His Rui

Chapter 687 Zhao Wang Lei’s Doubts About Xi Ying

Zhao Wang Lei looked at Xi Ying with an emotionless face. On one hand, his mind said that Xii Ying’s investigation could not produce a wrong result while another part of his mind contradicted by saying that why would Qin Wenya try to kill Yi Jie!

And that was what he asked from Xi Ying. 

”But Prime Minister Xi…why would Empress do something like this?”

Xi Ying smiled a little mysteriously. He shrugged his shoulders with his eyebrows raised and said 

”That is something that only Your Majesty can find out, after all, this matter concerns the people living in the Imperial Palace where this Lord’s hand doesn’t reach as long as Your Majesty’s does.”

Xi Ying lied calmly. 

In fact, he wanted Zhao Wang Lei to find out that Qin Wenya knew everything. So that he would himself lay out the plan to punish Qin Wenya for her over cleverness. 

Zhao Wang Lei still didn’t look convinced and asked Xi Ying again.

”Is Prime Minister Xi sure of this?”

Xi Ying nodded his head immediately and told him

”Your Majesty, this Lord has himself looked at each and every step of the investigation. The poison was brought from a village that was quite far away but it had been bought by one of the maids who work for Her Majesty. This Lord can even tell her name to Your Majesty.” 

Zhao Wang Lei nodded his head and when he heard the name he decided to ask Eunuch Wang to bring this maid to him. He himself would check if whatever Xi Ying was saying was indeed true or not. 

However, if it really was true then what will he do!

Why did Qin Wenya try to poison Yi Jie?! 

’If Bengong ever found out that Your Majesty had betrayed Bengong ever then Bengong will also harm Your Majesty’s most precious treasure…’

Qin Wenya’s cold and emotionless words sounded in his ears suddenly and Zhao Wang Lei’s eyes flickered immediately. 

Could it be that she …

However, he dismissed this thought as soon as it came to his mind. How could Qin Wenya know all this!

He just decided to investigate this matter on his own but most part of him believed that this time Xi Ying could be wrong. 

But just when one thought left Zhao Wang Lei’s mind, another doubt and question took its place. He looked at Xi Ying suddenly with a pair of phoenix eyes that were will with scrutiny and he asked him calmly. 

”Prime Minister Xi, from what Zhen knows after raising this matter in the Imperial Court, Prime Minister Xi should not think over this matter so much…after all, Prime Minister Xi has never liked Li Clan.”

Zhao Wang Lei smiled calmly as he looked at Xi Ying’s emotionless face. 

Without moving his eyes away, he leaned against the chair he was sitting on and asked Xi Ying

”Then what forced Prime Minister Xi to look into this matter so much?”

At the same time, a thought emerged in Zhao Wang Lei’s mind suddenly. 

Xi Ying fought for Li Rui in the Imperial Court in front of so many people. He had accepted it when Xi Ying had told him that Li Rui was pregnant with his child. He was doing all this for his child. After all, in noble families, children were recognized for their parents’ deeds. 

Since Xi Ying didn’t wish to make his children’s life difficult, he could not let anyone humiliate Li Rui. However, what reason did he have for coming out and speaking for Yi Jie now! 

That night, he even came to his chamber with General Li to take the medicinal herb. 

Was Xi Ying on his side or not?

The thought made Zhao Wang Lei’s eyes sharper and colder but he calmly waited for Xi Ying to answer his question. 

”Your Majesty, actually according to this Lord’s investigation, whosoever had poisoned Second Madam Li’s food also planned the attack on this Lord’s Manor. The person either wanted to kill this Lord’s wife or harm her mentally by harming Second Madam Li. Either way, it would have affected this Lord’s child so how can this Lord leave this person alone.”

Zhao Wang Lei looked at Xi Ying silently who had cold eyes that were filled with nothing but death. 

He smiled calmly and somewhere he felt smug knowing that Xi Ying still didn’t know the truth about the attack. Regardless of how intelligent he was and how much manpower he had, in the end, it was he, the Emperor, who was controlling everything. 

But if Qin Wenya had really tried to harm Yi Jie, then even he would not leave her alive. It didn’t matter what he will have to face for that!

Zhao Wang Lei promised himself as his phoenix eyes flickered with coldness and ruthlessness. 

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After leaving the Imperial Study, Xi Ying went to the Delan Palace. 

Zhao Wang Lei had assured him that he will investigate this matter and if Qin Wenya had really done so, then he would make sure that she will suffer.   

Xi Ying still had a lot of things to do regarding this matter. For example, it was he who was going to teach Qin Wenya’s lesson not Zhao Wang Lei. She should come to know the consequences of going against him. 

But before all this, he needed to make sure that though Zhao Wang Lei would come to know that Qin Wenya was aware of his secret but he would not come to know from where did she come to know of all of it. 

And for that, only Zhao Zhuang Chen could help him!

On the other hand, inside the Delan Palace, Zhao Zhuang Chen was informed that Xi Ying was here and he was more than happy. 

All these days, he had been looking for some chance to meet Xi Ying somehow and make him come to his side, however, he was not getting a single chance. At the same time, seeing Xi Ying and Zhao Zhang Wei’s interaction these days, he had been feeling panicked. 

His father was already on Zhao Zhang Wei’s side. If even Xi Ying went to Zhao Zhang Wei’s side then he will have no one on his side. 

That’s why Zhao Zhuang Chen immediately ordered his servants to make arrangements to welcome Xi Ying. 

As a result, Xi Ying was welcomed very nicely inside the hall where Zhao Zhuang Chen had chosen to sit with him and have a talk. 

However, just when Xi Ying sat in front of Zhao Zhuang Chen, he smiled at the excited prince coldly and kicked the table placed between them away coldly.