Chapter 241 is nothing

"Him? I don't know what triggered that Third Prince, but after seeing the secret letter you prepared, he cut out Ruan Xingzhi's tongue."

Later, they even cut off pieces of flesh from his body.

Although it was far from the number of cuts required for the death by a thousand cuts, when our people found him, Ruan Xingzhi was basically skin and bones, except for his face.

"Sigh, Ruan Xingzhi calculated so much, but he certainly didn't expect that he would die like this in the end!" Xiao Huaijin sighed.

He was once a refined gentleman in the capital, and if he had participated in the imperial examination, he would definitely have been in the top three.

If the King of Wu hadn't caused trouble, if the Ruan family hadn't run into trouble, and if Ruan Xingzhi hadn't gotten involved in the King of Wu's affairs, Ruan Xingzhi would definitely have been an important member of the court in the future.

What a pity!

If you take one wrong step, almost every step you take will be wrong.

Song Zhimian also felt a chill run down her spine, as if a living person had been reduced to a skeleton...

That third prince is indeed ruthless!

"The Third Prince of Biao Kingdom must have done more than just this! What other heinous things did he do?" Song Zhimian pressed.

"What else did you do? Didn't you just ask if he killed his father and mother?"

You're absolutely right, he essentially committed the crime of killing his father and mother.

Wasn't the Queen of Biao Kingdom forced to flee? He orchestrated all of this.

He not only arranged for his mother to escape, but also had the Queen of Biao take with her the treasures that the Biao royal family had collected over the years.

You have no idea how wicked the Third Prince is.

He ostensibly arranged for the Empress to escape, but secretly leaked the news.

Two carriages loaded with stones followed behind the Queen's carriage.

In this way, all the forces that had risen up in rebellion within the Biao Kingdom set their sights on the fleeing queen and pursued her relentlessly.

On one hand, they wanted to capture the empress, and on the other hand, they wanted the treasures of the Biao Kingdom.

The Third Prince did this to conceal the true route to the jewels, and he arranged for the Empress to flee south.

In reality, his men took the jewelry and headed north.

The empress never knew until her death that she, who could have lived two more days, was killed by her own son.

Besides the empress, the old emperor of Biao Kingdom also died at the hands of the third prince.

The old emperor could have clung to life for a few more days, but the third prince had the imperial physician forcefully awaken him with needles, all to demand the whereabouts of the imperial seal and the private seal of the emperor of the Biao Kingdom.

The old emperor refused to speak, so the third prince grabbed the old emperor by the neck and brought over all the children born to the other concubines.

They killed all of the old emperor's children as long as he didn't speak.

In the end, the old emperor was strangled to death by the third prince.

As for his younger brothers and sisters... he killed them all too." Xiao Huaijin explained to Song Zhimin in detail.

Song Zhimian was completely dumbfounded.

This third prince... is ruthless enough to use his own mother as bait and strangle his own father with his own hands.

He even killed his younger siblings who posed no threat to him.

This is truly... indescribably bad.

"Why doesn't God strike him dead?!" Song Zhimian couldn't help but exclaim.

Xiao Huaijin nodded immediately.

"Hey, you can't say that. Who says God is blind? That third prince really was struck down by God!"

After taking the emperor's private seal from the old emperor, he fled north with his entourage.

Just as they reached the Naga Hills, a sudden downpour began. While they were taking shelter from the rain, a bolt of lightning struck them, hitting their carriage squarely.

Later, they tried to walk into the village to take shelter from the rain, but the local people recognized them.

How much suffering have the people of Biao Kingdom endured over the years because of the Biao Kingdom's royal court!

Braving the heavy rain, the villagers swung their hoes and killed all the fleeing men.

The third prince was smashed until he was a bloody mess, unrecognizable as a human being.

"This can be considered the cycle of karma!" Xiao Huaijin continued.

Song Zhimian felt much better after hearing this.

Such a person... will eventually be punished by heaven.

"Then... what about all those treasures they took away?" Song Zhimian was a little concerned about this.

When this was mentioned, Xiao Huaijin lowered his voice a little.

"That batch of treasures has been kept under surveillance by Wei Yanli's men ever since it left Mandalay!"

Later, in a mountain valley, Wei Yanli's men intercepted the treasures and handed them over to the Southwest Army generals who were fighting for the Bai family in the Naga Hills.

The Southwest Army generals delivered the treasures to the Southwest Army overnight.

Uncle Jiu has already had them registered and prepared to be sent to the capital.

Anyway, Father has already returned to the capital. After sending it back, let Father see that it's not just them who can plunder treasures from the royal court of the foreign barbarians; our Southwest Army can also bring back treasures from the royal court of the Bhai Kingdom that have been stored for hundreds of years!

That day, Uncle Jiu called me over to take a look.

So many treasures... in those big boxes, hundreds of boxes!

It took the Southwest Army a lot of effort to bring these things back.

Inside... such huge gems were piled up in boxes and boxes, and there were even beads the size of eggs. Wow, I've finally seen what it means to have the wealth of an entire nation.

"Song Zhimian, would you like to see it? Shall I take you to see it?" Xiao Huaijin said to Song Zhimian with a smile.

Song Zhimian thought for a moment and immediately shook her head.

"No way! What if I can't tear myself away from seeing it?"

Furthermore, the more you see, the higher your standards become. In the future, no matter what reward you receive, it will never feel as good as those things, and the psychological gap will definitely be huge.

I'm not going to go looking for trouble!

I quite like things as they are now. Even a small reward is a delightful surprise, and with continuous rewards, there will always be delightful surprises.

"Isn't this feeling good?" Song Zhimian said with a smile.

Seeing Song Zhimin's expression, Xiao Huaijin suddenly smiled, then took out a small purse from his sleeve and tossed it to Song Zhimin.

"Take it and play with it! Just treat it like an ordinary glass bead," Xiao Huaijin said with a mischievous smile.

Song Zhimian paused for a moment, then opened her purse...

Six large, red rubies, each the size of a pigeon's egg, lay in the purse...

Song Zhimin's eyes widened instantly...

"this……"

"Don't worry! Everyone knows that the army can keep some of the spoils of war privately, as long as it's not excessive, Father won't interfere."

That's how we get everyone motivated, right?

That day, Uncle Jiu took me to see those treasures, just so I could pick a few.

"I looked at them for a long time and picked out a few stones for you. Compared to the others... these are nothing special. Just think of them as red glass beads to play with!" Xiao Huaijin said generously.

Song Zhimian...

Such a large ruby, of such high quality, it should be a pigeon blood red ruby, yet it's nothing special...

Song Zhimian suddenly wanted to go and see the spoils of war.

Even if it's not your own, it's good to broaden your horizons and learn something new! At least you won't be so surprised when you see other things in the future...

"Your Highness, do you still stand by what you just said?" Song Zhimian swallowed.

"What did you say?" Xiao Huaijin asked deliberately.

"Well... should we go take a look?"

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