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Chapter 97: Encounter with Assassins

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  When Lin Wan fell down, there were 10,000 clay horses galloping through her mind.

  On the top floor of a pavilion fifty meters away from her, two men in black simultaneously slapped their foreheads with one hand and cursed.

  A large number of attendants rushed from all directions, Liu Tong led a team of elite soldiers to chase the assassin, and more people knelt down in front of Tuoba Hong to apologize. Yao Fusheng was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he repeatedly asked: "Your Majesty, are you okay? Are you hurt?"

  Tuoba Hong stepped forward and kicked one of the guards, then hastily carried Lin Yuan into the house: "A bunch of fools! Quickly summon the imperial physician for me!"

  The imperial station was suddenly in an uproar. The emperor had been stabbed, and the empress and a group of trusted officials rushed over, but after hearing that the emperor was safe, Left Chancellor and others retreated. In the eyes of these senior courtiers, a wounded concubine was not worth paying attention to. However, inside the bedroom, Tuoba Hong was both anxious and angry, pacing around the pillar, pointing at the kneeling imperial physicians and shouting: "If something goes wrong with Guixi today, you will all be buried with her!"

  Lin Wan on the bed had long been unconscious. The two female doctors carefully cut open her blood-soaked clothes and used a heated dagger to enlarge the wound, trying to pull out the deadly arrow. Although there was no poison on the arrowhead, it had pierced through her chest, and even the imperial physician Liang Shouchang felt a chill in his heart when he saw it. Looking at the furious emperor again, he instinctively touched his own neck.

  Even in a coma, Lin Wei could feel the intense pain that came in waves. In her dream, a white figure appeared before her eyes, and with an anger that surpassed even Tuoba Hong's, she pointed at the person and cursed loudly: "How dare you! Last time I was thrown to my death because of my own mistake, but what about this time?! You want to kill me with just one arrow? That stupid assassin has no eyes, couldn't he have aimed for Tuoba Hong instead?"

  The man in white chuckled: "Can't blame us for this, can you? We absolutely don't interfere with mortal affairs, I swear on the gods' names... Besides, those two assassins didn't know you'd suddenly grab the emperor, haha, what a coincidence, Your Majesty, take your time..."

  "Damn it! Don't go, I don't want to die......"

  Lin Wan had never thought of this turn of events. She valued her own life above all else, how could she possibly go and save Tuoba Hong? However, there are always unexpected things in life, and for the truth that "one's fate is not entirely in one's own hands", she once again gained a deeper understanding.

  "Yuan'er, it was my fault, I shouldn't have neglected you, shouldn't have doubted you..." The Emperor Taizong of Northern Wei, who had never apologized to anyone in his life, grabbed Lin Yuan's hand and said something that shocked everyone. Unfortunately, Lin Yuan couldn't hear him now. He really regretted it, because he was angry with Lin Yuan for being disturbed by a Mongolian king, but this foolish girl still wanted to save him with her own life even if she knew she had lost his favor.

  He thought that Lin Wan was definitely the woman who loved him the most in the world. She didn't care about her status, she didn't care about imperial favor, and she even didn't care about life or death. Tuoba Hong remembered many things, remembering how she used to accompany him with gentle care, remembering every time they were together, he was like a god in her eyes, remembering that she always believed in him unconditionally, treating him as the most important person, not just the emperor... Even when she was wronged and sentenced to death by his own order, she never regretted or resented it; even when Yuan Lie intervened and he, as the emperor, couldn't bear the humiliation and wanted to abandon her, she still thought of him with all her heart.

  What a wonderful woman, even if there were thousands of concubines in the harem, no one could surpass her. If she dies this time...

  Although Taohong felt a little guilty about it, he thought that he would be ashamed of it for the rest of his life.

  nb***

  The news of the emperor's assassination attempt spread quickly, followed by the fact that Huigui had been shot with an arrow while trying to save him, and his life was still hanging in the balance.

  On the second morning after the news spread, Wen concubine was still in her own room taking a rose bath and carefully dressing up to serve the emperor. As soon as she heard the palace maid's report, her face stiffened. After a while, a nearby palace girl whispered: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much, Hui Guifei is seriously injured, whether she can survive or not is also a problem."

  "Right, right...... you're absolutely right." Wen Pei anxiously grasped her hair.

  It's not just Wen Pin, even the Empress is eager for Lin Yuan to die. Last night, she saw clearly how the Emperor treated Lin Yuan, and even if there was something between Lin Yuan and the Mongolian king before, one meritorious deed could make up for everything. From now on, regardless of whether the Emperor really falls in love with her or not, she will become an irreplaceable existence in the harem. This woman is already a disaster, let alone Shang Fei, I'm afraid that even the Empress herself won't be able to surpass her in the future.

  However, she still took the medicine and personally went to see Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan is now occupying the emperor's house, and last night Taizong did not sleep with her. The empress saw the emperor like this and hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty is tired, it's better to go to bed early, if you're worried, let me guard Hui Guiren."

  "No harm, I'll accompany her for a while longer." At this time, Tuoba Hong actually had some deep feelings.

  "Your Majesty should be careful with your body." The empress said gently: "There is another matter to report to Your Majesty. Last night, Lord Liu led the Imperial Guard to surround the entire post station and finally caught those assassins in a trap. Unfortunately, they were all dead men, and the two who were left alive bit their tongues and died. Lord Liu searched their bodies and the things he found are still being verified..."

  As soon as the assassin Ta Ba Hong was mentioned, he wanted to go mad. He slapped his palm on the table: "Who else could it be besides the remnants of Ta Ba Yi? More than a decade ago, they were already like this, my Eastern Palace could sneak in people, and that Gan Shi... His fiefdom, Wing State, still has many remaining party members, thoroughly investigate for me, anyone related to this matter, rather kill by mistake than let them go!"

  Tuoba Hong was almost certain who wanted to kill him, and he had also practiced martial arts. The arrow that was pulled out of Lin's body was held in his hand, looking at the blood groove carved on it, giving a familiar feeling. When his father was alive, he had also experienced assassination attempts and had been injured in the arm.

  "Yes, I will go back and ask Lord Left Chancellor to enter the palace immediately."

  Tuoba Hong stood up and looked at the Empress, suddenly thought of something, and ordered: "No matter whether Gu Yi wakes up or not, you first pass down the edict to appoint her as Consort Wei."

  It was all within expectations, and the queen didn't show much surprise, responding smoothly. Looking at the emperor again, there wasn't a hint of himself in his eyes, and he felt bored standing there, so he drank a few sips of tea and excused himself to leave. As he walked out the door, the queen took a deep breath, thinking about what she should do next and who else could be used...

  The queen was not pleased, but she wasn't foolish enough to take advantage of Lin Yuan's injuries to poison her or anything. Even the large package of mountain delicacies given to Lin Yuan were genuine and good quality goods. Because of Lin Yuan's condition, which made it unsuitable for traveling, Emperor Tuoba Hong issued an edict ordering the civil and military officials as well as the imperial nobles to proceed ahead, while he and the queen along with others delayed their journey, staying behind at the Youzhou relay station waiting for Lin Yuan to wake up.

  Perhaps it was a strong desire to survive, or perhaps the wound was relatively far from her heart, but Lin Yuen woke up on the second day at dusk.

  Unlike the beautiful female leads in Korean dramas who sleep soundly despite being seriously ill, Lin Wan's past two days were not so easy to get through. She had lost too much blood and the medical conditions were limited, she was dizzy and couldn't control her own body, cold sweat kept breaking out layer by layer, she couldn't feel any pain but could feel the chill and weakness all over her body. The palace maids and doctors standing guard beside her bed only saw her sleeping peacefully, unaware that she was struggling against death.

  Later, she gradually regained some consciousness and tried to open her eyes with all her might, but couldn't. She slowly rolled her eyeballs, but still couldn't succeed after a long time. Having no other choice, she tried to make a sound again, feeling that she was shouting, but the people outside couldn't hear anything. Finally, she used up all her strength and managed to call out, and the nurse beside her, who had been taking care of her with great care, quickly gave her a large dose of thick, black, bitter medicine, which Lin Yuanyuan slowly woke up from with great effort.

  She really wanted to survive. She still remembered reading an American book about a heart patient who was declared hopeless by the doctor, and after the attending physician left, he struggled to open his eyes, and in the end, he really opened them.

  As soon as she woke up, everything was still dark and blurry, but she should be grateful to heaven for that. She endured the tearing pain in her chest and the nausea in her stomach, trying to take a good look at the sun's appearance. The surroundings were filled with joyful voices, whether it was the imperial physician or the serving palace maids who knelt down to congratulate her, they were happy for her and also happy that they wouldn't be executed by the emperor. Two eunuchs had already rushed out of the house to invite the emperor.

  After the disaster, Lin Yuxi couldn't help but start crying due to her mixed feelings of relief and pain. It's said that for a delicate girl who has never been hurt before, it's hard to hold back tears caused by physical pain. Anyway, Lin Yuxi is now crying in pain.

  As soon as he heard the news, Tuoba Hong rushed in and saw this pale-faced girl shrinking at the head of the bed, crying. He hurried over to hold her, saying warmly: "Yuanyuan, you scared me to death. You slept for so long, can you really bear to leave me?" The palace staff who followed later all knelt down, calling out "Consort Yuanyuan".

  Lin Wan just woke up and her mind was still foggy. The scene in front of her made her a bit unable to accept it. What the heck, this trashy emperor seemed to have wanted to lock himself in the cold palace yesterday, but today he's turned around so much? And what's with this imperial concubine... However, she quickly understood - that night, she had taken an arrow for the emperor after all...

  Lin Wei cried and laughed at the same time, wanting to jump up and cheer but feeling too painful to do so.

  She nestled in the emperor's arms and continued to cry, sobbing: "The concubine thought she would never see the emperor again..."

  The mountains and rivers can be changed, but the nature is hard to move. After experiencing a great disaster, the first words that come out of one's mouth are still lies.

  "Fool, even if you want to leave, I won't let you." Tuoba Hong, however, was delighted and hurriedly coaxed him with sweet words.

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