602 Qingchen is in prison, how can I not fight for my life?

You can't force a cow to drink water if it doesn't want to. The Ninth Prince has made it clear that he is cold-hearted and doesn't care about Feng Qingchen's life or death. No matter how angry, furious, or anxious Dong Ling Zi Luo is, the Ninth Prince will not change his mind.

Amid the prince's sarcasm, Dongling Ziluo flicked his sleeves and left once again before the prince, leaving the prince alone there.

Dong Ling Zi Luo did not return home, but went to the imperial palace. Testing the Ninth Uncle was a task assigned by his father, so of course he had to report back.

I thought my father would be angry when he heard the Ninth Uncle's refusal, but unexpectedly, my father praised with a smile on his face: "My ninth brother is becoming more and more expressionless. He is worthy of being a child of the late emperor's blood." He is cold-blooded, ruthless, and rational enough.

"Father, since the Ninth Prince is unwilling to stand up for Feng Qingchen, Feng Qingchen has become a useless chess piece. Should we keep her?" Dong Ling Luo said cautiously. Although the Emperor still favors him, but...

After the last incident, Dong Ling Zi Luo understood that there is no father-son relationship in the royal family. His father's favor towards him could disappear at any time, and he must not get carried away by the emperor's favor.

"Who said she is useless? The fact that Lao Jiu gave her the Phoenix Hairpin of Empress Shengmin shows that she holds a different position in Lao Jiu's heart. Don't be fooled by Lao Jiu's cold face. If he refuses to give her the things left by the late emperor, then let him use something else to exchange for Feng Qingchen's life."

Although the death of the Duke and the end of the Sky-shaking Thunder made the Emperor very depressed, he was very happy because Feng Qingchen was accused of murder, and his subordinates were doing things more and more to his liking.

After several attempts, the emperor was sure that even if Dong Lingjiu didn't care about Feng Qingchen very much, he still cared about five or six points.

Zi Luo said that Dong Lingjiu didn't care at all, but that was definitely an act. If he really didn't care, he should have pretended to care a lot and made him believe it, thinking that he could manipulate him by taking Feng Qingchen. This way, he would never let Feng Qingchen go.

Asking Dong Lingjiu to take out the people and power left to him by the late emperor in exchange for Feng Qingchen's life was just a test. He expected Dong Lingjiu to refuse. If Dong Lingjiu really agreed, he would suspect whether this matter was a fraud.

Dong Lingjiu's status in Dong Ling is so transcendent, isn't it because of the things left to him by the late emperor? Without these things, let alone saving Feng Qingchen, he can hardly protect himself.

He had never thought of exchanging Feng Qingchen for these. What he wanted to do was to use Feng Qingchen to force Dong Lingjiu to quell the rumors that the heaven was dissatisfied. He believed that Dong Lingjiu would understand.

"Father? Will the Ninth Prince agree?" As the emperor's confidant, Dong Ling Ziluo certainly knew about the explosions and rumors about the five mountains. He understood as soon as the emperor mentioned it.

"If I take a step back, of course he will agree. I don't ask for much. Well, there is no rush regarding Feng Qingchen. Just keep her locked up for a few more days. When the Ninth Prince gets anxious, naturally everything will be easy to talk about." The emperor was full of confidence, and his face, which had been ravaged by a bunch of bad things in the past two days, regained its original luster.

I have to say that everyone in the palace is an expert at beauty. Look at how radiant the emperor is now, compared to how decadent and old he looked a few days ago.

"Your Majesty is wise." Dong Ling Ziluo didn't quite agree. He saw with his own eyes that the Ninth Prince was unmoved by Feng Qingchen's imprisonment, and he didn't think that the Ninth Prince would give up his previous plan at this juncture.

The more rampant the rumors spread, the more restrained the emperor will be in doing things, and the safer the Ninth Prince will be. How could the Ninth Prince risk his own safety to exchange for Feng Qingchen's release from prison?

However, he didn't dare say this to the emperor. Dong Ling Ziluo retreated silently and, with the emperor's permission, went to the queen's palace to see the queen. After the last incident, the queen's health was much worse than before, and she had not recovered even after regaining the emperor's respect.

A queen who has no maternal family to rely on can only depend on the emperor and be at his mercy. If the emperor tells her to go east, she dare not go west. If the emperor wants her to die at three o'clock in the morning, she dare not delay until five o'clock. What's the point of being a queen like this?

That night, a cold wind blew and heavy snow fell. In just one hour, the entire imperial city was covered in snow. The white was so bright that not a single person could be seen on the streets.

When Lan Jiuqing appeared in black clothes and wearing a half-silver mask, he was particularly eye-catching. Fortunately, he was conspicuous and so were others. In this heavy snow, footprints would be covered in an instant, making it extremely difficult to track people. He was also safe walking in the snow.

After walking around the city for a few times, Lan Jiuqing came to the secret room of the Su Mansion. Just like yesterday, Su Wenqing worked all night despite his illness.

"Cough... cough." Su Wenqing coughed from time to time, but he didn't care. When his throat was really uncomfortable, he picked up the tea beside him and took a sip to moisten his lungs.

Lan Jiuqing shook his head: "Wenqing, Feng Qingchen asked you to rest more, you don't have to work so hard."

"Jiuqing is here." Su Wenqing looked up. This time he had learned his lesson and did not dare to stand up and speak. He just greeted Lan Jiuqing. Lan Jiuqing strode forward and held down the thing in Su Wenqing's hand: "Okay, you take a break. If you continue like this, your body will not be able to bear it. You are not like Bu Jingyun and I. The two of us have internal energy to protect ourselves. We will not be hurt if we don't sleep for a few days."

"Don't be so squeamish, it's just a small matter." Su Wenqing tried to grab it several times but failed, so he had to let go and sighed: "Jiuqing, the situation is so tense, how can I not fight hard. Now Feng Qingchen has also been arrested. If we don't do something, I'm afraid it will be very dangerous."

"No rush. Feng Qingchen is a good chess piece to deal with the Ninth Uncle. How could the Emperor let anything happen to her so easily? Feng Qingchen will be worthless if she dies." A cold light flashed in Lan Jiuqing's eyes, sharp and bloodthirsty.

No matter who was responsible for the Duke's death, the one who benefited the most from this incident was the Emperor.

"But if things drag on, it will be disadvantageous to us." Su Wenqing also understood this, but they were too passive in the current situation. If they continued like this, the emperor would surely become more aggressive and force them to show their cards.

But now is not a good time to show their cards. Once they show their cards, they will become targets.

"Who said we should drag it on? Where are the remaining thunder bombs from last time? Give them all to me." Lan Jiuqing appeared at this time because he had a plan.

Play dirty tricks, just pretend he doesn't know how to do it.

The Duke's Mansion relied on its status as one of the four great Duke's Mansions to put pressure on the government, preventing it from conducting a thorough investigation and directly wanting to use Feng Qingchen's life. So he destroyed the Duke's Mansion to see who dared to threaten Feng Qingchen's life.

If the Duke's Mansion itself had committed a crime, then the Duke deserved to be put to death. Without the support of the Duke's Mansion, with Wang Jinling and Yun Xiao's abilities, it would be absolutely easy for them to overturn the verdict, and even the Emperor could not do anything about it.

He didn't believe that such a collision could kill a living person.

Before, due to Bu Jingyun's face, he didn't want to kill them all and destroy the Duke's Mansion. It would be meaningless for Bu Jingyun to go back then, but the current situation...

No wonder he is so cruel!

Su Wenqing's eyes lit up: "Are you going to blow up the Duke's Mansion?" If so, he would immediately inform Bu Jingyun and make Bu Jingyun happy.

"I don't bother to use the most base method." After the bombing of the Duke's Mansion, Feng Qingchen was the most suspicious. Coupled with the Sky-shaking Bomb, Feng Qingchen would never be free in this life.

"Then what do you want to do with the Sky-shaking Bomb? This is all we have left. You must use it wisely and don't waste it." Su Wenqing stood up and went to get the Sky-shaking Bomb for Lan Jiuqing while admonishing him.

Lan Jiuqing did not answer, because...

He is definitely going to waste it!

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