After giving up being the wife of a powerful official, Ling Yunlu became a concubine

Liu Shishi hurried back to her yard and immediately arranged to take a shower and change clothes.

As soon as it got dark, she stood outside the second gate with her maid, looking out anxiously.

Mingyue stood behind her anxiously, "My Lady, is this inappropriate?"

Liu Shishi glared at her, "What do you know? I just want the prince to see me first when he comes back."

"This way, he will know that I love him. This is how my mother always greeted my father in the past."

The scene in Liu Shishi's mind emerged: her father holding her mother's hand and the two of them walking sweetly into the house.

The two stood outside the second gate, looking left and right, waiting.

Until late at night, the King of Qi still hadn't returned.

"A-choo!" Liu Shishi sneezed loudly.

"My queen, let's go back first. If you catch a cold, the prince will be distressed if he comes back to see you."

In order to leave a good impression on King Qi, Liu Shishi wore a light dress today.

"That person must have teamed up with Fulu to deceive me. Damn it!"

Mingyue hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Liu Shishi back. They were outside the second gate now, and it would be troublesome if Concubine Shen's people heard them.

Shen Yunjin was in the room, anxiously waiting for King Qi's return.

Yang Liu, whom she sent to gather information, came back.

"Fulu received news that the prince would be back later."

"Then send someone to watch the second gate. If the prince comes back, wake me up immediately."

Because she was pregnant, Shen Yunjin forced herself to rest.

"Okay, when I went to the second gate just now, I saw Concubine Liu and her maid waiting outside the gate."

Shen Yunjin got on the bed and yawned with his hands covering his mouth.

Concubine Liu is really positive. Young people are full of energy.

Xiao Minshen didn't come back until the end of the hour of Chou.

Shen Yunjin was sleeping soundly, and Yang Liu walked up to her and called her softly.

"My queen, the prince is back."

Shen Yunjin opened his eyes. "The prince is back? Where is he?"

Yang Liu helped Shen Yunjin up and put her coat on her.

"The prince is injured. Fulu and the others will place him in the study."

Shen Yunjin got out of bed, put on his shoes, and asked as he walked out.

"Where is the prince injured? Is it serious?"

"I didn't see it clearly, but the prince was carried back."

When Shen Yunjin thought about everything he had dreamed of, his heart started beating fast for no reason.

She couldn't help but quicken her pace.

When I walked to the door of the study, I saw a group of people gathered inside.

She felt panic in her heart. Could it be that something had happened to the prince?

She pushed everyone away and saw Xiao Minshen lying on the bed with a pale face, and a doctor was taking his pulse.

Shen Yunjin grabbed Fulu who was standing beside him and asked, "How is the prince? Where is Mo Yi?"

Before Fulu could answer, Xiao Minshen on the bed opened his eyes.

He smiled at Shen Yunjin and said, "I'm fine. Mo Yi is going to clean up the mess."

Shen Yunjin walked to the bed and touched his body up and down.

"Where is the prince injured?"

Xiao Minshen waved his hand, signaling everyone to leave.

He sat up and held down Shen Yunjin's moving hands.

"If you move again, this king will be in trouble."

Shen Yunjin was stunned for a moment, then realized what was going on and punched Xiao Minshen on the arm.

"My Lord, you scared me to death!"

"Ouch." Xiao Minshen's face turned pale.

Shen Yunjin was startled. She pulled open Xiao Minshen's sleeve and found that there was gauze tied there and blood was oozing out.

"It's okay, I just didn't pay attention and the knife scratched my skin a little." Xiao Minshen comforted her.

Shen Yunjin thought about how Xiao Minshen had lied to her that everything was fine, so she began to pull her clothes aside to check with concern.

Finally, she was relieved when she was sure that Xiao Minshen was only injured in this one place.

"How come I was assassinated just when I left the house?"

Shen Yunjin put new gauze on Xiao Minshen and then sat down to ask.

"When I entered the palace that day, I found that my father's face was not good, so I asked Doctor Li to examine him."

"After examining the patient, Imperial Doctor Li said that Father had taken a heart-strengthening elixir. He just felt something was wrong, but he hadn't found out what it was yet."

"I'm thinking about going to the Taoist temple where the Taoist is practicing to see if I can find any clues."

"It was only when I went to the Taoist temple that I found out that the Taoist priest recommended by my fourth brother had been expelled from the temple."

"On our way back, Mo Yi and his friends discovered that someone was following us."

"At that time, in order to find out the other party's identity, we split into several groups and dispersed all the other party's people."

"Did you find out?"

Xiao Minshen shook his head. "They were all assassins. When they saw that something was wrong, they all bit themselves with poison. Not a single one was left alive."

However, that group of assassins followed the Prince of Qi after he came out of the Taoist temple, so it was most likely the work of the Fourth Prince and the Crown Prince.

Shen Yunjin covered her mouth and yawned slightly.

Seeing this, Xiao Minshen said, "It's late, you should go back and rest."

Seeing that King Qi was fine, Shen Yunjin felt relieved.

She nodded, "Then your Highness should also go to bed early. If you need anything, please let Fulu know."

Liu Shishi was woken up by Mingyue early in the morning, and she pushed Mingyue unhappily.

"It's not even daybreak yet and you woke me up. Do you want to be beaten?"

Mingyue lowered her head and said to Liu Shishi, "Your Majesty, please get up quickly. The prince came back last night."

Liu Shishi sat up suddenly.

"When did the prince come back?"

Mingyue helped her get off the bed, "I went to the second gate to ask, and they said that the prince will be back around midnight."

Liu Shishi was anxious, "Why didn't you wake me up at that time?"

Mingyue felt very aggrieved. "At that time, I called you, Your Majesty, but you said that if I disturbed you again, you would beat me with a stick."

Liu Shishi vaguely remembered that she seemed to have said this.

She quickly washed up and asked Mingyue to do her makeup.

She saw Mingzhu standing like a wooden stake next to her and said, "Why don't you hurry up and bring me my pink coat and skirt."

Mingzhu left in a hurry, and Liu Shishi complained to Mingyue.

"What kind of maid did Madam choose for the dowry? She is as stupid as a piece of wood. It makes me upset just looking at her."

Mingyue quickly dressed Liu Shishi and did her makeup without responding to Liu Shishi's complaints.

After finishing her makeup, Liu Shishi hurriedly took Mingyue out.

The two came to the study, where Xiao Minshen was talking to Fulu.

Liu Shishi wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and then rushed in with tears in her eyes.

"My Lord, are you injured? Huh? So much blood?"

"Fulu, how do you serve the prince? There is so much blood, and you don't let the doctor stop the bleeding quickly. How can you live after all the blood has been drained?"

Fulu stared in amazement as Concubine Liu rushed in, grabbed Xiao Minshen's injured arm and began to cry.