kvmb Chapter 465 You waited for me here on purpose?
Chapter 465 You waited for me here on purpose?
The Emperor of Northern Qi wrote a secret letter and handed it to his bodyguard: "Send this letter to Yongqing County as soon as possible."
Whether Zhao Yi knew that he had sent the assassin or not, it didn't matter.
Since Zhao Yi has already shifted the blame to Feng Zhihuan, then let Feng Zhihuan be confirmed as guilty.
At least on the surface, this gave Zhao Yi an explanation.
The guard carefully put away the secret letter and left.
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Meanwhile, attendants drove Zhao Yi back to the Guangling Prince's Mansion.
As Zhao Yi alighted from the carriage, he saw Liu Yue emerge from the side gate.
Liu Yue saw Zhao Yi and her face lit up with joy: "Your Highness, you're back." She curtsied and said, "The Princess Consort has been waiting for you... You're injured?"
She noticed that Zhao Yi's clothes on his shoulder were stained with blood, and she couldn't help but feel anxious.
"This servant will go and fetch the royal physician for you."
As she spoke, Liuyue turned and hurriedly walked into the mansion.
Zhao Yi gestured to his attendants to stop Liu Yue: "No need, it's just a minor injury."
He glanced at the bamboo basket slung over Liuyue's arm, guessing that she was going out of the manor on business, and instructed her, "Go and do your own thing. Don't tell the Princess about my return to the manor for now."
Liu Yue opened her mouth, about to say something, when she saw Zhao Yi stride into the mansion.
The attendant understood his master's thoughts; he was afraid his mistress would worry, so he went to the study to tidy up first.
"My master doesn't want his mistress to worry, so please keep it a secret for now, Sister Yue'er."
The attendant left those words and hurriedly followed Zhao Yi.
Worried that he might run into Shen Qingtan at the mansion, Zhao Yi hurried to the study.
The study door was usually guarded by servants, but today it was empty and deserted.
I don't know if it's because the government is short-staffed, but he was temporarily transferred.
Or something happened in the manor that he didn't know about; the gatekeeper was punished.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yi became even more eager to see Shen Qingtan.
He pushed open the study door, and a delicate fragrance wafted towards him.
The familiar scent of incense should have calmed him down, but his heart was pounding uncontrollably, as if someone he wanted to see was hidden in the room.
Zhao Yi simply thought he missed Shen Qingtan too much, and that the mere smell of her familiar scent was enough to make his heart flutter.
He couldn't help but chuckle, a slight smile playing on his lips, as he stepped into the study.
The next moment, he froze in place.
Shen Qingtan sat upright in the armchair, her clear eyes misty as she looked at him, filled with longing, resentment, and above all, heartache.
"Husband."
Shen Qingtan was waiting in the study early on. She saw Zhao Yi through the window the moment he entered the courtyard.
She got up and walked towards Zhao Yi. As she got closer, she realized that his injuries were even more serious than she had seen through the window.
The fabric on Zhao Yi's shoulder was soaked in blood, forming thick, hard clumps, with fresh blood seeping out, indicating that his injury had not healed at all.
Shen Qingtan's eyes reddened: "Did His Majesty make things difficult for you in the palace?"
"You didn't make things difficult for me." Zhao Yi hugged Shen Qingtan tightly, feeling reassured by her cool fragrance. "You waited for me here on purpose?"
"His Majesty sent you to Yongqing County to quell the rebellion, but he never had good intentions and didn't plan for you to return unscathed. Your return to the capital this time was too sudden, as you didn't even write to tell me."
Shen Qingtan knows the Northern Qi Emperor well. In order to eliminate obstacles for the virtuous prince, he will definitely kill Zhao Yi.
Even if Zhao Yi escapes the assassination attempt by the Northern Qi emperor, they will find other ways to make things difficult for him.
“Since it happened so suddenly, it means the riots in Yongqing County have not yet been quelled. The people sent by the Northern Qi Emperor did not harm you, but they will definitely use your unauthorized return to the capital to punish you. Based on my understanding of you, you would use the fact that the Northern Qi Emperor sent people to assassinate you as a pretext, so how could you not have any injuries?”
Zhao Yi, fearing she would worry, would always come to the study to clean his wounds before seeing her.
Zhao Yi was stunned. Only then did she notice the clean clothes on the soft couch, the medicine on the small table, and the steaming hot medicinal soup in the bathtub next to it.