Chapter 212 Sending a "Big Gift"

Seeing that King Cheng could hardly maintain his facial expression and all the blood had gone out of him, Xiao Yan changed the subject.

"In order to seize the throne, you tricked the daughter of the Rong family into marrying you. You wanted to take advantage of the Rong family's influence, but you were reluctant to give up the power of your aristocratic family."

"You secretly had an affair with someone from the Lu family, tricking them into giving birth to a child and replacing the Rong family's bloodline. You originally intended to use this to control the Lu family and negotiate terms with them by offering the Lu family's bloodline as the successor to the Rong family and the throne. However, you didn't expect that the Lu family had already chosen Your Majesty before you even had a chance to speak."

Prince Cheng was stunned for a moment. He thought...he thought Xiao Yan knew everything.

turn out to be……

He was wondering how to explain the Lu family's affairs to the person in front of him, but he didn't expect that he had the wrong idea first.

Prince Cheng was secretly delighted, but he didn't dare show any abnormality. He just pretended that his secret was known and his face changed drastically.

"How do you know?!"

As if after blurting out the words, regret appeared on his face, as if he regretted revealing his flaw.

Xiao Yan said coldly, "So, this Governor guessed correctly? Who is Xie Yin's biological mother?"

King Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "Don't you want to know!"

Xiao Yan sneered, "Do you think I can't find out? Lu Chongyuan is wholeheartedly supporting the Fourth Prince, the legitimate heir of the royal family, and he will definitely not allow you to rise to power. That person is using the Lu family's connections to help you, and I'm afraid he's hiding it from the Lu family and the Empress. I only need to ask the Empress, and I'll naturally know who is colluding with you."

Prince Cheng felt that this was exactly what he wanted, yet he seemed even more enraged, glaring at him. "Xiao Yan, I've already told you everything you want to know. Why do you insist on killing them all? You can't go to the Queen. I can help you testify against Hou Rui and the others..."

"No need for that. This Governor is more interested in the Lu family right now."

Xiao Yan saw that when Prince Cheng heard that he was going to find the Queen, he couldn't hide his joy even though he pretended to be flustered. He turned to Cang Lang and said, "Finish the punishment you didn't use just now. Just leave him with a breath."

“Xiao Yan!!”

If Prince Cheng was just pretending, he was really angry now: "You clearly said that you won't torture me if I confess..."

"When did the Governor say that?"

"You just..."

"What just happened?"

Xiao Yan tilted his head slightly and looked at the gaping Prince Cheng with an indifferent expression, "I was only casually telling Your Majesty about the severe punishments in prison to let you know the methods of the Criminal Department. When did I ever promise you anything?"

King Cheng's face turned pale, and he suddenly remembered that Xiao Yan had never promised him from the beginning to the end that he would stop torturing him after he confessed.

Xiao Yan looked at him and said, "Once you enter the Criminal Division, you naturally have to go through the proper procedures. If Your Highness were to come in and leave standing upright, people outside would laugh at me. Besides, Your Highness has deceived countless people and shouldn't be so foolish. How could you have believed my joke?"

"Xiao Yan, you eunuch, you are shameless!!!"

King Cheng was so irritated that he hissed and struggled to pounce, but Canglang pushed him back onto the shelf.

"Torture it."

After Xiao Yan finished speaking indifferently, he turned and walked out.

"Xiao Yan, you bitch, how dare you tease me? You are so despicable and shameless!"

"You shameless eunuch, no wonder you have no descendants. You dare to treat me like this today, you will definitely die a miserable death in the future..."

Behind him, King Cheng was furious and kept cursing, swearing foul language. Seeing this, Canglang took action with a cold look in his eyes. After a moment, the original cursing was replaced by shrill screams.

Xiao Yan's expression remained unchanged. He simply said to the person guarding the door, "Go call the girl over."

Not long after the man left, Tang Ning followed him.

The girl stopped at a distance from him and called out softly, "Brother."

Xiao Yan didn't notice the hesitation in her eyes and just gestured for her to wait a moment.

The screams from inside the door grew louder and louder, from the initial shrillness to gradually weakening. The smell of blood that was blocked by the door but could not be stopped from coming out was creepy.

It was the first time that Tang Ning saw torture with his own eyes. Although there was a big door between them, the light from inside stretched the screaming figure to the window sash.

Xiao Yan suddenly walked up to her, took out a sachet from his sleeve and handed it to her.

Tang Ning subconsciously stopped moving backwards: "This is..."

"The medicine sachet can remove blood and qi, clear the mind and calm the heart." Xiao Yan placed it in her palm: "If you feel uncomfortable, just smell it."

Tang Ning stared at the exquisite sachet in her hand in a daze. It was embroidered with intricate patterns, with gold and silver threads weaving through it to outline the shape of a crabapple flower. The faint herbal fragrance overwhelmed the pungent smell of blood, and the tall figure vaguely blocking her way just happened to block the shadow reflected in the window.

Xiao Yan was used to seeing human lives and was not afraid of blood, and he would not use something that looked like a woman's.

Tang Ning pursed her lips slightly, and her feet, which had originally wanted to retreat, were nailed to the spot as if they had taken root. The feeling of alienation that had just arisen in her heart suddenly became difficult to maintain.

"What's wrong?"

"without."

Tang Ning put the sachet to her nose and pretended to cover her face.

After a while, the tightly closed door was pushed open. When Canglang carried King Cheng out, his legs hung on the ground as if they had no bones, leaving a long mark. His hands were covered in blood and all ten fingers were missing.

After he was dragged back to the prison, blood flowed all over the ground. After he was thrown into the cell, he fell to the ground with a "bang".

"Do you want me to go?" Xiao Yan asked.

Tang Ning shook his head: "I'll go."

She took the exquisite brocade box that Xiao Yan handed to her, walked through the prison door and came to King Cheng's side.

When King Cheng heard the footsteps, he subconsciously shuddered.

"Uncle, I came to see you on behalf of my aunt." Tang Ning squatted beside King Cheng, met his frightened eyes, placed the box in his hand flat beside him, and said softly: "You remember my aunt's generous gift to us, and I will also give you a generous gift on my aunt's behalf."

The box fell within his reach. After Tang Ning opened the lid, he stood up and walked out.

King Cheng, who was originally wary of her taking action, looked at her as she left in some surprise. After hearing the cell door slam shut, he was the only one left in the dark cell.

It was extremely dark all around, with only a faint light leaking in from the corridor outside the iron gate.

King Cheng collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath. His whole body was in excruciating pain, but his throat was so painful that he dared not make a sound.

The box beside him was a dark red in color, which was obviously very strange. King Cheng also told himself not to look at it, as Song Tangning and the others would never give him anything good.

But the box was too close, and the open lid was like a spell, making him look at it again and again.

Can’t watch…

Don't look...

King Cheng's breathing became heavier, and he kept telling himself this, but after lying on the ground for a long time, he still couldn't help but stick his head out.

The box was pitch black, and the surrounding darkness made it difficult for him to see clearly. King Cheng couldn't help but move closer. A strong, fishy odor rushed into his nose, and the next moment...

"ah!!!!!!"

Screams of terror were heard in the prison, and King Cheng waved his hand and threw the contents of the box away, and the bloody mass fell on him.

“Get out of here! Get out of here!!”

He didn't care about the injuries on his body. He backed away desperately when he fell to the ground, waving his hands to knock the bloody flesh to the ground. He dragged his body into the corner in fear, curled up in a ball and trembled violently.

The thing he threw out looked like a child, grinning at him faintly while its flesh and blood were mangled.