Chapter 48
“Your Majesty, this is the testimony from Zhu Cici, daughter of Yunyi Marquis of Qi Kingdom, and her maid Xiao Ye.”
The day after the Xuanwu Street assassination attempt, in the imperial study, Wei Xun handed over a sheet of paper filled with detailed accounts.
Emperor Wu unfolded it, reading carefully.
As he read, his expression shifted to one of astonishment.
“This Xu Ming… truly continues to surprise me,” the emperor muttered with a deep exhale.
According to Zhu Cici and her maid’s account, when they were trapped within the barrier, the three dogs raised by the Disaster Hound had attacked. Two restrained the maid, while the third lunged at Zhu Cici, leaving her in what seemed to be a certain death.
But in that critical moment, Xu Ming had pummeled one of the dogs to death with his wild fists.
Then, despite being weakened, he mustered the strength to kill another dog.
Only then was the situation resolved.