Ye Qingxue finally understood why Yun Zhuo was in this state after returning.
Innocent people died tragically because of him, and he bears a heavy blood debt.
Even after killing so many people, Shen Jiefeng would occasionally leave one member of a family alive, and his purpose was simple.
I want this one alive. I hate the deposed Crown Prince Yun Zhuo to the core—it's all because of your treasonous and heinous crimes. You've already been deposed by the emperor and sentenced to death, but you escaped, ultimately causing my family to be destroyed!
They saw Shen Jiefeng as an executioner, and naturally they hated him, but they hated the deposed crown prince even more, the one who "truly caused" their family's destruction.
As long as one miserable survivor remains in the family, the people's curses against the deposed Crown Prince Yunzhuo will intensify.
The method used to capture Princess Rongqing by bandits was exactly the same. The only difference was that back then the victims were members of the royal family, while now it was ordinary people.
Ordinary people make up the largest group in the world.
Everyone is interconnected and vulnerable; how could one not hate the deposed Crown Prince Yun Zhuo?
But this was probably just one of Shen Jiefeng's tricks. Ye Qingxue immediately asked, "Did you find out any other information?"
She was convinced there must be some other information.
As expected, Dongbai lived up to her trust. She also found out the information that Zhuang Xin had gathered and told Ye Qingxue about it.
"This is just a rumor, and its veracity is uncertain. I heard that the Empress Dowager has spread the word that the maid and the nanny are spreading rumors, and that she has already arranged for people to arrest them."
Ye Qingxue strolled slowly in the courtyard, suddenly remembering what Yun Zhuo had told her earlier: that she had to leave before dawn!
Therefore, Yun Zhuo must have also received this news.
"Dongbai, you stay outside and keep watch. Don't let anyone in. Tell Qiushen to go and find some acacia seeds for me. It's urgent!"
Before she could finish speaking, Ye Qingxue's figure had already disappeared at the door of the small house.
Dongbai: "..."
Miss, there's only one day left, can't you just get some rest for one night? Why are there so many troubles?
Although Dongbai felt sorry for her mistress, she listened to her mistress's orders and immediately went to do the work.
Ye Qingxue closed the door of the small house and stood in front of Yun Zhuo, but Yun Zhuo still didn't look at her.
There were no candles lit in the room, only the faint moonlight, which barely illuminated their silhouettes.
Ye Qingxue said directly: "As Empress Shen's nephew, Shen Jiefeng followed Empress Shen's scheme and indiscriminately killed innocent people in the capital, making you bear countless blood debts!"
"Just then, you heard news that Consort Li's maid and the old nanny who served the late Empress had escaped from the palace and had evidence to prove your innocence."
"So you just said you were leaving before dawn to catch up with that old woman and the maid, right?"
Yun Zhuo finally turned to look at him, her gaze intense.
Ye Qingxue continued, "Empress Shen's schemes, Shen Jiefeng's actions, and the countless innocent lives lost make you grit your teeth, feel unbearable pain, and have boundless hatred."
"So you frantically try to clear your name, to prevent innocent people from dying for you, to wash away all the false accusations, and to make all the evildoers receive their due punishment!"
"So you're impatient, you're extremely anxious, you wish you could burn every drop of blood in your body to get this done! Right!"
After what seemed like an eternity, Yun Zhuo finally managed to utter a question from his chest: "Is there anything wrong with this?"
“There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s perfectly normal!” Ye Qingxue said, “But you just witnessed Shen Jiefeng’s evil deeds, and then you received such good news… Isn’t that too much of a coincidence?”
At this moment, Ye Qingxue finally understood why Shen Jiefeng had searched every corner of the Marquis's residence.
It wasn't because he had conclusive evidence that Yun Zhuo was in the Marquis's residence, nor because he suspected that Yun Zhuo was hiding there.
He simply made every detail for Yun Zhuo, who was likely to see it all, to create a tense and terrifying atmosphere in every place.
Furthermore, since the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion was not an ordinary family, he could only do things that humiliated the people in the mansion, but could not easily kill people.
But in ordinary people's homes, he can kill people and cause rivers of blood to flow, just to draw out all the hatred hidden in Yun Zhuo's body.
Then they tempted Yunzhuo to go find that maid and nanny, trying to clear her name of the injustice.
The claim that they have evidence to prove Yun Zhuo's innocence is nothing more than a powerful lure to trap him so they can catch him like a turtle in a jar!
Yun Zhuo went from being a proud son of heaven to a "rat in the gutter," a fact that was weighing heavily on him, making it hard for him to breathe.
Tonight, Shen Jiefeng's indiscriminate killing of innocent people made Yun Zhuo want to destroy the world.
How can someone controlled by hatred see that this whole thing is a huge trap?
Even those around Yun Zhuo must be eager to find that maid and nanny immediately and send Yun Zhuo back to the light!
They hated it so much, they were filled with such intense hatred!
I wish the sky would fall and the earth would collapse!
Hatred was like an endless sea, with towering waves that nearly drowned them all. They struggled and thrashed about in it, and the maid and the old woman became their only lifeline.
Ye Qingxue, being an outsider, could deduce that this was a setup.
But Yun Zhuo was in the Sea of Hatred, and his mind and eyes had been obscured by the seawater.
Ye Qingxue told Yun Zhuo everything she had been thinking.
He added, "Young Master Ling, think about it. You escaped the palace with so many guards protecting you, yet you still had a slim chance of survival. But how did that little palace maid and the young nanny manage to escape without anyone protecting them?"
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