"Qin'er!" The Fourth Prince quickly turned around and grabbed Lanqin's hand. "Bear with it a little longer, I will have the imperial physician treat you immediately!"
Damn it, the Emperor actually disregarded Hongfu's life for that vile woman!
When Lady Nian heard what the Fourth Master said, she was so angry that she almost cursed him out loud.
"Your Majesty, please let the imperial physician examine Hongfu first. I can still hold on..." Lanqin said weakly.
"Mother..." Hongli was so anxious he was about to cry.
"Your Majesty, the Empress is truly kind-hearted! Please make a decision quickly, time is of the essence!" Su Peisheng urged, seeing the Fourth Prince remain silent. It seemed the Fourth Prince was so anxious about the Empress's injuries that he had lost his composure; normally, he would never have delayed like this.
Su Peisheng's words immediately snapped the Fourth Prince out of his reverie. He hurriedly told the imperial physician, "Go and see the young prince quickly, give him emergency treatment first, and then come and see Consort Xi. Be quick, I'll only give you a quarter of an hour."
When the imperial physician went with Lady Nian to see the young prince, Hongli and Biechuke couldn't help but rush to Lanqin's side and cry.
Lanqin felt waves of pain in her chest. She hadn't expected to be stabbed, and she didn't even know how she had been hit! She felt her consciousness fading, and her eyelids were almost closing.
"Qin'er!"
"Mother!"
Lanqin could only hear those voices, but she didn't have the strength to respond. Had she been too noble in saying she'd take Hongfu to see him first? At this critical moment of life and death, how could she possibly argue with a child?
"Imperial Physician, quickly summon the Imperial Physician! This is my order!" The Fourth Prince, seeing that Lanqin refused to open her eyes again, was extremely anxious and could no longer hold back his words.
Lanqin's last shred of consciousness vanished.
The sounds of fighting outside had ceased. Fourth Master stood on the steps of Yingzhou Hall with a livid face, looking down at the three women below. Two of them were on the verge of death, barely clinging to life.
The clansmen calmed down and stood on both sides. Without Fourth Master's orders, no one was allowed to leave.
The peaceful scene that had just been disrupted was now completely destroyed by several assassins who suddenly appeared.
"Your Majesty, I have sealed off all the exits of the garden, and so far no other assassins have been found," reported the Seventeenth Minister.
"Speak quickly, who sent you to assassinate me?" the Fourth Prince demanded sternly of the only "assassin" who was still conscious.
"You dog emperor, I only regret not killing you! Now that we sisters are in your hands, just kill us!" The assassin's hands were tied behind her back, and although she was imprisoned, she showed no fear.
"Very well, do you know about the punishment of slow slicing? I will have you cut into a thousand pieces so that those with ill intentions will know what will happen if they dare to stand in my way!" the Fourth Prince shouted.
Upon hearing this, the Eighth and Ninth Masters felt their hearts pound, as if these words were spoken directly to them.
"At that time, everyone here today will have to witness the execution!" Fourth Master added.
No one knew who had sent these three assassins, but everyone clearly sensed that what the Fourth Master had said seemed to refer to some of them.
"Take them away and question them thoroughly. Find out who was so audacious as to break into the garden to assassinate me. I need to know how they entered the garden and how they got to me." The Fourth Prince was furious. Lanqin's life was still hanging by a thread, but he could only feel better by punishing these people.
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