Chapitre 842: Truth

The Empress Dowager said with a look of misery and disappointment. She pretended as if she were trying to hide something important.

The King, who had been feeling lucky for Lord Ling's safety despite the attack, felt shocked when he heard that his mother had something more to say.

He could not conceal his expression.

Something else happened before? His mother must have known something, but she had been holding it for a long time.

"What is it?" the King asked with surprise and anxiety.

The Empress Dowager sighed. She wore a very helpless look on her face. "Actually back to the end of last year, when Lord Ling married the Phoenix Girl and recieved many tasks from you, he had a feeling that someone was following him. One day when he went back to Lord Ling's Mansion, a couple of assassins attacked him, but he was protected by his guards, so he missed the attack."

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