Lu Changfeng landed.
Everyone's gaze fixed on him, filled with awe, shock, and fear.
And a tangle of emotions too complicated to put into words.
Was this still the Little Physician they had known back then?
"Fourth Brother, are you all right?"
Li Lingyue was the first to break the silence. She hurried to Li Dan's side and asked with concern.
The sudden turn of events had left Li Dan pale. He barely managed to steady himself now, and at her question, he shook his head with a bitter smile. He had already survived countless assassination attempts like this...
Back when his Empress Mother ruled in the emperor's stead, the cruel officials Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen had fabricated charges, eager to eliminate him, a prince of Li Tang. Later, when the Wu Clan held power, they had regarded him as a thorn in their eyes, a barb in their flesh!
He had lived trembling with caution, as though treading on thin ice, not daring to harbor the slightest ambition for fear of following in his two elder brothers' footsteps. Yet he could not simply let others carve him up at will, either. Striking that balance had been agonizingly awkward.
He had thought that with his third brother restored to the throne and himself invested as Prince Xiang, he could stay far from the heart of the maelstrom and enjoy a few peaceful years. Who could have imagined that barely two or three years later, another assassination attempt would descend upon him in such a savage, bizarre fashion?
Had his Little Sister not been vigilant today, and had this Mr. Lu beside her not possessed such astonishing powers, he would probably already have perished in a serpent's belly, dying without ever knowing why and leaving behind nothing but a laughingstock.