After being reborn, I was won over by the heartfelt words of my loyal bodyguard.

Chapter 195: Disposal

How could Gan Luo possibly believe what this official said?

Gan Luo's eyes held a hint of coldness.

"Since you have done such a wrong thing, don't blame me for being impolite to you. I will hand you over to His Majesty and see how he will deal with you."

Gan Luo had long wanted to deal with the Li officials, but he hadn't had a suitable reason. Now that the Li officials were taking the blame, Gan Luo wouldn't be polite. He certainly wouldn't waste such a good opportunity.

Later, under Lin Fengmian's escort, Gan Luo led the Li officials to the palace. At this time, the Li officials were in a state of utter despair.

"Your Highness, I have truly been wronged. I did not do such a thing. Heaven and earth bear witness."

At this moment, a light drizzle began to fall from the night sky. Gan Luo was somewhat surprised. Why would it rain out of the blue? Did even the heavens know that Official Li was innocent? But even if he was innocent, so what? Gan Luo would never let Official Li live.

Finally, Gan Luo successfully led the Li officials outside the palace. Upon arrival, the officials' cries naturally alerted the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs, who began whispering among themselves. "What on earth is going on? Why did I suddenly hear someone crying here?"

Another palace maid dressed in pink suddenly heard these words and was so frightened that she dropped the basin she was holding, spilling water all over the ground.

As luck would have it, the head maid arrived and saw their actions, immediately berating them. "What on earth are you up to? Clean this place up right now, or His Majesty will see you all and I'll see how many heads you have left to chop off."

Upon hearing what her aunt said, the palace maids hurriedly tidied up the area and left with the basin.

Gan Yanling was about to go to rest when he was unexpectedly informed by a eunuch that Gan Luo was outside requesting an audience. Gan Yanling hurriedly put on a cloak and went to the main hall, where he saw the official Li kneeling on the ground.

Gan Yanling, unsure of Gan Luo's intentions, inquired about it, and Gan Luo revealed the truth to him: "Your Majesty, you are unaware that the person before you has sent assassins tonight to kill those within my palace."

Finally, he told Gan Yanling the whole story. Unexpectedly, Gan Yanling kicked the official to the ground. Gan Yanling used force in the kick, and the official coughed up blood.

But the official Li did not forget to plead his innocence. He kowtowed and said that he really did not do such a thing, but how could Gan Yanling possibly believe him?

"I saw it with my own eyes. Do you mean I saw it wrong?"

Gan Luo then told the Li officials that she would never wrong anyone; if something was true, it was true, and if something wasn't, it wasn't.

At that moment, the Li officials all felt like they had been tricked.

"Your Majesty, there have always been some conflicts between us. Now, Your Majesty is clearly trying to take this opportunity to get rid of me as soon as possible."

As the official from Li cried and wailed, Gan Luo felt a surge of annoyance.

"I want to ask you something: why did you try to assassinate the princess of the neighboring country? What was your purpose in doing so?"

Gan Yanling then raised some other questions, but to his surprise, he couldn't answer any of them. At this moment, Gan Luo stepped forward and answered all of Gan Yanling's questions.

"There are two possible answers. I don't know which answer Your Majesty would like to hear, but I am willing to tell Your Majesty either one."

"Why don't you just give me both answers directly, Your Majesty? I'm curious too."

Gan Luo then gave a series of examples, one of which was naturally to provoke a war between the two countries, and the other was naturally to frame Gan Luo.

After all, the princess was staying in the princess's residence, so if anything happened to the princess, Gan Luo would bear an inescapable responsibility.

It's understandable that Li Guanshi, who harbors some animosity towards her, would want to use this to deal with Gan Luo. Listening to Gan Luo's analysis, Gan Yanling felt that what Gan Luo said made a lot of sense.

At this moment, Gan Luo used his mind-reading ability to check on the thoughts of the official Li. Unexpectedly, the official Li was filled with panic. Gan Luo's lips curled into a smile, and he found it amusing at that moment.

Gan Luo walked up to Official Li and grabbed his chin. In that instant, Official Li felt as if Gan Luo were a demon crawling out of hell.

Gan Luo's eyes were terrifyingly cold. "In your next life, please don't be as foolish as you are in this one."

Gan Luo spoke to the official Li in a voice loud enough for the two of them to hear. At this moment, the official Li realized that he had been used. He thought about it carefully, but still couldn't remember who was using him. Could it be the prime minister? He had no grudge against the prime minister, so why would the prime minister use him?

"Does Official Li have anything else to say in his argument? If so, please speak up. I'd like to hear your explanation."

The official couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Your Majesty, I have served in the court for many years, and I have always been wholeheartedly devoted to the good of the court. I never expected that I would be used by others and end up like this."

Gan Yanling had already become suspicious at this point, and he also felt that the official Li was indeed being used. However, Gan Yanling had to give everyone an explanation, but the matter had not been resolved for a long time.

Is that all you have to say?

"That's right, that's all I wanted to say. I won't say anything more. If Your Majesty thinks I'm guilty, then it is my fault."

Gan Luo originally thought that Gan Yanling would behead this person and display his head to the public, but to his surprise, Gan Yanling did not do so.

"Considering that Official Li has served in the court for many years and there have been few casualties, we will remove Official Li from his post and let him retire to his hometown."

Official Li thought he was doomed, but to his surprise, Gan Yanling spared his life. Did he know that he had been wronged?