The Eldest Daughter Returns: Imperial Uncle, I'm Pregnant!

"Oh, it's nothing. I just think this person you're talking about is interesting. Where is this person?"

"It's in our capital city, in the alley in the south of the city. I went there a while ago to check on the business of the shop and happened to run into him. It was a close call. If it weren't for him, my carriage might have hit that mother and child."

Yu Linglong thought about it and realized that the situation was indeed a bit dangerous. The scholar was indeed courageous, but he just didn't know how to talk.

I can still vividly recall the way he scolded her back then.

The carriage suddenly trembled. Gu Qingwan steadied the two of them, and before Yu Linglong could ask what had happened, the coachman outside answered.

"Master, the road ahead is blocked. It looks like we can't get through anytime soon. Why don't we take a detour?"

"What happened ahead?"

"A carriage has broken down by the roadside, but the road is too narrow for our carriage to pass."

"Okay, let's take another route."

Yu Linglong didn't take the matter seriously and continued chatting with Gu Qingwan about the things in the car.

As the carriage moved along, the surrounding noise gradually subsided, and the carriage slowed down.

The two suddenly felt something was wrong. Just as Yu Linglong was about to get up to check, Gu Qingwan grabbed her hand and shook her head.

"Your Highness, it looks like someone is lying in ambush." ​​Siqi looked around. It was too quiet; not even a bird could be seen. This silence was definitely not normal.

Have you seen anyone?

The moment Gu Qingwan asked the question, a group of masked men holding swords and knives appeared around the carriage.

"Your Highness, Siqi can handle this. Just wait and see from the carriage."

"Be careful."

Yu Linglong and Gu Qingwan sat in the carriage listening to the sounds of swords and spears outside. Yu Linglong was worried, wondering if the assassination attempt was aimed at her or at the Princess Consort of Chu.

"Qingwan..."

"It's alright. It seems like someone is watching us. Either I've dragged you into this, or someone has their eye on you. Let's both think carefully about whether we've offended anyone recently."

As soon as Gu Qingwan finished speaking, someone outside shouted, "If Yu Linglong knows what's good for her, come out now and hand over the Yu family seal! With so many of us, it's only a matter of time before we catch you!"

Yu Linglong's face immediately darkened.

"Hehehe, it seems there's no need to guess anymore. This time it's completely aimed at you. It looks like someone already knows you went out."

Yu Linglong remained silent, her heart filled with even more frustration. The Princess Consort of Chu was absolutely right; someone must have leaked her whereabouts. What was even more infuriating was that she had just learned that Consort Yu was not a daughter of the Yu family when assassins came knocking on her door. Her family… wait!

“My grandparents…”

Gu Qingwan also put away her interest in watching the spectacle and asked, "Your grandfather shouldn't have no experts by his side, right?"

Yu Linglong thought for a moment and said, "I was just worried and confused. Humph, if they want the seal in my hand, it's no surprise that it was my good second uncle who did it. As long as it's him, I have no worries. After all, he can't do anything to my grandfather."

Gu Qingwan shook her head, not quite agreeing with what Yu Linglong said. She felt there was another possibility.

Gu Qingwan's face stiffened. She pulled Yu Linglong down and saw an arrow fly through the air, piercing the carriage wall and landing directly on the other side of the carriage.

The arrow fletching was still trembling, and you could even hear a buzzing sound, which showed how strong the archer was.

If Qingwan hadn't pulled her back, that arrow would probably have pierced her head.

"Qingwan..." Yu Linglong had seen all sorts of life-or-death situations. Last time, she was almost poisoned to death, but Qingwan saved her. This time it was the same person. It was clear that Gu Qingwan was her benefactor.

"Linglong, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, how about you?"

"I'm fine too."

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

Gu Qingwan waved her hand, indicating that now was not the time to talk about this. She looked thoughtfully out the window in the direction from which the arrows had come.

Gu Qingwan narrowed her eyes, her ears twitching as she heard the second arrow whistling through the air. This time, prepared, Gu Qingwan caught it with her bare hands. She examined it in her palm and chuckled.

"No! Qingwan, this will implicate you. You must leave quickly. They will not dare to act rashly once they know you are the Princess Consort of Chu."

Gu Qingwan calmed the agitated Yu Linglong down and said to the outside, "Siqi, that person in the southeast is the one you need to deal with."

Upon hearing this, Siqi didn't hesitate at all. She turned around and flew towards the southeast, where she indeed saw the person who was shooting arrows from the rooftop.

Just then, Ning Yi and Ning Er, who were driving the carriage behind, arrived in time. With their help, the mess was quickly cleaned up.

"Your Highness, should we take the two survivors back to the palace?" Ning Yi asked.

"Leave this to Master Yu. You all pack up and go report to the Prefect of the Capital. Tell him that I, the Princess Consort, have been assassinated, and ask him to properly restore order in the capital."

Yu Linglong looked at the masked men on the ground. One of them had his mask removed, and she recognized him as one of the men who worked for her second uncle.

"This time, I will absolutely not let the second wife off the hook!"

"Don't rush to conclusions. Go back and investigate thoroughly. Find out who leaked it, and whether it really was this 'good second uncle' who did it. He's been trying to kill you for a long time, but he's mostly done things in a clandestine way. Investigate carefully."

"You're right. Qingwan, I'm so sorry you've been dragged into this. I..."

"It's alright, why are we talking about this? Since you have other matters to attend to, you should go back first. My carriage has arrived, I can go back to the Prince's Mansion by myself."

"That's exactly what I was thinking. Farewell."

Siqi, who had chased after them, also returned, but she seemed somewhat annoyed.

"Your Highness, the person who shot the arrow has escaped! What bad luck!"

"It's alright. He's a master. To be able to fire such accurate arrows from so far away shows he's no ordinary person."

"No, that's not true. The princess's arrows are the most accurate."

"Yes, it's a pity I don't have a proper bow and arrow, otherwise I could have given that man a run for his money."

Gu Qingwan's regret was genuine, because everyone around her could hear the regret in her tone, as if she had finally found a worthy opponent to compare herself to, only to have it suddenly disappear.

"Your Highness, please don't be angry. Although that man's arrows were quite powerful, his martial arts skills were not very good. However, his lightness skill was excellent. I struck him with a palm, but he managed to escape."

“You did the right thing. Don’t pursue a cornered enemy. Let’s go back and see the Prince.”

Inside the carriage, Gu Qingwan looked at her fingers, which had been cut from catching scissors with her bare hands; purple, poisonous blood was already flowing from them.

Siqi exclaimed in surprise, "Your Highness, you are injured!"

"It's alright. I didn't expect those people to actually kill Linglong. Siqi went to the far right of the hidden compartment in the carriage and took out a green porcelain bottle."

Siqi immediately became a little nervous. She knew that her princess's constitution was different from others; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she was immune to all poisons. At the very least, most poisons couldn't harm her, so she usually wouldn't use medicine. Once she did...

“Your Highness…” Siqi looked worried.

"It's alright, this little thing is nothing to worry about. I just didn't want Your Highness to worry. It will help the wound heal faster."

Sure enough, after Gu Qingwan poured the medicine from the green porcelain bottle onto the wound, the purple blood first turned black, and then returned to its normal color. When she arrived at the entrance of the Chu Prince's mansion, Gu Qingwan wiped her hand with a handkerchief, and there was only a cut on her hand, which was barely noticeable unless you looked closely, and there was no redness or swelling.