Lu Youting looked knowing, his expression shifting between light and dark, before finally casting a cryptic glance at Su Wanwan.
"Wanwan, I really underestimated you."
Su Wanwan looked bewildered: "Your Highness, what are you talking about?"
Pack.
She's really good at pretending.
He was completely ruined by this woman!
If she hadn't rashly left the capital, how could he have possibly launched this risky plan?
Lu Youting chuckled, then fell silent, leaning back in his chair and closing his eyes to wait for the situation to unfold.
Lu Xingjian's gaze gently fell on Su Wanwan.
My heart skipped a beat for no reason.
Su Wanwan simply sat there quietly, her eyes lowered and her brows furrowed, trying her best to make people ignore her presence.
This looks so familiar.
Before she got married, she was always quiet and inconspicuous in the palace.
Other noble ladies might dress up in a flamboyant and dazzling manner.
She was dressed in a half-new, half-old outfit that made her look more like a palace maid.
She was often mistaken for a palace maid and ordered around to serve tea and water.
But it was also she who told him that the internal transport warehouse was almost depleted, and that only by securing financial control could he solidify his rule.
She was like a female strategist.
Guide him to focus his attention on Jiangnan.
At that time, the late emperor was wary of both the crown prince and Prince Rong, and also hoped that Lady Zhou would pass away soon.
He planned for a long time before finally getting the opportunity to go to Jiangnan on official business.
Then she quickly got married.
Cut ties with him completely.
When it comes to deep scheming and decisive action, who can compare to her?
The accusations made against her by Prince Rong were probably not entirely unfounded.
But why did she use herself as bait to lure Prince Rong into making a move?
She probably didn't expect things to be this dangerous tonight, did she?
Not long after, the Imperial Inspector Lin Maoda came to meet the Emperor, accompanied by two military officers.
One of them was none other than Gu Ziyu, whom we hadn't seen for several days!
Gu Ziyu's face was solemn, exuding a murderous aura, completely unlike his previous smiling self.
The resentment and anger on Lu Youting's face reached their peak at this moment.
Gu Ziyu's appearance represents the Gu family's stance.
It should be noted that the Gu family originated in Xuanfu.
It is deeply rooted in the border armies of Xuanfu, Datong and other places.
The Gu family couldn't possibly be unaware of any movements by the Xuanfu army.
He had assumed that the Five Armies' inaction was a sign of the Gu family's neutrality, indicating that they would not take sides.
Unexpected, haha.
The Gu family firmly supports Lu Xingjian.
With the intervention of the Xuanfu army, the situation quickly stabilized.
The government troops from the Shenji Battalion and the Sanqian Battalion also arrived one after another, and entered the city first to clear the streets and eliminate potential dangers.
As the sun rose, everything was in order, and I was finally able to leave the house.
Su Wanwan sat in a wheelchair and followed Lu Xingjian out the door surrounded by people.
The street outside the gate had been cleared, and a horse-drawn carriage was parked there.
As Lu Xingjian turned to help Su Wanwan into the carriage, a cold arrow suddenly shot from behind!
It hit him squarely in the back!
Lu Xingjian staggered forward, spat out a mouthful of blood, and collapsed in front of Su Wanwan.
The guards surrounding them quickly surrounded the two of them!
Lu Xingjian sensed a bright light reflecting off the roof. He looked up and saw a man in black on the roof shooting an arrow!
His bloodshot eyes blazed as he shouted at the top of his lungs, "An assassin!"
No sooner had the words left his mouth than the black-clad man on the rooftop fired an arrow.
Lu Xingjian instinctively lunged forward, opened his arms, and pulled Su Wanwan, who was in the wheelchair, into his embrace.
With a sudden burst of strength, he spat out another mouthful of blood, which landed directly on her back.
Their guards had formed a wall of flesh around them, but there were still opportunities to take advantage of them from above.
If it were a master archer who could hit a target from a hundred paces, this arrow could very well be fatal.
The arrows, however, did not strike them, who were closer in distance.
Instead, he crossed the street and shot down the archers who had been hiding on the rooftops across the street for a long time.
Several agile guards leaped onto the roof and approached the man in black before the second arrow could be fired.
Several other guards rushed to the rooftops across the street, searching for the assassin who had shot the emperor from behind.
However, it is clear that these two groups of assassins are not from the same group, and they even started killing each other at the crucial moment.
Otherwise, His Majesty would likely be in grave danger this time.
Su Wanwan was held tightly in Lu Xingjian's arms and did not see this scene.
Little did they know, the man in black on the roof was none other than Xiao Bin.
Little did they know that Xiao Bin had shot and killed the assassin who was trying to kill Lu Xingjian, and was even arrested as the assassin himself.
The moment Lu Xingjian was shot, her mind went completely blank, and all she could hear was a ringing in her ears.
She only saw Lu Xingjian's blood spray all over her, and then he pounced on her, pinning her to the wheelchair so she couldn't move.
Her head was held tightly in his arms, and her back was held firmly by his hands.
The air was thick with the stench of blood.
She was completely frozen in place, unable to utter a sound.
She couldn't even raise her hand to touch him, who was right in front of her.
A few drops of his blood sprayed into her eyes, so much so that even when she tried to open them wide, all she could see was a sea of red.
My mind was completely silent.
I couldn't hear anything; the whole world was frozen in time.
Only one question kept echoing.
Is he going to die?
Is he going to die?
May the gods and Buddhas protect him and keep him safe.
He can't be hurt.
He needs to live well.
She didn't know how much time had passed before she came to her senses. All she could see was blood red, and she couldn't see anything else.
She panicked completely, turning her wheelchair around and asking everyone she met, "Where is he? Where is he?"
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