Qin Xue was not hanged; she was imprisoned.
The room was fully equipped, with two eunuchs guarding it from outside. Her severed finger had been bandaged, and she gradually came to her senses.
I was tricked.
But she couldn't pinpoint exactly at which step she was being manipulated.
Therefore, when Chen Banjun appeared, she asked him in a hoarse voice, "Has His Majesty really been poisoned?"
Of course not!
His Majesty isn't stupid; it's just an act. How could he really take poison?
But Chen Banjun wouldn't tell Qin Xue.
Although he schemed against her when they first met, the blame lies with the Qin family for their disloyalty and with her for not knowing how to keep a low profile despite being born into the Qin family.
Although he brought her back to the palace, he never touched her, but provided her with good food and drink and gave her opportunities.
If Qin Xue had no intention of killing him, he would plead with His Majesty to spare Qin Xue's life, and His Majesty would agree.
But Qin Xue chose the path of death.
Seeing that he remained silent, Qin Xue seemed to understand, "It's fake? His Majesty wasn't poisoned at all, was he?"
You conspired to harm me, didn't you? You wanted my Qin family's money. You're so despicable..."
"Smack!"
Chen Banjun slapped her across the face, "Shut up, you really can't stand anyone."
They even dare to insult His Majesty!
"Are you getting angry because I hit the nail on the head?"
Qin Xue sneered.
She remembered that before she left home, her father had reminded her to be careful in the capital and not to flaunt her wealth, lest she attract unwanted attention.
But her mother's words made her think that with the Prime Minister's mansion as her support, she could live recklessly.
Her mother did indeed let her live freely, but who would have thought that it would be the emperor who coveted the Qin family's wealth?
No wonder Prime Minister Li didn't come to save her, nor could he have saved her.
So this is how disgusting and despicable the emperor was.
She was afraid of being beaten, so she dared not utter another curse, but her eyes betrayed her.
How could Chen Banjun allow her to be so disrespectful to the emperor? "You probably don't know how the Qin family acquired their wealth."
Smuggling salt, operating illegal mines, evading taxes, hoarding grain during natural disasters and selling it to the people at high prices, employing assassins to impersonate bandits and rob and plunder—they engaged in all sorts of illegal activities, profiting from the government and the people.
When the Crown Prince decided to take action against the Qin family, he investigated the Qin family thoroughly. If he didn't want Li Heng to realize too early that His Majesty had his eye on him, why would he need to use Qin Xue to attack the Qin family?
Any two of the things Your Highness investigated would be enough to bring down the Qin family.
Chen Banjun sneered, "That's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the Qin family was disloyal to you and had long harbored rebellious intentions. It's no wonder that your Qin family has ended up like this."
"impossible!"
Qin Xue refused to believe it, saying, "You're his dog, so naturally you have to make excuses for him."
Another slap landed on Qin Xue's face.
This time, it was a young eunuch serving Chen Banjun who made the move.
Since becoming the emperor's chief eunuch, Chen Banjun has been treated like an ancestor by the palace staff and rarely hits anyone personally. He was just so angry that he couldn't hold back.
He rarely had such patience to speak with someone who disrespected His Majesty.
There's no other reason than that he genuinely wanted to continue his family's lineage.
During a natural disaster, his family was so poor they couldn't even afford bran and wild vegetables. When he was on the verge of death from hunger, his father cut off a piece of flesh from his buttocks and lied to him, saying it was dog meat, to save his life.
The wounds went untreated, and there was no food in the stomach. My father died; we don't know if he died from an infection from the wounds or from starvation.
All I remember is that when my father breathed his last, he held my hand and said, "If you can live, leave a lineage for our Chen family, so that your father can give an account to our ancestors in the afterlife."
He survived, but only by sacrificing his reproductive organs.
There were quite a few people in the palace who were eager to recognize him as their godfather, but they were all eunuchs like him.
I had considered having a child outside the palace, but he is someone close to His Majesty, and I was afraid that if I was not careful, I might fall into the trap set by someone with ulterior motives and implicate His Majesty.
So it was delayed again and again until today.
It's naturally better to be raised by someone from the womb, which is why he was tolerant of Qin Xue.
But now it seems that this woman is really foolish. She still can't see the situation clearly and even dares to scold His Majesty.
Chen Banjun hesitated.
What if a stupid woman gives birth to a stupid child? If the child grows up to be well-behaved, that's fine. But if the child causes trouble, wouldn't that bring unrest to the Chen family ancestors?
As he pondered whether or not to keep the child, his gaze inevitably fell upon Qin Xueluo's abdomen.
Qin Xue noticed this and realized that she was not in danger even though she had been sentenced to death.
This damned eunuch wants the child in her womb.
She immediately felt confident: "Rehabilitate my Qin family's case, and I'll give you the child; otherwise, I'll abandon him."
Back in Jiangnan, she loved to listen to interesting stories when she was bored, and she learned that the rootless eunuchs were the ones who cared most about the continuation of their family line.
It seems Chen Banjun is the same way; no wonder he insisted on marrying her.
It turns out that he had started plotting against her from that time on.
Her words made Chen Banjun decide, so he asked, "What is the relationship between Prime Minister Li and your mother?"
He came here with a mission.
Qin Xue was shocked when she heard this. "Wang Jingshuo betrayed me? So he was one of your people too. Then he deliberately approached the Qin family before, wasn't he?"
"How could you be so despicable? If you were poor, you should have asked my father. He wouldn't have refused to lend you money. Why resort to such vicious methods?"
Slap him!
Chen Banjun pinched the bridge of his nose.
That's so stupid.
He wouldn't dare have the child of such a foolish woman.
Xie Tingzhou and Ye Zhen, who were listening outside, exchanged bewildered glances, becoming even more curious about the relationship between Qin Xue and Li Heng.
Li Heng is extremely cautious. With a great cause at hand, he allowed the Qin family to send such a brainless person to the capital, which shows that he is truly tolerant of the Qin family, or rather, of Qin Xue.
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