The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 403

Chapter 403: 204 Slapping the Face (Second Update)_3

The uninitiated would think they had seen a ghost!

“Daddy——”

After Marquis Gu got into the carriage, Jin Yu told him about the incident at the Ministry of Works: “…I really didn’t do it on purpose, I didn’t know the bellows would fail… They all said it was a problem with my design… But why was it okay at first… It only went wrong after those two showed up…”

The statement made it sound as if the bellows failure had any relation to the old blacksmith and carpenter.

Jin Yu sobbed intermittently: “They also said that it wasn’t me who made the bellows, but my sister…”

“How could that lass manage to make a bellows?” Marquis Gu looked disgusted.

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Jin Yu whispered: “I don’t know if it was because my sister saw my blueprints…”

Marquis Gu furrowed his brows.

He vaguely felt that the girl didn’t seem like someone who would do such a thing, but apart from that, he had no other explanations for how she would have been able to make the bellows: “Did the old blacksmith really say it was your sister who told him?”

“Yes.” Jin Yu nodded her head.

“That’s not right…” Marquis Gu pondered, “Why would she go through your things? And she wouldn’t even know where your things are.”

Gu Jiao had been to the Marquis Residence and the villa a few times, but she had never been in Jin Yu’s courtyard.

Jin Yu didn’t expect that at this time, her father would actually believe Gu Jiao.

She was taken aback, and said: “Maybe my sister also thought of the way to make a bellows, we both thought of it…”

Marquis Gu’s intelligence only had a brief moment of clarity, he sighed: “It’s probably because you two sisters share a psychic connection. Don’t worry, I will investigate the bellows accident, it’s not necessarily because of the bellows, maybe the stove was in disrepair due to long-term use. As for whoever invented the bellows, I will also make it clear to His Majesty.”

Gu Jiao hugged his arm, cooed sweetly: “Daddy, you really are the most loving father in the world.”

Marquis Gu was much gratified, this was what a considerate and caring daughter looked like!

Unlike that girl, so aloof and inhospitable, like a piece of cold, biting armor!

Marquis Gu temporarily put aside official business and went to the palace to meet with His Majesty.

His Majesty was listening to Minister Zhao reporting on the accident, with the increasing numbers of injured and the substantial loss incurred, his mood was at rock bottom.

When he heard Marquis Gu suggest that the explosion might have been caused by the stove, not the bellows, he wished he could throw Marquis Gu out!

Marquis Gu didn’t realize he had just ignited the hidden rage within His Majesty’s heart, he continued: “Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will surely find out the truth! Besides, about the bellows, both my daughters actually thought of it…”

After Marquis Gu left, His Majesty leaned back on his chair, his hand instinctively pinching his throbbing brow.

The room fell into darkness as night fell, the substantial imperial study seemed boundless, like a beast with its gaping maw open, swallowing him whole.

After a long time, he let out a sigh: “Wei Shen.”

“Your Majesty.” Eunuch Wei stepped inside, “Shall I light the lamp?”

His Majesty nodded.

Eunuch Wei lit an oil lamp.

Under the glow of the oil lamp, His Majesty looked haggard and fatigued.

No one else could be more upset than the ruler of the country after such a disaster.

He softly said: “Your Majesty, you must take care of your health.”

His Majesty asked: “What do you think, whose merit is the bellows?”

Eunuch Wei chuckled: “Your Majesty already has the answer in your mind, why bother asking a servant like me?”

His Majesty said: “Old Marquis has fought for me all his life, and in the end, he had to shoulder the heavy crime of disrespect, his military power taken from him, retired and returned to his fields.”

Eunuch Wei turned up the wick a little: “All for the sake of the kingdom.”

His Majesty picked up a memo from the table: “Marquis Ding’an wants the credit to go to his foster daughter.”

They must separate issues accurately, the blame for the accident should be pursued, but the credit for the bellows cannot be wiped out. Punish those who should be punished, reward those who deserve rewards.

Eunuch Wei cackled: “If your humble servant may speak out of turn, no matter who made the bellows, it’s ultimately the credit of the Marquis’s Residence. I heard that Miss Gu has already married in the countryside, but young lady Hui has yet to leave her maiden home.”

That was truly intriguing.

Chamberlain Wei took the medication and entered the room: “Your Majesty, stop going through the petitions for now and take your medicine.” _{freёweɓnovel.com}