Chapter 1574: 1572 Suspected (Previous chapter was missed, hereby supplementing) Chapter 1574: 1572 Suspected (Previous chapter was missed, hereby supplementing) “I hurried back because I was worried about encountering danger outside,” Samiyi didn’t know she had been poisoned, “I just felt unfortable in my heart, and soon my head began to spin.”
“Mm,” Tan Rou nodded, “You can’t be blamed for this. You didn’t bring guards with you; you must have been very scared.”
“Aunt, do you know who wants to harm you?” Laka asked.
“With resignation, Samiyi said, “Laka, there are many in this country who wish me dead. The people living in poverty wish the royal family would all die, the nobles who crave benefits wish me dead, and those contenders for the throne who know the inside story wish me dead, even more, for if I die, they can obtain more benefits.”
“Then it must be Busodi who did this. He must have found out you went out alone and wanted someone to kill you so he could inherit the throne,” Laka said with certainty, “I’m going to confront him right now!”
“Don’t confront him without evidence,” Samiyi stopped Laka from going to Busodi, “Confronting him now would only raise his guard, and it will bee very difficult for us to catch him later.”
“So you’re just going to let him poison you?” Laka said angrily, “He failed this time, but what about the next time? What if Miss Rou hadn’t been there to treat you in time?”
Samiyi, her head aching from Laka’s clamor, said, “Laka, calm down a bit, my head hurts.”
Tan Rou didn’t want Laka to continue arguing there either, she said, “Prince Laka, please go out for now. The Princess needs to rest a bit more. And I need to change the Princess’s dressing; it’s not too convenient for you to stay here.”
Samiyi also said, “Laka, go attend to the state affairs. I can’t go to the office right now, so I’m entrusting the affairs to you. If you’re unsure how to handle it, leave some matters there until I’m able to deal with them.”
Although Laka didn’t want to leave, he left for the sake of the bigger picture, “Aunt, rest well. I’ll e to see you after I’ve handled the state affairs.”
Once Laka had left, Samiyi called the maids out of the room—now it was just the two of them.
“Do you have something you want to tell me?” Samiyi asked.
Tan Rou spoke directly, “The reason you got hurt is not so simple, and I don’t think Prince Busodi did it.”
“Right, I never suspected Busodi,” Samiyi agreed. “Busodi is very proud; he definitely wouldn’t do such a despicable thing. And he’s currently in solitary confinement; he probably doesn’t have the energy to focus on me.”
“Knowing in advance that you were going out alone, arranging an assassin on your route, and preparing the poison – this must have been done by someone familiar with you,” Tan Rou said.
Samiyi was reluctant to suspect those around her, “Few people knew I was going out, not even my maids knew where I was going; how could anyone else know? I don’t want to suspect them, but there might truly be a spy among us.”
“There is definitely a spy around you; you just haven’t discovered them.” Tan Rou wasn’t addressing the issue of the spy; what she wanted to talk about was the attempt on Samiyi’s life today, “Samiyi, haven’t you ever suspected that person?”
“Who?” Samiyi hadn’t caught on to whom Tan Rou was referring, “Is there someone else?”
“Someone you trust very much,” Tan Rou said. “Think about it, who asked you to go there? And despite being able to send someone else to retrieve the list, he still made you go alone; why is that?”
Samiyi’s expression changed, “I… I don’t want to suspect him.”
“There can’t be many who knew when you’d leave, which route you’d take, and that you would be going alone, right?” Tan Rou said.
“Uncle Faler could never harm me; he’s my own uncle,” Samiyi said, distressed.
“If he’s your own uncle, then why did he sever ties with the royal family?” Tan Rou, an outsider, saw things more clearly, “Samiyi, you can’t be sure whether he is truly on your side or someone else’s.”
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