Chapter 438 Seeking Death
Chang Sun quickly recovered from her daze and argued, "Xin'er, this is all a misunderstanding. There must be some misunderstanding. Listen to me, your cousin and I are your closest relatives in this world. We would never harm you."
Wen Jianjia also cried pitifully, "Yes, cousin, His Majesty is busy with all sorts of affairs, how could he be in her carriage? We must have been an eyesore and were retaliated against. Cousin, you have to believe us, you can't let us suffer this unjust accusation!"
Seeing that the two were still quibbling at this time, Xie Xin felt that her mother's only soft spot for them was gone.
He immediately ordered people to bring Xiaolian and the murderer up. At the same time, he ordered people to detain all the people that Changsun usually employed.
Xie Xin's interrogation methods were notoriously ruthless. Even spies from enemy countries would confess everything under his interrogation, let alone the servants in the inner chambers.
Not long after the torture began, one of the servants could no longer bear it and told her everything that Changsun had told her.
Changsun and Wen Jianjia had already been frightened by Xie Xin's methods.
They only knew that Xie Xin was a favorite of the new emperor, holding considerable military power, and that he would undoubtedly have a bright future. However, they had no idea that his methods were so cruel.
Wen Jianjia had always thought that her cousin, though a military commander, was a gentle and kind gentleman. She never imagined that he was actually a living devil.
After witnessing Xie Xin's methods, Wen Jianjia was completely devastated and only thought about how to survive from this living devil.
Seeing that everyone below had confessed and there was no way to argue anymore, Wen Jianjia immediately knelt in front of Xie Xin and began to admit her mistakes and shirk responsibility.
"Cousin, I was wrong. I shouldn't have listened to Fan Yanran. It was Fan Yanran who instigated me. She said that after my cousin got married, she would kick my mother and me out. I was too scared and obsessed with it, so I did such a thing."
Wen Jianjia started crying and pretending to be pitiful, "You know, my father and brother were killed, and now there are only my mother and I left in the Wen family.
We two weak women have no way to gain a foothold in this world except by relying on our cousin.
I was so scared that I lost my mind and made a mistake. Please, cousin, forgive me this time! Do you remember what you said when you were little? You said you would always protect me. I never proposed to you because I was waiting for you to fulfill your promise. How could you change your heart..."
Xie Xin hurriedly looked at Lu Zhixi's expression and explained in a panic, "Zhixi, I was still young at that time, only seven or eight years old. My mother asked me to take care of her, and I treated her as my sister, so I said that."
"You don't have to explain to me." Lu Zhixi said calmly, "What happened today is no longer just about you and me. If it were just about you and me, I would oblige you, but since it involves Her Majesty, I must give her an explanation."
Xie Xin nervously held her hand and said, "Why are you saying that again? I told you I only treated her as my sister. I didn't know she was so vicious before. If I had known, I would never have let her stay at home. Don't worry, I will definitely deal with her."
As he said that, Xie Xin called people over and asked them to send Changsun, Wen Jianjia and others to the mine to perform labor.
Wen Jianjia saw that Xie Xin was afraid that Lu Zhixi would misunderstand her, and was actually going to send her and her daughter to the mine to do hard labor in order to please her. A hint of viciousness suddenly flashed in her eyes.
She pulled off the hairpin on her head and rushed towards Lu Zhixi, cursing viciously: "Bitch, it's all because of you."
Xie Xin's face changed drastically, and he dodged to the side while holding Lu Zhixi. At the same time, the dark guard who was hiding in the shadows to protect Lu Zhixi drew his long sword and stabbed Wen Jianjia.
Wen Jianjia's eyes widened and she fell straight to the ground.
"Jia'er." Changsun wailed and suddenly rushed towards her daughter, "Wuwuwu, my daughter... Call a doctor quickly..."
Wen Jianjia opened her mouth but said nothing and died.
Chang Sun hugged her daughter and cried loudly. Finally, she pointed at Xie Xin and said, "Xie Xin, you have such a vicious heart! If you can't tolerate us, we can just leave. Why did you have to kill your cousin?"
The secret guard said with a cold face, "She was the first to try to assassinate the princess. She deserved to die. It has nothing to do with the general."
"My daughter was just throwing a tantrum. How could she actually kill the princess? Have you ever seen someone stab someone with jewelry?"
Chang Sun pointed at Lu Zhixi and said with a frantic look on her face, "I think your princess couldn't tolerate her and deliberately ordered you to kill her."
The secret guard said coldly, "Does my princess need to be ordered to be killed? Just based on what you have done, even if you have ten lives, it would not be enough to kill you."
Xie Xin's personal guards couldn't stand it any more and angrily said, "My general only sent you to the mines to do forced labor, which was already a great favor. But she, unaware of the general's kindness, actually planned to assassinate the princess. You're still being unreasonable and blaming my general. How unreasonable!"
"Well, all of you. You killed my daughter and threw dirty water on her."
Chang Sun looked at Xie Xin with hatred and said, "I will go see your mother right now and tell her how her good son killed his cousin and forced his aunt to death."
After saying that, she stood up and banged her head against the wall.
Xie Xin closed his eyes, but ultimately said nothing.
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