Xu Jinyi raised her head from his embrace, her eyes curled upwards, a puzzled expression on her face: "Who is Bai Ling?"
"I'll send secret guards to protect you."
Hearing this, Xu Jinyi burst out laughing.
"His name is Bai Ling. A grown man named Bai Ling, haha..."
Bai Ling, who was treating her wound not far away, looked up at the sky with a look of despair.
Once again, I want to ask my parents in heaven why they gave him such a name.
Now, his wise and brave image is about to be ruined by this name.
"Huh? Why don't you run?" God knows how panicked he was when he heard the news that she was assassinated.
He raised his hand to wipe away the few drops of blood that splashed on the little woman's cheek, and a trace of imperceptible viciousness flashed across his eyes.
"I'd be stupid to run away. If those assassins catch up with me, I'll be alone and helpless."
"They are all masters. I only know how to use a whip. A weak woman like me is no match for them in close combat."
"The safest thing is to kill them from a distance behind them and hold on until rescue arrives." Xu Jinyi said as a matter of course.
"Don't put yourself in danger next time. I'll send you more secret guards later."
"Are you hurt anywhere?" Although he heard from his men that she was fine, he still wanted to confirm it before he felt relieved.
Having said this, Xu Jinyi pouted and raised her right hand pitifully.
This body is too weak. My wrist hurts a lot after I whip it.
"Go back and apply medicine to you."
Nanny Xu, who had never had the chance to ask what was going on between Xu Jinyi and the prince, understood everything when she saw the prince carrying her young lady in.
Quietly dismiss the servants and leave some time alone with them.
Aunt Xu didn't know whether it was good or bad to be favored by the prince.
It was rumored that the prince was cruel by nature and had killed countless people, and the women in the capital were afraid of him.
But his backyard is clean, and if he takes a fancy to you, you will definitely become the most noble woman in the world.
Everyone in the Marquis' Mansion lowered their heads, too frightened to dare breathe loudly.
Seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince carrying their eldest daughter in his arms was so shocking.
It is said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not approach women, and anyone who does will die.
When Aunt Xu sent the servants away, they were so happy that they didn't want to stay and serve their two masters at all.
If the prince gets unhappy, they will lose their lives.
Aunt Wang was so frightened that she looked like she had lost her soul.
"Why is the prince with Xu Jinyi?" Xu Jiner frowned.
She was not happy to see this situation at all.
It’s not that she didn’t have her eyes on the prince, but after what he had done, which woman would dare to approach him without caring about her life?
That's why her attention shifted to the third prince.
But now the prince is hanging out with Xu Jinyi, which is something she cannot tolerate.
She couldn't bear the thought that Xu Jinyi might ascend to the supreme position in the future while she was just a despised concubine.
"Mom, when are you going to do it? You..."
"Mom, what are you thinking about?" Xu Jin'er realized that something was wrong with her mother, and she looked like she had lost her soul.
Aunt Wang's hands were shaking, her upper and lower lips were trembling as they touched each other, but she couldn't utter a single word.
Thinking about what she had asked people to do, Aunt Wang was extremely frightened.
"What happened?"
Aunt Wang then revealed that she had spent 12,000 taels of silver to hire a group of top assassins to kill Xu Jinyi.
And we agreed to take action today.
Now that the prince has returned with Xu Jinyi in his arms, does it mean that the assassin has already taken action and has been encountered by the prince?
Xu Jinyi was lucky enough to be rescued by the prince.
If the prince investigates the assassin, will he give her away?
Thinking of this, countless fearful guesses flashed through Aunt Wang's mind, and her eyes revealed uncontrollable fear.
"Ten thousand taels! So much?" Xu Jin'er began to feel sorry for the money.
She is getting married soon, and she will need money many times in the future. This ten thousand taels can do a lot of things.
We can't squander money casually now.
"Xu Jinyi is surrounded by six experts, how can we kill her without spending more money?"
"But now she's back, and the Crown Prince is with her. Do you think the truth will be revealed?"
Aunt Wang originally wanted to spend a large sum of money to get rid of Xu Jinyi, so that the Marquis would only have Xu Jiner as his daughter.
All the things in the house belong to her daughter.
Even the dowry left by the woman belonged to her daughter.
It is no exaggeration to say that the dowry left by that woman is priceless. Although she is the head of the household and the manager of the treasury over the years.
She could get access to part of the dowry, but most of it was still in the hands of the Marquis himself.
"Mom, you wouldn't be stupid enough to hire someone to kill you yourself, right?" Xu Jin'er was also panicked at this time.
"No, no, my mother passed it on to several people to do it."
"That's good. We can't panic. Stay calm and don't let anyone notice anything." Xu Jin'er quickly came up with a solution.
After helping Aunt Wang dress up, the two of them walked towards Xu Jinyi's yard.
The servant at the gate of the Marquis's mansion saw the Marquis' carriage from afar and trotted over.
"My Lord, the Crown Prince is here and is at the mansion."
"What? The Crown Prince is here?" These words scared Lord Xu so much that he almost fell off the carriage.
After finding out the reason, Lord Xu's heart finally relaxed, and then a sense of pride arose in his heart.
His decision to bring his legitimate daughter back home was absolutely the right one. Look at the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, they are all completely obsessed with his daughter.
Thinking that the prince came in carrying Xu Jinyi, the smile on Lord Xu's face became even wider.
Compared to the third prince, the crown prince is naturally better.
Every minister in the court knew the emperor's attitude towards the prince.
A hundred years after Your Majesty passes away, there is a high chance that the Crown Prince will ascend the throne.
If his daughter could become the Crown Princess, wouldn't he then be the father-in-law of the emperor?
Who would dare to give him a hard time then? Their mansion would also prosper.
On the way to the Pear Garden, they met Aunt Wang and her daughter. When Xu Jin'er saw her father, she wanted him to make the decision.
The Prime Minister's Mansion did not keep its word and went back on its word, even reneging on the promised position of co-wife.
But Lord Xu was eager to go and see the prince quickly, so he had no time to stop and listen to her nagging.
So Xu Jiner's words were stuck in her throat.
In the Pear Garden.
Li Jinchen applied the ointment on Xu Jinyi's wrist and kneaded it gently for her to better absorb the medicinal effects.
“Hiss…it hurts.”
Li Jinchen looked up at her and said with a smile, "Spoiled."
Xu Jinyi glared at him and snorted, "I'm just a spoiled child, is that okay?"
Then he kicked off his shoes and said, "And my feet, they're also rubbed and hurt..."
She threw away her socks without hesitation and placed her feet on his thighs: "Hurry up and apply the medicine to me."
"You're welcome." Li Jinchen laughed.
He held her little feet in his hands and looked at them carefully.
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