Chapter 65 Identifying the Corpse
Seeing the sudden flash of ferocity in Shen Qingci's eyes, Chu Jichen slowly loosened his grip on her hand: "Qingci is right. We absolutely cannot let Huo Yunzhan successfully escape and revert to his identity as Huo Yunzhan."
He lowered his eyes, concealing the intense killing intent within them.
"What does Qingci think should be done?"
The simplest way, of course, is to directly... find Huo Yunzhan and get rid of him completely.
but……
Chu Jichen's pinky finger trembled slightly, but Shen Qingci probably still had her own plans.
He couldn't rush things; he had to prioritize Shen Qingci's ideas. Otherwise, Huo Yunzhan's fate would serve as a cautionary tale for him.
Shen Qingci was unaware of Chu Jichen's thoughts, secretly calculating: "The simplest way is to prevent Huo Yunting's identity from dying so easily!"
"To expose that he was not dead, and to use this as an excuse to escape."
"Using other members of the Huo family as bait, they forced him to show himself, and he could only show himself as Huo Yunting."
Chu Jichen lowered his eyes and nodded: "Okay."
Shen Qingci blinked and looked at Chu Jichen, but...?
"If you do as I say, will it be easy to handle? If not, we can think of other ways."
If Huo Yunzhan successfully escapes, then she will have no choice but to attack from the border.
Huo Yunzhan wanted to find a pretext to return in his own identity. He was determined to make arrangements at the border and find a substitute for his previous faked death.
Her father didn't leave her many old subordinates, but they were easier to manage in the military camp than in the capital.
It's easier for her to stop Huo Yunzhan and create obstacles for him from the border camp than from the capital.
As Shen Qingci was thinking, she saw Chu Jichen's lips curve into a smile: "For others, it might not be so easy to handle."
“But I’m different.”
"I am Chu Jichen."
Shen Qingci couldn't help but laugh out loud. Indeed, he was the Regent Chu Jichen.
Chu Jichen lifted his eyelids and looked at her: "Qingci will agree to my marriage proposal, isn't it just because I am Chu Jichen?"
"Isn't it because my status and power are enough to rival the Yongning Marquis's mansion and Liu Ruolan's father?"
Shen Qingci was taken aback, and looked up to meet Chu Jichen's gaze, which seemed to know everything.
He knew everything.
Chu Jichen, however, seemed unconcerned about Shen Qingci's manipulation: "Of course I can do it."
If she wanted to find someone she could rely on and use, he was the best choice.
Therefore, she could only choose him, and had to choose him.
Although Emperor Yongming was a good-for-nothing who sat on the throne, apart from being the emperor, he was inferior to him in every other respect.
If Shen Qingci insists on being emperor, then it's not impossible for him to seize the throne.
"You just need to wait for news. I'll arrange for someone to do it. I will never let Huo Yunzhan have another chance to come back."
Chu Jichen maneuvered his wheelchair and went out the door again.
Shen Qingci watched Chu Jichen's departing figure, her heart stirred slightly.
Chu Jichen knew perfectly well that she chose to marry him for his power and was using him, yet she still acted as if she could be used by him...
He is the regent!
With his power and status, what kind of woman couldn't he have? Yet he willingly allowed himself to be used by her...
Chu Jichen had previously said that he married her because his father had helped him and taught him many things. He also suspected that his father was targeted by that tyrannical emperor because he supported him becoming regent, and that his father had left a letter asking him to help take care of her.
But if it really was just because of these things, Chu Jichen could have simply been her supporter, or arranged for someone else to marry her. There was no need for him to sacrifice himself to marry her and go to such lengths for her.
For Chu Jichen to go to such lengths, willingly allowing himself to be used by her, there are only two possibilities.
Either... Chu Jichen likes her.
Or perhaps... it's still her previous guess that she possesses something that Chu Jichen is after.
But whatever Chu Jichen's true motives, she originally agreed to marry him again in order to take advantage of his power. Since Chu Jichen was willing to be used by her, she didn't need to be polite at all!
As for what price she will have to pay, that's a question for later.
She seems to have nothing now.
It all depends on what Chu Jichen wants.
Having figured this out, Shen Qingci felt a little relieved.
Chu Jichen told her to wait for news, so she waited patiently.
More than two hours later, Wanqing hurriedly came in again: "The old lady of the Marquis and Liu Ruolan were invited to the prison to identify the body, and the maids we placed in the Marquis's mansion also went with them."
“Our people said that when the old lady Hou and Liu Ruolan were taken to a cell and saw the corpse on the ground, they rushed over and wailed loudly.”
"When asked if they were certain that the body was the Marquis's, they almost immediately asserted without hesitation that it was indeed the body of the Marquis of Yongning."
"It turned out the corpse was that of an old man in his sixties. That wasn't the prison where the Marquis of Yongning was held at all. It's hilarious."
Shen Qingci's eyelashes trembled slightly, and the reactions of the old lady and Liu Ruolan spoke even more clearly.
Upon arriving at the prison, they immediately and eagerly confirmed Huo Yunzhan's death.
They had no intention of examining the bodies in detail, because they all knew perfectly well that Huo Yunzhan's body was not among them.
They just needed to confirm to the others that Marquis Yongning was dead.
This would allow Huo Yunzhan to slip away from his identity as the Marquis of Yongning, leave the prison, and return as Huo Yunzhan.
"When the old lady of the Marquis and Liu Ruolan heard that it was not the prison where the Marquis of Yongning was being held, Liu Ruolan even got angry at the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, saying that the jailers had brought them there! The prisoners in the prison were all burned beyond recognition, how could she know who was who?"
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review directly retorted, "As the wife of the Marquis of Yongning, are you completely unaware of the Marquis of Yongning's characteristics?"
"Before them, several people had already come to claim the bodies, and they were all able to identify them quickly."
"This silenced both the old Lady Hou and Liu Ruolan."
"The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review also said that some of the bodies were taken away and put together when the scene was being cleaned up. He asked them what characteristics made the Marquis of Yongning easy to identify so that the coroner could confirm the identity of the body and bring it to them. They all remained silent."
Shen Qingci's lips curled up slightly, and of course, they could only remain silent.
They knew what Huo Yunzhan's characteristics were, but unfortunately, none of the corpses were Huo Yunzhan. However, they didn't know what characteristics the corpse chosen to replace Huo Yunzhan possessed.
But I'm also afraid that if I say it, it won't match up and will arouse suspicion.
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