The crown prince waved his hand.
His guards also surrounded Lord Han's men.
Crown Prince: "Release Madam Xu and her family!"
Seeing that the situation was not right, Lord Han's men obediently released Xu Ruyun and her family.
Lord Han: "Your Highness, what's wrong? You must have made a mistake!"
His Highness the Crown Prince looked at Lord Han seriously and said, "Lord Han, I have not made a mistake. The person I arrested is you!"
Lord Han: "What crime has this old minister committed?"
The Crown Prince threw a stack of exam papers at Lord Han's face.
The Crown Prince said, "You are guilty of favoritism and cheating in the imperial examination. Is it fair to pin this crime on you?"
Upon hearing this, Lord Han turned pale and collapsed to the ground.
He hadn't expected that the Crown Prince would trace his origins back to him so quickly.
Wow, Crown Prince is amazing! He found out about the cheating on the exam so quickly, that's great! It looks like the brothers' scores will soon be back to normal.
Everyone looked at the Crown Prince with delight.
Lord Han was stunned for a moment, then quickly knelt down and hugged the Crown Prince's leg, saying, "Your Highness, I was instructed by someone. None of this was my idea!"
Crown Prince: "Good! If you can sincerely admit your mistakes and reveal the mastermind behind it all, I can report to my father and have you treated leniently."
Lord Han kowtowed repeatedly to the Crown Prince, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness!"
The Crown Prince said to the guards, "Guards! Take Lord Han away!"
Lord Han wept bitterly and was carried away by two guards, his former high spirits completely gone.
After Lord Han left, Xu Ruyun took the lead in kneeling before the Crown Prince.
Everyone else also knelt before the crown prince.
Xu Ruyun: "This humble woman thanks Your Highness the Crown Prince for your help today!"
The Crown Prince said, "Please rise, everyone. I was merely doing my duty."
[Your Highness is so kind! I want a hug from you.]
The prince's gaze fell on Qiuqiu, and then he walked towards her and said, "Qiuqiu, have you missed me? I have missed you. Let me hug you."
Chiu Chiu stretched out her arms for the prince to hug her.
The Crown Prince said, "I'm sorry that Qiuqiu was frightened today. My third brother went back to the palace to visit the Empress Dowager. If my third brother were here, they wouldn't have been so arrogant today."
Qi Junzhou: "Fortunately, Your Highness arrived in time today. Otherwise, our whole family would definitely be in jail."
Crown Prince: "With me here, I will not allow anyone to bully you!"
Wow, the Crown Prince is so handsome!
The prince was a little embarrassed by Qiuqiu's praise, but he had to pretend to be nonchalant.
Qi Junzhou: "Your Highness, there was such a commotion today. How are you going to explain this to His Majesty? Look at this sword..."
Qi Junzhou pointed to the sword in front of him and frowned slightly, looking a bit worried.
The Crown Prince said, “I have heard that the scabbard of the divine sword of the Great Silver Kingdom is incredibly heavy. This sword is so heavy that it must be no ordinary object. Perhaps it is the divine weapon, the Flame God Sword.”
Finally, someone who knows its value! Why didn't my brothers recognize it?
The three older brothers looked at Qiuqiu.
It's not that my older brother couldn't see it, the key point is that even when the older brothers were holding swords, it wasn't that difficult!
The divine sword recognized its master. Naturally, it treated its master's own brother with great respect. Therefore, the divine sword easily allowed the young masters to take it.
The Crown Prince looked around and asked Qi Junzhou, "Which one of you is Xie Ju'an?"
Xie Ju'an stepped forward and kowtowed to the Crown Prince: "Your Highness, I am Xie Ju'an."
The Crown Prince helped Xie Ju'an up: "Please rise! I heard from my third brother that your article has been plagiarized. I will definitely give you justice!"
Xie Ju'an was so moved that he wanted to wipe away tears.
"Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Crown Prince!"
The Crown Prince put Qiuqiu down and said to everyone, "It's getting late, I should go back and report. I will report the matter of the sword to my father fairly."
Everyone: "Thank you, Your Highness!"
In the prison, the Crown Prince personally interrogated Lord Han.
Crown Prince: Lord Han, I do not wish to torture you. If you confess voluntarily, I will inform my father and reduce your punishment. Tell me, who is the mastermind behind the favoritism and cheating in the imperial examination?
Seeing that the Crown Prince was so easy to talk to, Lord Han stammered, "This subordinate really doesn't know."
The crown prince gave him a wink.
The two men pulled Lord Han away.
Seeing himself being taken away so easily, Lord Han shouted, "Where are you taking me?"
The guard remained silent and continued to pull Lord Han along.
On the way, Lord Han saw a prisoner being burned with branding irons by the jailers, screaming in pain.
Lord Han felt his hair stand on end.
Before Lord Han could recover, a roar from an animal came from the side.
A tiger with its jaws wide open pounced on him.
Lord Han was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.
Fortunately, there was a cage separating them, otherwise Lord Han would have been torn to pieces in an instant.
Lord Han asked, puzzled, "This is a prison, why keep a tiger here?"
One of the guards said, "Of course, it's used to deal with those who are ungrateful and refuse to confess."
Lord Han: "I don't believe it!"
The guard looked at the tiger and said, "Don't believe me? Look!"
Inside the cage, besides the tiger, there was a person.
The man had just been shoved inside by the jailer.
The ravenous tiger pounced on the man.
In an instant, the person inside the cage was dismembered.
Lord Han was so frightened that he covered his eyes.
The guard said, "His Highness the Crown Prince gave these people chances, but they didn't know what was good for them. In prison, those who don't know what's good for them only have one fate: a very, very terrible death!"
Lord Han was so frightened that his legs trembled.
Further ahead, Lord Han saw yet another prisoner being subjected to the death by a thousand cuts.
The meat was scraped off piece by piece with a knife.
The man's heart-wrenching screams echoed throughout the entire prison.
Lord Han asked the guard who was holding him with trepidation.
Lord Han: "Where are you taking me?"
One of the guards smiled slightly and said, "Since Lord Han doesn't want to confess, we'll naturally take him to a more exciting place!"
Lord Han was so frightened that his hair stood on end. He asked, "Where is the more exciting place? What are you going to do to me?"
Guard: "Lord Han will know once he enters!"
They walked to a cell, and the jailer opened the cell door.
The guards shoved Lord Han into the cell.
The jailer closed and locked the door. Lord Han could no longer control his emotions, clinging to the cell door and weeping, saying, "I want to see His Highness the Crown Prince! I want to get out—"
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