The Story of Dusk 174 THE REAL PERPETRATOR

He really didn't know about this, even if it was his doing, he wouldn't be stupid enough to let other people knew his evil doers. It was simply stupid!

The Empress's opened wide as she clenched her jaw. "Don't you dare to accuse the Crown Prince carelessly, Prince Xiao Jun. You have to have a proof for this! This is not something that you could say casually." She reprimanded him.

While the Emperor stared dagger at Mo Qin Yi, he knew the hostility that his son bear toward Xiao Jun, but how he could make that move so brazenly without consulting him!?

For Mo Qian Yuan it was very possible for Mo Qin Yi to do those things, given to his personality and their bed terms because of Qianru. Yes, he knew all of that.

First Mo Qin Yi had made Xiao Jun and Qianru to leave outside the palace when they arrived at the Rockstone Kingdom for the first time, but now, he recklessly paid someone to kill Xiao Jun without calculation?

Sensing his imperial father glaring eyes, Mo Qin Yi turned toward his father and spoke loudly. "I didn't do that!" He was livid, who was the man that brave enough to use his name for their doing?!

He has to kill that person with his own hands if he knew who that was!

In the other hand, no one noticed Zhao Tianqi's trembling shoulder, she didn't think her plan would turn out like this. She would be dead if Mo Qin Yi knew the truth, especially in front of all the official and the guest from different country.

"You have a proof for this?" Mo Qin Yi leaned forward and was squinted his eyes. Mo Qin Yi had rejected it vehemently and he needed more information whether Xiao Jun's words were true or not.

All of eyes and attention from people inside the room, even the servants, guards and eunuchs paid close attention toward Xiao Jun.

However Xiao Jun still with his calmness, those curious eyes didn't waver him a bit.

"I don't believe it as well when this guy mentioned the crown prince Mo Qin Yi's name." Xiao Jun talked to the Emperor, he wanted to make him believe that he had the same thought with him. "That is why I bring this man here and risk The Empress party so we will be able to reveal the truth sooner before the real perpetrator couldn't find their way to escape." Xiao Jun said wisely.

"Let him talk!" Mo Qian Yuan glared at the beaten man on the floor, who was curling his body in fear. "If he doesn't talk the truth let the executor torture him to his death!" He was very angry now.

"Who sent you to kill Prince Xiao Jun!!?" Mo Qin Yi roared, impatiently asked the most important question.

The man was trembling, whimpered as he replied to Mo Qin Yi's question. "There was… someone who said he is a… the crown prince Mo Qin Yi's right hand person." He stuttered, stumbling with his words.

"NONSENSE!" Mo Qin Yi roared and threw the wine cup on the floor right in front of the man as the sharp fragments cut his skin. "Raise your head and look at me!!!"

Out of instinct the man follow the order, he raise his head and looked at the man who was akin to a ferocious beast.

Mo Qin Yi walked closer to the center of the room, where that man was sitting on the floor.

Among the guests, General Meng talked to his daughter, Meng Yi Ran, in low tone. "This show is better than the one that the Empress had prepared." His old face bemused, eagerly watching the show that unfolded.

Meng Yi Ran who was sitting beside him chuckled in delight. "You are right father, this one is better." She was still holding a grudge toward the Rockstone imperial family due to the house arrest that she had to suffer for a few days.

It would be great if there was someone else who stepped in to make a mess with those Mo's family.

"Do you know who am I?!" Mo Qin Yi stared down on the man as his hand flew to the hilt of his sword, he really wanted to slash this man into pieces, but before that he needed to find out who the person that make this scheme against him.

The man shook his head vigorously. He didn't know the face of the crown prince of Rockstone Kingdom, actually, there was no many common people who had seen his face as Mo Qin Yi usually used an imperial carriage whenever he would go out of the palace.

Mo Qin Yi didn't train in battlefield like Mo Jingchen or he was very keen to be in the brothel, thus his appearance wasn't something familiar among the commoners.

"I am the crown prince of Rockstone Kingdom. Mo.QIN. YI." Mo Qin Yi enunciated every syllable of his name loudly. "How dare you said my name along with your dirty deed!!?"

A kick flew toward the man's mouth and he glided a few meters away before his body stopped as he was coughing blood profusely.

"Crown… crown prince…" The man whimpered, holding his bleeding mouth. Right now he thought about death. It would be better if he died along with his friends when they were fighting Xiao Jun and his guards, then he wouldn't be torture like this. "This lowly one didn't know…"

"I ask you once again! Who sent you to kill Prince Xiao Jun!?" Another roared from Mo Qin Yi that silenced the entire room.

Even the Emperor and Empress didn't say anything to stop their son vented out his anger. It was truly a disgrace for them.

"There was someone… who came to our group and claimed himself… as the right hand of the crown prince Mo Qin Yi." He stuttered in fear.

Mo Qin Yi eyes reddened in anger as he roared to call his trusted man. A man in yellow robe, who was known as his personal guard, walked approaching him. "Was it him?" He narrowed his eyes.

That man frowned and glared at the assassin. They had never met each other, so how in hell he knew him? It would be a disaster for him if that man lied. The crown prince wouldn't hesitate to behead him right there and then.

"I have never met you!" He shouted at him in anger.

"Shut up!" Mo Qin Yi barked. "Raise your head and look at him! Is he the person that you have seen!?"

The assassins raise his head while his hand still covering his wounded mouth, he squinted his bruised eyes to look at the man in front of him clearer, when he was sure, he shook his head. "No, your majesty… it was not this man… that this lowly one had seen." He said in matter of fact tone.

Even so, that man confession didn't cease the anger in Mo Qin Yi's heart.

"There was someone who scheme against me! Using my name to do the thing that I will have never done!" The last part was a lie. He would scheme against Xiao Jun eventually, but this trick was really cheap and brainless.

On the table that designated for crown prince and crown princess, Zhao Tianqi was fidgeting on her seat. She was afraid, no, she was dreadful.

It was good to know that Xiao Jun brought along the assassin as he would have convinced by her trick, however the end of it was something that was out of her mind.

Zhao Tianqi would have never thought that Xiao Jun would confront this matter in this occasion, the Empress's birthday banquet. It was a bold move and very daring, but here he was, standing tall and calm with the person that she had hired to kill him. Turned the table and put her in dangerous situation.

Zhao Tianqi thought Xiao Jun would scheme against Mo Qin Yi in the dark and wouldn't bring this matter to light. If she knew it would end up like this she would think about another plot, she would have never done this in the first place.

After all, she only hired them to smear Mo Qin Yi's name and let both of them tricked each other. It wasn't necessary for Xiao Jun to be death in the attack, as she knew a mere group of cheap assassins wasn't a match for Xiao Jun and his guards.

However, the situation had turned like this and she could nothing to fix this, Zhao Tianqi prayed to every God that she knew to let this matter didn't mention her name or linked back to her, or else not only she would lose her crown but also her head.

It could be counted as an imperial offense.

She was really a narrow minded and short sighted woman and the pitiful one on the top of it. People would always question her ability to be their future crown princess, if it wasn't for her family background, she wouldn't have be able to climb her way this high.

"How that person is look like?" Mo Qian Yuan asked icily. It was not his son who had done that, than it could be mean there was someone else, who wanted to trample the crown prince of Rockstone Kingdom's dignity and questioned his benevolent.

The assassin stuttered and bowed his head low as he described the person who had come and hired them to kill Xiao Jun, he also told them every detail of the conversation between the two people, down right to the moment he said he was the Crown Prince right hand person.

All of the people who were listening frowned their face as they were deep in thought.

"This is a scheme against imperial family!" One of the official there shouted his opinion in anger, he was one of the official who was supporting Mo Qin Yi all of this time, hence he was very vocal to point out the mishap.

"Yes, that was right!" One by one the crown prince's faction shouted to each other to gain support. "Emperor, Your majesty should uphold justice for the crown prince and investigate this matter further. It could ruin the crown prince image in front of the officials and Rockstone people should this news got through the palace wall."

They started to talk and exaggerated the situation.

"Imperial father." Mo Qin Yi's voice was so loud and laced with anger. "I want that person life the moment I found out who is the person behind this!"

"Yes, that's right!" Mo Qin Yi's faction started chanting their support on him. "We shouldn't go easy on people like that!"

Mo Qian Yuan's eyes hardened. "Very well, you can do whatever you wish." He declared.

With that being said Zhao Tianqi felt her heart dropped to the ground with that decree. She would be death!

However, the things that made her heart really stopped beating was the moment that assassin looked at her and pointed his finger and with muffled voice he talked with difficulty between the coughing blood.

"That is that person who came to us!" He said assuredly.

Everyone inside the room turned their head and looked toward Zhao Tianqi's direction with jaw dropped open.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

The crown princess? Was that even possible?

"Now you accuse me!!!?" Zhao Tianqi stood up abruptly her body was in defensive posture as her fingers started to tremble.

It was impossible for him to know her identity as she didn't even make an appearance at all!

However, the assassin shook his head and kept his finger pointed at the direction of Zhao Tianqi.

"It is the person behind you, your majesty…" He said weakly, after all the beaten that he had to endure and a kick from Mo Qin Yi, he was wondering if he could survive from this.

Everyone looked at the person behind Zhao Tianqi, including herself. However what she was seeing didn't make thing better for her, if anything it would be worst.

Behind her was her own personal guard, who had just came to report things for her and wasn't aware of the current situation.

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