The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1612

Chapter 1612: 777 Meeting the Aunt-in-law (second update)

Gu Jiao was slightly taken aback: "What do you mean?"

Ye Qing explained, "Shi Tian and Dark Soul never show their true faces. These are portraits drawn by those in the Jianghu who claim to have seen Shi Tian and Dark Soul, collected here by my master."

Gu Jiao squeezed out a few words through her teeth, "This...this many...when will I ever be able to finish looking at them?"

How about I just draw it for you, and you help me recognize it?

Ye Qing added, "None of us have seen Shi Tian, you’ll have to identify him yourself."

How am I supposed to identify anything?

So, even if I see a portrait of Long Yi, you still can’t confirm that he is Shi Tian, right?

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Patricide is a scandal.

If such a thing happened to the Emperor of Zhan Country, he would surely uphold the principle of keeping family scandals under wraps, suppress the news, and then find another reason to punish the Crown Prince.

But the ruler of Dayan Country is different; he doesn’t care. As soon as he ascended to the court, he announced Shangguan Qi’s sinister intentions, accused him of slandering Shangguan Yun and of the crimes of patricide and treason, and had Zhang Dequan publicly declare the decree abolishing the Crown Prince.

Along with the decree abolishing the Crown Prince, there was also a decree restoring Shangguan Yun’s royal status.

Henceforth, Shangguan Yun became the Third Princess of Dayan Country.

The entire court was in shock.

Even though the news had already spread last night, hearing it officially announced from the Jinluan Hall still made Consort Han extremely furious!

She was so angry that her chest was about to burst, "What assassination! What slander! That Long Aotian was obviously a spy planted by Shangguan Yun in the Crown Prince’s residence! Has His Majesty gone senile? How could he not see such an obvious flaw!"

She had sent someone to the Crown Prince’s residence last night to understand all the details of Long Aotian’s visit there. It was all a trap, every bit of it!

"Oh, Your Majesty, you mustn’t speak recklessly!" The head eunuch, Xu Gao, stepped forward in fright, "Be careful not to let anyone hear you."

Consort Han smiled at his words, "Oh? So soon? There won’t be any flaws, right?"

Xu Gao laughed and said, "They were all personally selected by Zhang Dequan. Each one is his trusted aide, even if someone investigates their ancestry, it won’t trace back to us."

Consort Han chuckled coldly, "The spies we’ve planted for so many years are finally being put to use. I had planned to use them for more important matters, but since Shangguan Yun and her son are so annoying, let’s use Zhang Dequan’s hand to remove these thorns in my side!"

Xu Gao flattered, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Consort Han had already begun to envision the fruits of victory, "After it’s done...who should we frame for this? I think Consort Wang is a good choice, and Consort Dongchen isn’t bad either."

As she spoke, she laughed heartily. freёwebnovel-com

On the other side, Zhang Dequan escorted four palace maids to the National Master Hall.

Gu Jiao went to the Book Pavilion, leaving only Xiao Hen in Shangguan Yun’s room.

Zhang Dequan bowed respectfully to Xiao Hen, who was seated, "Your Highness Changsun, these are the palace maids I selected. They are quick-handed, diligent, and clever. Let them serve the Third Princess and Your Highness for now. Please rest assured, their backgrounds are clean."