The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 678

Chapter 678: 322 The Truth Revealed (Double Update)_2

Empress Dowager Zhuang frowned, "Who else have I killed now?"

"Ha!" The Emperor stood in front of his desk, looking at the dignified and majestic Empress Dowager Zhuang with ridicule, "What act are you performing now, Empress Dowager? Have you done it but don’t dare to admit it? Haven’t we ripped off each other’s masks long ago? There’s no need for hypocrisy anymore!"

A chill passed through Empress Dowager Zhuang’s eyes, but her expression remained nonchalant, "I have done so many things, I’m not sure which one you’re referring to."

The Emperor laughed angrily, "At last, you admit it. You are nothing more than a mad, poisonous woman! Throw whatever you have at me! Why did you kill Zhang Zhangshi! What did she do to provoke you!"

"Zhang Zhangshi?" Empress Dowager Zhuang curiously raised her eyebrows.

The Emperor pointed an accusing finger at Empress Dowager Zhuang, "Stop pretending to be innocent! Zhang Zhangshi was summoned to the Renshou Palace by you last night, and then she hanged herself when she returned! Can you dare to say you didn’t kill her?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang let out a cold laugh, and slowly raised her eyes, her lips curling with a taunting smile, "So what if I killed her?"

She slowly rose, walked out from behind the desk, and approached the Emperor with steady steps, "Could you depose me or kill me? Even if I kill everyone around you, what could you do to me?"

"You poisonous woman!" The Emperor raised his hand!

"Your Majesty!"

Xiao Liulang quickly walked in, discarded his crutches, held the Emperor’s hand, and shielded Empress Dowager Zhuang behind himself.

Upon seeing the young man suddenly standing in front of her, Empress Dowager Zhuang paused. _{freёwebnovel.com}

Despite his frail body and limp, the young man showed no hesitation in stopping the Emperor.

The Emperor was beyond furious, "Xiao Liulang, step aside!"

"It’s not the Empress Dowager." Xiao Liulang said earnestly, without loosening his grip, "It’s not the Empress Dowager. It was me who called Zhang Zhangshi over last night. It has nothing to do with the Empress Dowager."

The Emperor was so angry he was about to explode, "Even you are speaking for her! You all... one after another... are all siding with her! Xiao Liulang! You are the top scholar handpicked by me!"

Xiao Liulang said earnestly, "I am Your Majesty’s subject, Your Majesty’s top scholar. Precisely because of this, I do not wish to witness Your Majesty make a mistake. What Your Majesty does today will be noted by the historians in the future. Your Majesty is a wise ruler, destined to leave a commendable legacy. Do not destroy it with a moment of impulsivity."

The Emperor asked despairingly and bitterly, "Did I make a mistake? Did I do wrong?"

Xiao Liulang said, "Your Majesty did not make a mistake, neither did the Empress Dowager. The one who made a mistake was me. I shouldn’t have looked for Zhang Zhangshi. If Your Majesty wants to blame someone, blame me. I am the one who caused her death."