Madam, she always wants to run away

Chapter 32
All of a sudden, everyone was in a mess, wanting to gather around to see what happened.

"Don't even come here!" Xiao Lian knelt on the ground to inspect Li Ying's injuries, he threw the sword from his waist, and the long sword was inserted into the sand a few meters away, shining coldly in the sunlight , everyone dared not take a step forward.

Li Ying's eyes were tightly closed, and his originally crystal-clear face was now covered with a gray color.Xiao Lian stretched out his hand to check her breath.

He found his hands shaking uncontrollably.

She'll be fine, she'll be fine, Xiao Lian kept telling herself.

When his fingers felt her breath, Xiao Lian's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.But when he probed again, he found that her breathing was a little difficult, her pupils shrank obviously, and her pulse was much slower than ordinary people's.

This is actually a symptom of poisoning!Xiao Lian's veins bulged, his blood surged, and he wished he could drag out the murderer on the spot and tear his body into pieces.

But he can't, the more it is like this, the more calm and calm he has to be.

Since it was poisoned, where is her wound?Xiao Lian inspected the location where she might be poisoned inch by inch, and at the same time couldn't help thinking that if something happened to her, then everyone present would be buried with her.

But after checking Li Ying's whole body, Xiao Lian didn't see any wounds.Strange, how on earth did she get poisoned?Could it be that my judgment is wrong, isn't this poisoning?
impossible.Xiao Lian closed his eyes and forced himself to calm down, not letting go of any slight loophole.

Wait...he almost forgot the obvious!
Xiao Lian raised her head lightly, brushing away her messy black hair little by little.Sure enough, he found a tiny scratch on her scalp!

There was still a bit of blood on the scratch, mixed with a bit of brown mucus, which seemed to be caused by a sharp object contaminated with poison.

The moment he found the wound, Xiao Lian ordered: "Xuan'er, take my token and send your elder sister to the palace as quickly as possible to find the king's doctor for treatment, and tell him that your elder sister has been poisoned and the wound is on the top of her head."

"Brother-in-law... what about you?"

"I'll stay and investigate the murderer."

Li Xuan didn't know what conspiracy was involved behind this, but at this moment he was concerned about his elder sister, so he didn't ask any more questions, and immediately followed Xiao Lian's instructions and left with Li Ying in his arms.

Only Zhang Xian and Xiao Lian, who was filled with murderous aura, were left here.

At this moment, Xiao Lian seemed to be the King of Hades who had just come out of hell. Seeing Xiao Lian approaching him step by step, Zhang Xian's legs couldn't help shaking.

"I... I didn't do anything." Zhang Xian said tremblingly.

But at the position where Xiao Lian could pinch Zhang Xian's neck with his hand, he didn't come any closer, but squatted down in front of Zhang Xian's heels, tore off a piece of skirt from his body, and picked up something in the sand.

After Xiao Lian blew away the excess sand, the thing revealed its true colors—it was a poisoned silver needle!
"Today is your fate." Xiao Lian dropped this sentence, leaving Zhang Xian in a daze.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Xian came to his senses and asked behind his back.

Xiao Lian ignored it. He closed his eyes and carefully recalled the scene just now in his mind.

At that time, Li Xuan was on the left and Zhang Xian was on the right. According to the trajectory of Li Xuan's high whip kick, if Zhang Xian didn't dodge, Li Xuan would hit Zhang Xian's right shoulder.

If Li Ying didn't break in by surprise, then the poisonous needle...was originally aimed at Zhang Xian's position.

But by coincidence, not only did Li Ying barge in, but her height happened to be at the shoulder of Zhang Xian.

Because the poisonous needle grazed Li Ying's scalp, the force was buffered, so it fell to the ground before it hurt Zhang Xian.

In other words, if Li Ying did not appear, the poisonous needle would be inserted into Zhang Xian's right shoulder according to the original route.

Pushing one step forward, if Zhang Xian didn't dodge and got hit by Li Xuan's high-whip kick, at most his right shoulder was injured.But if Zhang Xian was hit by that poisonous needle, he would not be able to dodge at all, but would - be killed on the spot!
At that time, no one will be able to tell how Zhang Xian died. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, even if Li Xuan had ten mouths, he would not be able to tell clearly. At that time, all the blame must be pushed on Li Xuan's head.

Xiao Lian showed a sneer at the silver needle, what a sinister thought.

In order to frame Li Xuan, and then suppress himself, he actually used human life as a pawn.If Ying'er hadn't disrupted the chess game, I'm afraid this person's plot has already succeeded.

Xiao Lian put the murder weapon in his pocket calmly. The next step is to find the perpetrator.

He squinted his eyes and looked around at the group of twelve or thirteen-year-old teenagers. He was staring at a group of people with horror, and they didn't dare to breathe.

No, not them.To insert this poisonous needle into Zhang Xian's right shoulder quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly, it would be impossible without more than 20 years of skill.

Xiao Lian's eyes focused on the dilapidated stable not far away.This place has been deserted for a long time, and there are few people around. It is an excellent place to hide, and the distance between this place and the training ground is just enough to launch the poisonous needle to the target with the help of tools.

Xiao Lian strode towards the stable.The door was ajar, and someone had indeed been there, and looking at the ground, although it had been blown by the wind and covered a layer of sand, it could still be seen that someone had stood by the window just now, and even the footprints were still there.Judging by the size, he is a grown man.

How did he get in here?This is an important place for military camps, and outsiders are not allowed to enter.Or, is he from the barracks at all?

That's right, when he was standing and watching the battle just now, a group of soldiers passed by here!
But the military camp is so big, how can he find a needle in a haystack and find that person among tens of thousands of soldiers?Xiao Lian lost his thoughts for a moment.

He walked out of the stable in a daze, only to find that Zhang Xian and his party hadn't left yet.

"My lord...we want to know, is the concubine the one who was injured just now?" Zhang Xian asked anxiously.

Xiao Lian came back to his senses and replied, "Yes."

Zhang Xian blushed, and Cao Chang's blushed even more.If they knew that the princess was present today, they wouldn't say that about the princess if they were killed.

At the moment when Wang Hao's long hair was scattered and her true colors were revealed, all the teenagers present were stunned. When Wang Hao fell to the ground, their heartbeats also stopped.

From then on, whether it was Chang'e under the moon, Luoshen by the water, Daji who brought disaster to the country, or Zhaojun who went out of the border, all the young people had a real face in their hearts.

"Is the princess okay?" Cao Chang summoned up his courage and asked.

Xiao Lian's heart sank, he didn't know.He wished he could be by her side and accompany her now, but he couldn't just let her offender go so easily.

Seeing that Xiao Lian didn't answer, Zhang Xian felt even more guilty: "My lord, what happened today is all our fault. If the sixth princess hadn't told me that this is a good place to practice martial arts, I wouldn't have brought them here, and the princess wouldn't have died because of this." injured."

"Oh?" Xiao Lian suddenly became interested: "You mean, it was the sixth princess who asked you to come here?"

"Yes." Zhang Xian nodded: "I ran into the sixth princess when I entered the palace that day. When we talked about how I had learned martial arts recently, she mentioned that there is a field in the training ground that is very suitable for martial arts, and told me to meet Cao Cao some other day." Let them come together."

It's really hard to find a place to go through iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort to get it.This broken thread is reconnected here.

Oh, Xiao Lian didn't know whether to be angry or laugh.Those six princesses were Xiao Ling's "sister" whose biological mother died young and was recorded under the name of Concubine Rong.

Xiao Ling probably never imagined that her seamless plot would be disturbed, let alone that the one who "sells" him in the end is the "chess piece" in his hands.

Xiao Ling has always been at odds with him, so long that it can even be traced back to when both of them were children.At that time, whenever His Majesty praised him for his good homework, or for his good arrow shooting, Xiao Ling's cold eyes would drift over, and it would not be long before a poisonous snake ran into his bedroom, There are strange things such as a poisonous bee in his shoes.

There are countless things like this from childhood to adulthood, and Xiao Lian is very disturbed.He had no intention of competing with Xiao Ling for favor at all, let alone getting involved in the world, but no matter what he said or did, Xiao Ling just didn't believe it.

This is also the reason why at the age of 13, he disregarded the empress dowager's persuasion and invited him to go to the front line for training. Among them, Xiao Ling's reasons accounted for a large part.

I thought that after all these years, Xiao Ling should have figured it out, but probably it was the sentence that His Majesty said unintentionally in the Imperial Study Room a month ago, which made Xiao Ling's madness even worse.

Originally, it was fine that Xiao Ling only came for him, but for the sake of the court and society, so as not to increase the worries of His Majesty and Queen Mother, he could bear it.But now, Xiao Ling dared to set his mind on her and her family!

That being the case, then just wait.Xiao Lian grabbed the evidence in his hand and hurried towards the palace.

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The Empress Dowager, who was supposed to go to bed early, was frowning and worried.

The entire Renshou Palace is brightly lit with candles.

"Physician Wang, why is Ying'er still awake?" This was the eighth time the Empress Dowager asked the same question to Physician Wang that night.

Physician Wang wiped the sweat from his forehead, and replied again: "Queen Mother, don't worry. Fortunately, the prince found the wound of the princess in time, and the old minister confirmed the poison of the princess without wasting too much time. It won't be a problem."

"Then why are you still asleep?"

"Don't worry, Queen Mother. It will take some time for the antidote to take effect, and the antidote is also added with soothing medicinal materials. It is normal to sleep for a long time. You can rest assured. You are not in good health yourself, so don't worry about it. Too much worry."

"How can the Ai family not be worried, why did they get poisoned when they were fine?"

The queen mother was talking, Xiao Lian came.

"Lian'er, why did you come here!" The Empress Dowager's tone was full of complaints: "Ying'er has been in a coma for an hour, and Aijia is almost worried to death..."

"Grandmother, my grandson has heard what Imperial Physician Wang said just now, so you don't have to be nervous."

"I'm not nervous yet? You told Ai's family that the person was handed over to you, why did she get poisoned? Who killed Yinger?"

"Grandmother, are you sure you want to pursue it at this time? Ying'er is still asleep."

The queen mother hesitated to speak: "Forget it, Ying'er's safety is the most important thing."

"I'm here, go to sleep."

The Empress Dowager refused to agree at first, but she couldn't help the imperial physician Wang, Nanny Xu and Xiao Lian to persuade her in turn, and finally compromised: "All right, all right, Ai's home to rest. But you have to promise me, once Yinger wakes up, you Tell the Ai family immediately."

"Understood, you go quickly." Xiao Lian forced the Queen Mother out of the side hall as he spoke.

Li Xuan's status made it inconvenient to stay overnight in the palace, Xiao Lian promised him to inform Li's mansion as soon as possible, so he walked out of the palace without hesitation.

Only the two of them were left in the side hall.

Xiao Lian knelt by the bed, put Li Ying's small hand in his big palm, and touched her finger lightly with his lips.

"Yingying, can you hear me?

I have found the murderer.If you wake up, we will go to him to settle the score, if you can't wake up... I will let him be buried with him.

You know, the moment you fell today, I felt like the sky was falling.

For a moment I was thinking, if you are dead, then what is the point of me living alone?I don't want to die happily with you.

You're bound to wake up, right?
Promise me, you must wake up.In my life, Xiao Lian, I have no father, no mother, no worries, and you are my first relative besides my grandmother, and your parents, your brothers, have become my family members.

I was born without parents, and it was you who made me feel for the first time that I had a family just like everyone else.

I already really have you, I have a home, and if I lose you, I really don't know what will happen to me.

Yingying, please, wake up..."

Xiao Lian just knelt and sat by the bed, watching the whole night, not even knowing when he fell asleep.

In Li Ying's sleep, she heard someone talking in her ear continuously, babbling, and she couldn't hear it clearly. She was very sleepy and just wanted to sleep, but that person was so noisy.

She wanted to tell him to shut up, but she couldn't speak, she seemed to be in a deep, deep dream, until later, she felt her right hand was wet, as if something had fallen in her hand.

Gradually, that person stopped talking, and she fell asleep again.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Ying slowly opened her eyes, looking at the somewhat unfamiliar yellow curtain, she was in a daze for a while.

where is thisThis is not the palace.

She wanted to move her body, but found that her right hand was tightly clenched.

It's Xiao Lian.

Why is he there?

Li Ying tried hard to recall for a while before remembering what happened yesterday.

"Oh!" Li Ying exclaimed, and Xiao Lian immediately opened his eyes.

"Yingying, are you awake?" Xiao Lian could not restrain the joy in his voice.

"Xuan'er, is he alright?!" Li Ying was about to sit up when she said that, but was held down by Xiao Lian.

"He's fine, can you take care of yourself first?"

"Me? What's wrong with me? By the way, why am I in Renshou Palace?"

"You are poisoned."

"What? Poisoned?"

Xiao Lian told Li Ying what he discovered yesterday in detail.

"You mean, that poisonous needle flew past my scalp?"

"Yes."

"Help me up."

"what happened?"

"hurry up!"

With Xiao Lian's support, Li Ying staggered towards the mirror.

"Where is the wound?"

Xiao Lian pulled her hair back and pointed out where the scratch was. Although the scratch was not deep, it left a scar on her scalp because of the poison, and the hair on it was gone. up.

Li Ying looked at herself in the mirror, paused for a moment, and then cried "Wow——":
"My hair!"

(End of this chapter)