The original body had been nurtured by Lianyi. Not only had he used the method of drawing air into his body to eliminate the remaining poison, he had also undergone preliminary body training. So when Lianyi held his own natal sword, his entire aura changed. After killing a man in black with one sword, he dodged a hidden arrow by turning his body to the side.
"Go and kill the person who shot the arrow from behind."
Lianyi spoke directly to Fengshou who was standing beside her.
"yes!"
The Phoenix Head made a gesture, and someone secretly rushed to the place where the arrow had just been shot.
Zhuo Xiuyuan was originally a royal garden. Apart from the Queen's guards, there were only some ordinary guards. Compared with this group of ruthless assassins, there was still a gap in combat power. Although the guards had an advantage in numbers, they were at a disadvantage in strangling their opponents, after all, they were the defending party.
Lianyi held his own sword and killed the man in black with ease.
Also because she was dressed in red and was guarded by the royal secret guards in the center, the moment she left the yard, she attracted a stream of men in black.
In the eyes of the men in black, what was the point of killing those minions? The Queen was their main target, so the moment Lian Yi appeared, she became the main target of the assassins.
Because Lianyi had her natal sword in her hand and she was extremely strong, even though she became the main target of attack, she still killed the black-clothed men who pounced on her at her own pace like chopping melons and vegetables.
Fengshou's movements were not slow either, but when she got to the back, she found that she seemed to have killed fewer black-clad men than the Queen.
Just as Lianyi cut the throat of a man in black, Xian Shijun also held his spear and met the queen under the escort of the secret guards.
When Xian Shijun saw the empress in red, sword in hand, ruthlessly killing the black-clad men around her, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately picked up his gun and charged into the battle circle.
After half an hour of fighting, all the more than one hundred men in black who rushed in were eliminated, but many guards were also killed or injured. Lianyi held the bloodless Lei Yao sword and asked calmly:
"Where are the eldest princess and the children?"
"Don't worry, Queen. The children have been sent to a secret passage for temporary shelter. The eldest princess is coming this way with Rong Shijun and her husband. The Royal Husband's subordinates have already sent people over, but there has been no movement yet."
Feng Shou frowned and said.
"Arrange someone to go and take a look."
"yes!"
At this moment, there was a sound of horse hooves and boots rubbing against the ground outside Zhuo Xiuyuan. The Second Princess, wearing armor, rushed over with her guards. When she saw Lianyi in red, her expression was a little awkward. She immediately took a step forward, knelt on one knee and said:
"Your servant is too late to save you! Please punish me, Mother!"
Lianyi glanced at the generals following behind her, and then looked at the Second Princess kneeling in front of her. There was no expression on her face, but she looked at the Second Princess for a long time, so long that the Second Princess' back was wet with sweat.
"Get up! What crime have you committed? The other party has been planning this for a long time, just to catch us off guard. You are lucky to be able to make it here."
Lianyi spoke calmly after a long while, and then with a "clang", he put his sword back into the scabbard.
"Yes, I will escort the Queen Mother back to the palace right away."
The second princess immediately lowered her hands and said.
"Empress, something happened to the emperor's husband."
A guard ran up to Lianyi and whispered.
"What's going on? Where are the guards around him?"
"The emperor was stabbed, and almost all of his guards were killed, which gave the men in black an opportunity to take advantage of the situation."
Konoe explained in a low voice.
"Father, what happened to him?"
The second princess' face turned pale, and she seemed to be frightened as well.
"Come with me to see your father."
Lian Yi ordered directly.
"yes!"
The second princess then stood up and followed Lianyi, hurriedly going to the courtyard of the emperor's husband Zhao next door. At the door, she met the eldest princess and Rong Shijun. Although the two looked a little embarrassed, there were no wounds or blood on their bodies.
"Mother Queen, are you okay?"
"You won't die. You stay with your father. I'll go see the emperor."
Lianyi glanced at the eldest princess and Rong Shijun who was coughing desperately beside her, and said in a calm voice.
"Yes, I will take good care of you, Lord Rong."
The eldest princess tactfully made way.
The second princess came to the emperor's yard with an anxious look on her face, and saw corpses all over the yard and a little servant kneeling on the ground crying. She suddenly had a bad premonition.
The second princess was the first to step into the yard. What she saw were overturned tables, chairs, and tea sets, as well as blood on the ground. Meiyuan was taking the pulse of the emperor's husband, Zhao, who was lying on the bed. The emperor's face was gray, and there was no trace of blood on his lips. His chest was wrapped in thick gauze, and blood seeped out of the gauze.
"Father!"
The second princess cried out in surprise and rushed to the bedside. Her eyes turned red and she grasped the pale and transparent fingers of her husband Zhao, and asked in a trembling voice:
"Mei Yuanzheng, how is my father?"
The silver-haired Mei Yuanzheng sighed and said in a deep voice:
"Go talk to your father and see if he has anything to tell you."
This sentence was almost a death sentence for the emperor's husband. The second princess was stunned where she was. She didn't expect that she had just acted as a hero in rescuing the emperor and using a self-torture tactic, but now her father was really implicated.
"Father, open your eyes and look, it's me, Huan'er!"
Tears finally fell from her eyes, and the second princess burst into tears.
At this time, Mei Yuanzheng, supported by the medicine boy, walked in front of Lianyi and said ashamedly:
"Empress, I am incompetent. Your Majesty's husband has had his heart meridian injured by the men in black. There is no way to save him. I am only using purple ginseng slices to keep him alive. I estimate that he will only have an incense stick of time. If you have anything to say, please tell your Majesty as soon as possible."
"I know. Thank you for your hard work, Dean Mei! There has been a major incident here, and you have to trouble me to lead people to treat the wounded."
"This is my job, it's not hard!"
Before the men in black rushed in, Mei Yuan was sent directly to the beam by a secret guard. She stayed on the beam obediently and did not move until the sounds of fighting died down and the secret guard came to ask her to treat the injured emperor. Only then was she let down from the beam.
As soon as he went out, he saw the pale-faced medicine boy. The little medicine boy was also smart, he knew that he was small and could not outrun those killers, so he messed up the room, opened the doors and windows, and then quickly crawled under the bed, creating the illusion that the room had been visited by the killers. He waited until the reinforcements arrived, and then he crawled out.
Seeing that her little medicine boy was fine, Mei Yuanzheng took people to treat the emperor's husband. However, the assassin's sword was so fierce and accurate that she was powerless. Fortunately, the empress did not blame her, so she took her little medicine boy to treat other injured people.
At this time, the atmosphere in the emperor's room was very heavy. Amid the Second Princess's cries, Emperor Zhao finally opened his eyes. Looking at his daughter's tearful face, the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he had a thousand words to say, which eventually turned into one sentence:
"Huan'er, don't cry! Father has something to say to your mother."
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