Hatred Etched into the Bone

At this thought, though Luo Pei was thoroughly irritated, he had no choice but to patiently look at the eunuch staring blankly at the corpse and clear his throat.

"Er... Eunuch Luo, when Mr. Chu met with disaster aboard the ship, there were both witnesses and physical evidence. The murderer was also caught while trying to flee. It is clearly a murder case. Do you not acknowledge this? Do you believe there is some other hidden truth?"

The moment he had arrived, this eunuch who shared his surname had seemed to have lost his mind, repeatedly shouting, "Impossible!" with a crazed expression on his face.

This was truly rather strange. Luo Pei thought there was likely something more to it. Could this deceased Chu Gurong have been carrying out some special mission?

Otherwise, it would not have driven a eunuch from Prince Qi's Residence to such a loss of composure.

Luo Pei had unexpectedly guessed the truth.

This was also because Luo Ji had behaved too abnormally. Anyone with even a little sense could connect the cause and effect and infer something.

But Luo Ji no longer had the mind to care about any of that.

The instant he saw Chu Gurong's corpse, he had already gone somewhat mad.

Although the matter of getting rid of the Dragon Maiden had been overseen by Luo Ji, it was Mr. Chu, Chu Gurong, who had truly devised the plan and made the decisions. Now that Chu Gurong had died so unexpectedly, even this overseer did not know how to arrange the aftermath or what he was supposed to do next. The errand had been handled so disastrously—how could he explain it to the prince?

With Prince Qi's temperament, he might give ordinary retainers one or two chances to make amends. But in