Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 38

Chapter 38 Run Into An Assassin
The two of them silently got off the car and quietly returned to their own room. Neither of them went out to accompany the Duanmu Yuan Clan to guard the year. Even Duanmu Yuan Clan, they only went to Orchid Garden to accompany Ying Ran and talked before leaving. As for the New Year’s Eve dinner, they had just eaten it in the palace, so it was fine if they didn’t eat it.

Over the next few days, Apart from visiting relatives and friends, Fu Yingran chatted with her two mothers, rushed to make wedding clothes, occasionally went to the streets, and looked at the capital of the Great Wei Kingdom. He thought in his heart, perhaps there would be no chance to come back in the future. He also went to see what the Empress Dowager had prepared for her, and then stored the money given by his father and Emperor in the bank under the name of Tian Yi Zhuang.

Following that was the arrangement of the entourage. She planned to bring only Jin’er and Cui’er to Ye Lan. Nanny Yang did not plan to bring them with her. The climate of Ye Lan was not suitable for retirement, so Ying Ran left the imperial daughter’s mansion to her. There were also eighteen palace maids and eunuchs and a pair of guards accompanying her in the palace.

Everything was arranged. On the fifth day of the first lunar month, after dinner, Ying Ran was picked up by the carriage in the palace. She said that she was going to kowtow to her ancestors early tomorrow morning. Then, she received the imperial edict in front of the Hall of Diligence. After bidding farewell to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, she and Huyan Mingshuo bowed to heaven and earth before leaving the palace to Ye Lan with Huyan Mingshuo.

As for the carriage Fu Yingran was riding, just as he was about to use Prince Li Duan’s Mansion’s sphere of influence, several figures suddenly floated over. Without saying a word, the sword in his hand slashed at anyone. The guard hurriedly reported to Fu Yingran, “Report to the Imperial Daughter that we have encountered an assassin. Please don’t come out.”

With that, he turned around and continued to fight. Ying Ran could only hear the sound of the sword colliding with the sound of the guards falling down. This time, she couldn’t sit still in the carriage. No matter what era she was in, she was not a stable master. At this moment, the fight outside had already aroused the bellicose elements in her blood.

So she lifted the curtain and stood out, “Get out of my way. Hurry up and send someone back to the Prince’s Mansion to report. Leave this to this princess. This princess wants to see who is so bold as to dare to act wildly on my head.”

As soon as Fu Yingran finished speaking, he saw her float to the center of the fight. She pulled out the soft sword wrapped around her waist and raised it with her hand. However, she did not want anyone to die. She only broke the tendons of her opponent’s hands and feet and ordered the guards who were dumbfounded to say, “What are you waiting for? Remove these people’s jaws.”

It seemed that the original owner had learned quite a bit of martial arts from Duanmu Yuan, so he could deal with at least a dozen people.

Ying Ran was based on her experience in reading martial arts novels. She knew that these people must be dead men. Normally, they would hide poison in their mouths and commit suicide by taking poison when necessary. This was to prevent them from being captured, so as to avoid being tortured and reveal the mastermind behind the scenes. Therefore, she instructed them like this.

He didn’t want these guards to come back to their senses. They really walked over and removed the jaws of the assassins. Ying Ran stood there alone. Facing a dozen assassins, even though his martial arts skills were not bad, after all, he didn’t have enough strength. After a long time, he felt a little exhausted. Just as she was about to collapse, Fu Tianchen arrived with the Duanwangfu people.

When Fu Tianchen saw Ying Ran circling among the assassins alone, he was infuriated for a moment. He rushed over with his saber and dealt with more than a dozen assassins in three or two strikes. He turned around to pull Ying Ran and asked, “Little Sister, are you alright? Are you injured?”

“Second brother, I’m fine. However, what should we do with these assassins? Those are the survivors I left behind.” Ying Ran pointed at the people who were still rolling on the ground and said.

Fu Tianchen looked at the few remaining palace guards around him and instructed, “Dispose of all the corpses and bring these people back to Prince Duan’s Mansion. This general will interrogate them overnight.” Then, he turned around and instructed a guard, “Hurry up and enter the palace. Tell the Emperor what happened here. Tell him that he would have personally escorted Princess Jingxian into the palace tomorrow.”

He thought to himself, could such a guard really safely send Ying Ran to Ye Lan? Your Majesty is truly heartfelt. Even if the palace guards are so incompetent, he can still live peacefully in the palace?

After Fu Tianchen finished speaking, he pulled Fu Yingran onto his horse. The siblings rode back to Prince Duan’s Mansion together, excluding father and brother from the Great Wei Kingdom’s men’s and women’s defense.

When the two of them arrived at Prince Duan’s Mansion, everyone was waiting at the door. Of course, Prince Shuo was there as well. However, when he saw the few survivors, his heart sank. Yes, he recognized that these people were from Ye Lan. As for who sent them, it was hard to say.

Seeing his expression, Fu Yingran gave him a meaningful look. Without saying anything else, he directly entered the manor. He should be with his personal guards now, because he had to go to the palace to pick her up tomorrow, and then return to Ye Lan together. There were some things that needed to be arranged in advance.

After entering the manor, I only heard Fu Tianchen instruct, “Someone, bring these people to the dungeon. This general will interrogate them overnight.” When Fu Yingran heard this, he opened his eyes wide and asked his brother, “Second brother, does our family have that thing in the dungeon? Why haven’t I seen it before?”

Fu Tianchen looked at her and said, “Yes, Second Brother will bring you to see him now.” How could there not be a dungeon in the dignified Prince Duan Mansion? It was just that Fu Yingran had not been in the mansion all this time, and there had been many things happening during this period of time, so she didn’t know about it.

“Alright, let’s go.” At this moment, Ying Ran was happily hanging on his brother’s arm again. The siblings led the way, and everyone followed suit, heading towards the dungeon.

After arriving in the dungeon, Ying Ran saw a cross made of wooden stakes and rows of torture tools. Then, Fu Tianchen said with incomparable dignity, “Help me carry them up.” Then, he saw two palace guards rushing forward to carry him up.

At this time, Fu Yingran said excitedly, “Second brother, I haven’t tried to interrogate anyone yet. Let me play once, okay?” Sometimes interrogating a prisoner does not necessarily require physical torture, but mental torture is the best weapon to destroy a person’s will.

“Alright, alright.” Fu Tianchen replied and took two steps back to sit on the chair. The servants of the Wang Clan were smart enough to bring in chairs for each master.

Fu Tianchen thought to himself that Ying Ran was about to leave the Great Wei Empire and would leave their protection. She went to Ye Lan alone and had no relatives. With her status, assassination and assassination would definitely be necessary at that time. It would be good for her to train first, so he decided to follow her.

Everyone only saw Fu Yingran casually playing with the torture tools. He asked calmly, “Tell me, who are you? Who told you to kill me? What’s the benefit of killing me?”

The few of them glanced at each other and didn’t say anything. They just looked at Huyan Mingshuo silently. Fu Yingran saw him and immediately changed his tone and asked again in Mongolian. At this time, not only the assassins, even Huyan Mingshuo was shocked. Fu Yingran could speak the language of Ye Lan.

Since she could understand, she could naturally say a few words. What was there to make a fuss about? In addition, she had been in contact with Huyan Mingshuo a lot during this period of time. He did not avoid her when communicating with his subordinates. Moreover, her learning ability had always been very strong, so she had learned a lot of Ye Lan language.

“You don’t have to ask. We don’t know anything. Kill us.”

Seeing that the assassins were still unwilling to say anything, Ying Ran wasn’t anxious either. He just said to Huyan Mingshuo indifferently, “Prince Shuo, aren’t you going to say a few words? It seems like they all know you.” Fu Yingran also knew that this matter had nothing to do with him, but she wanted to force him to deal with this matter.

Hearing Ying Ran’s words, Huyan Mingshuo stood up and walked towards the assassins. He said calmly, “If you tell me who is behind the scenes, you can protect the relatives of the nine races. If you don’t tell me, I will strip you naked and hang you from the city gate. I will watch as the nine races are annihilated and you live alone.” Ying Ran had never seen such a high and mighty aura before.

The men on the grassland were the most bloodthirsty. Such punishment was a fatal insult. After a moment of silence, the few of them suddenly said, “The servants were ordered by King Zuo Xian to secretly sneak into the Great Wei to assassinate and kill their loved ones in order to prevent the Great Wei Princess from entering Ye Lan.”

“Why?” Crown Prince Shuo did not understand. If he could not get married, Ye Lan would lose the support of the Great Wei Kingdom. This would be a disaster for Ye Lan.

“Because Miss Helian Lanying did not eat or drink after hearing the news of the Crown Prince’s marriage. Now, she is on the verge of death, so Prince Zuo Xian sent us to sneak into the Great Wei to kill the person who married her. In this way, the Crown Prince can only marry Miss Helian Lanying.”