The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

“Good idea. When I have some free time tomorrow, I’ll go out of town to find someone to build it. I also need to find a place to put this bamboo house, or a wooden house will do.”

Ling Silang glanced at the Emperor again, "I haven't been able to save the Emperor these past two days. Yesterday, I didn't even ask for leave and was innocently absent from the Hanlin Academy. I must go today."

"Are you still busy? If not, go to sleep and get a good night's rest. Go back to work tomorrow and don't let anyone notice anything amiss."

"That's it."

Ling Silang went to sleep, but Du Mingxian couldn't fall asleep at all. She ran around in the space. When it was almost dawn, Ling Silang got up, checked on the Emperor's condition, and then prepared to go on duty.

Du Mingxian then remembered the young eunuch she had brought out, "What should we do with this person?"

Sending her back to the palace won't work, leaving her outside won't work, and keeping her in her space won't work either, leaving her in a deep sleep... doesn't seem like a good idea.

“No one should notice if a palace servant disappears, but just in case, I’ll give him medicine first and then put him to sleep. We’ll wake him up once the wooden house we were talking about is ready. We can’t let him leave right now.”

"okay, I get it."

As the two left the space, Ling Silang was about to leave the room when he heard the sound of gongs outside. He opened the door, and Chunfeng was outside reporting, "My lord, the entire city is under martial law, and no innocent people are allowed to go out."

Upon hearing this, Du Mingxian guessed that the Emperor must have gone missing, and these people had sent people to look for him.

Do you know why?

"The Crown Prince has been assassinated. We must find the murderer and order all residences to be searched, including those of court officials."

Ling Silang and Du Mingxian both gasped. What was this all about? If they searched the residences of high-ranking officials, how many secrets would they uncover? Could they really let them search the entire place?

Wouldn't that create chaos?

"I wonder how badly the Crown Prince is injured? Has any news reached him?"

Chunfeng said, "The Crown Prince's injury is not serious, but he was still stabbed."

This is probably their punishment for the crown prince.

Ling Shilang ate a few bites of breakfast and went out to go on duty. Although the search was being conducted, public officials who needed to be on duty still had to go.

Du Mingxian waited at home until almost noon when they were finally located.

The team that came had twenty people. They didn't say a word and started searching immediately, looking through every possible hiding place.

Some places were ransacked, and no one was found, so the group left, leaving a message that they were not allowed to go out.

This was to strictly control the movement of people in order to find the emperor.

Du Mingxian originally wanted to leave the city, but that plan fell through. However, she still secretly sent Qiu Shu to check the situation outside.

Qiu Shu returned somewhat disheveled not long after she left.

"The search involves a large number of people, and there is no activity in the city. The situation is very serious."

"Of course it's serious... The Emperor is missing, it would be strange if it weren't serious."

"Don't go out these next couple of days if you don't have anything to do. It's good for you to practice your skills at home." I'm sure the city gates have been closed for a long time.

Du Mingxian spent the whole day with her family and with An'an.

After finishing his shift, Ling Silang went straight home, which worried his family.

Ling's mother asked, "Si Lang, has something serious happened outside? Why are you not letting everyone go out?"

"Someone attempted to assassinate the Crown Prince; the culprit is being apprehended."

Everyone gasped in shock. Madam Zhou was astonished. "Who would be so bold? Isn't the Crown Prince in the palace? And he has so many skilled guards around him. How could he be assassinated?"

"Second sister-in-law, there are always people more skilled than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding. There are plenty of people with great skills, it's not surprising," Du Mingxian could only advise.

"Ok."

Ling Erlang was quite open-minded. "Just consider it a rest. Since we came to the capital, we've been busy with the restaurant business, but now the restaurant can't open, so we can take a break."

"indeed."

Mrs. Zhou cooked the meal herself, and Du Mingxian assisted. After the family finished eating together in a lively atmosphere, Du Mingxian went back to her room to rest. She wanted to go out and check on the situation that evening.

I haven't had a good rest, I'll take a nap first.

She woke up in the early hours of the morning, full of energy. While Du Mingxian was sleeping, Ling Silang had been rescuing the Emperor and researching medicine in the space.

Du Mingxian was about to go out, while Ling Silang went straight out of his spatial dimension to sleep, as he still had to go to work during the day.

Dressed in night clothes, she quietly went to the Wen residence.

Lord Wen had already made arrangements; there was no need to stop Du Mingxian from coming. He could simply wake her up. A guard spotted Du Mingxian coming and woke Lord Wen up.

How is your father?

"Everything is normal today. Except for not being able to enter the palace, everyone should do what they are supposed to do. This situation cannot be delayed for too long. I think they will have a solution."

Du Mingxian thought the same thing, "Has anyone else in the court noticed anything unusual?"

"Yes, this has never happened before, and every official's residence has been searched. Most importantly... I've heard that the people searching the homes of those corrupt officials have taken their valuables away directly."

"So blatant?" Du Mingxian was somewhat shocked. This was a disgrace to the imperial court. However... those corrupt officials' money was obtained through embezzlement anyway. If the imperial court took the money away, they probably wouldn't dare to say anything.

Lord Wen nodded slightly. "Yes, the order to search was given by the Crown Prince himself. However... your uncle and his men split up and led their men to search. After they finished searching and left, the others went in and took the money away."

"who?"

"They were wearing the uniforms of the Five Cities Garrison, but those people shouldn't be from the Five Cities Garrison."

Du Mingxian's hand trembled. The Tapo people, weren't they the ones who sewed the clothes for the Five Cities Garrison? Now those people are openly using these clothes to do bad things.

"Things are probably not going well lately, Father, you must be careful."

Lord Wen wasn't worried about himself, but rather about you. "Coming here so secretly in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid something might happen?"

"I was scared, but even though I was scared, I still wanted to come and see for myself. I wouldn't feel at ease if I didn't."

"Don't come here again. We important officials might also have spies planted around us. I guessed you would come tonight, so the people I arranged are all trusted confidants."

"Okay, I won't come if I know Father is alright." Du Mingxian only came out to check on the situation and wouldn't stay out all the time.

"That's good. You should go back quickly and be careful on the road."

"Ah."

Du Mingxian turned to leave, but... she didn't leave the Wen residence; instead, she went to Wen Yibin's courtyard.

Wen Yibin was a martial artist after all, and Du Mingxian made no attempt to hide it. As soon as she entered the courtyard, Wen Yibin rushed out, carrying a sword.

"Uncle." She said in a very low voice.

Wen Yibin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it was Du Mingxian. "It's you. I thought it was an assassin in the middle of the night."