His Rui

Chapter 546 What Happened In The Imperial Palace?

Still, perhaps it was Li Rui’s constant thoughts about finding out what was wrong in the Imperial Palace, that made her think that it took them a long time. 

An Ju flew towards the Xinhe Palace. 

Her eyes looked down at the vacant ground and they stopped when she saw her master looking above. Carefully, An Ju tightened her hold on Li Rui’s waist and started to go down. 

Though she was an expert in such a skill as Xi Ying’s shadow guard, she still couldn’t help but feel a little scared as she did all this. 

Because Li Rui was pregnant with her master’s child. 

Even if she would have not pregnant, An Ju knew that she would be punished if something happened to Li Rui. 

The thought made An Ju cautious and do everything carefully. 

A sigh of relief escaped her lips and she heard the same from Li Rui as soon as they got down. The female shadow guard smiled lightly as she understood that her mistress have also been scared. 

She could understand. 

It was natural for Li Rui to feel scared since she didn’t know qingqong and was not in habit of flying in the sky every day like her.

However, she admired her courage and tolerance of still not speaking a single word all this while. 

”Rui…”

Xi Ying immediately stepped forward and pulled his wife towards him. 

His hand went around her waist and he hugged her in his arms while his nose buried inside his hair inhaling her sweet scent. 

It calmed his restless heart down a little. 

Xi Ying didn’t know why but he had been feeling this restlessness since the morning. All this while, there had been just one thought inside his mind. 

Was Li Rui alright? 

And what happened almost a shichen ago inside the banquet hall only increased the restless inside his heart. 

He was suddenly doubting himself because he knew that it was all because of his lack of attention that this happened. 

”Is everything alright, Ying?”

His wife’s sweet voice fell in Xi Ying’s ears and he closed his eyes for a moment before he stepped back and looked into her clean black eyes. 

Xi Ying felt ashamed to say his next few words but he had to say it. 

”I messed up, Rui. I messed up everything.”

Li Rui’s eyes flickered with surprise when she saw regret and guilt in Xi Ying’s eyes. This made her wonder what exactly happened that she didn’t know about. 

She looked at An Ju. 

Xi Ying was perhaps not in the right state of mind. Otherwise, she knew very well that he would never prefer that his shadow guards would look at him when he was in such a weak state. 

So Li Rui sighed An Ju to leave. 

An Ju bowed her head and with a last glance at her master, she left from there knowing very well that they needed some private time. 

After that, Li Rui held Xi Ying’s hand and asked softly

”I am sure whatever has happened must not be your fault solely, Ying. You must not have done it intentionally. I believe you.”

The few words…perhaps Li Rui didn’t know, how big of relief they gave to Xi Ying.       

His hold around his wife’s hand tightened and Xi Ying suddenly felt his eyes a little blurry. His heart was warm as he blinked his eyes furiously trying to hide the little bit of moisture that had suddenly gathered there. 

He raised Li Rui’s hand and kissed her knuckles deeply as he whispered 

”Thank you, I really needed this.” 

Li Rui blinked and smiled a little. She, of course, noticed that Xi Ying was about to cry but seeing that he didn’t want her to see it, she pretended as if she had never seen it. 

After this small interaction, Xi Ying held Li Rui’s hand and took her further inside the Xinhe Palace. 

Li Rui frowned when she noticed that they were walking towards Yi Huiqing’s chambers. She was familiar with Lantai Courtyard because she had visited Yi Huiqing once. 

At the same time, she noticed how there were a great number of maids was standing outside and trying to peek inside the room. 

The smell of medicines immediately wafted through her nose and her heart sank down suddenly. 

Was her Elder sister alright? 

Li Rui couldn’t even wait to go inside the chambers and see with her own eyes. She looked towards her husband and asked with uncertainty lingering in her voice

”Ying, Is Elder Sister alright?”

Li Rui’s heart sank deeper when she noticed that Xi Ying’s body went stiff at her question. He never looked at her. 

Instead, he continued to guide her toward the chambers. 

The smell of medicines only became stronger with every step and when they stepped inside the chambers, Li Rui’s eyes stopped at the bed. 

There on the bed, lied Yi Huiqing, her elder sister with her eyes closed.

The scene was no different from how she had seen her sister when the last time, she visited her during her miscarriage. 

There was just one difference. Li Rui noticed suddenly. 

Yi Huiqing’s lips had a peaceful smile as if nothing in this world bothered her any longer.

Li Rui left Xi Ying’s hand and Xi Ying also did the same as he saw her stepping inside the chamber towards the bed where Yi Huiqing was lying.

He saw how Li Rui took in Yi Huiqing’s state. 

Her eyes first stayed on her face and then on the wound that was on Yi Huqing’s chest just where her heart was. 

The wound was tightly bounded with clothes but the red stain on the top of the cloth still showed that the blood was still leaking. 

The Imperial Physician has not been even able to stop the blood in the last shichen. 

They said that the dagger that pierced Yi Huiqing’s chest had some poison on it and the poison was still inside Yi Huiqing’s body. 

Even if she woke up after so much blood loss, the poison would still kill her even before she would wake up. 

”Elder Sister”

Li Rui called out softly and Xi Ying closed his eyes seeing the dazed look on his wife’s face.   

However, Yi Huiqing never responded. 

In the ear-deafening silence of the room, a voice that was filled with heavy despair sounded suddenly. 

  “Save her. Please save her.”