Chapter 490 Attack in Secret
Not wanting to alarm anyone, Lin ngya supported Ling Ye and helped him back into her room.
It was only after she lit the light that she realized how badly Ling Ye was injured.
His clothes were torn and tattered, having slit open by so sharp weapons.
Moreover, just by taking a glance at them, she could tell that those weapons used to injure Ling Ye had poison on them.
Fortunately, she had given Long Tianyu and Ling Ye a few pills of poison antidotes, otherwise, Ling Ye would have died from the poison there and then.
“We t up with our n just outside the city. Who would have known that right after they left, a group of n began catching at us?! His Highness, the prince defended us bravely but eventually, he was overco by seized by them. It was because His Highness instructed to employ a slow breathing technique to minimize the use of energy that I finally managed to escape their examination.
Lin ngya made Ling Ye take more pills before his situation improved a little.
Finally, Lin ngya understood how the circumstances under which Long Tianyu was abducted.
“Was His Highness injured?”
While sitting down, she realized her vision darkened intermittently.
Her breathing quickened as she stared at the badly injured Ling Ye.
“No, they did not hurt His Highness.”
Ling Ye shook his head as he responded.
Tightening her fist, Lin ngya appeared calm, but her body, which had stiffened from anxiety gave her emotions away.
She struggled hard to remind herself not to panic and be overly anxious. She had to remain calm otherwise Long Tianyu would be in danger.
“According to your account, it seed that their intention was rely to take His Highness away quietly. Were there no other survivors apart from you?”
Ling Ye pondered carefully but finally shook his head.
The reason he escaped death was that he had used the slow breathing technique. Secondly, while he was covered with poisoned wounds. If it were another person, he would not be so lucky.
“Damn!”
Lin ngya cursed. She should have thought of it, if after all, it was Li Yuan who had organized for the spies to infiltrate them.
In that case, every move made by Long Tianyu would have been noted by him who already harbor an evil intention against him.
However, she remained perplexed about why these people wanted to capture Long Tianyu quietly.
“Your Highness, the prince is in grave danger. Please decide on what to do imdiately.”
Ling Ye had been struggling to hold up and he was starting to sound more anxious and impatient.
Long Tianyu was their greatest concern. Although Lin ngya was at a loss of what to do by now, she was still trying hard to suppress her emotions.
At this mont, her slender fingers had grasped at her shirt so tightly that it was crumpled.
“You shall try to recuperate from your injuries here and make sure no one discovers your existence. As for Long Tianyu, I will think of a solution.”
Anxious as Ling Ye was, he could only hang his hope on the princess.
After holding up for so long, he finally lost all strength to support himself. He rolled his eyes and fell into unconsciousness.
The bed was quickly stained with Ling Ye’s blood.
Nevertheless, Lin ngya could not be bothered about cleaning up the bed. How she wished she could be teleported to Long Tianyu’s side at this instant.
However, reality had forced her to attend to Ling Ye’s injury first.
In the light of the event, those n who followed Long Tianyu here were likely completely defeated by now. Zuo Qiuyu, on the other hand, was having difficulty coping with Li Yuan.
At this mont, she could only count on herself.
Sighing, Lin ngya got up and started attending to Ling Ye’s injury with her good hand.
He had rolled his eyes and lost all sense of ti. Nevertheless, the bleeding would finally stop.
With his eyes tightly closed, his ordinary face, which was usually veiled, was drained of any color at this mont.
Ling ngya unintentionally discovered a secret that Ling Ye’s face seed fake.
As a test, she reached out to tug at the skin around one of the small wounds on his face with so force.
A face mask as thin as the wings of an insect’s wing began crumpling on his face like ripples.
The face behind the mask was as pale and Lin ngya drew in a breath at what ca into sight.
How...
His eyes were narrow and long and his long lashes cast a small shadow on his face.
Below his tall nose was his thin pale lips. Lin ngya felt a little faint.
The Ling Ye rid of the face mask had a strong resemblance to Long Tianyu.
Nevertheless, there was no way she would mistake soone else as her husband.
However, if it were soone who was not as intimate with Long Tianyu would definitely mistake the two for the sa person.
Compared to Long Tianyu’s handso but aloof look, Ling Ye’s countenance was not as cold and less angular.
Nevertheless, Lin ngya was stunned at seeing Ling Ye’s countenance.
She gently undid Ling Ye’s shirt and saw that the slash wounds on his fair skin had turned dark red at the effect of the poison.
Lin ngya had no better solution than to apply the dication to his wounds.
Fortunately, they were mostly external wounds and his tendons and bones were not hurt, otherwise it would be many tis more difficult to treat.
Lin ngya had to use both her hand and mouth to bandage up his wounds as best as she could.
Not to ntion how exhausted she was, by the ti she finished bandaging Ling Ye, the sky was already bright.
Panting, her forehead was covered with a thin layer of perspiration.
The servants who ca to into the courtyard to sweep and tidy up the place were being cleverly sent away by Lin ngya.
Lin ngya settled down at the couch with her eyes half-closed. She would be widely awake the mont there was any movent.
Finally, after a while, there was a movent on the bed.
Lin ngya’s bloodshot eyes, which had worked through the night without any rest, turned to the person on the bed and looked intently at his movent.
“Er...”
A low, painful cry echoed from the bed. Although the dication for external injuries invented by her teacher would inflict great pain, its effect far exceeded other dications.
It was especially effective when used for poisoned wounds of this nature.
At the sa ti, the pain brought about by this dication was similar to the effect of putting salt on the wounds. Even a tough man like Ling Ye could not hold back a groan.
“Don’t move. What do you want to tell ? Be careful not to let the wounds open up again. It took great effort to stop the wounds from bleeding.”
Ling Ye was gripped with excruciating pain all over his body, but Lin ngya’s tender voice had managed to stop him from moving.
Instinctively he touched his face and realized that it felt different from normal tis and there was a mont of panic.
However, this only lasted for a mont.
“I understand. Many powerful and rich people wound find and nurture soone who resembles themselves. Firstly, he could be a substitute, and secondly, it could avoid many troubles.”
Lin ngya took the initiative to explain, thereby eliminating the awkwardness.
Looking at Ling Ye’s face, Lin ngya finally understood why Qinghu used to call him a paralyzed face.
It was no wonder that his face looked paralyzed, after all he had always been wearing a face mask.
“Your Highness, the Pavilion of Herbs had delivered the ceremonial costus for Your Highness and Prince Yu. Please try it on to see if they are fitting. If they’re not fitting, I will have the tailor make alterations.”
Yu An’s respectful voice sounded from outside the door.
Lin ngya frowned, then she suddenly rembered that she and Long Tianyu were to attend the preliminary rounds of the dical skill competition together.
However, she was still clueless as to who had captured Long Tianyu. Unless they released Long Tianyu on their own accord, there was no way he could make it to the event.
In that instant, her line of vision fell on Ling Ye.
She sighed softly. It seed that she had to resort to this thod of fraud.
“Bring them in. His Highness had not gotten out of bed yet. You may leave the costus at the doorstep.”
At Lin ngya’s words, Ling Ye lifted his head and gave the princess a dubious look.
A possible thought flashed across his mind and imdiately, an awkward expression appeared on his face.
At this mont, Lin ngya had already gone to the door to carry the two sets of clothes back into the bedroom.
The costus of the Nation of Lintian differed from that in Jin State in terms of style. The material was made of pure white linen. The front openings and cuffs were lined with golden fabric.
Apart from being solemn in appearance, there was an air of grace and elegance.
“May I ask you to try it on for ? Long Tianyu was a little bigger than you, but we can always make so alterations.”
Lin ngya had taken out the male costu first, and she had laid it before Ling Ye.
“This... Your Highness, I don’t think this is a good idea. At this mont, you should be thinking about how to save Prince Yu, rather than making take his place.”
Lin ngya sighed as she gazed at the costus with a helpless look in her eyes.
“Do you think I’m not anxious? Think about it, when soone was trying to lay hands on in the mansion, you guys were ambushed just outside. Moreover, Prince Yu had been quietly taken captive. Do you think this was all coincidence?”
Lin ngya was able to think carefully through all that had happened. She only had to think through so things to understand the key to the problem.
The abduction of Long Tianyu and herself had happened back to back.
Once she linked this together, she could vaguely figure out the objective of their enemies.
“Do you an...”
“Soone intended to make use of our identity, but not just as a puppet. They must be holding on to so useful information. If Long Tianyu and I fall into their hands, we would have to submit to them. If at this mont, Long Tianyu and I turned against each other, what do think their final objective is?”
Ling Ye’s mind turned around and instantly understood what the princess was saying.
“Yes, it the position of the First Elder of the Pavilion of Herbs!”
Lin ngya nodded. In fact, what she had thought of was far more serious than even this.
However, she had yet to lay hold of any concrete evidence, so she could only keep this suspicion in her heart.
“I get it now.”
Ling Ye took over the costu Lin ngya was holding on to and let down the curtain. Thereafter, Lin ngya pushed through the door and went outside.
The morning air was refreshing to the spirit of man.
Since they arrived at the old capital, Lin ngya’s health seed to improve a great deal.
She strolled leisurely into the bamboo forest and sat down at a stone stool. It was only when she was out of sight to anyone that she released the helpless feeling she suppressed in her heart.
“Where on earth are you, Long Tianyu?”
The tears in her eyes started flowing down her cheeks unconsciously.
Lin ngya took deep breaths to soothe the suffocating feeling in her chest which she had been suppressing.
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