After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife always wanted to leave her father behind and keep her

Cui Yuanqing has not left the capital, so Prince Xiang should have known about it, but it is not certain whether Prince Xiang's wife knows about it. After all, with such a conspiracy, the more people know about it, the more dangerous it is.

It was not appropriate to talk about this here. Cheng Songan pulled Duan Zhuyu's hand and said to her, "What have you been busy with recently? Why don't you come to see me anymore?"

Duan Zhuyu blushed and shook her head, "It's nothing, it's just that my mother forced me to do some needlework at home."

Ming Zhan laughed out loud after hearing this: "You've already boasted about the cow to the sky, and you're still talking about needlework? If you don't want to swing the mallet, forget it. I don't believe that big sister can force you to pick up a needle."

Princess Xiang was overjoyed and agreed with it deeply. Even Cheng Songan couldn't help but smile.

Ming Zhan coughed lightly and said, "Having said that, Yu'er is also old enough to get married, and she should learn some needlework and knitting."

Duan Zhuyu twisted her neck and said to Ming Zhan, "Ming Xiurong, you are only a little older than me in terms of generation. In fact, you are only one month older than me. You are still criticizing me. I think it would be better to marry an aunt-in-law who can control you one day."

She was used to being spoiled, and when she was anxious she would call her uncle by his full name.

Seeing that she was angry, Princess Xiang tried to comfort her, but Ming Zhan surprisingly did not refute. He just pursed his lips thoughtfully. Perhaps he did not listen much and thought about the war in the northwest. This brother has been like this since he was a child. Apart from fighting, he has nothing else to do.

She asked softly, "Your brother-in-law was drinking with others on the second floor. Did you see him?"

King Xiang is here too? Cheng Songan felt a little strange.

But Ming Zhan shook his head and said, "Just now I passed by the dock and saw Hong Luo trying to persuade Zhu Yu to leave. She didn't want to, so I escorted her here."

Princess Xiang nodded and was about to speak when she suddenly heard a loud bang from the second floor.

Ming Zhan immediately tightened the sword in his hand and quickly stepped out of the door. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly turned back and said to the inside of the house, "Don't come out."

Cheng Songan felt heavy-hearted. Her intuition told her that this was related to Cui Yuanqing. In the carriage, he had said that no matter what happened, she should not care.

She forced herself to calm down and said to Princess Xiang and Duan Zhuyu, "Princess, Yu'er, let's close the door. There are people guarding outside."

Duan Zhuyu excitedly lay at the door and kept looking towards the second floor. With her uncle there, no one could hurt her. How could she not watch such a lively scene?

"Yu'er, come back!" Princess Xiang called in a low voice, and sat down on the chair by the window. She reached out to hug Chi Yu and kept stroking the back of its neck to comfort it. Her expression was solemn, but she was not panicked, nor surprised, and she was not curious about what was happening outside.

She knew something would happen today! In other words, no matter what happened, it was planned by the King of Xiang, the Queen of Xiang, and Cui Yuanqing.

Cheng Songan suppressed his curiosity and sat on the chair. Screams from outside, one louder than the other, came into his ears.

Duan Zhuyu couldn't sit still, so he opened the door again and leaned over the railing to look down. He was shocked when he saw it, and said with a pale face, "There is an assassin! Uncle Jin is injured!"

Cheng Songan couldn't help but feel a little nervous. In his previous life, there had never been such a thing as the assassination of Prince Jin. If it was planned by Cui Yuanqing, why did he choose Hongyan Tower, a place where nobles frequently visited?

"Yu'er, come back soon!" Seeing Duan Zhuyu shouting, Princess Xiang became a little anxious and kept urging her to go back into the house.

Duan Zhuyu had some martial arts skills, and no one dared to fight her. She thought she was very skilled in martial arts, so she didn't take the assassin seriously. She shouted downstairs, "Uncle Jin, how are you?"

When Prince Jin heard the voice, he looked in her direction, then immediately covered his shoulders and stepped onto the stairs, staggering upstairs. He walked very slowly, and the assassin behind him caught up with him almost effortlessly.

Duan Zhuyu, remembering that Prince Jin had been kind to her in the past, also ran over to meet him, but when Prince Jin was still one step away from reaching the top, he fell to the ground. The assassin behind him stepped up the steps and stabbed him in the back with a long sword.

"Ah! Be careful!" Duan Zhuyu screamed, causing Princess Xiang to be unable to sit still any longer. She and Cheng Songan ran out to pull her back.

With a "dang" sound, another long sword blocked the assassin's sword. It was Ming Zhan who saw that King Jin was defeated and came to rescue him. He frowned and said to Duan Zhuyu, "Go back!"

This scolding was very dignified, completely different from the shy boy just now.

Duan Zhuyu hurriedly pulled Prince Jin into the house to hide, but Prince Jin seemed unable to walk. He lay down on the steps, took a deep breath, and Duan Zhuyu could not pull him.

Cheng Songan quickly asked Qiangwei to help, and the two of them dragged Prince Jin up from the stairs and helped him to the door.

There was a sword wound on Prince Jin's arm, and blood was constantly oozing out of it, but it didn't look very serious, and he wouldn't fall to the ground and die.

Cheng Songan and Princess Xiang were too concerned to avoid suspicion and were about to let him in when they heard Prince Xiang scream from below: "Xiu Rong, save me!"

Princess Xiang was so frightened that her face turned pale and her legs went limp. She shouted to Ming Zhan, "Third brother, go and save your brother-in-law."

Ming Zhan originally wanted to capture the man alive, but he had to give up now. He used a few brutal moves to end the assassin's life, then turned around and ran downstairs.

Cheng Songan held on to the door frame tightly, unable to control her feet, and took a step forward. She knew it couldn't be Cui Yuanqing, but she still wanted to see it with her own eyes.

Before he took two steps, two masked men jumped up from downstairs again. They picked up the assassin's body, one on the left and one on the right, and wanted to escape through the window. However, there was a lot of noise outside the window. The imperial guards heard the news and surrounded Hongyan Tower. The upstairs and downstairs were crowded with people.

One assassin carried the body on his back and joined the assassin who did the same on the second floor, and stood on the stairs between the second and third floors.

Prince Jin walked out of the house and passed by Cheng Songan. He was no longer as weak as before. He stepped out from the crowd and said to the imperial guards, "Don't let any of them go."

Another assassin with his hands free jumped up lightly and stabbed towards Prince Jin, apparently intending to take him hostage, but Prince Jin suddenly became unusually agile and moved lightly, and he was already inside the house.

Duan Zhuyu shouted, "Sister Cheng, come back soon."

Cheng Songan was startled, and seeing the assassin coming, she immediately ran back. Strangely, the assassin ignored her and continued to chase Prince Jin.

But when he passed by her, there was a faint smell of blood mixed with the fragrance of soapberry.

Cheng Songan paused, slipped, and fell towards him. The assassin was not expecting her to do this, and subconsciously reached out to catch her in his hands.

"Ah!" Cheng Songan screamed, then covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves and whispered, "Take me into the house and jump out the window!"