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At that moment, Mu Junqi felt as if her breath had stopped. She could only widen her eyes and watch as the person drew closer to her. The sound from her throat gradually faded away, and then the person raised the knife in their hand and lunged at her. In a moment of desperation, Mu Junqi trembled and asked, "Who... who are you?"
The person did not answer, only coldly smiled. The dagger glinted with a white light as it aimed directly at her chest. In that instant, Mu Junqi used all her strength to hold the blanket in front of her. The dagger merely pierced through the blanket, but this action angered the assailant, who furiously pulled out the dagger and stabbed again, scattering the cotton stuffing from the blanket.
Although her body felt extremely weak, when pushed to the limit, one can exhibit extraordinary abilities. Thus, Mu Junqi wrapped herself tightly in the blanket once more. The assailant stabbed several times, but only struck the blanket. As she watched the blanket become increasingly torn, Mu Junqi could only scream in helplessness as each stab came.
Eventually, losing patience, the assailant began to violently tear at the tattered blanket. Unable to withstand the force, Mu Junqi soon found the blanket ripped away and thrown to the ground. With no cover left, her heart suddenly calmed down. She sat there motionless as the person spat on the ground with a sneer and raised the dagger again to stab her. Mu Junqi had no choice but to close her eyes, yet there was no pain. Instead, she heard a grunt from the assailant and slowly opened her eyes to see Xia Ziqian engaged in combat with that person.
Then Ziyue rushed over in tears and threw herself beside Mu Junqi, anxiously saying, "Your Highness, are you alright?"
Mu Junqi could only stare blankly at Xia Ziqian fighting with the assailant. The tension she had been holding onto suddenly released, and she slumped down weakly.
Ziyue watched as Mu Junqi fainted and shouted loudly, but there was no response. At that moment, the Imperial Forest Army finally arrived and quickly subdued the assailant. Xia Ziqian no longer appeared refined; he looked angrily at him and coldly asked, "Who are you?"
The assailant remained unfazed. At this time, the leader of the Imperial Forest Army stepped forward and respectfully said, "Lord Xia, leave this matter to us. After all, it is an assassination attempt on the Empress; I must report this to His Majesty."
Xia Ziqian looked at those unfamiliar faces but did not suspect them. Worrying about Mu Junqi's condition, he nodded in agreement. The Imperial Forest Army took the assailant away while Xia Ziqian approached the bed. He saw that Mu Junqi's face was pale, breathing rapidly with tightly closed eyes; even her originally rosy lips had lost their color. He hurriedly laid her flat and instructed Ziyue to cover her with a blanket before checking her pulse.
Ziyue watched this scene with tearful eyes, relieved they had arrived in time; otherwise, she dared not think of the consequences. She never expected everyone in Jingxian Palace had been bribed. Looking at Xia Ziqian's increasingly furrowed brow made it clear that the Empress was seriously ill. Although he wanted to report to His Majesty, he dared not leave even for a moment and stood anxiously by.
After a long while, Xia Ziqian finally released Mu Junqi's arm and tucked it back under the blanket before standing up and looking at Ziyue seriously. "You take good care of Her Highness here; do not leave for even a step. I need to return to the Imperial Medical Institute; do you understand?"
"Yes, I will take good care of Her Highness," Ziyue replied earnestly with a nod. Xia Ziqian glanced once more at Mu Junqi lying on the bed before turning to leave.
Half an hour later, Xia Ziqian had finished preparing the medicine and was about to feed it to Mu Junqi when Mo Xiao Li suddenly appeared. Seeing that scene, anger surged through him, and he quickly walked over, delivering a hard punch to Xia Ziqian's face before he could react.
Xia Ziqian felt the pain, and the bowl of medicine fell to the ground, spilling everywhere. Once he steadied himself, he glared at Mo Xiao Li and said, "What are you doing?"
"What am I doing? That question should be directed at you. Why are you the only one in the Empress's chamber? Don't you know how to avoid suspicion?" Mo Xiao Li was unable to think clearly; upon entering, he saw Xia Ziqian gently feeding her medicine, which fueled his anger even more.
Xia Ziqian took a deep breath, trying to suppress his own anger, and respectfully knelt on the ground. "Does Your Majesty not know what happened to the Empress today?"
Mo Xiao Li froze for a moment, looking confused at the sight of Mu Junqi sleeping by the bed. "What... what did you say?" He quickly walked over to the bed, and what met his eyes was Mu Junqi's pale face lying quietly there. He reached out to touch her cheek, his brow furrowing tighter.
Xia Ziqian continued, "Your Majesty, there are spies everywhere in Jingxian Palace. Don't you know? If I hadn't arrived in time today, the Empress might have already... Don't you love her? Why is there not even a Shadow Guard by her side?"
Mo Xiao Li never expected such a result and stood there in shock, unsure of what to say. Finally, he asked, "Why has no one reported this to me?"
"What? Impossible! I had those Imperial Forest Army soldiers report this matter to you. How could..." Xia Ziqian said anxiously as he suddenly realized something and looked at Mo Xiao Li.
Mo Xiao Li understood as well; it seemed that the team from the Imperial Forest Army was also fake. Unable to contain his inner fury any longer, he briefed Xia Ziqian on a few matters before leaving Jingxian Palace.
Ziyue and a young eunuch were preparing medicine in a side hall. Although Mo Xiao Li had sent over a dozen palace maids and eunuchs to help, for safety reasons, those people were only assisting lightly while Xia Ziqian remained by Mu Junqi's side watching over her.
However, Mu Junqi seemed trapped in a nightmare, constantly crying out for help with tears streaming down her face. Despite Xia Ziqian holding her hands tightly, he found it difficult to soothe her. Watching her suffer made his heart ache, but what puzzled him most was who wanted to kill her.
As Mo Xiao Li left Jingxian Palace, he emanated an intimidating aura. Li Fusheng silently followed behind him. The palace had always been peaceful; ever since the Empress entered the palace, such situations had occurred frequently. However, despite investigating for so long, there had been no progress at all.
Zuo Yunqing was sent by Mo Xiao Li to investigate General Mu's matters. It seemed that in an instant, everything happened; it was clear that all of this was orchestrated by someone within the palace. Otherwise, how could there be so many coincidences in the world?
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