Chapter Fourteen: Fury Like the Sea

  "Master, Master, something's wrong!" Lin Fu panted as he pushed open the door to Lin Ruhai's room, not even caring that Kangxi was still inside. At this moment, he didn't care about any etiquette.

  "What's going on?" Lin Ruhai furrowed his brow. Lin Fu wasn't someone who didn't know what was important, and now he was in such a panic, it must be something big. Could it be about Yu'er? Lin Ruhai's face changed color. Kangxi had already looked unhappy when Lin Fu came in, and just as he was finally alone with Ruhai for a moment, they were interrupted.

  "Master, someone attempted to assassinate the young master, Miss fainted, and Zi Juan blocked a sword for Miss and is now unconscious." Lin Fu briefly summarized what had just happened.

  "What?" Kangxi and Lin Ruhai said in unison.

  "How is Yu'er?" Lin Ruhai looked at Kangxi and asked anxiously.

  "The young lady suddenly fainted, and the doctor was still examining her."

  "Go to the post house and bring back Imperial Physician Li." Kangxi gave the order. Imperial Physician Li had just returned to prepare medicine for Lin Ruhai, and it was really not a good time for him to leave.

  "This slave will go and find." Li Dequan followed Kangxi's order and left.

  "Lin Ai Qing, let's go take a look together." With outsiders present, Kangxi's way of addressing Lin Ruhai also changed, no longer so intimate.

  "Yes." Lin Ruhai nodded and followed behind Kangxi, half a step back. Kangxi's eyes darkened, but he didn't say anything, quickly walking towards Daiyu's chamber, where his princes were also gathered.

  "The son and ministers wish the Emperor good health." Kangxi had just entered the house when Yongzheng led all the princes to kneel down.

  "Second brother, is everything all right?" Kangxi looked up and down at Yongzheng, relieved to see that he was unharmed. His gaze then drifted to Yongzheng's side, and upon finding him also unscathed, his heart finally felt at ease.

  "Huang Ama, it was the eldest brother who blocked the assassin, otherwise I would have definitely been in trouble." Yongzheng did not expect that the first to take action was actually Yongzhong, who had fought fiercely with him, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

  Lin Ruhai ignored Kangxi and walked directly to Daiyu's bedside, looking at Daiyu's pale face. Lin Ruhai was very flustered in her heart. What happened? Yu'er's skills were not low now, let alone she wasn't injured, how could she suddenly faint?

  Lin Ruhai didn't know that Daiyu's brain was about to explode at this moment.

  "Are you Lin Daiyu?" Lin Mei'er asked, looking at the person floating in front of her who looked exactly like herself. Could it be that Daiyu's soul had not left her body, but rather her own soul was suppressing hers?

  "I am." The woman nodded weakly and said, "Thank you for saving my mother. I'm going to die, completely disappear, and I hope you can take care of Mother for me."

  "So you're saying that today's blood stimulation woke you up?" Lin Mei'er had a general idea in her mind.

  "I suppose so. It seems I really won't live past eight years old." Lin Daiyu smiled bleakly, "Everything that's left is up to you now. Live well for me."

  "Don't worry, I'll take good care of Ama, I'll break free from the imperial family's calculations and live a carefree life."

  "This is for the best. Time's almost up, I should go." Lin Daiyu's figure became transparent, fading away from foot to head before Lin Meier's eyes.

  Lin Mei'er sighed, the one who just disappeared should be Lin Daiyu's last obsession, wanting to take good care of her own mother, but didn't expect that she didn't mention Jia Baoyu at all, probably at this time Daiyu still doesn't have a good impression of Jia Baoyu.

  Lin Mei'er felt her body lighten and her soul return to it, immediately followed by a sweet and fishy taste in her throat, and she started coughing, "Cough, cough, cough."

  "Yu'er, you're awake." Lin Ruhai's breathing sounded beside her ear.

  Daiyu just wanted to speak, but involuntarily spat out a mouthful of blood, staining her own collar red.

  "Yu'er!" Lin Ruhai's face changed greatly, "Yu'er, are you okay?"

  Daiyu was startled when she saw herself spitting blood, but immediately took her own pulse and found no serious problem. Moreover, the previously blocked meridians were now completely unblocked. It seemed that Daiyu's obsession had dissipated, and her body had fully returned to its normal state.

  "Amma, I'm fine. It's probably just a nosebleed." Daiyu's icy small hand grasped Lin Ruhai's rough large hand, comforting him, and secretly gave him a reassuring glance.

  But unexpectedly, Lin Ruhai, who was anxious, did not see this gaze and looked at Daiyu with even greater anxiety.

  "Master Lin, please step aside and let me take the pulse of the young mistress." Li Taiyi intervened at the right moment, blocking Lin Ruhai from continuing to question Daiyu.

  "Your Ladyship, I am here to take your pulse."

  "Alright, I'll trouble Dr. Li then." Daiyu didn't mind, but secretly made herself appear weaker.

  Li Taibai began to take Daiyu's pulse. After about a stick of incense time had passed, he furrowed his brow and withdrew his hand.

  "How is Yu'er?" Lin Ruhai asked anxiously.

  Kangxi also looked at Li Taizhen, putting a lot of pressure on him.

  "Your Majesty, Lord Lin can rest assured that the young lady is not seriously injured. She has only suffered a fright and her blood is in turmoil. After taking some medicine to calm her down, she will be fine."

  Lin Ruhai let out a sigh of relief, but his eyes quickly turned fierce. "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince was assassinated at my residence, I am to blame and I take full responsibility for this case." Lin Ruhai knew that this matter was absolutely not simple, but if someone dared to lay hands on Daiyu, they would have to dare to face his wrath.

  "Lin Ai Qing, you don't have to blame yourself, this is not your fault. However, since you are in charge of this case, then take responsibility for it. I will be staying at the Lin residence tonight." Kangxi did not allow Lin Ruohai to argue back and made a direct decision.

  Lin Ruhai didn't bother with Kangxi, "Lin Fu, go and tidy up the room." Since Kangxi wanted to stay, he naturally couldn't stop him, so he let him stay and strengthened his guard.

  Lin Fu had just left when a commotion was heard outside, "Your Majesty, the governor of Yangzhou, Li Li, has arrived late to escort the emperor. I hope Your Majesty will forgive him." The Crown Prince was assassinated, this is a huge matter, and as soon as Li Li heard about it, he came over with his men.

  "Get up, from now on you will assist Lord Lin in investigating the assassin." Kangxi did not look at Li Li directly, this man was corrupt and took bribes, doing all sorts of evil things, and had been mentioned in the secret memorials that Lin Ruhai had submitted to him. However, he was a person under the control of Suo Ertu, and for now could not be touched. Thinking of Suo Ertu, Kangxi couldn't help but look at Yin Zhen, who looked somewhat puzzled. He hoped that this son would not be influenced too much by Suo Ertu, otherwise...the result would not be what he wanted to see.

  Daiyu's expression changed on the bed, today's assassin was too strange, he knew so quickly that he had been sealed, did he always monitor Lin's house? Or is he hiding in Lin's house? And also Zi Juan's injury, everything was a bit incomprehensible and chaotic.