Marked by a Tyrant After Transmigrated

Chapter 10

For a moment, all eyes fell on Ye Shu.

Under the watchful eyes, Ye Shu forced himself to calm down and cleared his throat. "I am loyal to His Majesty. Why must you wrong me?"

"It's easy to know whether you've been wronged or not," Mu Jiuqing sneered. "Could it be that Minister Ye forgot his background?"

The background of the original owner, in fact, was mentioned in the book.

The original owner's father was once the commander-in-chief of three militaries and had fought everywhere on behalf of the late emperor, achieving illustrious military exploits. When the original owner was young, his father had engaged in a covert operation with the foreign enemies, which resulted in heavy casualties for Changlu.

His father was taken under escort back to the capital and he was punished along with his entire family by execution.

His father had a harem with numerous concubines, in addition to their children. The original owner was born to a maidservant in the mansion and, being only seven years old at the time of the incident, was sent to the palace from person to person to save his life.

If so, the reason for the original owner's betrayal...was to avenge his family?

Ye Shu instantly understood.

The reason the original owner approached Jin Wang was most likely insincere.

Right from the start, he wanted to use his brotherhood with Jin Wang to kill the late emperor and the other princes, and then take advantage of Jin Wang's trust to kill him with the greatest of ease.

Mu Jiuqing was right, the original owner wanted to use the lives of the Jin clan to avenge his family; debt for blood must be paid in kind.

The more Ye Shu analyzed, the colder his heart became.

Help! This time, even the past ten years of their relationship have become a false premise.

How could he give a plausible explanation this time???

Ye Shu's face was pale and his undergarments were instantly drenched in a layer of cold sweat.

Jin Wang simply said in his insipid tone, "Are you done?"

Jin Wang reached out and put his arm on Ye Shu's shoulder, who shuddered in reflex as he was taken into Jin Wang's embrace.

"Finish this matter and handle this more cleanly."

After that, Jin Wang walked Ye Shu back to the carriage in his embrace.

The carriage curtain was then lowered to block out the sounds of hauling and footsteps from outside.

As the carriage continued to move slowly, Ye Shu was seated on a small couch by Jin Wang, who was in a rare silence, his state of mind indecipherable to Ye Shu.

Ye Shu quietly sized him up, and asked in a low voice, "Y-Your M-Majesty... You don't believe that traitor's outright lies, d-do you?"

"Why wouldn't Gu believe it?" Jin Wang asked back. "Back then, when the Ye clan was wiped out, you had resentment rankling in your heart and deliberately approached to use Gu, premeditating retaliation. This course of action makes sense."

"But......"

Jin Wang ran his fingers across Ye Shu's face, felt the slight shudder of the man next to him and said in a low voice, "You always look like this every time you are afraid. Gu can't tell if you are really afraid or if you are just pretending."

Ye Shu bit his lip and didn't reply.

There was still the sobering soup on the tiny table by the couch. Jin Wang took a glance at it and asked, "Why didn't you put the drug in?"