Seeing that Shang Changge didn't seem to be in any trouble, Shang Changze breathed a sigh of relief. Hearing these words, he smiled, knowing that his younger sister was brave, but out of caution, he still advised her:

"Sister, you should have a drink. Just because you're brave doesn't mean the baby in your belly is brave too. It's always better to be cautious."

Shang Changge touched her protruding belly and clicked her tongue, but still took a few sips of the soup that Xiao Ji fed her.

He frowned in distress, and couldn't help but mutter a few complaints: "It's bad enough that the little guy is causing trouble, but he's also a pain in the neck."

After feeding Shang Changge a small bowl of herbal medicine, Xiao Ji patted her head as a gesture of comfort and then tried to offer her some candied fruit, but she refused.

Shang Changge disliked sweets, and her dislike for them had only grown stronger since she became pregnant. She sat on the man's lap, nestled against his strong chest to rest.

After Xiao Ji held Shang Changge securely, he spoke with Shang Changze. The people below were very efficient; the one who fired the arrows had been caught.

"They are remnants of Jin Lou, Your Majesty, rest assured. I will find the rest and eradicate them completely, and I will not allow tonight's incident to happen again."

It wasn't hard to hear the violence in Xiao Ji's words. He was still shaken by what had just happened. No one was more afraid than him, afraid that something might happen to the little rascal and the child.

Shang Changze's brows furrowed with frost, but when he looked at Shang Changge in Xiao Ji's arms, his noble and handsome face showed only gentle concern.

"Don't be afraid, I will make them pay the price."

This time, he didn't call her "elder sister," so he was clearly speaking as the eldest brother.

Faced with the two men's assurances, Shang Changge was somewhat moved, but not much, and rather disappointedly and rationally analyzed the situation:

"The remnants of Jin Lou want my life, probably because they think I'm the person you two care about and value the most."

Everyone in the world knows how much Emperor Qingyan respected and valued his elder sister, and everyone knows that General Qingyan, the God of Slaughter, doted on his wife so much that he killed her and at the same time severely injured two men.

She was pregnant with her and Xiao Ji's child. If they succeeded, both she and the baby would die, and Xiao Ji, as a husband and father, would go insane.

The remnants of Jin Lou's scheme is quite clever.

Xiao Ji: ...

Shang Changze: ...

The two agreed with Shang Changge's analysis.

Xiao Jiqian stopped massaging Shang Changge's acupoints on her waist, took Shang Changge's hand in his large palm, interlocked their fingers, and made a promise:

"I will make them disappear."

This scene made Shang Changze smile, and the chill that was comparable to the peak of a snow-capped mountain melted away considerably. He then gave his promise as well.

"Sister, just focus on your pregnancy and take care of the rest. The General and I will handle everything else."

In the days that followed, Shang Changge truly ignored the matter and focused on resting during her pregnancy. The symptoms of late pregnancy made her very tired.

Occasionally, he had to deal with important court affairs and find wet nurses and caregivers for his newborn child, so he simply didn't have time to attend to those other matters.

However, some rumors did circulate, including that Xiao Ji had killed all the remaining members of Jin Lou's faction who were involved in the assassination plot.

I heard that the beauty's younger brother declared that if any remnants of a fallen kingdom were to cause trouble again, their only fate would be death, and their people would also be punished.

This newly added law may seem mild, but it is actually ruthless.

Qingyan has always been tolerant, treating the people of defeated or conquered countries the same as its own people, and will not mistreat them as long as they do not commit evil deeds.

The common people at the bottom of society only want to be able to eat their fill, stay warm, and live a peaceful life; who the emperor is is not that important.

Now that's happened, the people are definitely unhappy and unwilling to be implicated and punished for no reason.

They couldn't resist the Qingyan court, nor did they have the ability or reason to do so; they were accepted and given a way to survive.

The ones who are now disregarding their lives and preventing these ordinary people from living a good life are the former leaders of their country.

Once the people have this concept, those who seek revenge and fantasize about restoring their country will be finished.

Being unpopular, they might one day be discovered and reported to the Qingyan government by their own people.

Being unpopular means losing the hearts of the people. Without the hearts of the people, the already slim hope of restoring the country becomes even slimmer.

Grasp the vital point and strike directly at the heart of the matter.

Shang Changge couldn't help but give Shang Changze a thumbs up. As expected of the handsome younger brother and the elder brother, awesome!