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Chapter 11 - Ideas of retreat

The sun was waning in the west, and red clouds covered the sky.

The street vendors began to pack up their stalls and return home. The bustling street could not help but have a sense of loneliness.

The wheels of the carriage echoed but the carriage was unusually quiet.

When he went, it was as if he had deliberately taken a detour, but when he came back, he had only taken a detour.

Yun Qianliang leaned on the walls of the carriage and looked out the window. The carriage passed by the people who were rushing home.

Yun Qianliang carefully went through everything that had happened these past few days in her mind, especially the assassination attempt on their newly wedded night.

At that time, she had seen the assassin's shoes. The upper of the shoes was silk, and it was impossible for an ordinary assassin to wear such good shoes.

As a secret service agent, she was constantly on the brink of death and had many contacts with killers. For professional killers, the more dressed they were, the better it would be for them to get away. No one would wear a limited edition tag to kill people, because it would expose their identity too easily.

Yun Xiang Mansion did not lack money, but she would never be generous to such an extent, especially when her mother was a person who loved money. If there was such a large amount of expenditure in the palace for her servants, she would definitely cut it down, and in order to prevent such a thing from happening, even if there was money, it would not be revealed.

The Yun Xiang Mansion s were excluded, only Song Shujin and Tianhui Emperor were left.

He had the motive and time to plan all of these. After making Gu Yicheng feel embarrassed, he would kill the person who was disadvantageous to him, and slander Gu Yicheng as his opponent. From the topic of motive to benefits, Song Shujin was almost the best suspect.

As for the Tianhui Emperor, he was afraid of Gu Yicheng's power, and wanted to suppress him, so he betrothed the powerless direct daughter in the Yun Xiang Mansion to Gu Yicheng as his principal wife, preventing him from marrying the daughter of someone with authority in the imperial court, and making things more beautiful for her. No one would doubt her motive if she died in the General's House. However, he could completely predict Song Shujin's actions, especially since he had intentionally arranged all the conditions for Song Shujin so that he could reap the rewards while sitting still, and he could even secretly punish Song Shujin for that.

Killing three birds with one stone was also quite suspicious.

”Does Master know who sent the thief to assassinate him?” Yun Qianliang gathered her thoughts and broke the silence of the carriage.

Gu Yicheng thought for a moment, then replied: ”I don't know.”

Yun Qianliang squinted her eyes, seeing through the meaning behind the raise of her eyebrows, she laughed instead of getting angry, ”Those people dared to barge into the Gu Xiangfu, does master not plan on investigating?”

”Questioned?” Gu Yicheng scratched his chin, then shook his head: ”I don't even know who they are, how do I go about investigating them?”

”If I can find it, would the prime minister agree to one of my conditions?” There was anticipation in Yun Qianliang's heart, and nervousness was revealed between his brows.

Gu Yicheng changed his position and lazily leaned on the horse carriage, looking indifferent. ”I don't care, I'm not going to die anyway.”

Hearing that, anger rose up in Yun Qianliang's heart, he clenched his fist tightly and almost threw it towards that handsome face, luckily she gritted his teeth and controlled his emotions.

”Even if you say that, but if I die in the Gu Xiangfu, I'm afraid the Lord Prime Minister won't be able to explain himself.” Yun Qianliang's eyebrows curved into a smile, the emotions in his eyes deeply hidden.

”Miss Yun thinks too highly of me. If you dare to touch me, then take away my power and position in the imperial court. You need to use these tricks to make sure you can't touch me.” Gu Yicheng bluntly said as he strangled her little thoughts in the cradle, ”If you die in the Residence of General, at most, I won't protect you properly. What's more, if I say that the Prime Minister is incorruptible and cannot afford to buy good guards, would the Emperor give me some guards or money? ”

The corner of Yun Qianliang's eyes twitched, she looked extremely angry, and she laughed inside.

Pure and honest?

Your Wanshen's great scoundrel actually dared to call himself a clean and honest man. His knowledge of himself is truly rude.

Yun Qianliang let out a long sigh, and the intelligence between her brows instantly dissipated. She carried an innocent smile on her face, and brought the things she brought from the House of the Marquis of An back to her side.