just picked and still have a wonderful fragrance that hasn't dissipated at all. Jingrou enjoys a bite of cake and a sip of tea, thoroughly enjoying herself.
Since she was at home, she didn't care about maintaining a certain image anymore and ate very happily, almost to the point of crossing her legs!
She drank Junshan Yinzhen tea, which was her grandmother's favorite. Sometimes her grandmother would laugh at her for guzzling tea like that, saying, "How can you drink tea like that?"
Having obtained such a fine Junshan Yinzhen tea, who wouldn't savor it carefully?
Or it might be something she keeps hidden away, something she'd normally be reluctant to drink. Unlike her, who just gulps it down without even having time to savor it before it's gone!
Where else can you find someone mixing pastries and tea like she does?
But seeing her cheeks puffed out and looking so satisfied is what really whets one's appetite!
Hesheli no longer cared about her tea leaves.
When she received the message, Jingrou was startled and almost dropped the pastry in her hand. She managed to calm herself down and place it on the plate in front of her, but she couldn't care less about the car anymore.
The alarm was triggered because she got a chance to spin the lucky wheel after completing her previous mission, and the wheel gave her three small jade stones.
These three small jade stones looked dull and lackluster, indicating they were of extremely low quality.
In reality, it has a significant effect, providing three opportunities to trigger an alarm, allowing Jingrou to receive the information as quickly as possible.
Jingrou initially complained that it was somewhat useless, but if it could be replaced with a medicine that could cure diseases and save lives, wouldn't it be more useful than reminding her?
However, the system didn't allow her to bargain. On the bright side, she had essentially gotten three alarms!
Because the capital city has been very unstable recently, Jingrou decided to use these three small pieces of jade after hearing what her maternal grandfather said... Even if nothing happens, it's just to put his mind at ease. Moreover, this thing has no time limit; it only becomes ineffective after being used three times.
She had holes punched in them, tied red strings with them, and then handed them to her maternal grandfather, Yinreng, and aunt respectively.
Jingrou was a little worried about her maternal grandfather because he had recently accompanied Emperor Kangxi to some events, and because he was a big shot, if the Dzungars were to target the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi would probably be the first to be targeted, followed by her maternal grandfather.
Yinreng has also been busy lately, and Jingrou is genuinely worried he might be targeted. Besides, he's still quite young and lacks the maturity and independence of an adult, making him less capable of protecting himself. After all, he's a close friend and a significant source of her merit points! Yes, that's how it is!
The reason for keeping her aunt is because she lives in the inner palace, where the environment is unfathomable. Moreover, Jingrou is really worried about her because of her personality. Sometimes she speaks too frankly and gets targeted. So it's better to keep one of them!
Moreover, this product is effective in the long term, so let's consider it a safeguard for her!
As for Emperor Kangxi, who might be the most dangerous, Jingrou couldn't worry about him. However, she thought to herself that if she had more time to interact with Emperor Kangxi next time and gained more merit points, which could be exchanged for more points, she would have a change of heart and consider Emperor Kangxi, after all, he was her big benefactor!
As for the female relatives in the family, such as aunts and maternal grandmothers, they have been staying in Prince An's mansion and rarely go out recently, so Jingrou did not prepare anything special for them.
Besides, I've been going out with my grandmother and the others a lot lately, so if anything happens, she'll be the first to know, so there's no need to prepare this specifically.
But who knew that as soon as this thing was sent out, something happened...
Her first reaction upon receiving the news was: thank goodness I triggered this thing instead of leaving it to gather dust in the warehouse.
And how did my maternal grandfather end up in danger at this time?
My maternal grandfather was highly skilled in martial arts, and today he was supposed to be inspecting the army, and he was with so many princes and Emperor Kangxi. Logically speaking, he should have been under tight security and should have been the safest person.
However, she didn't have time to think much. "Grandmother, Zhuzhu's stomach hurts a little..." she said to Hesheli, clutching her stomach.
Hesheli saw that Jingrou was clutching her stomach and was a little anxious. She subconsciously wanted to call the royal physician over. This was because Jingrou had been weak and sickly before, and the royal physician had been called over frequently, so she had gotten into the habit.
But seeing her anxious and embarrassed look, I smiled inwardly and waved to her...
This little guy…
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