Now, this body has just become the Ninth Prince, taking control of the entire Eastern Depot, making it second only to the Emperor.
"Cough cough." It's a pity that this body is really too weak.
"Nine thousand years old."
Someone shouted again from the doorway.
"Didn't I tell you not to bother me?" Ning Hong said unhappily. As soon as she spoke, the figure at the door hurriedly knelt down.
"It's the servant's fault."
"Speak, what do you want with me?"
Ning Hong stood up and opened the door.
The sharp gaze had barely landed on the person at the door when the person shivered violently.
"Nine thousand years old?"
"Speak, what is it?"
"Lord Wang has already confessed."
"He confessed?"
Ning Hong raised an eyebrow. "Come on, let's go take a look."
This Lord Wang was the one who was most active and troublesome when the Ning family was in dire straits.
Now he's the one finding fault with everything.
The prison cells in the Eastern Depot were dark and damp.
The walls were covered with instruments of torture.
As soon as Ning Hong walked in, she couldn't help but wrinkle her nose, her nostrils filled with the stench of blood and decay. "I'll have to wash this place down another day. It's really unpleasant."
"Your Excellency, spare our lives?" Upon hearing Ning Hongze's words, the few survivors in the cell all lowered their heads and knelt down.
"What, is there something wrong with what I said?"
"It was His Highness who instructed us not to wash these instruments of torture that day. He said it was you—"
What exactly did I say?
"You said you especially like this flavor."
After saying this, the man lowered his head even further. The Ninth Prince was unpredictable and easily angered; one feared he might chop him up in a fit of rage.
His gaze swept over the instruments of torture in the cell, and he trembled again in fear.
"I said it, but people change. I don't like this smell anymore. I'll clean this place properly tomorrow." This person must be sick.
Not only is his temperament contradictory, but his hobbies are also so abnormal.
"Your Excellency, what a fine Your Excellency! Now you are second only to the Emperor, above all others. Cough cough—" A disheveled old man was bound to a cross-shaped pillar.
He was about sixty years old, his eyes filled with hatred, staring at Ning Hongze with bloodshot eyes.
He simply couldn't understand how someone his age could have such a high level of virtue and ability to win the emperor's favor.
"You will definitely get your comeuppance. I'm just waiting to see the day your family is destroyed and your people die." The old man roared and howled, his shouts echoing throughout the entire cell.
"Families destroyed and people killed?" Isn't that exactly it?
He no longer had a home, and all his relatives had vanished without a trace. His only younger brother—who knows where he is now?
We need to look for it some more.
If we can find him, we'll hide him away.
This would also prevent him from running into the time-traveling woman.
The people around them ignored the old man's words, keeping their eyes down and not daring to make a sound.
"Lord Wang."
Ning Hong then called out, her voice soft and indifferent, showing no anger whatsoever.
"Hmph." Lord Wang turned his head away.
I don't want to look at Ning Hongze's deceptive face anymore.
How can a man be so handsome yet so ruthless?
Just hearing his voice sent chills down my spine, and I regretted my impulsive outburst of yelling and cursing at him.
We don't know how he'll deal with him next.
"Since you have already confessed, there is no need for you to struggle any further. I still need to go back and report."
"I was tortured into confessing by you, I am innocent. I want to see the Emperor. Your Eastern Depot's torture and confession are nonsense, all slander."
Lord Wang roared, pulling at the iron chain in his hand. "Treacherous officials are in power, and sycophants run rampant. Heaven is going to destroy my Great Yin! Heaven, open your eyes and see how arrogant and domineering this person is, treating human life like dirt."
"Treating human life like dirt?" Ning Hong raised an eyebrow. "If Heaven were to intervene in such matters, your whole family would have been taken away long ago. Three years ago, Lord Wang's nephew from his hometown seized land from a local wealthy family and, together with the local magistrate, murdered the family. Afterward, he not only seized their land but also took over the shops in town. You were afraid of being exposed, so you had it suppressed. What a waste of your position as Vice Minister of Justice, yet you knowingly broke the law. Truly despicable."
"Four years ago, your youngest daughter fell for a scholar and forced him to divorce his wife and marry her—no, no, to become her lover, since she had a fiancé. When the scholar refused, your youngest daughter killed the couple, and you covered it up." She even pinned the blame on their neighbor, forcing him to confess under torture, resulting in his wrongful death in prison.
"You—" How do you know these things? He had others handle these matters with great care and secrecy.
Lord Wang's face gradually turned pale.
"Of course, that's not all. Do you want to hear more? Like, about your eldest son, your eldest grandson, or perhaps the son of your mistress?"
"Shut up, don't say another word," Lord Wang said through gritted teeth. Before, they were just children from collateral branches, so he naturally didn't care much. But now that it involved his son and grandson, he—he never expected that even his two illegitimate sons would be investigated.
"Oh dear, having so many descendants must be quite a challenge, right?"
There are just too many people; it's impossible to manage them all.
Lord Wang was furious, but powerless to do anything about it.
He did indeed do all of those things.
His descendants were unworthy, gradually ruining his reputation.
In order to save his family members, some people had to be sacrificed; he couldn't just stand by and watch his children die.
But now, Lord Wang felt a little regretful.
He was truly unwilling to trade his own life for the lives of his family.
Unfortunately, now, Ning Hongze, that damned eunuch, has a handle on him. This man won't let him off so easily; those who have entered the Eastern Depot have almost never come out alive.
"I--"
Just as Lord Wang opened his mouth to defend himself, a man dressed as a member of the Imperial Guard walked in. "Greetings, Your Majesty?"
"What's wrong?"
"When Madam Wang heard that Lord Wang had a mistress, she brought her son and daughter to his door."
"What? What did you just say?" Lord Wang shouted anxiously, the iron chains rattling loudly as they were pulled.
"And the result?" Ning Hong calmly tidied his hair.
"Madam Wang and her children beat the mistress and illegitimate child to death. A brother who happened to be passing by saw it, and now Madam Wang and the others have been imprisoned."
"Pfft!" Lord Wang suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
His face had taken on a rather ashen look.
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