It was completely charred black.
The moment Su Wanwan saw the small corpse, her face turned deathly pale.
He was shaking like a sieve, his body swaying precariously.
Gu Ziyu, however, smelled gunpowder.
He immediately sensed something was wrong and lunged at Su Wanwan.
However.
Bang!
A loud bang.
At the same time, thick, choking smoke spread out.
...
Lu Xingjian was still asleep when Meng Yue woke him up: "Your Majesty, the Empress has been assassinated!"
Lu Xingjian opened his eyes in a daze.
How is that possible?
He reached his hand towards the bed beside him.
The bed was empty; who was there?
"Where is the Empress?"
He immediately woke up, sat up abruptly, and scanned the entire room for her.
Meng Yue quickly helped him get his clothes and handed him his shoes.
"Her Majesty the Empress left in a hurry as soon as she heard the news this morning, and told me to let you sleep a little longer."
Lu Xingjian paused, feeling a tightness in his chest.
Last night, I didn't want him to aggravate his injury, so I coaxed him in every way and didn't let him exert himself.
It feels so comfortable.
However, she was delicate and frail, and would often groan and complain that she was tired and needed to rest.
Then it was his turn to coax her, tease her, and serve her.
The two of them were so exhausted that they finally fell asleep late at night.
I woke up to such devastating news.
It's like a beautiful dream suddenly turning into a nightmare.
Or is he still dreaming?
He rubbed his temples in disbelief.
Then he quickly grabbed his clothes and hurriedly walked out, putting them on as he went, not wanting to waste a single moment.
"Was she injured? Where did she go? Where was she attacked?"
His face grew increasingly ashen.
This is not a dream!
Meng Yue had to jog to keep up with him and hurriedly reported back.
"The accompanying guards returned first to report the news, instructing the imperial physician to be on standby immediately; he must be injured."
"Something happened to the Su family last night, and Her Majesty the Empress rushed over immediately!"
Lu Xingjian abruptly stopped, his eyes sharply turning back to Meng Yue.
"The Su family?!"
The Su family is so low-key, practically non-existent, yet they're being targeted?!
Just as he was about to leave in his carriage, a group of people rushed in through the gate.
Surrounded by a crowd, Gu Ziyu was holding a woman covered in blood.
Lu Xingjian's eyes quickly focused on the woman in his arms.
Her clothes were almost entirely covered in blood.
She was held softly in his arms, her hands hanging limply in the air, swaying as she moved.
Fresh blood dripped from her fingertips onto the ground.
Little by little.
They were everywhere along the road.
It was extremely glaring and extremely terrifying.
Lu Xingjian stared at everything in disbelief.
The whole world seemed to have been struck by thunder, and suddenly became quiet.
He struggled to turn his stiff body, slowly and heavily walking towards Gu Ziyu, and took the person from his arms.
Gu Ziyu paused for a moment, then handed the person over to him.
Her body was still warm and soft, and her clothes were soaked with blood.
"Imperial Physician! Imperial Physician!"
Lu Xingjian's eyes were bloodshot as he shouted for the imperial physician.
His voice was so hoarse that he couldn't make a sound.
No matter how hard he shouted, with veins bulging on his face, his voice remained incredibly hoarse.
how so?
Last night she was still so gentle in indulging his naughtiness.
How come you're covered in blood now?
He just took a nap.
I just took a nap.
Gu Ziyu's expression relaxed, but he could no longer move his feet and collapsed on the spot.
"Lord Gu! Lord Gu!" the crowd called out anxiously.
...
Su Wanwan felt like she had a very, very long dream.
In his dream, Lu Xingjian was still a child, with chubby cheeks, holding a windmill and running happily in the yard with his short legs.
The windmill is turning in the wind, it's so beautiful.
She likes it very much.
So they chased after him.
As a result, he accidentally tripped and fell.
Looking up, I could only see his receding figure.
I feel so sad.
She wanted to cry and shout, but no sound came out.
Dreams go round and round.
She was now heavily pregnant and sweating profusely from the pain.
The midwife urged anxiously, "Push! Just a little bit more, push!"
Everything before my eyes seemed unreal and surreal.
There was only one thought in my mind: push harder, push harder!
She tried her best, but suddenly the world went dark.
I don't know how long they've been silent.
She heard the child crying hysterically.
"Mother...I want Mother..."
That kind of desperate, heart-wrenching cry.
But all she could do was wipe away her tears and leave without looking back.
Once you leave, there's no going back.
The sound of crying was always there behind me.
But the way back is nowhere to be found.
The only way is to stumble and search through the thick fog.
What about her child?
She can't find her child.
...
Lu Xingjian frowned, his voice icy:
"Didn't they say the Empress had no external injuries? How come she hasn't woken up after a whole day and night?"
The imperial physician's face was serious and slightly tense: "Allow this old minister to administer acupuncture."
After a few injections, it was indeed effective.
Su Wanwan took a deep breath and opened her eyes.
However.
His eyes were unfocused, staring blankly at the bed canopy, before closing them again after a few moments.
The imperial physician withdrew and wrote a prescription.
Lu Xingjian sat down on the edge of the bed and let her lean against him, bringing the bird's nest porridge to her lips.
"The Su family hid in the tunnel and escaped the disaster."
These words made Su Wanwan shudder. She looked at Lu Xingjian in disbelief and sat up straight.
"real?"
His voice was extremely hoarse.
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