Everyone looked towards the interrogation area with concern and tension, but Hu Tong, in the corner, had a smile on his lips. Trying to escape? Serves him right! He should be beaten to death!
Upon hearing the name of Prince Rong, Bai Chuguang's eyes brightened, and he stepped forward with a smile, asking, "Why do you want to see Prince Rong?"
Shen Mian now knows to keep quiet, only saying that she wants to see Prince Rong, and knows nothing else!
Bai Chuguang's face darkened. He wouldn't talk, would he? He had plenty of ways to deal with it.
Looking at the Third Prince in the prison cell not far away, Bai Chuguang lowered his head and whispered in Shen Mian's ear, "Do you see these instruments of torture?"
Chen Mian glanced at the instruments of torture out of the corner of his eye, his face turning deathly pale with fright. But he still stammered, "Even if you torture me to death, I won't tell!"
He absolutely cannot reveal the escape plan; he must rescue Huai'er!
"Don't worry, I won't torture you." Bai Chuguang revealed a sinister smile. "I will just use these instruments of torture on the Third Prince. If you don't talk, the Third Prince will suffer torture every day."
Bai Chuguang spoke in a low voice, and the Third Prince could not hear what they were saying. He only saw that Chen Mian looked shocked as if she had been struck by lightning, and she turned back to look at him with a tragic air. The Third Prince felt completely bewildered.
After a short while, Chen Mian was dragged back to her cell, while Bai Chuguang and his group left happily with a thick stack of confessions.
Before leaving, Bai Chuguang glanced at the Third Prince. That glance was rather complicated, but it was mostly a blessing!
Shen Mian gave up her vast family fortune to risk her life to break the Third Prince from prison! Isn't that true love?
Besides, Shen Mian was willing to be beaten to death to leave a chance for the Third Prince to live, but she confessed everything to prevent the Third Prince from suffering. Isn't this kind of affection worthy of blessing?
After Bai Chuguang left, the Third Prince was stunned. What did that look in his eyes mean?
After leaving the Ministry of Justice, Bai Chuguang hurried back to the palace to report. The emperor read through Shen Mian's confession one by one, skipping over the part about Princess Qinghuan colluding with the prince of the Western Regions, and focusing on how the Shen family became rich.
As the emperor looked at these things, his brows furrowed more and more, and Bai Chuguang, who was standing below, didn't dare to breathe loudly.
The Shen family was secretly involved in human trafficking, and what's even more astonishing is that they also trafficked seventeen sons and one daughter of Prince Rong! No wonder the Emperor ordered him to thoroughly investigate Chen Mian; he must have heard something from the maid Chuanwen!
However, wasn't Prince Rong supposed to have difficulty conceiving? He only had Princess Qinghuan for so many years, so when did he suddenly have so many children?
On another note, Bai Chuguang was quite speechless about Shen Mian. Although they didn't know at first that the children thrown into the alley belonged to Prince Rong's family, they found out later. Even though the children might have frozen or starved to death if they hadn't taken them away, they hadn't treated them well after taking them. There was some kind of grudge between them, so why would they expect Shen Mian to save them?
Oh, right, after all, he has a weakness of Prince Rong in his hands.
Bai Chuguang's thoughts drifted back to Princess Qinghuan and that prince from the Western Regions. How did those two get together? What were the gatekeepers doing? How could such a powerful prince from the Western Regions have entered the city without their knowledge? They even let him in!
Just as he was thinking this, the emperor suddenly slammed his hand on the table, startling Bai Chuguang.
"How dare they steal a royal heir! They are utterly despicable and deserve to die!"
The emperor said angrily, and Bai Chuguang: ......
Your Majesty, are you saying this to Chuanwen? Are you implying that you learned about Prince Rong throwing his son through the interrogation of Shen Mian, rather than by listening to someone's inner thoughts?
"Someone, summon the Tenth Prince to me!"
The emperor gave the order, a cold smile playing on his lips. "Finally, it's time to deal with this guy!"
Bai Chuguang saw the emperor's eager excitement on his face and couldn't help but shrink back in fear. Fortunately, the emperor saw that there was nothing more for him to do here and ordered him to investigate and seize the Shen family's businesses, especially the human trafficking operation, and to make sure to wipe them out completely before letting him go back.
After leaving Ganlu Hall, Bai Chuguang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, sympathized with the impending disaster of Prince Rong, and then rushed off to carry out his duties.
That very night, Prince Rong was stripped of his princely status, demoted to a commoner, his concubines were dismissed, and he was imprisoned in his mansion forever.
Fortunately, through Chen Mian, they found the first person involved in Chen Mian's brother's human trafficking group. It was that person who was curious about the abandoned babies that kept appearing in the alley. He saw an old woman throwing babies away and went up to ask her which family she belonged to, but the old woman naturally wouldn't say.
Undeterred, the man inquired about the old woman's son and sent him gifts several times before the son finally revealed the location of the Rong Prince's residence.
The man was horrified when he first heard this, but after calming down, he realized that this was a serious matter. So he made a record of the characteristics of those children and where they were sold, so that if he were ever caught, he could use this to atone for his sins.
Now, this booklet has really come in handy.
The emperor then sent people to find Prince Rong's sons based on the clues in the book.
Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast. The story of Prince Rong losing his son quickly spread like wildfire throughout the capital.
Some say that when Prince Rong was young, a wise man predicted that he could not have a son in this life, otherwise he would be cursed to death, which is why he had one son and then lost him!
Some say, "What do you know? That wasn't lost by Prince Rong; it was clearly stolen by a thief. It's said the thief and Prince Rong are sworn enemies!" Do you know what a sworn enemy means? It means their ancestors were enemies! Who were Prince Rong's ancestors? The previous emperor? Or even earlier? No! It was Emperor Wu of Jin, the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty! It's said that Emperor Wu's ascension to the throne was illegitimate, and the previous dynasty's royal family came to seek revenge!
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