proud wife and concubine

Li Yuerong got out of Concubine Li's tent, and A'Zhu was waiting not far away, leading the two of them on their mounts.

"Princess, are you going to the hunting ground now?" A'Zhu asked after Li Yuerong approached.

Li Yuerong pondered for a moment, now she was not sure whether she should make a final fight with Li Ji before the matter was irretrievable, so she didn't answer right away.Li Yuerong undoubtedly couldn't bear to see Li Yuyao marry far away from Xiliao, and she was willing to do her best to help Li Yuyao, she even thought of many desperate ways.It's just that the long conversation with Concubine Li today undoubtedly poured a basin of cold water on her.When Li Ji and Concubine Li actively or passively accepted the important matter of marriage and the order of their parents, and spared no effort to promote this marriage, Li Yuerong inevitably had doubts about the significance of her opposition and stubbornness.

"Princess?"

A'Zhu's questioning again brought back Li Yuerong who was a little distracted.She came back to her senses and made up her mind to talk to Li Ji straight to the point, but she saw that A Zhu, who had always been calm and calm, looked anxious now.

"Ah Zhu, what's the matter? Why is your complexion so bad? Are you feeling unwell?" Li Yuerong asked with concern. Ah Zhu and Abi have followed her for many years, and the deep feelings of mutual trust and protection between them far exceed that of ordinary masters and servants. limit.

A'Zhu touched her heart subconsciously, and didn't hide it: "I didn't know what happened just now, but suddenly my chest felt tight and flustered, and my hands were shaking non-stop. The last time I had this problem, it was when Abi fell off a cliff. , so I am a little worried..."

Li Yuerong frowned when she heard this—Azhu and Abi are blood sisters or twins, and they did have such a magical instinct of telepathy in the past, so Li Yuerong didn't dare to vaguely comfort the past, but paid attention to it.Besides, one of her own eyelids has been twitching non-stop since the morning, and now she is inexplicably flustered after hearing A'Zhu's words.

"Then let's go to the hunting ground immediately, first pick up Xueqiong Abi back, and then go to face the saint." Li Yuerong no longer hesitated.

"Yes." A'Zhu replied immediately.

The two got on their horses neatly, swung their whips and rushed to the hunting ground.

When the grass grows and the warbler flies, the Forbidden Garden is lush, full of flowers and green grass, but Li Yuerong is not in the mood to watch it, so the two of them hurried all the way, and soon walked more than half of the distance.

When they reached a forest, the two tightened the reins at the same time and slowed down the horse.

"Princess?" A'Zhu asked for instructions.

Li Yuerong naturally knew what she meant.Not far away, the Forbidden Army mobilized in groups and the eunuchs in Lijingmen's robes lost their usual arrogance, questioning and rushing around violently.This scene, there must have been a change.

"Go and ask." Li Yuerong said in a deep voice, with a bad premonition lingering in her heart.

She drove the horse over first, and A'Zhu followed closely.

"Master Zhaoyang Princess! Just now there are assassins making trouble here, and we are searching and arresting them everywhere. Princess Jinzhiyuye, please return to the camp quickly, the imperial guards have been strengthened..."

Before Li Yuerong could open his mouth to ask, the imperial guard had already reported it.When Li Yuerong heard the word "Assassin", she immediately buzzed in her head. She interrupted him and asked directly, "Assassin? Did you hurt anyone?"

"Thanks to the blessing of the Holy Majesty, none of the imperial family or ministers were assassinated," the Wei Wei paused for a moment, then looked at the people at the Li Jingmen around him, seeing that the other party had no intention of replying, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "It's just... ...It just seems that a carriage in the princess's house happened to pass by, it seems, it seems..."

Li Yuerong's hands and feet were cold, and she almost couldn't hold the rein in her hand. She tried to calm down, and asked sharply, "It seems to be something! Report the truth quickly! Is anyone injured?"

"It seems that some maids and maids in the house were injured, but fortunately, the guards rushed to rescue them in time, and they have been sent back to your tent at this moment..."

The officer hadn't finished speaking when he saw Li Yuerong whipped his whip, and the horse had gone away in a blink of an eye, leaving only a trail of flying dust and smoke.

"It's going to be okay, it's going to be okay..." Li Yuerong only dared to say this sentence along the way, which seemed to be her inference, but it was more like a small and powerless person, praying to the gods and gods for her lover safe and sound.

Li Yuerong planned wildly all the way, and finally returned to her camp.The proud white horse has always been loved by its master, and now it seems to protest against the master's rough treatment all the way, and pushes him to the ground impatiently.If it was normal, Li Yuerong would probably jump lightly and land firmly on the ground, but now she has no composure, and she was really thrown to the ground, so frightened that the maid waiting in front of the tent hurried over to help her.Li Yuerong struggled to stand up, and pushed away the maids who wanted to help her, only to feel a rush of Qi and blood in her chest, and an abnormal buzzing sounded in her ears.

"Where's my little aunt?" she asked, with a bloody smell in her throat.

"In the house, Abi is also here, and I have invited the imperial physician..." The maid hurriedly replied.

A maid had already opened the tent door, and Li Yuerong walked in quickly, there were indeed many people around the room.

"Xue... Qiong?" Li Yuerong couldn't see anyone, she called out tremblingly, how she hoped that the familiar voice could respond to her, and let her worry that this one would be exhausted and explode. My heart settled down again.

However, she was disappointed after all.

Abi, Xiaodie, Zhao Xu and several doctors actively made way for Li Yuerong.So, she finally saw the sweetheart she had been thinking about and worried about.She was lying quietly on the couch, with a white cloth wrapped around her forehead, but the deep bloodstains on her face were like a sharp sword piercing straight into Li Yuerong's heart, but she herself closed her eyes peacefully, with the corners of her mouth Still smiling.This could not comfort Li Yuerong, but made her worry even more.

"Xueqiong...what's the matter?" Her voice was trembling, and she knew it, but her heart trembled even more, fearing to hear news that she couldn't bear.

"This..." The gray-bearded old doctor pondered for a while, and seeing Zhao Xu nodding silently to him, he replied: "She was hit so hard that many bones in her body were displaced. But this is not the most important thing. Although the muscles and bones are hurt, but Wei Chen has checked and reset everything, and there will always be a good time to cultivate slowly."

"Then...what's the big deal? Why...why does she keep...asleep?"

"She was in a deep sleep. In my opinion, one reason was that toxins had infiltrated into the Tianling Center from the wound on her face. Fortunately, the acupoints were sealed in time, and it was not too late to be cured. After taking medicine every day, the poison remained for several months. It can be cleared. However, I saw that she had hemorrhage in her brain, which is very troublesome."

"Intracranial hemorrhage? What kind of disease is this, and how can it be cured?" Li Yuerong asked.

"The most direct solution is naturally to break the skull at the beginning, take out the blood clot or release the poisonous blood. It's just that such a method is close to death. If it is absolutely necessary, don't try it."

"Break the head at the beginning" Li Yuerong's legs went limp after hearing these words, and she almost lost her balance, but Zhao Xu helped her in time.Such a risk, such pain, how could she bear to see Xiao Xueqiong bear it?She vetoed the proposal almost immediately, pressing: "There must be other ways, isn't there?"

"That's right," the imperial physician nodded, "There are many examples of taking medicine day and night to clear the silt and even recover, but no one can say when it will be cleared, whether it will be a year or a half, or seven or eight years."

"If you can't clear the silt, will you be sleepy like this?"

"That's not true. The patient may also wake up, but he is depressed and unable to move. He will probably fall asleep soon and need to be taken care of. Weichen has already prescribed the medicine, and the princess general can send someone to follow me to get the medicine. But, now It's inconvenient not to be in the palace anymore. If the princess has nothing else to do, she can first arrange for someone to send this aunt back to the capital for treatment and recuperation."

......

Zhao Xu sent the imperial physician away, and Li Yuerong comforted Abi, who was blaming herself, and let her recover from her injuries, then dismissed everyone and left alone to take care of Xiao Xueqiong.

She held Xiao Xueqiong's hand, and sat from the sunny noon until the sun set. She thought about many things, their happy and innocent childhood, their reunion with twists and turns, and the sweetness after mutual agreement... At this time, Li Yuerong Only then did she realize that if she lost Xiao Xueqiong, she would lose the courage and hope to face her future life.

"Princess." Xiaodie who came in to light the lamp couldn't help but let out a low cry, awakening Li Yuerong who was in deep thought.

Her first reaction was to look at Xiao Xueqiong beside her - she was still deeply asleep.

"Is it dark?" Li Yuerong finally realized.

"Well, it's past time for dinner. Princess, please eat something. If you are exhausted, who will take care of your little aunt?" Xiaodie persuaded.

Li Yuerong sighed: "How can I eat, you go down first, I will call you when I have orders."

"Princess..." Xiaodie wanted to persuade, but was interrupted by Zhao Xu's voice outside the curtain.

"Come in." Li Yuerong shouted to Zhao Xu, she couldn't help lowering her voice to avoid disturbing Xiao Xueqiong, but she forgot that even if the noise was loud at this moment, Xiao Xueqiong might not be able to wake up.

Zhao Xu also committed the same problem as Li Yuerong, he walked on tiptoe, for fear of making any noise, so his burly body looked a little funny.

He received the signal from Xiaodie's eyes, and immediately took over the baton of persuasion to Li Yuerong: "Princess, let Xiaodie guard Xueqiong first, you can eat some porridge before you come back, and we have to make arrangements to return to Beijing. Some of the medicinal materials brought by the Tai Hospital are exhausted, and Xue Qiong’s illness cannot be delayed. A Ke is now in my camp, and he also has some things to discuss with you.”

"I really have to go back as soon as possible," Li Yuerong thought, "Although Doctor Wang is highly skilled in medicine and has a lot of experience, it is the opinion of the family. Let's go back to the capital quickly and offer a huge reward to famous doctors in the world. By the way, there is also Qing Mo, who is so skilled in medicine. Maybe some magic formula can be used to cure Xueqiong quickly!" The more Li Yuerong spoke, the more excited she became, and she wished she could leave immediately.Fortunately, Zhao Xu was calm enough to stop her——Xiao Xueqiong's body can't stand the bumps now, so she had to take care to prepare the vehicle and arrange guards before setting off.

"That's right, don't be in a hurry, you have to prepare well..." Li Yuerong calmed down a little, and muttered.

Zhao Xu was very worried about whether she could still discuss things in her current state, but he still said to her according to Li Ke's intention: "Princess, this time Xueqiong is in danger, it is not a simple matter. In broad daylight, the princess's car is riding in the royal palace The Forbidden Garden was besieged by assassins, and none of the assassins were caught afterwards. A Ke was very worried about this, he asked some news, the princess should discuss it with him, maybe he can deduce something.”

"The assassins didn't catch any of them?" Since Li Yuerong returned to the camp, her heart was on Xiao Xueqiong.Although she also secretly vowed to find out those who hurt Xiao Xueqiong one by one and chop them up, but she was worried about Xiao Xueqiong's injury, after all, she had no time to care about it. tidy.Hearing Zhao Xu say that no one was caught alive at this moment, he was really shocked and angry, and cursed in a low voice, "What a bunch of useless trash!"

She considered it for a while, and decided to discuss it with Zhao Xu and Li Ke first, and then come back to take care of Xiao Xueqiong.After exhorting Xiaodie carefully for a long time, she left with Zhao Xu.

"Sister!" Li Ke heard the footsteps of the two, and hurried out to greet them.

After all, Li Yuerong was in a low mood and couldn't cheer up, so she just let out a soft "hmm".

Li Kehe has seen his elder sister so listless and lifeless, and he felt very sad, and comforted him: "Xueqiong's injury, Zhao Xu has told me in detail. Don't worry too much, elder sister, a famous doctor in the world There are a lot of them, but we haven’t consulted a doctor yet. We have as much money as we have, and we can get all kinds of medicinal materials, Xueqiong will definitely be healthy as soon as possible.”

"Yeah." Li Yuerong knew that everyone was concerned about her, so she didn't want to frown anymore. She forced a smile and patted Li Ke's back.

Li Ke continued: "Furthermore, this is not the time for sister to be sad. Who is the assassin? Why did he come here? How can he succeed in the patrolling hunting grounds? Will he make a comeback? If you don't understand these things, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles ah."

Li Ke's words awakened Li Yuerong. Although the assassin failed to take Xiao Xueqiong's life this time, there might be another time.She has to brace herself to deal with it.

"Send someone to find Abi and say that I have something to ask her."

Li Yuerong said to Zhao Xu.Zhao Xu nodded and gave orders.

"Sister has been...not interested in this matter for half a day. Please tell me first, how is this matter going? Why are Li Jingmen and the Imperial Army so useless?" Li Yuerong asked after gathering her thoughts.

"The Lijing Gate and the imperial guards are guarding and investigating at every level. How can a group of assassins sneak into the forbidden garden and lurk? This point is still unclear. People on both sides are now pushing each other and kicking the ball." Li Kexian said.

"What did the emperor say?" Li Yuerong suddenly thought.

Li Ke said helplessly: "My father said that "fortunately, nothing major happened." He fined Wang Qian, the head of the Lijingmen, and the leader of the Imperial Guards, that is, the elder brother of Cibing, each with half a year's salary, and ordered them to strengthen their patrols. The matter of investigating these assassins is entrusted to Lijingmen and Dali Temple. They are also asked to act cautiously and not let foreign envoys see the joke."

"Heh", Li Yuerong's words were full of sarcasm, "I didn't expect Xueqiong's half life to be worth only two... half a year's salary." After all, he was Xu Cibing's eldest brother and Li Ke's brother-in-law, so he changed his tune.

"What I'm worried about is, did these assassins come after Sister? Why did they attack Sister's car by such a coincidence? I already pointed out something during today's discussion, but Father still pretended not to know." Li Ke Said with some dissatisfaction.

At this time, Abby came in.She saluted Li Ke, Li Yuerong and Zhao Xu respectively.Seeing her missing little finger, limping steps, and bandaged wounds, Li Yuerong immediately regretted it.She said guiltily: "I'm sorry, Abi. I didn't know you had suffered so many injuries. I shouldn't have let you run here. You should go back and recuperate first. If you need anything, just let me know."

Abi shook her head, her expression was solemn, which was an emotion that was unimaginable to appear on her before: "I was cared for by a princess since I was a child, and I spent a lot of money on food and clothing, which is not what a maid should have. When it was me, I was so useless, even my little aunt couldn't protect her well..."

Her eye circles were red, and she was holding back tears, only feeling that it would be embarrassing to see Li Yuerong goodbye if she cried at this moment.

"Abi, don't blame yourself too much. You have done enough. Moran told me that the assassin this time is extraordinary. She and the well-trained guards in our house can't resist it. You Protect Xueqiong with my body and save her life. This is a great kindness, and I, Li Yuerong, will remember it forever." Li Yuerong said seriously.

Abi still shook her head, she sobbed and said: "It's useless to be a slave, you don't need to work hard in martial arts on weekdays..."

Li Yuerong gently touched her head, comforting her.

"Abi," Li Ke saw that her mood was gradually stabilizing, and asked first: "Today's assassins, can you tell where the martial arts come from? Are they coming for our frame, or just because you passed by them?" The location of the ambush?"