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âYou donât have to go.â Li Hongyuan enters the room, âHow could you be so cruel as to separate a mother from her child?â
Jiang Ning wipes away her tears, transfers the first child to the wet nurse, and says indifferently: âI donât want to be your obedient Princess Consort of Yu in your heart.â
âOthers can do it, why canât you?â
âBecause Iâm not them.â
Jiang Ning, leaning on a cane, stands up and walks past him.
Li Hongyuan gazes at her back, frowning.
In the end, she still leaves.
Four wet nurses are present; two stay behind with the first child, and two leave with Jiang Ning.
Itâs not that the Jiang family canât find good wet nurses, but they worry that the young girl wonât acclimate to a sudden change.
The wet nurse carries the second child in the carriage to the rear while Jiang Ning and Huang Ying sit in the front carriage.
The journey from the Prince of Yuâs Mansion to the Jiang familyâs residence goes through several markets, and some relatively secluded places. Jiang Ning is dozing off when she suddenly hears a chorus of dog barks.
Startled awake, she sits up and asks, âWhatâs happening?â
Huang Ying rushes to lift the carriage curtain and exclaims in fright, âPrincess, look outside! Why are there so many dogs?â
âDogs?â
Jiang Ning looks out and indeed sees twenty or thirty stray dogs approaching the carriage.
Xiaoman also shivers: âIâm most scared of dogsâ¦â
âWhy did so many dogs suddenly surround us? Thereâs no meat smell in the carriage to attract them.â Jiang Ning is puzzled when all of a sudden, the swarm of dogs lunges at the horses, biting them.
Frightened, the horses bolt forward.
Jiang Ning nearly gets thrown out.
She clings onto the carriage and looks back, yelling, âXiaoman, Xiaoman, go to Lingziâs carriage to protect her!â
Although Xiaoman is afraid of dogs, she still has great strength. Hearing this, she immediately jumps onto the rear carriage.
Jiang Ningâs carriage crazily veers off course, quickly leaving the trailing carriages behind, and finally stops in a desolate area.
The coachman has long since disappeared.
Jiang Ning is battered and sees stars before her eyes.
Huang Ying has already passed out, and Jiang Ning doesnât know if sheâs injured. She calls her name twice but receives no response.
The carriage curtain is suddenly lifted.
Jiang Ning looks up to see several black-clothed, masked men armed with knives standing outside.
Her heart sinks in surprise.
Assassins again?
The memory of the last assassination attempt is still fresh in her mind.
Why are they back?
What reason do they have to assassinate her now that she has given birth?
âCome out!â The masked man coldly orders.
Jiang Ning has no choice but to brace herself and carefully step out of the carriage.
âWho are you?â She asks.
âDonât you know who we are?â The man in black sneers, âLast time, the Princess Consort of Yu got lucky and survived. If you had stayed put in the Prince of Yuâs Mansion, we wouldnât have anything on you. But youâve got guts coming out like this.â
Jiang Ning calmly says, âIâve already given birth to the child. Thereâs no point in killing me now.â
âNot kill you? Why donât we make a deal? You take care of us, and weâll let you live.â
Several assassins burst out with lewd laughter.
One even reaches out to touch Jiang Ningâs face.
âDonât touch me!â Jiang Ning slaps his hand away, furious, âYou disgusting and shameless creature! Do you have no respect for women? Donât you have mothers and sisters? If youâre a real man, kill me now!â
One of the assassins coldly scoffs: âQuite a temper you have there. Youâre not even afraid of death. Do you never think of your daughter?â
âMy second childâ¦â Jiang Ningâs heart sinks slightly.
Could it be that her daughter has already fallen into their hands?