Chapter 101: Sudden Changes

The rain is over, but the manipulator is still hiding behind the scene. You have no clues about the sudden changes...

## A Rainbow

The rains stops around dawn. Puddles thick with blood covered the complex. As the sun climbs in the sky, a rainbow appears. The events of the night have taken their tool. You start to run a fever and sleep fitfully on the sedan.

MC: [Deliriously] Water... Water...

Very quickly a bowl of warm water is delivered to your lips. You finish it and muster your energy to open your eyes.

MC: [Slowly opening your eyes] 3rd... Prince?

Yin Zhi: You seem surprised to see me.

MC: It's not your job, that's all. My maid should take care of it.

Yin Zhi: [Weakly] There is no one else.

## More Scared than Hurt

Thinking of Yun Mo, who gave her life to save yours, you get a sudden ache in your chest and the feeling of weakness overcomes you.

MC: 3rd Prince... What of 7th Prince and 11th Prince?

Yin Zhi: Both are wounded.

You thought they were dead. On hearing they are merely wounded, you exhale a sign of relief. If any of the princes were to die on this expedition, the Emperor would NOT be pleased.

MC: Thank goodness. I feared the worst.

At this moment, a young eunuch hurries into the room.

Little Eunuch: 3rd Prince! 7th Prince is threatening to kill the doctor! Only you can stop him!

## Take Care of Yourself

7th Prince is known for his bad temper, but he's never done anything like this. It's very strange.

MC: [Totally perplexed] What's going on?

Yin Zhi: [Glancing at you] Number 11 will recover from his wounds, but 7 may never walk again.

You're stunned. No wonder 7th Prince wants to kill the doctor. Nobody wants to hear news like that.

MC: He'll never get better? What will become of him?

Yin Zhi: That's the doctor's concern, not yours. Rest yourself. We'll return to the capital when you have regained your strength.

MC:3rd Prince... Who sent the assassins? Have you found out?

Yin Zhi: No, not yet. Don't worry yourself. Focus on getting better.

## The Scheming One

You gaze thoughtfully after Yin Zhi as he withdraws.

MC: (Who could it have been? Obviously the princes were the targets, so must likely it was connected to the struggle for succession.)

Their faces appear in your mind. They're all so different, but each has a motive and is capable of subterfuge.

Yin Zhen: Which one of us did it, do you think?

A dashing figure like Lan Zhi standing in the doorway interrupts your reverie.

MC: You're like a bad penny.

## Visit the Patient

Yin Zhen: What do you mean by that?

MC: [Lying back lazily on the sedan] What are you doing here?

Yin Zhen: Vising the sick, but apparently I'm not welcome... Do you still suspect me?

* Yes
* No
MC: Yes, with all my heart.

Yin Zhen: Is that right? I doesn't sound like you suspect me. I call foul.

MC: [Softly] If it really was you, you would have done the job properly, and not just injured 7th and 11th Princes.

Yin Zhen: You're too kind.MC: No, it wasn't you. If you had, no one would have lived.

You know Yin Zhen's strength. If it really was him, he would have done the job properly. Besides, he really tried to save you life last night.

Yin Zhen: [Raised eyebrows] Is that supposed to be praise?

## Very Familiar

You see he is back to his old-self, confident and relaxed, as if last night never happened. Quite astonishing really.

MC: Who do you think did it?

Yin Zhen: Do you really care?

MC: Whoever did it killed innocent people and nearly took my life. I want revenge.

Yin Zhen: [Nods] Yes, but... I don't know. They attacked so suddenly in the Plumflower Garden. I came out to find you, but I had to leave 7th Prince and 11th Prince behind...

MC: They knew you were in the Plumflower Garden?

Yin Zhen: I see what you're saying, but our presence in the garden was not a secret and easily found out.

MC: Thay may be so, but these assassins seemed very familiar with us...

Yin Zhen: [Regarding you in silence] May I ask you a question... Why don't you suspect Yin Zhi?