Chapter 552: Assassinated
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation | Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The Minister of Justice felt a headache coming on. They might as well burn him to death instead!
“Sir, what should we do?”
There was no lack of people among this horde that they could not afford to offend. If they used brute force to repel them and hurt someone as a result, they would end up being the ones in trouble.
“My Lord, why don’t we bring that Great Immortal White Lotus out and let her personally tell these people that she’s a swindler?” Otherwise, if this continued, all of them would end up having a hard time.
The Minister of Justice was a little hesitant. If something went wrong when he brought the person out, wouldn’t he die even faster?
However, these people were determined not to leave, and he could not chase them away…
The Minister of Justice’s brows were so tightly knitted that they could easily pinch a fly to death!
In the end, after much deliberation, the Minister of Justice decided to bring the swindler out and let her explain it to these noble women and young ladies. It would be more convincing if she said it herself.
Thinking of this, the Minister of Justice got someone to get a prison carriage. After locking the prisoner in the prison carriage, he could safely bring her out without fear of her fleeing.
“If all of you don’t believe me, then I’ll let her come out and tell you personally!”
The Minister of Justice gestured with his hand, and the officers pulled the prison carriage out.
When those people saw the Great Immortal White Lotus that they worshiped so fervently being locked up in the prison carriage like a stray dog, they were so angry that they rushed over.
“Great Immortal, Great Immortal, are you alright?
The Great Immortal White Lotus had been questioned enough in the prison these few days. She thought that she was dead for sure. When the officials dragged her out, they whispered a lot in her ear, saying that she had to admit her crime in public. She heard everything, but she was in too much pain. It was difficult for her to even open her eyes, let alone speak and explain.
“Great Immortal, how are you?” The General’s wife was at the front. She almost wept when she saw the Great Immortal White Lotus in this state. She didn’t even cry so hard when her husband died.
The officials gritted their teeth as they stopped these people from getting too close.
“Back off, back off, everyone back off. She has something to say to all of you!” The Minister of Justice squeezed in with great difficulty and shouted at the top
of his lungs.
When those people heard that the Great Immortal White Lotus had something to say to them, they all backed off.
After they had distanced themselves from the prison carriage, the Minister of Justice lowered his voice and said to the Great Immortal White Lotus, “Tell them exactly what I told you just now. If you tell them dutifully, I will let you off lightly.”
When the Great Immortal White Lotus heard that her sentence could be reduced, she struggled to prop herself up against the wooden bars of the prison carriage.
“I, I…”
The Great Immortal White Lotus gulped with difficulty. Just as she was about to speak, an arrow shot out from not far away. Whoosh! That arrow pierced her chest violently.
“Argh!”
It happened so suddenly that everyone present screamed in fear.
The officials sprang into action and pulled out their sabers as they shielded the prisoner carriage and the Minister of Justice.
The Minister of Justice was also scared out of his wits. If that arrow had been a little off-target, he would have been the one whose chest was pierced!
“Quick! Bring the prisoner in. A doctor! Go get a doctor.”
The officials escorted the Minister of Justice and the Great Immortal White Lotus into the government office.
Those noble ladies were also frightened by that earlier scene. They did not dare to make any more noise and fled one after another.
As they ran off, they obstructed the officials who were pursuing the assailant. When the crowd finally dispersed, the assailant was nowhere to be seen.
The Great Immortal White Lotus was shot in the chest by an arrow. Fortunately, it was a little off-target. If it had hit her heart, she would have gone down to meet the King of Hell on the spot.
“Doctor, how is she? Can she be saved?”
The doctor looked at the arrow that had almost pierced right through the Great Immortal White Lotus’s chest. He struggled inwardly for a while before shaking his head and saying, “It’s too dangerous. I don’t have much confidence. My Lord, you’d better report this to your higher-ups and see if you can get the Imperial Physician to come over and take a look.”
The Imperial Physicians treated the nobles in the palace. How could they be willing to come and save the life of a prisoner?
However, this case was no small matter. The Minister of Justice immediately got ready to enter the palace to meet the Emperor.
However, when he arrived outside the Imperial study, he was told that the Emperor was currently playing happily with the Empress in the Imperial Garden and no one knew when he would come here.
When the Minister of Justice heard that the Empress was also there, his spirits lifted and he immediately braced himself and went to the Imperial Garden.
The Minister of Justice had just arrived outside the Imperial Garden when he smelled a strong fragrant aroma. It was so fragrant that he almost forgot to bow when he saw Xiao Jin and Su Ying.
“Look at you, Minister of Justice, You must have been bewitched into a daze by the aroma.”
Su Ying’s icy voice gave the Minister of Justice a fright and jolted him back to his senses. “Greetings, Your Majesty, Your Imperial Highness.”
Xiao Jin’s expression did not change as he brought a roasted chicken wing to Su Ying. “Try it and see if it’s delicious.”
Su Ying picked up the chicken wing with her chopsticks and blew on it before taking a bite. The chicken wing had been marinated by Uncle Hea until it was very tasty. After taking one bite, she was as happy as a lark.
The Minister of Justice looked at both the Emperor and the Empress eating and drinking as if no one was around. It was really… so mouth-wateringly appetizing!
“Your Majesty, your lowly subject is guilty.”
Xiao Jin didn’t even look up. “Hmm? Guilty of what?
“The Great Immortal White Lotus was assassinated. Her life is now in danger. Please punish me, Your Majesty.”
Xiao Jin’s expression froze momentarily. “There are so many people guarding the prison of the Ministry of Justice, yet you guys allowed the assassin to slip in?”
The expression of the Minister of Justice turned even more unsightly. He could only recount how the General’s wife and the other noble ladies were causing trouble. “I tried my best to stop them but it was to no avail. I couldn’t allow the General’s wife to self-immolate outside the Ministry of Justice’s government office. I… I… could only get my men to bring the Great Immortal White Lotus out. Unexpectedly, someone took advantage of this. It was your lowly subject’s lack of due consideration. Please punish me, Your Majesty.”
“You dragged her out to be a live target?” Su Ying shot a glance at the Minister of Justice in between mouthfuls of roast meat.
The Minister of Justice wanted to cry at this point. “Your lowly official is useless…”
“Is she dead?”
The Minister of Justice hurriedly said, “No… not dead yet. She’s still hanging onto her last breath.”
Su Ying frowned slightly. “The other party is trying to silence her. I think this Great Immortal White Lotus hasn’t told us the whole truth.”
If the Great Immortal White Lotus only knew so little, it would be difficult for them to catch the mastermind hiding behind the scenes. In that case, there was no need for the other party to take the risk to silence her.
Unless the Great Immortal White Lotus was holding something that made the other party fearful.
“That’s why I say a swindler is full of nonsense and doesn’t speak a single word of truth.”
After Su Ying finished speaking, she picked up a piece of salad leaf and rolled up the roast meat with it. Then she dipped it in sauce and ate it.
“I am ordering you to save her. If she dies, you can forget about keeping your job. If you can’t even protect a criminal, what use do I have for you?” Xiao Jin said.
The Minister of Justice’s knees went weak and he knelt down outright in front of the two of them.
“Your lowly subject deserves to die. I beg Your Majesty to allow the Imperial Physician to go and save her. The other doctors dare not take on her case.” As the Minister of Justice spoke, his eyes kept darting towards Su Ying.
in reality, he wanted Su Ying to take the initiative to intervene in this matter, but the Empress didn’t seem to be interested at all!