Zhang Quanzhong felt that although he could hear each word the old master said today clearly when separated, once they ford a sentence, he couldn’t understand a thing.
"What do you an?"
"Stop with ’your aning, your aning’ already. They haven’t even returned to the Capital City yet. Who knows how many will actually make it back." Only the Empress could grant that seal.
Grand Tutor Qin stood with his back turned, his body hunched, eyes twinkling with sharpness.
Zhang Quanzhong, standing behind him, repeated, "What did you say? Say it again. This old servant didn’t hear clearly..."
...
Yan Wanqing had anticipated the journey back to the capital would be treacherous, given that so many people wanted her dead.
However, she hadn’t expected wave after wave, group after group of assassins relentless in their pursuit, eager to sink their blades into her neck even if it ant marching to certain death.
She was comparatively fine, but Xiao Pingfeng’s expression grew increasingly grim.
These assassins, regardless of which faction’s orders they followed, must have had backing from soone within the Imperial Court.
This was undoubtedly a direct slap in the face to him, the Crown Prince.
Before setting off, he had clearly made good arrangents with those old obstinate fellows, yet now these people were harboring other intentions.
Indeed, if Yan Wanqing were dead, all their problems would be neatly solved.
There would be no need to watch a person he disliked ascend to the Empress’s seat.
What a wishful thinking!
Xiao Pingfeng imdiately summoned the full force of the eighteenth levels of hell.
"Send the order, centering on our travel route for a radius of five miles, anyone with suspicious actions shall be slain on the spot!" the Crown Prince furiously decreed.
The Ghost Hands imdiately followed the order.
After all, having gotten to know her over this ti, Yan Wanqing’s character and her strength had deeply impressed them.
Compared to a woman who only knew about indulging in pleasures and scheming, Yan Wanqing, who was both literate and martially capable, broad-minded and world-wise, suited their master far better.
Through the carriage window.
Yan Wanqing saw his displeased face, lifted the carriage curtain, stepped out, and walked up to him: "There’s no need to anger yourself over such people."
"Once we return to the Capital City, I will make them pay dearly for this!" Xiao Pingfeng clenched his fist inside his wide sleeve.
He dared not even think, if Yan Wanqing and the child in her womb suffered even the slightest harm, whether he could bear it.
The two were in tune with each other’s feelings, and Yan Wanqing naturally knew what he feared.
So, she reassured him, "They are just so well-intentioned, stubborn old n. They fear because of what I did before, so I understand their behavior. Why don’t you spread the news of my pregnancy back ho? I believe that would reduce the number of assassins significantly."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Pingfeng imdiately frowned.
Undoubtedly, that was an excellent idea.
But in doing so.
"That would reflect poorly on your reputation."
Reputation?
Upon hearing these words, Yan Wanqing cracked a slight, gentle smile.
"What reputation do I have left? The people outside are already branding as a calamitous vixen, saying I’ve seduced the brilliant and mighty Crown Prince beyond redemption."
Knowing that she was trying to comfort him, Xiao Pingfeng still felt uneasy.
This ant that Yan Wanqing actually bore many burdens.
And most of these burdens were re fabrications.
"There’s no need to stress over the words of these people. They have never even t , but they believe a few words they’ve heard others say about , judging my character as if they know it, taking them as truth. Let it be so. Such people lack judgnt and are not of my path; I have no reason to let them stir even the slightest emotional fluctuation in ."
If she were concerned about the views of the worldly, she might have already been drowned in their spit by now.
"Wanwan..." Xiao Pingfeng gently embraced her: "I’ve taken to heart everything you’ve said."
He was not soone who cared about conventional views.
But when it ca to her, he was especially nervous and did not want outsiders to slander her.
His Wanwan was the most innocent and straightforward person in the world.
"Spread the news, even if just for the sake of the child in the womb, those old fellows must weigh their actions carefully," Yan Wanqing winked mischievously.
She was already showing her pregnancy.
By the ti they reached the Capital City, anyone with discerning eyes could tell.
So at this point, trying to conceal it was pointless.
Better to openly release the news and reduce the dangers and conflicts along the way.
It was indeed so.
After the news of Yan Wanqing’s pregnancy spread, the number of assassins was more than halved.
And Xiao Pingfeng’s expression darkened even more.
This proved that the bunch in the Imperial Court really were deceitfully disobeying him.
If he had not co personally to fetch Wanwan this ti, what might she have encountered?
Each ti he thought of this, his heart uncontrollably started to race.
He wished he had wings to fly back to the Capital City instantly, and behead those miscreants!
Not only that, Ghost Hands also relayed that many forces were secretly protecting her.
This stirred mixed feelings in the Crown Prince.
Better to go through hell’s eighteen levels of torture before cutting them down, or else he truly could not swallow this grievance.
The return to the Capital was proceeding in neither a rushed nor a leisurely manner.
It wasn’t just the Crown Prince who was in a bad mood, there was soone else in a carriage who was having a hard ti too.
Huai Xini, stimulated by the consecutive assassination attempts, was nearly losing her mind; hearing that the guards outside had encircled a five-mile radius, she felt she was going mad.
How was she supposed to escape amidst this chaos?!
"Master, have so water," Lu Yin was sent to keep an eye on her.
But what they did not know was that Lu Yin had already sided with Huai Xini.
At the mont, this was the only comfort for Huai Xini.
She took the teacup, slowly took a sip then, without a word, threw all of it in Lu Yin’s face, "It’s so hot, how could you expect to drink this?!"
The lukewarm tea dripped from Lu Yin’s head, running down her chin, and dampening her clothes.
She blinked her eyes, "...You?"
As soon as that word left her mouth, Huai Xini quickly moved closer, staring intently at Lu Yin, "I am your master, you must live and die for , your only reason to live is because of ."
Seeing the increasing bloodshot in Lu Yin’s eyes, Huai Xini finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"The master is right to reproach," Lu Yin knelt on the ground, "This servant will pour another cup for the master."
Huai Xini, having been scared badly, had lost the mood to drink, "Never mind, never mind."
It seed her Fox Technique was still not stable enough; this maid was showing signs of waking up, and waking up fully was probably just a matter of ti.
She would have to rely on more reliable thods.
Like the Gu that her people in the Southern Border were best at using.
"What about the thing you hid before leaving?"
Lu Yin, keeping her head down, replied, "Placed in the grain cart."
"After dark, you retrieve it," Huai Xini closed her eyes, beginning to rest.
"Yes, master," Lu Yin kneeled in the carriage, motionless.
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