After she had breakfast, she pushed open the door and entered the room, only to see Li Feng half-asleep on the bed, holding Zhu Yu's slender wrist in one hand.
Lu Yuyan lay on the couch beside him, fully clothed and asleep, but his face still showed undisguised exhaustion, clearly indicating that he hadn't slept all night and had only just fallen asleep.
She glanced at the faces of the group, then quietly closed the door and left the room. She went to the next room to check on Feng Yan's condition.
Feng Yan actually woke up. A guard was changing his dressing. When he saw "Prince An" come in, Feng Yan struggled to get up, but Lu Xiaoyun waved for him to lie down.
Jiang Chuan took the medicine from the guard and waved for the guard to leave.
“Master…” Feng Yan pursed his lips, not knowing what to say. Not only had he failed to complete the task assigned by his master, but he had also just learned that the princess had almost lost her life to save him, and he felt extremely ashamed.
Lu Xiaoyun said calmly, "You did nothing wrong. Don't blame yourself. Focus on recovering from your injuries."
Jiang Chuan smiled and winked at Feng Yan.
Feng Yan frowned, looking at his "master" who also had a smile in his eyes, and then turned to look at Jiang Chuan.
Jiang Chuan winked at him again.
Feng Yan: "Jiang Chuan, are your eyes twitching?"
Jiang Chuan was furious and pressed the bamboo stick he was using to apply medicine heavily onto Feng Yan's wound, causing Feng Yan to gasp in pain.
"Your eyes are the ones that are twitching," Jiang Chuan then recounted his conversation with Lu Xiaoyun on the way.
Feng Yan's face, which had remained unchanged for a thousand years, widened as he looked at Lu Xiaoyun, his lips trembling, tears welling up in his eyes: "Master, I am guilty, I have caused you to suffer so much for no reason."
Lu Xiaoyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief and waved her hand, saying, "It's none of your business."
She sat down on a chair to the side, straightened the hem of her straight dress, and then said, "This matter is too strange. Even I found it unbelievable after I first woke up."
She sighed softly, "But it's not that I've lost all my memories. Some things feel familiar, while others I have no recollection of at all."
Feng Yan's Adam's apple bobbed: "No wonder you wanted the manor's secret guards to change back to their original names. I didn't understand at the time. I was so stupid, I didn't even notice something so obvious."
Lu Xiaoyun chuckled lightly: "Actually, you've already noticed many things about me that are wrong."
Feng Yan pursed his lips, and could only say that his master was putting on an act too well. Although he had his doubts, he still couldn't be sure.
Jiang Chuan scoffed lightly, then said to Lu Xiaoyun, "Your Highness, although you have lost all your martial arts skills, your health is now fine. From today onwards, how about Feng Yan and I teach you martial arts?"
He thought about it all night and felt that this was the most reliable method.
Feng Yan also said, "Yes, Master, although our martial arts are far inferior to yours, we should be able to deal with a hundred or so assassins without any problem. Master, if others find out that you have lost your martial arts and your memory, it could cause you a lot of trouble."
"Moreover, the body has memory, so learning martial arts now should be much easier than at the beginning."
Lu Xiaoyun had a headache, not because she was unwilling to learn, but because it was so easy to give herself away.
She said, "Let's learn to ride horses first. We can't rush into learning martial arts."
Jiang Chuan and Feng Yan exchanged a glance. Their master was still unsure. He had lacked care from others since childhood, so he was extremely insecure. He had amnesia, so he was hesitant to trust them easily, which they understood.
Alright, let's give our master a little more time.
At this moment, Xi Yi returned from the villa.
"master."
Lu Xiaoyun nodded: "Yes, how did the interrogation go? Tell me."
Xi Yi: "Yes, the assassin's name is Lou Chu, a江湖 (jianghu) assassin who has gathered a group of brothers who kill and rob. This time, he was hired by a master man named 'Chen Wang'. I checked and there is no one with that name. However, Lou Chu noticed a detail: when Chen Wang paid him, he saw a green bamboo leaf embroidered on the purse."
Lu Xiaoyun had no doubt about the intelligence gathering capabilities of the Prince An's secret guards, and asked, "Which household are they from?"
Feng Yan had been lying down for a long time, and half of his body was a little numb. He shifted his position and felt more comfortable before continuing the conversation.
He said, "I remember that all the servants in the residence of Censor Liu Wentao had a green bamboo leaf embroidered on their purses. It was Your Majesty who ordered us to investigate this matter. The purses of the servants in each official residence in the capital are different, and Your Majesty also has records of this in your study."
Lu Xiaoyun pursed her lips. How would she know? That's why Zhu Yu is so good at planning ahead. He's truly amazing.
Jiang Chuan glanced at Feng Yan silently. His master had gained that ability, but the price he paid was too high. Even his photographic memory had been taken away by the heavens.
Good heavens, that's too greedy.
"What's laughable is that 'Chen Wang' even went to see Lou Chu wearing a mask. Humph, trying to cover up the truth only makes things worse."
Lu Xiaoyun snorted coldly: "They are all insignificant little fish and shrimps, probably just stepping stones for others. A mere fifth-rank censor doesn't have the ability to assassinate me. I guess he has someone backing him."
Feng Yan said, "Master, Liu Wentao is very close to the Left Prime Minister. Do you think the person behind him might be the Left Prime Minister?"
Ren Yushan? A hypocrite who speaks of benevolence and morality but secretly does nothing but despicable and vile things.
He was a member of the Third Prince's faction.
Knowing full well about his daughter's affair with the Crown Prince, he pretended not to know, and together with the Crown Prince, he completely manipulated Ren Yong'an.
The Crown Prince wanted to use the relationship between Ren Yong'an and Zhu Yu to not only seize Zhu Yu's military power, but also to extract information from her about Ren Yushan and the Third Prince.
Ren Yushan, on the other hand, did the opposite. He deliberately revealed some trivial matters to Ren Yong'an, hoping to use his daughter's illicit relationship with the Crown Prince to extract information about the Crown Prince.
In his eyes, the Crown Prince was good for nothing except being the eldest son and the legitimate heir.
With his beautiful daughter in bed having sex with the Crown Prince so often, how could he not get the news?
Of course, the Crown Prince did not disappoint them, and the information he provided was quite valuable. In recent years, the Crown Prince had indeed lost several great generals.
If it weren't for the Right Chancellor protecting him, the grass on the Crown Prince's grave would probably be taller than a person by now.
To put it bluntly, they were both using each other.
Ren Yong'an was the one who used his own body as a medium for them.
Ren Yong'an, completely unaware that she was being used, was still dreaming of one day becoming the Crown Princess or Empress.
Ha, doesn't she realize that the current Crown Princess is the late Empress's niece?
The Empress is the daughter of the Right Chancellor. Even though the Crown Princess is currently in poor health, the Right Chancellor's household has more than just her as a granddaughter.
Even if they didn't, does the Bu family not have a single daughter?
The Empress has been dead for many years. The Right Chancellor wants to consolidate his power. The affection he has for his daughter who has been dead for many years is no longer enough. How could the Right Chancellor give up such a good opportunity to others?
The two sides appear to be on good terms, but in reality, they are already at odds with each other.
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