After being reborn, I was won over by the heartfelt words of my loyal bodyguard.

Chapter 196: Wrongful Conviction

These events in the palace naturally reached the Prime Minister's residence. After learning of these events, Prime Minister Xu leisurely drank tea, seemingly concluding that the matter could be put to rest and that Gan Luo and the others would not continue to investigate it thoroughly.

After learning that the person who assassinated the princess of the neighboring country had been captured, Xin Ruyu sent people to investigate thoroughly to find out who it was.

After some investigation, the final result was that the Li official had assassinated the princess of the neighboring country. Xin Ruyu really couldn't understand why such a lowly third-rank official would want to assassinate her.

What benefit would this person gain from doing this? Later, a scout reported that there was some conflict between the official Xin Ruyu and Gan Luo, and that the assassination of Xu Jiu was merely a ploy to frame Gan Luo.

If that's the case, then Xin Ruyu has another thing he can't understand: the first assassination attempt happened in the palace, but Gan Luo wasn't there at the time.

It has to be said that this is full of loopholes, and it's really hard to understand what kind of crazy things they're up to.

Xin Ruyu then took the initiative to find Official Li, who was packing his belongings, intending to leave. After serving as an official in the court for more than ten years, he had ended up in such a state.

He couldn't help but chuckle to himself. Suddenly, he felt someone behind him and turned around. To his surprise, it was Xin Ruyu. He didn't know why Xin Ruyu had come here.

"How did Your Highness end up here?"

Official Li was completely unfamiliar with Xin Ruyu and had no idea why Xin Ruyu had come here. At this moment, Official Li only wanted to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible and return to his hometown to retire.

"I want to ask you, is it really true that you intend to assassinate the princess of the neighboring country?"

"I didn't expect that Your Highness would also be quite interested in this matter."

Could it be that Xin Ruyu is in love with the princess of the neighboring country, which is why he is concerned about her life and death here?

"I just want to ask you whether this is true or false? Is it really true that you want to assassinate the princess of the neighboring country?"

Unexpectedly, the official from Li answered Xin Ruyu.

If Xin Ruyu believes it to be true, then it is true; if Xin Ruyu believes it to be false, then it is false. The truth or falsehood lies only in a person's mind.

Moreover, even if he says he didn't do it, who would believe him? Nobody would believe him at all.

"I believe it was not your intention to assassinate the princess of the neighboring country."

At that moment, the official Li was moved to tears: "Thank you, Your Highness, for believing in me now."

Xin Ruyu inquired about the details and discovered that a group of assassins had gone to his residence the previous night and had even attempted to assassinate an official named Li inside the residence.

It was because of this incident that Gan Luo arrested him and brought him to the palace. Gan Yanling, upon learning of this, punished him.

Fortunately, considering his hard work and great contributions, he was spared death, but his official position was revoked, and he was allowed to return home to enjoy his retirement.

It is truly remarkable that the official Li has survived. He initially thought he was going to die, but fortunately, His Majesty was willing to spare his life in the end.

After understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Xin Ruyu finally left. After leaving, he went alone to the outside of the Prime Minister's residence, only to find that the Prime Minister was playing chess in the courtyard. However, the game the Prime Minister was playing was one in which there was no way to retreat.

From this game of chess, Xin Ruyu could deduce one thing: the prime minister was also an ambitious person. Now that the prime minister was already of a certain age, it was quite surprising that he was still so ambitious.

Without a sound, Xin Ruyu had already left, but the Prime Minister sensed that someone had just been there. He looked up and glanced at the west wall on his left.

Seeing that there was no one there, I breathed a sigh of relief. At first, I thought there would be someone there, but thankfully, there was no one.

As the saying goes, once a move is made, there's no going back. The Prime Minister, seeing that there was no way out in this game, forcibly created a path, thus enabling Black to successfully win.

Since Qi had no way out, the Prime Minister didn't believe in such superstitions; he believed there was definitely a way out.

Meanwhile, at the princess's residence, Gan Luo had already learned that the Li official had packed his bags and returned to his hometown, where he was leisurely enjoying pastries. "Your Highness, do you believe the person who assassinated the neighboring country's princess was a Li official?"

When Gan Luo heard Lin Fengmian's question, he shook his head, indicating that it was not Official Li but someone else. Official Li was just being used as a shield. How could Gan Luo not know this?

"I never imagined that Your Highness would know that these officials were being used as shields. If that's the case, then why did Your Highness still..."

"I hold grudges quite a bit. Official Li has tried to harm me in the past. Since that's the case, how could I possibly waste such a good opportunity? Don't you agree?"

Gan Luo was never a kind-hearted person.

Lou Yan happened to be passing by and overheard Lin Fengmian and Gan Luo chatting. He was secretly hiding and eavesdropping on their conversation. Unexpectedly, he overheard such useful information. He then wrote it all down and informed the Prime Minister.

The prime minister initially thought Gan Luo believed him, but in the end, he discovered that Gan Luo had not believed him at all.

It seems that the Prime Minister overestimated himself after all.

Gan Luo sensed someone watching him from behind and turned around. To her surprise, she saw Lou Yan holding an umbrella, smiling at her. Gan Luo then asked Lou Yan to come to her side.

"Why have you come here to relax today? I remember you don't like this place?"

Lou Yan told Gan Luo, "It's quite nice to come here occasionally to enjoy the scenery. After all, look how beautifully the lotus flowers in the pond are blooming!"

Gan Luo glanced into the lotus pond and saw that the lotus flowers were indeed very beautiful. The lotus flowers rose from the mud unsullied, but people were not necessarily like that.

"The princess of the neighboring country will be returning to her own capital in a few days. Do you plan to go with her?"

Lou Yan shook his head. "Now that I've become Her Highness's male concubine, I must stay by her side, right? Wherever Her Highness is, that's where I'll be."

Gan Luo glanced at Lou Yan, surprised that Lou Yan actually thought that way.