The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1601: 772 A Family of Drama Kings (Part 2)_3

Chapter 1601: 772 A Family of Drama Kings (Part 2)_3

Ye Qing took the key from the two dead soldiers and brought Ya He to the door.

When he went to unlock the brass lock, he was shocked to find a half-dried bloodstain beneath it.

Someone had been here!

Ye Qing wanted to ask the two dead soldiers if they had just left.

The words reached his lips but he swallowed them back down.

He said nothing, inserted the key into the lock, and turned it with great noise. When he removed the brass lock, he deliberately bumped it against the iron door.

“Does unlocking a door take this long?” the Prince asked indifferently.

Ye Qing retorted, “The door is very heavy. Unless the Prince wishes to open it himself?”

The Prince let out a snort.

Ye Qing and Ya He worked together to push open the heavy iron door.

Ya He’s skill was weak, and Ye Qing used less force, so the door opened slowly.

But no matter how slow, it eventually opened fully.

When the empty room was fully revealed, Gu Changqing’s figure had nowhere to hide.

“It’s you?”

Ya He blurted out.

He never expected that there would be someone inside, let alone someone he knew.

Ye Qing also recognized Gu Changqing’s face, but being more composed than Ya He, he did not vocalize his surprise.

The leader of the Prince’s Brocade Guards was about to rush in to kill and silence him, but the Prince raised his hand to stop him.

The Prince was a very smart person. If he remembered correctly, Ya He had never met Long Aotian.

But why did Ya He act like he had seen someone familiar?

He then turned to look at Shangguan Yun and Xiao Hen, who were extremely tense.

Ah, it looked like a good show was about to unfold.

Killing Long Aotian was the first choice, but not the best one.

If he could prove that Long Aotian colluded with Shangguan Yun, his gain would be immense!

“Is this young monk named Ya He? Do you know this person?” the Prince gently asked Ya He.

Ye Qing closed his eyes in frustration.

How could he not see that his master wanted to protect Xiao Liulang?

Dumb Ya He, he had wasted the master’s efforts in just one moment!

“I…” Ya He also felt the overwhelming aura of his senior brother, and was too scared to speak.

The King said, “Just speak. Do you know this person?”

Ya He lowered his head.

The National Master looked steadily at him.

The National Master said, “Speak the truth.”

With his master’s approval, Ya He finally spoke softly, “He is a friend of the Grandson of the Emperor and Young Master Xiao. He has visited the National Master Hall a few times.”

The Prince asked again, “When did he come for the first time?”

Ya He mentioned a date.

The Prince laughed aloud, “This person came to my residence the next day to say he wanted to join me. Pang Hai, the steward of the underground Martial Arts Arena, can testify. Oh, Third Sister, so you planted a spy by my side!”

Gu Jiao stepped forward, “This matter has nothing to do with the former Princess and the Grandson of the Emperor. He and I are both from Zhan Country. While the King summoned me to the palace to save the Princess, I encountered an assassination attempt. It was then that this Young Master Gu coincidentally arrived, drew his sword to help me, and we discovered we were from the same hometown. We became friends. I didn’t know he went to the Prince’s residence as a staff advisor. He later visited the National Master Hall a few times. We interacted merely as fellow townsmen.”

The Prince thought: I would believe you, only a ghost would!

The Prince wanted to say, Xiao Liulang, so you got your commander position because Long Aotian secretly helped you cheat!

But the Prince ultimately held back because even if Long Aotian was indeed a spy planted by Shangguan Yun, it was his idea to have him replace the Han family’s people in the selection process.

He had broken the rules.

No matter, it was a small issue. As long as he could prove Long Aotian’s association with Shangguan Yun and the others, Shangguan Yun could not escape the crime of plotting against the Prince!

The Prince coldly sneered at Gu Jiao, “Don’t think that being close to the Grandson of the Emperor means you can shoulder everything. Do you know what crime this man has committed? He attempted to assassinate the crown prince of Dayan, which is a capital offense! His mastermind can’t escape heavy punishment either!”

Gu Changqing looked gravely at the Prince, “I did not attempt to assassinate you.”

The Prince said, “Stop pretending. Do you dare to let someone inspect your wounds?”

Gu Changqing stepped back, “I am not wounded.”

The Prince sneered, “We’ll know whether you’re wounded by checking!”

With that, he turned and respectfully saluted the King, “Father, this man was injured by a sword wound inflicted by my estate’s guards, on his right chest!”

The King looked deeply at Gu Changqing and then gestured with his hand.

The Prince was overjoyed and said sternly, “Examine the wound!”

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