"Miss Su, I hope you won't blame us. Everything we did was for the sake of our Lord's life. If we really revealed what happened to Concubine Bai, then our Lord's life would be in jeopardy. That's why we dare not do that."
When hearing these words, Su Mengyan felt that this was simply a ridiculous thing.
"Why do you believe his words so much?"
Su Mengyan questioned them angrily. After all, these three assassins were the most crucial figures. If they insisted that it was all done by Situ Yao, then no one could clear Situ Yao of the charges.
"I'm truly sorry, but all of this is for the sake of our Lord's life. We wouldn't mind dying, but our Lord absolutely cannot afford to have any accidents, so we can only obey Concubine Bai's wishes."
The dancing assassin continued speaking, her eyes filled with apology and helplessness.
But at this time, Su Mengyan knew that all of this was a lie. No matter what, she knew what the future would be like.
"What if I tell you all this and you are completely blinded by it?"
When hearing these words, the dancing assassin's eyes, which had originally dimmed, were rekindled with new hope.
"Miss Su, what is the deep meaning of this?"
"It's not a profound statement, but the only thing I can guarantee is that your lord is safe and sound, and has not fallen into the hands of Concubine Bai."
When they heard these words, the eyes of the other two assassins lit up.
"Now the three of you are in the Heavenly Prison, so you don't know what's going on outside, but you have been deceived by Concubine Bai. What she wants to do is to keep you three firmly in her hands and use you to kill people."
Su Mengyan didn't want to hide it any longer, so she said it out loud.
"I know that if I say these things to you without any evidence, you won't believe me. So I will definitely find evidence to prove that your master is not in the hands of Concubine Bai. Only then will you believe me."
After saying this, Su Mengyan left.
There are more important things waiting for her to deal with now, so he naturally has to find all the evidence in a short time.
A few days later, Su Mengyan took the new evidence and once again came to the prison where the three assassins were.
"This is what your lord asked me to give you."
After saying this, Su Mengyan took out a jade pendant from her hand.
When the three of them looked at the jade pendant, their eyes naturally lit up with surprise.
Looking at the evidence in front of her, the dancer lowered her head, realizing that she had been bullied by Concubine Bai, and immediately felt resentment towards her.
"I didn't expect that Concubine Bai would treat us like monkeys." The pretty face of the dancing assassin was filled with hatred.
"You turned against us and betrayed the crown prince. The crown prince will forgive you and give you another chance. If you still refuse to change your ways, don't blame us for turning against you." Seeing the dancer assassin's frustrated and regretful look, Su Mengyan immediately took advantage of the victory and pursued her, hoping to pull the dancer assassin back to her own camp.
“…” The dancer was silent at this moment, thinking about what Concubine Bai had done.
Although they were assassins, they were wholeheartedly serving their lord. They did not expect that Concubine Bai would be so shameless as to threaten them with their lord's life.
After hearing Su Mengyan's words, the assassins struggled in their hearts.
It would be fine if the lord is safe, but if the lord is in danger...
"You can ask us to tell the truth, but you must ensure the safety of our lord." The dancing assassin spoke. Since they were going to die anyway, they might as well cooperate with them again to get more protection for their lord. It would be a worthy death for them.
Su Mengyan nodded. This was not a difficult task. As long as the assassins did not help Concubine Bai to speak against her will, everything would be easy.
The two parties had reached a consensus, and Su Mengyan immediately went back to report to Situ Yao.
"Are you sure these assassins won't turn against us?" Su Mengyan told Situ Yao about her search for evidence and her conversation with the dancer assassins in prison, but Situ Yao still had some doubts.
"The lord is their only belief, and now he has been blasphemed by Concubine Bai. Naturally, they will no longer have any trust in Concubine Bai. They are going to die anyway, so they will definitely choose to help the side that is beneficial to their lord." Su Mengyan said. She understood that this matter was of great importance, but she knew the plot of the book, so she was naturally confident.
"That's great." Situ Yao immediately decided to re-interrogate the assassin.
The assassins were brought to the interrogation room one by one, and the first one to be brought up was the leading dancer assassin.
The light in the dancing assassin's eyes had dimmed, and she said to Situ Yao, "We will tell the truth this time. Ask whatever you want."
"It would be best if you know what's good for you." Situ Yao said, thinking to himself, it seems that Su Mengyan has found their weak spot this time.
This time, the assassins answered whatever Situ Yao asked and confessed to the assassination, saying only that they assassinated the emperor for their lord, completely overturning their original confession.
Situ Yao took the confession and found Su Mengyan, asking her to accompany him to the palace immediately to report to the emperor.
Inside the hall, the emperor had just recovered his strength, but still looked a little weak.
When the emperor heard that the assassin had changed his confession, he immediately summoned Su Mengyan and Situ Yao without caring about his own health, and Concubine Bai was also present.
Concubine Bai was terrified. The group of assassins had clearly promised her that they would frame the prince. How could they change their statement?
She suppressed her emotions and whispered to the emperor while Situ Yao was away, saying, "Your Majesty, I don't think the assassins' confessions are credible."
"Why do you think so, my beloved concubine?" the emperor asked.
"Those assassins are all desperate criminals..." Before Concubine Bai finished her words, the eunuch at the door reported that the prince and Su Mengyan were waiting outside the hall.
"Come in." The emperor waved his hand and said, he wanted to see what Situ Yao could find out.
"Yes." The eunuch turned and walked out.
"Your Majesty..." Seeing this, Concubine Bai wanted to say something, but the emperor shook his head. He now wanted to hear what the prince had to say.
This matter concerns the reputation of the royal family, and we cannot just listen to what women say.
"Greetings to the Emperor, and to Concubine Bai." After paying his respects, Situ Yao presented the confession that had been drafted into a memorial.
As the memorial was read, the emperor's expression became increasingly gloomy, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Concubine Bai pretended to be calm and asked, "Your Majesty, what did the assassins say?"
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