Please Treat Us Fairly, Your Majesty

Chapter 13: Assassination
Translator: Flying Lines
Yun Cang took a bow from the horse’s back and said in high and vigorous spirits, “OK, let’s go. But don’t kill it, capture it alive.”

Yun Cang was about to spur the horse while Hua Qingxin subconsciously grabbed the rein, “Wait…”

“What?” Yun Cang looked at the girl in his arms.

Hua Qingxin hesitated for a while and released her hands, “Oh, nothing, be careful.”

“I’ll, and I’ll be extremely careful, as you are still in my arms.” He said and fondled her belly naughtily. “Maybe there is a little fella with us.” He whispered.

“Let me go!” Hua Qingxin was a little bit worried about him, but now he just destroyed her concern. She pushed his hands away and ignored him.

Yun Cang rode forward and approached the fawn slowly. He drew the bow and calmly aimed at the rump of the fawn. Now, his eyes were fixed on the fawn.

At this moment, Hua Qingxin was looking around on the horse. Her attention was distracted to all directions.

Yun Cang aimed at his target and was about to release the arrow.

Suddenly, an arrow was shot right towards them; it almost grazed Hua Qingxin’s neck and finally hit Yun Cang’s chest.

“Ah!”

As Hua Qingxin screamed, both of them fell from the horse.

“Your Majesty!”

“Protect His Majesty!”

There were not many guards around them, but they immediately surrounded Yun Cang, ready to retreat.

Wei Jun, commander of the Imperial Guards, helped the emperor up and ordered, “Get the horse ready! Help His Majesty retreat.”

Yun Cang stood up and broke off the arrow on his chest. Wei Jun held him to help him leave, but Yun Cang turned around and grabbed Hua Qingxin, “Honey, come with me, hurry.”

In this life-and-death period, in the volleys of arrows, as an emperor of a nation, he turned around and took her along.

Hua Qingxin followed Yun Cang to the deeper forest. She couldn’t help turning back and taking a look at Prince Yunhai, who was fighting against the enemies in the distance and didn’t even care about what happened to her.

Ah, so this was his plan!

After Yun Cang got on the horse, he took pains to drag Hua Qingxin up to the horse back. However, more assassins came to besiege them.

“Protect His Majesty to retreat!”

As Wei Jun shouted, a troop of heavily armed guards appeared behind them. They intercepted the assassins and cleared the way for the emperor.

On the horse, Hua Qingxin felt that Yun Cang’s breath was not steady and calm as before. Yun Cang gasped for breath, with his blood soaking her light clothes and tinting her skin.

When they went back to the camp, the news that the emperor was attacked by assassins had gone viral. Ministers and officials who came to ask about the emperor’s situation were sent back by Eunuch Ling. The only people that were difficult to send away were the emperor’s women, as they were even better than those officials at making a fuss about this accident.

“Bitch!” Consort Ming gave Hua Qingxin a hard slap, “Had it not been for you, His Majesty would not have been hurt.”

Yun Cang were taken care of by several imperial physicians since he came back. Hua Qingxin should have returned to her camp, but now she was overwhelmed by guilt. She insisted on staying outside of Yun Cang’s camp, which gave Consort Ming and Li Zhuozhuo a chance to vent their anger.

“Tell me the truth! Do you have any relations to those assassins?” Li Zhuozhuo asked with a cruel face as if she was interrogating Hua Qingxin.

“I…” Hua Qingxin stepped back subconsciously.

Now, she just hoped that Yun Cang could survive. As for the follow-up things, she had no time to think about. Therefore, she was stumped by an agile question by Li Zhuozhuo. Noticing Hua Qingxin’s panicked expression, Li Zhuozhuo pursued the matter, “Are you are the spy of Prince Yunhai, tell me!”

“No, no, I am not…” Hua Qingxin denied that accusation while she was so frightened that her face was suddenly drained of all color. Seeing Hua Qingxin having such an obvious guilty conscience, Consort Ming realized something and sneered. Then she shouted, “Guards! Arrest Ronghua Hua! She will be prosecuted after we return to the palace.”

“No, please don’t…”

Consort Ming’s rank was higher than Hua Qingxin. So, as she ordered, the guards around them came forward and were about to arrest her. Hua Qingxin was so panicked now, but she was even more disappointed: Prince Yunhai made use of her to assassinate the emperor without telling her anything. And what’s more pathetic, she believed in him, and what now? It seemed that Prince Yunhai was sure to win, as he had prepared for anything, anything except her. He didn’t tell her what would happen to her if the plan failed. He didn’t even teach her how to save herself, nor did he say how he would save her.

When she was pulled and dragged by the guards, other people just stood by and did nothing. They had seen how the emperor favored her, so now they would like to see her suffering indifferently.