Chapter 1041 - 25: I Can See All the Cheats

One summer, the Emperor, while taking people to the Summer Palace for a retreat, encountered assassins. The assassin was not a lone figure, but an organization that had planned for a long time. They were former followers of the ex-Crown Prince. They finally found the opportunity to assassinate the Emperor and nearly succeeded.

Why nearly, because the assassins created chaos, and one of the most skilled among them broke through layers of guards and arrived in front of the Emperor. They aimed a bright, flashing sword at the Emperor.

The Emperor hadn’t had the chance to shout for help when the highly skilled assassin slipped, fell to the ground, and injured his own shoulder with his sword.

The ground wasn’t oily, nor was anyone secretly intervening.

The assassin inexplicably slipped, injuring himself and was captured.

Even if he felt aggrieved, the Emperor himself was also flabbergasted.

Is there such a coincidental thing?

"You wretched Emperor, you won’t die a good death... arg, pff... " The captured assassin shouted out angrily, but after just one sentence, bit his own tongue, making blood spurt out immediately in a shocking scene.

"He’s trying to commit suicide, quickly, dislocate his jaw!" The guard shouted aloud beside him. They couldn’t let him just die; they needed to interrogate a living captive!

The assassin, overwhelmed with anger, spat out another mouthful of blood. Nonsense, when did I ever want to commit suicide? I just bit my tongue!

The Emperor looked doubtfully at the assassin pressed down with eyes full of indignation, and slowly turned to Tianmiao: "Mother, you weren’t frightened, were you?"

"No," Tianmiao shook her head, "As long as you’re okay, my son."

"Mother, while it’s not really appropriate to say this, I just want to mention, that assassin earlier, probably wasn’t trying to commit suicide, right?" The Emperor blinked slowly and casually uttered these words.

"Shouldn’t be motivated to commit suicide over such an embarrassing slip, right?" Tianmiao also slowly and casually uttered these words.

The concubines standing behind the Emperor and the Empress Dowager had complex feelings. At such a crisis moment, this mother and son’s conversation was beyond words. Should it be said they deserve to be mother and son?

Lin Fei (previously Lin Daying) had an especially colorful expression. In the harem, she was the only one with a system connection, and she knew something from the system. That is, the current Emperor’s luck was soaring high, so the forces behind it wanted to use the system to seize the Emperor’s luck. The consequences... have already been seen. At this moment, Lin Fei once again sighed at the Emperor’s luck.

Thinking about the previous fate of the Shala Country that attempted to start a war, recalling the quick resolution of prior floods and droughts, and the embarrassed failure of this assassination attempt, Lin Fei thought, the Emperor is the biggest, strongest support. If she clung tightly to this support for the rest of her life, she wouldn’t need to worry about anything.

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The Empress gave birth to the Eldest Prince and the Third Princess. The Empress once considered sending the Eldest Prince to the Empress Dowager to be raised by her. She clearly understood the Empress Dowager’s standing in the Emperor’s heart. The Empress Dowager could entirely influence major matters like the appointment of the Crown Prince. If her child were raised by the Empress Dowager, then in future struggles for the throne, her child should likely have no suspense in winning. Though mother and son separation would cause pain and concern in her heart, such sacrifice would be worthwhile for achieving great things later.

However, the suggestion was immediately rejected by the Emperor. The Emperor explicitly stated that all concubines’ children should be raised by themselves, and not to consider sending them to the Empress Dowager to gain her favor.

Seeing all concubines treated equally, the Empress no longer voiced any objections.