Chapter 4: Hand Over the Assassin

Chapter 004: Hand Over the Assassin

"Bang!" With a loud crash, the door, which had been quite sturdy, was shoved down from the outside. It was clear that whoever did it had used a significant amount of force; had anyone been standing behind the door, they surely would have been knocked unconscious.

Once the door was knocked down, a crowd of people surged into the room, instantly filling the already small space to capacity. The Prime Minister’s Mansion guards stood at the ready, weapons drawn, looking as if they were prepared for a major battle.

With so many people appearing in her room at once, if she hadn't taken over the original owner's body, and if she hadn't already knocked that man unconscious and thrown him out earlier, what these people would be seeing now was her, Qin Zi'er, acting shamelessly and fooling around with a man during her own grandfather’s birthday banquet.

In that case, the reputation of the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister’s Mansion would have been completely ruined. Her life would effectively be over; the best-case scenario would be having her hair shorn to become a nun, and the worst would be hitting her head against a wall to die or being drowned in a pond.

"Big Sister, where is the assassin? Hurry up and hand the assassin over. Everyone saw the assassin run in your direction just now!"

The speaker was Qin Zi'er’s third sister, Qin Mingyue, the concubine-born third young lady of the Prime Minister’s Mansion. Ever since Madam Zhang became the mistress of the household, Qin Mingyue had always loved following behind Qin Mingzhu, looking to her for guidance and acting as her hatchet man. She was the one who bullied the original owner the most, though, of course, the one behind the schemes was always Qin Mingzhu.

Listening to her words just now, it was clear she was brainless. What did she mean by "hand over the assassin"? Qin Zi'er was merely a weak girl from a boudoir; could she possibly be more formidable than an assassin?

Her eyes rippled as Qin Zi'er looked at Qin Mingyue with an inscrutable expression and smiled. "Third Sister, your question truly leaves me at a loss for words. I only learned there was an assassin in the mansion when I saw all of you. Today is Grandfather’s birthday; how could an assassin have broken in? Has anyone in the mansion been hurt? This assassin must be quite skilled to be able to break into the heavily guarded Prime Minister’s Mansion."

Qin Mingyue glared at Qin Zi'er, her face full of cold mockery. "Whether they are skilled or not is none of your concern. All you need to do now is hand over the assassin. Although the assassin didn't hurt anyone today, they frightened the mansion's honored guests. If you harbor the assassin, the consequences will be more than you can bear."

Qin Zi'er curled her lips faintly and smiled. "I haven't even seen an assassin, so how could I be harboring one?"

I’m afraid the claim that she was harboring an assassin was a lie, and the real goal was to search her room. Right now, they only saw her, but they hadn't seen the man who was supposed to be in her room, so they wanted to use the pretext of searching for an assassin to flush him out. After all, the man in her courtyard couldn't have just vanished into thin air; he must be hidden somewhere in this room.

Looking at it this way, whoever plotted against her today must be related to Qin Mingyue. And since Qin Mingyue always acted on Qin Mingzhu’s instructions, Qin Mingzhu definitely had a hand in the plot to harm her. As for Madam Zhang, it was unclear whether she was in collusion with Qin Mingzhu. And then there was Prince Su; he had appeared here as well. For a dignified prince to personally come to capture an assassin—wasn't he being a bit too proactive? Or was it that he also wanted to see with his own eyes that there was a man in his fiancée's room?

However, if that were the case, this Prince was truly a fool. If his fiancée were cheating, wouldn't that mean he was wearing a bright green hat?

Thinking about it this way, she wondered what role Prince Su played in today's events.