The Emperor, Empress, and the Duke all breathed a sigh of relief; they were worried the assassin's blade was poisoned, truly fortunate.
The Imperial Physician proceeded to apply medicine and re-bandage the Second Prince.
The Empress looked at the Duke, "How could an assassin enter such a heavily guarded traveling palace?"
"And why did the assassin specifically target my son?"
Jiang Zhongxing coughed lightly, ignoring the latter question, only answering the first: "Your humble servant has also carefully thought through this; outside the traveling palace are three layers of defense, countless secret sentries, and soldiers patrolling every few steps along the wall."
"The fact that the assassin entered without alerting anyone outside indicates there were no abnormalities noticed in the outer defenses."
The Emperor raised his brow, "Are you suggesting?"
