Jiang Huaizhu's heart, which had risen to his throat, fell back.
With tears in her eyes, she struggled to turn her head, trying to see why her life-saving straw had only just arrived.
But the person she saw was not the one she expected.
The smile on Jiang Huaizhu's face froze before it could even bloom.
The one who asked everyone in the Imperial City Division to stop was actually the Ninth Prince Shen Tingsi!
Jiang Xiancao slowly walked into the cell, bent down under the stunned gaze of everyone, and whispered in the ear of Shen Yubai, who was sitting and watching the show, in a voice that only the two of them could hear:
"Marquis Wenning has returned to the capital."
Chen Yubai curled his lips and asked with a smile, "What does this have to do with my torture of Miss Jiang? Could it be that Xiao Jiuer couldn't bear to let her go?"
Jiang Xiancao glanced at Jiang Huaizhu, who was standing anxiously on the rack, and then glanced at the horrific torture instruments around her. After a pause, he lowered his voice even more:
"Based on my understanding of Marquis Wen Ning, he must be the one who most wants Jiang Huaizhu to die."
"So what?"
"Marquis Wenning doesn't like to sit around and wait for death. He'll do whatever it takes to get what he wants." Jiang Xiancao lowered his eyes, hiding the barely perceptible anxiety in them. "Uncle, is your prison really so ironclad that not even a single rat can get in?"
Shen Yubai turned his head slightly, looking at her with a smile in his eyes, "Do you suspect that there is a traitor in the Imperial City Bureau?"
Jiang Xiancao nodded hesitantly.
She knew that given her current relationship with Shen Yubai, it was definitely not her turn to say this.
Because in Shen Yubai's eyes, there were still a lot of doubts about her. As a man of deep scheming and meticulous mind, he would not trust a person who had his own secrets and was full of lies.
But she learned from the secret guards sent to monitor the Wen Ning Marquis's mansion that the first thing the Wen Ning Marquis did upon returning to the capital was to have his second brother meet with an unidentified man in black at a tavern in the downtown area. The man in black had extremely high martial arts skills and easily shook off the secret guards who were following him.
She thought about it again and again, and felt that she had to come to see Shen Yubai no matter what.
Even if Shen Yubai didn't believe her, even if it would only deepen his suspicion of her, she would still tell him everything she had to say.
Because Shen Yubai is the only ally she can win over now.
"Jiang Huaizhu is in prison. The best way to silence her forever is obviously not to send someone in to assassinate her. Even if they succeed by chance, it will prove that Jiang Huaizhu is truly involved in the conspiracy case. Then everyone will suspect that the Jiang family is sacrificing the car to save the king, which will be disadvantageous to the Jiang family."
Jiang Xiancao analyzed in a low voice:
“But if she died while being tortured by the Emperor’s uncle, that would be different.
After all, women are weak. If Jiang Huaizhu accidentally died from the bone-scraping torture of the Imperial City Bureau, everyone would only say that the emperor's uncle had used excessive torture.
Some even say that the emperor's uncle knew he had arrested the wrong person, or didn't want to get anything out of her, so he deliberately tortured her to death and then quickly closed the case.
In this way, the real mastermind behind the scenes can stay out of the matter."
This is why Jiang Xiancao rushed to the imperial prison.
Although she had no evidence, she suspected that Marquis Wen Ning had made a deal with someone who could plant a mole in the Imperial City Bureau.
His intention was to let Jiang Huaizhu die quietly while being tortured.
As long as Jiang Huaizhu died, with the means of Marquis Wen Ning, he could reverse the current unfavorable situation for the Jiang family and make Emperor Yong regain his trust in the Jiang family.
Even Jiang Jinyan and others were able to regain their reputation under the operation of Marquis Wen Ning.
Shen Yubai listened to her quietly, the smile on his lips deepening.
He praised her meaningfully:
"Xiao Jiu'er, you're really different now that you've finally gotten smarter. You're much smarter than before."
Jiang Xiancao smiled in a way that made it even more obvious, and his eyes fell on Jiang Huaizhu.
Then she discovered that Jiang Huaizhu's lips had inexplicably turned purple, as if he had been poisoned.
She frowned and was about to point this out, but she heard Chen Yubai say:
"Although the Ninth Prince has pleaded for mercy, the sinner Jiang Huaizhu is implicated in treason and is unforgivable. Punish her."
As he spoke, Shen Yubai gave her a secret look.
Jiang Xiancao immediately understood what Shen Yubai meant.
This man had known all this for a long time, but he had been pretending to be kept in the dark in order to lure the traitor hiding under his command to take action.
Since he was well prepared, Jiang Xiancao naturally wouldn't continue to stop him.
She stood up and stood beside Shen Yubai, smiling and saying to the people standing beside her, "Since the emperor's uncle has made up his mind, please bring me a chair. My legs will get sore if I stand and watch the execution."
Jiang Huaizhu couldn't believe her ears. Didn't the Ninth Prince come here to plead for her because he couldn't bear to see her being tortured?
Why was he now going to sit and watch her suffer?
Is this man really so cruel and heartless? !
She raised her head miserably and said weakly:
"Ninth Prince, even if I have done something wrong to you, I was the one who saved you a year ago. I owe you a life-saving debt!"
Jiang Xiancao looked at her, his cold eyes filled with mockery, "If you hadn't mentioned this, I would have almost forgotten about it. Miss Jiang, you are not only a cruel and vicious woman, but also a liar who pretends to be grateful to others."
Jiang Huaizhu bit her lips tightly. She was not surprised that the Ninth Prince already knew the truth of the matter.
Because the only thing she could use to deceive him from beginning to end was the token that she sent someone to steal from Jiang Xiancao.
“The person who truly saved my life was Jiang Xiancao.
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