Once such thoughts arise, they are like wild weeds that cannot be suppressed.

For this reason, although His Majesty spoke to appease the Prime Minister, in fact... he could not help but speculate in his heart.

Of course, regardless of whether it is true or not, His Majesty has no intention of reprimanding or demoting the Prime Minister because of this matter. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Your Majesty has always known this truth.

Moreover, even if it is not for the sake of the imperial concubine, it must be for the sake of the mother-in-law. Your Majesty's adoptive mother is Prime Minister Fang's cousin. The Prime Minister has been assisting Your Majesty for so many years, not just for the sake of his cousin's face.

Otherwise, why would a down-and-out prince with no status or power have the last laugh and sit on this supreme position? Your Majesty is still very aware of this.

Prime Minister Fang was frightened. In order to show his favor and no doubt about him, His Majesty sent his close confidant, the eunuch chief eunuch, to send thousands of taels of gold and several precious medicinal materials to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

This behavior also let many courtiers know that His Majesty still placed a lot of trust in the Prime Minister and did not have any doubts because of the murderer's assassination.

As for Prime Minister Fang, he returned to his mansion, changed out of his official uniform, and went to his legitimate son Fang Zhaowei's room.

"Master." Mrs. Fang saw tears in her eyes when she saw Prime Minister Fang. She wiped her eyes from time to time with the embroidered handkerchief in her hand.

Prime Minister Fang just glanced at Mrs. Fang casually, then looked at his son lying on the bed and asked, "How is Changshou doing today?"

Mrs. Fang's voice was choked with sobs. She had always been gentle and virtuous, but her eyes were red and swollen from crying for her son in the past two days. When Prime Minister Fang asked, she even broke down in tears, "The fever has gone away, but it will return within an hour." The fever came up, and the hospital said he had tried his best."

Prime Minister Fang sighed softly and said no more.

In fact, after so many years, he had already been mentally prepared, so when he learned the news, he was not too surprised.

He stayed with his son here, and after asking Mrs. Fang about his son's situation, he left Fang Zhaowei's room on the grounds that he still had important business to deal with and could not get away, so he bothered his wife to take more care of him.

Mrs. Fang's virtuous body has been blessed, and she vividly embodies the general image of no regrets. However, only the confidant who helped Mrs. Fang up, but was pinched by the arm tightly, knew...

Madam's heart at this time was far from being as gentle and generous as she showed.

"He...went to see that person again."

The faint fragrance on her body has long become Mrs. Fang's inner demon.

Except for the confidants around her, no one saw the turbulent emotions in Mrs. Fang's eyes at this time. The turbulent expression was like a bottomless black hole, sucking people in and swallowing them up in one bite.

The confidant dared not speak. Grandma Wang had been with Mrs. Fang for many years. She had been her confidant when Mrs. Fang was still a young girl waiting to be married. Along the way, she had seen all the changes in Mrs. Fang.

It is precisely because of this that Mrs. Fang dare not speak to her now.

Mrs. Fang smiled bitterly, "Wei'er is already like this, but he still misses that person. Is that person more important than Wei'er?"

Grandma Wang became more and more afraid to speak, because while Mrs. Fang smiled bitterly, her eyes gradually became numb. This look was like a sign before she was stunned.

As for the boy lying on the bed, with an abnormal blush on his face, he was completely ignored.

Until the young man's eyelashes trembled slightly as if he were about to wake up, like butterfly wings spreading their wings and about to fly, so fragile that they seemed to break at the first snap.

*

In the evening of that day, Fang Zhaowei, who had been having a high fever for three days, finally subsided completely. He had finally survived the ordeal. At the same time, the silent Prime Minister's Mansion once again welcomed an uninvited guest.

The man in black was like a ghost on the eaves of the Prime Minister's Palace, his whereabouts were unpredictable, and he merged with the night in an instant, and no one noticed his traces anymore.

As for Prime Minister Fang at this time, he was still busy in the study. The official work accumulated for three consecutive days had now piled up into a small mountain.

With the legitimate son temporarily out of danger, the stone that was weighing on his heart was finally lifted. Although it would not mean that everything was fine, he could at least settle political matters with peace of mind.

"Please show up when you come. Aren't you tired of hiding all the time?" Prime Minister Fang suddenly said.

As for the man in black hiding on the roof, because of Prime Minister Fang's words, he jumped off the roof without hesitation. His face was covered and he couldn't see clearly.

There was only one pair of exposed eyes, which made people tremble with fear, because when he looked at people, his eyes showed no emotion at all, as cold as if they were looking at a dead person.

"I knew you would definitely come today." As soon as Prime Minister Fang said these words, dozens of people appeared in the room, all of them skilled guards.

The man in black didn't seem surprised when dozens of people suddenly came out. With his skill, he could already sense from the eaves that there were no less than 30 people ambushing in the room.

But he still chose to jump down, which shows that he has absolute confidence in his martial arts.

Such self-confidence made Prime Minister Fang feel bad about his intuition. Although he felt that his arrangements this time were quite cautious, he should be able to catch the murderer alive in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that even if he set up an ambush early, he even transferred more than 30 of the best guards in the house to his study to arrange everything in advance.

The man in black was not only proficient in swordsmanship, but was also very good at using hidden weapons. So when he found that he could not end the battle quickly, get close to Prime Minister Fang, and kill the opponent with one sword, he chose to use hidden weapons.

More than a dozen hidden weapons attacked Prime Minister Fang at the same time. No matter how hard the guards tried to protect Prime Minister Fang, they still didn't expect that all the dozen hidden weapons of the man in black were just disguises.

The real hidden weapon was shot from the boots of the man in black and aimed directly at Prime Minister Fang's chest. If it hit, it would be a fatal injury.

Obviously, the assassin had already practiced his swordsmanship and hidden weapons to perfection, even though the guards reacted extremely quickly and tried their best to block the most unexpected hidden weapon.

The hidden weapon still penetrated into Prime Minister Fang's chest, but it was slightly missed by a few inches. It went from fatally hitting the heart of the chest to just a few inches, but it did not become a fatal injury.

Although the injury was not fatal, Prime Minister Fang's wound still caused heavy bleeding, and even the hem of his clothes and outer robe were stained red.

"Master Xiang!"

"Catch him now!"

"Help the prime minister go in and lie down. Stop the bleeding from the wound first."

The scene became chaotic, and the man in black took the opportunity to escape.

Dozens of people surrounded him alone, and no matter how skilled the assassin was, he still injured his arm.

"The house has been surrounded for a long time. He will definitely not be able to escape. Search carefully." The cronies around Prime Minister Fang immediately ordered calmly.

As for the man in black at this time, he sneaked into a place no one could have imagined.

That was in the house of Fang Zhaowei, who had finally recovered a little. Fang Zhaowei was resting. When the man in black sneaked in, he quickly tapped the sleeping hole of the boy guarding the house.

"Who are you?" Fang Zhaowei coughed a few times, his voice weak.

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