I survived as a female assassin

"Prince Ning will be arriving at the Eastern Palace soon, why are you still hiding here..."

When Cui Zhanting appeared in front of Mu Yuan and the others again, he was seen looking at a man affectionately with his hand on his neck.

"Uh, Your Highness, I have followed you for several years, but I didn't know you had such a hobby?"

Xin Youran felt her eyes a little blurry and a little dry. She seemed to hear someone talking, but she didn't have the energy to look. She blinked a few times and then closed her eyes completely.

Seeing that she was asleep, Mu Yuan carefully placed her on the bed, lowered the bed curtains, and then got up and walked out.

When passing by Cui Zhanting, he didn't even look at him.

"Hey, why are you still angry?"

Cui Zhanting followed him out of his room, muttering to himself.

The two of them arrived at the study in a blink of an eye, and Cui Zhanting closed the door consciously.

"Is that true? Hahaha, it's actually nothing. Our Great Liang Kingdom is quite open-minded in this regard~"

"Shut up!"

Mu Yuan sat in the main seat and motioned Cui Zhanting to sit down as well.

"Who did you just say was on the way to the East Palace?"

When Cui Zhanting mentioned this, he stood up again after his butt had just touched the chair. "Your Highness Prince Ning, your sixth brother, the grandson of Marquis Dingguo!"

Didn’t you suspect Marquis Dingguo and His Royal Highness Prince Ning before?

Now that people know that the emperor has handed over the investigation of the assassination of the crown prince to the Eastern Palace, he is going to take the initiative!

"That day at the Moonlit Tower, I was there to protect you, but I didn't expect to see a group of professional assassins besieging His Royal Highness Prince Ning."

"I did my duty and captured those people. They are now in the Jinwu Guard's prison."

"This time, I've learned my lesson. I've taken out the poison hidden in their back teeth one by one!"

Hearing Cui Zhanting's words reminded Mu Yuan of the hidden arrow that Xin Youran had blocked for him. Why hadn't he thought about it that way at the time...

Did General Cui take this action because he knew about the soldier who died under his command? Was he learning from his experience?

"You suspect it's Prince Ning?"

It couldn't be Lao Liu. He didn't have much acting talent, and his behavior in the hall was a true expression of his feelings.

"Why are you telling me this news now?"

"What news? The people who tried to assassinate Prince Ning have been captured?"

"Afterwards, Jiemie came to settle accounts with me, and I realized that I had missed you by chance at Yue Manlou. I thought you had already known about the assassination of Prince Ning..."

Mu Yuan quickly stood up and waved his hand, "Forget it, there is no time to lose. We must go to the Jinwuwei Prison as soon as possible to try those who assassinated Prince Ning."

"We've already interrogated them. They kept their mouths shut and we didn't get anything out of them."

Cui Zhanting's voice became lower as he spoke, and he scratched his head embarrassedly.

"The person who assassinated me must be the same person who assassinated Prince Ning."

"If I'm guessing correctly, they all come from the Tiger Wing Army."

"Could it be Thunder?"

After meeting Lei Ting that time, he appeared in the East Palace the next day after he finished his court session.

However, no information about the assassins could be found in the Ministry of War, which obviously meant they had their people in the Ministry of War.

"I've been to the Tiger Wing Army camp and seen Lei Ting. It wasn't him."

"Oh, then General Lei Ting can go home and farm now."

Cui Zhanting thought of Lei Ting's silly face. What's the point of having martial arts skills? If he can't even control his own soldiers, he's unworthy of the name his father gave him.

"Stop being so joking and take me to see those who assassinated Prince Ning."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"However, Prince Ning is probably already at the Eastern Palace by now. Why don't you go back and see him first?"

"It's okay, let him wait."

Cui Zhanting: ...

The two of them headed straight for the Jinwuwei prison, but before they even arrived, someone came to report to Cui Zhanting in a panic, "General! The group of people we interrogated yesterday... all died in the prison..."

With that, he knelt down in front of Cui Zhanting with a plop. "General, spare my life! I just wanted to interrogate them again, but I didn't expect them to be dead..."

Cui Zhanting kicked the man to the ground and said, "You can't even keep an eye on the people in our own territory!"

"What do you do for food?"

Mu Yuan didn't stop, but went straight to the prison.

"We'll talk about your business later!"

"Still not keeping up!"

After Cui Zhanting finished giving the instructions, he hurriedly followed Mu Yuan and soon arrived at the cell where the group of people were imprisoned.

A total of six people were captured, and now they were lying in the cell with foam at the mouth.

Mu Yuan took out a clean handkerchief and wiped the residue from one of the men's mouth onto it.

Then he wrapped it up and put it into his sleeve.

"Let the coroner perform an autopsy and find out what they ate in the past two days?"

"Who delivered the food? Who handled it? We need to investigate everything."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

His Highness had asked him to conduct an internal inspection of the Jinwu Guards before, but he had forgotten about it because he was busy. Now that such a big mess had arisen within the Jinwu Guards, all the responsibility lies with him.

"Your Highness, I have failed in my duty. Please punish me!"

The soldier who had come to the prison with Cui Zhanting also knelt on the ground upon hearing this, "Your Highness, please punish me..."

Mu Yuan checked them for injuries, and after a while he stood up and said, "General Cui, now is not the time to punish them. Check as soon as possible as I ordered."

"Don't let the news leak out."

This shows how powerful the person behind the scenes is.

Being able to activate the Tiger Wing Army and the Golden Guard in such a short time.

And they dared to attack him again in this capital city, it seems that they are anxious.

It's better to be anxious, just to make them confuse themselves.

*

In Luoxianyuan, in the wing room before Yuzhanxian.

An old voice filled with impatience said, "The Emperor has already publicly investigated the mastermind behind the assassination of Crown Prince Mu Yuan in the court!"

"They also handed the investigation over to the Eastern Palace, with the Jinwu Guards assisting."

Another slightly younger voice chuckled and said, "What are you panicking about..."

"He didn't die last time because he was lucky. He's just a conceited guy. If he doesn't hurry, how can he be so powerful?"

"Don't worry, he won't find anything."

"But you have to take care of the affairs of your inner courtyard. If you do anything out of line again, don't blame me for being ruthless."

The other man's heart trembled at these words, but he still said unconvincedly, "I will take care of it myself. I hope you will not forget your previous promise."

"That's natural."

The old voice sounded again, "Let's not meet in a place like this where someone died. It's really unlucky!"

As he spoke, he shook his sleeves, snorted coldly, and quickly disappeared from the room.

After a long time, the man finally made a move and sneered, "Old man, you really think you are still the same as before..."