Chapter 557

The confidant hesitated for a moment, then said, "I think, is there a possibility that Cui Xinghe's identity is not that simple? He... is the Empress's male favorite?!"

Pfft!

Xu Xuanji sprayed out a mouthful of tea and widened his eyes.

"Male favorite?"

The confidant nodded very seriously, "That's right. Cui Xinghe is a small Fifth Rank official, not a talent like the living Yama. Why would there be palace Imperial Guards protecting him!"

"But if he is the Empress's male favorite, all of this makes sense!"

"He's a male favorite, so the treatment must be different."

Xu Xuanji said in disbelief, "What about the assassination? How do you explain that?"

"As for the assassination, that makes even more sense. The living Yama covets the Empress, and out of jealousy, he sent people to assassinate Scholar Cui, only to be repelled by the palace Imperial Guards. This is essentially a story of a love triangle!"

"Or the assassins recognized the wrong person and mistook Scholar Cui for the Great Qian number one poisonous strategist. But I think the possibility of that is minimal."

Xu Xuanji took a deep breath and said to his confidant, "Well said. Don't say it again next time."

"I told you long ago to read fewer trashy novels and not to ruin your brain, but you wouldn't listen!"

"Get out of here quickly, don't embarrass yourself here!"

Xu Xuanji scolded angrily, and the confidant hurried away.

After the confidant left, Xu Xuanji paced back and forth in the courtyard.

"What is the reason behind this?"

"Who would kill Cui Xinghe?"

Although Xu Xuanji couldn't figure it out, he instinctively felt that everything tonight was closely related to Gao Yang!

Suddenly!

Xu Xuanji thought of the confidant's second sentence, his whole body shook, and a shock emerged in his aged eyes.

In his mind, everything from the morning court session suddenly emerged, and a shocking possibility appeared in his heart.

Hiss!

Xu Xuanji instantly gasped.

This Gao Yang's methods are truly sinister!

But this Chu Princess's brain is also truly heaven-defying!

At the same time.

Although it was late at night, this assassination was like a huge storm, quickly sweeping through the entire Changancheng. All the important court officials and Changancheng aristocratic families received the news.

Song Li, Lu Wen, Wang Zhong, and others, upon hearing the news of the assassination in Changancheng, were originally very excited, but upon hearing that it was Cui Xinghe who was assassinated, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Cui Xinghe was assassinated, and the palace guards killed the assassins on the spot!

These two pieces of news, no matter which one, made people feel strange!

Honglu Temple.

Chu Ningyu looked at the dark night outside the window, her expression unclear.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Sure enough, this Cui Xinghe is hidden really deep!"

"A mere Fifth Rank Secretariat Drafter, and he actually has palace guards protecting him. Is this possible?"

"..."