The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 904 - 904 416 lines of poetry (second watch of the night)_3

Chapter 904: 416 lines of poetry (second watch of the night)_3 Chapter 904: 416 lines of poetry (second watch of the night)_3 “Shut your mouth!” Liu Yisheng said, annoyed.

Gu Jiao asked, “How did you get the injury on your face?”

Yuan Tang raised his eyebrows, “You care that much about me?”

Liu Yisheng said icily, “Stop talking nonsense.”

Yuan Tang shrugged helplessly, pointing at the big white cat on Gu Jiao’s leg with his folding fan, “How else? It scratched me!”

Gu Jiao looked at the white cat on her leg, “You scratched him?”

The white cat closed its eyes and feigned death.

Liu Yisheng said, “It did scratch him, I saw it.”

Gu Jiao asked, “When did it scratch you?”

Liu Yisheng said, “Last night. He climbed over the wall into the house, and the white cat, thinking a thief had entered, gave him a scratch.”

This little thing turned out to be quite ferocious.

Yuan Tang looked at the white cat with reproach, “I haven’t seen you for just a few days, and you’ve forgotten who used to take care of you!”

Liu Yisheng was not the type to lie to her, and according to Gu Jiao’s observation just now, the marks on Yuan Tang’s face didn’t seem like finger marks but more like scratches from sharp claws.

Of course, it didn’t rule out another possibility—that the slap hadn’t left much of a mark, and that applying ice to it might have quickly reduced the swelling.

Yuan Tang, seeing Gu Jiao deep in thought, said, “Hey, why are you staring at me like that? Are all Zhan Country’s people this strange today? First, Princess Rui screamed when she saw my injured face, and then you go touching my face.”

Liu Yisheng was fed up with him, “Who touched you? Keep spouting nonsense like this and don’t come here next time.”

Yuan Tang immediately cowered, “Alright, alright, I’ll keep quiet!”

The matter was indeed getting strange without suspecting Yuan Tang.

It didn’t matter to her whom Wo Linlang had a private meeting with, but since Gu Jiao stumbled upon their secret, if the other party discovered this matter, they might well harm her and Princess Rui.

So, it was best to expose that person as soon as possible.

Gu Jiao watched Yuan Tang intently and asked, “Do you know the crown princess?”

Yuan Tang asked, “Which country’s crown princess?”

Gu Jiao said, “Zhan Country’s crown princess.”

Yuan Tang raised his eyebrows meaningfully, “Oh, the one betrothed to Zhaodu’s young marquis, right? Yes, I know her. What about it?”

“It’s the former fiancée, they’re not related anymore,” Gu Jiao corrected Yuan Tang, then asked, “Did you see her yesterday?”

Caught off guard by the question, Yuan Tang didn’t pay attention to why she corrected him and spread his hands, “Why would I see her? I hardly know her! Wait a minute, why do you ask? You’re not suspecting I have some sort of unsavory relationship with her, are you?”

This Yuan Tang was not dull at all.

Yuan Tang laughed, then raising a finger solemnly, he said, “Since my cousin is here, I might as well be clear about it. I did indeed attempt to assassinate your emperor of Zhan Country, but I have absolutely nothing to do with your crown princess! I swear to the heavens! If a single word I’ve said is a lie, may I never lead my cousin back to Chen Country in this lifetime!”

What kind of oath was that?

Liu Yisheng said coolly, “If you’re lying, you’ll never become the crown prince of Chen Country.”

Yuan Tang looked hurt, “Isn’t that a bit too harsh? Are you still my cousin?”

Yuan Tang didn’t seem like he was lying.

But from motives, martial skills, past offenses… and so on, Yuan Tang was the most suspicious.

Just as Gu Jiao was about to ask him for an alibi for yesterday morning, a strange noise suddenly came from outside the house.

Gu Jiao’s ears twitched and she quickly grabbed the teacup in her hand and threw it outside the door!

A clang was heard as a tea cup knocked an arrow to the ground.

The mute servant in the courtyard stood up swiftly, lifted the old wet nurse who had not heard the noise, and carried her into the house.

The instant they entered the house, Yuan Tang stood up and shut the hall door, bolting it!

Almost at the same time, the door sounded with a series of hits from arrows, one of which even pierced halfway through the door, narrowly missing Yuan Tang’s belly.

Yuan Tang looked at the arrow that had nearly gutted him and jerked the corner of his mouth fiercely.

“Don’t tell me, cousin, what have you done again recently? Before, these people from Zhan Country just came to smash things in your house, but now are they actually trying to kill you?”

No sooner had Yuan Tang finished speaking than another arrow whistled through the air.

This time it was from the back door.

The back door couldn’t be shut, because there wasn’t one…

However, the intended target of this arrow was not Liu Yisheng.

For an instant, Gu Jiao thought it was aimed at her, until the arrow struck right into Yuan Tang’s folding fan.

If not for his quick reflexes with the fan, he would have been split open!

Yuan Tang was dumbfounded, “…What’s going on? Was that meant for me?”

Several more arrows shot toward him from behind, all aimed at Yuan Tang.

Gu Jiao looked intently towards the direction of the back door and said, “Alright, you’re off the hook.”

As Yuan Tang dodged arrows scrambling around the room, he asked, “What do you mean?”

Clearly, someone wanted Yuan Tang to take the fall for this, and they intended to eliminate him to ensure there was no one to refute the claim!

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