Since there are people who want to deal with Chuanwen even more than she does, why is she in such a hurry?
In this way, the emperor's vigilance against her was lowered, and the person was forced to reappear.
Three days later, on her way back from a night cruise on the lake, Hua Jing was bumped into by someone again. Unsurprisingly, she found another note in her hand. But she smiled, knowing she had been waiting for this person for three days.
Just now, when that person pretended to bump into her and slip her a note, she had already sprinkled a special powder on his clothes. The powder was made from a flower stamen and was a favorite of bees. As long as she followed the bees, that person would have nowhere to hide.
Hua Jing secretly went to track down that person. Back at the Marquis of Changxing's residence, Chuanwu had been troubled for three days and had lost the will to draw blueprints.
"What's wrong with your brother lately? He used to be able to sit on cow dung and walk around the streets without batting an eye, covered in dung. But he just got stung by a bee, so why isn't he going out?"
At the dinner table, Xu Yan was puzzled. When did her son become so thin-skinned? So what if he has a face full of pimples? They won't look down on him!
Hearing this, Wang, who was standing nearby, curled her lip and said, "Was that just a sting? Your face is covered in bumps! I don't know what kind of mother you are, not caring about your son but complaining here instead!"
Wang disliked Xu Yan to begin with, and her dislike only intensified after she was mistakenly believed to have been kidnapped.
Especially after learning that Chuanwu had been assaulted by Tang Fengxing and that they hadn't done anything about it, she couldn't stand them even more.
"I......"
Xu Yan wanted to argue back. She hadn't complained. Besides, her son wasn't that fragile. He just got a bump on his head. What was the big deal? He wasn't a young lady who cared about her face!
It's no exaggeration to say that, given her son's shamelessness, she wouldn't be surprised if he covered his face and ran around the capital naked.
When Chuanwen met his mother's innocent and aggrieved gaze, he could only try to smooth things over, "Could it be that my brother is staying home because he's troubled by Chengjia's marriage plans?"
[Haha, my brother likes Yang Xiaoman, but the emperor paired him up with Cheng Wanrong. Isn't that just randomly matching lovers?]
Chuanwen spoke words of doubt, but inwardly he was laughing. Suddenly, he felt that laughing at his older brother for being randomly paired up was a bit unfair to his brother who had always been very good to him, so he quickly stopped laughing.
At the dinner table, those who heard Chuanwen's thoughts were surprised, especially Xu Yan and Chuanrui. When did their son have a girl he liked? And was that Yang Xiaoman the same Yang Xiaoman from the household of the Vice Minister of Revenue who was kidnapped by the flower thief?
Marquis Changxing was also taken aback. He had asked him before, and the boy said he didn't have a girl he liked!
The group exchanged bewildered glances, and then they heard Chuanwen's inner thoughts:
[Speaking of which, why hasn't that princess from the Western Regions come to see my brother lately? If it weren't for her, my brother wouldn't have been suddenly thrust into a marriage...]
While flipping through the script about the Western Regions princess's recent situation, Chuanwen was suddenly choked by something: "Holy crap! Someone actually passed a note to the Western Regions princess telling her to kill me!!!"
Upon hearing this, six out of the ten people at the table burst out laughing. Chuanwen looked up and, like Chuanyu and Wang Shi, his eyes were filled with doubt.
However, Chuanwen only hesitated for a moment before worrying about his safety: "Who...who did I offend?!"
Chuanwen has been very well-behaved lately, going back and forth between the Marquis of Changxing's residence and the girls' school every day. She has no chance to cause trouble at all. Not to mention causing trouble, she has even done good deeds. Today, on her way back to the residence, she gave two pancakes to a beggar on the roadside!
Chuanwen quickly went to check the details, and what he saw only deepened his confusion: [A jailer named Wang San in the prison?]
[I have no grudge against him, so why would he pass a note to the princess of the Western Regions asking her to kill me?]
The crowd, who had already wiped their mouths, quickly pricked up their ears to listen. This matter concerned Chuanwen's life or death, and could not be taken lightly!
[Hmm? It was the Third Prince who instructed Wang San to do this. Why? Putting aside why the Third Prince wants to kill me, why would Wang San obey the Third Prince?]
Chuanwen was puzzled, but after searching, he learned that: [It turned out that when Wang San sold himself into servitude to bury his father, the Third Prince and Liu Zhangmin, who were on their way to a hot spring outside the city, happened to pass by. To demonstrate his benevolence, the Third Prince gave Wang San a few taels of silver, and Liu Zhangmin praised him highly at the time.]
However, for Wang San, the Third Prince was like a second parent. As a prison guard, he took good care of the Third Prince; cough, no wonder he's the male lead, he's surrounded by a halo wherever he goes!
When the Third Prince heard that the Western Region Princess had arrived while he was in prison, he asked Wang San to pass on a message to Hua Jing: if he could successfully kill Chuan Wen, he would begin to work on his prison break; otherwise, as long as Chuan Wen was alive, nothing was worth discussing.
Marquis Changxing and Chuanhai exchanged a glance; they had to go to the palace tonight!
However, Chuanwen was puzzled: "Why is this Third Prince targeting me? He wanted to include me during the palace coup, but now that I'm imprisoned, he's still trying to kill me?"
Chuanwen suspected that the other party might have some kind of obsession with him, but not the kind of deep affection, since Chuanwen knew about that person's scumbag nature.
Chuanwen was unaware, but the six people at the dinner table who could hear his thoughts knew. It seemed that the Third Prince was still not giving up!
Marquis Changxing gritted his teeth, determined not to let the Third Prince out, or the lives of his entire family would be in jeopardy again!
However… Chuanwen began to doubt the Third Prince’s intelligence. He wanted to order the princess around, but had no leverage whatsoever. Wasn’t just making empty promises a waste of money? Or did he think the Western Region princess was stupid?
[Hehe, as expected, the princess from the Western Regions isn't stupid; after finding Wang San, she immediately kidnapped him and took him to the palace!]
The assassination attempt on Wen Xue came to nothing, and Wen Xue, who was already on guard, was stunned. Alas! She had lost a great opportunity to show her skills!
After spending so many days by Chuanwen's side, the biggest assassin she encountered was a mosquito, which she slapped to death. Now that she finally had someone to sharpen her knife, she was captured!
If she doesn't find someone to practice with soon, she'll grow bigger sideways.
Chuanwen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a lingering sense of relief. [That was close! I almost lost my life. If an assassin had really come, Wenxue, with her thin arms and legs, definitely wouldn't have been able to fight them! Sigh, for my own safety, I need to give Wenxue some extra nourishment!]
Wen Xue's lips twitched; she had actually been underestimated!
She looked down at her waist, which had gotten noticeably fatter, and felt even more embarrassed. If she were to get any more fat, she wouldn't be able to lift the knife!
However, everyone at the dinner table, like Chuanwen, breathed a sigh of relief. After the meal, Chuanhai hurriedly went to the palace. Although the Western Region princess had taken the man to the palace, it would be best for him to report Chuanwen's thoughts about the Third Prince to the Emperor.
Although Chuanwen slept soundly through the night as usual, Wenxue on the roof didn't sleep a wink. She was thinking that although the Western Region princess had kidnapped Chuanwen, she couldn't let anything happen to him just in case. Not only was Chuanwen extremely important to the Great Jin, but she had also grown fond of the little girl because Chuanwen had been feeding her so much these past few days.
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