He stepped forward and picked up the envelope that Zhu Yuan had thrown away. After reading it, his handsome face was filled with shock.

No wonder he was in such a hurry!

The letter bore the emperor's own signature. Sending assassins to kill Zhu Yuan was secondary; the main reason was his beloved wife and children!

"It's over!"

Suppressing his shock and disregarding his injuries, Lü Yunshen gathered his men and headed towards Guangling County.

If something were to happen to Zhen Wanwan and their two children, I'm afraid Zhu Yuan would go mad!

Lu Yunshen couldn't bear to imagine this scene, so he could only spur his horse and quickly chase after Zhuyuan.

Hopefully, everything will be alright in time!

Because Zhu Yuan was attacked at the dock, where there were many people and eyes, the matter could not be kept secret.

The Fifth Prince was engrossed in reading a storybook at the post station while listening to the guards' reports.

After his initial shock, his eyes crinkled into a smile, and he became much happier.

He has recently been in contact with Yu Xin and learned from him that Yu Xin has some dissatisfaction with Zhu Yuan.

They were trying their best to sow discord between the two, but Yu Xin, despite being a man, was afraid of everything!

Fortunately, there was an unexpected gain today: Zhu Yuan was stabbed!

The fifth prince, in a good mood, hummed a song, thought for a moment, picked up a brush from the desk, and wrote a letter.

The letter detailed how Zhu Yuan was stabbed. In order to show that Zhu Yuan was really injured, the letter exaggerated his disheveled appearance.

If you didn't know better, just by reading his letters, you'd think Zhuyuan was about to die.

The Fifth Prince didn't think too much about it. He had been an undercover agent for so long, and he had finally managed to catch Zhu Yuan injured. Although he hadn't done it, he couldn't stop Zhu Yuan from wanting to brag!

The letter eventually reached the palace and ended up in the hands of Yuan Xujing.

Although Yuan Xujing was very puzzled, he did not doubt the Fifth Prince's words.

After all, his foolish fifth brother was the one whose entire family was killed by Zhu Yuan; there was no way he would pass on false information to him.

After reading the contents of the letter, Zhu Yuan rushed home without stopping.

His eyes stung from the cold wind, but he didn't slow down; instead, he ran faster and faster, whipping the horse's rump until it was practically raw.

The horse had no choice but to run so hard to protect its rear end that its hooves were practically on fire.

After washing herself and her two children, Zhen Wanwan went back to her bedroom to sleep.

Nightlife in ancient times was so boring; you had to go to sleep as soon as it got dark.

"Mommy, Sweetie wants to hear a story!"

Tonight, Sweetie insisted on sleeping with her, and even the usually quiet and obedient Baby clung tightly to her side.

Zhen Wanwan didn't think too much about it, since Tianbao would often pester her to sleep with her.

"Okay! Mommy will do whatever you want! Hurry up and get under the covers, or you'll catch a cold if you get chilled in the wind!"

"Mmm!"

Considering that the two of them liked mostly different stories, Zhen Wanwan compromised and chose Journey to the West, which was their favorite.

As they talked, the two fell asleep. Zhen Wanwan put down her book, got up to blow out the candles, but keenly sensed someone approaching their house.

Zhen Wanwan's eyes darkened, and she silently recited a mantra, quietly hiding the two sleeping children into her spatial dimension.

Perhaps because they shared half her blood, the two of them entered her space.

When her two children were still babies, she often took them in to bathe.

Now that they're older, she hasn't taken them inside anymore.

Given the uncertain situation outside, she decided to be cautious and hid the children in the space.

She simply arranged the bed to make it look like someone was sleeping there.

She hid in the closet, peering through the cracks to observe the outside world.

She could have observed from inside the space, but with two children inside, if she accidentally woke them up, it would be difficult to explain what was happening in the space.

Suddenly, Zhen Wanwan's breath hitched, and she held her breath and waited quietly for a few minutes.

She keenly heard the sounds of people falling outside, and vaguely guessed that the guards Zhu Yuan had given her were already fighting with those people.

She couldn't help but feel grateful that her two children were sleeping with her tonight; otherwise, no matter how perceptive she was, she would have found it difficult to run around in the yard in front of these people.

The fighting outside was fading away, probably because the guards had lured them out, but Zhen Wanwan remained vigilant and stayed inside the wardrobe.

Sure enough, after a short while, she heard several very faint sounds.

From her gaze, she saw three or four men in black appear in front of her bed, and without hesitation, they took out their knives and hacked at the bed board with a clanging sound.

Zhen Wanwan thought to herself, if she were still lying in bed, she would probably have been chopped into pieces by now.

"Nobody's here!"

Anyone who has ever killed someone knows that the feeling of being stabbed with a knife is not like this. The man in black lifted the blanket and knew that the person had run away!

"Search! Leave no one alive, whoever is in this house, leave no one alive!"

Upon hearing this, Zhen Wanwan trembled, then flew into a rage. Who on earth was it?

Who wanted to kill her? They didn't even spare the servants!

Seeing that the group was about to leave, Zhen Wanwan pulled out a pistol, preparing to tie them up all at once.

Unexpectedly, one of the men in black swung a knife at them.

Zhen Wanwan quickly slipped into the space. Fortunately, she was fast enough that she was only two seconds away from being killed by that person!

She peered through the gap and saw the man in black open the wardrobe, but seeing no one there, he turned and prepared to leave.

Zhen Wanwan had already aimed at the back of his head and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

The man in black fell silently, alerting the other men in black.

Zhen Wanwan didn't dawdle and dealt with the man in black who was closest to her in the next second.

Within seconds, two of the four people were dead.

The other two men in black stood back to back, warily surveying everything inside the room.

However, they found no trace of anyone. The letter was filled with horror, but having been through so much, they quickly calmed down.

Zhen Wanwan was afraid that these people had accomplices who might harm other people's lives, and she was also afraid that they might massacre the people of Meizi Village.

Without any hesitation, she said quietly, "Are you looking for me?"

The next second, the man in black turned to look at her, but his body fell limply to the ground, his eyes wide open in death!

They couldn't understand why they were dead when the woman hadn't even made a move.

"Ha! Although I don't know who sent you, it's a fact that you wanted to kill me and innocent people. Today, you will not leave alive!"

Zhen Wanwan's eyes darkened, and she left the room with murderous intent.

By the moonlight, she could clearly see several corpses lying on the ground, most of which were the guards that Zhu Yuan had given her!

Her eyes were slightly red, filled with hatred. She first went to A-Yue's room.

Unable to find her, they guessed that she must have fallen for a diversionary tactic.

Fearing that she would be no match for the enemy, Zhen Wanwan quickly ran out of the house and followed the direction that A Yue had left in.