20demayo Chapter 436
Chapter 436
thinking this way, jiang chuan and xiao xiangzi exchanged uneasy glances.
who knew what kind of sinister intentions lay beneath the surface of xiao xiangzi (jiang chuan)?
jiang xinyue tossed a few fruits over: "do you know why that person went through all this trouble to set things up, even though they knew you would quickly control the rumors?"
jiang chuan and xiao xiangzi finally stopped suspecting each other and turned their puzzled gazes toward jiang xinyue.
what did her majesty mean by this?
wasn't it her who said it?
the person wearing the mask was among them, possibly someone very familiar with her majesty.
"what you just did was exactly what the mastermind wanted, wasn't it?"
xiao xiangzi and jiang chuan suddenly realized: "your majesty means that the person wanted us to become suspicious of each other, causing chaos so that others could take advantage?"
imagine if even jiang chuan and xiao xiangzi, the chief eunuchs of kunning palace, were suspicious of each other, how much chaos would that create among the subordinates?
how could anyone get any work done if they were constantly paranoid?
those with weaker nerves might not even be able to sleep, worrying every day that the face-stealing monster might peel off their faces.
if everyone was too busy being suspicious and on guard, wouldn't that create problems for jiang xinyue?
the mastermind would seize the opportunity to eliminate jiang xinyue.
that was their ultimate goal.
what a sinister plan.
could there really be such a person in the palace?
they must be deeply hidden.
hui yuan cried while rubbing her legs. the initial shock and fear had passed, and now that everything had settled, her legs felt weak.
she wondered if her majesty had deliberately made her stand here for so long.
but even if it was intentional, she couldn't utter a word of complaint.
noble consort jin was a princess of goguryeo. no matter how ambitious goguryeo might be, on the surface, they were still a vassal state of great yan.
their king had sent his princess here for a marriage alliance, yet within a year, she had been killed in the palace. this was utterly unacceptable.
if great yan treated its vassal states this way, was it really the right choice for them to pledge allegiance to an emperor who didn't value their lives?
after some thought, if someone were to stir up trouble, they might suddenly turn against great yan, just like fusang, and cause chaos at the border.
in that case, jiang xinyue would be remembered as a villain throughout history.
because the rumors spread by the mastermind claimed that she had killed noble consort jin.
it seemed that the face-stealer harbored a deep hatred for her, not only wanting to kill her but also to tarnish her name forever, ensuring that the jiang family would be utterly destroyed.
when had she ever offended such a vicious and ruthless person?
she had no idea.
ministry of justice—
"zhu qianyi, you coward! the emperor killed your father and brothers, and even your sister. how can you work for him? you've sold your soul for wealth and status, recognizing your enemy as your father. heaven is watching, and you will pay for this."
"even we, your father's loyal servants, remember our master's grudge. yet you, his most beloved son, have thrown away the zhu family's kindness. to save your own skin, you serve the man who killed your father. what a joke!"
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the two surviving assassins took turns berating zhu qianyi, hurling insults at him.
"sizzle!"
the smell of roasted meat filled the interrogation room of the ministry of justice.
"ah! ugh..."
a red-hot branding iron was pressed against one of the assassin's mouths. ma yiyang's veins bulged on the back of his hand, but his face remained calm and composed.
only when the other assassin saw his comrade writhing in pain, his lips flattened and fused together from the branding, did he pale and fall silent.
"sizzle—sizzle—sizzle—"
the branding iron, still glowing red after killing the man, was plunged into a basin of water. the cold water instantly boiled and churned, a terrifying sight.