Chapter 463 - Public Trial (1/2)

Chapter 463: Public Trial

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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 satisfaction Indeed, this was the Queen he needed “Co’s warm invitation startled the Princess—even in their most intimate moment, he had not talked to her in such a tone She was about to ask where they were going, but in the end, just bit her tongue She got up obediently, wiped her tears away, and got ready to leave She was prepared to

Gu Shenwei set the royal palace’s Council Chamber as a courtroodo military officers sat on both sides of the table There were burning candles on the table and walls, ate 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 palace Every move in the chaon King, as the priht hion King could speak, soht that the murderer had to be someone else

“The Princess… the Princess ca this news Those standing at the gate stared at the Princess, looking for sohts They 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 couple And the people outside could notFanyun spoke as the ht, there was a murder in the royal palace The 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 echoed They 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 was However, 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 woman She had stayed in the outer room and was an experienced htened and had been interrogated by countless people on that day She had repeated the same statementdown, she quickly confessed the 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 wos One of the , and then coughed “Well, those things are irrelevant You heard the scream and went into the room… What did you see?”

The elderly woman paused a little and then continued, “Yes, I went into the inner roo Blood was all over her”

“What about the pregnant wo Fanyun

“She… was dead, sir Her stomach was cut open, sir, and blood was all over her, sir I 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 tremble The candles flickered and no one spoke for a while

It was true that the pregnant woer that just a little spark could set thenant woman had her sto Fanyun first asked He appeared a little pale, though he had been an experienced soldier

“Sir, she was already dead by then, sir Her 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 suspicions They all stared at the Dragon King If 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 composure For the first time, she had soood at acting?”</e Fanyun asked a few more questions, and the elderly woman answered him truthfully Every 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 questioning He had the elderly woman stand by while he sunant wohtened, but theFanyun’s questions Every ti, “Blood! Blood…!” and then started to answer in broken words

The nant woman, but did not notice themoist, then she touched it and screamed Except 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 murder He had been wounded on his left shoulder, next to his throat He was supported by two other guards and was allowed to sit in a chair He 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 strike He did not see the pregnant woman, thus, he did not havehi saved her