Jun Mo did not stay long at the Minister's Estate before he rushed off to interrogate the captured death warriors.
No sooner had Jun Mo left than Mother Su entered.
"Li'er! Let Mother see you quickly!" Mother Su's eyes were filled with urgency.
Father Su had waited until dawn to tell her what happened last night. The moment Prince Jing left, she rushed over, anxious to see for herself.
Although she'd heard it wasn't too dangerous, she knew her husband was simply trying to spare her worry. For someone to be able to chase a target all the way into their estate, they had to possess incredibly high martial arts skills. How could it not be dangerous?
Su Li spun around in front of Mother Su, reassuring her, "Mother, your daughter is perfectly fine; not a single hair has been harmed."
Only when Mother Su saw that her daughter was indeed unharmed did she let out a sigh of relief.
"Who exactly are they? To dare to assassinate someone within the esteemed Minister's Estate! They truly have no regard for the law!" Mother Su said coldly.
Su Li helped her mother sit down and poured her a cup of tea, saying, "Your daughter doesn't know either. Ziyan said we'll know who's behind it within a day at the latest."
Mother Su's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Is it because your business has become too vast, blocking someone else's path, and they want to eliminate a rival?"
Su Li considered this possibility; it wasn't entirely impossible, but unlikely.
Since ancient times, commoners don't contend with officials. Her status was special, and ordinary merchants lacked both the audacity and the power to do something like this.
Moreover, while her businesses were thriving, she hadn't significantly impacted her competitors.
Take food, for instance: her hotpot restaurant was the first of its kind. Although other establishments gradually opened, their flavors were vastly different.
For clothing shops, they had their own embroidery workshops, and the patterns they embroidered were all self-designed, making them truly unique.
As for cosmetic shops, they focused on the 'lovers' market, which had no impact on common street vendors. Her Su's Cosmetics shop aimed for exquisite quality, with limited supply, so it didn't affect larger cosmetic stores much either.
And as for her shops selling goods from the south, they were unique to the Capital City.
While she certainly earned a lot, her philosophy was always about collective prosperity and harmonious wealth generation.
So, where did this talk of blocking someone's path come from?
That said, it wasn't impossible for someone to be jealous.
"Mother, there's no need to overthink it now. We'll know once the interrogation results are out," Su Li said.
Mother Su, still uneasy, admonished her daughter, "For the next few days, you are to stay honestly within the estate and not go out, understand? If anything were to happen to you, your mother couldn't bear it."
Su Li obediently agreed.
Just then, Wei Yuanyao's voice echoed from the courtyard.
"Li'er!"
Su Li smiled, "It's Cousin."
"She must have heard about it too and came to see you," Mother Su said.
Wei Yuanyao entered and greeted Mother Su.
Mother Su smiled, "You two chat. Your mother will return to the courtyard to check on Yu Ge."
"Mother, take care."
"Aunt, take care."
After Mother Su left, Wei Yuanyao quickly stepped forward.
"I heard my father talking about what happened to you this morning, and it scared me to death! How are you? Are you alright?" Wei Yuanyao asked, anxiously scrutinizing Su Li.
Su Li smiled, "I'm fine, Cousin, don't worry."
"I was so worried! Who exactly is so audacious and vicious, sending so many death warriors to a young lady's boudoir to kill her! For a young lady of the gentry to be targeted to such an extent, I fear you might be the only one in the entire Capital City."
Su Li felt helpless. She hadn't expected someone to directly send assassins to her home.
She didn't dare say much else, but just her status as the future Prince Jing's Consort alone should have deterred ordinary petty criminals from such an act.
Seeing Su Li offer no response, Wei Yuanyao suddenly leaned in conspiratorially and whispered, "Cousin, I suspect one person; there's only one person in the Capital City who wishes you didn't exist."
Su Li asked, puzzled, "Who?"
She suspected Jun Hui, but her cousin certainly wouldn't know about her enmity with Jun Hui.
To outsiders, because Jun Hui had proposed marriage, some rumors circulated that he was deeply infatuated with her, but no one would think Jun Hui would actually make a move against her.
So, she was curious about the person her cousin was referring to.
"I think it's Zhao Wange. Look, she also likes His Royal Highness Prince Jing. Now that your wedding date is set, she couldn't hold back anymore. Love turning into hatred is truly terrifying!" The more Wei Yuanyao spoke, the more convinced she became that she had guessed the truth.
Su Li was momentarily stunned. Zhao Wange? It had been so long since she'd heard that name; if her cousin hadn't brought her up, Su Li would have almost forgotten about her.
Su Li shook her head and said, "No, even if she hates me, she doesn't have the capability to find so many death warriors. These death warriors aren't ordinary jianghu vagrants; they are carefully cultivated by someone."
Wei Yuanyao frowned, "Then who could it be?"
Su Li smiled, "It's alright, I believe this person will be caught very soon, Cousin, don't worry anymore."
Su Li didn't want to dwell on it further, so she changed the subject, "Cousin, your wedding date is approaching; how is your wedding dress coming along?"
Wei Yuanyao gave a proud smile. "I don't need to embroider my wedding dress myself! My mother knows my embroidery skills aren't good, so she hired someone to do it. I'll just embroider a few stitches at the end for good luck. Li'er, your wedding is less than a month after mine. Where's your wedding dress?" She finished, looking around but not seeing any embroidery frame.
Su Li chuckled softly, "My wedding date is simply too soon. If I relied on myself to embroider it, I'm afraid I wouldn't finish in time. So, I don't need to embroider it; His Royal Highness said he would send it when the time comes."
Wei Yuanyao said enviously, "Prince Jing is truly thoughtful; he's so good to you."
"Isn't Third Young Master Ji good to you? I've heard that Third Young Master Ji has taken quite a few beatings from Cousin, yet he still comes to your home every day, collecting all sorts of exquisite trinkets for you daily. Now that is truly enviable."
Wei Yuanyao chuckled, "That man still treats me like a child."
Her tone was dismissive, but the smile in her eyes couldn't be hidden.
The two cousins chatted in the room, and before they knew it, it was noon.
Wangxia entered and said, "Miss, Young Miss Wei, Madam has asked you to come to the main courtyard for lunch."
Su Li rose and took Wei Yuanyao's hand, "Let's go."
Consort Yun rose in the early morning, expecting to hear good news.
After all, wouldn't it be an effortless task for over twenty death warriors to assassinate a powerless young lady from an official family?
To her surprise, what she heard was that not a single person she had sent had returned.
"Say that again!" Consort Yun stared incredulously at the person kneeling in the hall.
"Your Ladyship, please forgive me!" The man in the hall hung his head.
"Useless! Every single one of you is useless!"
"You couldn't even kill a mere young girl; what use is it for this Consort to keep you?!"
The man in the hall dared not utter a sound.
Consort Yun raged for a long while, then her eyes turned sinister as she said, "Send more people! This Consort will have her life!"
"Whose life does Imperial Mother want?" Jun Hui entered from outside the hall.
Consort Yun looked at the man and said, "You may leave."
"Yes, this subordinate takes his leave!"
When only the mother and son remained in the hall, Jun Hui stepped forward and asked again, "Imperial Mother, whose life do you want?"
Consort Yun rubbed her temples and said, "It's nothing. Why are you here?"
Jun Hui smiled, "Naturally, I've come to discuss our plans with Imperial Mother."
Half an hour later, Jun Hui emerged from Consort Yun's palace, the smile vanishing from his face in an instant.
"Yebai, go investigate who Imperial Mother has targeted."
"Yes!"
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