Chapter 1574: 1572 Suspected (Previous chapter was missed, hereby supplementing)
âI hurried back because I was worried about encountering danger outside,â Samiyi didnât know she had been poisoned, âI just felt uncomfortable in my heart, and soon my head began to spin.â
âMm,â Tan Rou nodded, âYou canât be blamed for this. You didnât bring guards with you; you must have been very scared.â
âAunt, do you know who wants to harm you?â Laka asked.
âWith resignation, Samiyi said, âLaka, there are many in this country who wish me dead. The people living in poverty wish the royal family would all die, the nobles who crave benefits wish me dead, and those contenders for the throne who know the inside story wish me dead, even more, for if I die, they can obtain more benefits.â
âThen it must be Busodi who did this. He must have found out you went out alone and wanted someone to kill you so he could inherit the throne,â Laka said with certainty, âIâm going to confront him right now!â
âDonât confront him without evidence,â Samiyi stopped Laka from going to Busodi, âConfronting him now would only raise his guard, and it will become very difficult for us to catch him later.â
âSo youâre just going to let him poison you?â Laka said angrily, âHe failed this time, but what about the next time? What if Miss Rou hadnât been there to treat you in time?â
Samiyi, her head aching from Lakaâs clamor, said, âLaka, calm down a bit, my head hurts.â
Tan Rou didnât want Laka to continue arguing there either, she said, âPrince Laka, please go out for now. The Princess needs to rest a bit more. And I need to change the Princessâs dressing; itâs not too convenient for you to stay here.â
Samiyi also said, âLaka, go attend to the state affairs. I canât go to the office right now, so Iâm entrusting the affairs to you. If youâre unsure how to handle it, leave some matters there until Iâm able to deal with them.â
Although Laka didnât want to leave, he left for the sake of the bigger picture, âAunt, rest well. Iâll come to see you after Iâve handled the state affairs.â
Once Laka had left, Samiyi called the maids out of the roomânow it was just the two of them.
âDo you have something you want to tell me?â Samiyi asked.
Tan Rou spoke directly, âThe reason you got hurt is not so simple, and I donât think Prince Busodi did it.â
âRight, I never suspected Busodi,â Samiyi agreed. âBusodi is very proud; he definitely wouldnât do such a despicable thing. And heâs currently in solitary confinement; he probably doesnât have the energy to focus on me.â
âKnowing in advance that you were going out alone, arranging an assassin on your route, and preparing the poison â this must have been done by someone familiar with you,â Tan Rou said.
Samiyi was reluctant to suspect those around her, âFew people knew I was going out, not even my maids knew where I was going; how could anyone else know? I donât want to suspect them, but there might truly be a spy among us.â
âThere is definitely a spy around you; you just havenât discovered them.â Tan Rou wasnât addressing the issue of the spy; what she wanted to talk about was the attempt on Samiyiâs life today, âSamiyi, havenât you ever suspected that person?â
âWho?â Samiyi hadnât caught on to whom Tan Rou was referring, âIs there someone else?â
âSomeone you trust very much,â Tan Rou said. âThink about it, who asked you to go there? And despite being able to send someone else to retrieve the list, he still made you go alone; why is that?â
Samiyiâs expression changed, âI⊠I donât want to suspect him.â
âThere canât be many who knew when youâd leave, which route youâd take, and that you would be going alone, right?â Tan Rou said.
âUncle Faler could never harm me; heâs my own uncle,â Samiyi said, distressed.
âIf heâs your own uncle, then why did he sever ties with the royal family?â Tan Rou, an outsider, saw things more clearly, âSamiyi, you canât be sure whether he is truly on your side or someone elseâs.â
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