The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 657

Chapter 657: 311 Pampering (two updates)_3

Yuan Tang gave a faint smile, "In another three or two years, you won’t be the same as you are now. So, are you afraid of her?"

"No!" the man in grey said.

Yuan Tang covered his wound, finally revealing a trace of pain, "Enough, this girl is an asset, take her in with open arms. It would be a waste to kill her."

The man in grey thought, then nodded, "In this world, there’s no one a highness like you can’t win over."

"Except for my cousin." Yuan Tang snorted coldly and said unhappily, "I could easily win over anyone with my skills, I bore my heart to him, yet he didn’t feel it!"

Gu Jiao returned to the Bishui Alley.

Xiao Liulang has already returned from his duties at the Hanlin Academy, presently tutoring Xiao Jingkong in the study room.

Gu Jiao didn’t disturb the two of them, instead, she went to check on Officer Wei’s injuries next door, then went to her aunt’s room.

The Emperor suddenly wanted to eat sugar glazed duck, and Gu Changqing went to the kitchen to help the old winemaker pluck the duck’s feathers.

Only the Emperor was in the room.

Seeing her come over, the Emperor’s eyes brightened, but dimmed again when he remembered she was Empress Dowager Zhuang’s maid, he asked indifferently, "Haven’t you changed the dressing today?"

"I have something to tell your majesty." Gu Jiao said.

"What is it?" The emperor asked.

Gu Jiao said solemnly, "I know who the assassin is."

The emperor sneered, "You’re not trying to exonerate your beloved aunt by blaming someone else, are you?"

"I’m not that bored." Gu Jiao took out the colorful tassel from her bosom, "This is what I pulled off the assassin when we fought. I asked if your Majesty recognized it, you said you did not. Do you know why you didn’t recognize it? Because the assassin was not from the palace of Zhan Country, yet he knew your Majesty’s whereabouts as if it was the back of his hand."

The Emperor’s brow furrowed, "Who is he exactly?"

Gu Jiao looked at the Emperor intently and said, "The hostage from Chen Kingdom."

Gu Jiao’s words were half true, half false; but other than the tassel not actually being pulled from the assassin, everything else she said was true.

However, Gu Jiao only had this one piece of tassel and no other evidence.

Whether the Emperor believed her or not largely depended on his trust in Gu Jiao.

And this was one of the reasons Yuan Tang dare reveal the truth to Gu Jiao, what could she do with the truth? It was too far-fetched to convict him based on a mere piece of tassel.