Chapter 272: Interrogating The Prisoner
The teacup he was drinking from in his hand immediately fell to the ground. “Shouldn’t the Crown Prince be in Lingnan? Why did he come back?”
She had originally planned to take advantage of Wei Chang not being in the Capital during this time to kill that bitch Jiang Ruanxi.
She was just about to succeed, but she didn’t expect Wei Chang to suddenly return and disrupt her plan.
The Empress’s eyes turned cold.
No one would be allowed to hinder her plan.
“Liu Ye, go investigate why the Crown Prince suddenly returned from Lingnan.” The Empress ordered with a dark face.
Liu Ye also realized the seriousness of the problem, responded, and immediately went out.
Star Picking Tower.
“Master, I’ve found out everything. General Jiang agreed not to bring the main army back to the Capital, only bringing a few guards back to the Capital, and sending the main army back to the Border. The Crown Prince was originally supposed to lead the troops back to the Border, but for some reason, he turned back halfway.”
The guard told everything he had learned in detail.
Jiang Kui sat on the chessboard looking at the chess pieces on it, holding a black piece in his hand and rubbing it back and forth, not knowing what he was thinking.
He suddenly said, “Got it, you can go.”
Soon, only Jiang Kui was left in the room.
After a moment, he placed the chess piece in his hand on the chessboard, a wicked smile on his lips. “Wei Chang, I didn’t expect you to be such a devoted man. That makes things easier.”
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Crown Prince’s Manor.
After Jiang Ruanxi and Wei Chang were intimate for a while, a knock on the door from outside interrupted them. Being interrupted, Wei Chang frowned tightly and said coldly, “Who is it?”
His whole body emitted an icy aura.
Jiang Ruanxi looked at him with some amusement.
Yushui outside the door heard this icy voice, thought of interrupting Master’s intimate moment and Master’s methods, and her body involuntarily trembled.
She said softly, “Crown Princess, those people have been caught and brought back.”
If it weren’t for this matter being urgent, even if given a thousand courage, she wouldn’t dare to knock on this door.
Jiang Ruanxi was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted.
She gently pushed Wei Chang away, put on her shoes, and got out of bed.
“Bring them to the room?”
She was still in a poisoned state now and couldn’t go out this door.
Wei Chang asked in complete confusion, “What people?”
“The people who killed the Yu Family. I had Bian Du help me use the power of Nameless Valley to find them.”
Thinking of the Yu Family being massacred, Wei Chang was filled with killing intent.
Jiang Ruanxi knew he was thinking of the Yu Family being killed, reached out to hold his hand to comfort him, “I knew after the Yu Family was all killed, so I sent Bian Du to help. We’ll interrogate them in a bit and find out who was so bold.”
Wei Chang, who was originally filled with grief and murderous intent, immediately calmed down after she said that.
He nodded to her, “Mm.”
Soon, the guards brought in two people.
As soon as they entered, Wei Chang paused when he saw one of them.
He couldn’t restrain his killing intent and walked towards those people like a gust of wind, “Did she order you to do this?”
Jiang Ruanxi was stunned. They hadn’t even asked yet, but from Wei Chang’s demeanor, she knew who it was?
It seemed Wei Chang knew this man?
The man remained silent.
Wei Chang gripped his neck even tighter.
The man’s face grew increasingly pale.
Losing patience, Wei Chang said, “Speak.”
“I, I don’t know.” The man said stubbornly.
Wei Chang tightened his grip even more. Thinking he was about to die, the man let out a lion’s roar. Wei Chang kicked him against the door, and he fell to the ground again.
Soon, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
“She’s also an idiot, sending someone familiar to kill. It doesn’t matter if you don’t say. Anyway, your son hiding in Liu Dong can go reunite with you below.”
Wei Chang wiped his hands as if he had touched something dirty.
Hearing this, the man who had been stubborn just now changed expression.
“What did you say? I don’t understand.”
“Don’t understand? Six years old, studying at Luming Academy, mother is a…”
Before Wei Chang could finish, the man suddenly interrupted loudly, “Stop! I’ll say everything.”
Jiang Ruanxi blinked. He confessed just like that.
She hadn’t even cracked two melon seeds in her hand.
Afterward, the man told everything.
At some point, writing materials appeared in front of Jiang Ruanxi, with someone recording beside her. After he finished, she went forward to have him press his fingerprint.
But before she could reach the man, Wei Chang couldn’t hold back again and beat him with fists and feet. Soon, there was no intact spot on the man’s body.
Jiang Ruanxi was afraid he would really beat him to death, and also afraid Wei Chang would cause a murder, which would not be worth it.
She stepped forward and hugged his waist, “I know you’re angry, but it’s not worth it for such a person. If he dies, the one behind him won’t be even more pleased. We need to make the one behind him pay the price.”
Wei Chang seemed moved by her words and stopped the beating.
Jiang Ruanxi pulled him to sit at the table, poured him a cup of tea, “Tired from beating? Have some tea. Leave the rest to me.”
After soothing Wei Chang, Jiang Ruanxi came to the man, handed the paper to him, “If you want your son safe, press your fingerprint on this.”
The earlier gentleness was completely gone, replaced by cold ruthlessness.
The man looked at the words on it, knew what pressing the fingerprint meant, and hesitated without reaching for it.
“Still hesitating? Then that hand is unnecessary too.”
Jiang Ruanxi took out a knife from somewhere and directly stabbed it into his hand.
The man, already beaten to the brink of death, had no strength to resist.
He cried out in pain.
Jiang Ruanxi smiled and twisted the knife in her hand, “Do you think if you don’t press it, the Empress will spare you? After so many years of working for her, you should know what kind of person she is.”
Fear flowed from the man’s eyes, but he remained silent.
“Looks like the other hand is unnecessary too. Just wonder if your six-year-old son will have to take on the responsibility of supporting the family if both hands are crippled.”
Jiang Ruanxi suddenly pulled out the knife and smilingly moved towards the other hand.
Thinking of this woman’s ruthlessness and then his own son, the man instinctively pulled his hand back and said loudly, “I’ll press it. I admit everything.”
Saying that, he pressed his fingerprint on it with his blood.
Jiang Ruanxi satisfiedly took the paper and turned towards Wei Chang.
The earlier viciousness instantly vanished, turning back into a carefree little girl, walking towards Wei Chang like seeking praise, “Husband, he confessed. Am I awesome?”
Wei Chang took the paper with the man’s fingerprint, looking at her indulgently, “You’re the most awesome.”
The man’s mouth twitched.
If he hadn’t just experienced the ruthlessness of this couple, he would really believe their current show of affection.
“Crown Prince, Crown Princess, someone from the palace has come, asking the Crown Prince to enter the palace immediately.”
