Chapter 1364
"You just asked her what I had told her at the banquet, didn't you?" Simon stood up and walked up to Lara. "I told her don't worry. Charlie would at most gain the right to inherit the throne now. The news has broadcasted that Nangong Yen has fled, and he'll come to Ruidan soon. By then... we'll have a chance of winning."
"What?" Lara was shocked as well. "You've already told her that Nangong is here?"
"I just told her that Nangong Yen escaped from the international police station," Simon said. "After all, she has been accompanying His Majesty, who is seriously ill, in the palace these days. She has no time to read the news, so she doesn't know that her brother is out, does she?"
He added, "It's just that I didn't expect to hear this from her. It hasn't been long before we received news of the assassination of Charlie. The police who tried to arrest me have also come to the palace."
In the back, he was directly taken to this detention room by the guards. When Sara heard that Charlie had been assassinated, he knew that her brother had come. He was overjoyed to see if Charlie had been completely dead!
"So you know that it was Nangong Sect that sent the assassin, Charlie, to kill him tonight?" Lara asked him.
"Of course," Simon said. "I don't know how his men got into the palace, but I have to say, they're up to something!"
The four men that Nangong Yen sent to follow Lara were not discovered by anyone. They should be masters!
None of them had even discovered Simon!
"So, I'm interested to ask how his men got into the palace?" Simon looked at Lara. "I heard that you went out in a hurry this afternoon. There must be something important that you came out at that time, right? For example, you met Nangong Yen. Then you must have met him. Did he tell you his plan to assassinate Charlie?"
Simon was also so smart and crafty!
He actually thought that she had already met Nangong Yen!
"We've indeed met." Lara said. "However, there's no need to talk about how his people managed to enter the imperial palace. In any case, Prince Charlie is already dead, and the throne is already Princess Sara's."
"That's true!" Simon went to the windowsill, his back against the window sill, and raised his head haughtily. "The throne will be hers, and the throne will also be mine. I know the secret of her identity and she's also my husband. So she has to listen to me, because I made her the queen."
"You're speaking too early, aren't you?" Lara said coldly. "If she wants to inherit the throne, she'll have to wait for her to return to the imperial palace safely."
She continued, "Speaking of this, I've come here to ask you, did you send someone to kidnap her and Madame?"
Simon remained silent, with an air of arrogance on his face.
"It's you, isn't it?" Lara said. "Nangong has already sent someone to get rid of Charlie. Why are you trying to kidnap them?"
Still, Simon could not believe his ears. "So you're here to ask me this question? I really thought you'd come to visit me because you're worried about your brother, me."
"I'm asking you a question!" Lara repeated her words.
Simon rubbed his nose. "What kind of evidence do you have to accuse me of?"
"You're not pretending to be innocent!" Lara snapped. "Although you're confined, your personal bodyguard isn't here. The Southern Palace has also guessed it was you!"
"Is that so?" Simon asked. "He even knew it was me..."
"We are now a group!" Lara reminded him. "It's meaningless to keep hiding it from me again. And you are held in detention here, so you can't control the situation outside! But I can do it with Nangong, I can help Nangong take the position of Princess Sara and let her be the queen, and then I can make an apology for you!"
Simon thought for a moment. "Indeed. Since Alex and Aman work together, there's no way you won't work together with them."
"So what about Nangong and Madam?" Lara asked him, "Where are they? If you want to capture Madam, I don't care. But Prince Charlie is dead, and Princess Sara has to come back to be the heir of the throne. If she doesn't have any more trouble, the royal family will be in chaos. When they know that the princess is missing, the second and third-in-line heirs will run out..."
"I didn't mean to take her away with me," Simon replied. "After all, I only assigned my men to carry out the task before coming to the imperial palace. If the successor to the throne turns out to be Charlie, I'll force them to kidnap Madame and threaten him and Elsa to deal with Charlie."
"What?" Lara frowned. "Before coming to the imperial palace tonight, just like that, you made your plans."
"Of course," Simon replied with a smile. "Nangong Yen is not the only one who has second-hand plans!"
"Then why didn't you say that you had this plan at the voting event?" Lara said angrily. It was pointless for her to be so anxious.
"Of course I won't do that if it's possible." Simon snorted. "After all, we kidnapped Madam and threatened Aman. If we fail, we'll be completely screwed!"
He added, "I just didn't expect that Sarala would be in the police car. If we only kidnap Madam and the princess instead of Sara, it will only make people suspect. That's why my men made their own decisions to take Sarala away with them!"
"But now, Charlie is dead, and the throne is destined to belong to Princess Sara. Why do you still have to do this kind of unnecessary thing?" Lara angrily said, "Do you know that so many things have happened in the Imperial Palace in one night? The prince was assassinated and the princess is missing. How angry His Majesty is? Now His Majesty asked people to conceal the matter of Sara's disappearance, but it won't be long!"
"When I was taken to this detention room by the guards, I had no time to explain to my men that Mrs. Emperor should not be kidnapped," Simon said. "So after I left, they naturally did as I told them."
This night, there was more than one person who had made a plan!
On Aman's side, on Simon's side, and on Lara's and Nangong Yen's side... they all had their own plans!
Tonight's engagement party for the princess and the voting for the successor to the throne would not be peaceful.
"If you say Lara, why are you so angry?" Simon laughed at her. "I won't do that. You want to kill Madame, don't you? After all, Nangong Yen is here. You're worried that Nangong Yen will go to meet the beautiful Madame again. You've been wanting to kill her and monopolize Nangong Yen's love for a long time, haven't you?"
Lara bit his lips. She had always been natural and generous, but this was the first time that she'd been in such a sorry state!
Being spied on by this bastard elder brother's heart...
"That's why I helped you, isn't it?" Simon retorted. "Mrs. Emperor is now kidnapped by my men, and she and Nangong Yen are nowhere to be seen. That's as you wish, isn't it?"
"That's why." Lara clenched his fists. "Where are they now?"
Simon stared at his sister with narrowed eyes. "No, I have to think about it first. Is it appropriate to tell you where they are?"