Chapter 61: Saint Girl Doesn’t Fall in Love 30
The prince has many capable men under his command, and their methods of torture and forced confessions are naturally first-rate. The assassin may look tough, but his courage and morale are similar. They are strong at the beginning, but will weaken the next time and eventually run out of energy.
He failed to die at first, and later he didn't want to die and didn't dare to die. He confessed after almost two rounds of torture.
The one who ordered him was a confidant of Xiao Che. Although he was not Xiao Che himself, this confidant was often by Xiao Che's side and had a lot of leverage over Xiao Che. If we investigate further, Xiao Che will be implicated!
The prince did not make any alarm and announced to the outside world that none of the assassins were left alive. He left with Mingnan and the others early the next morning.
The news was first reported back to the palace. The emperor was furious and immediately sent the Yu Lin Army to pick up the prince.
He secretly sent people to control Xiao Che's confidants and found a lot of correspondence between him and Xiao Che in his home.
These were originally a way out left by his confidants in order to control Xiao Che, but now they have become Xiao Che's death warrant.
As soon as the prince returned to the palace, he was called by the emperor. With the overwhelming evidence before him, the emperor asked him how he was going to deal with it.
Before coming, Mingnan specifically told the prince: "If possible, I hope Xiao Jue will not die. It would be too easy for him to die without getting the retribution he deserves."
The prince agreed without asking why.
So facing the emperor at this moment, he sighed, lowered his eyes and looked sad and disappointed, "Twelfth brother is confused."
The emperor was furious. "What a fool! I think he is evil! He is jealous and doesn't know his own life!"
"Father, calm down."
The prince lifted his robe and knelt down with his back straight. He looked at the emperor with a forbearing expression, "Father, he is my brother after all. Since the princess and I are fine, please spare his life and imprison him in the mansion. Let him repent for the rest of his life."
"You are just too kind, just like your mother."
The emperor pointed at him from a distance, looking as if angry at him for not fighting back, but his eyes were noticeably softer.
The prince knew that he had made the right move.
He looked at the emperor firmly and said again: "Please grant me your blessing, father!"
"Well, since you have such a kind heart, I will grant your wish."
The emperor waved his hands and said, "The death penalty can be avoided, but the punishment for living cannot be escaped. The twelfth prince will be demoted to a commoner and imprisoned in the palace for life. He is not allowed to step out of the palace without the emperor's order, otherwise he will be killed without mercy."
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When the imperial edict was delivered to Xiao Che's residence, Xiao Che was still dreaming that the prince had died and he had snatched Mingnan away.
The next moment, I was slapped hard in the face by the cold reality.
Yu Linjun rushed in, grabbed him and pressed him to the ground.
He was shocked, confused and angry, "Are you crazy? Let go!"
Yu Linjun kicked him on the knee. Xiao felt pain and his knees went weak and he knelt down.
Anger and shock intertwined on Xiao Yu's face, looking twisted and funny.
"Who gave you the guts to do this to me? You are committing treason. How many heads do you have that you should chop off?"
He obviously realized something, and although he was still shouting, his confidence was clearly lacking.
The Yulin army suddenly split into two sides, leaving a path in the middle.
Xiao Yu suddenly raised his head and looked over, his eyes fixed instantly. He cried out in shock: "Wu Mingnan?!"
There was a eunuch following behind Mingnan, who was someone close to the emperor.
Xiao Yu couldn't help shaking.
The eunuch did not waste any words. He stood still and directly unfolded the imperial edict to read it. The imperial edict first scolded Xiao Zhe severely and finally announced the punishment for him.
Xiao Jue struggled violently, "No, it's impossible! I didn't do anything, I am innocent! I want to see my father——"
The eunuch said with a fake smile: "Your Highness, the evidence is there, so don't cry out for injustice. If it weren't for the Crown Prince's pleading for you, you wouldn't just be imprisoned, your body would have been torn apart long ago! You should reflect on yourself."
"Stop crying over the rat here! He was the one who framed me! I want to see my father, let go! Let me see my father—"
"Tsk - why can't you understand what I'm saying?"
The chief eunuch glanced at him and shook his head.
Mingnan said, "Your mission has been completed, Eunuch. Go back and report to His Majesty. I will talk to His Majesty the Twelfth Prince."
The chief eunuch looked at her and then at Xiao Yu.
Mingnan took out a bag of silver from his sleeve and quietly stuffed it into his pocket. "Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law. This is a small token of my appreciation. Keep it for your tea."
"Oh, the princess is too polite. How can you say that the princess is a good person?" He smiled and said with a whisk: "I dare not keep your majesty waiting. I will go back now. The princess should not stay here for long, so as not to cause any more trouble."
Mingnan smiled and nodded, "Take care, father-in-law."
The chief eunuch waved his hand, and the soldiers of the Yulin Army bowed and left.
In the blink of an eye, Mingnan and Xiao Yu were the only two people left in the yard.
Xiao Yu tried to stand up, but Ming Nan kicked him back.
"Fuck—Wu Mingnan!"
This time the blow was extremely powerful and Xiao curled up in pain like a shrimp, his face turning pale.
Mingnan lowered his eyes and looked at him, whispering softly, "You are such a jerk, Your Highness the Twelfth Prince. You are so pitiful."
Xiao Yu almost bit his teeth and said, "You——"
"What's wrong with me? Don't you want to kill me? Come on."
Mingnan spread his hands, "I'll give you this chance. If you can kill me today, I'll be useless to you. If you can't -"
She smiled and said, "It's your bad luck."
Such provocation completely ignited the anger in Xiao Zhe's heart. He struggled to get up from the ground, forgetting everything else and focusing on teaching Mingnan a lesson.
Mingnan stood still, watching him approach with cold eyes, and only grabbed his fist when it was about to land on him.
After that, no matter how hard Xiao Yu tried, he could not move forward at all.
Mingnan looked at him with amusement, "That's it?"
Xiao was so angry that he almost fainted.
"So weak." She struck out as fast as lightning and punched Xiao Zhe in the stomach. He gagged and almost vomited.
Mingnan grabbed his arm tightly, took a step forward, turned around and exerted force, giving him a clean and clean shoulder throw.
Xiao Jue fell to the ground with a thud, and his vision went dark. "Puff—"
This time he really vomited.
Before he could get up, Mingnan stepped on his chest and shook his head, "Oh, what a disappointment, I thought you were so great, you have no skills at all, but you want to rely on your face to step on women to get to the top? How ridiculous."
Xiao Yu's eyes were red with anger, and he wanted to say something but couldn't utter it.
He didn't understand why Mingnan hated him so much?
Obviously it wasn't like this before...
"If you have the guts, you... you can kill... me..."
Xiao Zhe used up the last bit of his strength and shouted this sentence from his painful and hot throat.
He thought he would still be humiliated by Mingnan, but unexpectedly Mingnan moved his feet away.
She put her hands behind her back, bent down, and looked at him with a frown, "You want to die? Isn't that too easy for you?"
"Do you know why you didn't die?"
Xiao Yu was stunned, and his expression suddenly changed, "It's you?!"
"It was me. I asked the Crown Prince to ask His Majesty to spare your life."
"Why? Do you hate me so much?!" Xiao Jue tried to get up like crazy.