Chapter 576 How else do you want to prove it?

Mother Zhao actually wanted to plead for Bai Shuang, but Su Ying's current attitude made her somewhat confused.

"Don't think too much, Mom Zhao. This matter is a bit complicated. It won't be too late to talk about other things after it's dealt with."

Although she didn't know what was going on, Mother Zhao could hear that Su Ying had no intention of driving Bai Shuang away.

She felt relieved after confirming this. After all, she was the child who grew up in her care, and she couldn't just watch her being driven away.

"I will have a good talk with her later. If she makes mistakes again, I will send her out of the palace."

"Okay, I'll listen to Mother Zhao in everything."

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Si Chen was imprisoned in the prison of Jingzhao Yinfu.

He stood at the door of the cell, and felt a chill all over his body as he recalled everything that had happened the day before!

He never thought that Duke Jingguo wanted to kill him!

Whenever he thought about this matter carefully, he felt creepy. Among the people sent by the emperor to Kuncheng to provide disaster relief, there were people from the Duke of Jingguo's Mansion. Could it be that the person above Ma Zhi was the Duke of Jingguo?

Si Chen collapsed on the ground. The fact that Duke Jingguo intended to embezzle the gold mine was such a huge blow to him, it was like the faith that had supported him for so long collapsed in an instant.

The sound of footsteps outside the cell brought Si Chen back to his senses, and his whole body instantly tensed up.

He quickly climbed up and hid in the corner farthest from the door, but even so, he still couldn't suppress the fear and anger in his heart!

After leaving the Duke Jingguo's Mansion, he was taken to an inconspicuous private house. At night, he was suddenly awakened by a suffocation after a deep sleep. He wanted to struggle, but found that he could not move at all. Not long after, his eyes went black and he lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, he felt two people carrying him somewhere.

He didn't dare to act rashly, and when those people let down their guard, he quickly got up and ran away, but he accidentally slipped and fell down the hillside into the snow.

The moment he lost consciousness he thought he was going to die, but unexpectedly he was rescued.

But before the fire of hope after being rescued could be ignited, despair struck again.

Si Chen had a feeling that the footsteps were coming towards him.

Sure enough, the footsteps stopped outside his cell, and soon, the sound of a key turning the cell door lock was heard.

Si Chen's muscles tensed up.

The cell door opened and an officer walked in expressionlessly. He looked at Si Chen with a look as if he was looking at a dead person.

The officer curled the corners of his lips as if mocking him. He walked a few steps towards Si Chen and grabbed his neck.

Si Chen's eyes widened in horror. He was not afraid of death, but he just didn't want to die like this.

But he was injured and his throat could not make any sound, so he could only watch his life slip away.

Just when he was about to lose consciousness, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. The officer panicked when he heard the footsteps. When he was about to increase his force, Si Chen found strength from nowhere and pinched the other's pulse fiercely. The pain was so severe that he had to relax his strength.

The officer was afraid of being discovered, so he glared at Si Chen fiercely and turned and ran away.

Si Chen collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

When Zhou Qing arrived with the imperial guards, he saw Si Chen half-dead.

Zhou Qing walked forward to check the pinch marks on Si Chen's neck, "Seal off the prison immediately and don't allow anyone to leave!"

Si Chen breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Zhou Qing. He remembered him. When he was rescued and taken away by the officials, she was also there. She was with that girl.

Si Chen suddenly grabbed the corner of Zhou Qing's clothes tightly, but before he could open his mouth, his eyes went dark and he fainted.

"Take the man out of the prison and get a doctor."

When Jingzhao Yin heard the news, he hurried over.

"Miss Zhou Qing, what's going on? Where are you taking the prisoner?"

After all, this case has been reported to the Jingzhao Yinfu and a case has been filed. The criminal can't just be taken away by someone else.

"The Queen has ordered that this person is involved in a very serious case. The Queen is worried that someone might try to silence him, so she asked us to come and protect him."

If a person is involved in another case and cannot speak out, then the matter is definitely not within his scope.

The Jingzhao Yin did not want to get involved, so he asked the officials to clear out a separate cell and sent more people.

"Miss Zhou Qing, if the queen has any instructions for you, please let me know."

"Please find a doctor to see him."

"Okay, no problem."

When Si Chen woke up again, he saw a familiar figure standing in front of the bed. After recognizing him, he sat up from the bed angrily, "I have always trusted Duke Jingguo and was grateful for his kindness many years ago, but I never thought that you would dare to embezzle the country's gold mines!"

The figure slowly turned around, and its gloomy gaze fell coldly on Si Chen, and suddenly pounced on him like a demon.

"You know too much, you deserve to die!"

"Ah...you, you will be punished, you will be punished...ah!"

Si Chen suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the dim cell with lingering fear. It turned out to be a nightmare.

He was breathing heavily, but found a figure beside him.

He got up in horror, and felt a chill run down his spine when he thought of the nightmare he had just had.

The figure slowly turned around, and it was Xiao Jin's face.

The bright yellow dragon robe on his body flickered in the dim light.

"I heard that you were almost silenced because you reported an official for embezzling gold mines."

emperor!

Si Chen stared at Xiao Jin with eyes wide open in disbelief, thinking he was still dreaming.

"You, you are the emperor..." Si Chen opened his mouth and found that he could speak, but his voice was frighteningly hoarse.

A chair appeared in the cell without anyone noticing. Xiao Jin turned around and walked to the chair and sat down. "Yes, tell me everything. If what you said is true, I will definitely give you justice."

Si Chen stared at Xiao Jin in a daze and didn't say anything for a long time. The incident of being silenced by Duke Jingguo had left a big shadow on him, and he didn't dare to trust anyone easily anymore.

"Why? Do you doubt my identity?"

Si Chen lowered his eyes and did not respond.

"Zhang Shuming."

"The old slave is here."

"Where is my imperial seal?"

After a moment, Zhang Shuming took out a jade seal from his body and opened it in front of Si Chen.

Si Chen looked at the imperial seal with his eyes wide open in shock. If the imperial seal was forged, the entire family would be executed.

"How else do you want me to prove my identity?"

Si Chen struggled to get up from the ground and knelt in front of Xiao Jin, "I will tell His Majesty everything I know."

No one waiting outside the cell knew what Si Chen said to Xiao Jin that night.

They only knew that when the emperor came out of the cell, he was full of murderous aura and extremely cold.

(End of this chapter)