A farmer's daughter who traveled through time: Marrying a sickly man

When Marquis Wu'an and Liu arrived at the room where the guards in the outer courtyard were resting, the guards had just woken up.

The servants brought a chair for Marquis Wu'an and Liu to sit on. The guard was so badly injured that he could only lie down.

"Tell me quickly, what happened? Who hurt you?" asked Marquis Wu'an with a gloomy face.

The guard reluctantly turned his head, glanced at Liu, and said nothing.

Liu was anxious and asked the servants to leave before she said sternly, "Tell me quickly, who hurt Ke'er?"

The guard glanced at Marquis Wu'an and hesitated, not daring to say anything.

"Pa!" Marquis Wu'an slapped the armrest of the chair and shouted, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Liu patted her chest in fear and frowned at the guard, "It's already this late and you're still hiding it. The Marquis is not an outsider."

The guard gritted his teeth and said, "The young master just sneaked out to play, but when we were near Yupinxuan, a group of people suddenly rushed out and attacked us. Later we found out that they mistook the fourth young master for the prince."

Marquis Wu'an frowned. Even assassinations can lead to the wrong person. "Are you saying that group of people intended to attack the Crown Prince?"

"Is it someone sent by the prince?" Liu also heard something wrong and quickly winked at the guards.

The guard avoided looking at me. "Yes, I heard them say later that it was the wrong person, so we escaped."

When Wu Anhou heard this, he knew there was something fishy going on. Who would have mistaken their target for an assassin? He continued to interrogate the guard, "You're not telling the truth, are you? Come on, throw him out to feed the dogs."

"My Lord, spare my life. I will tell you." The guards no longer dared to hide the truth when they heard that the Lord had noticed something was wrong. "It was the Young Master who sent people to kill the Crown Prince. But somehow, they mistook the Young Master for the Crown Prince."

When Liu heard what the guard said, her legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground.

I thought, it’s over, it’s really over this time.

This brat was told not to interfere, but he refused to listen. This time he danced directly in front of the Marquis. What should I do from now on?

When Wu Anhou heard that it was Shen Ke who was plotting to kill Shen Nian, he was a little confused. Weren't they on good terms? How could they have come to the point of fighting each other now?

Unable to accept the thought of his two sons killing each other, he was furious. He grabbed Liu by the collar and lifted her up, his eyes bloodshot as he asked, "Tell me, was it you, a vicious woman, who ordered this? How old is Ke'er? How could he do such a thing?"

Liu was also crying with tears and snot, "It wasn't me, it really wasn't me. No matter how cruel I am, I would never kill Nian'er! It must be that the guards didn't protect Ke'er well enough, and they were afraid of taking the blame, so they pushed it onto Ke'er."

"Huh, you still want to lie to me? Do you think the guards are so bold? I was wondering why Nian'er dislikes you so much. He must have been poisoned by someone ordered by you. And I believed your lies and used a lowly maid to take the blame." Marquis Wu'an's IQ was online at this time, and he even learned to draw inferences from one instance.

Seeing that Marquis Wu'an was on the verge of a rage, Liu Shi probably wouldn't listen to anything he said. She just kept repeating, "It's not me. It's really not me. My Lord, please believe me."

Marquis Wu'an suddenly felt a little tired. He threw Liu to the ground and walked out without even looking at the guards.

After seeing the Marquis leave, Liu stumbled to her feet and returned to Huarui Hall.

Marquis Wu'an returned to the study and called his guards in, "Go check what the Crown Prince and the Fourth Young Master were doing today."

After the guard left, he called another one in and asked him to investigate the group that assassinated the fourth young master.

Everyone left, and Marquis Wu'an fell into a chair, pinching his eyebrows with his hands, his face full of fatigue.

After a night, the seriously injured guard finally died due to his severe injuries.

When Marquis Wu'an heard the news, he was silent for a while, then ordered his men to bury the three guards with honor and give their families a pension.

Liu, who was guarding Shen Ke's bed, felt relieved when she heard that the guard was dead. Now there was no evidence.

When Shen Nian heard about this, he just snorted coldly and went to work as usual.

Xia Tian continued to send people to keep an eye on the Liu family.

Around noon the next day, the guards sent by Marquis Wu'an to investigate the whereabouts of Shen Ke and Shen Nian came back to report.

"After the lunch party yesterday, the prince went straight to work. On the way, he ran into the second son of the Wen Yibo Mansion. The two of them agreed to have dinner at Yupinxuan after work.

After the prince finished his duty, he took a carriage directly to Yupinxuan. After dinner, he did not stay outside and went straight back to the mansion.

The second son of the Wen Yibo Mansion is Wen Lan, the deputy commander of the Five Cities Military Department.

"Where's the fourth young master?"

"After leaving home, the Fourth Young Master returned to the academy first. Then, about an hour before school was dismissed, he sneaked out of the academy and went directly to the vicinity of Yupinxuan, where he was assassinated."

After the guard finished his report, Marquis Wu'an thought for a while and ordered his men to wait for the prince to come directly to the study to see him after he returned from duty.

By the afternoon, the guards who were sent out to look for the gang of criminals returned, but of course they found nothing. They probably had already left the capital.

Although no one found out, it was discovered that Shen Ke had exchanged one thousand taels of silver at Qianfeng Silver House five days ago, but no one knew what he used it for.

Marquis Wu'an asked the guards to leave, knowing in his heart that this was exactly as the seriously injured guard had said. Shen Ke hired someone to assassinate Shen Nian, but was accidentally injured by the people he hired.

I just wonder if there is any boss’s handiwork involved in this?

Otherwise, how could such an outrageous thing as mistaken identity occur?

In the evening, as soon as Shen Nian came back, he went directly to the study of Marquis Wu'an.

Marquis Wu'an didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "Did you know that Shen Ke was assassinated yesterday? How did you happen to be at Yupinxuan?"

"I heard about it. I went to Yupinxuan yesterday to meet Wenlan." Shen Nian felt calm when he heard his father's doubtful tone.

"Is it such a coincidence? Wenlan just happened to be looking for you. What's the matter?" Marquis Wu'an still didn't believe that there would be such a coincidence.

"Wenlan asked me to talk to him about his sister."

Wu Anhou thought for a moment, "Wen Jin?"

The only person who could be related to Shen Nian recently was Miss Wen Jin. He knew that little girl, and both families were interested in bringing the two together.

"Yes."

When he heard that Wen Lan was looking for Shen Nian to talk about Wen Jin, Wu An Hou's serious expression softened a little.

He looked up and took a closer look at his eldest son, whom he had ignored for a long time. His eyes and brows seemed to have become much more mature and steady, but he didn't know when it started, and he no longer felt the same closeness as before.

Marquis Wu'an suddenly felt a little guilty. It had been a long time since he had seriously cared about his son.

"I heard from the guards around Lao Si that the group of people that day came to assassinate you. For some reason, they mistook Lao Si for you."

"Assassinate me?" Shen Nian looked slightly surprised.

Seeing that his eldest son's reaction was not fake, Marquis Wu'an's tone was more concerned. "Well, that's right. Bring more people with you when you go out next time and be more careful."

After saying this, Marquis Wu'an paused for a moment, then, as if he had made up his mind, he added, "Also, be wary of the Liu family and the Fourth Brother."

Shen Nian pursed his lips tightly, and slowly clenched his hands hidden under his sleeves. After a long while, he replied, "I understand."

When Xia Tian heard that Shen Nian was called away by Marquis Wu'an, he became nervous and didn't even eat. He just sat there waiting for Shen Nian to come back.