My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

"My lord, my elder sister is really not an assassin. Please release her."

A seven or eight-year-old boy knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Han Dian.

The twelve or thirteen-year-old girl was terrified, but looking at her younger brother kneeling on the ground, she forced herself to speak and said, "Minglang, go back quickly. The master only took me to the yamen to ask some questions. I'm fine, I'll be back soon."

"You're lying. The sir arrested an assassin. Once you're taken away, you won't be coming back. I know you're afraid that your second aunt and the others will be angry and won't take us in anymore, so you didn't want to argue and let them take you away."

Cui Minglang said, "Don't be afraid they'll get angry. At worst, we won't stay here anymore, okay?"

Hearing her younger brother's words, the girl burst into tears.

In fact, the officers who accompanied Han Dian could all see that this girl was not an assassin at all.

This girl is only twelve or thirteen years old. Putting aside whether she knows kung fu or how she managed to escape from Lord Li's clutches, her age doesn't match what Lord Li described as an assassin.

Although the officials present felt sorry for the siblings, none of them dared to stand up for them.

They had all witnessed the power of the Han family in Ningcheng, and dared not offend Han Dian.

But looking at the two children, they were really pitiful.

Just as everyone was in a dilemma, they suddenly heard a noise.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a masked woman in black running quickly past.

"It's an assassin! Chase after him!" a soldier shouted. The other soldiers reacted and gave chase.

Han Dian initially didn't want to pay attention, but since the soldiers accompanying him had all gone after the assassin, he hesitated for a moment before finally letting go of the girl and chasing after her.

Once they were sure the officials had really left, the siblings hugged each other and cried as if they had escaped a disaster.

After crying for a while, Cui Minglang finally said, "Sister, let's go home."

But Cui Mingxiu hesitated.

Her uncle and aunt haven't come looking for her brother yet. When she was taken away by the officials, they all looked like they were afraid of being implicated and quickly pushed her away.

If they go back now, will they still be taken in by the family?

Given her personality, her aunt would surely worry that keeping her at home would cause trouble for the family, and thus she would drive her away.

At that time, the younger brother will also be driven away...

“Langdi, listen to what your older sister has to say.” Cui Mingxiu looked at her younger brother seriously and said, “Go back and apologize to your uncle and aunt first, and beg them to let you stay. Don’t mention that you caught up with me.”

Although Cui Minglang is young, the tragedy that befell his family at such a young age has given him a maturity beyond his years.

He asked, "Where's my sister? Is she worried that if we go back together, my uncle and aunt won't take me back either, so she's planning to let me go back alone?"

Cui Mingxiu was unsure how to coax her younger brother, who was too clever, so she went back to her uncle and aunt's house first.

"Sister, don't you understand? Even if I go back, they won't take me in. They've been hoping we'd get rid of us for a long time."

Cui Minglang took her hand and said, "I'll go with you."

“No, your sister is too young to support you. We have to go back to your uncle and aunt’s house. Come on, let’s go back together and beg them.” Cui Mingxiu held back her tears and pulled him back.

On the other side, Ji Yunshuang led a group of soldiers around, making an increasingly loud commotion.

Finally, in front of Han Dian, he jumped into the Su residence.

Han Dian was panting like a dog after being led around so much. When he saw people enter the Su residence, he didn't think twice and led his men to bang on the door.

Su Muchen, as the commander of the military command, was a confidant of Prince Duan and held a very high position in Ningcheng, but Han Dian was at odds with him.

Han Dian often used his connection with Princess Duan to cause trouble for Su Muchen. Su Muchen would always keep a cold face, looking down on him, and then give him a mild retaliation.

This person really annoyed Han Dian.

"What are you doing?" The guards of the Su residence opened the door and coldly glanced at Han Dian.

Han Dian raised his chin high and said arrogantly, "Of course we're searching for assassins. Get out of the way now."

The guards stopped them, saying, "Don't you know we've already searched our residence? Don't we need to search it again?"

Han Dian said, "What's the use of searching before? The assassin only just hid in your residence. Why don't you get out of the way? If the assassin escapes, can you take responsibility for that?"

The guard hesitated for a moment, then said, "No, just because you say there's an assassin hiding in the mansion doesn't mean there is. Everyone knows you and our lord have always been at odds. Who knows if you're just making up another excuse to deliberately cause trouble for our lord?"

"Of course I'm causing trouble for you on purpose? You adults have no shame!"

Han Dian spat and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Everyone, follow me and smash the door open!"

The soldiers following Han Dian were all afraid of Su Muchen, and no one dared to smash the Su family's door. However, they all stood up and recounted what they had just witnessed: the assassin hiding in the Su residence.

The guards of the Su residence all looked embarrassed.

Just then, Li Zhao walked over with his men, and a moment later, Su Muchen also walked over with his men.

Upon seeing Li Zhao, Han Dian immediately perked up and exclaimed, "Lord Li, you've come at the perfect time! We've seen assassins hiding in Lord Su's residence, but the guards are preventing them from entering to search."

If this isn't investigated thoroughly, people might think that Lord Su is harboring an assassin!

After saying that, he deliberately raised an eyebrow and looked at Su Muchen.

In the firelight, Su Muchen's face was ashen with cold. He didn't even glance at Han Dian, and said icily, "If that's the case, then search again!"

Han Dian was so angry at Han Dian’s contemptuous attitude that he felt like he was going to vomit blood.

He bumped into the guard at the gate and strode towards the Su residence.

Today he must find the assassin and from now on crush him under his feet.

After Han Dian entered the Su residence, Li Zhao and the others also entered the residence one after another.

Inside the mansion, Ji Yunshuang was currently planning to move Xu Ruoyao into the spatial dimension.

Although Han Mengqi and Xu Ruoyao were both hidden in the underground secret room by Su Muchen, their treatment was completely different.

Han Mengqi lived in an exquisite house, and her food, drink and daily necessities were all the best. Su Muchen even sent reliable maids to serve her.

But Xu Ruoyao ate, drank, and relieved herself in a tiny, secret room. Not only that, the cold steamed buns thrown in were not eaten, and no one cared.

She had already fallen into a coma by now.

Ji Yunshuang didn't need to do much; she simply moved her into the space.

Once inside the space, Ji Yunshuang touched her forehead and discovered it was burning hot, like a flint. If she didn't receive treatment soon, she might die.

She took out the fever reducer, fed it to Xu Ruoyao, then prepared some medicine and gave her an injection.

While Ji Yunshuang was treating Xu Ruoyao, Han Dian and the others had already searched the Su residence thoroughly.

Su Muchen said, "Lord Han, as you can see, there are no assassins in my residence."