After the physicians re-bandaged Luo Wei’s wound, Imperial Physician Wei rushed into the bedroom, sweating profusely.
“Why did you take so long to come back?” Long Xuan’s eyes flared when he saw Imperial Physician Wei enter.
Glancing at his colleagues by the bed, Imperial Physician Wei said to Long Xuan, “Your Majesty, Long Yi, Long Yi ran to the East Gate!”
“You went after Long Yi?” Long Xuan asked.
Imperial Physician Wei said, “On my way back to the palace, I encountered a group of soldiers. I ordered them to chase after him. By the way, Your Majesty, Ten’s group also went after him.”
“They all deserve to die!” Long Xuan cursed.
Imperial Physician Wei shrank slightly and said, “This official deserve to die!”
“Why are you still standing here?” Long Xuan said to Imperial Physician Wei, “Go and check on Luo Wei!”
“Yes,” Imperial Physician Wei replied and hurried to the bedside.
Seeing Imperial Physician Wei enter the room, the other physicians breathed a sigh of relief. With him around, even if something happened to Luo Wei, they didn’t have to worry about their own heads. The first one to die would be Imperial Physician Wei.
“Let me see,” Imperial Physician Wei said in front of his colleagues, still maintaining an air of dignity. “Has the Prince’s bleeding stopped?”
The physicians stepped aside, and one of them replied to Imperial Physician Wei, “We have re-bandaged His Highness’s wound.”
“What medicine did you apply?” Imperial Physician Wei asked as he looked at Luo Wei’s wound.
Luo Wei blinked at Imperial Physician Wei.
“Don’t worry, Your Highness,” Imperial Physician Wei said ambiguously to Luo Wei, “With me here, Your Highness’s wound will heal.”
Long Xuan didn’t look at Luo Wei anymore. If he continued to look, he felt like his heart couldn’t take it. He looked at Twelve and said, “Twelve, come out and talk to me.”
Luo Wei on the bed heard Long Xuan was going to question Twelve and hurried to sit up.
Imperial Physician Wei quickly pressed Luo Wei down and said, “Your Highness, lie down and rest assured. Everything is fine.”
Luo Wei looked towards Twelve.
“I’m just asking some questions,” Long Xuan said when he saw Luo Wei’s movement. “With you protecting him, I won’t touch him. Are you reassured?”
“Twelve,” Luo Wei’s voice was panting, “you must answer thoroughly to His Majesty.”
“I understand,” Twelve hurriedly said.
Twelve was the most cunning one among Ten’s group. That’s why Luo Wei had him return to the palace first. Luo Wei’s eyes seemed a bit distracted now, looking like he couldn’t stand it any longer and wanted to sleep.
“If Your Highness wants to sleep, go ahead,” Imperial Physician Wei said quickly to Luo Wei. “The bleeding has stopped. I’ll have someone brew some medicine for Your Highness.”
Long Xuan left the bedroom. He couldn’t stand to see Luo Wei looking so ill.
Twelve followed him out. Under the tung tree in the courtyard, he knelt behind Long Xuan and apologized, “This servant failed to protect the Prince, this servant deserves to die!”
Long Xuan turned around and kicked Twelve. “You deserve to die!”
Twelve’s body swayed from the kick. His throat felt sweet, but he dared not spit out the blood. After swallowing hard, he knelt down on the ground again.
“What happened today? Tell me everything!” Long Xuan said coldly to Twelve.
Twelve then recounted what Luo Wei had taught him on the way back to the palace.
Long Xuan listened carefully to Twelve’s words. In order to interrogate Long Yi, Luo Wei ordered Imperial Physician Wei to send all the others accompanying them to the Flower Street. He then randomly chose a small alley and interrogated Long Yi. Long Yi denied that he had found Xuanzhou, and the two almost got into a quarrel. In the end, Luo Wei still wanted to kill Long Yi. Just as the five of them were about to act, Long Yi, who was standing closest to Luo Wei, made a preemptive move. If it weren’t for Ten throwing his weapon and hitting Long Yi’s hand in time, Luo Wei’s injuries would have been much more severe.
Twelve didn’t completely repeat Luo Wei’s words; he added his own opinions, as instructed by Luo Wei. In case Long Xuan asked the four others again separately, even if their words differed, as their opinions were different, and some details were different, Long Xuan wouldn’t be suspicious.
“Nonsense!” Long Xuan cursed angrily after Twelve finished speaking.
Twelve knelt on the ground, keeping his head low.
“Fu Dao!” Long Xuan turned around and called out to Fu Dao, who was standing far away.
“Your Majesty,” Fu Dao hurried over.
“Go and spread my decree in the capital: the former leader of the Dragon Cavalry Guards has committed treason,” Long Xuan said. “He is now a fugitive. Order all the officials across the country to capture him. Once he is captured, execute him on the spot, and his head must be sent back to the capital.”
“Your servant obeys,” Fu Dao quickly accepted the decree and left the courtyard.
“Long Yi ran to the East Gate?” After Fu Dao left to spread the decree, Long Xuan asked Twelve again.
Twelve immediately replied, “Your servant has been with His Highness and did not pursue him, so I don’t know where Long Yi went.”
“Did Imperial Physician Wei also go after him?”
“He…” Twelve said, “Imperial Physician Wei chased him to the entrance of the alley and then came back to see His Highness.”
“You may leave,” Long Xuan said, having no more questions.
But Twelve said, “Your Majesty, your servant will accept his punishment.”
Long Xuan said coldly, “Of course, I will punish you. But now the Prince is still injured. We’ll talk about it after he recovers.”
Twelve looked up at Long Xuan, who was suppressing his anger, and then lowered his head again. Now Twelve felt relieved. With Luo Wei there, they would be fine. Thinking about Long Xuan’s decree just now, although he knew Long Yi was dead, Twelve still felt somewhat secretly pleased. This was the fate of betraying the former Emperor and betraying one’s brothers. Obviously, this new master didn’t care about Long Yi.
“Aren’t you leaving yet?” Long Xuan said, “Do you really want me to punish you right away?”
“Your servant also wants to go out of the palace to capture Long Yi,” Twelve said. “Your servant requests Your Majesty’s permission.”
“You want to go too?” Long Xuan said, “What about the Prince’s residence? Do you want me to send the Dragon Cavalry Guards here again?”
Twelve stopped speaking and bowed three times to Long Xuan before retreating.
“Your Majesty,” an officer from Yi Jin Garden ran over from outside the courtyard at this time, reporting to Long Xuan, “Lord Xie Mingyuan is currently on the south bank. He wants to come to the island to see the Prince.”
Long Xuan sighed. Xie Mingyuan would soon know about Luo Wei’s injuries. Letting him see that he was not seriously injured would reassure the Luo family. Long Xuan turned and walked towards the bedroom. The war was imminent, and the Luo family was the one he relied on. At this time, he couldn’t let the Luo family of Youyan be dissatisfied with him.
Imperial Physician Wei wiped his hands with a wet cloth and left the bedroom. He almost collided head-on with Long Xuan.
“Why are you coming out?” Long Xuan got angry when he saw Imperial Physician Wei. “Is Luo Wei alright?”
Imperial Physician Wei said, “Your Majesty, I came out to report to you about His Highness’s condition.”
“How is he?”
“Replying to Your Majesty, the wound under His Highness’s left rib isn’t too deep, and the ribs are not injured, but he lost quite a bit of blood.”
“Does that mean the injury is not too serious?”
“His Highness’ body has never been very strong,” Imperial Physician Wei said. “I will need to observe him for a few more days.”
Long Xuan pointed to a spot in the courtyard and said to Imperial Physician Wei, “Kneel over there for me.”
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