Xu Jing didn't know whether Xie Liangchen was so angry that he would die. He only knew that if he didn't clean up the people around him, he would die.
After receiving the order from King Qin, Ling Yuan did not even enter the house and went directly to the palace to wait for orders.
When he arrived at the hall, he saw the King of Qin, dressed in black, sitting at the head of the table drinking tea, but his attendant Bai Lu was nowhere to be seen.
Ling Yuan's heart sank suddenly, knowing that his master was really angry.
He knelt down and said, "Your subordinate Ling Yuan pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Get up." Xu Jing glanced at him, feeling cold and chilled to the bone.
Ling Yuan was sweating profusely, and he bravely asked, "Your Highness, what do you want from me?"
"Bring the person in."
At Xu Jing's command, Bai Lu escorted the heavily-bound Chang Pu inside. "I've brought the person here."
"Let her talk."
Bailu understood and took the cloth out of Changpu's mouth.
Changpu looked at Ling Yuan with tears in her eyes, and her sorrowful look made Ling Yuan's scalp tingle.
Ling Yuan asked: "What did you do?"
"I didn't." Chang Pu said with tears in her eyes: "I don't know why Bai Lu rushed to Ling Mansion to arrest people. I didn't do anything wrong."
Xu Jing knew that some people would not give up until they reached the Yellow River, so he looked at Bai Lu.
Bai Lu understood and said, "Vanilla, come in."
"Vanilla?" Chang Pu looked at Vanilla kneeling on the ground with a look of disbelief. "You, you are the prince's man?"
Xiangcao said calmly, "I am from the Lin Mansion, and like Sister Bailu, I am His Highness's servant.
Lord Ling, ever since Changpu entered the Ling Mansion, he has been using your name to make a lot of money and accept bribes.
The day before yesterday, General Shen's wife, Cao Rong, brought Dongzhu to visit Changpu. After Changpu accepted the Dongzhu, she revealed your whereabouts to Cao Rong.
"Nonsense!" Chang Pu spoke excitedly, looking panicked. "Ling Yuan, you have to believe that I was wronged. I had no idea Cao Rong was trying to trick me. I thought she was giving me a gift."
Xu Jing said, "Vanilla, go on."
Xiangcao said, "Cao Rong learned that Lord Ling had gone to the capital with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince two days ago, so she persuaded Changpu to immediately pursue Lord Ling. Her goal was to delay Lord Ling's journey so that she could inform Prince Chen."
Xiangcao paused, then continued, "Cao Rong is Prince Chen's man. After leaving Ling's residence, he immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Prince Chen by carrier pigeon, telling him the news.
Fortunately, I reported this to Sister Bailu in time, and she was able to track Cao Rong and kill the carrier pigeon in one fell swoop."
"I, I don't know." Changpu's face was pale, and her heart was dead. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and moved towards Ling Yuan with her hands and feet. Bai Lu kicked her away. "Behave yourself."
Xu Jing looked at Ling Yuan expressionlessly and said, "I told you the other day to keep public and private affairs separate, but you ignored me, didn't you?"
Ling Yuan knelt on the ground, feeling as if a thorn in his back was pierced. "I deserve death."
"Ling Yuan, you disappoint me. I have always considered you my right-hand man, but you lost your composure for a woman."
Xu Jing threw down a dagger and said, "Kill her, and I will spare your life."
Ling Yuan crawled forward on his knees and took the dagger tremblingly.
"No, Lingyuan, no!" Changpu burst into tears and shouted, "I was wrong. I shouldn't have accepted bribes and shouldn't have leaked your information. Will you forgive me?"
"Your Highness, Your Highness, I was really wrong. Please spare my life for the sake of my service to you."
At the critical moment of life and death, Chang Pu no longer cared about her face. She cried so hard that her eyes were wet with tears, and people who saw her could not help but say that they felt pity for her.
But Xu Jing is not included here.
Xu Jing knew that if he was soft-hearted he would not be able to sit on the throne. His path was destined to be extremely cruel and he would be shattered to pieces if he was not careful.
If the people around you, especially your confidants, are bribed, their fate will definitely be extremely miserable.
He had given Ling Yuan more than one chance, but unfortunately Ling Yuan didn't know how to cherish it.
Changpu's mistake was that she was too ambitious and self-righteous. If she had been willing to be the woman behind Ling Yuan, she wouldn't have ended up like this.
Unfortunately, she was too greedy, and it was greed that cost her life.
Ling Yuan closed his eyes.
He could not refute what Changpu did. It was his indulgence that led Changpu to do the wrong thing.
Ling Yuan thought that if he had not kept Changpu because of his momentary weakness, perhaps she would not have been blinded by gold, silver, treasures, high positions and generous salaries and committed such a heinous crime.
He was the one who harmed her.
"Lingyuan, don't!" Changpu looked at him with tears in her eyes and said, "You said you would marry me, you said you would grow old with me. Have you forgotten all that?"
"I haven't forgotten." Ling Yuan curled his lips slightly, and with tears in his eyes he stabbed the dagger into her heart.
"You, why..." Changpu widened her eyes, unable to believe that Ling Yuan actually killed her because of the prince's words.
Were all the vows he made to her in the past lies?
She has already apologized, why don't you forgive her?
As long as Ling Yuan begs the prince for help, the prince will spare her life because of her past contributions.
Isn't that what we did before? Why not now?
Acorus died in confusion and disappointment.
Ling Yuan touched her face, his hands trembling slightly as he touched her eyes and closed her eyelids.
"Bai Lu, you and Xiangcao should step back first."
"yes."
After everyone left, Xu Jing said, "You are no longer suitable to be my personal attendant."
Ling Yuan was not a coward, and he immediately understood what the prince meant.
He said, "I obey your command." He was about to draw his sword and commit suicide, but Xu Jing stopped him. "Wait. Did I ever tell you that you could die?"
"Your Highness means..."
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