Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!
Chapter 1414: Assassination Attempt

Chapter 1414: Chapter 1414: Assassination Attempt

Wen Rong leisurely sipped his tea, yet his mind was preoccupied with his family affairs. Dividing the family among the various branches was out of question, and grandfather did not wish to separate the family either. This time, the Emperor did not show favor to the Wen family and even took multiple opportunities to reprimand his grandfather. If it weren’t for his aunt’s pregnancy, his second uncle might have already been demoted.

Wen Rong thought of how his second brother had returned, speaking ill of Zhou Mingrui, and grandfather may not know how much he took to heart, but he knew that his second uncle had indeed listened.

Lau Song suddenly spoke, "I heard you are getting engaged?"

Wen Rong came back to his senses, put down his teacup, thanked Zhou Mingyun, didn’t even glance at Lau Song, stood up, and walked away.

Lau Song pointed at Wen Rong, "Look at his attitude."

"Is your attitude any better? You start by picking a fight."

Lau Song spread his hands, "You think I want this? We are in opposition, I have to fight."

Mingyun patted Lau Song’s shoulder, both caught in the struggle for power, both needing to fight for their families. He pointed at the tea set, "You clean this up."

Lau Song, "!!!"

At the Wang family, Yu Lu lay on the bed, childbirth in summer made her confinement extremely tough, and she already felt miserable on the first day.

Lady Tao played with her great-grandson, "The child’s name hasn’t been decided yet, the old master wants us to carefully choose a good one."

Yu Lu, "My husband already told me."

Lady Tao continued, "The third-day washing ceremony has been prepared, it will be brought over soon, see if there’s anything you want to change."

Yu Lu quickly said, "Grandmother, you decide."

She had now become a great hero for the Wang family, a feeling she was still not accustomed to.

Lady Tao could never get enough of the child, and thinking about the jealous looks from the second and third wives made her even more thrilled, let them be envious.

Initially, when the Zhou family had not yet risen to prominence, the main branch finalized Yu Lu’s marriage. The second and third branches often mocked the main branch. Once the Zhou family rose, they became jealous. Now that Yu Lu had married over and given birth, both branches were both jealous and envious, releasing the few days’ worth of suppressed feelings.

After the grandmother left, Yu Lu looked at her sleeping son, a light smile also emerged on her lips, free from the pressures of continuing her lineage, she was confident in holding her husband’s heart.

The third-day ceremony of the Wang family was grand, the child was too important for the Wang family, the first male of the fifth generation, the entire Wang clan held it in high regard.

When Zhulan arrived, there were already many guests at the Wang family.

Zhulan went to see Yu Lu and the child, personally lifting the child, smiling, "This child is spirited."

Yu Lu smiled, "Too spirited, quite the handful."

Zhulan, "This means the child is healthy."

Lady Li took over the child, the baby suddenly grabbed the jade pendant, "Mother, look how strong the baby’s grip is."

Zhulan looking at the little hand grabbing the jade pendant, "Indeed not small."

The third-day banquet started soon, and the baby cried very loudly; Yu Lu, being the mother, felt too distressed, but others felt that the loud voice predicted good fortune.

Lady Tao smiled until her eyes squinted shut, while Zhulan was nervous about the child. Upon seeing the child was not crying after being held, she felt relieved.

After the third-day ceremony ended, Zhulan did not rush to leave; she chatted with Lady Tao a bit more. This visit to the Wang family, Yu Lu was indeed esteemed by the Wang family, having just given birth, she received plenty of nice things.

After returning home, Lady Zhao and Su Xuan also followed back to the main house. Zhulan, "Now that we are home, what do you want to talk about?"

Lady Zhao was the first to speak, "Today at the wash-three banquet, someone mentioned Yu Die and expressed a desire to form a marital alliance."

Su Xuan also joined the conversation, "There’s talk about Yu Yi and Yu Wen as well, now that Yu Lu has given birth, everyone thinks that Zhou family women bring good fortune to their husbands."

Zhulan frowned, "It’s being brought up again."

In ancient times, succession of progeny was of utmost importance, both Yushuang and Yu Lu had sons, and their husbands got top ranks in the imperial exam; now it surely established that Zhou family women bring good fortune to their husbands.

Lady Zhao, fearing encountering someone like Mr. Chang’s wife again, tentatively said: "Mother, I think the Liu family is good. Do you want to settle Yu Die’s marriage matter?"

She was not in a hurry initially, but Yu Lu having a child led to talk of Zhou family women bringing good fortune to their husbands again, all she wanted now was to settle the marriage matters.

Zhulan asked, "What is the second son of the Liu family’s character like?"

Lady Zhao suddenly laughed, "Lady Gu told me that recently Yuan Bo has been very generous with spending silver."

Zhulan asked curiously, "How generous?"

"He frequently goes shopping and doesn’t even bargain anymore."

What does this imply? It implies that the second son of Liu wants to shed his miserly reputation. Why the change? He knows his family wants to form an alliance with the Zhou family, and having met the girl, Lady Zhao, being experienced, understands all this.

Zhulan was pleased, "I used to only hear that Liu’s second son was stingy, but now his generosity really has changed a lot."

The deep-rooted stinginess, each act of generosity must feel like cutting his own flesh. For Yu Die, the second son of Liu is willing to ’cut his own flesh’; he truly has taken a liking to Yu Die.

Zhulan thought for a moment, "There’s no rush. You and Chang Yi can reveal our intentions subtly and observe this second son of Liu a bit more."

She paused and then told Su Xuan: "There’s no rush for Yu Yi and Yu Wen either. If somebody asks, just say that I don’t want to settle their marriages early."

Marriage is for a lifetime, currently only Yu Die’s marriage has potential, there’s no hurry for Yu Yi and Yu Wen.

As for visiting the doorsteps, not everyone can step into the Zhou family’s residence now; even if they do come to her directly, she would still give the same persuasion.

Huizhou, the Crown Prince, protected by Prince Qi, arrived at the fortress army camp, the Crown Prince had the military tally and smoothly entered the camp, and he promptly ordered: "Commander of the fortress, find Shangguan Liu and Zhou Mingrui to the southwest."

Prince Qi waited for the fortress commander to take the order and leave, then comforted, "Your Highness need not worry, Shangguan Liu and Zhou Mingrui will be safe and sound."

The Crown Prince pursed his lips, his whereabouts had been exposed, this was his first assassination attempt, and it was a bold one.

It was chaotic at the time, they split into several groups and went in different directions, only Shangguan Liu’s and Zhou Mingrui’s group had the most assassins, all because Shangguan Liu and Ming Rui had been with him for the longest time, to conceal him, the three wore very similar clothing.

At that moment, Shangguan Liu shouted out ’alone’ and deceived the assassins into thinking he was the Crown Prince, the Duke promptly gave the order, a group of men rushed to Shangguan Liu’s side, shouting to protect the Crown Prince, he knew the Duke made the right decision, Shangguan Liu also prepared himself to die at that moment, yet, the Crown Prince took a deep breath and pursed his lips, he decided to wait for news here.

Prince Qi looked at the Crown Prince, thinking to himself that the Crown Prince is still too young and inexperienced, if he were a bit older, he wouldn’t have such strong psychological fluctuations.

Shangguan Liu had won the Crown Prince’s trust with his own life, of course, provided that Shangguan Liu could survive safely.

And Zhou Mingrui, who managed to quickly follow Shangguan Liu and validate that Shangguan Liu was the Crown Prince, also did well.

Prince Qi stood with hands behind his back, at that moment, he couldn’t help but commend Shangguan Liu for his decisiveness, the Shangguan family, alas, the Emperor had already betrothed the Crown Prince to someone else first, at that time he also favored Shangguan’s legitimate daughter.

Ming Rui had several cuts from tree branches on his face, when fleeing for his life, who cares about their face, they had lost their horses, and the guards were covering at the back.

Ming Rui dragged Shangguan Liu and ran, thankful that his constant martial training allowed him to keep running while carrying Shangguan Liu.

Shangguan Liu gasped for breath, "Cough cough, I can’t do it anymore, I really can’t run any further."