Reborn as a concubine's daughter and entering a noble family: Xie Lang, don't be too seduc

Xie Lin carried Huo Sanghua through the narrow alleys of the palace, heading towards the Imperial Hospital.

The palace maids and servants they encountered on both sides frequently glanced sideways, trying to find out—

What's happening here!

"Then you don't need to stand so close to me." Hawthorne tried to maintain her distance from Xie Lin, and when she looked up at him from her angle, she only saw his profile...

Unlike Xie Shu, Xie Lin's features seemed more defined, and his eyes and brows revealed an untamed spirit and youthful arrogance.

Perhaps due to nervousness, his brow was slightly furrowed, and his eyes were fixed on the front.

Huo Sanghua couldn't help but hold her breath when she saw him, and she thought of that day when he used one arm to pin her down in front of him like a rogue.

But unlike then—

At this moment, Xie Lin was wearing a blue robe, a low-ranking garment among military officers, and an official hat that was only worn when entering the palace to meet His Majesty.

But it's about that day...

Hawthorne shook his head sharply, trying to stop himself from letting his mind wander.

"Hold on tight to me," Xie Lin suddenly said.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Huo Sanghua thought he had seen through her thoughts and felt embarrassed, her face turning red instantly.

"I mean—" Xie Lin was about to say something when he noticed Huo Sanghua's strange behavior out of the corner of his eye. He smiled inwardly and couldn't resist teasing her. "...You're too heavy! I can barely hold you anymore, and you're still trying to pull away. If you fall, it won't be me who'll be embarrassed!"

"you--!"

Huo Sanghua was unaware that even when Xie Lin held her in his arms, he didn't dare to look into his arms at all.

Even a second glance makes me feel inexplicably guilty.

That little face, while not exactly a beauty that could topple kingdoms, was... well, it could be considered pleasing to the eye, right?

Every time I look down, I always see her slightly upturned, rosy lips first.

I can't help but feel a strange sensation in my heart!

Xie Lin deliberately wanted to tease her, so he pretended to be unable to carry her anymore and half-let go... "Ouch!"

"Don't let go!" Huo Sanghua really thought she was going to fall, so she straightened up and threw herself into Xie Lin's arms.

In an instant...

"oops!"

"hiss!"

The two of them made strange noises at the same time.

"What is that?" Xie Lin frowned. Just as Huo Sanghua had thrown herself into his arms, startling him so much that he hadn't had time to react, he felt something sharp pierce his chest. "You carried a hidden weapon to see His Majesty?"

It's a very subtle feeling.

It felt like being pricked with a needle!

Hawthorne, who was also stabbed, let out the same scream of pain.

Suddenly I remembered—

The moment they drew close, the two ends of the embroidery needle she had hidden as "evidence" pierced them both. "What kind of hidden weapon is this? It's clearly..."

"What is Mingming?"

The sentence she didn't finish aroused Xie Lin's curiosity.

"It's nothing." Huo Sanghua rubbed her chest, where she had been stabbed quite hard. "Let's go quickly. I can't come up tomorrow morning; the whole palace is talking about this."

"So what? Is it more absurd than you grabbing me in public at the Xie family home and announcing that you want to marry me?!"

How could he possibly believe that this fearless little girl would be afraid of this matter spreading throughout the palace? But compared to this matter, the fact that she and His Majesty fainted at the same time was probably the real serious issue.

If he's not mistaken, Consort Qi will definitely be on guard.

That's good, though, because Consort Qi will always be on guard against any possible encounters between Her Majesty and her in private.

She no longer needs to foolishly send a message to that idiot Li Lang.

The moment the two appeared at the Imperial Hospital...

The entire Imperial Medical Academy was dumbfounded.

The imperial physician had no choice but to obey Xie Lin's orders and step forward to examine Huo Sanghua's injuries...

As Xie Lin had instructed her, Huo Sanghua had prepared something in advance and placed it under her armpit.

The imperial physician examined Hawthorne's unusual pulse but couldn't find anything wrong. "This is..."

Hawthorne was still pretending to faint.

The old physician stroked his beard, encountering a problem for the first time in his life. What kind of illness was this? The pulse was so strange... ...the five internal organs? No, not the five internal organs...

"Imperial Physician, her injuries..."

Before Xie Lin could finish speaking, a voice suddenly shouted from outside, "Imperial Physician Zhou, Imperial Physician Wei, Imperial Physician Li, Imperial Physician Xia, hurry up, come with me!"

It seemed to be someone close to His Majesty, who summoned all the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital in one go.

Xie Lin was about to stop one of them when Huo Sanghua gripped his clothes tightly—

"Everyone's gone, open your eyes."

Huo Sanghua quietly opened one eye, confirming that there was no one else in the Imperial Hospital besides the two of them, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat up.

He took off his clothes, ran outside, and peered out...

But I can't see anything at all!

Xie Lin thought she was looking for the imperial physician. "Don't bother looking, they've all left. Since His Majesty has also fainted, they must be going to attend to him first."

"Was it someone from His Majesty's side who just came to fetch them?" Hawthorne asked hurriedly, "Are you sure?"

That's the voice—

She had just heard that voice again. She was certain that the person who had just summoned the imperial physician was the same person who had saved her when she was beaten that day.

It was... the one from my past life!

"What else?" Xie Lin pulled up a chair and sat down comfortably. "Just wait, they won't be back for at least an hour!"

Hawthorne was anxious to confirm one question: "Who was that just now?"

Xie Lin didn't understand her meaning, only saying that it was a guard by His Majesty's side. But there were many guards by His Majesty's side, and Huo Sanghua hadn't had the chance to see many of them, so she simply asked directly which one it was... Xie Lin's curiosity about her grew stronger, "... ...It's not very appropriate for you to ask another man in front of your fiancé, is it?"

"What fiancé! Tell me right now, who is he?!" She was eagerly awaiting an answer.

Perhaps this answer can solve the mystery of Xie Shu's murder and reveal who wanted to kill him!

"He's just a guard, a very ordinary guard," Xie Lin said in surprise.

The guard who just came to deliver the message was just one of countless nameless guards serving His Majesty, nothing special. The palace isn't particularly chaotic, so there's no need for them to "show off their skills" every few days...

The guards who usually serve His Majesty do the following things most of the time:

Pass on the message!

He didn't know why Huo Sanghua cared so much about that person, but the person who just spoke must be one of His Majesty's guards!

That's definitely true!

Upon discovering that Xie Lin also didn't know the person's identity, Huo Sanghua stomped her feet in exasperation.

Later that evening, upon returning to his lodgings, he closed the door as soon as he entered. As he undressed, he leaned close to the bronze mirror to check the appearance of the needle prick in his chest. Sure enough!

There are two or three red dots on my chest!

You can tell at a glance how deep it's stuck!

The handkerchief that held the embroidery needles was stained with streaks of bright red.

It looks like Xie Lin is also injured.

"Sang Hua... ...Are you back?" Yun Tiao asked attentively, standing in front of the door with a bowl of cold rice in her hand. "I thought you hadn't eaten yet. See how good I am to you? I even saved some for you!"

Hawthorne rolled his eyes.

"Sanghua, I'm coming in—" Yunshao was eager to please Huo Sanghua and, incidentally, retrieve the evidence that she had harmed Huo Sanghua.

"No need, I'm going to sleep." Hawthorne didn't want to be disturbed at this time.