They just wanted to ask why I came back so late.
Shu Chengfeng said, "Father, please calm down. I went to Jinshan Temple today. I rushed back as soon as I received the news, but I was still too late."
Shu Zhongjing waited a while before speaking: "Your seventh brother is seriously injured."
"Is there any news of assassins? What did the imperial physician say? If Father doesn't know the specifics, I'll go and see for myself." Shu Chengfeng didn't show much worry or tension.
But he did ask all the questions that needed to be asked.
"We have some information about the assassin, but we still need to investigate. I have ordered Shangguan Ba to verify it, and we'll discuss it later. Go and take a look."
Shu Chengfeng replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will go and see. Please do not be angry."
Shu Zhongjing hummed in agreement and waved his hand.
After he left, Shu Zhongjing asked, "What do you think of today's events?"
He was asking about Yu Qi, the imperial bodyguard.
Shangguan Ba was the leader of the Imperial Guards. Yu Qi and Du Tao were both first-rank imperial bodyguards, belonging to the Imperial Guards.
The Imperial Guards are loyal only to His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, I believe that today's events may indeed have nothing to do with His Highness the Crown Prince. Based on the existing evidence, the Eighth Prince is more suspicious. After all, the Eighth Prince knows best where the Seventh Prince went today. Furthermore, judging from the situation at the scene, the two dead assassins are indeed related to the Eighth Prince."
Yu Qi and Du Tao were loyal to His Majesty, so they spoke without restraint, saying whatever came to mind.
"Oh? So, the two brothers can't stand each other?" Shu Zhongjing sneered.
"These good-for-nothings have fought like this before they've even accomplished anything. They're from the same mother, yet they're so incompetent."
"How is Lao Qi's injury?" Shu Zhongjing asked again.
Yu Qi sighed: "The wound is so deep it's visible to the bone..."
Shu Zhongjing remained silent.
Shu Chengfeng went to the Seventh Prince's residence, and his concubine Cheng Yuluo quickly withdrew.
She lowered her head as she left, not daring to look, but clutching her handkerchief tightly in her hand.
"Your Highness, may you be well." Everyone hurriedly greeted him.
Shu Chengfeng waved his hand: "No need for formalities. How is Seventh Brother?"
The seventh prince remained silent.
A eunuch stepped forward to apologize: "Your Highness, please forgive us. Our prince has been like this ever since he returned... He refuses to speak. When the other princes came before, he also remained silent."
The seventh prince's face was covered in gauze, indicating that his face was injured.
The Crown Prince glanced at him a few more times and sighed, "Then I'll come to see him again later and have someone send some tonics. As for the specific injuries, I'll ask the imperial physician."
The eunuch was extremely grateful and saw him out.
The Seventh Prince has encountered such a major event, and the entire residence is filled with a sense of fear and unease.
Upon returning to his residence, Shu Chengfeng summoned the imperial physician who had treated the Seventh Prince's injuries.
The imperial physician explained clearly: "The Seventh Prince's injuries are mainly more serious on his face, but the ones on his arms are not a big deal."
"Will it leave a scar on your face?" Shu Chengfeng asked.
"This...it seems there will be a scar. The wound is too deep; the bone is already visible. We are truly powerless to help," the imperial physician said.
"Sigh, you all better take good care of them. If they need any tonics, I'll write a prescription and send them over," Shu Chengfeng sighed.
The imperial physician hurriedly agreed and left.
Yun Ji then spoke up: "Is your face really hurt?"
"Obviously." Shu Chengfeng simply drank his tea, showing little emotion.
"Alas, it's a pity that the Ning family's plan was so well-thought-out, but it's all ruined now," Yun Ji said hypocritically.
Shu Chengfeng laughed this time: "What does it matter if one of them is crippled? The twelfth prince is still young, and everyone is watching him."
Yun Ji laughed along, "Who knows what will happen in the future?"
In any case, now that the Seventh Prince has a scar on his face, he has no chance of becoming the emperor.
"Okay, just follow the plan. Have all our people left?" Shu Chengfeng asked.
“Wei Xiao returned long ago, and everyone has left. It’s not that we had bad intentions. It’s just that the Eighth Prince hates his own brother, hehe. We’re just going with the flow,” Yun Ji said.
"Send someone back to the capital and tell the people in the mansion to protect Ning Chenghui."
He estimated that Ning Chenghui was no longer in the mansion when he was born.
"Yes, I will go right away," Yun Ji said.
Shu Chengfeng stood up: "I'll go see Yan Liangyuan; I promised her."
Yun Ji smiled and said yes.
When Yan Nangui met Shu Chengfeng, he naturally asked about the assassination attempt.
Upon hearing that she was disfigured, Yan Nangui laughed out loud: "What a coincidence."
"Your eyes..." Shu Chengfeng chuckled and pinched her cheek.
"Ah, poor Miss A Luo," Yan Nangui said.
Shu Chengfeng shook his head again: "You, you're too insightful."
"Being with His Highness is too foolish; you'd be easily sold out, wouldn't you?" Yan Nangui laughed.
Shu Chengfeng stretched and said, "I'm tired today, my beauty. Help me wash my hair."
Yan Nangui pouted and snorted, "Fine."
Shu Chengfeng couldn't help but laugh at her unwilling expression.
Shu Chengfeng lay on the small couch, with a long stone platform next to his head.
It opens to the right and is a long slope. It's not very deep in the middle.
It can't hold too much water. But as long as someone keeps pouring water in, it'll be fine.
The dirty water would flow down the grooves in the stone slope into the wooden buckets on the ground.
The person can sit on the other side and gently rub their long hair.
The shampoo powder used by the prince is specially made. It's made with poria cocos powder and some other traditional Chinese medicine. It cleanses thoroughly and has a very refreshing scent.
The women used a different kind, which was more fragrant.
Yan Nangui washed his hair for the first time, so his technique was naturally not very good.
She smelled the shampoo and asked, "Is this shampoo powder only for Your Highness to use?"
"What's wrong? You like it? This stuff is something only I can use, it's just a bit refreshing. If you like it, you can use it from now on." Shu Chengfeng closed his eyes.
“I’d like to use that too. I also use hair oil, which smells really good. My hair already smells nice after washing, so using more would just make it more complicated. This is worse than yours.” Yan Nangui sniffed it again.
"Okay, I'll have someone bring it to you."
Once the hair is wet, you can tell that it's not pure black.
Yan Nangui washed him while carefully observing him.
It was dusk, and whether it was the lighting or not, her hair appeared to have more gold.
"Your Highness, open your eyes," Yan Nangui said.
Shu Chengfeng opened his eyes and looked at him questioningly.
This time, she was certain that it was just a matter of the lighting angle; from this angle, those eyes truly shone with golden light.
"Your Highness has such beautiful eyes," Yan Nangui praised without reservation.
Shu Chengfeng smiled and then stopped closing his eyes.
From his angle, the woman appears perfect from her chin upwards.
This woman is truly beautiful.
"Hiss... I remember you liked my hair. If you keep pulling like this, there won't be many strands left." Shu Chengfeng sighed.
"This is the first time I've ever washed someone's hair, is this good enough?" Yan Nangui snorted.
Shu Chengfeng was in a good mood, smiled and sighed, "Alright. Go easy on her, Tang'er, at least show some mercy."
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