The Emperor's heart is won, she sits on the Phoenix Throne! The Divine Physician's Eldest

"Your Majesty, someone is here! We are saved!"

Aunt Turnip helped the Empress Dowager walk forward while shouting, "Help! Murder! Help!"

At this moment, the assassins were closing in on them.

Just as the assassin raised his knife to strike the Empress Dowager, a figure pushed her aside and stood in front of her.

The troop that came from the capital has arrived.

The person who just pushed the Empress Dowager aside was the one at the very front of that group of people.

"Miss Jiang, it's you!" Aunt Wujing recognized the person who saved the Empress Dowager.

Jiang Yu had no time to explain. She ordered the guards behind her, "Kill all the assassins and protect the Empress Dowager!"

At her command, all the guards swarmed towards the assassin.

These guards were extremely skilled in martial arts, moving with lightning speed and killing without blinking an eye.

His martial arts skills were many times superior to those of ordinary guards.

In less than half an incense stick's time, all the assassins were killed, leaving no survivors.

"Your Majesty, how are you? Are you injured?" Jiang Yu asked with concern.

The Empress Dowager recalled that she had just punished Jiang Yu not long ago, and today Jiang Yu had saved her. Her expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

However, Jiang Yu had saved her life after all, and if she were to give Jiang Yu a hard time in front of everyone, it would damage her reputation.

So she put away her cold expression and replied calmly, "I am unharmed and have no injuries."

She looked at Jiang Yu and the guards behind her and asked, "Miss Jiang, what brings you here?"

"My mother is ill, and the medicine she has taken is not working. I wanted to go to Wanfo Temple to see if there was any good solution, but I didn't expect to hear shouts here," Jiang Yu explained.

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager lowered her guard and her expression softened. "That's such a coincidence. If Miss Jiang hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable."

"Your Majesty, you flatter me. Everything I did was what I should have done. Besides, I didn't know your identity before I saved you. If it had been anyone else, I would have saved you too." Jiang Yu said, neither humble nor arrogant, with a righteous expression.

"Aren't you afraid?" the Empress Dowager asked.

"I'm not afraid." Jiang Yu said calmly, her tone light. "I've been traveling and studying for many years, and this isn't the first time I've encountered this situation."

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager's eyes revealed a hint of admiration. "I never expected that Miss Jiang, a delicate young lady from a humble family, would have such courage. It is truly rare."

"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager is too kind. I believe that women should not only stay in their secluded courtyards to embroider and practice calligraphy, but should also step out of their homes and venture into the wider world, so that men may know that women can also hold up half the sky."

Jiang Yu spoke with great confidence and brilliance, her eyes shining brightly.

"Miss Jiang is absolutely right." The Empress Dowager smiled slightly upon hearing this.

Jiang Yu's words were exactly what the Empress Dowager wanted to hear.

When she was young, the Empress Dowager was a proud and arrogant person. She didn't care about ordinary men at all. The only person in the world who was worthy of her was the late Emperor.

After she entered the palace, she disdained competing and being jealous of the other concubines. She preferred to study more so that she could offer advice when the late emperor needed her.

This is also why she disliked Consort Rou and Song Siyao.

She believed that Consort Rou had hindered Emperor Changlong's progress, while Song Siyao had hindered Shen Pei's progress.

"Miss, you're bleeding!"

At this moment, Jiang Yu's maid called out.

Jiang Yu looked down and saw that there was indeed a long wound on her arm, which she had gotten when she pushed the Empress Dowager away to shield her from the knife.

"It doesn't matter!"

Jiang Yu merely frowned slightly, quickly tore off a piece of her skirt, and prepared to bandage her wound.

"Wait!" The Empress Dowager stopped Jiang Yu, then ordered, "Someone, bandage Miss Jiang's wounds."

"Yes, Your Majesty." A female physician who was accompanying the Empress Dowager came over and quickly bandaged Jiang Yu's wound.

Jiang Yu looked at her arm, knelt before the Empress Dowager, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Miss Jiang, you saved me today, do you have any wishes?" the Empress Dowager probed Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu said calmly, "It is my honor to save Your Majesty the Empress Dowager. My wish is that Your Majesty the Empress Dowager will be safe and healthy in the days to come."

The Empress Dowager continued to probe, "Have you thought this through? If you don't tell me, your wish will be gone."

"Your Majesty, I have thought this through very clearly." Jiang Yu remained unmoved.

"Don't you want to ask me to retract the punishment I gave you before?" the Empress Dowager asked.

"Your Majesty, I was indeed wrong about what happened before. If you do something wrong, you must take responsibility. I am willing to accept the punishment." Jiang Yu said sincerely.

The Empress Dowager nodded repeatedly, "She is courageous, brave, and helpful; she is a good girl."

She looked at Jiang Yu and said earnestly, "Miss Jiang, go to Wanfo Temple to pray for your mother first. After you return to the capital, come to the palace to talk to me."

Jiang Yu was somewhat surprised, thinking she had misheard.

It was Aunt Turnip who reminded her, “Miss Jiang, the Empress Dowager has withdrawn her punishment. Why don’t you quickly thank the Empress Dowager?”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. From now on, I will be honest and never lie again," Jiang Yu solemnly promised.

"Alright, go to Wanfo Temple quickly. I also really like people who are filial." The Empress Dowager smiled.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jiang Yu bid farewell to the Empress Dowager and hurried towards Wanfo Temple.

After the assassination attempt, the Empress Dowager and her entourage dared not linger on the road and traveled under cover of night, rushing back to the capital.

"Wujing, do you think that Miss Jiang's situation was really a coincidence?" the Empress Dowager asked.

Turnip replied, "Your Majesty, why don't we send someone to inquire after we return to the capital whether the Prime Minister's wife is truly ill?"

"No need," the Empress Dowager said calmly. "If she wanted to hide it from me, she would definitely put on a good show, and the Prime Minister's wife would definitely be ill. However, I don't have the guts to do that."

"Your Majesty, did you rescind your punishment of Miss Jiang just because of what happened today?" Wujing asked.

"Isn't this life-saving grace enough?" the Empress Dowager retorted.

"Of course it's enough." Turnip didn't dare to say anything more.

The Empress Dowager's gaze turned colder. "I have long lived in the deep palace, detached from worldly affairs. The capital is in chaos. This place is not far from the capital, yet someone dares to assassinate me!"

"What does the Empress Dowager mean?" Wujing asked, puzzled.

"The emperor is too benevolent and does not understand the art of checks and balances. The scales in his hands have already tilted. I must help him."

The Empress Dowager's cloudy eyes flashed with a cold light in the darkness; she did not want Emperor Changlong to value Song Siyao too much.

Jiang Yu was her pawn in dealing with Song Siyao.