The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 600

Chapter 600: Empress Dowager Takes Action (Part 5) - Double Update

Tang Yueshan suddenly lifted his head!

Deceiving people, the Empress Dowager was a professional.

Empress Dowager Zhuang spoke earnestly, "I’ve met Mingming. Although he can be a bit proud, he is not evil by nature. Although I have no evidence, I feel that they might’ve been attempting to add the sleeping drug into Mingming’s drink last night during their visit to the Marshal Residence. They were so proficient at adding the drug that I began to wonder, did they do it before too? That’s why I brought Changsui in for questioning."

This suspicion was like a ray of sunlight after a thunderstorm.

When a person was thrown into the mud, they didn’t need to return to their original high position, just lifting them back to the ground would be enough for them to gratefully accept their circumstances.

Tang Yueshan clung to it like a lifeline, unwilling to sink back into the mud. "Was it a drug? It must have been a drug! How could a good child like Mingming do such a thing? He must have been drugged!"

Empress Dowager Zhuang continued her deception: "This morning, I had someone fetched Commandant Gu’s water skin, and found the same sleeping drug in his water as well."

Tang Yueshan’s expression froze.

Empress Dowager Zhuang sighed, "Ah, Commandant Gu had the motive to kill Mingming, but he wouldn’t be foolish enough to harm Mingming in public view. After all, they are only half-brothers, so would he really risk so much for him?"

Tang Yueshan felt the Empress Dowager made a lot of sense!

He hesitantly asked, "So he... was also drugged?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang looked at him calmly: "Correct."

Gu Changqing and Tang Ming were victims together. If Tang Yueshan wanted to believe in one, he must also believe in the other.

Would Tang Yueshan believe this?

The answer was affirmative.

He would rather accept that Gu Changqing was not the real murderer than suspect his own son of being a pervert.

By this point, all of Tang Ming’s hatred towards Gu Changqing had ceased, and his only hatred was towards the mysterious schemer behind the scenes!

He raged, "Who is it? Who is stirring up trouble between the Marshal and Marquis Residences?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang rubbed her not-so-painful eyebrows and sighed, "I’m clueless too. The murders last night happened so fast that we didn’t even have time for interrogation. And it’s partially your fault for not explaining the details as well. If it wasn’t for Eunuch Qin discovering clues while burying the bodies, I wouldn’t have found any leads at all!"

Tang Yueshan was filled with regret. Yes, why did he not inform the Empress Dowager more thoroughly? The Empress Dowager had already discovered so many clues just from two corpses, if he had persuaded her to keep a few alive, wouldn’t the person behind the scenes already be revealed?

What does it mean when you’ve been cheated out of your money and still count it for the person who cheated you? This was it.

Seeing that she had pretty much convinced him, Empress Dowager Zhuang prepared to wrap up the conversation: "I’ve said what needs to be said. You can decide what to do next. If you really want to execute Commandant Gu, I won’t stop you. Killing an emperor’s man is no loss."

There was no loss, but... Thinking about how doing so would fulfill the schemer’s plans, Tang Yueshan felt indignant!

Could he let the person, who ruined Mingming, get away with it?

Was he stupid?

He chuckled coldly, not only would he not kill Gu Changqing, once the fuss died down, he would actually promote and advance Gu Changqing!

He wanted to show the person behind the scenes, that he, Tang Yueshan, was not a fool!

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After the news of Gu Changqing’s impending execution emerged, the old Marquis couldn’t sleep all night.

He couldn’t even eat breakfast as he rushed to the Imperial Palace to see the Emperor at dawn.

The Emperor knew why he was here.

The Emperor was also very upset.

For such matters happening in any other place, he might have a solution, but it’s happening in the military camp this time.

Everything had to follow military law strictly, even the Emperor and Empress Dowager had no place to interfere.

Tang Yueshan hadn’t arrested Gu Changqing for injuring Tang Ming’s arm but for attempting to escape from prison in the middle of the night.

This was a capital offense, regardless of rank.

Not to mention, he had also killed two innocent soldiers.

"Your Majesty! My grandson has been wronged! There must be more to this!"

Gu Changqing hadn’t said a word to the old Marquis, who knew nothing about the assassins or that Gu Changqing had visited Gu Yan.

However, the old Marquis believed that Gu Changqing would never harm innocent people or desert the army.

The Emperor sighed, "I want to save him too, but all the evidence is against him, and he has admitted it himself."

This was indeed the key point. Gu Changqing had admitted to escaping from prison.

Even he as the Emperor could not overstep the boundary!

The Emperor gritted his teeth. "If there is really no other way, I... I will allow you to have your men storm the execution ground."

But then, Gu Changqing wouldn’t be able to live under the sun anymore.

He also wouldn’t be able to inherit the Marquis Residence.

How was this different from killing a person?