Chapter 88 None of them are honest people
"Just now, when my subordinates went to dispose of the body, they saw... Xue An in the dungeon," Chen Yan reported truthfully. Actually, he had been drawn there by a strange barking of a dog. The dungeon was a place for serious criminals, usually utterly silent. But when the sudden barking of a dog struck Chen Yan, he couldn't help but go over and investigate. Unexpectedly, he found Xue An in the dungeon.
Chen Yan, with his excellent eyesight, spotted from afar a mass of unidentified figures curled up in the middle of the dungeon, with a black dog barking incessantly across from them. He peered closely and saw the creature, half-human, covered only by a few green leaves, in a horrible state. The figure seemed to sense Chen Yan's gaze and screamed for help.
Only then did Shen Yan realize with astonishment that it was Xue An! He was astonished. Who on earth was so bold as to have locked Xue An up in this water dungeon? Shen Yan did not make a fuss on the spot, but turned and hurried away, intending to ask the Emperor for instructions on whether to kill or keep Xue An.
"In the water dungeon? Who put him there?" Upon hearing this, the Emperor of Chu's brows furrowed into a frown. The Xue An incident was a truly thorny matter, requiring extreme caution to handle. Others could deal with him as they pleased, but Xue An was, after all, a member of the Empress's maternal family. Killing him or keeping him would involve a tangled web of consequences.
Ye Qingyu heard this and had a guess in his mind that it must have been done by Qing Yi.
"Come on, take me there." The Emperor of Chu immediately decided to go to the water dungeon himself to investigate. Chen Yan took the order and led the way. The Emperor of Chu walked at a steady pace, with Ye Qingyu and Qingqing following closely behind.
Although the Emperor Chu's eyes were not as sharp as Chen Yan's, he still carefully searched for Xue An's figure after entering the water prison and asked, "Where is Xue An?"
"Your Majesty, the man opposite the dog is him." Chen Yan suppressed his laughter and secretly complained in his heart, wondering who came up with such a dirty trick and punished Xue An in such a weird way.
Emperor Chu looked in the direction Chen Yan pointed, and after repeated scrutiny, he saw Xue An! A young man from a distinguished family, now in such a state, how disgraceful!
"Help, help!" When Xue An saw someone here, he felt like he had grabbed a life-saving straw and hurriedly shouted for help.
"Chen Yan, go and bring him here." Emperor Chu ordered.
"Yes." Chen Yan responded, and with a flick of his body, he used his Qinggong skills to land lightly on the stone in the middle of the water dungeon. Looking closer, Xue An looked even more disheveled, his hair disheveled and stuck to his face, which was covered in dirt, and the few green leaves on his body were shaky.
Chen Yan was not an honest man. He deliberately did not find clothes to cover Xue An's body. Instead, he picked up Xue An with one hand, flew over and lifted him up, then dropped him to the ground with a "thump".
This series of actions happened so quickly that Xue An didn't have time to say a word. He could only hold the two poor leaves tightly, symbolically covering his important parts. He looked so embarrassed.
Qingqing had come with her master to join in the fun, but she had never expected to see such a scene. As an inexperienced young girl, upon seeing Xue An's naked form, she screamed in fear, covered her eyes with her hands, turned around and ran away.
After Xue An was rescued, shame instantly washed over him, his face flushing red. He looked at the people before him with shame. A closer look revealed that the man in the pale yellow robe looked like... looked like the Emperor of Chu! He secretly cried out, "Oh no! He's completely disgraced the Xue family today."
"Xue An, what's wrong with you?" asked the King of Chu.
"Your Majesty, I...I...wuwu..." Xue An was like a wronged child. The moment he saw the Emperor of Chu, all his fear, shame, anger and grievances burst out in an instant. He finally couldn't help but burst into tears. His tears mixed with the dirt on his face, and he looked extremely embarrassed.
"Why are you crying? How disgraceful!" The Emperor of Chu frowned and scolded with displeasure, "Chen Yan, go find him some clothes." This crying look was really disgraceful, and the Emperor of Chu became more and more dissatisfied with Xue An.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please help my nephew. It was Qing Yi who locked me up in the dungeon, stripped my clothes, and brought a dog to scare me!" Xue An calmed down a little and started to complain impatiently. In his opinion, he finally met a relative who could support him.
"Why did he lock you up here?" Emperor Chu looked at Xue An coldly.
"He...he..." Xue An looked around fearfully, afraid that Qing Yi would suddenly appear. After confirming that the guy was not around, he turned his gaze to the young prince of the Northwest, Chu Qingyu. He was convinced that all this was instigated by Chu Qingyu, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, it was Chu Qingyu who ordered this. You have to make the decision for your nephew!"
"Huh? Who is my nephew? Xue An, are you mistaken?" When the Emperor of Chu heard what Xue An said, his face instantly turned gloomy and he said in a cold voice.
When Xue An heard this, he was struck by lightning and was stunned for a moment. He had no idea what the Emperor of Chu meant.
"Xue An, who do you think you are? Everyone in the Great Chu Kingdom knows that my nephew is the little prince of the Northwest, Chu Qingyu. I am only giving your Xue family some face because of the merits of your Xue family's ancestors and for the sake of the Queen. You actually want to assassinate Qingyu's people, you are so audacious!" The voice of the Emperor of Chu was icy cold, and every word was like a heavy hammer, hitting Xue An's heart hard.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong, little prince, please spare my life, spare my life!" Xue An finally woke up as if from a dream, and remembered his father's warning to him before, not to offend the little prince of the Northwest openly. Offending him is offending the emperor, and even his own aunt, the queen, might not be able to save him.
At this moment, his heart was filled with fear and regret. He kowtowed and begged for mercy desperately, and no longer dared to call himself the emperor's nephew. The little prince of the northwest, Chu Qingyu, was the legitimate nephew of the emperor.
"Chen Yan, throw him into the water dungeon again! How could the Xue family build such a place!" Emperor Chu ordered with disgust on his face, obviously extremely dissatisfied with Xue An's actions.
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