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Bab 20: Acting Innocent?

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The Department of Justice was in-charge of Royal family affairs and the Prime Minister was a person with a strong personality – strict with a calm face; his glance sharp as a knife. He stared at Gu Xijiu and spoke, "Miss Gu, our department received a report saying there was a male stranger that spent the night in your room and you were spotted leaving your room last night to meet the male stranger. Apparently, you were not back all night…"

Again, Gu Xijiu chuckled before replying, "Sir, that is even worse. The person that reported this could be envious of us as a matching couple or jealous of the General's family and therefore would bad mouth and bring shame to my name. There is insufficient evidence to judge. Besides that, Xijiu's courtyard is quite deep into the General's quarters, your source of information should be from an outsider, I presume? Even if the male stranger could sneak in and out of the quarters secretly, how would he know that he is in Xijiu's courtyard? He could have been in someone else’s courtyard…"

One reply and it threw everyone into a shock, even Rong Yan was shaken. Only the Eighth Prince found it fascinating. From his eyes, he seemed fascinated and he said while smiling, "Miss Gu's words are sensible. Master Hu, what do you say about this?"

Master Hu responded, "The informer is a person within the General's quarters."

Gu Xijiu raised her brows and spoke again, "It is unusual for a person from the General quarters to notice this. Why didn't he report to the General or the General's wife instead of going directly to the Department of Justice?"

Master Hu grunted, "This incident will heavily influence the Royal family’s image, hence, the informer was afraid that General and General's wife will dismiss the issue to save face."

Gu Xijiu nodded, "There is some sense to that. However, that does not dismiss the possibility that the informer could seek to defame the General’s family. It may be due to hatred or to get revenge. In fact, for such an incident, words are unable to serve as evidence…"

Rong Che fanned the paper fan and smiled, "I think what Miss Gu said makes sense. Just the words of a witness are not trustworthy enough."

Rong Yan, who was standing beside Rong Che, had a quick glance at him. Rong Che used the folding fan and tap on his shoulder and asked, "My brother, this case has some ambiguity… You wouldn’t think your fiancée to do such an immoral act, right?"

Rong Yan forced a smile and replied quickly, "How is that possible? I… I’m hoping… I hope she’s innocent too."

Gu Xijiu caught a glimpse at Rong Yan. She suspected that he was the culprit since he wanted to annul the marriage! Was he now pretending to be innocent?

This beast-hearted bastard used a coded message to trick her to leave the quarters, and this morning he intentionally came to her courtyard to investigate. He probably assumed she was already dead at the secret residence of Count Le Hua. The accusation of her having an affair and followed by her death would make this a great disgrace that nobody will pursue to investigate the death of Gu Xijiu.

However, luckily for Gu Xijiu, the current occupant of her body could get to it when she died. She will seek justice for the original owner and return the favor by a hundred-fold!

She looked at Master Hu again, "Mister, do you have any other evidence?"

Master Hu said flatly, "According to the laws of the Feixing KIngdom, a witness alone is sufficient to justify the search of this suspicious courtyard!"

"Mister, so you are going to search Xijiu’s courtyard?"

"You are right! Miss Gu, only by letting our officers perform a search will we able to prove your innocence."

Gu Xijiu let out a sigh and said, "Looks like I can only oblige. However, Xijiu has a request."


Bab 21: He Has Fallen for the Girl, It Seems!

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Mister, you can have your officers search Xijiu’s courtyard. However, before you proceed, we must assign someone to search the bodies of your officers. What if one of them was connected to people who scheme to tarnish Xijiu's name and intentionally planted a foreign object during the search? If such a thing were to happen - a foreign object planted somewhere in the courtyard and someone were to discover it, whatever Xijiu says in defence of it would be pointless!"

Master Hu remained silent.

He said angrily, "There are no such people among my subordinates!"

Rong Che waved his folding fan and commented, "Master Hu, though Miss Gu's concern would involve an additional step, it does make sense. To ease her mind, why don't you give in to her request, Master Hu?"

Master Hu grunted, "Fine! I shall play along with this but this will be the only time!" He then waved his hand towards the subordinate behind him and commanded, "Perform a search amongst yourselves. See if there are any suspicious objects in your possession!"

There was a total of ten subordinates under him who stood behind him. Nothing seemed uncanny about the way they looked save for one guy with a round, chubby face with his furrowed eyebrows. His expression began to change just as his body began to show signs of resistance.

Gu Xijiu, a gold class assassin had eyesight as sharp as an eagle's and she pointed her pinky towards the offending subordinate and said, "Search him first!"

The man took a step backwards as his face flushed a crimson-red, "My... My body, what is there to search?" Gu Xijiu smirked and commented, "If you're not guilty, why would you even be afraid of a search?"

Rong Che closed his folding fan, "You're right, his reluctance to cooperate to the search does indeed feel a little fishy."

The enchanting prince continued his defence of her as Gu Xijiu shot a glare at him. Rong Che swung the folding fan around and smiled in her direction, his eyes like the cresent moon as he smiled.

Gu Xijiu remained without emotion as she moved away from his gaze, seemingly unaffected by his flirtatious smile and advances.

Rong Che touched his nose. The moment he entered the quarters, nine out of ten of the ladies in the room turned their gazes in his direction. His elegant clothes had attracted the attention of all the ladies but among all of them, she was the only one who ignored him and his advances. He had never thought he would meet such a lady.

Never would he ever thought that he would find someone so interesting even though he stepped into the crowd out of boredom.

Rumor has it that the daughter of the first wife of the Gu family was ugly, daft, and uncharismatic. However, it would seem like these rumors were unfounded.

Looking at her in person, the birthmark on her forehead did seem a little ugly but her raven-black hair covered it, hiding it well. This enhanced her other features - her big, round eyes, her small mouth and the snow white complexion she had to her skin. She could indeed be a true beauty.

To top it off, she was alert, clever, clear in her thoughts, logical and had a sharp tongue. The word stupid would not even fit in her description. The people who called her rubbish because she had little to no spiritual talent was... probably right. However, those who have moved on to become a huge success were usually those with wits and those who merely depended on raw strength, would end up as brutes. Even if she lacked any spiritual talent, her wits alone would help her emerge on the top...

Beautiful ladies were commonplace but a smart lady, that was truly a rare gem.

Yes. Indeed, he seemed to have fallen for the girl. Rong Che was very interested.

To rid suspicion on himself, Master Hu naturally ordered the rest to search the man with the round, fat face and with little effort, they managed to find a male underwear in the inner pockets of his shirt. It was presented before Master Hu.

Master Hu frowned and said, "What are you doing with such an object?!"


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