After Ming Jiling left the cave, he immediately found a rock of a suitable size, and slightly blocked the cave entrance. After that, he covered it up with wild grass once more, and only then did he feel at ease to leave.

For the sake of safety, Ming Jiling deliberately walked forward a distance before finding a secluded area. He took out the signal flare and released it into the air, which resembled a small firework.

He tied the piece of cloth he wrote earlier onto a nearby branch and then quickly left the place. The piece of cloth was written on the piece of cloth was a secret text he and General Liu had set up, which meant that he and Su Zongwen were currently safe and sound. This secret message was only known to him and General Liu, so even if they were caught, they did not need to worry.

The signal detonator was not very loud, but it still attracted the few men in black who were searching nearby.

"Look, someone is sending a signal over there."

One of the men in black suddenly stopped searching and pointed at the fireworks in the air.

"It's over there. Let's go take a look." The leader of the five raised his arm and immediately led the others to chase after him.

The direction that the group of five people were heading towards, just happened to be the same direction Ming Jiling was heading towards.

"Those who take down the head of Prince Su, will be heavily rewarded." The leader of the black-clothed men shouted out, and the other four immediately rushed out, surrounding Prince Su.

"Who the hell are you people? Why must this king die? "

Ming Jiling held onto the bow and arrow, a trace of killing intent flashed in his eyes as he coldly looked at the black-clothed man who spoke.

"You should keep this to yourself and ask Yama!" Killing intent flashed past the eyes of the black-robed man. He raised his palm and waved it at the four of them, shouting in a low voice, "Attack!"

The four black clothed men all rushed forward, wielding the big blade in their hands as they slashed towards Ming Jiling.

Ming Jiling dodged a few people's attacks, he nimbly left the encirclement, and then ran frantically in the opposite direction of the cave, wanting to lure them away.

"Don't let him get away. Quickly chase him." The leader of the men in black gave the order and the others chased after him.

The group of people rushed forward anxiously, they did not expect that Ming Jiling, who was running away, would suddenly turn around, the man had a bow in one hand and three arrows in the other. He jumped up and stepped on the tree trunk, releasing three arrows at the same time.

Three arrows flew out and hit the three men in black who were running at the front. The arrows happened to hit the center of the three men's body and killed them in one shot.

The remaining two people were stunned on the spot.

"Quickly send the signal to the boss." The man in black standing in front of him let out a loud shout. As soon as he finished speaking, a long arrow shot out from the middle of his mouth. The man fell down without even closing his eyes.

The last man in black took out the signal detonator in a flurry. Just as he was about to release it, an arrow pierced his throat and the signal detonator fell to the ground with him.

Ming Jiling vigilantly observed his surroundings, he quickly went forward to inspect everyone's bodies, and took away all the useful items, and also picked up the signal flare.

Taking advantage that no one noticed, Ming Jiling's figure swiftly hid within the dense forest.

Two days later, news of Ming Jiling and his assassination also spread to the Imperial Palace.

Peace Palace.

"This son greets mother." Ming Jize anxiously entered the Queen's Palace, seeing that there were still many other people there, he suppressed his anxiousness and bowed to everyone with respect.

"All of you can leave now." The empress glanced at the Mama beside her. "Mama Lin, guard the door. Without my orders, no one is allowed to approach the inner hall."

"Yes, your servant will take his leave." Mama Lin followed the group of palace beauties out of the inner palace hall.

"Imperial Mother, things are not going well." Seeing that everyone had left, Ming Jize immediately walked to the side of the soft couch and told the Queen about the assassination.

"Prince Su and Su Zongwen hid deep in the mountains. Our people searched for an entire day and night, but still couldn't find anyone." Ming Jize was so anxious that he looked like an ant on a hot pan, his face was full of unease, "Imperial Mother, if we let General Liu and the others find them first, our plan would be ruined!"

He had carefully prepared this plan for so long. How could he be willing to just give it up like that?

A flash of killing intent appeared in Ming Jize's eyes as he said: "If it wasn't for Su Zongwen this time, our people would have already killed Prince Su!"

Ming Jize thought about the news that this subordinate had reported, and if it wasn't for Su Zongwen protecting him, his plan would have succeeded long ago. He didn't think that he would become Su Zongwen's enemy, but he never thought that would stop him from doing so!

"She's Su Lanruo's nephew, just like her." The empress sneered, "Since he's someone from the Su Family, he's of no use to us. If he wants to obstruct us, we'll exterminate him this time."

"There is no time to delay this matter. Ze'er, immediately send more people over. We must eliminate the two of them before General Liu does." The empress gave the order calmly.

"Yes, mother, your son will handle it right away." Ming Jize bowed towards the empress and hurriedly left the Peace Palace, "This son will take his leave."

When the news of the assassination of the army reached the Imperial Palace, no one had any clue about the Minister Mansion yet.

"Mother, do you think my new clothes are pretty?"

Under the servant girl's treatment, Jingshu changed into a new set of clothes and excitedly ran into the small kitchen to walk around in front of Shen Zhu.

"Beautiful, my Shuer will wear anything." Shen Zhu was filling the box with pastries, but upon hearing Jingshu's words, he turned his head to look at her, and praised her with a smile.

"Mother, are we going to visit Big Brother at the Duke Palaces today?" Jingshu asked while grinning.

"That's right, your big brother Ziyi had a hard time studying with big brother Yuchun, so we'll do some delicious things to reward him."

Jingshu was overjoyed upon hearing this, "Alright, I can see brother again ~"

After Shen Zhu packed everything up, she saw that Jingshu's happy and adorable look, so she laughed and reached out to rub her head, "Alright, let's go."

During this period of time, Zi Yi had been staying in the Duke Palace, and Jingshu had a lot of concerns about him, so he would mutter every single day. When Shen Zhu thought about how he had been busy since he had returned to the capital, and had not went to the Duke Palace to visit the Duke and Princess, he had a lot of time today.

By the way, he also solved the pain that the two little siblings had in their hearts.

Shen Zhu brought along a few servant girls and arrived at Xian Wang Manor. According to etiquette, she would first go to the main courtyard to greet the imperial concubine, and then go to the west courtyard to visit Zi Yi and Ming Yuchen.

The group of people was led by their servants to the main courtyard, and met Meier halfway.

"Aunt Chen." The servant who was leading the way hurriedly bowed when he saw Meier.

"Isn't this the young mistress of Minister Mansion?" Meier said in a strange tone, "The young mistress is now a phoenix that has flown up onto a branch. If one does not mention climbing onto Minister Mansion, even if one wants to start a business, it would be out of the question."

She looked down at the lunchbox in Shen Zhu's hand, a hint of disdain in her eyes.

Many officials and rich families liked to go to her shop to buy pastries, so, not long after, most of the rich and powerful people in the capital knew of Shen Zhu's reputation, not only as the young madam of Minister Mansion, but also as Yuzhu Pavilion's boss.

Many young ladies and mistresses in the capital were satisfied with Yuzhu Pavilion's dishes, regardless of whether they were eating or serving him, they were all perfect, thus they would always praise Shen Zhu when they were chatting, causing his good reputation to rise gradually in the capital.

The better Shen Zhu was now, the more unhappy he would feel in her heart. Especially since everyone was praising Shen Zhu, she felt that it was ear-piercing when she heard it.

That Shen family member was too disappointing. That Shen family elder brother would go out every time to play around with Shen Zhu, and he was also not close with him.

"Lady Chen, you must be joking." Shen Zhu opened his mouth blandly, his expression was not the least bit displeased.

"I was just asking for the truth. Go outside and ask who in the capital doesn't know of the young mistress's great reputation?" Meier smoothed down a strand of hair on his chest, and said with a smile that was yet not a smile: "I heard that all the women in the countryside are proficient in culinary arts, saying that dragons give birth to dragons, and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes. It seems that the children of rats can burrow their own holes, it seems that there are some things that others might not necessarily learn from. It's just like when a mouse's son is born to burrow his own cave, it's their nature."

Meier intentionally said those words of contempt, and looked over with ridicule.