Chapter 010 The Princess's Suspicion

The queen was very dissatisfied with Wang Bo's answer.

If she hadn't known the story of Aladdin, she would have almost believed that Wang Bo was telling the truth.

This minister is very wicked indeed.

Do you really think I don't know? Do you know where the magic lamp is?

But Wang Bo was unwilling, and the queen had no way to handle it. She couldn't just arrest the minister and force him to reveal the whereabouts of the magic lamp, because she knew very well that this minister was no pushover.

First, he was a minister trusted by the Sultan. Even though he had neglected his duty yesterday, the Sultan did not make things difficult for him.

Second, he was a sorcerer with some skill.

Acting rashly on his own would easily provoke this minister.

The queen ate a grape as she spoke: "Minister, the monster Dracula is extremely formidable. If you cannot find the magic lamp, you may not be able to capture Dracula. If you let Dracula escape again, the Sultan will be very angry. How will you explain to the Sultan then? I wonder if you have considered this, Minister."

Wang Bo sneered inwardly. Using the Sultan to pressure me — you really overthink things.

If it were Jafar, he might feel the pressure, but standing before you now is no mere minister—it is a fellow time-traveler like yourself.

Wang Bo said coldly, "There's no need for you to worry about that, Your Majesty. I have my own arrangements."

The queen saw that Wang Bo was impervious to reason and left no openings, and her heart grew more furious, but on the surface she remained as calm as ever, saying, "In that case, Minister, you must be careful not to stumble and fall."

Wang Bo put on a confident look. "Though I'm not entirely sure what kind of monster that Dracula is, I won't lose. Rest assured on that, Your Majesty."

The queen nodded and issued the order to leave with a blank expression, "You may go now."

Wang Bo bowed, turned around, and left.

Leaving the queen's bedchamber, Wang Bo felt somewhat annoyed. He should have directly exposed the queen's identity just now, to give that woman a scare. After all, she didn't have the magic lamp, so Wang Bo had nothing to fear.

In the end, because of the discussion about Dracula and the magic lamp, he actually forgot about this matter.

Only now did it come to mind.

If he went back now, it would be too low-class, so Wang Bo decided to expose the queen's identity the next time, since he wasn't in a hurry anyway.

Now it's time to gather people, ask what exactly happened last night, and then catch Dracula as soon as possible.

Of course, Wang Bo figured that catching Dracula would not be an easy task.

After all, he is the progenitor of vampires, so he must have some tricks up his sleeve.

"Minister!"

Not long after Wang Bo left the queen's bedchamber, he was stopped by a maidservant.

The maid bowed to Wang Bo and said respectfully, "Minister, Her Highness the Princess requests your presence."

I said, are you done or not? First the king summons me, then the queen, and now the princess. Can't you all get together and say what you need to say at once?

Wang Bo was very helpless. What was wrong with these three people? Were they messing with me?

"Does Princess Jasmine have something to discuss with me?" Wang Bo's tone was somewhat heavy.

The maid was startled and said nervously, “I—I don’t know either, but the princess summoned the minister, insisting that he must go to her place, saying there was something very important to discuss with him.”

Wang Bo originally wanted to say he was busy, but then he thought that Princess Jasmine and Jafar had always been irreconcilable, yet now she was summoning Jafar to her place—there must be something going on.

In the end, he nodded.

After Wang Bo followed the maid to Princess Jasmine's bedchamber, he bowed to the princess once again. "Princess."

Princess Jasmine dismissed her attendants, leaving only Wang Bo and the princess in the room.

"Jiafang, I need your help now. This matter concerns the safety and prosperity of our Agrabah. As the Sultan's minister, you must help me."

Wang Bo was somewhat curious when he saw Princess Jasmine speaking so gravely.

“Princess Jasmine, what do you want to say?”

"Do you know that a palace guard died last night?"

"Yes, that was my dereliction of duty, Your Highness." Wang Bo mechanically repeated this sentence. "But I have already assured the Sultan that I will definitely catch this murderer."

Princess Jasmine said, "Then do you know that last night, this murderer entered the queen's bedchamber."

Wang Bo was taken aback; this was something he truly did not know.

"Princess Jasmine, is what you said true?"

Dracula entered the queen's bedchamber. Did the two of them really know each other?

Princess Jasmine said discontentedly, “Do you think I would lie to you about this, Jafar? I saw it with my own eyes last night—the murderer bit through the necks of the palace guards, turned them into dried corpses, and then sneaked into the queen’s bedchamber. It was a long time before he came out.”

Wang Bo asked, "Last night, did anything unusual happen in the queen's bedchamber, such as a fight or something else?"

"No, there was nothing unusual."

Recalling what she had seen the night before, Princess Jasmine said earnestly, "Jafar, I suspect that the queen might very well be in league with this monster."

What a coincidence. Hearing you say that, I think I have the same thought.

After all, a monster sneaked into the queen's bedchamber, neither to kill nor to fight, but instead remained peaceful, staying for a long time before leaving.

No matter who it was, they would inevitably wonder whether the two were in league.

Princess Jasmine said, "Jafar, if the queen and that monster are in league, what should we do? Will they harm my father?"

Wang Bo thought for a moment and said, "If the queen and that murderer really are in league, then the matter is serious. They will certainly do harm to the Sultan; that much is certain."

Of course, Wang Bo had another suspicion.

That is... these two were not after the Sultan, but Jafar. To be precise, they were after the magic lamp. And anyone who has seen Aladdin knows that the only person who knows the whereabouts of the lamp is Jafar.

Therefore, Wang Bo was so suspicious.

However, Wang Bo did not voice this suspicion; the fewer people who knew about the magic lamp, the better.

Princess Jasmine cared nothing about the magic lamp; she only cared about her father. "You should help me, Jafar—help me expose the queen's true face."

"What do you plan to do?" Wang Bo asked.

"I plan to keep watch on the queen. If that murderer is in league with her, he might come to see her again tonight, and then we can catch them."

Princess Jasmine's plan was just that simple and crude. On second thought, for a princess who had never been schooled in intrigue and conspiracy, being able to come up with this plan was already quite good.

Wang Bo did not refuse, because he also wanted to take the opportunity to confirm whether the queen and Dracula were in cahoots.

So he agreed without hesitation.

"Rest assured, Princess, I will definitely help you."