"Of course the assassin deserves to die."
Jia Nanfeng said in a deep voice. She also hated the mysterious expert who dared to kill her son.
"After we find out who's behind her, we'll definitely uproot her and make her beg for death!"
She had the confidence to say this. Her father, Jia Youde, was now in closed-door cultivation to break through to the Old Age Realm. Once he succeeded, he would become the strongest person in the Cangxuan Continent and the biggest backer of their family in the Great Xia Empire.
"Mother..."
Xia Qi suddenly glanced around and asked hesitantly, "Has Xia Wanan's matter... been resolved?"
Jia Nanfeng was startled. Her focus tonight had been on the assassin. Now that her daughter asked, she remembered Xia Wanan.
She had sent three disciples of the North Sea Sect to assassinate Xia Wanan before midnight. Now it was almost time to report back, but she did not see any trace of the three people.
After a moment of hesitation, Jia Nanfeng replied, "Don't worry, I sent your senior brother Wang and the others tonight. There will be no problem with them. Just wait for the good news."
"Mother personally arranged this matter, of course I am relieved." Xia Qi hugged her arm and acted coquettishly, revealing an obedient girl smile.
When she thought that she could soon replace Xia Wanan and marry Prince Zhou Qian, her whole heart became hot and she felt that life was suddenly full of hope.
"I will wait here with mother for senior brother Wang to come back. I want to hear how they killed Xia Wanan with my own ears."
Jia Nanfeng understood her daughter's thoughts and nodded, "Okay, counting the time, they will be back in half an hour at most."
The mother and daughter began a long wait in the Palace of Ganquan.
In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed.
"Mother..."
Xia Qi was a little anxious.
Jia Nanfeng frowned, "They may have been delayed on the road, wait a little longer."
In the blink of an eye, another half an hour passed. Until the sky was bright, the people they were waiting for never appeared.
"Mother, did senior brother Wang and the others fail?"
Jia Nanfeng did not answer. At this moment, the uneasy premonition in her heart grew stronger.
Last night, she sent two disciples of the weak crown realm to assassinate Xia Wanan. As a result, they did not return. After Xia Wanan went to the imperial mausoleum, she personally went to Changmen Palace to investigate, but she did not find any abnormalities.
At that time, she only thought that Xia Wanan also had the cultivation of the Weak Crown Realm, which was why she could survive the attack last night. However, she had sent three assassins of the Strong Crown Realm tonight. Based on Xia Wanan's words, there was no reason for her to survive!
Could it be that … some powerful cultivator was secretly helping her?
Once this thought popped up, Jia Nanfeng could no longer maintain his calm. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible.
She thought of Zhou Qian's sudden marriage request. He was actually willing to pay the price of an Earth Grade martial skill to marry Xia Wan 'an, who he had never met before. This was abnormal in itself!
Even if Zhou Gan was Su Changcun's grand-disciple and wanted to marry his grand-master's granddaughter out of consideration for their old relationship, the value of the marriage was too unequal. How shrewd was the Zhou Emperor? How would he be willing to make such a loss-making transaction?
Thinking of this, Jia Nanfeng's train of thought gradually became clear. Since the Zhou Dynasty wasn't making a loss-making transaction, it meant that Xia Wanan had something on her that caught their eye. If they invested an Earth Grade martial skill in the early stages, they could gain more in the later stages!
And that thing on Xia Wanan's body wasn't only discovered by the Zhou Dynasty. Even the Hulu Sect knew about it. The Hulu Sect specially sent people to secretly protect Xia Wanan. The two batches of Northern Sea Sect disciples that she had sent were intercepted by the Hulu Sect.
The Hulu Sect interrogated the Northern Sea Sect disciples and found out that the mastermind behind the assassination of Xia Wanan was her. In order to warn and intimidate her, they sent people to attack her son and make a big fuss!
… …
… …
Following Jia Nanfeng's in-depth analysis, the details of the matter were all connected by her. Not only did she want to understand why the assassins she had sent repeatedly failed to return, she even found the culprit who had assassinated Xia Jiangyin!
"Xia Wanan, I've underestimated you in the end." Jia Nanfeng suddenly said meaningfully.
Xia Qi's face was filled with astonishment. "Imperial Mother, what do you mean?"
Jia Nanfeng then told her daughter her conjecture in full detail. After hearing it, Xia Qi's expression became even more astonished.
"According to my analysis, that thing on Xia Wanan's body is very likely related to the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm where Su Changcun had perished. Otherwise, the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Hulu Sect wouldn't value her so much." Jia Nanfeng continued.
"This, Imperial Mother … then what should we do?"
Xia Qi was a little panicked. She didn't expect the Hulu Sect to stand behind Xia Wanan. The situation became complicated in an instant.
"Don't be afraid. The Hulu Sect was just putting on a show to warn me last night. They didn't really want to assassinate Jiangyin. They wouldn't dare to do so." Jia Nanfeng said calmly.
"It's just that, since the Hulu Sect has already warned us to this extent, it's not good for us to make a move on Xia Wanan recently. We'll let her live for two days."
"Your grandfather is now in a life and death retreat to break through to the Old Age Stage. Once he succeeds, the Hulu Sect won't be a threat at all. When that time comes, we'll ask your grandfather to come forward and let him deal with Xia Wanan. The secret on Xia Wanan's body will definitely be of great benefit to your grandfather!"
Xia Qi's eyes lit up when she heard this. "Imperial Mother is right! As long as Grandfather succeeds in breaking through, no one can protect Xia Wanan whether he goes to the Hulu Sect or the Great Zhou Dynasty! "
"Not only do we have to kill Xia Wanan, we have to seize the secret that she's hiding!"
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Xia Wanan had no idea that Jia Nanfeng and her mother had misunderstood her and schemed against her. She also didn't know that because of her, the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty had caused chaos in Yingdu County. A large number of soldiers were going door to door to search for the assassin's accomplice. They would rather catch the wrong person than let them go.
At this moment, Xia Wanan was led by Yuan Fang to the ancestral hall of the Imperial Mausoleum. She offered incense to the dozens of ancestral tablets on the table.
Before every princess or infanta of the Great Xia Dynasty got married, they had to guard the Imperial Mausoleum for a month. This rule was set by the founding Emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty and was passed down from generation to generation. It was meant to remind the princesses and infanta not to forget their roots and to always remember the royal bloodline in them. Even if they married into their husband's family, their words and actions had to be done from the perspective of the Great Xia Dynasty's interests.
"This place is livelier than the palace."
After offering incense symbolically to the ancestors, Xia Wanan sat on the ground and cultivated the Great Dao of Heaven's Evolution Scripture. She completely refined the hundred years of cultivation that she had obtained last night. Outside the ancestral hall, there were noises of discussion from the soldiers.
Not only did Xia Wanan not feel that she was disturbed, she even felt a sense of peace.
She had lived in the Cold Palace with Su Feng since she was young. Her childhood impression was only the word 'cold'. A noisy environment was an extravagant hope that only existed in her imagination.
"Many years later, my ancestral tablet will also be placed on this table."
Xia Wanan suddenly spoke and muttered to herself to the ancestral tablet in front of her.
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