Chapter 49 Blood Test for Kinship
"Shan Yixiao, I, the Crown Prince, rescued you, and you repay kindness with enmity, deliberately harming me?" The Crown Prince was so angry that his face turned ashen, and the veins on his forehead bulged.
Seeing the angry crowd gathered at the entrance of the restaurant, the prince felt like a wild beast trapped in a cage, with no way to escape.
Now he finally understood why Shanxi had said those meaningful words back then.
She's not helping me at all, she's hurting me!
However, the residents downstairs were already seething with anger!
"Shan Yixiao sells fake medicine, which is an unforgivable crime. How could the Crown Prince release such a villain? Does the Crown Prince even deserve to be the Crown Prince?"
"Abusing his power for personal gain, this crown prince is utterly lawless and treats the law like a child's game!"
"Shan Yixiao's fake medicine almost killed my father. Now that we've finally managed to get him arrested, he's getting his just deserts. But the Crown Prince just released him. Is there no justice in this world?"
"I heard that Shan Yixiao made a lot of dirty money selling fake medicine. Who knows if all that money ended up in the Crown Prince's pocket? Maybe the Crown Prince is the mastermind behind it all!"
The shouts below grew increasingly intense, like surging tides, wave after wave.
The Crown Prince stared intently at Shan Yixiao, seemingly not expecting Shan Yixiao's behavior to be so excessive.
"Yu Rou, didn't you say he only evaded taxes? Why did you never mention that he also sold fake medicine!" The Crown Prince gripped Shan Yu Rou's shoulders tightly with both hands like iron clamps, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
If he had known beforehand that Shan Yixiao was involved in such a heinous act as selling counterfeit medicine, why would he have been foolish enough to plead for him and release him from his predicament? Wouldn't that have been digging his own grave and inviting trouble?
Shan Yurou was completely panicked at this moment. She had been pampered since childhood and had never seen such a scene before.
Her eyes immediately reddened, and she shook her head pitifully, biting her lower lip lightly, her voice trembling with a sob: "Crown Prince, I really don't know."
"I...I was just too concerned at the time, and I was only thinking about how I could help. I...I never expected it to turn out like this."
At this moment, Shan Yurou was like an ant on a hot pan, anxiously pacing around, completely at a loss for how to defend herself.
She had initially planned to use Shan Yixiao as a "knife" to deal with Shanxi, but she never expected that Shan Yixiao would be so useless. Not only did he fail to bring down Shanxi, but he also dragged her down with him.
Shan Yixiao, standing to the side, felt his face burning. He was caught in a dilemma, unsure whether to sit, stand, leave, or stay. He felt completely frozen in place, extremely embarrassed.
The head of the Lin family was extremely uneasy, feeling as if every second was an eternity.
Thinking of his Lin's Auction House, he quickly stood up, his face full of flattery but also a bit flustered: "Yixiao, I have always thought highly of you and think you are a rare talent."
"But... something urgent came up at home and I really can't get away, so I'll have to go now."
"As for our previous cooperation, let's talk about it another day, another day!"
His original intention was to collaborate with Shan Yixiao to bring all the partners of Shan Family Auction House over, thereby elevating his Lin Family Auction House to a higher level.
But he doesn't want to become the next charity auction house!
Once people find out that he is currently cooperating with Shan Yixiao, I'm afraid that even without the Shan family's intervention, the angry crowds will smash his Lin's Auction House to pieces, forcing him to close down prematurely.
As soon as the Lin family head finished speaking, he hurriedly left as if fleeing for his life.
As Shan Yixiao watched the departing figure of the Lin family head, he turned to look at the Crown Prince's gloomy face, which seemed to drip water. His legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.
The Crown Prince frowned and roared, "So many eyes in the court are watching me, waiting to find something to use against me. And you two siblings, you're trying to kill me!"
Shan Yurou was so frightened by the Crown Prince's words that her face turned pale and her body trembled uncontrollably.
Just then, the door to the next private room slowly opened, and Shanxi walked in with elegant and composed steps.
She glanced around at the chaotic and messy room, a slight smile playing on her lips. "Isn't this His Highness the Crown Prince? How is it? Are you satisfied with my 'help'?"
She said that day that she would definitely help the Crown Prince "promote" him properly!
After all, it's good to leave your name when doing good deeds, and the extent of her "publicity" is quite significant.
The Crown Prince was already furious, and when he saw Shanxi arrive, he wished he could vent all his anger on her.
His eyes widened in fury, and he roared through gritted teeth, "You vicious wretch, you clearly did this on purpose to harm me!"
Having said that, the Crown Prince was furious. He raised his palm, and with a whooshing sound, slammed it down hard on Shanxi.
However, the next second, Jun Yan calmly walked out of the next private room. He simply waved his sleeve, and that seemingly casual wave seemed to contain infinite power.
The prince felt a powerful force rushing towards him, and he staggered backward until he crashed into the window and barely stopped.
"Seventh Uncle?" The Crown Prince looked astonished, his eyes wide like copper bells, seemingly never expecting Jun Yanyan to appear in the next private room.
Seeing Shanxi and Junyan together, Shan Yurou's eyes were filled with resentment and suspicion: "You...you deliberately set this up?"
She had heard the Crown Prince mention before that if the current emperor hadn't been so favored by the retired emperor, the throne would very likely have been passed on to the Seventh Prince, Junyan.
Now that they are harming the crown prince, is their purpose to seize the throne?
"Wasn't it obvious enough? This wasn't intentional at all, it was clearly deliberate." Shanxi said with a playful smile, picking up a gong from the side and tapping it lightly.
The clear sound of the gong seemed to be an invisible signal.
Upon hearing the noise, the people downstairs became agitated like sharks smelling blood, rushing upstairs with such force that it seemed they wanted to demolish the building.
Seeing that he was about to be surrounded and stripped naked by the angry crowd, the crown prince panicked and his face turned ashen.
Without thinking twice, he rushed to the window, frantically pushed it open, and leaped out to escape.
Seeing this, Shan Yurou quickly tiptoed and used her inner energy to escape.
Seeing this, Shan Yixiao was very anxious and wanted to run away with them.
However, Shanxi reacted quickly, pulling him down and coldly saying, "They can leave, but you can't!"
As he spoke, Shanxi's eyes narrowed, and he pulled out a sharp knife from his pocket, cutting Shanxi Yixiao's hand without hesitation.
She calmly and slowly drew half a bowl of blood, her movements practiced and composed.
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