Chapter 401: The Distressed Empress (1/2)

The Golden Chambers were not in a rush to decline the task sat by the Empress.

They knew that when they declined, she would look for other options, and if she did that, then Xue Wei would be in danger.

So they simply held onto the task. Their aim was to at least hold onto it until the festival to celebrate the end of the Ascended’s realm was over.

That was the ideal time to strike at Xue Wei, when there was chaos everywhere.

It was easy to appear and get the job done, but because the Golden Chambers had not given a definite answer, the Empress was not in a hurry to make a move on Xue Wei.

Xue Wei was not a very good person and the Empress had touched his bottom line.

A cunning gleam flashed by Xue Wei’s eyes. Within a short time, rumours about the Empress having hired assassins to deal with Xue Wei was spread all over the capital.

As to how Xue Wei had succeeded in causing the rumour to flourish like this, no one knew, but everyone were aware of the rumours.

The Empress had spent a long time painting a pretty image about herself, that she was the most benevolent and admirable young woman who was the role model for all women in the continent.

Now it was as if everyone were glancing at her with strange expressions. Some of them

We’re looking at her with mockery and disdain, others with pity and even some with schadenfreude.

Although the Empress had a public reputation as being an angel, the many people from the palace knew otherwise. Especially the many concubines.

The Empress was jealous in nature, and she was causing problems for the concubines one after another. Often she would suppress them and sometimes she would even plot against them. Some had died in her hands, even the Emperor’s sons had died in her schemes.

So they were all ecstatic to see her battle it out with Xue Wei, they even wanted to add fuel to the fire.

If Xue Wei died due to an assassination attempt, everyone would put the blame onto the Empress. She would be known to be a merciless woman and a murderer.

Not to mention it was obvious how much the emperor doted on Xue Wei, it was likely that she would lose some of her power.