The Queen Mother of Chu turned pale with fright and shrieked, "What are you doing? Guards! Protect the Emperor quickly!"
Bai Di's eyes were blood - red, and her expression was terrifyingly fierce. With a determined look of desperation, she deftly grasped the hilt of the knife and waved it twice, looking quite at ease with it.
Seeing this, Feng Linche flew into a rage.
"You ungrateful wretch! Seize her! Seize her for me!" he roared.
Feng Linche had been holding back a great deal of anger today.
He had originally come to attend the wedding of Feng Linyuan and Bai Zheng, planning to enjoy the praise and admiration from the crowd for his personal presence as the Emperor, showing his kindness and loyalty to the once - prosperous but now declining Marquis Dingyuan's Mansion.
At the same time, he wanted to see with his own eyes how Feng Linyuan, who had a disfigured face and a serious illness, would be mocked and pitied after marrying the so - called useless and infatuated third daughter of the Bai Mansion.
However, everything that happened here was completely different from what he had imagined!
First of all, Feng Linyuan had changed.
His face had actually recovered!
He sat on the horse, looking high - spirited. After taking off his mask, he revealed an extremely handsome face.
This made everyone recall the glorious days of the Marquis Dingyuan's Mansion years ago. As a result, no one bothered to praise Feng Linche for his kindness and loyalty.
And the young lady from the Bai Mansion that Feng Linyuan had married was not a weak and bullied woman at all.
She was calm, resourceful, articulate, and quick - witted in dealing with things. Even the young Queen Mother of Chu couldn't compare to her!
But instead of keeping her for his own use, he had betrothed her to the Marquis Dingyuan's Mansion!
Wasn't this just making his opponent even stronger?
Thinking of this, Feng Linche wished he could slap himself hard.
Why was everything that happened today completely different from the results of the previous investigation? Who on earth had lied to him back then?
Now, Feng Linyuan, the Marquis Dingyuan, had stolen the show and had a beauty in his arms.
As for him, Feng Linche, the Lord of the State, he had first been attacked by wolves and looked in a complete mess. Now, Bai Di was brandishing a knife at him. Where could he put his face as the Emperor of the Great Zhou in front of so many foreign envoys?
"Don't care whether she lives or dies. Seize her for me! Seize her!"
The angrier Feng Linche got, the more murderous his look at Bai Di became.
As soon as these words were spoken, the face of the Grand Duke Chen turned deathly pale.
Unless extremely provoked, with Bai Di's status as the legitimate mistress of the Duke's Mansion, Feng Linche would never have said such words as "don't care whether she lives or dies."
This was simply a death sentence for Bai Di!
The guards beside him had never seen their master so angry. How could an ordinary person bear the wrath of an emperor?
Hearing this, they shivered with fear. After exchanging a look, they rushed towards Bai Di with their weapons drawn.
After all, Bai Di was from the General's Mansion. Although she usually looked like a delicate young lady, she seemed quite familiar with holding a knife. With a swift movement, she showed a certain grace and ease.
The guards became even more anxious, afraid of being implicated by the enraged Feng Linche if they were slower than the others. So they simply threw their spears at Bai Di.
"How dare you, rebel!"
One of them shouted as he threw the spear, attracting everyone's attention.
The guards were startled by the shout and stopped in their tracks for a moment. Their eyes were drawn to the flying spear.
Everyone in the hall followed the path of the flying spear, which flew over the guards' heads towards Bai Di.
At this moment, Feng Linche frowned.
Bai Zheng, who was being protected behind Feng Linyuan in the distance, also squinted her eyes slightly. The moment she saw Bai Di's actions, she was completely stunned.
It turned out that Bai Di didn't, as the Queen Mother of Chu had expected, stab Feng Linche out of hatred after grabbing the knife. Instead, she raised the knife high, then without hesitation, rolled up her sleeve and made a deep cut.
"Whoa—"
Everyone gasped.
But Bai Di seemed oblivious. After making sure the wound was deep enough, she expressionlessly threw the knife away, turned around, and walked towards Old Doctor Zhang.
However, just as she took a step forward, her body suddenly stopped.
A spear had pierced into her back.
The Grand Duke Chen let out a scream and watched helplessly as she slowly fell to the ground.
The guards who were about to continue attacking Bai Di with their weapons were also stunned. They looked at each other, not knowing whether they should continue.
Who would have thought that Bai Di would act so erratically? After grabbing the knife, she didn't try to assassinate anyone but instead hurt herself.
No, it wasn't exactly self - harm.
If it were self - harm, she should have cut open her abdomen or chest. But instead, she had cut her own arm.
The hall fell silent for a moment, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Everyone was caught off guard by this sudden change.
Feng Linche's face, which had been flushed with anger, now turned an iron - gray color.
Although Bai Di hadn't tried to assassinate him, he still felt as if he had been made a fool of.
"Your... Your Majesty, should we still seize her?" the guard who had thrown the spear asked timidly.
Feng Linche frowned, about to say something, when he saw that Bai Di, who had just fallen limply to the ground, had somehow managed to get up again.
"This..." Even the Queen Mother of Chu was shocked.
Now, Bai Di's elder brother, Bai Nianyin, had quietly left, and her only personal maid, Zisu, had been sent to the General's Mansion by her just now.
In the main hall of the Marquis Dingyuan's Mansion, there was no one who really cared about her or would step forward to help her.
But this woman, who was usually so frail that a cold could keep her in bed for seven days, after being pierced by a spear, managed to stand up on her own.
Before everyone could react, Bai Di's next action made everyone scream.
Feng Linyuan instinctively reached out his hand to cover Bai Zheng's eyes.
Bai Zheng only saw Bai Di reach her left hand to her right back and grasp the spear that had pierced into her right shoulder blade.
Then her vision went black, and she couldn't see anything. All she could clearly hear was the sound of flesh and blood splattering and Bai Di's painful scream.
"Ah—"
Bai Zheng's heart tightened, and she quickly reached up to remove Feng Linyuan's hand.
She saw that the spear on Bai Di's body had fallen to the ground, and Bai Di herself staggered forward with a determined look on her face and walked up to Old Doctor Zhang.
Old Doctor Zhang was completely stunned. He stood there motionless, staring blankly at her, his mind completely blank.
Bai Di didn't hesitate. She snatched the Snow - Skin Ointment from his hand.
Although Old Doctor Zhang was old, he was quite strong, but Bai Di was even stronger. After his things were snatched away, he felt his whole hand go numb.
It was Uncle Zhu who was quick - eyed and quick - handed. He pulled Old Doctor Zhang back a few steps, away from Bai Di, who was obviously in a state of madness.
"What on earth is this crazy woman up to? Could it be..."
Song Yiqing suddenly thought of a possibility and stared at her in disbelief with wide - open eyes.