Chapter 225: Substitute for a Visit
Chapter 225: Substitute for a Visit
Inside the palace, Gan Yanling received news that there were assassins in Gan Luo's princess residence, and that Lin Fengmian had been injured while saving Gan Luo.
Gan Yanling immediately put down the memorial in his hand and hurriedly went to the princess's residence.
Why would there be assassins in broad daylight? This really surprised Gan Yanling.
Xiao Jiangzi saw Gan Yanling put down all the wrinkles in the palace and walk forward carelessly. At this moment, Xiao Jiangzi asked Gan Yanling where he was going.
"Princess's Mansion."
"Your Majesty, walking like this is indeed a bit slow. How about I go and call the sedan chair bearers to come and fetch you?"
Gan Yanling simply turned his head to glance at Xiao Jiangzi and refused.
Xu Jiu naturally learned of this news as well, and he was extremely flustered. He went directly to Gan Yanling, but unexpectedly, Gan Yanling was about to leave the palace. Xu Jiu hurriedly walked up to Gan Yanling.
"Your Majesty, I wish to go with you. After all, Princess was unfaithful to me before, and I am somewhat worried about her."
Gan Yanling agreed, but before they could even reach the palace gate, the Prime Minister had already come to find Gan Yanling. The Prime Minister said he had something very urgent to tell Gan Yanling, so Gan Yanling had to talk to the two of them first.
What Gan Yanling really wanted to know was whether Gan Luo was injured. If Gan Luo was injured, would it mean that he could take this opportunity to seize some of the military power from Gan Luo?
"Your Majesty can rest assured. I will go and visit the princess. I will return and inform Your Majesty after I have finished. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?"
Gan Yanling turned his head to look, and Xu Jiu nodded. Finally, Xu Jiu, accompanied by the palace maid, went to the princess's residence. When they arrived at the princess's residence, the steward was shocked to see Xu Jiu. He never expected that Xu Jiu would return to the princess's residence again.
The steward didn't know why Xu Jiu had returned to the princess's residence, but he still respectfully bowed to her. He was originally calling her "Princess," but then he remembered that the person in front of him had become the emperor's concubine, so he should call her "Your Highness."
"I didn't know Your Majesty would grace us with your presence, but..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Jiu walked straight inside. He found Gan Luo and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Gan Luo was safe and sound.
"What? Did you come to check if I was injured?"
"elder sister……"
Xu Jiu didn't know how to get along with Gan Luo. Xu Jiu had indeed disappointed Gan Luo's expectations. At this moment, Gan Luo also noticed Xu Jiu's worries and realized that Xu Jiu had come here to visit Gan Luo.
However, Xu Jiu did deceive Gan Luo, and Gan Luo hated those who deceived him the most, perhaps because of what happened in his previous life.
"If Consort Ling has no particular reason, it would be best if she did not come to my residence. Consort Ling should stay in the palace."
"Is Princess still resenting me?"
"I have no desire to reminisce with Consort Ling. I request that Consort Ling leave this place."
Gan Luo kept his eyes on Lin Fengmian. Seeing that Lin Fengmian's expression had softened, Gan Luo breathed a sigh of relief. Gan Luo then looked down at the injury on Lin Fengmian's hand.
She was heartbroken. If anything happened to Lin Fengmian, Gan Luo would make those people pay for their crimes in blood.
Xu Jiu understood that Gan Luo was unwilling to speak to her now, so she had no choice but to leave. Before leaving, she told Gan Luo to be careful of the Prime Minister.
Could this be the work of the Prime Minister again? Gan Luo decided to go to the Prime Minister's residence in person to question him.
Unexpectedly, just as Gan Luo stood up, Lin Ruohua stopped him. "Your Highness, we have no evidence. How can we be sure that the Prime Minister was behind this? I hope Your Highness will calm down and think this through carefully."
They all realized something else: Gan Luo seemed to be easily influenced by Lin Fengmian. Could it be that Gan Luo liked Lin Fengmian?
But Her Highness the Princess has never admitted it.
Gan Luo calmed down and took a deep breath, carefully recalling in his mind that the two people were in an empty courtyard, which originally belonged to Lou Yan.
Is Lou Yan their target?
Lin Fengmian woke up groggily. When he woke up, he felt that his hand was very painful. More importantly, he felt that his hand seemed to have no strength. He tried again, but he didn't expect that it really had no strength.
"Your Highness, are my hands ruined? Will I be unable to protect you properly from now on?"
Lin Fengmian's voice trembled slightly as he spoke, and Gan Luo sat down on the edge of the bed and held Lin Fengmian in his arms.
"How could that be? I believe your hand will get better. Even if it doesn't, I won't send you away. You've always been my personal guard."
Seeing Lin Fengmian's aggrieved look, Gan Luo felt a little sorry for him.
At this moment, Yuan Zheng urged the people around him to leave quickly, and they all tactfully departed. Green Bamboo and Jade Bamboo came outside and began to discuss quietly. "If Guard Lin was truly crippled, do you think he could still remain by the Princess's side?"
“I think I can definitely stay by the princess’s side. After all, look how much the palace master values Guard Lin, and the princess just admitted that even if Lin Fengmian’s hand is crippled, she will still…”
Before they could finish speaking, they felt someone staring at them. When they looked up, they saw it was Yuan Zheng.
"If the princess hears you saying such things here, she will surely punish you."
"Commander, we know we were wrong, we'll shut up now."
Gan Luo could feel Lin Fengmian trembling. Was Lin Fengmian afraid of leaving her?
Gan Luo didn't say a word, but silently stayed by Lin Fengmian's side. After an unknown amount of time, Lin Fengmian fell into a deep sleep, seemingly due to the poison.
After she came out of Lin Fengmian's room, she asked Lin Ruohua to invite the divine doctor again.
In less than an hour, the divine doctor had been brought here by Lin Ruohua.
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