The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 726 - 726 337 Beating Her (Second Update) _2

Chapter 726: 337 Beating Her (Second Update) _2 Chapter 726: 337 Beating Her (Second Update) _2 Her knees had been hit three times, her arms five times, and her old waist had been knocked countless times…

She was already of this age and still had to suffer such ordeal, if she didn’t have martial arts skills, she would have lost her life long ago!

But even so, with her martial arts skills, she was seriously injured!

She couldn’t move at all, suffering from intense pain all over her body with every movement!

Old Lady Cai knelt down with a thud, sobbing and saying, “I… I thought it was just a simple case of falling into the water… I…”

Empress Dowager Jing weakly said, “Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with Old Lady Cai, please do not vent your anger on her.”

Her weakness at this moment was not a pretense.

She was truly weak, on the verge of collapsing at any moment.

“You all may leave now,” Empress Dowager Jing said to Old Lady Cai and the palace maids inside the Sleeping Palace.

Old Lady Cai and the others nervously looked at the Emperor, afraid that he would punish them, but the Emperor waved his hand with a cold expression, and they all retreated, feeling as if a great burden had been lifted from their shoulders.

“Why are the palace maids this time useless too?” The Emperor murmured through gritted teeth.

Empress Dowager Jing raised her aching arm, gently placing her hand on the back of the Emperor’s hand, shaking her head and saying, “It’s not their fault, our adversary was simply too strong.”

The Emperor asked, “What about the guards and hidden guards I left for you?”

Empress Dowager Jing replied, “The guards were lured away, and the hidden guards were knocked unconscious.”

“But they are top martial artists in the Imperial Palace!” The Emperor took a sharp intake of breath, “Just who is this powerful?”

Empress Dowager Jing shook her head, “I don’t know either, I just felt something was off at the time, but before I could see the face of our adversary, I was injured… by them.” She was too embarrassed to admit she was bagged, “They took me near the Taiye Pool. If the guards hadn’t arrived in time and scared them away, I might have been in real danger. They even knew to throw me into the water, forcing the guards to jump in and save me, thereby escaping.”

“So cruel… So cruel!” The Emperor clenched his fists, trembling with rage.

Empress Dowager Jing lowered her head, withdrew her hand, and forced a bitter smile, “Did I… cause trouble for you, Your Majesty? If it weren’t for my sudden return to the palace, all these things wouldn’t have happened out of nowhere.”

The Emperor tightly held her hand, “Mother Empress, please don’t say that! It was my idea to have you back in the palace! Someone can’t stand seeing you return to the palace, so much so that they plotted against you twice in one day, even nearly taking your life! Mother Empress, rest assured, I will uncover the mastermind behind this, even if it costs me my life, I will bring them to justice! I will definitely seek justice for you!”

These words were nothing short of accusing Empress Dowager Zhuang without explicitly naming her.

Empress Dowager Jing covered her mouth with a handkerchief, coughing painfully a few times.

“Mother Empress!” The Emperor coldly looked at the kneeling imperial physician, “How is Mother Empress exactly?!”

The imperial physician answered in panic and fright, “Your Majesty, Empress Dowager has sustained serious injuries and also suffered a scare from falling into the water. I’m afraid she will need to rest and recover for a while.”

The Emperor shouted angrily, “Then what are you still doing here? Hurry up and go make a medicine for the Mother Empress!”

“Yes! Yes!”

The imperial physician left in cold sweat!

“Your Majesty! Your Majesty!” Eunuch Wei hurriedly walked in.

“What is it?” asked the Emperor.

Eunuch Wei said, “I found Xiao Xiuzhuan unconscious near Taiye Pool.”

“Him?”

The Emperor went to the garden of Huaqing Palace.

Eunuch Wei had called for the imperial physician, who had given Xiao Liulang an injection, and Xiao Liulang slowly regained consciousness. He opened his heavy eyelids and asked, “Where am I?”

Eunuch Wei quickly said, “This is Huaqing Palace! Xiao Xiuzhuan, you passed out near Taiye Pool! Why did you faint?”

Xiao Liulang looked confused, “I… It seems like… I saw a suspicious person, who looked like Jiaojiao… I called out to her, and then she knocked me out.”

“What? The young divine doctor knocked you out?” Eunuch Wei looked at the Emperor in shock, and he saw the same surprise in the Emperor’s eyes.

After all, the Emperor had been through the intrigue of palace politics. He carefully asked Xiao Liulang about the location and time of the incident, and quickly connected the person to the assailant who had attacked Empress Dowager Jing!

Xiao Liulang looked shocked, “Your Majesty, are you saying… that Empress Dowager Jing was attacked… by Jiaojiao? How is that possible?”

His acting skills have improved again. He had only done such shameless things once or twice, so how could he be so adept at it now?

Did he indeed possess talent in this respect?

Eunuch Wei puzzled, “But I just interrogated the palace maids, and no one else was seen near the incident except for her.”

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