74 Chapter 74 Abducting the Empress (2/2)
Behind the trees not far from Lin Xulian, a man is leisurely leaning on a trunk. It is Gong Weixie. He decided to abduct the empress himself. He cannot let this chance go. This revenge is important to him. He also heard that she is a doctor herself and managed to cure the sixth prince. He is thinking of making a deal with her to cure him too then he would let her live. And seeing how beautiful she is, he might as well make her his woman. Although he promised the second prince that he will give her to him, he can just take his words back. The girl is too beautiful to let go.
One of his subordinate went up to him and reported. ”The empress is alone, Lord. No hidden guards and her brother is also not around.”
Gong Weixie smile lecherously. He walked out from behind the tree and slowly approached Lin Xulian. ”Good day your majesty.”
Lin Xulian abruptly turned around to face him. She looked surprised and alarmed seeing the ”stranger” in the palace garden. ”W-who are you? How did you get here? No man other than the emperor is allowed to come here.”
”The name is Gong Weixie your majesty.” He said with a good natured smile.
”Gong Weixie of Jianghu?!” Lin Xulian said with wide eyes.
”I'm flaterred that you know about me your majesty.” He then slowly walked closer to her while Lin Xulian is stepping back.
”Don't come closer! If the emperor knew about this he would surely find you and hunt you down!”
”Don't worry your majesty. I'll even call the emperor to join us later on.” He said with a creepy laugh.
Lin Xulian got ”scared” and turned around to run. But Gong Weixie caught her and gave her nape a chop that caused her to ”faint”. He didn't notice that Lin Xulian shifted her body a bit and he miss the specific spot. He then carried her himself.
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From the roof of the Phoenix palace, Rui is currently on the edge of his sanity after witnessing everything that happened to Lin Xulian, specially when Gong Weixie chopped her nape. He wanted to just forget Lin Xulian's instructions and kill Gong Weixie right on that moment. Although he is far from them to the point that they can't detect his killing intent, he on the other hand can see everything clearly. This involves his Lian'er after all. When Gong Weixie carried Lin Xulian like a sack on his shoulder and left the palace, Rui followed them from a safe distance.
There is also another pair of eyes that witnessed everything. It was the Feng bird that Lin Xulian received from Quiangdu. The poor thing was left inside the cage for days with only Yin Mei taking care of it. But today he was able to slip out while Yin Mei is feeding him and the first thing he did is find his master. He also followed them from above just like how Rui did. No one can tell if he understood what's happening.