Chapter 429 [Performing in front of experts? ]
Sheng Yin ignored the pain of the wound and pinched her thigh with the hand she still had strength to keep herself awake and continue to play the victim. It was better to act now than to die later.
She believed that as long as she showed weakness, her father would definitely forgive her. After all, they were of the same blood. "Ever since you disappeared, your daughter has missed you every day."
"Without the support of my father, my eldest and third brothers bullied me because I was a weak woman. I struggled to hold on until now, fighting to protect the throne from these two unfilial men who sacrificed their own relatives for the sake of justice. Finally, I waited for my father to return."
Unfortunately, Sheng Zhixing, who traveled through time, did not have any father-daughter feelings for the woman in front of him who was playing the victim. He just felt it was quite abrupt. He had just graduated and didn't even have a girlfriend for a few years. Now his "daughter" was so grown up, and she was so ambitious, it was distressing to look at her.
The expression on Sheng Zhixing's face was exactly the same as when he was interrogating a prisoner. He raised his eyes calmly and asked, "Are you done?"
"Is there anything else you want to explain?"
Jiang Lili almost couldn't help laughing out loud. Isn't this a classic quote from the police when they interrogate criminal suspects? She could even imagine the scene when Sheng Zhixing, in uniform, holding a pen in his hand, looked up at the prisoner and said this.
When Sheng Yin heard Sheng Zhixing's cold tone, as if he were a stranger, her pupils dilated and shock flashed in her eyes. She didn't understand why her father, who had doted on her for so many years, had no reaction at all to her tearful words just now.
"Father, are you angry with me? There's a misunderstanding!"
Sheng Yin's voice became weaker and weaker: "When my injury is healed, I will explain it to you slowly. I really am..."
As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes and she fell weakly to the ground, looking extremely pitiful at first glance.
"Do you think you acted well? There are too many flaws."
Sheng Zhixing frowned slightly, exuding an unquestionable majesty as he spoke: "When you were speaking just now, your eyes unconsciously glanced to the upper right, and your frequent blinking showed that you were unstable. You are obviously lying. You are making up what you are going to say next."
According to micro-expression psychology, looking to the upper left means the brain is searching its memory and is telling the truth; looking to the upper right means the brain is imagining and constructing something, likely a lie. This "eye movement" is a reflex action and is difficult to fake naturally without rigorous training.
"And the corners of your mouth are puckered. Puckered mouth is a classic expression of making a mistake, indicating that you are not confident in what you say."
Sheng Yin, who had been trying her best to act weak and pitiful, was stunned when she heard what Sheng Zhixing said.
What's the blinking frequency? What's the classic expression of making a mistake?
Sheng Yin suspected that she had lost too much blood, her reaction speed slowed down, and she could not understand what Sheng Zhixing said.
Sheng Zhixing's face showed no mercy at all. "Besides, you were just pretending to cry. When you really cry, your eyebrows will tighten inwards and rise to form a unique frown. But when you were crying just now, the shape of your eyebrows changed very unnaturally."
"Besides, tears from real crying are very thick and flow more slowly."
The soldiers present were also confused. They didn't expect that the old and confused emperor could observe so carefully.
Jiang Lili crossed her arms and shook her head. She couldn't act well in front of anyone else, but she had to act in front of the criminal investigation expert.
If the former Emperor of Nanzhao saw Sheng Yin's performance, he might be frightened.
But the person standing in front of Sheng Yin now is a young and promising criminal investigation expert.
Sheng Zhixing looked at Sheng Yin coldly: "You still have the energy to act with me now, which means you are not in urgent need of a doctor. Don't worry."
"Please wait a little longer for the doctor's business."
Sheng Yin, who had just endured severe pain and pinched her thigh to perform with passion, felt as if the sky had fallen when she heard Sheng Zhixing's words. This time, she finally could not withstand the double blow of body and mind, and her eyes turned black and she fainted.
Sheng Zhixing observed Sheng Yin's state when she fainted, and nodded indifferently: "Well, this time she is really fainted."
He turned to the guards behind him and ordered, "Go and bring the doctor from the barracks over now."
Inside the tent, Sheng Yin's subordinates watched Sheng Zhixing "torture" Sheng Yin, barely daring to breathe, their hearts pounding. Why did it feel like the emperor had become a different person since his disappearance? Intelligent, sharp, yet aloof.
If this is how they treat the princess, how will they deal with these traitors who have defected to the princess?
Sure enough, the moment after Sheng Zhixing finished giving orders to the guards, he turned around and set his sights on them.
His majestic and inviolable gaze swept over these guilty soldiers like an eagle's eyes.
Someone immediately knelt down, unable to resist, and said, "Your Majesty, I respectfully welcome you back to the throne safely! Long live Your Majesty!"
Led by someone, the soldiers in the tent knelt down one after another and paid homage to Sheng Zhixing.
"You are quite sensible."
"Come here! Take these traitors away for thorough interrogation!"
Immediately, five tall and strong soldiers of the Xin family army came up, handcuffed the counselors and soldiers in the tent, and dragged them away.
The soldiers in the camp originally thought that they were military generals and that His Majesty's return was a time when he would need men, so he would not take any chances with them. However, they found that even the guards called in by His Majesty to suppress them were all very imposing, and their aura was far superior to theirs. At this moment, the regret in their hearts reached its peak.
"Your Majesty, spare my life, Your Majesty!"
"I, a humble servant, have never intended to betray you. I am only staying by the princess's side to protect her temporarily!"
Sheng Zhixing got excited when they said that. "If you still insist on being stubborn, how about I analyze your micro-expressions and interrogate you one by one in person?"
The soldiers who were originally crying and begging for mercy were instantly silenced and were taken away by Xin's army with tears in their eyes.
Sheng Zhixing had a taste of being an emperor today and was in a good mood. In a blink of an eye, only he, Jiang Lili and Xin Che were left in the tent.
"Li Li, thank you for your hard work! You risked being captured and brought into the camp to work with me!"
Sheng Zhixing immediately cast off his serious and indifferent mask and smiled as he clasped his hands together and bowed to Xin Che: "Brother-in-law, the Xin family army you lent me is truly impressive! Thank you so much!"
"You're welcome. We're all family."
Although they had known each other for more than half a year, Xin Che was still not used to being called brother-in-law by a fifty-year-old man. He touched his nose subconsciously, then paused, suddenly remembering that Sheng Zhixing could judge people's psychological activities through micro-expressions.
Sure enough, the next moment, he looked up and met Sheng Zhixing's pair of half-smiled eyes: "Brother-in-law, did what I just said embarrass you? Why are you touching your nose? Are you reluctant to lend me your troops? Or do you not want to be a family with me?"
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