Chapter 58: Thrilling
"Protect the Crown Prince—"
"Protect the Crown Prince—"
By the time the guards from the Crown Prince’s Mansion had arrived and controlled the situation, most of the adversaries were dead and the survivors were severely wounded.
The incident of the Crown Prince getting injured happened at midnight, and all news was locked down within an hour. The Imperial Physician continuously entered the Crown Prince’s Mansion from the Imperial Palace and did not come out again; the tense atmosphere spread to every corner from the endlessly lit lanterns and the ceaseless in and out movements of people, yet was strictly contained within the Mansion’s walls.
Qi Ling hurried back and saw Qi Yu kneeling in the courtyard, where the number of guards had visibly increased. Imperial Physicians and attendants rushed about in haste, the scent of blood wafting from inside the house to the yard.
At that moment, no one cared whether Qi Yu was kneeling there; Qi Ling could even smell the strong scent of blood on him, fearing he was also gravely injured, while Qi Jin had been hit by several arrows and was currently unconscious.
As soon as Qi Ling entered the study, he saw the master personally in the room, overseeing all the defensive arrangements of the Crown Prince’s Mansion.
Qi Ling immediately went to see the Crown Prince, only to find the inner chamber reeking of blood. Two or three Imperial Physicians knelt beside him, a very thick spear tip still embedded in Zheng Congyuan’s shoulder, perilously close to his heart.
The room was crowded yet utterly silent as two Imperial Physicians personally changed the constantly blood-soaked dressings, applied medicine to the wound, and in an instant, the dressings were stained red again.
"Quickly go inform Master Zhu that this isn’t working, the arrow must be pulled out," said an Imperial Physician, his lips blistered from stress, too anxious to care about his appearance, "Dragging this out will only make things worse."
Qi Ling turned desperately and went straight into the study.