However, the assassin who shot the arrow did not intend to let go. He aimed at Yi Zexuan and fired another arrow. Yi Zexuan had already picked up Su Lixia and was about to leave, so it was inconvenient for him to dodge. The arrow hit his arrowhead.
Su Lixia's lips were already pale. She propped her head up and looked in the direction the arrow had been shot. The man recklessly fired another arrow.
In a split second, Su Lixia broke free from Yi Zexuan's embrace, got off him, pushed him away, and ran to the side. However, the arrow was too fast, and Su Lixia couldn't dodge it completely. The arrow still hit her shoulder, and another one landed on the side, one facing forward and the other backward.
“Damn it…” Su Lixia fell to the ground, and the other person had already been pinned down.
The guard shouted, "Your Highness, the man has been captured!"
"Take her back!" Yi Zexuan said as he picked up Su Lixia.
Seeing the black blood trickling from Su Lixia's lips, Yi Zexuan was stunned: "It's poisonous!"
He picked up Su Lixia, mounted her on the horse, and headed back.
Su Lixia was already in great distress, but she still stammered, "I don't know... I don't know what's wrong with me..."
"Don't speak, save your strength, I will take you to get treatment."
Su Lixia slowly closed her eyes, but in her heart she was thinking: "If I were to bravely sacrifice myself, would I be able to choose a role for myself?"
Mini-system: Ah... can I apply for it?
"What happened?" Yi Zexuan happened to pass by Qimuge and saw that both of them had been shot with arrows. Qimuge couldn't help but worry, but Yi Zexuan didn't have time to pay attention to her.
So Qimuge followed after them.
When they saw someone emerge from the bushes, they looked over. Seeing that it was not yet time, they couldn't help but wonder. But when they saw who it was and what they looked like, they couldn't help but gasp.
"Princess!" Xiaolian was stunned when she saw this. After she came to her senses, she quickly chased after her.
"Call the imperial physician! Quickly!" Yi Zexuan shouted.
So Yuan Ruo quickly went to summon the imperial physician.
When they arrived at Su Lixia's tent, Yi Zexuan struggled to carry her with one arm while riding his horse. When he dismounted, he aggravated his wound, but he forced himself to carry her down with a grimace.
The imperial physician rushed over in a great hurry. Seeing the arrow in Yi Zexuan's body and looking at his face, he asked, "Your Highness, what happened to you?"
"Never mind me for now, let's see her first!"
Upon hearing this, the imperial physician looked at Su Lixia, who was already unconscious. Xiao Lian stood beside her, covering her mouth with her hand, not daring to speak at all, tears welling up in her eyes, but she dared not cry out loud.
At this moment, Su Lixia's imperial physician also arrived. Seeing that someone was treating Su Lixia, he treated Yi Zexuan first.
"This poison is deadly; I'm afraid the princess cannot be saved."
Yi Zexuan shot him a sharp look and said angrily, "You've only just tried and you're already saying it won't work? If you really can't be saved, I'll let you taste what it's like."
The imperial physician shuddered and quickly continued to treat Su Lixia.
"Your Highness need not blame him. This poison is indeed insidious. Now I need to bleed Your Highness, so I need to make a cut on your arm."
Yi Zexuan raised his hand, signaling him to go ahead and do it.
So the imperial physician took a bowl and a knife and began to detoxify. Then he ordered someone to mash the only herb in the box into a paste and apply it to Yi Zexuan after the detoxification.
Meanwhile, on the other end, silver needles were used to seal the arm, preventing the venom from spreading further.
"Right now we need to pull out these two arrows, but pulling them out will easily cause massive bleeding, and if the bleeding can't be stopped, things will get even more complicated."
The imperial physician shook his head and sighed.
Su Lixia's imperial physician took out another treasure from the box, stepped forward, pushed the physician aside, and then helped Su Lixia up to feed it to her.
"This can stop the bleeding very effectively. Then just sprinkle some hemostatic medicine on the wound. Do you know how to pull out the sword?"
The man nodded: "I know, I know, that's no problem."
Only then did Su Lixia's imperial physician feel relieved enough to continue removing the arrow from Yi Zexuan's body.
"After you've finished treating me, go treat the princess. I think none of us royal physicians are as effective as you."
"Your Highness is joking. The princess is of noble status and is a woman with a delicate body, so it is normal that the imperial physicians dare not take action."
Fortunately, the imperial physicians who were working over there were too focused to hear anything. After they finished applying the antidiarrheal medicine, they went to Su Lixia's imperial physician.
"The princess's wound has been treated, but the poison probably hasn't been completely eliminated yet. How should we proceed now?"
"This last step is also a bit tricky for me. This poison is too cunning. If we use the usual detoxification method, it can easily spread to the internal organs, and then we won't be able to do anything."
"That's true." Everyone frowned, unsure of what to do.
Upon hearing this, Yi Zexuan asked, "So, I am like this now too?"
Su Lixia's imperial physician shook his head and said, "No, the prince's arrow wasn't coated with much poison. It's probably because the person was in a hurry that it ended up like this. But the two arrows on the princess's body were full of deadly poison, and the poison had penetrated very deep."
Is there really no other way?
"There is no way to remove the remaining poison at the moment, but fortunately the princess is out of danger now. However, if the poison is not completely removed, we don't know what the consequences will be in the future."
Yi Zexuan frowned: "What would be the consequences?"
"It could lead to intellectual disability, meaning it could make you like a child, or even unable to take care of yourself. It could also cause amnesia, where you don't remember anything and will never be able to recall anything. Furthermore, it could mean you never wake up again."
Upon hearing this, Yi Zexuan looked at Su Lixia, who was still lying down. Xiao Lian, who was standing next to her, was even more alarmed and immediately ran to her side, kneeling on the ground and sobbing.
“Princess, if something happens to you, Xiaolian won’t live on alone.”
"Is there any sign of him regaining consciousness?"
Several imperial physicians shook their heads, indicating that there was no such case.
"However, I've heard that there was a reclusive master who was skilled in everything. He even designed Young Master Lin's house. Perhaps he was also proficient in medicine and could heal the princess."
"We should try anything, no matter if it's a dead end or not."
Upon hearing this, Yi Zexuan knew who they were talking about, but inviting him would probably take a lot of effort.
"Can you guarantee that the princess will be alright in the short term?"
Everyone nodded: "She should be fine for a month or two, but I'm afraid the poison will spread before the princess wakes up."
"Okay." Yi Zexuan agreed, then got up and walked out.
"Hey? Your Highness!" The imperial physician stopped him.
"Your Highness's injury has not yet healed; you should rest more in the next few days."
Yi Zexuan hummed in agreement and left.
Outside the tent, the assassin lay between two guards, while Qimuge stood on the other side.
"Your Highness? The Princess?" Qimuge asked cautiously.
Yi Zexuan raised his hand to signal her to be quiet, then asked, "What's going on?"
"He had medicine in his back teeth. He bit into one tooth and it broke open. He had already died from the poison."
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