"Sister-in-law! You promised me you wouldn't do anything reckless," Li Yong said anxiously upon hearing this.
"I haven't done anything reckless. Don't tell anyone for now, including the Marquis. You can handle Xuan Yu yourself. Ji Feng and I will leave first to distract them. Tang Yuan and the others will set off again in three days, following the route we've already taken. I'll leave the specific arrangements to you."
"Sister-in-law, I beg you, if anything happens to you, how will I explain it to my brother?" Li Yong said, almost kneeling down.
"You don't need to tell me anything. Just send a few experts to protect Tangyuan and the others. Also, send another team to follow me. They'll be fine."
"Sister-in-law, can't we stop doing things recklessly and just listen to our brother?"
"If he gets snatched away by that princess, you'll have to give me a perfect husband! You'll have to give Tangyuan a marquis father!"
"Me!...How can I possibly compensate you?!"
"Then listen to me, prepare as I say, and remember not to let anyone else know except you for now, especially your older brother!"
"You kept Tangyuan a secret too?"
"Keep it a secret!"
"Okay, I'll arrange it."
"While you're at it, find someone to help me prepare something." Tian Yu took out a blueprint from her pocket and handed it to Li Yong.
After giving her instructions, Tian Yu returned to her tent, ignoring Li Yong's aggrieved and helpless expression behind her.
For the remaining three days, Tian Yu spent her days gathering news about the capital from various sources. Yu Niang was a great help, collecting all sorts of gossip about important figures in the capital, true or false, from the brothels and sending it to Tian Yu. Ji Feng had also completed the tasks Tian Yu had entrusted to him, but one more person knew: Prince Wu. Ji Feng guaranteed that no one else would know besides Prince Wu, which was within Tian Yu's expectations. After all, Ji Feng was Prince Wu's man, and Prince Wu had replied to Tian Yu, agreeing to her conditions and promising to send people to secretly protect them and await good news in the capital. As for what the deal between her and Prince Wu was, only the two of them knew.
What puzzled Tian Yu was that since the last attack, nothing had happened again, and things had returned to calm. She wondered who was behind it, or if many people were involved. Tian Yu had investigated the men in black before; they were all a group of assassins, some of whom had strange tattoos, but the investigation had yielded no results after a long time. Gongye Ming also had no clue. They had the same goal, but they didn't seem to be a group of people.
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