Wen Qianyue couldn't stand such a dirty person entering her yard. She directly told Yue Heng to clean the person up and then send him over.
Feng Sa originally didn't want to go. It was not until Wen Qianyue coaxed him by saying there were snacks that he reluctantly followed.
Wen Qianyue didn't fully believe what Feng Sa had said.
She thought she still had to test him.
When Feng Sa came back, he gobbled up all the pastries prepared by Su Ye. Only then did Wen Qianyue calmly start to speak.
"Do you still remember who told you to kill me?"
Feng Sa nodded without the slightest hesitation.
Xie Yunxiao gave him a surprised look.
"Who is that person?"
Feng Sa fell silent.
Wen Qianyue looked at him and came up with an idea. "Since you remember, could you do me a favor?"
Feng Sa put down the pastry in his hand and nodded seriously. "I'll agree to anything Uncle's Sister asks."
Wen Qianyue didn't care how he addressed her anymore. She motioned for him to come closer and whispered a few words in his ear.
Feng Sa listened, nodded, then turned around and left without looking back.
Xie Yunxiao was stunned. Just as he was about to stop Feng Sa, Wen Qianyue stopped him.
"I told him to assassinate the person who wants to kill me."
"What?" Xie Yunxiao looked worriedly at the direction Feng Sa had left. "But what if he runs away?"
"He won't." Yue Heng, who had been silent by the side, suddenly said. "He's highly skilled in martial arts. If he had wanted to run away when he went to take a bath just now, I definitely wouldn't have been his match."
Xie Yunxiao was shocked. "He's that good?"
Wen Qianyue gave him an amused look. "We'll know the result soon."
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Lingwang Mansion.
Wen Chengen had just come out of the concubine's yard when he ran into Wen Chengci, who was coming back from the princess's yard.
Although they were brothers, they weren't very close.
"Second brother is really filial to the princess," Wen Chengen said with a slight curl of his lips, but his smile didn't reach his eyes.
Wen Chengci looked cold. He glanced at the yard behind him and said sarcastically, "Isn't the heir apparent the same?"
"Second brother was born to Concubine Li. Why do you visit the princess so often? People who don't know might think the princess is your real mother."
Wen Chengci gave a cold smile, and his eyes became even more profound. "Doesn't the heir apparent's words contradict themselves?"
Wen Chengen immediately understood what he meant.
On the surface, he was the eldest legitimate son of the princess, but he also visited Concubine Li's yard often.
But the king almost stayed in Concubine Li's yard every day. If he didn't come here, he might not see the king for ten days or half a month.
Wen Chengci didn't want to talk to him. He directly walked past him. But when he was close to Wen Chengen, he was suddenly grabbed.
Cold sweat broke out on Wen Chengci's forehead. He bit his lip and forced himself to turn his head. "What do you want?"
Wen Chengen let go of his hand and smiled gracefully. "It's nothing. I just remembered that the concubine seems to be looking for you."
Wen Chengci half-lifted his eyelids. His emotions were hard to read. Then he directly turned around and left.
Wen Chengen watched his leaving figure and couldn't help but smile smugly.
It was Wen Chengci's bad luck to be born later than him. He never got any good things.
After returning to his room, a servant hurriedly ran over.
"Your Highness, we still haven't found Yue Heng and the others. None of our people survived."
Wen Chengen almost crushed the teacup in his hand. He gritted his teeth.
"Send more people to look for them. I don't care what methods you use. You must find them. Otherwise, don't come back to see me!"
"Yes."
Originally, he thought the plan was foolproof. Feng Xueye was a top assassin he had hired at a high price. He received the signal yesterday, but he waited all night and didn't see anyone.
Could something have happened to Feng Xueye?
But with his skills, it shouldn't be possible. He was even more confused.
"Your Highness, the letter has been sent to the Junwang Mansion. What if Xie Yunxiao asks for someone?"
Wen Chengen thought for a while. "Stall him for now. Anyway, Feng Xueye has already succeeded. Since Xie Yunxiao can't find the person, he can only listen to us."
"Your Highness is bril—"
Before the servant could finish his words, an accident happened.
Before Wen Chengen could see clearly what the person in front of him looked like, a dagger had stabbed into his chest.
"Someone! There's an assassin! Protect the heir apparent!!!"
Before the servant could finish shouting, Feng Sa had grabbed Wen Chengen and run away.
Watching the heir apparent being hijacked and injured right in front of their eyes was like a nightmare. The problem was that they were completely helpless.
The news that the heir apparent of the Lingwang Mansion had been assassinated, stabbed, stripped naked, and thrown into the wilderness quickly spread throughout Lingzhou.
It spread even faster than a plague.
When Xie Yunxiao heard the news, he almost fell off his chair laughing.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect Wen Chengen to end up like this... Hahaha." He laughed and stroked Feng Sa's head, not sparing any praise. "Well done. I'll ask the kitchen to make you something delicious tonight."
But Feng Sa didn't appreciate it at all. Instead, he turned to Wen Qianyue and gave her a flattering smile.
Wen Qianyue motioned for Su Ye to take him out to play with the pastries.
After they left, Xie Yunxiao let out a sigh of relief. Finally, he asked, "Mother, are we really going to keep him in the mansion?"
"Let him stay for now. He's good at martial arts. He'll still be useful."
"What if he remembers everything later?"
Wen Qianyue stood up and smiled at Feng Sa, who was running over. "It's not that easy."
Before Xie Yunxiao could figure out what his mother meant, Wen Qianyue turned to him and asked, "What do you think of his martial arts skills?"
Xie Yunxiao nodded. He was really impressed. "Good."
"I've already talked to him. Starting tomorrow, he'll accompany you to practice martial arts."
Xie Yunxiao stood up in astonishment. He couldn't believe it. "You want him to teach me?"
Wen Qianyue didn't understand why Xie Yunxiao had such a strong reaction. "Is there any problem?"
"But, but aren't you sending me to Yufeng Academy to study?"
Wen Qianyue looked at him. "It doesn't conflict."
Xie Yunxiao resigned himself. "… I understand."
Wen Qianyue could sense Xie Yunxiao's reluctance. But it wasn't a good thing to just spoil and protect a child during his growth.
Only by letting him experience hardships, feel them for himself, and overcome them could he truly grow up and be able to do what he wanted in the future.
The case of the Ji family also had a result. Ji's father and mother were sentenced to exile. During the interrogation, they tried their best to take all the blame on themselves and cleared Ji Wenzhen.
Moreover, he was a favorite student of Yufeng Academy. In the end, Magistrate Li didn't go too far. He just gave Ji Wenzhen a few dozen strokes of the cane and then released him.
Meng Ruxue had left the mansion a few times. Every time she came back, her face looked bad.
Wen Chengen's own life was in danger, so he naturally had no time to care about the Ji family's affairs.
In the past few days, Xie Yunxiao had been practicing martial arts with Feng Sa. Although Feng Sa had a head injury, he listened to Wen Qianyue very much.
Every morning, he would wake Xie Yunxiao up from his bed on time. After they finished practicing, he would happily run to Guanyun Courtyard to ask Su Ye for pastries.
No matter how hot-tempered Xie Yunxiao was, he had no way to deal with Feng Sa.
He couldn't beat him, scolding him was useless, and reasoning with him was a waste of time.
For several consecutive days, Xie Yunxiao was exhausted both physically and mentally from the training. He even had no intention of going to Bingqing Small Courtyard to see Meng Ruxue.