"Yes! Your son will take your teachings to heart."
Empress Dowager Jiang said, "Of you three siblings, you are the one I worry about least, and the one who has achieved the most."
Xue Shengkang said, "I am grateful for your love, Mother. I will never forget the debt I owe you for bearing and raising me."
Empress Dowager Jiang smiled. "There is no need to speak of debts. Since I brought you into this world, it was only right that I should raise and teach you. In my eyes, all of you are flesh of my heart."
Xue Shengkang said, "Rest assured, Mother. I will treat them well." He had keenly discerned the main purpose of her visit today.
Empress Dowager Jiang said, "I heard something serious happened at the Prince of Yan's Residence last night."
Xue Shengkang said, "Mother, you need not listen to the rumors outside. It was only a minor incident, and it has already been resolved. What? Did Shengjing not go to Benevolence Garden to let you know he was safe?"
Empress Dowager Jiang said, "Once sons grow up, their mother can no longer govern them. You all think I am old, and you worry that I might be upset, so you keep so much from me."
Xue Shengkang said, "Mother, I would never dare deceive you. It was simply that, since nothing serious had happened, there was no need to disturb your peace."
"An assassin attacked Shengjing, and he nearly lost his life. You do not call that serious?"
Looking at his mother's visibly angry face, Xue Shengkang's heart suddenly sank. He began to realize that she had come straight to the palace instead of visiting Xue Shengjing at the Prince of Yan's Residence. Did she suspect that he was involved in the assassination