Chapter 452 Interrogation
"Stop talking to me about that unnecessary nonsense. I know who you are. Gu Xiaoxiao, tell me honestly what you want to do by coming to Dayu again?"
When her identity was revealed, Gu Xiaoxiao's face turned pale.
"Who are you?"
"Am I interrogating you, or are you interrogating me? If you don't behave honestly, I won't be polite."
Hongxiu took out the dagger she carried with her, and imitating her master's previous behavior, slowly placed the sharp blade on the other person's neck, and immediately a flash of bright red appeared.
“Ah, that hurts~”
A soul-stirring scream of pain was so loud that not only could a man not hold it back, but even Hongxiu, a woman who knew she had a heart as hard as iron, could not help but shiver.
She didn't know why, but when she saw the woman crying under her, she suddenly felt a strange feeling of inappropriateness. Heartache?!
No, I am a woman too. Why should I feel sorry for another woman?
She smacked her lips several times in confusion and couldn't speak clearly.
"Cry, why are you crying? I didn't do anything to you..."
“It hurts~”
A pair of beautiful eyes that had always been affectionate towards men, now contained tears that were about to fall, which made Hongxiu, who was as strong as a female eagle, feel her heart beating fast.
Sitting behind the screen, Jiang Wan observed carefully and roughly understood the methods and abilities of this charming heroine.
If you can't withstand a beating, you have no fighting power.
Second, he can't stand being scared, and his brain capacity is obviously not large.
It seems that the only top-level skill is the art of charm?
Jiang Wan was speechless for a minute before coming out from behind the screen.
"Step aside, go to the courtyard and guard it. Don't let anyone in. I'll interrogate her."
"yes."
Hongxiu covered her pounding heart with her hand in shame and retreated in embarrassment.
Jiang Wan walked up to Gu Xiaoxiao, reached out and grabbed her wrist, turned it over and carefully examined and touched her bones again. Only then could he confirm that this heroine was even more useless than his second son!
"Get up and sit down to answer."
Gu Xiaoxiao sat down timidly, secretly looking at Jiang Wan.
Who is this?
How can it be so beautiful?
"Who are you?"
Her voice was gentle and melodious, tinged with a seductive timidity, and paired with her beautiful eyes, she was truly captivating. However, her lowered eyes were filled with greed.
"Are you the most beautiful woman in Dayu, Jiang Han?"
Jiang Wan, who was sitting at the top, snorted softly when he heard this.
"Is this all you can do with your charm? I've been looking at this face in the mirror since I was a child. Do you think I can be charmed by yours?"
Gu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, and looked at the other person seriously again. Even if she didn't want to admit it, she had to admit that this face was indeed more beautiful than her own!
A determination flashed in her eyes.
"I don't understand what you are saying. What is the art of seduction? I am just a poor, weak woman whose family has been destroyed. How could I understand anything else?"
Sister Jiang Han, considering that we are both women, can you please forgive me this time?"
"Oh, you don't understand?"
Jiang Wan didn't rush to refute the other party for calling the wrong name, but the cold smile on her lips appeared again.
"Then let's talk about Duan Shaoyan and Duan Shaoxuan, then Leng Yi and Ji Yunzhi, and of course Cang Yan and Li Jinzhong."
Looking at the other person's sudden change in expression, that smile still made people feel cold in their hearts like a knife.
"Or should I call him Chenwangqiu?"
Gu Xiaoxiao suddenly raised her head, her lips trembled for a lot, but she stubbornly gritted her teeth and held on.
"There's no need to make that expression. Since I'm saying this in front of you, I must have evidence.
I have to say, you really do resemble your biological mother. It's said that Princess Cangyu used her own privileged status as leverage to help her brother secure the throne.
And now, are you fighting for your brother?"
To be honest, if Wu Huan hadn't risked his life to send this news, Jiang Wan would never have thought of this trick.
After all, Li Jinzhong had been following Li Yanxiu since he was about ten years old. Later, he voluntarily castrated himself and entered the palace to continue serving. After Li Yanxiu died, Li Chengxiu continued to use him, and there had been no mistakes over the years.
If Wu Huan hadn't heard a hint of the news in the Qinghe Earl's Mansion, he would have been killed one day without knowing at whose hands!
"You, you call yourself this palace, you are not Jiang Han, you are Jiang Wan?!"
"Obviously you got the answer right, but there's no reward."
Jiang Wan leaned back in the chair, looking at the person below him.
"Let me sort out the logic. You should be holding the script of the Princess of Restoration. There is no doubt about it.
And Chen Wangqiu’s biological father is the former Duke of Zhenguo, Chen Ao, who is also the last consort of Princess Zangyu, right?
However, the Shen family was wiped out by the tyrant emperor, your biological father. Your biological mother used all her resources to protect her son and sent him to Guangping Prefecture.
She must have told you this before she died, so you openly protected your younger brother named Gu Qi, but actually helped your half-brother.
Gu Xiaoxiao, is my guess correct?"
"You're talking nonsense. None of it is true! I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't understand anything about the Princess of Restoration or the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
I am just the concubine of His Majesty the Great Li King of Hell. My name is Xu Shengsheng, and I am not the person you are talking about at all!
"Jiang Wan, I know you are the Queen of Dayu and you are very favored. But you have no reason to imprison me, a princess from another country. Are you trying to provoke a war between the two countries?"
Such a loud and cowardly rebuttal made Jiang Wan look at her pretty head in surprise.
"Oh, you've grown some brains now? I thought you were good at nothing except your charm."
He tapped the chair with his left hand and muttered a few words nonchalantly.
"Since Chen Wangqiu has nothing to do with you, I believe you wouldn't feel any pain even if I cut him into pieces, right?
That's fine, you wait here first, I'll go out and give the order when I have time."
Without giving the other party time to react, Jiang Wan stood up and walked to the door, giving instructions to Hongxiu who was standing in the yard.
"Go tell the emperor that Li Jinzhong is indeed Shen Wangqiu, and the interrogation can begin.
If the Pluto concubine says she doesn't know him, then there's no point in keeping him. They can use any punishment, from slicing him into pieces to skinning him alive to pulling out his tendons, as long as they can get something useful out of him."
"yes!"
Hongxiu turned and left, while Gu Xiaoxiao, who had heard the instructions clearly, instantly collapsed in her chair. She tried hard to hold herself together, not to tremble too much.
Maybe this woman is deceiving herself?
Maybe they didn't catch anyone at all?
Maybe…
"ah!!"
A shrill scream shattered all the hope in her heart.
"elder brother!"
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