The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 719

Chapter 719: 335 Tricked her (two updates)

Everyone, including the emperor, was utterly stunned by the scene unfolding before their eyes.

Just a moment ago, the Empress Dowager Jing, who seemed so sickly that she might collapse at the slightest breeze, had suddenly, with her bare hands, caught a dart aimed at her life.

This... this was way too shocking!

Everyone was so overwhelmed by the surprise that no one spoke for a long time.

Logically, since a hidden weapon had been fired from the box that Marquis Xuanping personally handed to Empress Dowager Jing, he should have immediately been accused of attempting to assassinate her. However, the fact that Empress Dowager Jing had caught the dart with her bare hands had so drastically contradicted everyone’s understanding that no one thought of Marquis Xuanping at all.

Well, even Marquis Xuanping himself had completely forgotten about his own existence.

"Mother, Mother Empress..."

The Emperor stuttered out a sound.

Empress Dowager Jing abruptly snapped back to her senses, swaying slightly. Her fingers loosened, and the dart fell onto the shiny floor with a thud.

Only then did everyone else recover, their eyes widening in unison.

Nurse Cai’s eyes flickered, and she slapped the box out of Empress Dowager Jing’s hand, "How dare you, Marquis Xuanping! You actually tried to assassinate our Empress Dowager in the Huaqing Palace! Fortunately, our Empress Dowager, being a descendant of a general, learned some martial arts from her grandfather. Otherwise, you might have succeeded by now!"

The grandfather she mentioned was Empress Dowager Jing’s father. After she was honored as a concubine, her maternal family also rose to prominence. Her father was honored as the Earl of Yong En and given the rank of a fourth-grade general.

Before that, the Earl of Yong En was merely a sixth-rank captain.

Calling her a descendant of a warrior might’ve been a bit of an exaggeration. However, when one rose in ranks, their past could be embellished and glorified, and history could even be forgotten.

Therefore, everyone believed Nurse Cai’s words that the Empress Dowager Jing was indeed a worthy descendant of a warrior.

Consort Zhuang sneered, one of the few who scoffed at the scene.

Her aunt was a descendant of scholars, and Empress Dowager Jing was hailed as a descendant of warriors. The people of Zhaodu all agreed—they were the ’two beauties of Zhaodu,’ one of literature and one of martial arts.