The Marquis' Wife

Powerlessness and seeking information

Lu Xiang poured Adelia's body over the bed cautiously, staring at the face of his wife who had fallen asleep due to the drug reaction.

He took and tightly grasped Adelia's left hand and kissed her gently, his eyes looking forward with a blank look. While the other hand clenched hold all the feelings that raged in his heart.

He heard his heartbeat beating fast and fast but his gaze was focused only on Adelia.

Lu Xiang again felt a sense of helplessness that he had not felt since he became a successful Xie scholar. He realized that the title was nothing compared to power and power.

Because of his helplessness and weakness, he had almost lost the woman he loved so much!! Due to his incompetence he could only see his wife enduring the pain without being able to do anything!!!.

What did he get from those titles?!! The fame?! Is fame able to keep his wife!!! Just this time he felt a thirst for power!!, a power that could protect a person precious to him!!.

Lu Xiang's thoughts floated on the words of his teacher who said that restaurant owner Fuyuan was the crown prince's maternal family.

Do I have to join the crown prince faction? Nah! I can't just join without knowing which faction has the potential to have the throne.

Lu Xiang frowned feeling the pain in his hand, he opened the palm slowly and saw the blood of the former fingernails that had been raining down on his hand, yet completely did not move and continued to hold Adelia's hand.

"Lu...Xiang?" Adelia blinked her still blurry eyes then looked at her husband, looking at her red eyes and a messy face of sleep deprivation.

"Aadellias! Sweetheart! You're up. Do you want a drink?".

Adelia swallowed the saliva trying to wet the esophagus and nodded slowly.

Lu Xiang sat Adelia down softly and poured water and gave it to his wife.

Adelia heaved a sigh of relief and looked back at her husband, her forehead frowning. "Lu Xiang's. Didn't you sleep last night? Your face is a mess".

Adelia stroked her husband's cheek, which placed her face against his palm. "I'm worrying you".

"No dear. I just woke up, my face is a mess because I haven't cleaned myself up yet. Do you want some breakfast? Wait a minute, I'll bring it for you".

Adelia recalled the incident last night and again sighed heavily. Who wants to harm him? He knew that the action was planned, he only hoped that the culprit would soon be found and let go of Lu Xiang's burden.

The door opened from the outside making Adelia immediately widen a bright smile. He did not want to make Lu Xiang become more worried about his circumstances.

"Sister Adel. You're awake, you're not having breakfast together. Are you in a sick hick?" Lu Shan walked in with Lu Cheng and Lu Xiang who were carrying breakfast trays.

"No Lu Shan, I'm already a big pregnant so more lazy than usual~. I want to spoil it to Lu Xiang by asking him to bring breakfast".

Lu Shan tilted his head trying to think and ascertain the truth of his brother-in-law's words. "really?".

"Yes. Look at it for yourself, I'm fine". Adelia raised both hands, forgetting that her hands were being sprained and bandaged.

Lu Shan was startled and immediately approached Adelia, Lu Cheng looked at Lu Xiang who was putting a tray on the table, as if asking for an explanation. Her sister-in-law went in fine condition where her hands were wrapped in bandages?.

"Sister Adel. Your hand why brother?"

"Sister.me.." Adelia did not know what to reason and looked at her husband for help.

"Sister Adel, not careful when going to the bathroom so almost floppy, his hands just a little sprained, two more days will be healed".

Lu Shan swept his mouth while staring worriedly. "Why aren't you careful, brother? What if you're hurt and nobody knows because you're alone in the bathroom".

"You need not worry, from now on I will accompany Brother Adel to the bathroom, after this incident my wife will definitely have no reason to refuse help right dear~". Lu Xiang took the opportunity in narrowness, asking Adelia to agree to her words.

Adelia let out a sigh of resignation and nodded slowly. Lu Shan breathed a sigh of relief while Lu Cheng frowned in disbelief but he could not talk now.

Lu Cheng and Lu Shan went to the academy after seeing Adelia spending breakfast while Lu Xiang asked the academy for permission to take two more days off. He has taken a lot of time off but is lucky to have a lot of points because he always gets the first rank in every exam test academy and in the office of the mathematics division so that his points do not become minus.

He put Adelia to sleep before leaving the Prefect's office to see the development of an attempted murder case for his wife but did not have a significant development.

"For the culprit himself, we haven't found him yet. The servant who hit Madam Xiefu has already escaped and we will go to great lengths to find her whereabouts".

Another empty case that will be buried. Lu Xiang's eyes turned cold, he hated the slow process run by the yamen attendant and Prefect Zhong.

"But we got the other perpetrators, for now we're still interrogating the waiter. Don't worry, Mr. Lu, we will definitely catch the culprit. It was the promise of the Prefect, this case will not work out the same as the past case" Officer Wei tried to explain to Lu Xiang not to lose faith in the Prefect nor in them.

Lu Xiang was stunned. "You mean, the perpetrator who wanted to harm my wife wasn't just one person?!".

"We don't know yet, but we assume that the culprit is just one, who was caught is the waiter who turned on the task only".

Lu Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, with the maid perhaps they would get evidence to arrest Liang Chenyue, he said, he did not know whether Prefect Zhong would ignore the familial relationship for his sake but it determined the clarity of their relationship in the future.

Lu Xiang changed into a black hanfu robe and put on a face-covering hat then along with Lu Kai, the two went to Jensanxui's shop.

"Master! Do you want to find a rabbit?".

"Find me with that woman".

The officer smiled obliquely, his eyes glistening sharply. "Follow me sir".

The three went to meet the woman dressed in sexy hanfu who was separated by a transparent red cloth.

"Fufufu, master Xiefu. Welcome back. Do you miss my servant?" The sexy and coquettish voice gave anyone goosebumps but Lu Xiang threw a money bag of 500 silver coins without further ado and took out a sketch of the maid described by Lu Mei

"Find this woman's whereabouts and pass the information to Officer Wei". He did not need to explain who Officer Wei was because Jansenxui members must have known.

"That's it, sir".

"Do you know the political situation in the capital?".

Both the woman and the hiding guard were stunned by Lu Xiang's question.

"Why do you want to know the political situation in master Xiefu's capital?".

"You don't need to know, just tell me do you know the political situation there?". Lu Xiang stared intently.

The sexy woman lit a cigarette in a long cigarette pipe made of wood and sucked and let out the smoke slowly. He tried to calm his wary heart at Lu Xiang's question.

"Slightly many of these weak servants know master, but you know for yourself no, this is not information that we can just give".

Lu Xiang again threw the bigger and heavier money bag. "In it is 3,000 silver coins, I will return in a few days to retrieve your report. If I'm satisfied I'll add another 3000 silver coins".

Lu Xiang stood up and left the room without waiting for a reply from the woman.