Quick Wear: The Heirless Boss Wants to Get Close to Her Every Day

Chapter 604 The Mad Regent vs. the Fake Princess (23)

Li Zhan's personal guards surged forward, and the men in black were immediately outmatched and forced to retreat.

"gone!"

As the assassin tried to retreat, Li Zhan, who was supporting Shen Shuyi, let out a cold laugh, "Search the mountain, leave no one alive!"

"As ordered!"

Li Zhan gripped her wrist tightly, with such force that he almost crushed her bones.

Shen Shuyi looked up and met his bloodshot pupils, which were filled with anger, disappointment, and a trace of pain that she couldn't understand.

Li Zhan didn't say anything, but simply lifted the person onto the horse's back, then leaped up, holding the person, and galloped back to camp.

"Pass on the royal doctor!"

He placed her on the bed in the tent and examined Shuyi's injuries from head to toe; she was bleeding heavily from her back.

"How about it?"

Shen Shuyi opened her mouth weakly, "I'm fine, the cut wasn't deep, just a minor superficial wound."

"Don't speak, let the imperial physician treat and bandage your wounds." Li Zhan's voice was hoarse.

Shen Shuyi grabbed Li Zhan's hand and saw that he was covered in blood. "Your Highness, are you injured as well?"

Especially on his arm, blood was still flowing.

Li Zhan looked down at his arm. "It's a minor injury, nothing serious."

The imperial physician came in to examine the wound. "Fortunately, the injury is not deep. It only requires cleaning, applying medicine, and bandaging."

"Leave the medicine behind, and you can leave."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Zhan personally treated Shen Shuyi's wounds, and his heart ached when he saw the hideous bloodstains on her back.

When Shen Shuyi watched him apply medicine and bandages, the veins on his forehead bulged, as if he was trying his best to suppress something, and the knuckles of his fingers wrapped in bandages turned white and tense.

After he finished bandaging the wound, he closed his eyes and said, "All done."

"You should rest first; you don't need to wait for me tonight."

Shen Shuyi grabbed his hand, "Your Highness, your wound hasn't been treated yet."

"I will go out and have the imperial physician bandage me."

Li Zhan got up and left, his eyes filled with icy coldness. His hand went down and he gripped the sachet at his waist, his fingertips unconsciously stroking it gently.

Such a big thing happened at the hunting grounds that no one was allowed to leave without permission. The Prince's personal guards had to find the assassin before the matter would be settled. For a time, everyone was in a state of panic.

Shen Shuyi was lying in the hospital bed chatting with System 66, "66, he should have found out that I am on the assassin's side."

"The assassins today are a bit strange; it seems like there were two groups."

[Dear host, the assassins have all been caught. Li Zhan's men are interrogating them severely. Unexpectedly, Lu Zhen'er took the opportunity to send someone to assassinate you.]
Shen Shuyi clicked her tongue in amazement, "A chaotic free-for-all, it's all in chaos."

[Dear host, you should really think about what to do. Li Zhan knows your background.]
Shen Shuyi nodded, "I also have a feeling that a storm is brewing, so let the storm rage on!"

[Host 66 feels you're playing with fire.]
Shen Shuyi wasn't in a hurry; all she wanted to do right now was get a good night's sleep.

……

Li Zhan went out to bandage his wound, and when he returned to the bedside, he saw Shuyi lying asleep on the hospital bed, her nose twitching and her breathing weak.

He sat by her bedside, holding her hand, gazing at her sleeping face, lost in thought.

"Your Highness." Chen Qing's voice rang out from outside the tent.

Li Zhan gently released her hand and tucked her small hand under the covers before putting on his outer robe and slowly walking out to the next tent.

Chen Qing reported what he had found out: "These assassins had been lying in wait in the Nanyuan Hunting Ground for a long time, and the chief steward of the Nanyuan Hunting Ground was Liu Zhigao, the Empress Dowager's nephew."

"Liu Zhigao must have received orders from His Majesty or the Empress Dowager to arrange for the assassins to enter the hunting grounds."

Liu Zhigao was originally an uneducated and incompetent man. It was only after the emperor and empress dowager ascended the throne that he was promoted to the position of supervisor of the hunting grounds. They dared not assign him any more obvious official positions, after all, the regent was very strict in selecting talent, and all the best people in the country came from the imperial examinations and military examinations.

Li Zhan leaned back in his chair, pinched the bridge of his nose, and looked somewhat tired in his handsome eyes.

The man's long, slender fingers tapped lightly on the desk, his brows furrowed in a cold mockery.

"The mother and son were really impatient."

Chen Qing hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "There were two groups of assassins today. The other group was arranged by Consort Zhen to assassinate the princess."

"As for why the assassins arranged by the emperor showed mercy to the princess, they confessed everything under interrogation. The real Princess Xuanhua had already died in Lu. The one who came in place of her was Shen Shuyi, the secret guard that His Majesty kept when he was a hostage in Lu."

When Shen Shuyi is mentioned, Li Zhan immediately recalls the scene where she said she wanted to give him a courtesy name and grabbed his hand to write the two characters "Shuyi".

There's also the image of her sacrificing herself to block an assassin's sword when it was attacked from behind.

Li Zhan lowered his eyes slightly, and when he spoke, his voice was almost inaudible, "She was nothing more than a pitiful pawn."

Chen Qing was slightly taken aback, and when he looked at the prince, he caught a fleeting look of pain in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, the future regent's wife turned out to be a spy planted by the enemy.
"No need to investigate further. Issue my order to dismiss Liu Zhigao, the General Manager of Nanyuan, and Yuan Xiu, the Commander of the Imperial Guards, from their posts and investigate them. They will be punished with one hundred strokes of the cane, and all related personnel will be investigated and dealt with as well."

A hundred strokes of the cane would be enough to kill even a grown man; even if he survived, he would be confined to a hospital bed for the rest of his life.

The reason for killing Liu Zhigao was his poor management. Dealing with the commander of the Imperial Guard was tantamount to cutting off the emperor's wings and exposing the emperor's safety to the capital.

Both of these men were loyal to the Emperor and Empress Dowager, and the Regent was essentially slapping them in the face.

Li Zhan lightly tapped the table with his knuckles, "And Consort Zhen, bestow upon her a white silk ribbon."

Chen Qing froze. Was the prince about to break ties with His Majesty? Everyone knew that Consort Zhen was His Majesty's most favored concubine.

"Yes! I will do it now."

Li Zhan closed his eyes; he wanted everyone who had harmed Shuyi to die.

So what if she's a spy or an assassin? As long as she kills the master behind her, she won't be considered a traitor.
……

When Shen Shuyi woke up, she saw Li Zhan sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at her with a melancholy gaze.

"Your Highness, you haven't slept all night?"

Li Zhan had dark circles under his eyes, and stubble was growing out. He was handsome but also had a rugged look. It was the first time she had ever seen the Regent so unkempt.

At this moment, he resembled a general even more.

Li Zhan held one of her hands in his. "Shuyi, I think I saw those assassins showing you mercy, and some even protected you."

"What exactly is going on?"

Shen Shuyi remained silent, silent and silent again.

Li Zhan stared blankly at the woman in front of him.

“So,” his voice was low and hoarse, like sandpaper scraping against a stone, “that block you took was also an act for me?”

"Jingzhan," she said softly, "do you believe me?"

"How can I believe you?" Li Zhan looked into her clear eyes. "I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be false?"

"Shen Shuyi, is there any truth left in your mouth?"

Shen Shuyi shrank back in fright. She could clearly see the anger in Li Zhan's eyes, and his voice grew louder, as if he would tie her up and kill her at any moment.

She shrank back slightly, then sat up straight. She looked at Li Zhan; she wasn't scared to tears.

He did not beg Li Zhan to let him go.

There was even a hint of a smile in those beautiful eyes.

"Whether you believe it or not, I have never done anything to wrong you or hurt you."

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(End of this chapter)