Chapter 558 - Framing His Highness (2/2)

Elder Wu realized that everything was proceeding as planned, he took a step forward and said, “Your Majesty, since Eunuch Gao said as such, it must have happened. The noise outside are indeed the clunks of weapons.”

“Mm, mm, mm!” Eunuch Gao nodded repeatedly as he did not know how to react.

The Emperor dangerously squinted his eyes, he swung his hand and swept all the teacups to the ground!

“Who?! Who would be so daring!”

Elder Wu looked down, “I don’t know who might it be but like what Your Majesty said, the palace’s security is tight, there are countless halls and courts all over. Moreover, the strongest imperial army of the War Dragon Empire are standing guard in front of Chaoyang Hall, those mere rebel troops will not be able to fight their way in under normal circ.u.mstances. They would be eliminated before they even step through the gate, but since they had, it only proves one thing, which is that there is someone in this Chaoyang Hall working with the rebellion!”

“Elder Wu, you are saying…” The Emperor stood up, his lips were pale and his face looked gloomy. His gaze glanced over everyone in the hall and ultimately landed on Baili Jia Jue. He squinted his eyes a little, “Someone is trying to conspire against me?”

Elderly Wu replied respectfully, “I am just speculating since it is a heavy crime for saying this out loud. I don’t dare to simply accuse others but I really want to make sure of something.”

Up until here, Elder Wu paused, he did not continue but instead glanced over at Baili Jia Jue’s direction.

Baili Jia Jue’s long legs were half crossed, his elegant and cold look still remaining in his face. The handsome side view of his face was as beautiful as a painting, as though he was not affected by what was happening outside.

The Emperor was also looking at him. He retracted his gaze and looked at Elder Wu, “Elder Wu, just be frank with is on your mind.”

“I’ve heard rumours saying that someone saw the Third Prince rus.h.i.+ng to make a robe. The material used is golden silk and it had dragon claws sewn on it.” As Elder Wu spoke, he looked up at the Emperor, “Your Majesty, according to the ancestor’s rules, only Your Majesty can wear real golden silk. I am just curious as to why would the Third Prince rush his men to sew a robe of that particular color?”

Golden silk with dragon claws sewn on it, it was an obvious sign of a rebellion! The Emperor’s expression turned colder as he listened. His eyes were looking at Baili Jia Jue, and the black goo that oozed out from the bottom of his eyes made one feel extremely uncomfortable, “Ah Jue, how do you explain yourself?”

“It is merely fict.i.tious.” Baili Jia Jue calmly replied the Emperor with four words, his long fingers twisting the teacup. He was very calm and casual yet one could feel the coldness in him.

Before the Emperor could say anything, Elder Wu cut in and started to make concessions in order to gain advantage, “Maybe that someone saw it wrongly, but the servants are really talking about it, so I thought I might as well ask and get to the bottom of it. If the Third Prince doesn’t mind, I would suggest that we search the Third Prince’s chambers. Not only will it suppress the bad rumours out there, it can even clear the Third Prince’s name!”

“Elder Wu, do you know how heavy of a crime it is to simply search around a prince’s chambers?” Baili Jia Jue retorted coldly.

Elder Wu’s was thick faced as he yelled aloud, “I am just worried about your reputation, Your Highness. If Your Highness doesn’t have it, you can simply let us search your chambers to be clear of it.”

“Do as Elder Wu says.” The Emperor glanced over at Baili Jia Jue, his tone was so deep that it was almost merciless, “Men, go to Jiuchong Hall and search for the golden robe that Elder Wu mentioned!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!” The men received their orders and went out.

As the fighting noise outside the hall was relentless, the Emperor’s eyes were at its gloomiest.

Elder Wu was very delighted though. He was thinking that no matter how smart Baili Jia Jue was, he could not have expected that all this were set up beforehand!

A day ago, he had sent someone to hide a set of dragon robes in Jiuchong Hall. The hiding spot might be inconspicuous but a little search would easily reveal it!

He really wanted to see how would Baili Jia Jue react when the dragon robe is brought over!