The daily life of a cold and aloof general raising his wife

"Yes."

The Prince Xian genuinely cared about Emperor Mingde, and naturally wanted to visit his father.

Prince Xian led Prince Ning and the Third Prince into Emperor Mingde's bedchamber.

The two princesses waited to the side, and the other concubines dared not object. After bowing to the empress, they all left.

They were just there to make up the numbers; they knew they could never get close to Emperor Mingde.

Emperor Mingde was still unconscious in the palace. They only glanced at him, and the Third Prince couldn't help but call out to him a few times, but Emperor Mingde showed no sign of waking up.

After a short while, the three princes came out of the palace.

"It seems the assassination attempt on the Emperor can no longer be kept secret. As the eldest of the three, you must step forward in court to deter the officials and prevent them from becoming panicked."

The Prince was flattered; he hadn't expected the Empress to say such a thing.

Prince Ning was displeased upon hearing this, but he could only keep his displeasure to himself.

The Third Prince remained unmoved.

Finally, the Empress asked the third prince to stay here with her and take care of Emperor Mingde, while the second prince from the previous dynasty assisted the eldest prince.

After arranging everything, the Empress dismissed the four of them. Then, she took Jiang Shuwan to the Emperor's bedchamber to visit him. The Empress then led Jiang Shuwan out to a side hall.

Only then was the Empress able to sit down and rest.

Did you see how the second brother looked when he left?

Jiang Shuwan nodded.

"He's become more and more restless these past two years. If it weren't for his wife's strength, I'm afraid the eldest son wouldn't be able to control the second son by now."

The Empress was genuinely nervous. Emperor Mingde had suddenly encountered a calamity, but fortunately, he survived. If he had died on the spot, Daqing would likely have fallen into chaos before the Turks even attacked.

"Your Majesty, has the assassin been caught? Who was responsible?"

"That man was a suicide soldier who swallowed poison on the spot. His identity is still under investigation." The Empress finished speaking and rubbed her temples.

Jiang Shuwan said with concern, "Your Majesty, you must take good care of yourself."

The Empress nodded, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

After spending some time with Empress Jiang Shuwan, she left the palace. She couldn't stay in the palace forever, since countless eyes were watching her.

As she stepped out of the palace gate, she heard the coachman report, "Madam, it seems that our general is ahead of you."

Jiang Shuwan lifted the curtain and looked over; it really was Xie Huai'an.

Emperor Mingde entrusted the affairs of the Tongtian Sect to Xie Huai'an, who had been traveling around for the past few months.

Xie Huai'an naturally saw his own carriage from afar, but he didn't have time to say anything. He and Jiang Shuwan exchanged a glance and nodded, then rode their horses into the palace gate.

Xie Huai'an returned in haste only after receiving orders from the Empress.

As Jiang Shuwan's carriage was traveling along the road, an arrow suddenly grazed past her ear and lodged inside the carriage.

The horse was startled, and the groom tried his best to control it.

Upon seeing this, Fei Yue quickly shielded Jiang Shuwan behind her, and the two of them swayed back and forth in the carriage.

The guards around the carriage drew their swords and protected it.

The bodyguard who had been hiding in the shadows protecting Jiang Shuwan flew towards the direction of the arrow.

After the carriage came to a stop, Feiyue looked at Jiang Shuwan and asked, "Madam, are you alright?"

Jiang Shuwan shook her head, then looked at the arrow feathers beside her.

Feiyue shouted, "Hurry back to the General's Mansion!"

"Yes."

The carriage sped away from there.

After a tense journey, we finally arrived back at the General's Mansion.

Jiang Shuwan had Feiyue remove the arrow feathers and they entered the mansion.

Jiang Shuwan was terrified by the arrow. The sound of the arrow piercing her ear rang in her ears. The arrow was just a hair's breadth away from grazing her face.

She examined the arrow carefully but found nothing unusual. She wasn't good at these things, so she could only wait for Xie Huai'an to return and ask him.

Jiang Shuwan had no recent grudges against her, so why was she suddenly attacking her? She guessed there was only one possibility.

Xie Huai'an returned only when it was completely dark.

After reporting to the Empress at the palace, he learned of the assassination attempt on Emperor Mingde. The Empress ordered him to investigate the matter, so he searched the palace thoroughly, but in the end, he found nothing.

After Xie Huai'an entered the mansion, the steward told him about Jiang Shuwan's incident on the street. Upon hearing this, Xie Huai'an quickly walked towards Mingxiang Garden.

He pushed open the door and strode into Jiang Shuwan's room.

Jiang Shuwan was startled by him. Before she could speak, Xie Huai'an spoke first, "I heard you were assassinated."

Xie Huai'an walked up to her, grabbed her arm, and looked her up and down.

Seeing his flustered appearance, Jiang Shuwan reassured him, "I'm fine, I'm not hurt."

"It's all my fault. I should have personally escorted you back to your residence," Xie Huai'an said, blaming himself.

"How can you blame yourself?" Jiang Shuwan said, then went to get the arrow.

"I've looked for a long time but haven't found anything unusual. Can you see if you can find anything?"

After taking it and examining it carefully, Xie Huai'an said, "This is just an ordinary arrow."

"This arrow wasn't meant to kill me; it seemed to be a special warning. Even my bodyguards, who were skilled in light footwork, couldn't catch the person."

Xie Huai'an understood her meaning, "The Tongtian Sect?"

Jiang Shuwan nodded.

"I'm sorry, I've dragged you into this."

If it weren't for him, Jiang Shuwan wouldn't have been in danger. Thankfully, she's alright. Xie Huai'an can't imagine what he would have done if something had happened to Jiang Shuwan.

"Husbands and wives are one, so what's this talk about being implicated or not?"

She paused for a moment, then said, "I always feel like we're overlooking something."

Jiang Shuwan had always had this feeling, but she couldn't figure out what it was.

Xie Huai'an's investigation into the Tongtian Sect has also been going poorly lately.

"By the way, how is the Emperor now?"

"I heard he had woken up when I came back." Xie Huai'an did not see Emperor Mingde.

Jiang Shuwan had originally planned to visit the Empress and Emperor Mingde at the palace the next day, but she didn't expect to encounter such a thing on her way back. She felt that it was better not to go out and cause trouble at this critical juncture.

Emperor Mingde was assassinated, and Jiang Shuwan was assassinated shortly after. Xie Huai'an could no longer proceed slowly; he had to find the mastermind behind the assassination as soon as possible!

The arrow that was shot at Jiang Shuwan was fired in a sparsely populated area, so no one knew about it.

Second day

Emperor Mingde slowly opened his eyes, and the eunuch who was guarding him immediately went to the next room to call the Empress.

The Empress walked quickly to Emperor Mingde's side.

"Your Majesty, how are you feeling now?"

Yesterday, Emperor Mingde woke up briefly before falling back into a deep sleep.

"Queen."

Emperor Mingde weakly called out to the Empress.

The Empress's face lit up with joy when she heard that Emperor Mingde was able to speak.

"Your Majesty, I am here."

Emperor Mingde looked at her and said, "Why do you look so haggard?"

Since the incident yesterday, the Empress has barely slept, and her face does look rather haggard.

Hearing that he still cared about her health, the Empress was relieved.

"I am fine."

Emperor Mingde looked behind the Empress and found that none of his sons were there.

"where are they?"

The Empress said to the palace maid behind her, "Go quickly and call the Third Prince from next door."

"Yes."

After the palace maid left, the Empress looked at Emperor Mingde and said, "The third prince has been watching over you all night and has just gone to rest."