Chapter 16.2 (2/2)

‘Except, don’t you want to avenge your mother Consort Chen?’ Huang Guo asked triumphantly.

Pei Jin felt like his heart jumped out of his chest. He didn’t know why Huang Guo suddenly asked about Consort Chen. He didn’t expose Huang Guo’s scheme to conceal his own scheme and the blame was poured over a maid with a cruel conscience.

Huang Guo pulled out a note from his sleeve and passed it to Pei Jin. ‘This afternoon, I discovered this in front of the calligraphy room.’

Pei Jin opened the folded note and his body trembled with anger, ‘the empress killed Consort Chen.’

Pei Jin immediately thought of the impatient MF Bei Dou.

Pei Jin suppressed his anger and feigned shock. ‘This… this…’

‘Long ago I thought Xiao Chen’s death was suspicious,’ Huang Guo said. ‘I couldn’t find evidence to confirm my suspicions, but I didn’t expect this! Your mother was good to you, you need to avenge her!’

Pei Jin fisted his hands. He thought one failed scheme birth a new scheme, and Huang Guo found a way to force him to deal with the empress.

‘I’ll investigate this thoroughly,’ Pei Jin said.

Huang Guo assessed Pei Jin’s expression as though he wanted to see through Pei Jin’s bones. ’Don’t become an ungrateful and unfilial person!’

Pei Jin felt like he swallowed fleas, stood and left the chamber.

After Pei Jin left, Huang Guo’s third son Fan Min Xian stepped out from behind a screen.

‘Father, can we use Pei Jin?’ Fan Min Xian asked.

Huang Guo shook his head.

‘Do we need to…’ Fan Min Xian said in a dangerous tone.

‘No, he knows our scheme but didn’t expose us to warn us not to do anything reckless,’ Huang Guo said. ‘Also, that there’s no hope for us to use him. He truly doesn’t want to become emperor.’

‘What should we do now?’ Fan Min Xian asked,

‘We can only silently follow his activities,’ Huang Guo said.

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End of Chapter Sixteen (Part 2 of 2)