The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1668

Chapter 1668: 809 The True and False Monarch (2nd Watch)_2

Zhang Dequan glanced into the courtyard and said, "Your Majesty, it’s the Duke."

"Coming to pay respects this early in the morning, fine, let him in." Although the Sovereign had always been at odds with the Duke, considering the Duke’s loyalty this time, he decided to give him a chance to make merit.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Dequan opened the door with a smile, but the Duke’s wheelchair went right past the entrance.

Sovereign: "..."

Zhang Dequan: "..."

The Duke was here to accompany Gu Jiao for breakfast, but found that Gu Jiao wasn’t awake. So he had the attendant push his wheelchair back, saying he would come again later.

Seeing the Duke’s wheelchair returning, Zhang Dequan quickly said to the Sovereign, "Here he comes! The Duke must have found the wrong room earlier!"

The Sovereign adjusted his expression, trying his best not to let the straw hat affect his imperial aura.

Then he watched as the Duke’s wheelchair went past his door again...

The Sovereign angrily looked at Zhang Dequan.

Zhang Dequan gave an embarrassed smile.

If only the Duke acted like this, that would be fine. But soon, people in the courtyard woke up one after another, and none came to pay respects to the Sovereign!

The Sovereign’s face became very ugly.

Zhang Dequan laughed awkwardly, saying, "You are traveling incognito, and they don’t know you moved in here, so they don’t recognize you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Empress Dowager Zhuang, who was sitting under the begonia tree eating seeds, glanced at the Sovereign inside the house and asked the little maid beside her, "Hey, does your Dayan Sovereign have no hair? Why is he wearing a straw hat indoors?" frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

The Sovereign clenched his fists.

Zhang Dequan, I want to kill you!

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Gu Jiao’s aunt and the others learned about last night’s events from Gu Chengfeng while having breakfast in the main hall this morning.

Everyone was quite calm.

Empress Dowager Zhuang: Men are all big pig trotters.

Old Sacrificial Wine: Of similar age, but less hair than me.

If the Sovereign hadn’t been too busy with official duties to meet Shangguan Yun yesterday, causing her to become suspicious and order her subordinates to secretly investigate the Sovereign’s actions, the Sovereign might not have discovered this secret.

Most importantly, according to the assassins, Shangguan Yun still held an unknown trump card.

This trump card was Shangguan Yun’s biggest secret, even those closest to her did not know.

But it was certain that Shangguan Yun came prepared this time, determined to reclaim everything she had lost at any cost.

Upon hearing this, Gu Jiao could hardly refrain from clapping for Consort Han.

The story was so logically crafted that she almost believed it.

This woman truly possessed ambition and courage.

Instead of waiting for the true Sovereign to enter the palace to expose her, she preemptively took action.

Thus, even if the true Sovereign returned to the palace, she could say—"Shangguan Yun, is this your trump card? You’ve found someone to impersonate the Sovereign for the sake of the throne?"

The smartest part of the entire plan was not merely exposing Shangguan Yun’s ambitions but making the National Master Hall no longer clean.

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