Landlord Du watched as Minister Wei stared in stunned silence.
"Lord Minister?" he called out tentatively.
Suddenly!
Minister Wei snapped back to his senses, snatched the inkstone from the desk, and smashed it over Landlord Du's head.
"Oof!" Landlord Du failed to dodge, taking the full force of the blow.
He fell to the ground, clutching his head and begging for mercy. "Lord Minister, what's wrong? Spare me!"
"You useless piece of trash! I knew you were incompetent from the start. If you'd just killed her back then, we wouldn't have all this trouble now!" Minister Wei cursed.
"Don't you realize? This Shen Ningning is now highly favored by the Crown Prince! If she reports what she saw to him, neither of us will survive!"
Minister Wei was all too familiar with Mo Lingwei's methods.
The Crown Prince was both insane and cruel, his thoughts unfathomably deep.
