360, Old Love from the Past (5 Updates)
The assassin wasn’t here to strike at her but to target the noble at Huguo Temple at this moment.
Considering the guards’ attire, that person must be a noble from the palace.
I wonder which noble lady it is? Or perhaps it’s the Emperor himself.
Lady Marquis remained utterly posed.
Upon seeing the middle-aged man approaching, Lady Marquis immediately understood.
The Emperor, in a plain disguise, happened to encounter an assassin.
She could die, but she must die with value.
If she were to die here today, she would have to secure a title for her daughter; after being abandoned for ten years, returning to the capital, to marry into a distinguished family, a title was essential.
“Bold assassin, release this lady, and We shall spare your life!” the Emperor declared gravely, recognizing Lady Marquis.
They had grown up together after all, with affection spanning many years; it was important to him, both publicly and privately, that Lady Marquis must not be harmed.
The assassin sneered, “Spare me? If I dared to e and assassinate, I am not afraid to die!”
Dragging Lady Marquis backward.
What he didn’t know was that Lady Marquis knew Martial Arts, albeit not much, but she knew a bit.
As he was about to leave the Main Hall, Lady Marquis made her move.
The assassin had some skills too, detecting her and inflicting a knife wound on Lady Marquis.
The blade sliced across her neck, “Ah…” Lady Marquis cried out, grasping her neck and falling to the ground.
“Madam!” The Emperor exclaimed, rushing to support Lady Marquis, placing his hand on her neck, “Wanjun, you’ll be alright!”
Upon hearing this, Lady Marquis’s nose instantly filled with a sour tinge, recalling past youthful memories, and through all the misunderstandings, the Emperor still remembered her name, her mind abuzz with myriad thoughts, yet she had only one thing to say, “Don’t let the assassin get away!”
“Rest assured, he won’t escape. The Imperial Physician will arrive shortly; don’t be afraid!”
Lady Marquis blinked, unable to hold back her tears any longer, closed her eyes, and dared not look at the Emperor or speak further.
No matter what, she was now a married woman, a mother to several children, a grandmother to several grandchildren.
The Emperor felt the same.
The Imperial Physician soon arrived and examined Lady Marquis’s wound, “Truly fortunate, just a tad more, and the windpipe would have been severed!”
Lady Marquis let out a sigh of relief.
The Emperor did the same.
“Send Lady Marquis back to the Marquis estate, and be careful on the way!”
“Yes!”
As she was leaving, Lady Marquis glanced at the Emperor, a thousand words in her mind, but in the end, there were only two lines of tears, just like when she was young, a thousand words, but only two lines of tears.
For his sake, to live well and to add to his strength on the path of imperial power, she willingly married into the Marquis family, a man she did not love.
Over the years, she hadn’t entered the palace, hadn’t seen him.
Now that they met again, times had changed, but he still recognized her at a glance.
Even though she was frail from illness and her beauty faded, he could still softly call out, “Wanjun.”
Yet, he did not know, the Wanjun who had been purely devoted to him no longer existed. The Lady Marquis of today only sought a bright future for her daughter soon to return, nothing more.
The Emperor watched the departing carriage, then murmured heavily, “Thorough investigation!”
He had left the palace, and very few knew of it.
Yet someone had the audacity to know even his impromptu departure and immediately sent an assassin, which was detestably vile.
He then turned to ask the eunuch beside him, “Do you think she’s upset?”
Who was she? The eunuch knew well, but dared not respond.
Everyone knew there was someone in the Emperor’s heart, but no one knew who, because those who did were secretly dealt with.
He still wanted to live a few more years.
“You’ve served Us for so many years, yet your courage seems to be getting smaller and smaller!” the Emperor huffed coldly.
Chapter 362
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