Chapter 534 Night Interrogation of Feng Yudie
Rewind three hours.
After leaving Qiao Qinghe's place, Yan Jin secretly sneaked into the courtyard where Su Rongrong lived, subdued Aqi and Aqin, secretly glanced at Su Rongrong, and then left the Qiao residence in the south of the city with his confidants, returning to the Enping Earl's residence in the east of the city.
The Shun'an Prince's Mansion was right next to the Enping Earl's Mansion.
The current Shun'an Prince's Mansion is the former Xuanping Marquis's Mansion.
Because Su Rongrong had lived in the Xuanping Marquis's residence for a long time, Yan Jin was already very familiar with the layout of the residence.
Feng Yudie's residence is not a secret.
In order to be closer to the Earl of Enping's residence, she took the initiative to choose a secluded courtyard that was only separated from the Earl of Enping's residence by a wall.
Although that secluded courtyard was far from the other courtyards in the mansion, and although only a storage room of the Enping Earl's mansion was separated by a wall, she happily moved in.
This was originally Feng Yudie's way of expressing her love for Yan Jin.
But at this moment, this secluded courtyard also allowed Yan Jin and his men to sneak in without any restraint.
Yan Jin's trusted confidants had all followed him all the way from Enping County. So, the group infiltrated in tacit agreement, took down everyone in tacit agreement, and then stood guard at the door, leaving the room to Yan Jin and the still-sleeping Feng Yudie.
Yan Jin strode to the bedside, grabbed Feng Yudie by the neck, and lifted her off the bed.
Feng Yudie, who was still sleeping, suddenly felt her breathing catch and quickly struggled to wake up from her dream.
When she opened her eyes and saw Yan Jin's face right in front of her, she was startled, thinking that she was still dreaming.
"Strict, rigorous?"
A tightness gripped her neck, and Feng Yudie felt difficulty breathing again, finally regaining full consciousness.
The shock in his eyes instantly turned to joy. "Brother Yan! What are you doing? You, you let me go. I can't breathe."
Yan Jin did not miss the changes in Feng Yudie's expression.
The woman's first reaction upon seeing him was shock, so all her talk of liking him and wanting to marry him was fake. Just like the feigned surprise she followed, it was laughably fake.
"Alright, now it's just the two of us in this room, so you don't need to act with me anymore."
Yan Jin threw the person back onto the bed and said coldly, "I know you don't really like me. You just want to get revenge on me and use me."
"No! Brother Yan, listen to me, I really mean it..."
Feng Yudie looked anxious and wanted to explain.
Yan Jin raised his hand to interrupt, coldly saying, "I came to find you only to ask you, who wrote that threatening letter? And where is Uncle Wu?"
Feng Yudie looked bewildered and said, "Brother Yan, I don't know what you're talking about? What threatening letter? What Uncle Wu? Who is Uncle Wu?"
"And what are you doing in my room so late?"
Seeing Feng Yudie still pretending, Yan Jin swiftly drew a gleaming dagger from his waist and, before Feng Yudie could react, sliced off a stray hair from her forehead.
The knife grazed Feng Yudie's forehead, and the icy touch made her eyes widen suddenly.
"I'll ask you questions, and you'll answer them. If you dare to give an irrelevant answer again, next time, what I'll cut off won't be hair."
Yan Jin coldly looked at Feng Yudie, "Did you understand?"
Feng Yudie didn't respond for a while, but her eyes started darting around, clearly looking for her maid and checking if she could escape.
Unfortunately, she was destined to be disappointed.
Because all twelve servants in the courtyard had their throats slit by Yan Jin's trusted confidants.
There was not even the slightest possibility of them waking up and calling for help.
"No need to look, all eight maids and four old women are already lying outside."
Lying outside? Is he unconscious? Or dead?
Feng Yudie froze, then bit her lip and said as if she had made up her mind, "Brother Yan, I wrote the threatening letter. Someone also secretly told me about you wiping out Su Rongrong's entire family."
"I'm doing this all because I want to marry you!"
"I admit, I didn't marry you because I really liked you."
"I also admit that I didn't have good intentions when I married you."
"But you wouldn't be at a disadvantage marrying me, would you?"
"I am of noble birth. I am the young princess of the Shun'an Prince's Mansion, and even more so, the young princess of the Shang'an Kingdom!"
"Behind me stands the Shang'an royal family, and even more so, the millions of soldiers and civilians of the Shang'an Kingdom."
"If you marry her, you will gain the support of the entire nation of Shang'an."
"Don't you want power? Haven't you ever thought about recruiting the soldiers of Shang'an to serve you? Haven't you ever thought about raising an army in rebellion, overthrowing Dayan, and ascending the throne as emperor?"
"Brother Yan, form an alliance with me, you definitely won't regret it!"
Yan Jin looked at Feng Yudie coldly, his heart filled with sarcasm and disdain, "Are you finished?"
Feng Yudie frowned and pressed on, "I know you feel guilty towards Su Rongrong. But have you ever considered that once she knows you personally sent people to kill her entire family back then, do you think she can still be with you with a clear conscience?"
“I know it’s not easy for you to salvage your reputation by playing the devoted lover. So I had that old man tied up and made Su Rongrong leave you on her own. That way, no one will say you abandoned your wife.”
"Of course, if you really can't let go of Su Rongrong, I can let her stay by your side. If you want to pamper her, if you want her to have your children, I can agree to anything you want."
"As long as you marry me, make me your principal wife, and make me your empress in the future, I will agree to anything you ask for. I will also hand over all the power in Shang'an to you!"
"Brother Yan, form an alliance with me and marry me. You will definitely not regret it!"
Feng Yudie looked at Yan Jin with eager eyes, already confident of victory.
Power has always been a man's greatest ambition! She refused to believe that Yan Jin wouldn't be tempted!
However, she was destined to be disappointed again.
"Are you done talking?" Yan Jin's tone already betrayed his impatience.
The only reason she talked so much was out of curiosity about what this woman was thinking, daring to disregard his warnings and provoke him again and again.
But after listening, he lost interest again.
A royal family that surrendered without a fight, and the soldiers and civilians under their rule were mostly cowards who fled at the mere sight of them.
What about the millions of soldiers and civilians in Shang'an?
Haha, it's just a tiny piece of land that he razed to the ground in half a month.
I really don't know where she got the confidence to think he would be interested in her.
Feng Yudie looked at Yan Jin in astonishment, her eyes filled with disbelief, "Aren't you even a little bit tempted?"
Yan Jin didn't answer her question, but instead returned to the main topic: "I'll ask you one more time, who told you about my affair with the Su family? Do you have any evidence? Also, where is Uncle Wu?"
Feng Yudie pursed her lips, her expression unwilling, still immersed in the emotions of failing to persuade Yan Jin, unable to extricate herself.
After three breaths without a reply, Yan Jin's patience ran out. With a swift movement, he slashed the blade, and one of Feng Yudie's ears fell onto the bed.
The excruciating pain caused Feng Yudie to involuntarily open her mouth and scream.
Unfortunately, before the scream could even escape her lips, Yan Jin tightly covered her mouth.
She covered her missing ears with both hands, staring at Yan Jin with terrified eyes.
How could he dare to actually make a move?!
This is the Shun'an Prince's Mansion! She is the young princess of the manor!
Wasn't he afraid of retaliation from the Prince's Palace? Wasn't he afraid of Emperor Xiaozhao punishing him?
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