The queen is spoiling the king and madly criticizing him for spoiling her

"Your Majesty, I am late in coming to your rescue. Please punish me." The leader of the Five Cities Army threw the sharp blade into the hands of the deputy general next to him and knelt upright in front of the carriage.

Looking at the corpses scattered all over the floor, Xie Ci'an didn't let go of the hand covering Gu Jianchu's eyes. Although his aura was soft, his voice was still chilling. "Deal with these bodies cleanly, and take the remaining survivors back for strict interrogation. Make sure they confess who is the mastermind behind this."

When Xie Ci'an said this, his eyes turned towards King Li.

Prince Li never expected that his good brother would take precautions in advance.

These are just ordinary soldiers, not death squads. They will definitely confess under torture.

However, Prince Li was only panicked for a moment, and his gentle expression immediately returned to normal.

"You idiot system, why didn't you tell me earlier? Even if the refugees' assassination attempt failed, Prince Li still had other plans."

"What are you talking about? The child Prince Li brought with him is a dwarf. Not only was he intended to impersonate their son when he entered the capital, but he was also intended for assassination. They had secretly trained this dwarf for two years before this. To control the dwarf, they also imprisoned his sister."

"Why are you telling me such important information now? I was just thinking this child was quite pitiful, brought to the capital by Prince Li to die. Now it seems I'm the one who's most pitiful. I even let this assassin into the carriage."

[I wonder if the Emperor will suspect that I am also an accomplice of Prince Li.]

Xie Ci'an didn't expect that Prince Li had such a backup plan.

The moment Gu Jianchu finished speaking, a whistle was heard outside. Although the sound was not very loud, it was loud enough for them to hear clearly.

【What the hell is that sound?】

After cursing, Gu Jianchu seemed to realize something. She turned her head to look at the child who was eating cakes beside her. The innocent smile on his face had completely changed. His eyes were filled with murderous fierceness, and he drew a soft sword from his waist.

The little dwarf was agile and stabbed Xie Ci'an directly with the soft sword.

Xie Ci'an pushed Gu Jianchu in his arms to the side, and he bumped into the small table beside him. The two of them were inseparable, going back and forth.

This imperial chariot looked very large before, but after it became a battlefield, it became extremely narrow. Gu Jianchu leaned to the side, trying to find the right opportunity to escape.

It's already this time, we can only run away when disaster strikes.

Gu Jianchu stuck to the wall and tried to move out.

The two were fighting, and Xie Ci'an suddenly fell into a disadvantage. The dwarf swung a sword at him, and Xie Ci'an barely dodged it. With a roll of the dwarf, Xie Ci'an and the dwarf switched directions, and Xie Ci'an stuck together with Gu Jianchu who wanted to escape.

Gu Jianchu leaned aside with an expression that looked like he wanted to cry but had no tears.

Their target was Xie Ci'an. She originally had a chance to escape, but how could she escape now?

Seeing that he could not hurt the emperor, the dwarf pulled out a dagger from his boot and rushed towards Xie Ci'an again. Gu Jianchu was so scared when he saw this that he dodged to the side, but he stepped on the fruits and vegetables that had been overturned by them.

Her foot slipped and her whole body fell forward uncontrollably, just in time to block the oncoming blade for Xie Ci'an.

The blade cut her arm, and bright red blood stained her entire sleeve. It was also accompanied by dense pain, as if thousands of ants were biting her, and a layer of fine cold sweat appeared on her forehead.

Fortunately, Xie Ci'an caught her body in time and prevented her from falling further.

They knew Xie Ci'an's kung fu skills, but they didn't take action because they knew that Xie Ci'an was just teasing the little dwarf, like a cat playing with a mouse. They didn't expect that the queen would suddenly rush out to block for the emperor, so they dared not delay any longer.

Wen Zhu immediately took the crossbow handed to him, aimed at the dwarf, and shot a long arrow while the crossbow was about to attack the emperor again.

The powerful arrow pierced the open window and pierced the dwarf's heart.

The dwarf was thrown back a few times by the force and fell onto the blanket.

Before the dwarf could move, several long swords were placed on the dwarf's neck almost at the same time.

Xie Ci'an hugged the pale queen who leaned in his arms.

Gu Jianchu's face was so pale that almost no blood could be seen. The pain in her arm made her want to hit and scold, but she was too weak to even utter a word.

The usually cold and hard emperor revealed a hint of softness, "I should have protected the Queen, but the Queen still came out to protect me. Is the Queen stupid?"

Xie Ci'an didn't even realize that his tone was extremely gentle. He frowned and looked at Cheng Song, "Send the imperial physician over."

Gu Jianchu leaned in Xie Ci'an's arms, feeling so regretful.

She rushed out to protect the emperor. She wanted to escape and accidentally slipped and was stabbed by the sharp blade. However, she did not dare to explain this and could only tacitly accept that she was injured while protecting the emperor.

Wen Zhu led his men to bring the dwarf out, and to prevent him from biting his tongue to commit suicide, he stuffed a handkerchief into his mouth.

He cautiously walked to Xie Ci'an and whispered, "How should the emperor's assassin be dealt with?"

"Put this man in the death row. Besides, this person is the child brought back by Prince Li and Princess Li, so he is naturally related to the case. Arrest these two people and bring them to justice. I will interrogate them after I return to the palace." Xie Ci'an's tone was indescribably cold.

Wen Zhu was afraid that it would affect her, so after the emperor gave the order, she immediately sent someone to handle the matter.

The person who passed by Wen Zhu was Doctor Lin.

Doctor Lin came to the imperial carriage carrying his medicine box and said, "Your humble servant greets the Emperor and the Empress."

"Come in and let the Queen see you." Xie Ci'an said with a hint of impatience.

Gu Jianchu was laid flat on a wool blanket, covered with a thick fox fur cloak. They had originally planned to wait until dark to rush to Ci'an Temple and did not bring many things with them. They did not expect to encounter such a thing halfway.

Zhuxi was called into the imperial carriage to serve. Zhuxi had already cut open all the clothes on Gu Jianchu's wound with scissors to make it easier for the imperial physician to treat him.

Seeing an unfamiliar imperial physician approaching, Xie Ci'an frowned, "Why didn't Imperial Physician Xu come?"

Ever since he found out about Doctor Zhang's secrets, Xie Ci'an had intentionally or unintentionally started to treat Doctor Zhang coldly and treated him less favorably. Instead, he replaced him with Deputy Chief Doctor Xu.

Facing the Emperor's questioning, Imperial Physician Lin replied calmly, "The Empress Dowager suddenly complained of heart pain, and Imperial Physician Xu was summoned to her carriage. I didn't dare rush her. Upon hearing that the Empress was injured, I took the liberty to come."

"Are your medical skills any good?" Xie Ci'an asked doubtfully.

Doctor Lin was not too proud. "I can treat some minor problems, but I can't guarantee anything for difficult and complicated cases."

Doctor Lin saw that the Emperor was still worried about him, so he continued, "If Your Majesty is not confident in my medical skills, you can ask someone to invite Doctor Xu over. However, I am afraid that the trip back and forth will delay the Empress's recovery."