After the Queen left, the atmosphere relaxed considerably.

Before long, people began to leave in small groups.

Wei Wangqing only sensed that Chen Zhiyan glanced at her before leaving. Why does this person keep looking at me? Could it be that he's fallen in love with me?

At this moment, a palace servant accidentally knocked over a plate, immediately attracting the attention of the few people still present.

The palace servant hurriedly knelt down to apologize.

But the Crown Princess gently helped the person up, saying, "It's alright, just be more careful next time."

The Crown Princess's expression was somewhat unpleasant, but she didn't say anything more.

The fourth princess stepped forward and teased, "Eldest sister, you've learned to be gentle with women now!"

"Go." The Crown Princess tilted her head up at Wei Qingye.

Wei Wangqing didn't take it seriously; after all, it was perfectly normal for women in this era to have affairs. She lifted her foot and walked out of the hall.

The fourth princess hurriedly followed, saying, "Sixth sister has escaped a calamity today!"

"Not really."

"How so?" the Fourth Princess asked curiously.

"I've heard about it before."

"Well, Sixth Sister, you knew all along but didn't tell me. Oh, no wonder you've been so high-profile lately." The Fourth Princess said, as if suddenly realizing something.

"With the Fourth Princess's reputation, do I really need to tell her?" Wei Wangqing retorted.

Wei Qingye was speechless. She never thought she would be the one being teased.

As for the Prime Minister's residence, the Prime Minister couldn't even wait for Yang Yurong to recover from her injuries. He hurriedly sent her away from the capital in a small sedan chair to his villa.

When Wei Wangqing returned to the mansion, he found it in complete disarray.

Li Nuo reported: "Your Highness, there has been an assassination attempt in the manor, but it seems that these assassins are after Young Master Wuchen."

"I understand. Is there any damage in the manor?" Wei Wangqing asked in a deep voice.

"Five people sustained minor injuries, but no one was seriously injured. What's strange is that although these people came to kill Young Master Wuchen, they didn't seem to use their full strength; it was more like they were just going through the motions. That's why there were no casualties."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "Young Master Wuchen is also alright."

"I'll go take a look." With that, she walked towards Wuchen.

Before even entering the house, I saw Wuchen seemingly muttering something. Was it Buddhist scripture?

Wei Wangqing sneered, "Shouldn't you explain yourself to me?"

Wuchen's expression shifted, but he did not speak.

"This time, no one died, but what about next time? And the time after that? I don't even know who will come. Don't you pride yourself on being a Buddhist? Are you just going to stand by and watch these people die because of you?"

Wuchen seemed unable to bear it, and said, "I'm sorry."

"Ha! I don't want to apologize. I just want to know the truth. Otherwise, I'll consider whether to keep you here."

"I don't know who they are either."

He sighed and continued, "The monks at the temple told me they found me by the river. Seeing my appearance, they assumed I was abandoned and took me back to the temple. I always chanted scriptures, prepared vegetarian meals, and carried water with the monks. They never looked at me strangely; they treated me like everyone else. That was my home. Until that day, which marked the beginning of my nightmare..."

As he spoke, Wuchen unconsciously clenched his fists. "That day, I had just finished preparing the vegetarian meal when a group of men in black descended from the sky. With swift strokes of their knives, they chopped off heads as easily as harvesting straw. My masters who cared for me, my family members, fell one by one before my eyes. But I was hidden under the stove by the fire-tending master. I vaguely heard them say they were looking for a person with three eyes..."

Wei Wangqing couldn't help but tense up as he listened.

“I was struck dumb. It was me... it was because of me that they died. From that moment on, I believed that I was a person cursed by the devil, a jinx who would bring disaster to those around me.”

"No, it's not you. You're just a victim too. The ones who are wrong are those who wanted to kill you," Wei Wangqing said sincerely. Wasn't the original owner of this body the same way?

"Is that so?" Wuchen didn't take it to heart.

“I was also considered an unlucky person from birth because my father died because of my birth. I was even predicted by a master to bring misfortune to my mother and father, but I don’t believe it. It’s not my fault. My father used to work hard, which is why he was in poor health and had a difficult childbirth. There are signs for this. You don’t need to be too hard on yourself. The fault is never ours, but the parents who abandoned you and those who wanted to kill you.”

Wuchen finally shed tears, as if she had finally let go of the heavy shackles that had bound her for so many years. "Thank you."

Wei Wangqing patted his shoulder, "It's alright."

After calming himself down for a while, Wuchen continued, "When those people couldn't find me, they set fire to the temple and left to report back."

“I escaped the fire after those people left. I figured since they could find the temple, they would find me no matter where I hid. Besides, I didn’t want to implicate anyone else. So I fled north. You know what happened next.” He then looked at Wei Wangqing.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Wei Wangqing laughed and said, "You're staying here with me, aren't you afraid of implicating me?"

Wuchen said in a panic, "No, I, I didn't expect them to follow us here."

"Yes, it's okay, I know," Wei Wangqing said with a smile, trying to reassure her.

Wuchen blushed slightly for a moment.

"Anyone who could so ruthlessly destroy a temple and then chase us to the residence of the Sixth Princess of my Great Wei must be no ordinary person. For the time being, don't go out; stay in the residence. I will have someone investigate, and I will let you know when I have the results."

As Wei Wangqing spoke, she realized something was amiss. "Wait a minute, you don't usually go out. Haha!"

Wuchen glared at her upon seeing this, but he felt much relieved.

Wei Wangqing was taken aback. "My young master! Don't glare at people like that, it'll kill you." That look, so full of unspoken words, coupled with that stunningly handsome face, was irresistible!

Wuchen blushed instantly, but said seriously, "Don't joke around."

Wei Wangqing laughed heartily: "Stop fooling around, stop fooling around. It's getting late, you should go to sleep, I'm leaving now."

Wuchen lowered his head and said, "Mm."

Wei Wangqing went straight back to his own bedroom.

The Southern Dynasty's imperial palace, thousands of miles away.

"Your Majesty, none of those assassins have returned to report. I'm afraid they have failed."

"Well, I didn't expect to hit him right away. It would be good to make things difficult for him."

"His Majesty will surely get what he wants tonight."

At this point, the Southern Emperor laughed heartily, "That's right, this time we've made him marry a woman from the Northern Dynasty, let's see how he can still have children. Even if he wants to ascend to my throne, he can't be a ruler without an heir! Haha!"

"Then... what if Prince Ye secretly found another woman..."

"Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on him? If he finds someone else, that's even better. He's slapped the Northern Emperor in the face. Do you think the Northern Emperor will let him off?"

"Your Majesty is wise."

"As for that little bastard..."

"Tell Prince Ye to hurry up. I don't want him to live another day in this world."