She was caught off guard and stabbed by the assassin. Only then did Qiao Yan arrive late with his men.
Lan Jiaoshu glanced into the room. The prince was still being tender with that slutty woman and didn't notice her injury at all.
Her heart was completely broken.
Di Lanmo's wound had almost healed. Who could have expected a group of unidentified assassins to show up? This really gave Di Lanmo a hard time, and the incident happened right in the prince's mansion.
Chu Zhiyan couldn't forgive himself for failing to protect Di Lanmo. Early in the morning, he set out menacingly to arrest the culprit.
Taking advantage of Chu Zhiyan's absence, Di Lanmo ran out of the room and casually sprawled on the rocking chair in the yard.
Looking closely, there was a grove of peach trees planted here. Each blossom was pink and delicate, truly a fairyland on earth. The sight of all the blooming flowers was really beautiful.
It was a pity that no matter how beautiful the flowers were, they would eventually wither, just like people. She had come to this world out of the blue and somehow gotten to know a bunch of people. She couldn't help asking herself, if she could go back, could she really let go of everything here?
Lost in such random thoughts, Di Lanmo shook her head vigorously.
"Ah, why think about these things? What's meant to come will surely come. Just enjoy the moment while I can." Dimly, Di Lanmo's eyes darkened for a moment.
She casually picked up an apple from the table beside her and took a bite. "Mmm, this apple is quite sweet. With this charming scenery here, it's really a great place to recuperate."
This was a place carefully chosen by Chu Zhiyan. Firstly, it was to relieve boredom, and secondly, to keep Di Lanmo from feeling lonely.
After Di Lanmo finished the apple, she stood up from the rocking chair. A curve formed at the corner of her mouth. She reached out and picked a flower. Just as she was about to put it on her head, she heard a heavy sound of footsteps in the distance. The voice came before the person.
"Hey, Mo Mo, aren't you supposed to be recuperating? Why are you out in the cold wind alone in the yard? Where's Uncle? Why doesn't he take care of you? What if you catch a cold being out here alone?"
Chu Xiuqi said with concern as he took off his cloak and put it on her.
Di Lanmo felt he was acting strange today. "Why don't you call me Ugly Girl anymore?"
"Isn't it nice to call you Mo Mo?"
The little cutie blinked his eyes, looking at her pitifully like a puppy. Di Lanmo's heart melted instantly. She reached out and ruffled his face.
Hearing that the third prince had come to see Di Lanmo, Chu Zhiyan remembered the way he looked at his woman and was worried, so he followed. He neither liked nor disliked this nephew, but he just thought his words were a bit strange.
The group went into the room together. Chu Xiuqi deliberately sat on the edge of Di Lanmo's bed and pouted cutely. "Uncle, you're really something. I've always heard that the prince's mansion is heavily guarded, but still the thieves managed to get in and hurt Mo Mo. If necessary, let Mo Mo come to my place. I can guarantee her safety."
Looking at the wound wrapped around Di Lanmo's body, he said painfully, "If it were me, I'd rather get hurt myself than let Mo Mo get a scratch. And after I go back, I'll train hard to strengthen my body. If Mo Mo is in danger in the future, I'll be able to protect you."
Chu Zhiyan still had a gloomy face and said nothing.
These words made Di Lanmo laugh. She echoed, "Okay, I'll wait for you to protect me in the future."
Woohoo, the kid has grown up and knows how to care about people. I'm so relieved as an old mother.
The third prince was stunned for a moment, then his expression returned to normal.
After the third prince left, Chu Zhiyan carefully covered Di Lanmo with the quilt and whispered to her, "Di Lanmo, you'd better keep some distance from the third prince. I don't know why, but I always feel he has ill intentions. Especially his words just now were clearly trying to drive a wedge between us."
Hearing this, Di Lanmo was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter and didn't take it seriously. "You're even jealous of your nephew. Come on, he's just a kid. He doesn't even know what feelings are yet. Don't take it to heart."
Chu Zhiyan understood all this, but it was obvious that Di Lanmo didn't take his words to heart at all.
Chu Zhiyan personally stayed by Di Lanmo's side until he watched her fall asleep, then he left the room. He always felt a bit restless.
On the other side, in the interrogation room, there were several prisoners locked up. Among them, several were the assassins who had tried to kill Di Lanmo last time.
Qiao Yan was in charge of the interrogation. He had all the assassins brought in.
The assassins were not afraid at all. They stubbornly raised their heads and were tied to the pillars.
It wasn't until Qiao Yan took out the whip that anger showed on the assassins' faces.
Qiao Yan didn't say a word. He picked up the whip and lashed it hard at the men. They howled in pain.
Seeing that they just howled and had no intention of speaking, Qiao Yan frowned. He picked up the branding iron and waved it in front of them.
"I'm asking you, whoever tells me the truth first, who sent you to assassinate the princess? If you don't want to suffer, just tell me the truth." Threatening them, Qiao Yan stepped forward.
He reached out and grabbed one of the assassins' pants and quickly pulled them down. The branding iron got closer, and the scorching heat almost scared the assassin to death.
They were just some bandits with relatively high martial arts skills. They took this job because someone paid them. Who could have thought they would end up in this mess.
Qiao Yan pretended not to know and murmured, "There are thousands of punishments, but I, Qiao, just like vulgar punishments. I like to take the unusual path. You should think carefully about who the mastermind is behind this. Otherwise..."
Suddenly, Qiao Yan flipped his left hand and burned towards a certain part of one of the men.
"Ah..."
"..."
The assassins in the room all shivered involuntarily. They couldn't hold it in any longer and confessed that the mastermind behind it was Lan Shujiao.
After getting the answer he wanted, at first, Qiao Yan couldn't believe it. He didn't tell Chu Zhiyan. Instead, out of years of friendship, he went to find Lan Shujiao first.
Lan Shujiao was extremely scared. Her palms and backs were full of sweat. She was afraid that Qiao Yan would inform on her.
At this point, she decided to go all the way. She might as well just kill him.
She drugged Qiao Yan with the Soul - Severing Powder and left him in the room. Then she took a pack of poison and gently pushed open the door of Di Lanmo's room.
Anyway, she knew she was going to die. If she had to die, she'd take everyone with her!
Just as she was about to poison Di Lanmo, Di Lanmo woke up. She quickly pinched Lan Shujiao's mouth and poured the poison into her mouth.
After pouring it in, Di Lanmo let go. Her face was as cold as frost as she said harshly, "Remember, this is just a warning from this princess. Those who harm others will eventually harm themselves. If there's a next time, I won't show any mercy."
Being threatened like this, Lan Shujiao took the opportunity to take out a dagger and stabbed at Di Lanmo fiercely.
At the critical moment, the third prince kicked her over. The injured Lan Shujiao was taken away by a mysterious person who just happened to arrive. No one knew where she had gone.