Although Song Yan had never had any romantic relationship, she gradually understood what was wrong with him.
Suddenly, Qi Zian came in from outside. Song Yan looked at him and said coldly, "Just kill Song Ye."
Qi Zian knelt down and saluted, saying, "Yes."
Before Qi Zian left, he suddenly stopped and said, "Your Majesty, there is something I want to tell you."
Song Yan said, "Speak."
Qi Zian pondered for a few seconds and then spoke tentatively, "A few days ago, I saw a servant acting suspiciously, so I arrested him. After some interrogation, I found out..."
He didn't finish his words, but took the initiative to invite Song Yan, "Your Majesty, why don't you come with me to meet this servant?"
Song Yan frowned slightly, and after a long moment, he nodded.
*
The slave was thrown into prison, his hands and feet bound with iron chains, his clothes ragged, and his body covered with burns from branding irons.
Song Yan walked up to the servant and looked down at him condescendingly.
Qi Zian asked someone to bring a basin of cold water and poured it on the head of the unconscious servant.
After being splashed, the servant dazedly opened his eyes and saw the gentle and elegant new emperor standing before him. A hint of joy flashed across his face, and he begged for mercy in broken voices: "Your Majesty... I have elderly parents and young children to support. I do all these things just to survive. Please let me go."
Song Yan smiled slightly, bent down and looked at him quietly, with a gentle look in his eyes.
As if seeing hope, the servant spoke out in one breath, "Your Majesty, I am sent by Beimo. I follow the Empress and am the middleman between the Emperor and Empress of Beimo."
Hearing this, Song Yan's expression did not change, but he knew what he meant.
Xie Shizhu is a spy.
The servant paused and continued, "The Queen... is skilled in martial arts. She said that if I dared to betray her, the consequences... would definitely be disastrous. Your Majesty... please don't tell the Queen that I was the one who exposed her."
Hearing this, Song Yan's handsome face stiffened for a moment, and he whispered with his thin lips: "She said that?"
The servant endured the pain from the burns on his body, as if to survive, and said without reservation: "The Queen...she is not mute..."
Song Yan's eyes wavered for a moment, then quickly calmed down. The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he didn't seem angry at all: "I know."
Then, Song Yan signaled Qi Zian to let him go.
Qi Zian was stunned and a little surprised, but he still used the key to open the iron chain that locked the slave.
The liberated slave showed great joy on his face as if he had survived a disaster. He quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Song Yan several times, then hurriedly stood up and walked towards the prison exit.
Song Yan, who was standing behind the servant, had a consistent expression, gentle and harmless.
But the next second he drew the sword from Qi Zian's waist and stabbed it into the servant's back.
The slender and sharp sword pierced through the body directly.
A bloody smell filled the air.
The servant opened his eyes wide in disbelief, his body softened, and he collapsed to the ground with his eyes open.
Until his death, he did not believe that it was Song Yan who killed him, and still thought that it was Qi Zian who killed him.
Song Yan released his hand and remained silent for a few seconds. A smile played on his lips, but his eyes were dark. He said, "A slave, under coercion and bribery, can tell any lie."
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