After hearing this, Wu's mood was up and down and she was in a very bad mood.

However, based on the news that his wife had heard their daughter's thoughts, Tao Zhihong had some speculations in his mind.

After the couple returned to the room and sat down, Tao Zhihong expressed his thoughts.

"According to the message sent by my father-in-law, the troops he sent to protect Zipeng and his brothers should have arrived at the designated location according to the message, but they didn't show up."

"I suspect that while Zipeng and his men were passing the message to the people sent by my father-in-law, they were intercepted and the location was tampered with intentionally."

Wu felt that Tao Zhihong's analysis was very reasonable.

They all thought of the identity of the murderer, as they were able to come and kill the two children.

"Northern Barbarians!"

The couple gave this answer together.

Wu's biological father, General Wu Daozhi of Weiyuan, was transferred from the southwest region during the reign of the previous emperor. He took over the responsibility from the Fu family members who died in battle and was responsible for guarding the northern border and fighting against the northern barbarians.

It was also during that period that Wu, disguised as a man, followed her father to the border to fight, and met the young Tao Zhihong.

Tao Zhihong performed brilliantly on the battlefield, gradually becoming prominent and gaining the trust and promotion of Wu Daozhi.

Later, Wu and his wife got married. When the northern barbarians were approaching, Tao Zhihong led his troops on the battlefield and defeated more than 100,000 northern barbarians' cavalry, successfully driving them out of the Qilian Mountains.

With the support of Emperor Jianchang, Tao Zhihong succeeded Wu Daozhi in guarding the northern border. Due to a riot in the southwest, the Wu family was arranged by Emperor Jianchang to return to the southwest to guard the familiar southwestern border.

Later, Tao Zhihong once again annihilated nearly 100,000 Northern Barbarian cavalry near the sacred mountain of the Northern Barbarians, and drove the Northern Barbarians into the deepest part of the grassland.

After being awarded the title of General Guarding the Nation, he brought his family back to the capital. A few years later, Tao Zhihong's eldest son, Tao Zipeng, chose to join the army and rushed to the northern border. Through his own efforts, he became a major general of the cavalry battalion.

Like his father when he was young, Tao Zipeng chose to stay in the northern border and continue fighting against the northern barbarians.

Both the Wu family and Tao Zhihong were the nemesis of the northern barbarians and became sworn enemies with them.

When Tao Zhihong thought about this, he felt that it was too risky for the northern barbarians to go to such great lengths to ambush his eldest son and nephew in the territory of the Great Zhou. He always felt that something was wrong.

He didn't understand what was going on for a moment, so he asked his wife to start eating dinner.

Tao Yuwei also rushed over at this time.

The family began to eat warmly.

After parting with Tao Yuwei, the third princess Xiao Daifu returned to the palace, but before she could see Emperor Jianchang, she was anxiously called away by Concubine De.

"Mother, what do you want from me?"

Concubine De looked at the Third Princess with a sharp gaze and said, "I heard that you left the palace to see Anle?"

"So what?" At this moment, Xiao Daifu had not yet realized the seriousness of angering her mother.