Qin Yue Zhao turned around indifferently and walked up to Jia Zheng Zhong.
"Ding~"
With a flick of his wrist, the silver needles clattered to the ground.
Looking at the dead Jia Dafu, Jia Zhengzhong burst into heart-wrenching sobs.
"Father, my father is dead! I have no father anymore..."
Qin Yue Zhao listened to his wailing, but instead of feeling sorry for him, she sneered:
"Your father betrayed his country and deserves to die! If you are as stubborn as him, I won't mind sending you to see him."
Her eagle-like gaze pierced the deepest part of Jia Zheng's heart, as if it could penetrate him to the very core.
Jia Zhengzhong felt as if his liver and gallbladder were about to burst, and he was utterly horrified and speechless.
"Your Highness, I'll tell you everything! Please don't kill me..."
A hint of surprise flashed in Qin Yuezhao's eyes.
"Tell me! Who exactly is behind you?"
Jia Zhengzhong swallowed hard.
“I, I don’t know who he is either. He always wears a ghost mask when he comes. My father calls him ‘the male favorite.’”
Male concubine?
Qin Yue Zhao narrowed her eyes.
Jia Zhengzhong quickly added, "I was never there when Father went out in secret. There was only one time when I secretly followed him out and caught him! There was something very strange about it."
"explain."
Just one word was enough to make Jia Zhengzhong tremble.
"That person had a faint fragrance, somewhat... somewhat like a woman's scent."
woman?
Qin Yue Zhao's eyes turned cold.
An immense sense of oppression swept through the entire cell, like a mountain collapsing, making it impossible to look directly at anyone.
Jia Zhengzhong hurriedly begged for mercy: "I really only know this much, Your Highness, please spare my life."
"How do they usually arrange to meet?" Qin Yue Zhao pressed.
Jia Zhengzhong shook his head: "No, it was always that person who contacted my father unilaterally. That person always used carrier pigeons to send messages, and my father would go to the temple in the eastern suburbs after reading the message."
"Besides the mask, what else is strange about her?"
"She was also wearing a ring on her hand, with very strange black runes drawn on it."
"A black rune ring, the same one your father wore?"
“It’s different! That person’s ring is made of pure gold with openwork runes.”
Qin Yue Zhao's eyes lit up.
"Since you've seen that ring, could you draw it?"
In order to save his life, Jia Zhengzhong kept nodding.
"Yes! I've only seen it once, but I can draw it!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yue Zhao immediately had someone bring paper and pen.
Jia Zhengzhong did not disappoint; relying on his remaining memory, he painstakingly drew the ring.
Qin Yue Zhao's face darkened when she saw the circular, openwork ring on the paper.
Are you sure the ring you saw back then looked like this?
"I'm sure! I've had a photographic memory since I was a child, Your Highness, I can't be wrong." Jia Zhengzhong hurriedly assured him.
Qin Yue Zhao stared into his eyes, and after confirming that he was not lying, she continued, "Why exactly is your father unwilling to reveal the identity of the person behind him? What does that person use to threaten your father?"
Jia Zhengzhong frowned.
“I have two older brothers who are merchants in Kyoto. That man threatened my father with my brothers’ lives, so…”
It's no wonder Jia Dafu would rather die than surrender, risking the lives of two sons for the life of one.
"What has your father done for that man?"
“Your Highness, my father works in many industries, and I really don’t know what that person specifically wants! Your Highness, I’ve told you everything I know.”
Qin Yue Zhao ignored him and continued, "If you meet this person again next time, will you recognize him?"
Jia Zhengzhong nodded repeatedly, like a chick pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, yes!"
Qin Yue Zhao nodded.
"Very well, I will spare your life."
Turning to Chen Wan'er, he said, "Take the portrait and go back to the General's Mansion!"
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