The Eldest Princess

Chapter 9

During the few days of the journey to the imperial mausoleum, although Xuan Fusang looked sad, her heart was always in a state of high alert.

The dragon coffin was still there on the way to the imperial mausoleum. They were cautious at this time, and the wild was not as heavily guarded as the palace, so it was the best time to assassinate. Once they entered the imperial mausoleum, assassination would not be so easy.

Seeing that they could enter the imperial mausoleum today, Xuan Fusang did not dare to relax at all. When she reached the foot of the still flat mountain, she had not noticed anything unusual, but she heard King Wei draw his sword and shout, "Protect the emperor!"

The imperial guards around her immediately stepped forward to defend, and then Xuan Fusang saw arrows flying like rain in front of her. She was protected in the encirclement and sighed in her heart that she didn't have the keen observation and agility of those martial arts masters.

After the rain of arrows, a group of men in black were seen rushing towards this side. Most of them were holding knives, while some used other weapons, including some who were experts in concealed weapons.

Because there were so many of them and their martial arts skills were extremely high, and the assassination attempt was too sudden, even though preparations had been made beforehand, everyone was still overwhelmed for a while.

Since they missed the best time to get together, the brother and sister could only keep an eye on each other's safety from a short distance amidst the swordplay.

From the assassins' attacks and manpower allocation, it can be seen that their main target is Xuan Ruichen. Seeing that there are more and more assassins on Xuan Ruichen's side, and there is even a possibility of approaching, Xuan Fusang directly gave the order. "Su Wen, go to Chen'er."

Su Wen frowned, unwilling in her heart, but her first reaction was to obey Xuan Fusang's order.

When Xuan Ruichen saw Su Wen leaving Xuan Fusang, he realized that he was going to help him, and he shouted anxiously: "Su Wen, go back!"

Su Wen would never listen to him and came to his side. Xuan Ruichen clenched his fists in anger and anxiety. At this moment, he once again deeply realized his weakness and incompetence. Just when he felt extremely angry and depressed about this, a more dangerous situation appeared.

He couldn't help but cry out in pain: "Royal sister!"

A flying knife dodged the defense and grazed Xuan Fusang's shoulder. The gushing blood instantly stung Xuan Ruichen's eyes red.

He just felt cold all over and his mind was blank. Even though Doctor Shen had given them the detoxification pills when they came, she also said that the detoxification pills were not omnipotent. What if the emperor sister...

At this moment, there was only one thought left in Xuan Ruichen's confused mind - he wanted to go to her.

"His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, no!"

Realizing Xuan Ruichen's intention, Xiao Anzi, King Wei and others hurried to stop him.

"Chen'er, don't move!" Xuan Fusang saw that he was determined to run towards him, and felt uncontrollable anger and worry filling his chest.

But when Xuan Ruichen saw the worry and anxiety on her face, he became more determined to go to her.

Of course the killers would not miss this loophole and attacked more fiercely. Everyone could only distract themselves to deal with it. In the panic, Xuan Ruichen found a gap and got out of their protection.

"His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

"Chen'er!"

Amid the shouts, he heard the sound of wind behind him, but he still ran towards Xuan Fusang as fast as he could. He was only two steps away, and he had to reach his imperial sister.

Just as he heard the sound of metal piercing flesh, he entered the gap left for him by the guards and ran into the arms of Xuan Fusang, who was looking shocked.

Xuan Fusang had been paying attention to Xuan Ruichen, so she saw how Prince Kang actually rushed over to block the flying knife for Xuan Ruichen.

The moment she touched Xuan Ruichen, Xuan Fusang hugged him back tightly, her mind still lingering on the thrilling scene just now, with a sense of fear in her heart.

Xuan Ruichen and Xuan Fusang hugged each other so tightly that their breathing became disordered and no one could tell whose heart was beating faster.

But Xuan Ruichen quickly let go of Xuan Fusang and looked at the wound on the back of her shoulder. Through the torn clothes, the nearly one-inch scratch could be seen clearly, and it was still bleeding. This close observation made his eyes even redder.

When he saw her face splattered with blood in the East Palace, it was just like a white jade blossoming with plum blossoms. At that time, Xuan Ruichen only felt that the royal sister had a charm that he had never seen before. He was even amazed by such beauty.

At this moment, Xuan Fusang's white robe was stained with blood, and her face was gradually turning pale, but she did not look panicked. Compared with her usual gentleness, only her eyes were a little colder, which made her look more resilient than the proud red plum in the snow.

But Xuan Ruichen was filled with anger when he saw this, and he only wanted to execute all the killers by slow slicing.

He instinctively wanted to reach out and help her stop the bleeding, but then he realized that he couldn't. Afraid that his panic would make the situation worse, he could only helplessly grasp her sleeve, staring at the wound, suppressing his anger and roaring: "Chanyu!"

The entangled Chanyu over there also became anxious and quickened its pace to approach.

During this period, Xuan Fusang noticed that after Prince Kang fell down, the killers seemed to be in a panic. Some of them even broke through the obstacles, came to Prince Kang, took out medicine and tried to rescue him.

Sure enough, they are from the Prince Wei's Mansion. Xuan Fusang's eyes flashed with a faint smile. Many people saw this scene. However, I don't know whether they fed Prince Kang a wound medicine or an antidote.

The guards of the imperial mausoleum were very strong. Once the advantage of the assassins' sneak attack wore off, coupled with the panic after accidentally injuring Prince Kang, the situation quickly reversed.

After clearing the obstacles around her, Chanyu finally came over. Amid Xuan Ruichen's anxiety and Xuan Fusang's calmness, she quickly gave Xuan Fusang a simple treatment.

After all the killers were dealt with, they were about to find a hidden place to give Xuan Fusang more thorough treatment, but General Yun stopped them.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince Kang was shot in the heart and I'm afraid he can't be saved. He seems to have something to say to Your Highness."

Xuan Ruichen tried to suppress his anger and was about to say no, but Xuan Fusang walked over directly. She really wanted to know why Prince Kang did this. Xuan Ruichen could only swallow his emotions and followed him silently.

As Prince Kang's voice was intermittent, Xuan Fusang could only bend down to listen to him.

Even though his eyes were distracted, Prince Kang still tried his best to look into her eyes. Xuan Fusang could even smell the blood in his mouth.

"I saved... the emperor... does that count as... my merits and demerits offsetting each other... I beg you... can you... treat... my mother and sister well..."

Xuan Fusang felt that her emotions were complicated and difficult to sort out. After thinking for a while, she nodded solemnly, "I will."