Dongfang Yu left with Dongfang Jin, leaving Dugu Wu and his wife Feng Bailing behind.
"Knowing this would happen, I shouldn’t have agreed to the Dragon Queen’s request to save him."
Feng Bailing muttered.
With Dongfang Yu turning against him, Dugu Wu’s days in court beca even more difficult.
As Dugu Wu’s current Princess Consort, her days weren’t any better.
Dongfang Yu is simply an ingrate.
Dugu Wu, deep in thought, looked at Feng Bailing.
"Did you tamper with the first bowl of water?"
He knew Feng Bailing well; if it weren’t for her tampering, she wouldn’t have been so eager to help with the Blood Test.
"It doesn’t matter whether I tampered with it or not, what’s important is to find out who wants to harm you."
Feng Bailing snatched the letter from Dugu Wu, which Dongfang Yu saw but, annoyed as he was, he didn’t take it with him.
Feng Bailing glanced at the letter, her eyes flickering slightly.
"Do you recognize the handwriting on the letter?"
Dugu Wu noticed Feng Bailing’s odd expression.
He could confirm that the handwriting on the letter was not from anyone he knew.
"This handwriting, I’ve indeed seen it before. My mother received a letter a few days ago written by the sa person. It was from a descendant of the Nanshe Witch Family. When did you offend soone from the Wu Family?"
Feng Bailing had already given the letter to Li Mubei, the handwriting of the woman who claid to be Li Mubei’s fiancée was the sa as this one.
"I don’t know anyone from the Wu Family."
Dugu Wu shook his head.
"If you don’t know them, why would they know so much about you and Nalan Yan’er? Could it be that besides Nalan Yan’er, you’ve also provoked a woman from the Wu Family?"
Feng Bailing pouted, slightly resentful.
"Are you jealous?"
Dugu Wu’s eyes flashed strangely, sensing sothing from Feng Bailing’s words.
"Who’s jealous? I’m worried you might implicate us. Dealing with Nalan Yan’er is already troubleso enough, let alone adding the Wu Family."
Feng Bailing couldn’t help but feel a headache.
With Dongfang Yu awake, Nalan Yan’er should be more submissive.
Feng Bailing thought to herself.
"The matter with the love poison isn’t over yet, and if the Wu Family takes action again..."
"They already have."
Dugu Wu furrowed his brows, then a thunderclap exploded in the sky.
Deafening, rain poured in torrents.
Feng Bailing suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.
"There are assassins!"
From outside the mansion, screams were heard.
Several dark figures leapt over the high walls.
"You go look after Xiao Li, and don’t co out."
Dugu Wu’s expression was icy as he maneuvered his wheelchair.
"What are you going to do?"
"Xiaojin is still in the Flower Hall."
Dugu Wu had been uneasy all day, feeling as if sothing was about to happen.
Now it seed, it was due to tonight.
The adversaries were clearly prepared.
The first step, the letter reached Dongfang Yu’s hands, pressuring Dongfang Yu to corner Dugu Wu. If the Blood Test confird that Dongfang Jin was Dugu Wu’s son, Dugu Wu likely wouldn’t be able to leave the Crown Prince Mansion tonight.
But this first step went wrong.
The adversaries prepared a second step, where assassins invaded the Crown Prince Mansion.
Tonight, several princes were feasting in the Crown Prince Mansion.
Who were the assassins targeting?
Most likely, it was Dongfang Yu, recently recovered from a serious illness. If sothing happened to Dongfang Yu or another prince, Dugu Wu, absent from the feast and linked to that letter, would certainly beco a pri suspect.
"Be careful."
Feng Bailing watched Dugu Wu leave, giving him a warning.
Dugu Wu’s eyes deepened, a peculiar feeling arising within him.
Was she concerned about him?
For so many years, no one by his side truly cared about him.
"You be careful too. If there’s any trouble, take Xiao Li and Xiaojin and leave, don’t co back to Chu City. I have so properties and businesses elsewhere, Lu Yin will handle them for you."
Dugu Wu finished speaking and wheeled his chair around the corridor.
He said "you all," Feng Bailing was sowhat surprised.
This man... could it be that he had already arranged everything for after his death?
The sky was flashing with lightning and thunder, Feng Bailing looked up, taken aback again.
The rain today was unbelievably heavy.
It seed as if the rain water was infusing the plants with a powerful force.
Not only that, the atmosphere inside the Crown Prince Mansion was eerie.
Rustling sounds could be heard, countless dark shadows darting through the trees and bushes like snakes.
Those plants... Feng Bailing noticed on both sides of the corridor, the vegetations were proliferating wildly, almost subrging the corridor.
Wooden Holy Seal.
Feng Bailing’s heart tensed.
She quickly ran back to her room.
The door was overwheld with creeping vines, it was impossible to get through.
"Xiao Li?"
Feng Bailing was secretly alard, Bang—
There was a loud noise from the door, and a figure darted out.
Dugu Xiaojin had fled out carrying Feng Xiaoli, dispersing his Gang Qi only then.
"Xiaojin, how co you are here?"
Feng Bailing was both shocked and delighted.
"Queen Mother, seeing that both you and Father Emperor were absent, Dongfang Jin and his father were nowhere to be found either, so I ca looking for you."
Xiaojin, worried about Xiao Li and the Queen Mother, had co looking for them, and like telepathy, he found the way without anyone guiding him.
"Your father went looking for you. Sothing strange is going on outside; we need to leave here first."
Feng Bailing realized they shouldn’t stay long in the Crown Prince Mansion. She opened a dical kit and rummaged for so dicine bottles.
In the ti it took to speak, the surrounding vegetation grew wildly once more.
"Queen Mother, I will take you guys out first. Let’s go find Uncle Feng Zao."
Dugu Xiaojin was worried about his father whose legs had not yet recovered.
The three of them just reached the wall when, whoosh whoosh whoosh, several dark shadows attacked.
Hiss hiss hiss—
Several Water Arrows shot out, chopping down those dark shadows.
"Queen Mother?"
Dugu Xiaojin was astonished.
Those Water Arrows were released by the Queen Mother.
Feng Bailing blinked.
"It’s not just you who has unique skills; the Queen Mother does too."
After clearing the vines from the wall, Dugu Xiaojin carried Feng Xiaoli onto it.
"Queen Mother, co up too."
Just as Dugu Xiaojin finished speaking.
"Danger, Daddy, run fast."
The still unconscious Xiao Li on Dugu Xiaojin’s back emitted an unconscious cry, mumbling intermittently.
Feng Bailing’s heart jolted.
"Where is Xiao Li’s bowl?"
"It was left in the room."
Dugu Xiaojin had left in haste, unable to bring the bowl.
"You take Xiao Li back to the Princess’ Mansion first. Go find Li Mubei, and if you don’t know where he is, find the Princess’ grandmother, and tell her what happened here."
Feng Bailing solemnly instructed.
"Queen Mother, what about you?"
On Dugu Xiaojin’s anxious face.
"I will go get the bowl, and also go save your father."
Feng Bailing was sowhat helpless; she and Dugu Wu were currently in a precarious situation.
Although she had great confidence in Dugu Wu’s strength, Xiao Li’s unintended words worried Feng Bailing.
Her daughter’s words were just too prescient.
Saying this, she turned and ran towards the room.
Dugu Xiaojin watched as Feng Bailing left, glanced at Feng Xiaoli on his shoulder, hesitated for a mont, then leaped down from the wall and rushed towards the Princess’ Mansion.
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