The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 792 - 792 367 Acting Explosion (Update 3)

Chapter 792: 367 Acting Explosion (Update 3) Chapter 792: 367 Acting Explosion (Update 3) In the end, though she was the trusted maid of the Silent Concubine, the emperor could not bear to see her falsely accused, and said, “What wrong has Cai done? When an assassin appears, a search must be conducted. This old servant has been obstructing us in every way, it is truly suspicious.”

Eunuch Qin reported to Queen Mother Zhuang, “Miss Gu is resting inside, I was afraid that too many people would disturb her, hence I stopped them. Furthermore, I indeed did not find any assassins. If the queen mother does not believe me, she may ask the palace guards from Renshou Palace, they also haven’t…”

Before Eunuch Qin could finish his sentence, the sound of weapons clashing came from the direction of the Sleeping Palace. Everyone’s heart tightened followed by Gu Jiao’s cold voice, “Trying to escape?!”

“Oh! Miss Gu!” Eunuch Qin’s face changed drastically, he called out to Renshou Palace’s guards, “Quick! Go and check!”

Four expert guards turned and ran towards the Sleeping Palace. However, before they could reach, a painful cry came from the end of the hall, “Ah—”

It was a man’s voice!

Eunuch Wei spread his arms in front of the Emperor, “Assassin! There’s an assassin! Protect His Majesty!”

Just as Huaqing Palace’s experts were about to take action, Gu Jiao emerged with a disheveled man dressed in black assassin’s clothes. She tossed the assassin on the ground, announcing indifferently, “Assassin, here!”

Gu Jiao had already changed back into her own clothes. Her hair was scattered, as if she had just woken up from bed and didn’t have time to comb her hair.

Cai was somewhat stunned at the sight of the assassin.

Had the Empress Dowager guessed correctly? Was the assassin from Renshou Palace?

But—weren’t there two assassins?

Cai looked at Gu Jiao suspiciously and said, “Miss Gu, there were two assassins in total.”

“Two? I only caught one.” Gu Jiao crossed her arms and replied nonchalantly.

The assassin was covered in mud and blood, making it hard to see his original appearance. However, the corners of his mouth were stained with blood, which indicated that he was severely injured and found it hard to fight back.

The emperor looked at him coldly, “Who sent you? If you reveal your master, I will grant you clemency! I am the supreme being, my words carry weight, and I never break my promises!”

A moment of hesitation crossed the assassin’s face. His terrified gaze scanned the crowd outside Renshou Palace and finally landed on Cai.

A surge of bad premonition welled up in Cai’s heart!

The assassin looked at Cai in terror and said, “It was… it was the Silent…”

“Shut up!” Cai stepped forward hastily. She seemed to guess what the assassin was about to say and wanted to stop him, but it was too late.

Lying on the ground, propped up on his elbows and gritting his teeth, the assassin said, “It was the Silent Concubine! The Silent Concubine ordered me to assassinate the queen mother!”

Cai was taken aback!

How could this be possible?

How did an attempt to catch an assassin end up implicating her own mistress?

In a panic, she said, “You are spouting nonsense! When did the Empress Dowager order you to assassinate the queen mother? If it was really the Empress Dowager who sent you, why did she ask me to search you out?”

The assassin coughed up a mouthful of blood, sneering, “How would I know? Maybe… the Empress Dowager suddenly realized that I knew her secret—”

Midsentence, Cai suddenly pounced on the assassin, plunging a knife into his chest!

“You… you… murder… silence…”

After uttering these words, the assassin’s eyes rolled back. He tilted over and fell into a pool of blood.

Cai, so shocked by what she had just done, retreated several steps and fell to the ground.

“I… I didn’t… not me… I didn’t kill anyone…”

She hadn’t intended to kill him at all.

It wasn’t that she had pounced on him, it was that her knees seemed to have been hit by something. Her legs gave way, and before she knew what was happening, there was a knife in her hand.

And then she drove the knife into the man’s chest.

Gu Jiao crouched down, checked the assassin’s neck with her fingertips, stood up and said, “He is dead.”

Queen Mother Zhuang frowned and said, “Are you not going to dispose of him? Clean up the portal! Don’t leave a single drop of blood! I hate the smell of blood!”

“Yes, yes, yes!” Eunuch Qin hurriedly ordered the eunuchs of Renshou Palace to carry away the assassin’s corpse for disposal and called the palace maidens to clean up the site.

This series of sudden changes had stunned her. She had never encountered such shameless tactics. Her mind was in such disarray that she couldn’t think. She could only keep on defending herself, “His Majesty… I didn’t murder… you believe me… that knife isn’t mine…”

Gu Jiao retorted, “Everyone saw, if it wasn’t yours, then whose was it?”

Eunuch Wei chipped in, “Exactly! If it wasn’t yours, then whose was it? I saw it too!”

Cai glared at Eunuch Wei, “Wei! Have you forgotten whose side you’re on again?!

Eunuch Wei shrank his neck in fear and turned around to slap himself in the face. He blurted it out again! He blurted it out again!

Cai fell to her knees, “Your Majesty… even if you don’t trust me… You should trust the Empress Dowager! How could she possibly be involved in scheming against the Queen Mother… The Empress Dowager has a kind heart, she couldn’t possibly do such a thing—”

The emperor was filled with complex thoughts.

Growing up dependent on the Silent Concubine, he knew exactly what type of person she was. She was so kind that she couldn’t even bear to step on an ant, always responded to hatred with kindness. Even when Queen Mother Zhuang banished her from the palace, she never uttered a single complaint about the Queen Mother.

Not only that, she always tried to mediate the relationship between him and the Queen Mother.

How could she do such a horrible thing?

Furthermore, no one would send out assassins and then immediately expose the assassins.

According to the assassin, he was aware of the Silent Concubine’s secrets, and that the Silent Concubine only realized this after she sent him out for the assassination.

That was even more ridiculous.

How could the Innocent Empress, who was pure as a sheet of white paper, have secrets?

Wait, she did have secrets.

The secret about Gu Chao.

The emperor started to get agitated.

Every time he thought about how Gu Chao could have become his father, he would boil with anger!

Perhaps because he was angry, when he looked at Cai, he found her irritating too.

“Your Majesty…” Cai looked at the emperor nervously.

The Emperor frowned, “Take Cai… and investigate thoroughly!”

He used the words ‘imprison’ and ‘investigate’, three highly distrustful words. One should know that the emperor had always been completely trusting towards the Silent Concubine, treating her loyal servants as his own.

But now, he was going to treat Cai as a suspect.

Eunuch Wei was surprised, “Your Majesty?”

The emperor, however, ignored everyone else. He brushed his sleeves and left in a bad mood!

Queen Mother Zhuang and Gu Jiao returned to the Sleeping Palace.

In the backyard of the Sleeping Palace, the body that was supposed to have been disposed of suddenly sat up, wiped off the mud from his face, removed the blood pack from his bosom, raised his eyebrows and grinned, “How is my acting, didn’t I do well?”

Gu Jiao replied indifferently, “Just so-so, not as good as me.”

Gu Chengfeng: “…”