Chapter 289 Saving Life

When Bei Jing first arrived, people who recognized her gathered around her.

"Prince, Qin'er and you are good friends, and you are the most beloved by His Majesty. You must save your cousin!"

"Please let us go in and see him. We can't even enter this prison. Please let us in."

Bei Jingchu shook her head lightly.

"Sorry, aunt, I don't have that right."

"Instead of waiting here, it is better to go to the palace and ask Aye for his warrant."

Princess Guangde shut up and said, "I... His Majesty is angry, and I am a little scared."

"you......"

Bei Jingchu had already gone to face Zhou Huanjiu.

Bei Jinruo glanced at the cell door and took a deep breath.

"Let's go into the palace!"

Zhou Huanjiu pulled her and asked anxiously, "What's going on?"

"Princess Xianning is already above everyone else, why was she suddenly charged with treason?"

"Chu Chu, was someone framing you?"

"I was just about to go to the East Palace to see you. Let's go find evidence and clear the princess' name!"

"We can't let Bei Qin be implicated."

Bei Jingchu didn't dare to look at her expectant eyes and let down her good friend's high expectations.

She spoke out, and then she realized that her voice was so low and hoarse: "I...I have read all the evidence and testimony."

“No loopholes.”

She raised her head and looked into her eyes. Her chest felt stuffy and she said helplessly, "It's not a frame-up."

"It was a long-planned attempt to connect with foreign enemies."

"Even the gunpowder recipe you developed was resold to fill her private vault."

Zhou Huanjiu almost fell down, and Bei Jingchu took her into his arms.

But her body was so weak that she had to struggle to lift it up.

She knew how hard it was for her to accept the news that the treasure she had developed for Dai Viet was sold to the enemy by her fiancé's mother.

Zhou Huanjiu grabbed her hand tightly, as if grabbing the last straw, and asked expectantly: "If it is true, the death of the princess is not a pity."

"But we all know what kind of person Beiqin is."

"Although he is a bit thick-skinned and not a very moral person, he has a bottom line and will never do anything to collude with the enemy."

"I know I'm stupid, but I'm pretty good at judging people."

"He..." Zhou Huanjiu started crying.

"He won't."

Bei Jingchu didn't know whether she was comforting her or herself: "I know, I know, I will ask clearly."

"I don't think he would."

She went in directly, but was stopped by the guard at the door: "Stop! This is a restricted area of ​​the Dali Temple, you are not allowed to enter without permission!"

Haoyue took out the East Palace token and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here to interrogate the wanted criminal. Please get out of the way immediately."

The guard glanced at the token but apparently couldn't tell what it was.

He threw away the token and called for his men to arrest them: "Catch these people pretending to be the prince!"

"Tsk, you're using fake goods to pretend to be a noble again."

"Do you think we are fools? If he is really the prince, why didn't the officials come with you?"

Bei Jingchu didn't want to cause trouble, so he took a step back and said, "Then I'll ask someone to urge the Dali Temple Minister to come quickly."

But it was useless, the intention was misinterpreted again.

"You look pretty good."

"You want to escape? No way."

"You'd better surrender obediently. If you dare to pretend to be a noble, you must be prepared to be caught."

Seeing that a conflict was inevitable, the Dali Temple Minister arrived and Yuanyuan shouted angrily, "How dare you! Stop it!"

"How dare you offend Lord Chu!"

The situation that was about to explode suddenly calmed down.

The Dali Temple Minister came to apologize, and the guards who had been so arrogant just now knelt on the ground and dared not raise their heads.

But their trembling bodies showed their fear.

"Nothing happened. This proves that the Dali Temple Prison is well guarded."

"You were doing your job, but your eyesight was a little off. However, you performed your duty faithfully, and I will reward you with 10 taels of gold each."

Bei Jingchu didn't have time to listen to their thanks as she hurried inside.

Passing by the torture chamber, a strong smell of blood wafted in. The Dali Temple Minister led the way quickly in front, explaining, "We just tried a prisoner. The smell was a bit strong."

"Your Highness is being smoked. Let's walk faster."

Bei Jingchu turned her head slightly, and saw bloody pieces of flesh hanging on the torture instruments that had not yet been cleaned.

She was relieved to see someone.

Fortunately, no punishment was imposed.

Yes, the case has already been decided. Unless Bei Qin has a personal grudge against the people in Tianlao, there is no need to torture him.

"Your Highness, we have arrived."

The man who was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed opened his eyes.

The Dali Temple Minister asked: "Your Highness, do you want to interrogate the prisoner?"

"Please open the door. I have something to ask him."

The Dali Temple official bowed and confessed his crime: "Your Highness is a noble man, you cannot stay in the same room with prisoners. I'm sorry that I can't obey your order."

Bei Jingchu didn't argue with him any more and sent him out.

"Shu Qing, go out and have a rest. You don't have to wait for me."

Fortunately, he didn't say much this time and left.

Bei Qin looked calm, just like usual, except that he had changed into prisoner uniform and was not wearing an official hat or a scholar's hat.

Bei Jingchu got straight to the point: "Do you know anything about Xian Ning's sister's affairs? How much do you know?"

"What if I know, what if I don't know?"

"At this point, it's all going to end the same way."

"......"

Bei Jingchu didn't say anything, just looked at him.

He compromised, just as sometimes she insisted on his coming up with strange ideas.

"I have no idea."

"After I moved to Princess Xianning's residence, life there was different from what I imagined."

“It’s all very strange, but very happy.”

“So I ignored the weird parts.”

"Because compared to my childhood, all of this seems like an absurd dream."

"If I had known what my mother was doing earlier, I wouldn't have been discovered so easily if I had helped her. I wouldn't have used such a stupid method to expose myself, and I could have achieved my goal."

That's the truth, so Bei Jingchu believed that he didn't know it before, but she was not sure which side he would stand on after he knew it.

She stepped forward, grasped the railing, and squatted down to his eye level.

"Cousin, brother, listen to me."

"You are not the biological son of Princess Xianning. If you claim to be Princess Guangde again, there is still a chance of turning things around."

Bei Qin suddenly laughed, as if he was laughing at his own ignorant and naive child.

"Your Highness... At first, His Majesty was so kind to you that you had a false impression of him."

"He's not a person who values ​​kinship, he's just a loving father."

"He can even be a less than loving father when necessary."

"He won't hold back, don't be stupid."

As he spoke, he even became serious, and repeatedly reminded me: "Don't beg him, don't ask him."

"Just come and look at me, and take me off you completely."

"I am the son of a rebel. You can only hate me after you know this. You are clean, calm and rational."

Bei Jingchu was confused: "Not really, Father, because I wanted to protect you, I suspected that I was also a thief."

"I am already the emperor, why should I rebel?"

Bei Qin looked distressed: "His Majesty will not doubt you for this, but it will be bad for you in the end."

After a long while, he heaved a sigh of relief: "Forget it, apologize to Jiujiu for me."