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Chapter 1000: Chapter 999: Suspicion

The Emperor, Empress, and the Duke all breathed a sigh of relief; they were worried the assassin’s blade was poisoned, truly fortunate.

The Imperial Physician proceeded to apply medicine and re-bandage the Second Prince.

The Empress looked at the Duke, "How could an assassin enter such a heavily guarded traveling palace?"

"And why did the assassin specifically target my son?"

Jiang Zhongxing coughed lightly, ignoring the latter question, only answering the first: "Your humble servant has also carefully thought through this; outside the traveling palace are three layers of defense, countless secret sentries, and soldiers patrolling every few steps along the wall."

"The fact that the assassin entered without alerting anyone outside indicates there were no abnormalities noticed in the outer defenses." freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

The Emperor raised his brow, "Are you suggesting?"

Jiang Zhongxing bowed slightly, "I believe the assassin was someone from inside the traveling palace itself, hence not alerting the external defenses."

The Emperor narrowed his eyes, "This implies we must focus on this sachet to find the perpetrator."

He signaled Jiang Zhongxing to present the sachet for the Empress to inspect.

Being a woman’s item, the Empress might have seen it before.

Jiang Zhongxing handed the sachet to the nanny beside the Empress; the Empress studied it for a good while, then shook her head, "I can’t recall seeing something similar."

At that moment, the nanny beside the Empress hesitated to speak.

The Duke quickly noticed the nanny’s unusual demeanor, "Does the nanny have something to say?"

The nanny glanced at the Duke, her expression very hesitant.

The hesitance was too obvious, the Emperor noticed it as well, frowning, "Speak freely if you have something to say."

The nanny knelt down with a soft thud, "Your servant, your servant was once an embroideress and always paid attention to the sachets people carried; I seem to have seen a similar sachet on the National Lady."

"Your servant remembers it was light green, also embroidered with white daisies."

The Emperor, Empress, and Jiang Zhongxing did not expect such an answer.

Jiang Zhongxing asked the Second Prince, "When the Second Prince was attacked, were you able to discern whether the assassin was a man or a woman?"

The Second Prince by this time had his arm bandaged by the Imperial Physician and was sitting by his bedside; he thought for a moment then said, "The assassin wore night clothes, with their head covered completely, only revealing a pair of eyes."

"Even so, the assassin’s tall stature, broad shoulders, indicated it was a man."

Jiang Zhongxing then looked at Xie Heng, the Imperial Physician was attending to Xie Heng’s leg wound, Xie Heng nodded, "From the figure, the assassin was indeed a man."

"Oh, and I also managed to stab his shoulder with a sword, on the left shoulder."

Jiang Zhongxing bowed towards the Emperor and Empress, "The assassin must be hiding within the traveling palace; we need to uncover this quickly, otherwise the Emperor and Empress will be restless."

"Since the nanny mentioned the sachet is related to my daughter-in-law, I’ll summon her right away for questioning in front of the Emperor and Empress."

As he spoke, Jiang Zhongxing ordered the personal soldiers to fetch the National Lady.

Yun Jiao was sleeping soundly when Yang Ying came to wake her; Jiang Youzhi also woke up alongside.

Yang Ying whispered, "There’s been an assassin in the palace, the Duke wants you for questioning."

Jiang Youzhi sat up immediately, Yang Ying said, "It’s not you, they want to question the lady." frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

Jiang Youzhi exclaimed in surprise, "Question her?"

Yun Jiao was baffled, but quickly got up, casually pinned up her hair with a hairpin, donned a coat, and walked out with Jiang Youzhi.