It's all right now.
No muscles or bones were injured. She should be fine after resting for a few days.
Ma Jing.
Here.
Take good care of your Feudal Young Mistress.
I'll investigate clearly about this case.
Yes, I understand.
Last night, was there any movement in the major's manor?
I investigated all night but found nothing out of the ordinary.
Master,
we finished investigating. There is more than meets the eye with Lin Guang.
Turns out, Lin Guang claimed to be the birth father of Second Prince. That's why there were people trying to kill him.
Second Prince and Prime Minister were afraid, and so they silenced him.
He claimed to be Second Brother's birth father?
Correct. Master, we investigated all night and discovered some files about the army and court slaves.
We discovered that 20 years ago, Lin Guang was a cook in the Bozhou Province Army.
And at this time, Second Prince's mother was also in the Bozhuo Army.
But Second Prince was birthed 10 months after she attended His Majesty.
If there is something strange, like Second Prince was born prematurely,
then that's why Lin Guang would make such assumptions.
This is Second Prince's birth date, indeed he was born prematurely.
Reporting, Your Highness, Prince of Bo. Eunuch Zhang came and said His Majesty wants to see you.
I should go and see His Majesty.
Prince of Bo, why did you
disobey my order and take away Ma Zhaixing?
I heard from someone that
Commandery Princess Ma's legs had an old injury.
If she kneels for a long time, her old injury would reoccur.
She would be crippled for life.
This would definitely not be something that the Ma Family Army would like to see.
It would be very hard for Emperor Father to exploit them to work for us then.
Why didn't you report it earlier?
It was at night. Your Majesty was asleep.
When I was investigating, she had passed out.
In the moment of desperation, saving a life was more important.
Today, I came here to ask for forgiveness.
Stand up.
I didn't know Ma Zhaixing had an old injury.
I almost ruined the chess piece that can control the Ma Family Army.
It's you who protected it in time.
Then, in the future, Ma Zhaixing
will listen to you more.
Then, this chess piece...
would be much easier to control.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
I have something else to report.
I investigated Lin Guang's case.
There is indeed something suspicious.
Say it.
Your Majesty.
He was staying by his birth mother's side.
It's exactly the place I stayed in Bozhou Province.
You are saying that the Second Prince bloodline is impure?
And that Jing Xiang was afraid of the consequences,
so that caused him to kill and silence him. Am I right?
I wouldn't dare.
I think this is just Lin Guang's assumptions.
Second Brother's bloodline is without any doubt.
Feudal Young Mistress, you're awake?
I...
Why am I here?
Did you forget?
You knelt for a long time last night and got soaked in the rain.
You've forgotten who selflessly broke into the Imperial Ancestral Temple like a warrior
to save you?
Who was it?
This person isn't anybody else. It is His Highness, Prince of Bo.
It's him?
You know what? In the future, I won't believe a word of gossip.
Feudal Young Mistress, hear me out. His Highness, Prince of Bo, heard you had an old injury and that you couldn't kneel for a long time.
He saw that it was raining so hard. He burst into Imperial Ancestral Temple without a care for himself.
He fought with many soldiers.
He rescued you by himself.
Why are you getting up?
If it's His Highness, Prince of Bo,
isn't he angry at me?
Doing this means that he disobeyed imperial orders.
- I need to go and find him. - Feudal Young Mistress, you haven't recovered yet.
Feudal Young Mistress, are you awake?
Feudal Young Mistress, you cannot get out of bed for another four hours.
Prince of Bo is in the palace discussing matters with His Majesty.
He went to Imperial Ancestral Temple to save me. Will he be able to escape from harm?
If he wanted to escape from harm, it wouldn't be too hard for him.
The hard part is Feudal Young Mistress, how do you look at Lin Guang's case?
I knelt in the temple thinking about this.
By doing so, I have concluded that, first, Lin Guang is not an assassin.
Otherwise, he'd rather die than get caught.
Second. If he really wanted to kill himself,
or he knew he would be dead if he followed the prime minister
but he still went with him,
that means he was willing to sacrifice himself
to protect someone or something.
Your reasoning is almost the same as Master's.
I'm impressed.
Of course! Our princess is very clever.
As for my opinion on Lin Guang's case,
since I was the one who chose to believe in his kindness,
I'm not going to force out the truth on what he was trying to protect with his life.
I will regard this case as a rock dropped in the sea.
Housekeeper Wen, you especially came here to talk with me about this.
Is it not just to remind me that there are things in the court
that I shouldn't get to the bottom of?
Lord of Bo also warned me before
and now I get it.
Feudal Young Mistress is sensible, pretty, and intelligent.
You're a good match for His Highness.