Chapter 463 (1/2)
Chapter 463: 463
Gu Shenwei put away the roll of paper and said to her, ”Yes, this is exactly what I want”
Then, he stared at the Princess as if she was a pretentious suspect who tried to get aith murder, while the latter calmly stared back
They stared at each other for a long time, and then she calmed herself down and started to think about the top priority”Is there anything I need to do?”
”You would do anything?”
”Yes, since I'm your Queen”
Gu Shenwei nodded in satisfactionIndeed, this was the Queen he needed”Coo”
The Dragon King's warm invitation startled the Princess—even in their most intimate moment, he had not talked to her in such a toneShe was about to ask where they were going, but in the end, just bit her tongueShe got up obediently, wiped her tears away, and got ready to leaveShe was prepared to
Gu Shenwei set the royal palace's Council Chamber as a courtroodo military officers sat on both sides of the tableThere were burning candles on the table and walls, ht as day
The gate opened, and for the first time, the people were allowed to stand outside and listen as observers
The audience was lined up froate to the streets outside the royal palaceEvery move in the chamber would be quickly spread by mouth
The Dragon King, as the priht hion King could speak, soht that the murderer had to be someone else
”The Princessthe Princess ca” Everyone becaate stared at the Princess, looking for sohtsThey all wanted to knohich side she was on—her brother's or her husband's
In the bright room, the least amount of candles were in front of that coupleAnd the people outside could not make out their faces at all
The tall Long Fanyun spoke as the ht, there was a murder in the royal palaceThe victie”
”Unforgivable outrage!” So the people outside sarcastically, drawing a round of applause
Long Fanyun ignored hi has decided that it must be looked into immediately, and be explained to all of our people”
”Immediately!” More voices echoedThey were sure that the , and the trial was just a play
The Princess tilted her body slightly to take a glance at the Dragon King, which then cal beside her was more like an Emperor than her brother wasHowever, it troubled her that, up until this point, she was still unaware of her role in this play
The first witness called into the Council Chamber was the elderly womanShe had stayed in the outer room and was an experienced midwife
She was really frightened and had been interrogated by countless people on that dayShe had repeated the same statementdown, she quickly confessed them before anyone could ask
”It was during the third watch, I heard the nant wo another stoood health, was not able to leave the courtyard, and the food was bad”
The elderly wosOne of the , and then coughed”Well, those things are irrelevantYou heard the scream and went into the roomWhat did you see?”
The elderly woman paused a little and then continued, ”Yes, I went into the inner rooBlood was all over her”
”What about the pregnant wo Fanyun
”Shewas dead, sirHer stomach was cut open, sir, and blood was all over her, sirI haven't seen sodown like a strea in the blood”
The horrible scene described by the elderly woman made the people inside and outside the hall trembleThe candles flickered and no one spoke for a while
It was true that the pregnant woer that just a little spark could set them on fire
”If the pregnant woman had her sto Fanyun first askedHe appeared a little pale, though he had been an experienced soldier
”Sir, she was already dead by then, sirHer throat had been pierced through, sir, and that didn't shed much blood, sir”
The elderly woman stumbled over and repeated ”sir” many tiends about the Dragon King, one of which was that he usually killed people by piercing through their throats
On both sides of the table, the civil andtheir heads in the direction of the Dragon King, forcing theround
Meanwhile, the people at the gate did not hide their suspicionsThey all stared at the Dragon KingIf it were not for the guards, the people in front would probably have rushed in
The Princess again took a peek sideways at the Dragon King and was amazed by his composureFor the first time, she had so?”
The Princess again took a peek sideways at the Dragon King and was amazed by his composureFor the first time, she had so?”
Long Fanyun asked a few more questions, and the elderly woman answered him truthfullyEvery sentence of her description of that horrible scene would provoke anger in the crowd outside the hall
Long Fanyun felt that the situation was about to get out of control, so he stopped questioningHe had the elderly woman stand by while he sunant woman
The elderly wohtened, but theFanyun's questionsEvery ti, ”Blood! Blood!” and then started to answer in broken words
The nant woman, but did not notice themoist, then she touched it and screamedExcept for the blood all over her, she did not re
Even the cruelest person would find it torturous to interrogate this badly shaken h it and had her stand by as well
The third witness was the iuard Ju Chi, who had survived the murderHe had been wounded on his left shoulder, next to his throatHe was supported by two other guards and was allowed to sit in a chairHe spoke weakly and deliberately avoided the eyes of the Dragon King
In his account of the scene, there was the late night, the quiet assassin in black, and his lightning-fast strikeHe did not see the pregnant woman, thus, he did not havehi saved her
There was one key thing that he was
Long Fanyun exchanged glances with the Dragon King, and then asked, ”What weapon did the assassin use?”