This time, Princess Linjiang tacitly acknowledged that everything he did was all for the purpose of sending Wei An and Shen Chen to their death. For this purpose, she was willing to implicate even the Linjiang Palace, without caring about the consequences at all.
Such a person is extremely obsessed with doing something.
If you fail, you may have to perish with her.
He was indeed heartbroken for his grandson, but besides his grandson, he also had his clan members.
Those clansmen were temporarily not implicated because he changed his name, but with just one word from Princess Linjiang, none of his clansmen would survive and all would be labeled traitors.
This is also the reason why he could hold back and not say a word to Wei An.
The mistake had been made, and if he hadn't succeeded he should accept revenge from his opponent.
But if the cost of revenge is too high, he is also a human being and there are prices he cannot afford.
If his grandson could die quickly and easily, he wouldn't be so heartbroken. After all, the child is too young and probably doesn't even know what death is.
But no matter how young a child is, he still knows pain. If Shen Chen Weian really did as Xie Liangcheng said and let those people cut the flesh of his grandson piece by piece... he would not be able to bear it. He felt unbearable pain just thinking of that scene.
But he knew that Xie Liangcheng could do it.
People who crawl out of hell are always much more terrifying and horrible than normal people.
In such a struggle, he asked that question, but he did not expect that Xie Liangcheng was also extremely cunning and negotiated such a tricky condition - he did not directly ask about the mastermind behind the scenes, nor did he ask for his testimony, but directly asked about the whereabouts of King Zheng.
If it weren't for their different positions, he would have been unable to help but applaud Xie Liangcheng's bargaining skills.
If King Zheng is found, firstly, the losses can be minimized. Princess Linjiang will no longer be able to frame him with the crime of treason. Secondly, once King Zheng is found, those officials in Dongchang Prefecture who took the lead in the rebellion will be implicated one by one and will be greatly affected.
From now on, Princess Linjiang might have no one available for the time being, and Chu Jingxing's last bit of enthusiasm has also dissipated.
At the same time, he felt terrible. Xie Liangcheng was certain that he was also related to the rebellion in Shandong, which meant that Wei An and Shen Chen had the same idea and knew that what happened in Shandong was caused by them.
They had already determined that it was Princess Linjiang, and did not need his testimony at all.
But they pretended not to know and did not react excessively at all.
Such thoughts are horrible.
He closed his eyes.
Xie Liangcheng knew that the time was almost up, so he sighed lightly: "If the Chief Secretary really doesn't want to talk anymore, then there's no need to talk. This place is nice, the government doesn't care, and you're already a dead man out there, no one will come to look for you, why not just let your little grandson accompany you?"
This means that they will die together.
Xue Changshi watched Xie Liangcheng turn around, and finally realized that it would be too late if he didn't say anything. Without thinking, he shouted to him, "Wait!"
Xie Liangcheng turned around and looked at him with a smile: "What's the matter? What else do you want to tell me?"
Xue Changshi held back his anger, and after thinking it over again and again, he finally couldn't hold back: "If I told you the whereabouts of the prince..."
"Then I can guarantee that the Xue family will have a descendant." Xie Liangcheng said confidently, his eyes were full of magnanimity: "The child is still young and has not yet established his character. As long as we teach him well, he will forget the past and will have a good future."
This is what Xue Changshi cares about most.
Sometimes when threatening someone, you can't always use force. You have to know that tempting him with something he desires is more likely to get him to take the bait.
Xie Liangcheng is well aware of this.
Xue Changshi really couldn't suppress his excitement.
He was ruined, and his son was finished, but if his grandson could survive and have a legitimate identity...
Their family's incense can be inherited...
This is really a bait that cannot be refused.
After hesitating for a long time, he said softly, "In the hands of Cao Ting in Dongchang Prefecture." After he said this, he had given up struggling and looked at Xie Liangcheng for a long time before saying, "I am telling the truth. I hope you can keep your word and let the child go..."
He has said everything he could say and done everything he could do. It is too late to regret now. He just hopes that Xie Liangcheng will keep his word and give his grandson a chance to live.
Xie Liangcheng was very satisfied.
He had long known that people like Xue Changshi would be reluctant to give up as long as there was a glimmer of hope.
Since his goal had been achieved, he didn't stay any longer and nodded lightly to Xue Changshi.
Xue Changshi stared at him as he left, then closed his eyes and did not respond for a long time.
Everyone in the Chu family is cruel.
If Princess Linjiang knew about his betrayal, there was no telling what kind of cruel thing she would do.
The Princess Linjiang, whom he was thinking about, was watching the maids arranging flowers, and from time to time she gave them advice on how to arrange them with a warm smile.
Nanny Qin quickly stepped forward and whispered to her that Chu Jingan had not returned to the backyard in the past few days. She smiled with some complacency: "What the princess said is right. I'm afraid that this matter will not be so easy to resolve in the Third Young Master's mind."
Of course it can't be finished.
When it comes to love, it's fine if you don't get involved, but once you get involved, it's not so easy to give up.
But that woman died in front of him in this way. He will probably never forget it in his life.
As long as he can't forget that girl, this incident will be like a knife that Concubine Yu has stabbed into his heart. No matter when, this incident will be an unhealable scar on his body, reminding him how cold-blooded, stubborn and self-willed his mother was.
It is time for Concubine Yu to taste the bitter fruit of her self-willed character, so that she will stop deciding other people's lives and deaths as carelessly as if she were strangling a kitten or a puppy to death.
She hummed, took the cloth off her hand, looked at her nails dyed bright red with Impatiens juice through the sunlight, blew gently, and then whispered to Nanny Qin: "It's almost done, write a letter and tell the prefect of Fuzhou. His daughter died for no reason, how can this be? After all, she was a daughter of an official family, and she died unclearly. Shouldn't he seek justice?"
Nanny Qin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded slightly.
The princess has really changed. She has become so patient and thinks ten steps ahead. With just Cui Yu, she has trapped Concubine Yu and Chu Jingan in an instant.
First, they alienated the mother and son, and now they want to use Cui Yu's last remaining value to make Chu Jing'an and Concubine Yu suffer in front of King Linjiang... (To be continued)