Fan Xian's eyes widened, his face full of **.
As though afraid Zhu Ge had not heard clearly, Zhou Cheng deliberately added:
"The mastermind behind the Ox Pen Street Assassination Case was Lin Gong. Lin Gong, Prime Minister Lin's second son."
[Negative emotions from Fan Xian +748!]
Chapter 31: Complaints in the Boudoir
Zhou Cheng's simple statement inside the Overwatch Council struck like a massive boulder crashing through the surface of a lake.
In less than half a day, the news that Prime Minister Lin's son, Lin Gong, had ordered the Ox Pen Street assassination had spread through practically every street and alley in the Capital.
Outside the Overwatch Council's gates, Fan Xian stood rooted to the spot, utterly bewildered.
At this point, he had yet to endure any truly great hardships. Since Teng Zijing had not died in the Ox Pen Street incident either, his thinking still leaned toward naïveté.
He thought that as long as he concealed the truth for now, he could later find an opportunity to speak openly with Lin Gong in private and clear everything up.
Lin Gong was the Crown Prince's man. That was common knowledge in the Capital.
Though Lin Gong was Prime Minister Lin Ruofu's son, father and son did not share the same political views.
As the head of all officials, Lin Ruofu paid the Crown Prince no heed whatsoever. His loyalty lay with Emperor Qing, with the court, and with the position of Prime Minister he had spent decades securing.
But Lin Gong was different. He did not want to spend his entire life sheltered beneath his father's wings. He wanted to carve out a path of his own.
The Crown Prince was the path he had chosen.
In Fan Xian's eyes, Lin Gong wanted him dead for