Ning Hongxi coughed twice and then remained silent.
Ye Qingxue was indeed furious at Yan Shizheng's actions towards the Lan family tonight, and wished she could kill him as soon as possible.
But it wasn't that she couldn't wait to hand Yan Shizheng over to the Emperor for punishment.
She treated Yan Shizheng this way for another purpose—to show Lü An what she meant.
"Someone, bandage Lord Yan's abdominal wound to make sure he doesn't bleed to death," Ye Qingxue said.
Ning Hongxi pursed his lips again. Yan Shizheng's limbs were broken, and he had been stabbed in the abdomen. He was likely not going to survive.
But Ye Qingxue didn't let him die so quickly; she wanted him to live and suffer torment. It's truly... the most vicious heart of a woman.
Immediately, someone rushed forward to bandage Yan Shizheng's abdomen. The wound was too deep and dangerous to completely stop the bleeding; they could only temporarily reduce the flow of blood and delay his death.
Ye Qingxue's gaze swept over Yan Shizheng and finally landed on Lü An, whose body instinctively shrank back.
Ye Qingxue sneered: "Lord Yan was nearly forty years old when he finally reached the position of Minister of Personnel, which was truly not easy. In the end, he chose the wrong master and lost his life. What use is high office and generous salary? Don't you agree, Eunuch Lü An?"
When Ye Qingxue took him to the prison, Lü An became nervous.
He became even more nervous as he witnessed Yan Shizheng's actions alongside Ye Qingxue and the others.
Seeing Yan Shizheng's current condition, he even found it difficult to breathe.
Now that Ye Qingxue called him by name, Lü An was terrified.
A voice seemed to be screaming in his head, "Princess Jing knows! She knows Yan Shizheng is Prince Xuan's man, and she also knows I am Prince Xuan's man, which is why she brought me along!"
Lu An's knees buckled, and he knelt directly in front of Ye Qingxue, his face completely drained of color.
Ning Hongxi and Prince Yu immediately looked at Lü An, both of them with surprise in their eyes, as if they suddenly understood why Ye Qingxue had brought Lü An along, and also understood why Ye Qingxue was so cruel to Yan Shizheng.
Lü An and Yan Shizheng are in cahoots; they are loyal to the same master.
Having figured this out, Ning Hongxi frowned, while Prince Yu's eyes lit up, his gaze towards Ye Qingxue filled with admiration.
Ye Qingxue walked up to Lü An.
Look at him from above.
The voice was cold and clear: "When a person takes a risk to do something, it's nothing more than for power and profit. But what if the master you serve gets promoted while you lose your life?"
"You can't take your power from the living world to the dead. Besides, when a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. Your master might not remember that you gave your life for them to rise to a high position. They will only blame you for being more trouble than you're worth and ruining their plans!"
Lu An was covered in sweat. Yan Shizheng's fate was a reminder that if you lose your life, you lose everything.
"Please, Princess Jing, spare my life! I'm willing to tell you everything I know!" Lü An kept kowtowing to the ground.
Ye Qingxue slowly squatted down, looked at him, and asked slowly and deliberately, "What do you want to tell me?"
Lu An froze for a moment, staring blankly into Ye Qingxue's eyes, as if resigned to his fate. He said:
"The one who set fire to the prison and broke out was Prince Xuan; the one who colluded with the mountain bandits was Prince Xuan; the one who framed the second young master of the Marquis's mansion, Ye Cunsi, for rebellion was Prince Xuan; the one who killed the Ninth Prince was also Prince Xuan; and the one who framed General Lan for Princess Huaiming was none other than Prince Xuan!"
quiet!
The prison was silent, save for the sound of everyone breathing.
A smile appeared on Ye Qingxue's lips as she stood up. "Very well, go and talk to Father. Bring Yan Shizheng along as well."
She walked out of the prison, her light blue dress gleaming coldly in the candlelight.
Half an hour later.
In the Zichen Palace.
The death of the Ninth Prince was a great blow to the Emperor, and he suffered from a headache.
Ye Qingxue demanded a retrial of the case, which gave him another headache;
After hearing about what the Prince of Yu and the Prime Minister had done to the Lan family in prison, Yan Shizheng felt even more troubled.
Moreover, Yan Shizheng was doing this on the orders of Prince Xuan, and all the recent events were also the work of Prince Xuan and his wife, as Lu An can attest.
The emperor felt as if his head was about to explode from the pain.
Nothing went smoothly; everything was terrible, absolutely nothing!
Whoosh!
The emperor swept everything off the table with a loud bang, and everyone immediately knelt down, begging the emperor to calm his anger.
The emperor was unable to calm his anger.
The night outside was deep and dark, and his face was ashen.
After an unknown amount of time, he said, "Cui Shao, take men and personally invite Prince Xuan and his wife to see me now."
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