The night was as dark as ink, without stars or moon, and the autumn wind blew silently, like a person weeping.
The door opened.
In the dim light, Xie Lingqin looked around the room, her eyelashes trembling.
Tridacna shell?
Zihe called out to the swaying figure hiding under the table inside the room.
After watching the swaying figure, Xie Lingqin walked straight into the inner room.
The interior room was brightly lit, with flickering lights.
There was blood on the bed, blood on the floor, blood on the curtains, and Yuwen Yao was sitting there, blood flowing down his chest, onto the bed, staining his white clothes red, a shocking and breathtaking sight.
At that moment, Xie Lingqin almost stopped breathing, feeling her fingertips trembling violently.
"Yu..."
Yuwen Yao's face was slightly pale, and his lips were losing color. He looked at Xie Lingqin with an expression that remained calm and alluring, and his voice was soft and gentle, "You're back."
"You..." Xie Lingqin finally took a few steps over, her voice low with anger, "Are you going to bleed yourself dry if you don't bandage it?"
As Xie Lingqin spoke, she hurriedly walked towards the Emperor, took out a medicine box from the cabinet, tore off gauze, took out hemostatic powder... and poured it all onto Yuwen Yao's chest.
"Yuwen Yao, you bastard, are you trying to make me so angry I'll die?" Xie Lingqin shouted angrily.
"No, I just don't want you to get hurt. I said I would do my best to prevent you from suffering even the slightest injury."
"So, you're going to lie on this bed in my place, to be hacked and killed?"
"No, he just wants to hurt you. There are some things he won't kill you for until he's certain about them. But he needs a warning, he needs to launch a full-scale attack..."
"Yuwen Yao, shut up. I don't want to hear you speak anymore." Xie Lingqin said in a low voice. After speaking, she looked at Zihe, who had come over with Tridacna behind her. "Go out and see if there are any survivors."
"That's all. Don't go out. The person hasn't been gone long."
"Shut up."
Xie Lingqin looked at Yuwen Yao and said, "The fact that no one has come after the death of someone in my courtyard shows how clean, efficient, and fast they are."
“Yes, Miss, the person hasn’t been gone long. I came in to rescue you, but I never expected…”
Tridacna's complexion was also not good; she was still shaken and looked at the Crown Prince with shock.
“This servant wanted to help the Crown Prince bandage his wound, but the Crown Prince said that not enough blood had been drawn, and that it would arouse suspicion when dealing with the situation.”
The giant clam's voice trembled slightly.
"Enough." Xie Lingqin said these two words with great complexity, feeling that the blood on Yuwen Yao's body was so glaring.
It made her heart ache terribly, and the more it ached, the faster and gentler her hands moved.
"Zihe, people should be here soon. Clean yourself up, and also take the giant clam shell."
"yes."
Zihe and Tridacna were both clever girls, and they immediately smeared the blood on their clothes, faces, and bodies.
Xie Lingqin's tightness in her heart only eased slightly after she saw that Yuwen Yao's bleeding had stopped. Looking at Yuwen Yao, she said, "Just think of any way, even fake it, why did you have to do it yourself..."
"This way, you'll feel sorry for me and won't hide it from me next time, isn't that great?" Yuwen Yao was pale and clearly very weak, but he still smiled and spoke sweet words, clearly trying to comfort Xie Lingqin.
"Listen to the wind, listen to the rain," Xie Lingqin called out to the shadows.
Listening to the wind and listening to the rain immediately appeared.
"Has the person left in the shadows?"
"Reporting to Miss Lingqin, we've withdrawn shortly before you and Zihe return to the manor."
"Immediately send the Crown Prince back to his residence. I will handle things here."
Xie Lingqin instructed urgently, "Don't call Old Master Dong, it will arouse suspicion. Have another trustworthy doctor examine the Crown Prince and use the best medicine."
"Don't worry, Miss Lingqin."
Listening to the wind and listening to the rain also had solemn expressions, clearly indicating that they had advised the prince beforehand, but the prince was stubborn and refused to bandage his wound.
Watching Tingfeng and Tingyu help the Crown Prince away, Xie Lingqin was filled with hatred and fury.
A dignified emperor, so despicable.
She didn't just want to hurt me; she wanted to test me, to see if anyone would come to her rescue, and to see if she would get the 50,000 divine weapons that he had been trying so hard to obtain.
"Miss, don't worry. With you by his side, the Crown Prince will certainly not let anything happen to him," Zihe hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him.
"My original plan was to kill two birds with one stone: to harm the Emperor and implicate the Prince Qing's family as victims. This way, the Emperor would dispel his suspicions about the Prince Qing's family, and with tonight's events, he would believe that someone wanted to harm the Prince Qing's family, making everything seem logical. But I never expected the Emperor's true purpose tonight..."
Xie Lingqin felt weak all over. "Ha! I have the heart to hurt the tiger, and the tiger has long intended to kill me."
"Miss--"
Xie Lingqin waved her hand, "I should have guessed last night. I said I would leave the matter to me, and Yuwen Yao agreed so readily because he was prepared to impersonate me and take my place in the injuries I was going to suffer."
"Miss, those people were quick and efficient. If the Crown Prince hadn't ordered me to hide under the table, I would be..."
"Isn't the one leading it a man?"
Without hesitation, Tridacna said with absolute certainty, "Yes, I mistook the Crown Prince for you, stabbed him, and deliberately waited a while, fainting after hearing your cries before leaving."
Tridacna had to admit that the Crown Prince truly loved the young lady so much that he was willing to put on such a show.
However, she wouldn't speak favorably of the Crown Prince; she would only state the facts.
Xie Lingqin looked at the bloodstains on the bed and clenched her fist.
She initially thought victory was assured in this game, and it even seemed like she had won, after all, Minglan's side had been very successful, but...
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