Chapter 238 Assassination
The visitor was wearing a flamboyant bright red long dress of an ethnic minority. She was already stunningly beautiful, and now her face was filled with a smile, making her look even more radiant and charming.
"How dare you! Who are you? How dare you pour water on the concubine!" Originally, the jailer was regretting that he had poured the bucket of dirty water on Prince Shuo's concubine, and wondered how he should beg for mercy.
At this moment, seeing the appearance of the strange woman, he didn't care that she was dressed luxuriously. He just felt that he had to find a way out. He wanted to put the blame on her.
But just as he finished speaking, a handsome man in official uniform shouted, "You are such a brave slave! How dare you talk to Princess Louxi like that!"
Yes, the person who came was Princess Louxi Gu Yina, and following behind her was Pei Jingye.
"Sir..." The jailer was so frightened that his legs went limp instantly.
In fact, Gu Yina had just called herself the princess, but the jailer didn't pay attention. Now he heard it clearly.
And what about Xu Qingyue? She had come into contact with Gu Yina before, so she naturally recognized her. When she saw Gu Yina appear, she gritted her teeth in anger.
However, what made her even angrier than this was that the dirty water poured on her seemed to be mixed with feces! If this dirty stuff was poured on Xu Qingyan, she would definitely praise the jailer for doing a good job, but now that it was poured on her, she was really so angry that she almost fainted.
Therefore, Xu Qingyue had no desire to stay any longer and fled with her maid.
"Crown Princess, are you okay?" After Xu Qingyue left, Gu Yina walked to Xu Qingyan and asked worriedly.
Pei Jingye also followed behind with a worried look on his face, and said, "Jingchuan, sister-in-law, don't worry! My uncle and I will mediate for you in the court. The court has not convicted you yet. As long as you are not convicted, there will be a chance to find out the truth, and you will definitely be able to come out safely."
Xu Qingyan looked at them gratefully and said, "Thank you very much! Prince, is there any problem over there?"
"At present, the prince has not woken up, but there has been no news that anything has happened to the prince." Pei Jingye said.
"Has there been no movement yet?" Xu Qingyan frowned and looked at Pei Jingchuan.
In fact, they were just waiting for news to come out of the East Palace. Only if Prince Shuo continued to take action would their people have a chance to get hold of evidence.
Pei Jingye was naturally confused when he saw them like this, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why are you looking at Prince Hope... Is it really..."
Seeing that Pei Jingye was about to misunderstand, Pei Jingchuan immediately interrupted him and said, "Cousin, don't misunderstand, we are waiting for the real murderer to make a move. Since his goal is to kill the prince, he will naturally make a move during this period of time. Only when the prince dies and the court and the public are furious, it will be difficult for us and the King of Qin to turn the tables."
Looking at Pei Jingchuan's calm expression, Pei Jingye understood that although his cousin was in prison, arrangements had probably been made for him outside.
So, he didn't ask much, but just told them about the business he and Xu Qingyan had done together before. Xu Qingyan listened to what Pei Jingye said, and from time to time observed the interaction between him and Gu Yina, and unexpectedly found that there seemed to be something wrong between the two.
Xu Qingyan looked at Pei Jingye and Princess Louxi, and thought in her heart: [Huh? What's going on? The way Gu Yina looks at Pei Jingye is not right? Before, she called him a pervert, but now there seems to be some ambiguity between the two? Could it be that the princess has fallen in love with Pei Jingye? No way! The plot is so upside down. You know, Gu Yina didn't follow the preset. It's fine if she fell in love with Pei Jingyuan, but now she has fallen in love with someone else! ]
Pei Jingye, who was telling Xu Qingyan how great their business was and how much money they had made, was stunned when he suddenly heard Xu Qingyan's thoughts.
Pei Jingye felt a little upset. What? Originally, Gu Yina was going to fall in love with Pei Jingyuan? With Pei Jingyuan's character, how could he be worthy of the princess! Pei Jingyuan had already married several concubines. If the princess fell in love with such a man, she would definitely not live well.
Although he also had concubines in his backyard, they were women whose reputations were ruined and whom he rescued out of bravery. He rescued them and settled them as concubines, but he never touched them. He gave them the title of concubines because he didn't want them to be criticized. In fact, these women were under his command and worked for his business. He also took in many orphans, who were also taken care of by these women.
These days, he and Gui Na have been doing business together, and the relationship between them has improved a lot, and they have even developed feelings for each other unconsciously. No, he absolutely cannot let Gui Na like Pei Jingyuan, so he decided to find a suitable time to confess to Gui Na.
After talking with Xu Qingyan and the others for a while, the two of them brought them a lot of delicious food before reluctantly leaving.
At the same time, the people arranged by Pei Jingchuan waited in the East Palace for several days, and finally waited for Prince Shuo's men to take action.
Because of the incident with the Crown Princess last time, the people sent by the Eastern Palace were all re-arranged, and those who could serve the Crown Prince closely were the Queen's people. The people chosen by the Queen were either orphans or all their relatives were controlled by the Queen, and Prince Shuo could not bribe them in a short time.
Therefore, Prince Shuo could only arrange for someone to assassinate him secretly. What he never expected was that Pei Jingchuan and King Qin, who were already in the Tianlao, could actually reach out to the East Palace and arrange for someone to protect the prince. He had long expected that there might be secret guards for the prince in the East Palace, but he didn't take it seriously. He had already tried it, and the secret guards in the prince's mansion were either incompetent or had been subdued by him.
However, the strength of the secret guards arranged by Pei Jingchuan was somewhat unexpected for him. His men had fought with them for a few moves before they were defeated miserably, and some secret guards were even captured alive. After the secret guards caught the assassin, they immediately followed Jing Mo's previous instructions, removed the assassin's jaw, took out all the things on his body that could be used to commit suicide, and fed him the special muscle softening powder made by Doctor Xuan.
After Jing Mo caught the man, he quietly had someone report it to the Queen as agreed with Pei Jingchuan. When the Queen learned about it, her eyes tightened slightly and a chill rose in her heart.
"Don't worry! When the time comes, I will tell others that it was because I was worried that I arranged for someone else to protect the prince. The assassin was caught by my people." The Queen looked at Jing Mo and said.
She knew that it must be Pei Jingchuan or the King of Qin who did this. They must be very powerful to be able to do this. If the emperor knew about it, he would inevitably be suspected, and it would also give rise to accusations. Now that her son was able to save his life, she was already very grateful, so she was naturally willing to help them cover up.
At the same time, she was also very glad that she did not completely believe from the beginning that it was the King of Qin and his men who did it, otherwise what she would see now might be the prince's corpse.
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