Shangguan Wanning wrote down the prescription, secretly returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion to prepare many daily necessities, and went to the pharmacy to get all the medicine, which was delivered to the Sun family's old house in the afternoon.
Sun Jinyao woke up once, ate something, and went back to sleep.
Shangguan Wanning helped take care of the family until it was time to light the lamps, then she went back with a heavy heart.
As she walked along the south street of the city, she saw a group of soldiers running towards the Sun family's old house, and her heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
Could it be that Sun Jinyao’s hiding place has been discovered?
Shouldn't it?
Suddenly, an idea flashed through Shangguan Wanning's mind, and she turned around and took a shortcut back.
She always thought that Sun Jinyao's identity had not been discovered, but she probably underestimated Xiao Zhenting's IQ.
No matter what, Xiao Zhenting and Sun Jinyao grew up together and they were once very familiar with each other.
Perhaps, with just one movement, one look, or one move, Xiao Zhenting would be able to recognize Sun Jinyao.
How could she be so careless.
"Eh? Girl, why are you back?" Lu Xiangzi saw Shangguan Wanning running out of breath and realized that the situation had changed. "Is it..."
"Don't ask anymore. Come on, take Young Master Sun with you. We'll leave right away."
Lu Xiangzi didn't ask any more questions. He carried the unconscious Sun Jinyao on his back and ran after Shangguan Wanning.
Shangguan Wanning originally wanted to take a shortcut and take them back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to hide temporarily, but when she ran out of the alley, she found that the road ahead had already been blocked by soldiers.
"This is bad." Shangguan Wanning was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead.
There is no way forward and there are pursuers behind. The place where they are hiding now will be discovered sooner or later.
Sun Jinyao opened his eyes dazedly, and seeing Shangguan Wanning's anxious profile, he said weakly, "Don't worry about me...put me down...old monster, take Miss Shangguan away."
"Do you think I want to control you? I can't run away anyway, right?" Lu Xiangzi said stubbornly.
Shangguan Wanning looked around, gritted her teeth, and said, "Follow me."
The three of them walked through the alley and came to the back door of a large house.
Shangguan Wanning didn't care about the dirt and found two broken baskets from the garbage dump and let Lu Xiangzi and Sun Jinyao hide in them.
"Wait for me here, and don't make any noise."
After Shangguan Wanning gave the instructions, she went to knock on the door.
Soon, a servant opened the door. Shangguan Wanning said a few words to him and followed him in.
About half a cup of tea later, two guards came to welcome Lu Xiangzi and Sun Jinyao in and settled them in the guest room to rest.
"You are getting more and more daring, girl. You actually dared to harbor the assassin who wanted to kill the second prince? Aren't you afraid of losing your head?"
Zheng Binghong was woken up in the middle of the night and was shocked to see his niece in such a state of panic. After figuring out the whole story, he still took Sun Jinyao in, but he still couldn't help but blame her.
"Aunt, you see, I'm already very scared, but my uncle is still so fierce."
Shangguan Wanning leaned close to the eldest princess, pulled her sleeve, tears in her eyes.
The eldest princess did not regard this matter as a big deal. No matter how hard the government searched, they could not find her.
"Husband, don't blame Ning'er anymore. It's just a small matter. It will be fine after a few days." Seeing that Zheng Binghong was still angry, the princess turned to Shangguan Wanning and said, "Your uncle is doing this for your own good. Don't be so willful next time."
"Thank you, aunt. You guys take a rest. I'm leaving now."
"Hey, why are you running? I'll take you back." Zheng Binghong chased after him and sighed helplessly, "So that you don't cause trouble again."
Shangguan Wanning knew that Zheng Binghong was no longer angry, so she went around and jumped behind him like she did when they were little, hanging her whole body on his back.
Zheng Binghong sent Shangguan Wanning back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. As soon as he reached the door, he sensed a strange smell.
The officers and soldiers of Jingzhao Prefecture put their hands on the door. Shangguan Wanning instinctively felt guilty and hid behind Zheng Binghong.
"Greetings, Your Majesty the Prince Consort." The chief constable of Jingzhao Prefecture came forward and gave Shangguan Wanning a meaningful look.
Zheng Binghong escorted Shangguan Wanning in. In the hall, Shangguan Yue and the prefect of Jingzhao were drinking tea and chatting.
"Dad." Shangguan Wanning walked over obediently.
When the prefect of Jingzhao saw Zheng Binghong, he hurriedly stood up and bowed.
"Your Excellency the Prefect is still in the Prime Minister's Residence so late. You must be very busy with official business." Zheng Binghong said with a smile.
Jingzhao Prefecture Governor waved his hands helplessly. "My Lord, I was just talking to the Prime Minister. I have no choice but to disturb you. The Second Prince was assassinated last night. Now that this matter has fallen into my hands, I have no choice but to investigate it with all my strength."
"According to the Second Prince, he recognized the assassin as Sun Jinyao, the son of the former Grand Tutor Sun. I followed this clue and found the old house of the Sun family. There were indeed signs that someone had been there. When the bailiffs arrived, even the water in the cup was warm. And..."
Jingzhao Prefecture Yin glanced at Shangguan Wan Ning from the corner of his eye, picked up a handkerchief from the table, and said, "I also found this in the house."
Shangguan Wanning was stunned when she saw it.
This is her handkerchief with the word "Ning" embroidered on it.
"I went to the silk shop to check. This kind of fabric is extremely precious. It was shipped from Suzhou. There are only twenty pieces of it in the whole capital. They are all custom-made by young ladies. They are all embroidered with their names. They are unique."
"I can't help it. I have to come here to ask as usual." Jingzhao Prefecture Yin cast his eyes towards Shangguan Wanning, "Miss Shangguan, may I ask, how did your handkerchief end up in the Sun family's old house?"
The air seemed to freeze at this moment, and everyone's eyes were focused on Shangguan Wanning.
Harboring an assassin is a serious crime.
Shangguan Wanning smiled and said calmly, "You may not know, but when I was out today, all my belongings were stolen, leaving me with no money to pay for my meal at the teahouse. That's why I asked my uncle to pick me up and bring me back."
This reason was too coincidental and a bit far-fetched. But the Jingzhao prefect also couldn't find any flaws.
Even if we check, it will take time.
"Please, Lord Prefect, investigate as soon as possible and retrieve the other things for me. Otherwise, I'm afraid the same misunderstanding will happen again."
The Jingzhao prefect looked at Shangguan Wanning with a deeper look.
"Okay, I'll take my leave then."
After saying this, he retreated with the yamen runners.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Shangguan Yue asked with a gloomy face.
Shangguan Wanning did not hide anything and told everything.
"You are getting more and more outrageous. You are making trouble yourself and dragging your uncle and the eldest princess into it. I wonder how you are going to clean up this mess."
"Okay, it's getting late. I'll take care of the rest." Zheng Binghong had to go and forge evidence for Shangguan Wanning. "Ning'er, go back to your room and sleep."
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