Qi Rufeng looked around and laughed, "Yes, I've kept this a secret for so many years, neither Prince Yi nor my senior sister knew, yet you actually figured it out."
"So, the one who was able to sneak into the Prince Xian's residence silently that night and kidnap people must be you."
Xie Lingqin's eyes turned cold. "Where is Zihe?"
"Dead."
As soon as Qi Rufeng finished speaking, seeing Xie Lingqin's face turn cold, he drew his long sword and placed it directly against Nan Fenghuang beside him. "Xie Lingqin, if you take another step, I will kill her. If she dies in Beirong, the Southern Emperor will surely send troops to retaliate."
“I am not familiar with Nan Fenghuang. If I kill you, there will be no way to prove it.”
"Heh, Xie Lingqin, you're quite insidious."
"So, you still haven't said whose side you're on? The Emperor's? I think it's more than that."
“I am a barbarian. Tonight, everything was achieved through the joint efforts of the barbarian prince Zhuidamu and Crown Prince Yuwen Yao, wasn’t it?”
Qi Rufeng then resorted to cheating.
"Is that so?" Xie Lingqin lightly flicked her fingertips, not flustered at all. "Now that things have come to this, you're keeping your mouth shut. But..." Xie Lingqin changed the subject, "Do you think Zhuidamu is so stupid as to actually believe you and leave the capital so you can take the blame?"
Xie Lingqin laughed, "If it really was just the Emperor who ordered you to do it, you shouldn't have arrested the Southern Qi princess and the second prince of Southern Qi. After all, I know that the Emperor wanted to befriend Southern Qi, so..." Each word she uttered resounded in the corridor, causing Qi Rufeng's handsome but fierce face to darken, and then a cold laugh spread across his face, "Hehe, Xie Lingqin, you are very cunning."
"So," Xie Ling's face turned cold, "you don't work for Bei Rong, you don't work for Nan Qi, you don't work for Xi Xia, you don't work for the barbarians, then, for whom do you serve?"
Qi Rufeng took a step back. "Since Miss Xie was able to find this place and expose all my schemes, she must already have her own conclusions. Why do you insist that I say them?"
"The Palace of the King of Hell?"
"Indeed, I am the Third Elder of the Yama Palace. Greetings, Miss Xie."
It really is the Palace of the King of Hell.
Xie Lingqin's expression was stern, her brows furrowed. "The King of Hell dares to openly challenge the Three Kingdoms?"
Qi Rufeng did not answer, but said, "However, there is one thing I must make clear: I have absolutely genuine feelings for Li Qingyu, my senior sister."
Xie Lingqin ignored him and then spoke to the surroundings, "Alright, you guys should get up and stretch a bit."
As soon as Xie Lingqin finished speaking, Nan Fenghuang, who had seemed to have been hit by a trick and was being used as a threat by Qi Rufeng, suddenly flipped over, raised her hand and struck Qi Rufeng in the back, knocking him to the ground.
"You guys actually didn't fall for the trap..." Qi Rufeng coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground.
"Of course, it wasn't just Xie Lingqin who informed us beforehand; we ourselves knew that coming to Beirong wouldn't be easy." Nan Fenghuang clapped her hands and stepped forward to help the Second Prince of Nan Qi up. "Second Prince, are you alright?"
"It's just a performance, it's nothing."
Beside him, Xuanyuan Du straightened his sleeves, dusted himself off, and slowly stood up.
“Tinghai, take Qi Rufeng with you. He still has many secrets.”
Behind Xie Lingqin, Tinghai stepped forward and, together with Xuanyuan Du, grabbed Qi Rufeng and lifted him up.
The group quickly exited the passageway.
The Prefect of the Capital also led his men to stand guard outside. When he saw Xie Lingqin, the Princess of Southern Qi, the Second Prince, and the Crown Prince of Xuanyuan come out together, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Miss Xie, you were right."
"You flatter me, Lord Huo."
Xie Lingqin went to meet them. That's right, she needed witnesses, so she had notified the Prefect of the Capital to come along early on, and she had also secretly informed the Prefect of the Capital that something had happened to the Southern Qi princess and the others.
Although the Prefect of the Capital was a high-ranking official of the first rank in charge of the security of the capital, she knew that the Emperor would definitely not tell him about his plan.
After all, such despicable and insidious tactics are, in a way, tarnishing the emperor's reputation.
Poor Prefect of the Capital, he thought he had solved a major case, but if he knew it was all the Emperor's doing, the psychological trauma would be unbearable...
"My lord, I'll hand Qi Rufeng over to you. Interrogate him carefully. He can't accomplish anything alone. By the way, he just said that he is the Third Elder of the Underworld. The Underworld can't possibly have the power to offend all the countries."
"Miss Xie, rest assured, I will immediately report this matter to the Emperor and have it thoroughly investigated."
Xie Lingqin smiled and nodded before stepping forward to look at Qi Rufeng. "Qi Rufeng, I'll give you another chance. Where is Zihe?"
"I already told you, she's dead." Qi Rufeng answered decisively, a cunning smile on his face. "Originally, seeing that she was quite beautiful, and having not been with a woman for a long time, I wanted to give her some pleasure. Who knew she was so tough? She jumped off the cliff when I wasn't looking. However, as she jumped, I had already severed her tendons..."
Xie Lingqin punched Qi Rufeng squarely in the heart, causing Qi Rufeng to spit out a mouthful of blood. However, he was still laughing, a sinister and terrifying laugh.
"Ahem... Xie Lingqin, do you want to know who my accomplices are?"
Xie Lingqin's eyes narrowed.
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