Pampered By All In Different Planes

Chapter 186: Chapter 186: Lucky Star Farmland Keeps Calm, Heirless Husband Busy Chasing Wife 46 Chapter 186: Chapter 186: Lucky Star Farmland Keeps Calm, Heirless Husband Busy Chasing Wife 46 The assassin was the very same one who had been smashed on the head with a teapot by Su Zhiruan and pierced through the shoulder blade by Fu Huaichu’s sword. He silently disposed of the guard, and using the sound of the wind, he approached the carriage. From a position where others couldn’t see him, the corners of his mouth curled up into a sinister smile.

“How did you come back—assassin!” The guard who was supposed to be watching the carriage thought it was another guard returning, but to his surprise, he saw a figure clad in black, his head covered in crusted blood. He immediately drew his longsword from its scabbard, ready to grapple with the assassin, “I didn’t expect there to actually be someone faking death. Die!”

The assassin looked at him indifferently, then pushed the carriage forcefully. Su Zhiruan had wanted to disembark from the carriage to check the situation but unexpectedly, the assassin’s push was so powerful that the carriage, already on a snowy slope, began moving and tumbling down as it was on an inclined slope.

“Your Highness! Miss Su!” The guard panicked, rushing forward to grab the carriage, but at that moment, the assassin picked up another longsword from the ground, aiming straight for the guard’s vitals. His moves were too rapid. The lone guard could hardly fend off the attack, despite risking his life to try and pull back the carriage.

“Everyone in the dog Emperor’s family must go to Hell, hahaha.” The assassin burst into loud laughter. Taking advantage of the guard’s distraction, he clumsily fired several arrows from his crossbow. The guard was pierced in many places. The assassin continued to laugh wildly, “Fu Huaichu! Don’t fall into my hands in your next life! Hahaha! Dying with a beauty for company, you don’t lose out!”

The guard watched as the carriage rapidly slid down and eventually fell off the cliff; his eyes filled with rage. Ignoring his severe injuries, he shouted at the top of his lungs, “Crown Prince—Miss Su—”
Unfortunately, the carriage plummeted to the bottom of the valley and disappeared from sight.

The next second, the assassin was fiercely stabbed by the guard, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth as he fell to the ground, becoming a corpse.

The guard, too, from severe injuries and excessive blood loss, collapsed onto the icy snow, lifeless.

Before closing his eyes, he saw a group from the Imperial Palace rushing their way here, led by the Emperor and Empress, both looking extremely anxious.

*
Zhezhi and Zheye were taken back to the palace by the Emperor and Empress.

When the Emperor and Empress arrived at the mountain road of Plum Blossom Valley, the carriage had already fallen to the bottom of the valley. The ground was strewn with the remains of assassins and guards, with heavy snow falling all around. The whole mountaintop was white, but here, the ground was covered in fresh blood.

Both of them were already old and could not withstand such a shock; especially after the Imperial Guard had searched everywhere and found that Fu Huaichu, Su Zhiruan, and the two children were all missing, the Emperor and Empress nearly fainted in the snow.

Later, Zhezhi and Zheye heard their voices. After confirming that they were indeed their grandparents, they ran out and hugged them tightly, crying bitterly.

“Grandpa, Grandma~ Mommy and Daddy ran into bad people, and the bad people wanted to kill them. It seems like Mommy and Daddy fell down…” Zhezhi cried breathlessly, clinging tightly to the Empress. She was just a three-and-a-half-year-old child who suddenly experienced such turmoil. The mother she loved the most, and the father who had just recognized them, had both fallen off the cliff, shattering her world.

Zheye was slightly calmer, but it was evident that his hands were shaking. He knelt on the ground, staring deeply at the cliff as if trying to see his parents.

He didn’t cry loudly, but his eyes were already red. The Emperor, moved by pity, dismounted and took him into his arms.

“Search for them! Send people to investigate! Have the Minister of the Ministry of Justice wait in the Imperial Study Room!” the Emperor exclaimed angrily, carrying Zheye in his arms, his voice ice-cold and commanding, “The incident today must be thoroughly investigated and, moreover, let ten thousand troops search for the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess Consort! Within three days, I want an answer!”

At this moment, countless Imperial Guards behind knew that the two children in the arms of the Emperor and Empress were perhaps the children of the Crown Prince and Miss Su, that is, the Imperial Grandson and Granddaughter.

But they dared not show their shock; the pressing issue was to first go down and search for the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Consort.

This matter, personally overseen by His Majesty, was sure to eradicate the assassin’s den completely.

The Wang Dynasty was the preeminent empire of the day; numerous smaller nations surrounded it yet dared not offend. The Emperor ruled with strict integrity, wisdom, and compassion, and the Crown Prince was no different.

But to be attacked by assassins at the foot of the Emperor in Capital City and to fall off a cliff, leaving his life hanging in the balance, was a blatant provocation!

Zhezhi and Zheye appeared overly frightened at this time. The Empress could not afford to delay and had the Imperial Guard search for people. Meanwhile, she took the two children away from there and placed them in the palace.

Zhezhi and Zheye were personally brought back to the palace by the Empress, and from her and her companion’s attitudes, it was apparent these two children, who looked only three or four years old, were far from ordinary.

The palace attendants, astute as ever, speculated about the two children’s identities and did not dare neglect them in their actions. Even though they were temporarily placed within the palace, they were treated with the protocols reserved for princes and princesses.

Upon learning of this, the Third Prince, Fu Huaizhong, rushed into the palace to inquire but ended up facing the two little kids with the Empress, all staring at each other.

“These are your elder brother’s children, your niece, and nephew,” the Empress explained to Fu Huaizhong while she was tidying up her outerwear, arranging the palace maids, and preparing to embark on a journey.

Fu Huaichu looked at his small nephew and niece, the nephew bearing a striking resemblance to his elder brother, and the niece… why did she somewhat remind him of the woman he had fallen in love with at first sight?

Yet the thought only lasted a moment as he suddenly rushed out, “Mother, what exactly has happened to elder brother? Did he truly fall into the valley? I’ll come with you. I’m worried about elder brother!”

…

Ultimately, Zhezhi and Zheye arrived in the Imperial Study Room where the Empress and Fu Huaizhong anxiously set out to search for people. The Emperor was also very worried, but at that moment, he needed to summon the ministers to coordinate a search for Fu Huaichu and Su Zhiruan, as well as dispatch troops to annihilate the assassin’s lair.

Three days passed in an instant, and the Emperor thought Zhezhi and Zheye would become restless, as they spent all day in the Imperial Study Room helping him with his official duties, which would certainly lead to irritability.

However, contrary to his expectations, Zhezhi and Zheye, though young in age, were extremely mature in mind.

He tentatively gave some simple petitions for Zheye to review, but discovered his responses far exceeded those of his peers, showing a flair reminiscent of Fu Huaichu’s style despite being only three-and-a-half-years old, handling simple petitions with ease.

Meanwhile, Zhezhi began by looking at storybooks but then accidentally pointed out a discrepancy in the account books submitted by the Ministry of Rites, which astounded the Emperor. He found that the seemingly delicate Zhezhi had a remarkable talent for accounting.

This meant both children were prodigies, even surpassing ordinary geniuses by a wide margin.

Moreover, with their sweet talk and delicate features, they won over the hearts of the Empress and him.

It was no exaggeration to say they became the darlings of the entire Imperial Palace.

*
Meanwhile, the missing Su Zhiruan and Fu Huaichu were sitting in a cave, roasting meat.

Three days ago—

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