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Shen Chuwei sighed, "You’re only thinking of your wife, but I have to worry about His Highness and the babies as well. I’m even busier than you."

"That’s true. I’ll help my sister-in-law with some of it," Xiao Jinyu said earnestly, "Then I’ll think of Taotao and Susu, and you can spend more time thinking about the Crown Prince."

"..."

Shen Chuwei rested her chin on her hands and continued to gaze at the moon above, "I wonder how His Highness is doing now?"

Xiao Jinyu consoled her, "The Crown Prince must be safe. Don’t worry, sister-in-law."

Shen Chuwei nodded vigorously, "I think so too."

After chatting for a while, Shen Chuwei stretched and went to sleep.

Xiao Jinyu also returned to his own room to sleep.

In the dead of night,

Two dark figures tread on the moonlight at the inn, skillfully dropping from the roof onto the corridor, and then creeping up to Shen Chuwei’s room.

One stood guard at the door, while the other, in front of the window, pulled out a bamboo tube from his chest, poked a hole in the window paper with a finger, carefully inserted the bamboo tube, and then blew the knockout smoke inside.

After all this, the one at the door pulled out a dagger from his chest, stealthily inserted it into the door crack, and easily slid the bolt aside.

With a soft sound, the figure retracted the dagger and gently pushed the door open to enter, targeting the person on the bed.

The two assassins exchanged glances, drew their swords, and fiercely chopped down towards the bed.

At this moment, the previously sleeping Shen Chuwei rolled over, pulled out darts from Space, and shot them at the figures.

She had always kept the darts in Space, using them to kill time when bored.

"Ah!!"

The pitch-black room was filled with two screams.

Seizing the opportunity, Shen Chuwei kicked the attackers hard.

She spun left and delivered a right hook in rapid succession.

When the dust settled, Shen Chuwei patted her hands, leisurely lit a lamp, and the darkness in the room was replaced by light, revealing the groaning figures on the ground.

Two darts had hit the eyes of the assassins, and the rest hit their chests and thighs.

After a beating from her, their faces were swollen like pig heads.

One of them was holding a cleaver, clearly aiming to kill her.

Xuetuan stood on the bed and meowed.

Luckily, Xuetuan had alerted her, otherwise, her deep sleep would have led to disaster.

Just then, the door was kicked open.

"Sister-in-law, are you alright?" Xiao Jinyu, who stayed in the next room, had rushed over upon hearing the sounds of struggle. Upon seeing the scene inside, he was dumbfounded.

Shen Chuwei turned to look at the door and saw Xiao Jinyu, clad only in white underwear. She shrugged, "I’m fine. Ran into some assassins, but unfortunately, they weren’t very skilled."

Xiao Jinyu took her seriously, "It’s good they weren’t skilled. If they had been formidable, what would I have told the Crown Prince if something happened to you? And how would I explain it to Taotao and Susu?"

The almost unconscious assassins: "..." It’s you who aren’t skilled, and your whole family...

Xiao Jinyu strode in, squatted in front of the attackers to check, saw the darts on their bodies, and looked up at Shen Chuwei in confusion, "Sister-in-law, did you shoot these darts?"

Shen Chuwei nodded earnestly, "I shot wildly. Unfortunately, they were unlucky enough to get hit."

Xiao Jinyu believed her wholeheartedly, "Then they indeed had bad luck."

Shen Chuwei felt they were unlucky too. Looking at the twitching assassins who hadn’t yet died, she said, "I don’t know who sent them. You question them."

"Don’t worry, sister-in-law, I’ll have General Xu deal with this," Xiao Jinyu called in two Guards from the doorway.

Xiao Jinyu pointed at the two wretched things on the ground, "Drag them out and let General Xu have a thorough interrogation."

"Your Subordinate obeys."

The two Guards dragged one each and pulled them out.

Shen Chuwei yawned, "I’m dead tired. I’m going to sleep, you close the door on your way out."

Xiao Jinyu watched Shen Chuwei walk to the bed, climb up, and lay down straight away—after two assassins had suddenly barged in, and she could still sleep so calmly?

"Alright."

Xiao Jinyu went out and casually closed the door behind him.

Still a bit worried, he summoned two Guards to stand watch at the door.

Once the assassins were in General Xu’s hands, just as he was about to question them, he found they had committed suicide by poison.

The next day, Shen Chuwei, having learned about the incident, felt a tinge of regret.

But even with the regret, she wouldn’t let a couple of assassins stop her journey to Mobei.

After breakfast, Shen Chuwei mounted her tall, handsome horse and, before getting on, she placed a sponge cushion on the seat.

Xiao Jinyu approached, curiously eyeing the cushion under Shen Chuwei’s buttocks, because she’d previously been unable to endure riding for half a day, yet now she could ride all day.

Even though he was a man with thicker skin, he still couldn’t handle riding hard every day; his thighs were chafed red and hurt when they got wet.

"Sister-in-law, what are you sitting on? Give me one, too."

"No problem." Shen Chuwei bent over, opened a bag, and took out a new cushion for Xiao Jinyu, "Here you go."

"Thanks, sister-in-law." Xiao Jinyu gleefully placed the cushion in front of his horse, mounted it after putting the cushion down, and upon sitting on it, he found it incredibly soft, not feeling the slightest pain on the insides of his thighs.

He regretted not having asked Shen Chuwei for the cushion earlier and endured the rough ride needlessly.

Xiao Jinyu was about to crack his whip when he noticed something on Shen Chuwei’s face and steered his horse closer.

"Sister-in-law, what’s that you’re wearing on your face?"

Shen Chuwei explained, "It’s a sun and dust protection hood and mask. If you’re under the sun every day, not only will your skin darken, but it will also start peeling from dryness. With this, those issues are avoidable."

Xiao Jinyu subconsciously touched his face, which had become dry, peeled, and darkened after days of exposure to sun and wind.

In a moment of regret, he berated himself for not having asked Shen Chuwei sooner for the sun and dust protection hood and mask.

"Sister-in-law, that’s not fair of you. You didn’t even give me one."

Shen Chuwei protested her innocence, "I thought you men wouldn’t care about these things."