Chapter 208: Rong Yue’s child is still alive?
Xie Yin spoke in a shrill voice. He grabbed King Cheng's shoulders and shook them hard, trying to make him say that Song Tangning and the others were lying and talking nonsense.
But King Cheng remained silent throughout the whole process, just pursed his lips and looked pale.
"You lied to me... You all lied to me..."
Xie Yin's eyes were bloodshot, his lips were trembling, and his face was twisted into a hideous expression. "I am my mother's son, a descendant of the Rong and Xie families. I am a descendant of the royal family, the crown prince of Prince Cheng's mansion... Don't even think about deceiving me..."
"With someone like you, why would I lie to you? Look at yourself from head to toe, how do you resemble your aunt?"
Tang Ning sneered from outside the prison door. "You are shameless, heartless, and have no loyalty. You have completely emulated Xie Tianyu's selfishness and viciousness. I think when he brought you back to Prince Cheng's Mansion, he saw your inherent meanness. How can such an ungrateful person like you be worthy of being his aunt's son?"
"Song! Tang! Ning!!"
Xie Yin quickly rushed to the front of the prison and grabbed the cast iron door tightly. The door swung with a loud noise, which was extremely terrifying in the prison at night.
It’s a pity that the woman standing outside was not scared by him at all. Instead, she looked at him calmly as he went crazy, with the sarcasm in her eyes not concealed at all.
"Why, are you angry because I said that?"
Tang Ning scoffed, "What did you say last night at Prince Cheng's mansion to get your aunt to save you?"
"You said you were deceived by Xie Tianyu, that you never thought of harming her. You said you didn't know Prince Cheng, let alone that he wanted to harm your aunt, and that you never had any intention of harming her. But what did you say just now?"
"You want to protect your position as the Crown Prince of Cheng Palace, and you want to protect your wealth and glory. You know that Xie Tianyu's words are full of loopholes, but you would rather believe him."
Tang Ning looked at Xie Yin, who was holding the prison door tightly and looking at her, with a mocking look.
"I used to think you were stupid, young and ignorant, but now I know you're selfish and vicious. You wanted to step on your aunt to escape the imperial prison and then bite her back. You knew your aunt's character very well, but you chose to betray your mother who loved you for over ten years without hesitation, allowing others to slander her innocence."
"Xie Yin, how dare someone like you call her mother?"
The ferocity on Xie Yin's face gradually froze: "I didn't... I didn't... It was my father who said that my mother was having an affair with Gu Helian. He was the one who told me that my mother had betrayed us. I just didn't want them to turn against each other..."
He grabbed the cell door with red eyes and a pleading face:
"Tang Ning, Tang Ning, please believe me... I'm your cousin, we grew up together, please believe me..."
Tang Ning sneered when he heard this, and looked at Xie Yin with even more disgust: "It is because we grew up together that I understand how hateful you are. I dare not have a cousin like you who wants to kill people."
Seeing Xie Yin was about to speak, she looked indifferent:
"You don't need to explain to me. I'll give you some explanation later. I just hope that when the time comes for the severe punishment, you and Xie Tianyu can still show this deep and touching father-son love."
Xie Yin shook his body and looked at the woman not far away in disbelief.
This was the sister who used to follow him like a tail, the little girl who used to cling to him and call him cousin all the time. But now, although it was the same face, there was no trace of the former intimacy in those almond-shaped eyes. When she looked at him quietly, her eyes were as dark as a cold spring abyss.
"Tang Ning..."
Xie Yin's voice trembled, and before he could say anything, he met Xiao Yan's indifferent eyes.
Xiao Yan said to Tang Ning, "You don't need to say more to them. With Nanny Jiang here, Xie Yin and Prince Cheng can't blame the Rong family. As for the rest, we'll just use torture. Once you enter the Criminal Department, no one can get out without saying anything."
"Canglang."
Xiao Yan called out, and Canglang led his men over.
Prince Cheng's expression changed drastically: "Xiao Yan, I am a prince of the royal family, you cannot torture me..."
"A treasonous prince?"
Xiao Yan glanced at Prince Cheng with a half-smile, "Your Highness, are you going to tell me that the over 300 Thunder Crossbows and the Cloud Ladders you found in your mansion are all for collection?"
"His Majesty has handed your case of treason over to me for trial, and has only ordered that everything be handled with swift action. You should know what this means."
King Cheng's face turned pale in an instant.
Emperor An's words meant that he didn't care about his life or death at all, and only wanted a result. It also meant that in Xiao Yan's eyes, he was just a "prisoner" of treason. No matter what means Xiao Yan used next, as long as he could get what Emperor An wanted to know, he would not hesitate to use severe punishment.
The prison door was opened by Canglang, and the jailer dragged the two men out.
Xie Yin grabbed the prison door and said anxiously: "Tang Ning, Tang Ning, please forgive me... Ugh!"
Canglang kicked him on the hind legs, causing him to slam his head against the prison door. He stepped forward and grabbed Xie Yin's arm and twisted it. As he knelt on the ground screaming, the black-armored guards came in and forcibly dragged Xie Yin out.
Seeing someone coming to arrest him, Prince Cheng ignored Xie Yin who was crying outside and said sharply, "Song Tangning, don't you want to know where the child Rong Yue gave birth to is?!"
"What did you say?" Tang Ning's face changed.
"I say, don't you want to know where Rong Yue's child is?"
Prince Cheng stood in front of the cell and faced the two people outside, trying his best to remain calm: "I know Rong Yue is a sentimental person. Even if she doesn't care about me and Xie Yin, she should care about her own bloodline. That is also your Rong family's child."
His voice was a little hoarse, "As long as you let me go... let me go..."
Prince Cheng was halfway through his words when he looked at Xiao Yan with cold eyes and suddenly remembered that he could not get out safely now that he was plotting rebellion, so he quickly changed his words.
"No, you don't have to let me go. As long as you don't kill me, even though hiding weapons is a serious crime, I have a royal family member guaranteeing me from death. As long as you can spare my life, even if it means exile, I will accept it."
"As long as I survive, I will tell you the whereabouts of the child and hand him over to you so that he can be reunited with Rong Yue and her son. How do you do that?"
Tang Ning's palms felt a little cold: "You said he is still alive?"
"Of course, I kept him in a safe place. He is my blood after all..."
Prince Cheng's words made Tang Ning look ugly.
She didn't expect that the child was still alive and in Xie Tianyu's hands. Her aunt could not care about Xie Yin, but how could she not care about the child?
That was the bloodline she risked her life to give birth to, and her own flesh and blood she had never met...
"Song Tangning, Rong Yue treats you like her own daughter. She left Prince Cheng's mansion for you and turned against me. You should not want to see her sad, right?"
"As long as you release me, I will definitely hand the person over to you."
For a moment, Tang Ning was moved by King Cheng's words.
She was about to speak when Xiao Yan put his hand on her shoulder.
"Xie Tianyu, do you think people who enter the Criminal Division can still keep secrets?"
Xiao Yan looked at King Cheng coldly, and his words made King Cheng, who had been certain that Tang Ning would agree, turn pale instantly.
"Not to mention that the child might not be alive. Even if he were, you have no right to use him to negotiate with me. I have plenty of ways to make you speak."
"Send him to the Criminal Department and have him treated properly."
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