The emperor sighed, "You've been so good to Kangle all these years, I'm starting to get jealous."
The Queen maintained a gentle smile throughout.
The emperor eventually sent his chief eunuch to the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence to bring Fu Jiang into the palace for treatment and to keep an eye on him.
If the Grand Princess is brought into the palace again, and she confirms Fu Jiang's identity, then the Grand Princess will give the Marquis of Zhongyong justice.
If Fu Jiang is not the one in the end, then he shall be returned to Marquis Zhongyong, and Marquis Zhongyong shall decide whether to punish or kill him.
Kang Le also left the palace.
Looking intently at her retreating figure, the Emperor said to the Empress, "Kang Le has become quite addicted to playing dumb all these years."
I just hope she truly remembers the years of support you've shown her, and doesn't become an ingrate.
The Empress smiled and rested her head on the Emperor's shoulder, saying gently, "Your Majesty, I thank you."
She didn't explain what she was thanking him for, but the emperor understood, and his expression softened as he put his arm around her shoulder.
Lei Ce, the deputy envoy of the Martial Virtue Division, paced outside the door. When the Empress saw him, she quickly sat up straight. The Emperor glanced at the doorway and said, "Come in and say what you have to say."
After bowing, Lei Ce hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, when I was chasing the assassin who broke into the palace, I encountered Ye Zhen, the young mistress of the Marquis's mansion, on the street."
The assassin he mentioned was the one who had infiltrated the palace during the day and assassinated the commander of the Martial Virtue Division and the head of the Phoenix Perch Palace guards.
Upon hearing this, the Empress's eyes narrowed, and the Emperor's expression also turned serious. "Continue."
“On that day, I chased the assassin all the way to the street, but the assassin disappeared on that street.”
On that day, only the young mistress of the Marquis's mansion's carriage could hide on the street, but after my investigation, there was no assassin in the carriage, nor any smell of blood, only the enticing aroma of roasted chicken.
"Until today, I heard that the Lady of the Marquis's carriage had a hidden compartment. I wondered if the carriage the young mistress rode in that day was the Lady of the Marquis's, and the assassin was hiding in the hidden compartment."
He even suspected that the roasted chickens in the carriage were used to mask the smell of blood.
If that's the case, then Ye Zhen is protecting the assassin.
"Your Majesty, I wish to investigate the young mistress. I humbly request your permission."
Since he took office as the Deputy Commissioner of the Martial Virtue Division, not a single thief has escaped from his grasp, except for that assassin from last time.
Therefore, he held a grudge, but since the Marquis of Zhongyong was a close minister of the emperor and Xie Tingzhou was his superior, he dared not act rashly.
The emperor's brows furrowed, his pupils radiating coldness, the gentleness he displayed when facing the empress completely gone. "Investigate."
Then, as if remembering something, he added, "Avoid Xie Tingzhou."
This meant Xie Tingzhou wouldn't know, and Lei Ce excitedly accepted the order...
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