Hearing Xie Sheng's words, the man felt even more pleased, and his words of praise continued.
"His Highness the Crown Prince truly lives up to his reputation as the heir apparent of our Great Chu. His love for the people is so profound; he is truly a blessing to us all."
Xie Sheng gradually became smug under the man's flattery.
Xie Xin's face was extremely gloomy.
She did kill quite a few people who refused to surrender today.
Those who were willing to surrender were severely beaten.
Several were beaten to the point of near death.
She did this at the behest of the Tianqi Emperor.
She wanted to use this method to let everyone know that rebelling would come at a heavy price.
Only by making everyone in the world aware of the heavy price of rebellion can we stop them from plotting rebellion.
In addition, she was also warning the rebels and scaring away some of the cowards.
She didn't expect Xie Sheng to come out and stop her.
She knew she had to act quickly; if she dragged it out and more people found out about her conflict with Xie Xuan, morale would collapse.
When she saw Yun Chuwei, she gave Yun Chuwei a pleading look.
Faced with Xie Sheng's stupidity and inability to communicate, she currently has no good solutions and can only hope that Yun Chuwei will step in to help her.
Yun Chuwei received Xie Xin's pleading look and couldn't help but smile.
When Xie Sheng saw Yun Chuwei, his eyes held a complex expression.
He received the message yesterday, but he still can't confirm if it's true.
Deep down, he didn't want the news to be true.
Yun Chuwei ignored Xie Sheng and walked to his side, looking at the man behind him.
Yun Chuwei suddenly spoke up: "Did you join the rebels because you couldn't survive?"
The man glanced at Yun Chuwei with some disdain. Now that he had the Crown Prince's protection, he wasn't afraid of anyone.
What does this woman want to do?
However, he still nodded: "Yes."
Yun Chuwei smiled and slowly asked, "What about your family? Your grandparents, your mother?"
The man immediately put on a pitiful look: "During the famine, everyone starved to death!"
"What about your first adoptive father? How did he die?" Yun Chuwei continued to ask.
The man found it a bit strange, but still said, "They starved to death too!"
"What about the second adoptive father? Did he also starve to death?"
The man exclaimed in surprise, "No, he died of illness!"
"And the third one? The third couple who adopted you!"
The man stared at Yun Chuwei in astonishment and said, "You... how did you know...?"
How can one know that the person in front of them has been adopted by three families?
Seeing his suspicion, Yun Chuwei smiled and said, "I know everything. I know everything you've done! I know you're lying! You killed your grandparents! You killed your mother! You killed your first adoptive father! You killed your second adoptive father! You killed your third adoptive father and adoptive mother! They never mistreated you, did they? You've become utterly heartless and ungrateful, killing them all! Is this what you call being forced to do it? Or is it that they did something to wrong you?"
Upon hearing this, the man staggered backward and fell to the ground with a thud.
He blurted out instinctively, "It's their fault. They beat and scolded me; they don't deserve it..."
He originally thought that what he had done was done without anyone knowing.
He never expected that someone would know exactly what he had done.
In his panic, he didn't realize that Yun Chuwei had deliberately placed a question at the end.
He was even less aware that answering this question was tantamount to admitting to the murder he had committed.
By the time he realized this and shut his mouth, the people around him were already looking at him like he was a monster.
Xie Xin glared at the man and angrily spat out two words: "Beast! Even if someone like him surrenders, he cannot be kept alive! Men, arrest him!"
So, some soldiers walked towards that man.
Xie Sheng remained standing in the same spot, seemingly stunned.
Xie Xin spoke up: "Does Your Highness still intend to protect this murderer?"
Xie Sheng's face turned pale and then red. He wanted to say something, but the man pulled out a dagger from somewhere and held it to Xie Sheng's neck.
He said to Xie Xin, "Let me leave, or I'll kill him!"
Xie Sheng's face was grim. He said, "I helped you, and you actually kidnapped me?"
The man sneered and said, "Your Highness, if I didn't kidnap you, I would die. You love your people like your own children, so you certainly wouldn't watch me die, right? Therefore, Your Highness is wronged!"
Xie Sheng's face was pale, and he couldn't speak.
He could act as if he loved the people, but he never thought of risking his life to create such an image.
Xie Xin's eyes were indifferent, and he remained silent.
The man met Xie Xin's cold gaze, his heart pounding. He said, "I told you to let me leave, or I'll kill him. Didn't you hear me?"
Xie Xin ignored the man's words and ordered, "Arrest him!"
Xie Sheng stared wide-eyed at Xie Xin in disbelief: "Xie Xin, what did you say?"
Xie Xin ignored Xie Sheng's words as well.
The man panicked: "Don't come any closer! I really will kill him. Let me go now, or we'll have to collect his corpse!"
He didn't kill Xie Sheng immediately because he wanted to change Xie Xin's mind.
He wanted to live.
At that moment, a long arrow pierced through the air and went straight through the man's neck.
The man was stunned for a moment, then collapsed with a thud.
Xie Sheng's neck was slashed open by the dagger.
He was still in shock even after the person who had taken him hostage collapsed.
Finally regaining his senses, he glared at Xie Xin and roared, "Xie Xin, are you trying to kill me?"
Xie Xin coldly retorted, "Your Highness, are you dead?"
"You..." Xie Sheng was somewhat angry, but could only shout, "Xie Xin, how dare you!"
At this moment, Yun Chu smiled and said, "Your Highness, you've discovered that the people you care about are murderers, so you're furious and want to blame the princess? I think you should blame yourself for being stupid!"
Xie Sheng looked at Yun Chuwei with even greater anger and questioned, "Yun Chuwei, what did you say?"
Yun Chuwei turned her head slightly to look at Xie Sheng, her eyes full of provocation, and lowered her voice: "I say, Your Highness, you are really a fool! Try not to embarrass yourself in public! Look, everyone thinks you are very shameful."
"You..." Xie Sheng then noticed that the soldiers around him were looking at him differently.
In their eyes, there was doubt, disdain, and contempt, but no respect for those in power.
It shouldn't be like this!
They weren't looking at him like that just now!
how so?
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