Chapter Eighteen: The Real Assassination

  The night was quiet, but the air was filled with a murderous aura. Daiyu opened her eyes as she lay in bed. This feeling was all too familiar to her, every time she took action, this aura would appear, and the bloodthirsty impulse in her blood was stirred up. Daiyu slowly sat up and got out of bed.

  The snow goose sleeping outside was very fragrant and had not discovered that Daiyu had gotten up. Instead, Zi Juan turned over, sat up, and struggled to get out of bed to attend to Daiyu. Daiyu knew she had another purpose, but didn't stop her much.

  "Miss, would you like some water?" Zi Juan hastily walked over to Dai Yu's side and supported her.

  "En." Daiyu nodded and carefully sized up Zi Juan.

  Xiangyun was taken aback, "Miss, is there something on my face?" Xiangyun handed a cup of water to Daiyu.

  "There's nothing, I just felt stuffy tonight, so I woke up." Daiyu took the water and drank a mouthful, and it turned out to be medicine. What was going to happen tonight? Could she not let herself know? However, Zi Juan wouldn't know that she was now immune to poison, this little anesthetic didn't count for anything against her.

  "Miss, it's late at night, go to bed early." Zi Juan put down the cup and carefully supported Dai Yu.

  At this time, Daiyu also cooperated with Zi Juan, putting all her weight on her body. "Indeed a bit dizzy, may have caught a chill, help me back to bed."

  A hint of cunning flashed in Zijuan's eyes, a sign that her scheme had succeeded. Suddenly she felt a bit suffocated in her chest and knew it was due to the severity of her injuries, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Zijuan carefully helped Daiyu onto the bed, covered her with a quilt, then retreated out of the room.

  Daiyu opened her eyes after Zijuan left, raised her head to look at the top of the bed, wondering if Ama was prepared enough, and hoped that Ama wouldn't do anything rash. As for Kangxi, in order to prevent implicating Ama, he shouldn't do anything rash either. Daiyu sighed inwardly, just as she heard the sound of swords being drawn outside. It seemed that the good show was about to begin, but unfortunately, she couldn't go watch it herself and could only pretend to sleep here.

  Daiyu did not think that the assassin would come to assassinate herself, last time although the sword came towards her, it was obviously not enough, and even if Xiangyun didn't block it, the sword wouldn't have returned to her body. However, why would Heaven and Earth treat her like this, and send a maid through Jia's house to come to her side? Was it because of her mixed Manchu and Han identity having some utilitarian value for them? The real reason Daiyu had never thought of until that day arrived, but that is a story for later.

  The assassin did not approach Daiyu's room, but instead killed his way to Lin Ruhai and Kangxi's room. Bang, the door was knocked down, the assassin rushed in, only to find that there was no one at all.

  "Fooled! Cheated!" The assassin was shocked and about to retreat, but just as he reached the courtyard, he saw flames. Kangxi stood beside Lin Ruhai and his imperial son, Da Jun. "Seize the assassin!" Kangxi's expression remained calm. He had come to Yangzhou himself; some people couldn't sit still, could they? This time it was thanks to Ruhai discovering the problem ahead of time that this scene unfolded tonight.

  "Lin Ruhai, you bastard!" An assassin charged at Lin Ruhai with his sword, as if he had a deep-seated grudge against him.

  Lin Ruhai furrowed his brow, but didn't move from his spot. If they hadn't been pressing him so hard, his happy family of four wouldn't have become two. He wouldn't have sought them out for revenge if they hadn't come looking for him. Wouldn't he be too easy on himself if he didn't teach them a lesson? Thinking this, Lin Ruhai drew his soft sword. Being a civil official didn't mean he was incapable of martial arts; Daiyu had helped him recover well during this time, and dealing with such small assassins wasn't a problem at all.

  The assassin was shocked, never expecting Lin Ruhai to take the initiative to come forward. As their swords clashed, he knew he was in trouble, never expecting Lin Ruhai to have such profound internal strength. After a few moves, the assassin was knocked to the ground, spitting out blood and unable to move again.

  Seeing blood, obviously stimulated the surrounded assassins, "Kill!" an assassin shouted loudly.

  The scene suddenly became chaotic, and the assassins desperately fought back. Lin Ruhai, however, calmly returned to Kangxi's side. This was the Lin estate, and he absolutely could not let anything happen to Kangxi here. As for the other princes, he didn't care about them nor did he need to.

  To leave a good impression in front of Kangxi, Yin Zhen led the charge into the assassins, Kangxi furrowed his brow, there were so many guards here and it wasn't necessary for an imperial prince to take the lead, Yin Zhen was indeed brave but not wise. Yin Reng stayed by Kangxi's side and naturally noticed Kangxi's gaze, secretly delighted in his heart, this big brother was making a futile effort. Yin Xiang remained expressionless, standing on the other side of Kangxi, ready to draw his sword at any moment to strike down anyone who didn't show respect. Yin Xi's face no longer had its warm and elegant smile, but instead looked sternly at everything, not letting go of the opportunity to perform in front of Kangxi.

  It was Xiao Shi San's performance that was somewhat different, "Older brother, add oil!" Yin Bing was surrounded by several guards, shouting to add oil to Yin Fu, he envied his older brother for being able to do so, his several older brothers had followed the Emperor to the battlefield, and he also hoped to have such a day.

  Looking at the little fourteen, Kangxi's mouth brought a smile, making several A Ge beside him somewhat bewildered. Lin Ruhai's face was a bit awkward, knowing what Kangxi was thinking about. When had he and Kangxi also had such a harmonious scene? However, those were memories.

  Outside, the fierce battle was intense, but in Daiyu's room, it was quiet. Lin Fang arrived here to protect Daiyu as ordered, but found that there were no assassins around. It seemed that Miss was indeed not the target or... Lin Fang was startled by his second thought, Master devoted himself to eliminating the Tian Di Hui rebels, how could he have a relationship with them?

  "Lin Fang?" The voice of Daiyu came over, Lin Fang was stunned, looked around, but did not see anyone, could it be that he had an auditory hallucination.

  "I'm here." Daiyu floated gently down to the ground, Lin Fang turned his head in surprise, when did Miss return to Wugong?

  "What's going on up ahead?" Daiyu asked Lin Fang directly, ignoring his surprise.

  "Everything is under control. Taking down the assassins would be an easy task as well." Lin Fang gazed at Daiyu with reverence, respecting the strong and admiring Miss's intelligence which had already earned his respect, now Miss also possessed such impressive martial skills, how many more unknown abilities did she possess?

  "That's good, Xiangyun just gave me some medicine." Daiyu mentioned lightly, Lin Fang heard this and nodded, it seems that the young lady is going to deal with Xiangyun, "Don't worry, Miss, I'll take care of it."

  "No need, keeping her here will save the trouble of sending someone else." Daiyu shook her head, she would rather keep all the spies she knew by her side than let another spy sneak in. It's not too late to deal with them after Kangxi leaves.

  The fight in front had been going on for a while when something strange suddenly happened.