Chapter 101 Threat
King Jing was beaten badly and didn't wake up until the next morning.
When he woke up, he heard the guard report that Wei Wanyi was going to take the two children and send Madam Wei back to the capital. He hurriedly threw off the quilt and got up.
"Your Highness, be careful..." Before the guard could say anything to stop him, he saw the man rushing forward.
The guards rushed forward to support the man.
King Jing then discovered that both of his legs were broken. The sudden standing up caused him so much pain that his skull almost split.
He took a deep breath and asked angrily, "Has the assassin been caught?"
The guard lowered his head in shame, "Not yet."
Apart from knowing that the servants' room had been touched, there were no other clues.
King Jing's eyes suddenly turned sinister, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Continue to investigate and see if there are any suspicious people who have come to Yongzhou recently, and then invite the princess over."
What happened last night was so strange. It seemed like they were targeting him, but no one wanted to kill him.
The guard helped the man back to bed and hurried out to look for Wei Wanyi.
As Wei Wanyi was walking towards the palace gate, holding a child in each hand, she was stopped by King Jing's guards. She handed the two children to the two maids beside her and instructed them, "Guard the prince and the young lady well."
The two maids were given to her by her father. They were very skilled and when she got married, they came with her to Prince Jing's mansion.
Previously, influenced by her mother, she disliked women with martial arts skills as vulgar and did not use them.
After discovering the affair between her mother and King Jing two years ago, she no longer dared to trust her mother and began to use her father's people.
"Don't worry, Princess." The two replied in a low voice.
Wei Wanyi squatted down again and touched the heads of the two children. "Be good, go to the carriage and wait for mother. Mother will be here soon."
The older one nodded sensibly, and the younger one, still ignorant of the world, also nodded along with his brother.
Wei Wanyi walked over to Madam Wei and said, "Mother, please accompany your daughter to say goodbye to the prince."
After saying that, without waiting for Madam Wei to refuse, he took her arm and walked forward.
A hint of bitterness escaped from Madam Wei's lips.
Last night, after she had a nightmare, she was worried about Wanyi and went to her main courtyard to see her, but Wanyi didn't even let her in.
She forced her way into the house and told Wanyi about her dream. Wanyi only smiled coldly, "Mother really loves her daughter so much that she dreams of her daughter dying... so that she can make room for her, right?
But if he really lost his daughter, would the prince risk being ridiculed by the world and marry his mother?
Wanyi used to be gentle and obedient, and never said such harsh words.
Wanyi's mouth is like a dagger now, stabbing her heart with every word she says.
Not wanting to be laughed at by the servants outside, she simply said nothing and let Wei Wanyi drag her to King Jing's courtyard.
"Princess, why do you suddenly want to go back to the capital?" When King Jing saw Wei Wanyi, he asked calmly as if nothing had happened.
Wei Wanyi pinched her palms with her nails, trying her best to suppress her anger and refrain from stepping forward and tearing off this hypocritical face.
Before they got married, he would blush whenever he spoke to her. Since when did he become so calm and willing to tell lies?
Stepping back behind Madam Wei, she said, "Mother is saddened by my brother's situation and wants to return to the capital to seek the truth.
I am worried about my mother being alone, so I want to see her off. My two children haven't been back to the capital for a long time, so I will take them with me to pay respects to my father and brother."
"I will write to my brother, the Emperor, regarding the matter of the Protector General, and ask him to investigate thoroughly. Yongzhou is not close to the capital, and my mother-in-law and the children cannot withstand the long journey. Besides, you are still ill..."
"Mother, you see, your daughter said that the prince would not agree."
Wei Wanyi didn't look at King Jing, but said to Madam Wei in a coquettish manner, "As the saying goes, a son-in-law is like half a son.
Although the prince is a member of a royal family, he is also half my son and will definitely listen to what I say. So please help me persuade the prince.
Besides, my mother has been in Yongzhou for three years and hasn't returned to Beijing to pay respects to my father and brother. I'm afraid the National Protection Army and the people of the country will gossip about her."
These words made Madam Wei's face suddenly turn ugly.
The first words were a humiliation, and the second words were a warning. If she couldn't convince King Jing to let them go back today, she would tell the world about her and King Jing.
By then, she will be humiliated, and the National Protection Army loyal to the Wei family father and son will not let her off easily.
Wanyi has people given by the Wei family father and son around her. If she is determined to do this, King Jing may not be able to stop her.
Madam Wei's eyes were full of disappointment. It was a waste of her twenty years of careful teaching, as Wanyi finally became very much like a member of the Wei family.
Act rudely and without regard for one's dignity.
King Jing's calm expression almost broke down.
Wei Wanyi knew that they had an unusual relationship, but she said that they were like mother and son, sincerely trying to embarrass him.
He coughed lightly and said, "It is right to pay tribute to my father and brother, but last night an assassin came to the mansion, and we still don't know where he came from.
I am truly worried about you all leaving the palace so hastily, so I will immediately ask His Majesty to personally escort you back once I am better."
Judging from Wei Wanyi's attitude towards Madam Wei last night, she knew about their affair.
But Wei Wanyi's reaction was beyond his expectations.
In his impression, even if Wei Wanyi knew, she would just hide away and cry, then keep her thoughts to herself.
If she was bolder, she would have argued with him in private. She was too proud to make a big fuss, let alone what she did now, where she dared to send him away without saying a word and take away the two children.
This made him feel a little uneasy. He was not afraid of the current National Defense General's Mansion, but he did not want to cause trouble.
Wei Wanyi glanced at the man whose face was so swollen that she couldn't see his original features clearly, but he still pretended to be affectionate.
She suddenly felt nauseous.
She was no longer willing to play along with Prince Jing, so she said to Madam Wei, "My daughter will ask the court physician about the prince's condition, and I will tell him about it.
The daughter stopped coming over and went straight to the gate to wait for her mother. Mother, please don’t keep her waiting for too long.”
After saying that, without even looking at Prince Jing again, he turned around and headed straight for the gate of Prince Jing's mansion.
Asking the court doctor was just an excuse. She didn't want to stay in this place any longer. As for how her mother would convince King Jing, she didn't want to think about it too much.
When I stopped deceiving myself, I realized how stupid I was before. I used their mistakes to punish myself, which caused liver qi to stagnate and eventually ruined my body.
But he was also worried that Madam Wei could not convince King Jing, and he was thinking about how to respond if King Jing forcibly tried to stop them.
Before they could come up with a plan, they saw Madam Wei follow them out of the mansion, and King Jing agreed.
Wei Wanyi didn't know whether she should be happy to leave or sad, as her husband cared more about her mother.
She bit her tongue and forced herself to come back to her senses. Now was not the time to think too much. She should leave quickly to prevent King Jing from regretting his decision.
"My Lord, the princess and the others have left the city."
As soon as Wei Wanyi and her group left the city gate, the secret guard reported back to King Jing.
"Disguise yourself as assassins and force them back," King Jing said in a deep voice, "Kill those few useful servants around her."
"Then the princess and Madam Wei..." The secret guard wanted to ask if it was possible to let them get hurt as well.
King Jing's face was gloomy, and he nodded slowly, "Mother-in-law, there is no need to move."
Wei Wanyi dared not to take her husband seriously. If she was not curbed, she would probably cause trouble for him in the future.
And Madam Wei still has value to him.
The secret guard understood and continued, "The news from the capital is that the daughter of the Yan family came to Yongzhou to search for Yan Qing's body. Your Highness, do you think she was responsible for what happened last night?"
I didn't pay attention to these things before, until something happened in the mansion last night and the prince asked to investigate the people who had recently come to Yongzhou, and then the secret guard remembered this matter.
Yan Lan?
“Her skills are very average, and she has been trapped in Linzhou for many years without anyone useful around her.
She couldn't do what she did last night, but there were still people accompanying her?" King Jing frowned.
The secret guards were secretly shocked. The prince didn't interact with others much, and he never returned to the capital after he came to his fiefdom. How could he know about the situation of Yan's daughter?
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