When a person begins to doubt themselves.

There will be no more self-confidence left.

When one submits and kneels before an enemy, all pretense of resilience, pride, and dignity vanishes.

Some people use humiliation as motivation for revenge.

But if this humiliation comes one after another, leaving them completely devastated.

All that will remain is extreme humiliation and hatred.

A person cannot be considered a complete person when he is dominated by hatred.

This is what Xiao Boqi wanted.

He wants Ye Chen's luck.

He also wants Ye Chen's life.

However, he would never let Ye Chen die easily.

He must be made to experience all kinds of humiliation and suffering to atone for the sins he committed in his previous life.

This Purple Soul Ginseng, Huang Boqi would never give to Ye Chen.

It will also not allow Ye Chen to obtain any nourishing substances for his soul.

Isn't sending a surviving old man to paradise a virtuous and benevolent act?

I'm still too kind.

I can't bear to see others suffer, alas.

...

The crown prince looked at Qi Shanlin in front of him, his eyes narrowing into a dangerous arc.

He Boqi proved him wrong with his actions.

He believed that everything Huang Boqi did was out of anger and embarrassment.

All this was to win Leng Qiuyue back and to make the Leng family realize his importance.

He didn't believe that someone obsessed with women would suddenly change their nature.

With the resources of the Marquis's mansion, the initial damage to his dantian and the disfigurement on his face could be easily restored.

Therefore, he believed that everything was a smokescreen by Yi Boqi.

So he sent Leng Qiusheng's shrewish wife to the Marquis's mansion to hurl insults, and he also arranged for people to secretly follow her.

He made ample preparations, and in either case, he would ensure that Yi Boqi would completely destroy the future of the Shenwei Marquis's mansion.

The fact that a prince would behave so disgracefully and without any dignity for the sake of a woman would make many people despair about the future of the Marquis's mansion.

Those who are desperate will turn to him completely.

This is a beginning.

The beginning of the downfall of the Marquis of Shenwei's mansion.

But he never expected this.

He Boqi beat Leng Qiusheng's wife to death with sticks and then threw her body into the prefectural government office.

Although things did not turn out as he had imagined, the charge of killing the wife of the Right Chief of the Selection Office without cause was now firmly established.

But when he brought Leng Qiusheng to the prefectural government office, he was met with a large number of people who had come to file lawsuits.

Because the moment Leng Qiusheng's wife's body was brought into the prefectural yamen, Qi Shanlin began to preside over the case.

The case that was broken was the one involving Leng Qiusheng's family's extortion and plunder.

This was the first time that Crown Prince Huang Mingyuan had ever seen a case judged with a corpse as the defendant.

As soon as Leng Qiusheng, the Right Chief of the Selection and Appointment Office of the Great Yang, entered the Prefectural Government Office, before he could even utter a word of cursing...

He was immediately overpowered and arrested by the constables.

In the words of the constables, "You're quite sensible to come and turn yourself in."

If they come to arrest you, your entire family would have been wiped out by now.

The Crown Prince already understood Qi Shanlin's true nature—he had previously been incompetent and weak, but had suddenly become aggressive last night.

Qi Shanlin must be a member of the Marquis's household.

All of this was a scheme devised by Xiao Boqi specifically to target the Leng family.

He wants to keep his promise.

When you are no longer something I like, I will take back everything I gave you.

It will completely strip you back to your original state, making you wish you were dead.

Qi Shanlin performed a very humble bow the moment the Crown Prince appeared.

This slightly lessened the Crown Prince's anger, but after Qi Shanlin finished performing the grand ceremony, he turned around and prepared to subject Leng Qiusheng to severe torture.

Seeing himself subjected to severe torture, the Crown Prince could no longer suppress his anger.

"Prefect Qi, in front of me, you have already overstepped your bounds by inflicting severe torture on the Right Chief of the Selection and Appointment Office?"

After the Crown Prince finished speaking, he took a few steps to block Leng Qiusheng's path and glared angrily at Qi Shanlin.

"My Great Yang has not yet fallen, and the royal laws still apply. Aren't you being a little too hasty?"

The Crown Prince's two sentences carried immense weight, even more so than the accusations Ye Chen had leveled against Yi Boqi that day.

The first sentence means that you knew Leng Qiusheng had already pledged allegiance to this prince, and yet you came all the way to your prefectural office with this prince.

But you took him down without saying a word, and then you were about to use torture.

Is this a declaration of war against me?

The second sentence is almost explicit.

Even if you are from the Shenwei Marquis's mansion, even if the Shenwei Marquis's reputation in Dayang is almost on par with the royal family.

But the Great Yang still belongs to my royal family, and my royal family is still the most respected.

Does your action mean that Marquis Shenwei is going to rebel?

The fact that the Crown Prince could utter such harsh words shows that he is extremely angry, and it also reveals his stance.

Leng Qiusheng is now in custody.

If Leng Qiusheng is convicted today, he, as the crown prince, will lose face, and the prestige of the entire royal family will be severely damaged.

This is something he absolutely will not allow.

"Your Highness, please calm down."

He then presented the charges against the prince.

"Your Highness, look, these are all evidence of the Leng family's crimes of extortion and oppression of the people. The evidence is conclusive."

But the Crown Prince didn't even glance at the evidence Qi Shanlin presented.

He knew perfectly well that all of this must have been arranged by Qi Boqi in advance and prepared by Qi Shanlin.

Otherwise, as soon as someone is beaten to death on one side, a constant stream of people will come to file complaints on the other.

What a coincidence!

"Prefect Qi, if I remember correctly, the trial of a third-rank official of the court requires the Department of Justice to preside over the final joint trial by the three departments before a conviction can be made. Now, it is not in accordance with the law that only your prefectural office is making the judgment and conviction."

As soon as the Crown Prince spoke, Qi Shanlin nodded repeatedly with a look of agreement.

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