Su Jinyue looked at him coldly, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice: "You chose to cooperate because you are afraid of that force?"

Xie Qingxu nodded and said bitterly: "It's my fault that I wanted to continue to climb to a higher position, so I was used by them and can no longer escape. Do you think I am willing to work for them?"

Su Jinyue's expression was still cold, "Xie Qingxu, have you ever thought about how many innocent people will be implicated by your compromise?"

"I..." Xie Qingxu hesitated to speak, obviously caught in an inner struggle.

Finally, Xie Qingxu sighed and said, "I know I can't survive. I only ask you to save my family's lives."

"I will do my best." Su Jinyue said and walked out of the cell.

Just when Su Jinyue wanted to leave, Xie Qingxu suddenly rushed over, leaned against the prison door and said to her: "I had a dream two days ago!"

Su Jinyue turned to look at him and said nothing.

Xie Qingxu leaned against the prison door and looked at Su Jinyue, "In my dream, you married me and managed the Xie Mansion for me, but because of Su Zhiyao, I tortured you for your whole life and caused you to die of depression."

He looked at Su Jinyue, "This dream is too real, so real that it makes me feel...I am sorry for you."

Su Jinyue looked at Xie Qingxu in prison, his expression filled with unspeakable sadness and regret.

She couldn't say anything to comfort Xie Qingxu. She just felt that this man deserved it.

When she walked out the door, the sunlight was so bright that she squinted slightly, which made him curl the corners of his lips.

Su Jinyue didn't stay for long and walked straight out of the gate of the sky prison.

Not far away, Xiao Duo, who was wearing casual clothes, was waiting for her. When he saw her come out, he immediately went forward and asked with concern, "Madam, are you okay?"

Su Jinyue nodded and told Xiao Duo what Xie Qingxu had said, "The man behind the scenes is the Minister of Works Wu Qichang, who intends to support the Eighth Prince to ascend the throne."

The man heard this, but his face did not show too much shock. "I knew that after the Queen's incident, some people would be uneasy about things."

Su Jinyue said in a deep voice: "This matter cannot be made public. I want to meet His Majesty in person and report the truth."

Su Jinyue nodded, "Okay, I will go to the palace with you tomorrow."

As night fell, in a magnificent mansion on the other side of the capital, the Minister of Works Wu Qichang was having a secret conversation with several of his cronies.

"Are you sure that Xie Qingxu didn't confess?" Wu Qichang had a gloomy face and stared at everyone present with sharp eyes.

A masked man in black replied respectfully: "Don't worry, sir. Our people have managed to seal his mouth. He won't reveal the secret."

Wu Qichang nodded with satisfaction, but he still felt uneasy. "He can't be kept alive. He must be killed as soon as possible. Only dead people can't talk!"

"yes!"

The man in black took the order and disappeared into the shadows.

The next morning, Su Jinyue and Xiao Duo went to the palace to meet the emperor.

After hearing the news, the emperor did not make a decision immediately. He thought for a long time and said, "This matter is of great importance. I need to think about it again."

Su Jinyue knew that the emperor was taking into account the issue of checks and balances among the most important ministers in the court.

They were all promoted by the emperor, and their loyalty to the emperor is needless to say. Even if he did such a thing, the emperor could not bear it.

Seeing this, Xiao Duo stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have a plan."

"I heard that he couldn't be spared. Now that the weapons have been recovered and no serious consequences have been caused, Your Majesty, why don't you find an opportunity to promote him in public but demote him secretly? Send him to Jiangnan and have someone keep an eye on him. He won't have a chance to return to the capital, and you won't have to be accused by those outside of treating your old and loyal minister harshly."

The emperor smiled when he heard this and nodded, "General Xiao's method is good. This will also save the face of this old minister of mine."

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Su Jinyue smiled slightly, "I think so too. Your Majesty, why don't you just follow General Xiao's advice?"

When the Minister of Industry Wu Qichang heard the emperor's appointment, he immediately realized that he had been exposed. His face was as gloomy as water: "The emperor is deliberately trying to embarrass me!"

The counselor beside him said tremblingly: "Your Majesty is willing to spare your life, which is already the best outcome!"

Wu Qichang was unwilling to accept this. He had been planning for so long, how could he just accept his fate!

"Did Xie Qingxu kill him?!"

The counselor said: "The people sent out reported back that the prison is tightly guarded and they can't do anything, but..."

Wu Qichang looked at him and said, "If you want to say it, just say it. Don't hesitate!"

"But I heard that he went crazy in prison. He is so stupid and dumb that he can't recognize anyone anymore."

Wu Qichang was stunned. He didn't expect Xie Qingxu to be crazy!

He stared at the counselor with an unpleasant expression: "Xie Qingxu is crazy, have there been other suspicious people who came to investigate?"

"According to reports from our subordinates, Su Jinyue and Xiao Duo have been there a few times, but they didn't seem to say anything."

Wu Qichang pondered for a while and said, "It seems that now, the only way for us to go is to leave Beijing!"

In the end, in order to survive, Wu Qichang left the capital with his men and headed to Jiangnan under the supervision of the emperor.

Whether Xie Qingxu was really crazy or just pretending to be crazy, Su Jinyue no longer wanted to pursue the matter.

Your Majesty took into consideration that he had made great contributions to the Great Zhou, and since he was also crazy, he did not sentence him to death. Instead, the entire Xie family was exiled eight hundred miles away. This is a story for later.

After resolving all the matters in the palace, when Su Jinyue and Xiao Duo came out, heavy snow was falling all over the sky.

Su Jinyue was wearing a cloak, and her face looked white. She raised her hands to catch the snowflakes, smiling brightly, "This year's snow is much heavier than in previous years."

Xiao Duo stood beside Su Jinyue and stretched out his hand to catch the snowflakes falling from her head. "It's snowing heavily. Don't get cold outside. Go home and have a cup of ginger tea to warm your body. Be careful not to catch a cold again."

She looked up at Xiao Duo and laughed wantonly, "How can I be as fragile as General Xiao thinks?"

Xiao Duo smiled dotingly, "Yes, Madam is very capable, I was wrong."

Su Jinyue was amused by him, pulled down his hand, and said with a smile: "Let's go back quickly, didn't you say you wanted to go home early?"

Xiao Duo held Su Jinyue's hand and found that she was as cold as a piece of ice. "I had arranged for someone to pick us up when I came."

Xiao Duo and Su Jinyue walked out of the palace and not long after, they saw the carriage parked at the door.

Xiao Duo personally helped Su Jinyue get on the carriage before getting in, and then told the driver, "Return home."

After he finished giving the order, he said to Su Jinyue, "Are you tired? Do you want to sleep in the carriage for a while?"