Kang Le was unaware that she had been forced to divorce Han Zijin.
She had no time to care about him at the moment, because news had finally arrived from the Marquis's residence.
During tonight's assassination attempt, the Marquis's residence captured many prisoners. These prisoners were all stuffed into carriages and escorted directly to the palace by Xie Tingzhou and the two princes.
No one knows who the survivors were.
Kang Le could no longer sit still. She put on a hooded cloak and knocked on the back door of the Grand Princess's residence.
“Grandmother, Yin Jiu Niang is too cunning. Kang Le has failed. Those were all assassins that Kang Le hired from the martial arts world. Kang Le is uneasy and doesn’t know if they will betray her.”
The Grand Princess closed her eyes and leaned against the soft couch.
She was also anxious. The two royal guards never returned. Whether they were dead or alive, the emperor would recognize them as soon as he saw their faces.
She knew very well that the emperor was already dissatisfied with her growing power, and he would not hide the identities of these two people from her.
No trial is needed; the whole world will know that she sent assassins into the Marquis's residence.
She sighed, slowly opened her eyes, and murmured, "Kang Le, is Fu Jiang really Nianxi's child?"
Kang Le was slightly startled, wondering why she would ask this at this moment. She carefully asked, "Kang Le doesn't know either. He has a jade pendant. Is it real? Hasn't Grand Aunt found out yet?"
The Grand Princess looked at her.
Her people discovered that Butcher Fu had indeed married a noblewoman and was keeping a close watch on her, but no one knew the specific details because all those who knew were dead.
The old princess didn't continue the topic, but suddenly asked, "Were the assassins you sent out tonight really all assassins from the martial arts world?"
Kang Le's eyes flashed, and he was about to speak.
The old princess said coldly, "Kang Le, my eyes are cloudy, but I am not blind."
Your petty tricks cannot escape my notice. The only reason I am still protecting you is because I hope for harmony within the royal family.
No, actually she hated the royal family.
She hoped for chaos within the royal family; she enjoyed watching Emperor Renzhao's descendants kill each other.
Therefore, she protected Kang Le and the ministers of the late emperor's faction, thus keeping the internal struggles in the court incessant.
Everyone thought she was doing it for the sake of royal harmony and peace in Dayuan, but only she knew that it was for the hatred in her heart.
As long as Dayuan remains a member of the Xie family, her prestige will not change. Only when the court is unstable will the emperor show her even more respect as the most senior member who has influence among officials and the royal family.
"Back then, during the autumn hunt, your men impersonated the Crown Prince, shot and killed the Emperor, and hid the body, making the Empress believe that the Crown Prince had murdered the Emperor. To protect her husband, she attacked her own son."
Her eyes darkened. "The Empress only intended to shoot the Crown Prince's hand so that he could no longer harm the Emperor."
It was your people who tampered with the Empress's arrow, causing it to strike the Crown Prince in the heart. Then, when the Empress sent people to retrieve the Crown Prince, you dispatched countless assassins to kill him.
Kang Le, you are quite capable; even the Director of the Imperial Observatory has become your subservient subject.
"Even though it was a foggy day, you made him calculate it would be a clear day, and then, taking advantage of the fog obscuring the view, you orchestrated a scene of estrangement between the Empress and the Crown Prince."
But in reality, it was her royal bodyguards who used their internal energy to deflect the arrow.
She had long sensed Kang Le's disloyalty and knew her plans. Fearing that Kang Le was useless, she waited in the wings to ambush her.
Among those who attempted to assassinate the crown prince were also her people.
When he was young, the emperor had no ambition and knew that he had no chance of getting the throne. Fearing that the crown prince would be jealous of him, he became a leisurely person at an early age.
If it weren't for the empress, he wouldn't have committed regicide and rebellion later on. But his abilities were limited; he simply lacked the capacity to govern the country.
She enjoyed seeing the emperor incompetent, and then supporting other capable princes to cause them to fight each other.
The tragedy of the emperor and his predecessor is repeated.
But who would have thought that the Crown Prince would show such extraordinary talent at such a young age? With such a Crown Prince around, how could the other princes possibly have a chance?
Kang Le's conspiracy came at just the right time, and she went along with it.
only.
“The Crown Prince is not a fool. Even if the fog obscured his vision that day and he did not see clearly that the Empress was aiming at his wrist, even if you sent someone to impersonate the Empress to hunt down the Crown Prince.”
"Given the Crown Prince's intelligence, he will surely realize something was amiss afterward. Therefore, I am curious, Kangle, what method did you use to make the Crown Prince so convinced that his own mother wanted to kill him?"
So much so that he was so desperate and heartbroken that he didn't even want the position of crown prince.
The old princess spoke slowly and deliberately, each word striking Kang Le's head, leaving her palms sweaty.
She thought she had concealed it well all these years, but little did she know, it was all right under the old princess's nose.
But the old princess didn't expose her; instead, she helped her.
Could it really be just for the sake of this empire, for the sake of the royal family, thinking of the rumors circulating outside about the old princess digging up her grave?
Kang Le suddenly had a doubt: perhaps the old princess was not willing to marry into the country back then?
She was forced into this situation, which is why she resented the royal family and caused unrest within the royal family.
Kang Le remembered very clearly that the current emperor was able to successfully ascend the throne because of the support of the Grand Princess.
Afterwards, she helped the emperor sow discord between the empress and her son, preventing the crown prince from returning to the palace for many years. With the crown prince absent for so long, court officials had already submitted various memorials demanding the reinstatement of the crown prince, causing the emperor a lot of trouble...
Just as Kang Le thought he had figured things out, he heard the old princess's question.
She lowered her eyes. "Kang Le hates them for harming her elder brother. Kang Le wants revenge. Kang Le is close to the Empress and knows that the Empress cares about the Crown Prince, while the Emperor cares about the Empress."
"If the Empress and the Crown Prince fall apart, the Empress will surely suffer, and her suffering will not make the Emperor feel any better."
She gave the prelude, paused, and then began to reply to the old princess, "The head of the guards in the Empress's palace is one of Kang Le's men."
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