Chapter 118 If you dare to act on your own again, I will depose you!
Chu Jin shook his head:
"No! But, they are definitely not from Beicang!"
He took out the potion from his bosom and smeared it on the back of the neck of one of the corpses for a while. Sure enough, the Beicang totem that was originally engraved behind the ear - the wolf head pattern - disappeared.
"It's really printed on. Even if it's hard to melt when it comes into contact with water, it can't resist my snow-melting cream!"
Helian Feng snorted coldly:
"You and I can both see that these assassins are not Bei Cang's death squads. How could Xiao Nanyan not see it? It is because he can see that they are not Bei Cang's death squads and will definitely not get anything out of them that he kills them!"
Chu Jin narrowed his eyes slightly:
"Your Highness, in your opinion, who would dare to openly assassinate someone at this family banquet? Moreover, it is clear that they are using someone else's knife to kill someone! The person they want to kill is Xiao Nanyan!"
"So, you're going to make the best of a bad situation. The enemy of my enemy is my friend?"
A trace of resentment appeared on Chu Jin's face:
"It's a pity that these killers are also useless. Even with so many people, they can't take down Xiao Nanyan!"
Helian Feng shook his head and sighed:
"Besides Xiao Nanyan, their target is also..."
"Toffee?" Chu Jin widened his eyes.
"My father may be as clear as a mirror, otherwise, he would not have stood in front of the concubine in public!"
Chu Jin was shocked:
"Why is that? Isn't the Concubine Dowager your Majesty's sister-in-law?"
Helian Feng sighed softly:
"Childhood sweethearts first met early, and the secret love was hard to erase... All tragedies are due to the matchmaker tying the wrong red thread. No matter how deep the love is, it is just a matter of fate..."
Seeing that Helian Feng was speaking with a double meaning but did not explain it clearly, Chu Jin did not want to ask more about such a royal secret.
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Weiyang Palace.
After sending everyone away, Helian Cong waved his hand and threw the memorial on the desk. The jade paperweight hit the blue bricks and broke into two pieces, startling Su Qinyao so much that she staggered back half a step.
"Your Majesty, calm down..."
"Calm down?"
Helian Cong turned around suddenly, raised his hand and slapped him:
"Su Qinyao, do you think I'm blind?"
The Queen, Su Qinyao, was so shocked by his sudden slap that the gold and jade hairpin on her head fell to the ground with a clang. Her body also shook and she almost fell down.
She covered her burning cheeks and suddenly looked up, her eyes full of panic:
"Your Majesty, why did you hit me?"
"Mingzhi, Advisor? I ask you, who sent the assassin tonight?"
"No, isn't it the Beicang warriors?" Su Qinyao's voice was trembling.
Helian Cong sneered, and the tip of his boot rolled over her fallen hairpin:
"Northern Cang's death squad? Although they are constantly at war with Tianqi, they don't need to take such a risk to sneak into the palace and assassinate the king? Do you think Xuan Lie is a three-year-old child?"
"But, but the Imperial Master said that he found totems engraved with Northern Cang patterns on them!"
"Hmph! Xiao Nanyan knows better than you whether they are the real Northern Cang Death Soldiers. The Northern Cang Death Soldiers markings on their bodies are just a covert move to sneak into Chencang! Forging those is not difficult. I want to ask the Queen, these assassins risked their lives to sneak into the palace just to assassinate Xiao mother and son?"
Su Qinrou's face became uglier and uglier. Her husband's eyes full of resentment were like a poisoned knife, cutting into her heart.
Helian Cong's words were cold and without any warmth:
"Even if the assassins were all-powerful, how could they have gotten past this heavily guarded palace without someone to let them go? The dancers who were able to perform before the emperor must have gone through numerous rounds of screening. As the queen, how could you be completely unaware of their actions?"
"Your Majesty, even though I am the Queen, I cannot do everything myself. The selection of dancers is the responsibility of the Imperial Court..."
"Ye Ting Ling?" Helian Cong suddenly leaned over and clasped her neck with his fingertips:
"Aren't they just following your orders? Su Qinyao, don't think that you've done it perfectly and without anyone noticing. Xiao Nanyan sees things much more clearly than you do! You useless idiot!"
There was ice in Helian Cong's eyes, colder than the water at the bottom of Taiye Lake:
"Your brother does share your hatred for the enemy! But don't forget, even if Su Xianrou was born to a servant, she is still your half-sister. Why kill her?"
Helian Cong's big hand suddenly tightened, and the feeling of suffocation became more and more intense. She could even hear the sound of her teeth chattering.
"Your Majesty, I just want to share your worries!"
"Sharing my worries? What have you done secretly these years? Do you think I don't know? I have already given you the position of Queen. For the sake of Feng'er and Shu'er, I don't want to make a fuss, but you should not act recklessly!"
"Your Majesty, I am simply worried that Xiao Nanyan will one day rebel and become a grave threat to Feng'er, that's why..."
Helian Cong threw the queen to the ground, his eyes filled with unconcealed disgust:
"I know how to handle Rou'er and the Xiao family. You don't need to intervene! If you dare to act on your own again, I will destroy you!"
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