C15

Chapter 15 - A Shadow

"You!"

Xiao Qingqian's eyes were wreathed in fury as he glared at her.

I've seen people who don't care about their lives, but I've never seen anyone like Wei Qing!

Even at such a critical moment, he still had the guts to ask him "on what basis?"

"Wei Qing, open your eyes wide for this duke and see clearly that you are this king's consort. If this king doesn't agree to your death, then you are not allowed to die!"

Wei Qing laughed even more mockingly, and said hoarsely: "I'm willing!"

Damn it!

Xiao Qingqian wished that he could strangle Wei Qing to death at this moment.

This damn girl's skills are truly too amazing!

The guards were quick, dragging the doctor into the hall.

The thick stench of blood on his face caused the doctor's complexion to change. He rushed forward and examined Wei Qing's pulse, using medicine to prescribe the prescription, and then said with a trembling voice, "Your highness, the wangfei will be fine after taking a rest!"

Xiao Qingqian obviously did not believe him. He frowned, and looked at the doctor doubtfully.

The doctor's forehead was beaded with sweat.

Princess Hua-Yang's injury looked frightening, but she'd easily avoided an important blood vessel. This was indeed strange.

If the princess had injured herself, then she must have been familiar with the meridians of the human body.

If it was the princess' wife who had been injured by the king, could it be that she had merely given a small lesson to the princess and had not expected it to become so serious?

"Forget it, you can leave now!" Xiao Qingqian waved his hands a little tiredly.

He had done his best, and it all depended on his fate if Wei Qing could survive.

Die'er rushed forward and stared at Xiao Qingqian with misty eyes.

"I'm afraid that the Prince would be more than willing to see the Eldest Miss die just like that, so get out of the way!"

The pressure around Xiao Qingqian suddenly dropped again.

"Men, take good care of my wife!" Xiao Qingqian did not wish to find fault here, so after instructing them, he returned to the study room.

He saw from afar a shadow quickly enter the study. He was stunned and quickly rushed over.

Perhaps the person inside had sensed something, as he leapt out from the study room's window and shot three poisoned silver needles at Xiao Qingqian.

Xiao Qingqian squinted his eyes, his body nimbly dodged, and rushed towards the shadow with a powerful burst of inner strength.

That person's eyes widened, barely dodging the attack.

The strong inner strength struck the fake boulder behind that person, and with a "peng" sound, a hole appeared on the fake rock.

The sounds of fighting attracted the dark guards, and they all surrounded that person, closing in step by step.

Just as the black cloth cloth was about to be torn apart, a Smoke Bomb was thrown at the Dark Guard.

With a "hong" sound, the smoke rose into the air, and the man quickly took advantage of the chaos to leave.

As the smoke dissipated, the person had long since disappeared.

Xiao Qingqian squinted his eyes, his hands clenched into fists under his sleeves, his entire body releasing a heavy aura.

"Your Highness, your subordinate has failed in his duty, please punish me severely!" The guards all knelt down.

Xiao Qingqian's gloomy eyes quickly swept across everyone's faces, and coldly said. "Self-punishment!"

The guards quickly retreated.

Xiao Qingqian entered the study room, his gaze quickly sweeping the area. Seeing that the box containing the city map did not show any signs of being in a passive state, his heart that was hanging in the air suddenly felt at ease.

As he carefully recalled the person's eyes from before, Xiao Qingqian only felt that they seemed very familiar, but he was still unable to immediately recall who it was.

It was late, so he prepared to sleep in the study.

*

When Tian Sisi heard that Wei Qing was severely injured, she was extremely overjoyed!

This was retribution.

Who let her kill Bi Yao!

However, in order to save Xiao Qingqian, she went to the kitchen to stew some tonifying soup and sent it to Wei Qing.

Wei Qing had a night of rest. Although she was still weak and her face was extremely ashen, her life was not in danger.

Hearing that Tian Sisi had brought a tonifying soup to visit, both Die'er and Tian Sisi looked at each other.

Die'er understood tacitly, and cried sorrowfully while covering her face when Tian Sisi entered the room.

"Is the Elder Sister Princess alright?" Tian Sisi quickly swept her gaze across Wei Qing's face.

Dia'er didn't say anything.

Tian Sisi called out, "Elder Sister Princess?"

Wei Qing pretended not to hear. If not for her weak breathing, Tian Sisi would have thought that she was already dead.

After leaving the tonifying soup behind, Tian Sisi returned to her own chamber.

When he entered and saw the tall figure, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Prince?"

It seemed that Xiao Qingqian had heard about him going to the kitchen to stew tonifying soup s for Wei Qing.

"Why is Your Highness looking at me like that?" Tian Sisi timidly asked, "Are you still angry at me for being incompetent?"

Xiao Qingqian shook his head.

He recalled seriously last night that the black clothed man who had snuck into the study room seemed to have eyes very similar to Tian Sisi's.

However, Tian Sisi did not have any internal energy, and last night, the black clothed man's internal energy was not weak, her Qing Gong was even better.

What was going on?

He pulled on Tian Sisi's wrist and raised his hand to form a vein, without any Inner Qi!

"Prince, what are you doing?"

"Nothing."

"When I heard that Elder Sister Princess was injured, I personally stewed a tonifying soup and sent it to Elder Sister Princess!"

Although she was angry that Wei Qing had gotten rid of her most capable servant girl, she could only swallow her resentment.

Xiao Qingqian softly replied with an "En" sound. Her gaze landed on her finger, which had blistered from the heat, and a trace of pity surfaced in her eyes.

"Your Highness, please believe me. I didn't know that Bi Yao would actually do such a sinister thing! "Otherwise..." As she spoke, she began to wipe away her tears.

Xiao Qingqian embraced her in his arms and gently patted her back. "This king was very busy last night!"

"I had thought that since Your Highness had gone to Elder Sister Princess's chambers, you had already favoured the Elder Sister Princess …"

After hearing these words, the decisive look that Wei Qing had when she pressed the hairpin against her neck last night surfaced once again in Xiao Qingqian's mind.

"Prince?" Seeing Xiao Qingqian's eyes wander, Tian Sisi frowned, and looked at him.

"Si'er, no matter what This King does, you are the only one in my heart. Don't be sad!"

Hearing that, Tian Sisi turned her tears into a smile, as she leaned into his embrace, laughing happily.

"My prince, the wangfei seems to have been poisoned!"

Hearing that, both Xiao Qingqian and Tian Sisi were stunned at the same time.

Xiao Qingqian's face turned ashen, "I'll go take a look first!"

Tian Sisi wanted to follow along, but was stopped by Xiao Qingqian, "Si'er is the kindest, you must not want to see such a bloody scene, wait for me here!"

"Your highness won't think that it's because of me, right?" Tian Sisi felt that she was tricked by Wei Qing again, and asked timidly.