How could Mrs. Zhu believe her? She wiped the sweat off her forehead with a handkerchief. The old lady was always afraid that people would never open their eyes again after closing them. Even though she knew her granddaughter had difficulty speaking, she still asked her, "Don't faint. Hold on until the doctor comes."
Hua Zhi responded straightforwardly. She knew very well the extent of the wound she had inflicted. It was impossible for such a small wound to make her faint. At most, she would just bleed too much and feel dizzy.
"How come you got here so quickly?"
"I came here to deliver something to your mother, but on the way I heard that you were assassinated outside the city. I was so scared that my heart almost jumped out of my chest." The old lady asked in a low voice, "Do you know who is behind this?"
"There are only a few people who dare to act like this in the capital, and even fewer who hate me enough to want to get rid of me."
"It's good that you know what's going on." Old Madam Zhu sighed and swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. Some words are actually nonsense. How could Zhi'er not want to be well taken care of, or want to be hurt? It's just that some people can't bear to see her well.
Zhu Shan stood aside and looked at her injured cousin. The hurdle in her heart that she had been unable to overcome seemed to be overcome suddenly. Her cousin's life was not even guaranteed, but she was still tormenting herself and her family for a little bit of her own thoughts. She was only relying on her family's care for her. Compared to her cousin who had to shoulder everything on her own, she really didn't know how lucky she was.
Nian Qiu came in carrying the prepared things, and the room was instantly filled with the aroma of wine. Old Madam Zhu hurriedly stepped aside and watched several maids come forward to get busy.
On the street, the sound of horse hooves could be heard and pedestrians on the street immediately made way to both sides. These were fast horses that were delivering battle reports. If they blocked the way and were kicked to death by the horses, their deaths would be in vain.
But when the horses passed by, everyone came to their senses. This was not right. The war horses ran from the city gate to the palace, but this horse ran out of the palace. Could something big have happened
Many people were interested and started looking for ways to find out.
Shaoyao, who caused all this, rode her horse wildly without caring about anything. No matter what was forbidden or what was impeached, it meant nothing to her!
Seeing that the Hua family was approaching, Shaoyao dismounted from her horse and without waiting for anyone to open the door, she jumped onto the wall, leaped over the top of the wall, used her light body skills to quickly walk into the yard, kicked open the door and rushed straight to the bed.
Smelling the aroma of wine, Shaoyao pushed the people away and looked at the wound that had been cleaned. Seeing that Huahua was sober, she finally let out the anger that had been raised since she heard the news. She climbed onto the bed and lay down next to Huahua to calm down for a moment before taking her pulse in this awkward position.
Hua Zhi rubbed her head, "It's nothing, don't worry."
"I'm the doctor, and only my words count whether there's anything wrong or not." After confirming that it was just a lack of blood and qi, Shaoyao regained her composure. Looking at the depth of the wound, she knew there was something wrong. She glared at Huahua, sat up, opened the medicine box to treat the wound.
Everyone felt relieved when Shaoyao arrived. After applying some unknown medicine on the wound, the burning pain finally subsided, and Huazhi also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Miss, Madam Sun is here."
Before Hua Zhi could say anything, Old Madam Zhu said, "I'll go, don't worry about what's going on outside."
Hua Zhi indeed didn't care anymore, but she knew who came. The one who came from the Qin family was the eldest lady, the old lady of the Cai family came with Hua Qin who was pregnant, the one who came from the Anguo Mansion was the eldest lady who was in charge of the family, and even the Yu family and the Yuan family who were about to get married had people coming.
Hua Zhi thought that everyone on this boat was united after all.
"Is it Haoyue?" Inside the house, Shaoyao asked in a low voice after driving everyone else out.
"It will be either her, or the Third Prince, or the Fourth Prince. There won't be anyone else." Hua Zhi sat up a little. The pain was not so severe and she felt much better.
Shaoyao glared at her fiercely, "Can't you cut corners a little?"
"Everyone in the capital knows that Xiaoliu has taken me as his master. Now I am a confirmed member of the Sixth Prince's party. If I am assassinated, everyone will think in this direction, including the emperor." Hua Zhi said in a light tone, "So the emperor will first come to confirm whether I was really assassinated or it was a show. It won't be long before the imperial physician comes."
"Your Majesty doesn't believe me?"
"If I'm not injured but I need to fake it, will you help me?"
"certainly."
Hua Zhi smiled, "That's why the imperial physician came. It's not that the emperor doesn't trust you, it's that he understands you. In the emperor's heart, you are harmless, and he trusts you very much. This is a good thing."
Shaoyao was still very unhappy, "So what should we do now?"
"Wait." Hua Zhi looked at this much more beautiful face, "Wait for the emperor's move, and also wait for the other party's next move."
"We just have to wait?"
"Chen Qing has gone to investigate. You have to know that no matter who did it, the emperor will not touch them for me. I didn't expect to defeat them all at once, but they will definitely throw out a few abandoned pieces. With Chen Qing's ability, he should not be unable to find the source. From the overall situation, if we can cut off an important arm of the other party, it will be a victory. As for the people behind the scenes... I won't let them be proud for long."
"So I wanted to be a general since I was a kid. I just wanted to show my skills by doing it myself. There's no need to go through all this trouble."
But military generals have never been able to defeat civil officials. This has always been the case in every dynasty. Hua Zhi lowered her eyes. She didn't like civil officials either, but she was also using the same tactics as the civil officials.
"Miss, an angel has come."
The two looked at each other, and Shaoyao asked, "Who is coming?"
"It's Eunuch Lai Fu."
Acquaintance, very good, Shaoyao stood up, "I'll go to Yingchun, Yingchun, to clean up Huahua."
"yes."
Shaoyao came back soon. Lai Fu greeted her at the door and said, "The emperor learned that you were injured, so he ordered the imperial physician Liu, who is good at treating external injuries, to come and treat you. I wonder if it is convenient for you."
"Come in."
Yingchun put a silk handkerchief on the young lady's wrist. Doctor Liu felt the young lady's pulse through the handkerchief for a moment, then raised his head and saw the pale face of the young lady. He glanced at the bloody clothes beside her and knew that the injury was real and the assassination was probably also real.
"The young lady's injury is special, and it is inconvenient for me to treat it. Miss Shaoyao is a disciple of the Holy Hand. I wonder if you can tell me whether the young lady has injured her heart meridian?"
Shaoyao had a better impression of him after hearing him say this, so she said, "The arrow was only half an inch away from the heart meridian. Even if it didn't hit the heart meridian, it would have been a serious injury."
Doctor Liu nodded, "Miss Shaoyao is right. The heart meridian is a very important vital point. If it is injured there, it will seriously damage the vitality. I see that the eldest lady is seriously deficient in qi and blood. She needs to be taken good care of."
Shaoyao looked at him, then at Lai Fu, and asked with her eyes: Is this one of us
Lai Fu nodded imperceptibly.
Shaoyao suddenly realized, no wonder it was like this, if the heart pulse was injured, how could it not be diagnosed
"Please ask Doctor Liu to prescribe medicine."
Yingchun understood and invited Doctor Liu to the next room.