"Okay. Be careful, and we'll keep in touch."
Xiao Yujue already had a stable power in the court, and at this point, he remained calm.
However, it would be even better if I could get Shangguan Yue's support.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I'll be back soon."
After Shangguan Wanning finished speaking, she didn’t dare to look at Mu Jingrui, so she turned around and walked out.
She was a little anxious. She didn't know why, but there was always a vague sense of uneasiness that kept spreading in her heart.
"Miss."
Shangguan Wanning heard the butler's voice and lifted the curtain to look over.
The butler jumped off the horse, ran to her sedan chair with a livid face, and said breathlessly, "Miss, it's bad, go back and take a look, the master has been assassinated."
"What?" Shangguan Wan Ning was shocked. "How is my father now?"
"I don't know yet. Before I left, Madam sent someone to the palace to ask for the imperial physician, and she told me to go back to find you immediately."
"Quick, lift the sedan."
Shangguan Wanning rushed home anxiously, and the Prime Minister's Mansion was in chaos.
She hurried to her father's room. Several imperial doctors had already bandaged her father's wounds, and their expressions were somewhat solemn.
"Is my dad okay?"
"Princess, Lord Shangguan is not in danger of death for now, but... he has lost too much blood, and we don't know when he will wake up. You must pay attention to his condition in the next few days. The wound must not be opened again, otherwise it will be difficult to heal."
Shangguan Wanning wanted to go into the room to see her father. She glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw Shangguan Xiaoxiao standing next to her mother, gently rubbing her mother's shoulders, as if comforting her softly.
She felt her father's pulse and examined his injuries. Just as the imperial physician said, although his injuries were serious, they were not life-threatening.
Shangguan Wanning was worried that more accidents might happen, so she asked Huo Gang to bring a few guards to guard the door of the room for twelve hours a day to prevent any more assassins.
She went to the pharmacy to prepare medicine to help the wound heal, and gave it to Huo Gang for safekeeping.
"Brother Huo, if I'm not at home, you must change the medicine for my father yourself."
Huo Gang saw trust and dependence in Shangguan Wanning's eyes, and nodded heavily.
Shangguan Wanning calculated the time and it was almost time for her to give Mu Jingrui an injection.
She told the housekeeper to prepare a sedan chair to go to the Prince's Mansion again. But she was worried about what was going on at home, so she went to her mother's room.
"Mom," Shangguan Wan Ning dismissed all the servants and said to her mother in a low voice, "The court may be changing. If something really happens, I'm afraid our Shangguan family will not be able to escape the storm. Now that Dad is unconscious, we can only save ourselves."
Mrs. Shangguan also smelled something strange.
"Ning'er, what do you think?"
"What if... Mom, I mean what if, if something happens, no matter what Dad's condition is, someone will harm him. I have already arranged a retreat in advance. When the time comes, Brother Huo will take his confidants and send you and Dad out of the city first."
"Ning'er, what about you?"
"Mom, don't worry. I will try my best to go with you. However, in a turbulent situation, unforeseen accidents are inevitable. So, mom, you have to remember, if we are unfortunately separated, don't panic, follow Brother Huo, he will definitely take you away safely. Believe me, I will go and meet you."
Mrs. Shangguan held her daughter's hand tightly.
She suddenly felt that this daughter, whom she held in the palm of her hand, seemed to have grown up all of a sudden.
"Also," Shangguan Wanning leaned close to her mother's ear and whispered, "Be careful of Xiaoxiao. If you feel something is wrong, ignore her and leave on your own. In troubled times, no one's life is more important than your own."
Madam Shangguan nodded slightly.
She originally wanted to stop her daughter from going to the Prince's Mansion. After all, under the current circumstances, the Prince's Mansion was the least safe place.
However, Mrs. Shangguan looked at her daughter who had arranged everything in an orderly manner and knew that she could no longer convince her daughter.
"Ning'er, you have to be more careful too. Our family must stay together."
"Um."
Shangguan Wanning replaced the maids and nannies who served her mother, leaving only her mother's dowry maids, and transferred Grape and Lutong over.
After arranging everything, Shangguan Wanning came to the Prince's Mansion again.
She wanted to seal Mu Jingrui's acupoints again, but was rejected by Mu Jingrui.
"Why?" Shangguan Wanning asked in confusion.
"A mutiny could break out at any time. If my acupoints are sealed, I won't be able to resort to violence. Then...when something happens, I'll be no different from a useless person."
Mu Jingrui not only had to keep a clear head at all times, but also had to ensure that he was able to hold his weapon.
"Ning'er, is there any other way to control the onset of my toxicity?"
Shangguan Wan stared at Mu Jingrui, took a deep breath, and clenched her fists tightly.
"No. If you don't want to die, you'd better cooperate with me."
Actually, there is a way, but it is too risky.
Who knows when Mu Jingrui would bleed from all his orifices and die suddenly.
"Ning'er."
Mu Jingrui's expression was also very serious.
He could tell that Shangguan Wanning was lying.
However, he still felt a surge of warmth in his heart. He knew that it was because Shangguan Wanning cared about him.
"Jing Yan, come and persuade your brother..."
Mu Jingrui subconsciously turned his head to look at his sister, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck. His legs went limp and he fell onto the stool.
"Ning'er?"
Mu Jingrui never thought that Shangguan Wanning would plot against him, and he was not on guard at all.
Shangguan Wanning was a little angry. She pulled off Mu Jingrui's shirt with great force and inserted silver needles into his acupoints as usual.
Mu Jingrui couldn't help but chuckle.
"why are you laughing?"
Shangguan Wanning was furious when she saw Mu Jingrui still laughing. "You are usually cold and stern, as if everyone owes you millions of taels of silver. Why are you so happy now?"
"You care about me so much, I am naturally happy."
"Who cares about you?" Shangguan Wanning retorted in a low voice, and even she found it unconvincing.
"You can admit it, but I know it in my heart."
Shangguan Wanning was a little annoyed, so she deliberately inserted the needle a little harder, which made Mu Jingrui frown.
"Ning'er, can't you be a little gentler?"
"cannot."
"Why?"
"Because I did it on purpose. I told you to shut up. I don't want to hear you talk. You were cuter when you were like the Black-Faced God."
As expected, Mu Jingrui stopped talking.
At this moment, there was a commotion outside.
Shangguan Wanning put away the silver needle and walked out, and saw a group of palace servants heading towards Xiao Yujue's study.
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