Chapter 36 - It's Great

 Ye Chuyan's consciousness and clarity gradually recovered. After she saw Wu Mu feeding her the blood of her heart, she fainted before she could speak.

Suddenly, there was a neat and heavy sound of footsteps outside, accompanied by the friction of armor. Wu Mu pricked up his ears and sneered twice. It was a whole team of imperial guards. The person who drugged her was really well planned, and it was calculated that the imperial guards would patrol here at this time.

He had nowhere to escape at this time. He carefully wiped the blood off the hairpin, gently inserted it into Ye Chuyan's bun, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and smoothed her slightly messy dress. After doing all this, he walked quickly to the outside of the main hall, pulled out a short knife from the jade belt around his waist, and slashed it fiercely at the bleeding position on his heart. His clothes were stained with blood. He inserted the short knife into the jade belt and sat on the column of the corridor outside the palace. He shouted, "Someone come..."

After the imperial guards rushed in, they were shocked by Wu Mu's bloody appearance.

The leader of the imperial guards knew Wu Mu and hurriedly said, "Young Master Wu, are you okay?"

Wu Mu covered his bleeding heart. "You are finally here. I just saw a suspicious man carrying a woman sneaking here. I tracked him all the way here. As soon as I entered the palace gate, I was injured by the thieves who were ambushed here..."

He began to gasp for air before he finished speaking.

The leader of the imperial guards was horrified. "Go and search! We must catch the assassin. All the envoys of Beirong are here today. We must not disturb the emperor!"

He saw that Wu Mu's heart was bleeding, his face was visibly pale, and his body was shaky. He quickly arranged for several imperial guards to carry Wu Mu to the Imperial Medical Bureau. The imperial guards in charge of the search opened the main hall door and found Ye Chuyan lying on the ground.

He shouted in surprise: "Boss, Princess Qing has fainted here."

The leader went in and took a look and decisively ordered, "Go find Prince Qing and ask him to come secretly, and don't disturb other people at the palace banquet."

Apart from the emperor, the most influential person in the palace is Prince Qing. This matter is serious and involves Princess Qing, so he wants Prince Qing to handle it. If the emperor asks about it later, he can punish less. The imperial guards are all men, and no one dares to touch Ye Chuyan. The leader had to arrange for a few people to guard outside the door and wait for Pei Xiuyan to arrive.

 

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The palace banquet was still full of wine and food, and some officials wanted to take the opportunity to curry favour with Pei Xiuyan. Seeing that his eyebrows and body were full of a murderous aura, everyone did not dare go up and offend him, and all retreated in embarrassment.

Na Sheng looked at Pei Xiuyan with a half-smile, and the mockery in his eyes flashed. A man who can't protect his woman is a waste! He wanted to take her back, crown her as the Queen of Beirong, and share the vast country together. When he thought of the red mole on Ye Chuyan's ankle, his eyes suddenly became deep. 

The Beirong envoy beside him saw Na Sheng's evil smile and dared not say a word. Whether Na Sheng forced them to visit Dafeng, ceded land, or asked for peace, they did not dare to dissuade him. This newly enthroned emperor was too crazy. After he killed the prince with his own hands, he actually had people cook him into meat patties and force Beirong's important officials to eat them. Afterwards, he told all the court officials that those who were disloyal to him would end up like this. He also killed all the people with the surname Na in the royal family. This move shocked Beirong, and no one dared to refute him.

Pei Xiuyan felt the strong contempt from the other side and looked up at Na Sheng. One had dark eyes like black ice, and the other had double pupils like ghosts. Both saw murderous intent in each other's eyes, but they raised their glasses and nodded slightly to each other.

 

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A little eunuch came and said a few words to Yan Xue. Yan Xue's face changed slightly, and he whispered a few words to Pei Xiuyan. Pei Xiuyan left Hanyuan Hall without a sound. He took Yan Xue to Xuanyou Palace at a fast pace.

"Where is the princess?"

Seeing Pei Xiuyan coming over with a gloomy face, the leader of the Imperial Guards hurriedly said, "The princess is in the house."

When Pei Xiuyan entered the house, Ye Chuyan was lying quietly on the ground, as if she were sleeping. There were no scars on her body, her clothes were neat, her breath was stable, and her icy eyebrows and eyes were just now slightly relaxed.

He picked up Ye Chuyan and covered her with his cloak. "Tell me the whole story in detail."

The team leader did not dare to delay and told Pei Xiuyan everything that happened.

Pei Xiuyan frowned and thought after listening. Ye Chuyan was a martial arts expert. She just came out to look for Bai Zhi. Why did she faint in the cold palace? Where did Bai Zhi go? How skilled must someone be to stab Wu Mu to death? He immediately thought of the Beirong people who spied on Jianjia Garden that day.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said, "You dare to be so presumptuous at the palace banquet; you are really tired of living."

He ordered the leader of the Imperial Guards, "Mobilise another team of Imperial Guards and divide them into two groups. One group will go to find Bai Zhi, the princess's personal maid; the other group will go to find the suspicious person mentioned by Young Master Wu."

"Remember, this matter must not disturb the Hanyuan Palace. If you meet a noble in the palace on the way, say that you have stepped up the inspection just in case."

He arranged these and walked out of the main hall, holding Ye Chuyan. "I am going to take the princess to the Imperial Medical Bureau now, and by the way, I will go to Young Master Wu to interrogate him. You must do as I say as soon as possible!"

After walking a few steps, he turned back and said, "Give me a list of all the imperial guards in the palace today, and send it to the Qing Palace before noon tomorrow."

The team leader received the order and immediately arranged it.

When Pei Xiuyan brought Ye Chuyan to the Imperial Medical Bureau, the candlelight was bright inside. He handed Ye Chuyan to the young female doctor in the Imperial Medical Bureau. Hearing that Wu Mu was suturing his wound in the inner room, he rushed in directly.

Wu Mu was lying on the bed, biting a piece of brocade in his mouth, and several imperial doctors were suturing the sword wound on his heart with mulberry bark thread.

Wu Mu refused to drink Ma Fei San (anaesthetic) and insisted that the imperial doctors sew the needles while he was awake. The imperial doctors trembled a little when they started and sighed in their hearts that the injury to the heart of the young master Wu was so deep, it was really terrible. Fortunately, Wu Mu bit the cloth and didn't move, and the suturing went smoothly. The imperial doctor finished suturing and was wiping the blood from Wu Mu's heart. After the blood was wiped off, a palm-long suture wound was visible, winding around the boy's body like a red snake.

Pei Xiuyan stood by and looked at Wu Mu's wound, his eyes flickering.

"If Master Wu is still conscious, please tell me the truth about what happened today."

The imperial physician wanted to persuade Pei Xiuyan to ask later because Wu Mu's wound had just been sutured and he needed to rest. But Wu Mu waved his hand to let the imperial physician leave, and he repeated what he had told the Imperial Guards. Pei Xiuyan saw that his chest injury was indeed serious and he was now in a state of strength, so he didn't seem to be lying, so he told him about finding Ye Chuyan in the house. He also expressed his gratitude lightly, saying that it was because Wu Mu called the Imperial Guards that Ye Chuyan was discovered in time. Finally, he put away his suspicion and left.

As soon as Pei Xiuyan left, Wu Mu could no longer hold on, and he gritted his teeth and took a breath of cold air in pain. He began to feel dizzy, and before he fainted, he had only one thought in his mind.

"It's great that Ah Yan is fine."