Chapter 7 The Assassin Comes Knocking
Back at the Prince of Zhenbei's Mansion.
Yun Zhaoxue asked Hongzao to brew the medicine.
In the evening, I brought the prepared medicine to Yang.
Yang had just finished her dinner and was about to take her medicine.
Xiao Xiuning felt sorry for her mother and began to complain about Yun Zhaoxue again, "Mother, that poisonous woman emptied our house, leaving you with no money to buy good medicine to treat your illness. When Third Brother comes out, I will make him divorce that poisonous woman."
Madam Yang was furious. “Shut up! Xue’er is your third sister-in-law, and you keep calling her a poisonous woman. Is this how your mother taught you? Ce’er is being tortured in prison. Perhaps the child in her womb is your third brother’s only bloodline. Money can be earned back, but people are the most important. As long as she is willing to leave the child, it’s nothing for your mother to suffer a little.”
"Didn't you treat her well before? In the end, she colluded with her family to empty our manor and even tried to elope with her aborted child. She's a heartless ingrate. What's the use of being good to her?"
Madam Yang held her daughter's hand and earnestly advised, "No matter what, she came back in the midst of the crisis and even treated your illness. She's different now. Let's not bring up the past anymore."
“Mother, she’s definitely up to no good this time. She’ll surely harm our manor. If you don’t trust her anymore, she’ll kill us all.”
Madam Yang instructed her daughter, "Before this happened, everything was just your speculation. You must not be rude to her. She is pregnant with your nephew or niece. When the Prince's mansion was in danger, she ultimately did not have the heart to abort the child and even saved your mother. This shows that she is not a bad person at heart. Ning'er, listen to your mother and stop stabbing her. We must try to win her over with our hearts. The whole family must work together to get through this, understand?"
"Okay," Xiao Xiuning replied reluctantly.
She thought to herself that she was determined to expose that wicked woman's true colors.
Yun Zhaoxue waited until the mother and daughter finished speaking before entering the room, saying, "Greetings, Mother Consort."
Yang was kind-hearted and valued offspring, which explains why she was repeatedly poisoned and drugged by the original owner of the body in the book, ultimately dying tragically at the hands of the original owner.
"No need for formalities, Princess. What brings you here?"
"Hmph!" Xiao Xiuning turned her head away and snorted coldly. Poisonous woman, wicked woman, if you have the guts, then pretend for the rest of your life. Don't let me catch you red-handed.
Yun Zhaoxue said, "Why is Fourth Sister so angry? Getting angry will make you age faster. No wonder your complexion looks so bad, like... twenty years old."
Xiao Xiuning reached out and touched her face. Her skin was a little rough from not being able to sleep well these past few days. She retorted, "I'm only fifteen this year. How can you say I'm twenty? I'm not that old."
"I'm just telling the truth. Perhaps I haven't been resting well lately. With such a big thing happening at home, it's no wonder. Mother, I'll take care of things here. Go and rest."
"Yun Zhaoxue, you..." Don't go too far.
Madam Yang interrupted her, saying, "Ning'er, Xue'er is concerned about you. If you two get along well, your mother will be at ease. Go back and rest now."
Xiao Xiuning shook her head, "I'm not going back. I want to stay here with my mother."
She had to stay and keep an eye on this wicked woman, to prevent her from harming her mother.
Yun Zhaoxue reached out and took the medicine from Lüzhi's hand and placed it on the table. "Mother, I personally went to Huichuntang to buy medicine for you. It contains ginseng, lingzhi, and deer antler, which will be good for your health. Please drink it while it's hot."
Madam Yang was flattered; her third daughter-in-law had never been so kind to her. “Xue’er, you’ve worked hard. But those medicinal herbs are expensive. Our manor is not what it used to be, so we need to be careful with our spending. I’ll just take the regular prescription. It’s okay if I recover a little slower.”
"It's alright, we can ask the Marquis's mansion for more money when we run out."
"The money you asked for from the Marquis's residence?"
“Yes, my dowry and the Wangfu’s property are in their hands, so it’s only right that I ask them for money.”
Xiao Xiuning retorted indignantly, "Do you think these petty favors can make up for what you took from our Prince's Mansion? The silver originally belonged to our Prince's Mansion. When are you going to return it?"
Yun Zhaoxue said, "I also want it back, but they won't give it to me. Thinking about it carefully, it's not safe to keep it in the Prince's mansion, and it's fine to keep it in the Marquis's mansion. Wouldn't it be better to go back and get it after I've spent it? Why should I take it back?"
"Why should our manor's money be managed by others? No matter what method you use, you must take back our manor's silver and valuables."
"I asked them for it, what can I do if they won't give it to me?"
It's safest to keep it in her space.
Madam Yang nodded in agreement, "Ning'er, Xue'er is right, it is indeed not safe in the Prince's mansion."
"Mother, I am your daughter. Why do you help an outsider instead of me?" Xiao Xiuning was extremely aggrieved. Her eyes reddened, and she jumped up from her chair and ran out.
"Xue'er, your mother will talk to Ning'er properly. I'm sorry you had to go through all this."
"I'm not wronged."
Yun Zhaoxue exchanged a few polite words with her and then left.
As soon as she left, a maid stepped forward and tested the poison with a silver needle, but the needle did not change color.
"Your Highness, there is no poison in the medicine."
Yang asked in confusion, "No poison? Has she really changed?"
Thinking of Yun Zhaoxue's past actions, the old woman immediately shook her head. "This old servant thinks the Fourth Miss is right. She may still be holding back a big move. Your Highness, we must be careful from now on."
Madam Yang thought so too: "Continue to send people to keep an eye on her, and do not harm her in the slightest without my order."
"yes!"
...
late at night.
Yun Zhaoxue was fast asleep when she heard a faint sound coming from the doorway, and she turned over in bed.
It's finally here! I've been waiting for ages, I thought it wasn't coming.
As a mercenary assassin, she knew all too well that being an assassin was no easy job; while others slept, they worked.
Let them die a quick death later.
He used a pillow to disguise himself lying in bed, then rolled off the bed and hid behind a pillar at the foot of the bed.
Two assassins dressed in black pried open the door, entered the room, closed it, and slowly moved towards the bedside, using their knives to lift the curtains.
I could vaguely see the blanket bulging; one person was poking wildly, and the other was slashing wildly.
He chopped and chopped, making dozens of cuts.
It was soft and fluffy, cotton flew everywhere, and before I realized there was no one on the bed, I hadn't even seen any blood.
Yun Zhaoxue emerged from behind the pillar, somersaulted, and quickly appeared behind the two.
Holding stun guns in both hands with the current at maximum, he brought them down on the back of the head, "Bang! Bang!!"
She kicked the motionless corpse and sneered, "Hmph! You dare to assassinate me? I'm more experienced in assassination than you are."
He took out a tinderbox from his waist, lit the candle, and held the candlestick.
I crouched down and pulled off their masks; they were all unremarkable, and I couldn't see anything special about them.
Pulling up their sleeves revealed a wolf totem, possibly the symbol of some assassin organization.
I reached out and touched them, and found something hard around their waists, but I didn't have time to remove it.
Suddenly, two more dark figures climbed in through the window.
The two flew in, and the window slammed shut almost without a sound.
Lightness skill? Master?
They're much better than those two rookie assassins from before.
The two flew toward the bedside.
Yun Zhaoxue pulled the rope hard, activating the switch.
An iron cage fell from the roof.
"Bang!"
The man in black reacted quickly, rolling away to avoid the attack.
Yun Zhaoxue grabbed the rope, her body leaped up, and she kicked off the stone pillar, flying to the window.
The man in black quickly drew his sword to defend himself, "Bang!"
Yun Zhaoxue crouched on the window, pulled out a silenced gun, aimed it at the two of them, and was about to pull the trigger.
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