Only at this moment did Xiao Changying understand the reason why Xiao Huayong released him and needed him to be a witness. When he learned that this was Shen Xihe's question, he couldn't help but look at Shen Xihe. At this moment, he felt that Shen Xihe knew everything. They had agreed to do this and were trying to trample on His Majesty's face.
"Have you seen Qilang in the past few days? What happened? Tell me in detail." Emperor Youning ordered.
Xiao Changying lowered his eyes. He suddenly felt a little bored. He knew that those people were his majesty's men. His majesty knew everything, but they were putting on a show in front of him. He had no resentment or disgust. Although he was not an emperor, he could understand the helplessness and thoughts of the emperor. For someone like Xiao Huayong, it would be fine if he had no doubts. But once he did, it would be reasonable to use all means to test it out clearly.
He just felt that being born in an imperial family, the open and secret struggles between father and son were even more terrifying than their old enemies, which was a bit sad.
The emotion flashed by, and Xiao Changying quickly sorted it out. He bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, I was captured with the prince, and was originally locked in a cave. Last night, a group of people came to rescue me and the prince, but they wanted to kill me and the prince. During the fight between the two parties, I and the prince broke free and fled to the reeds. I lost sight of the prince, so I quickly escaped..."
Xiao Changying gave a general account of what happened, and apart from the role Xiao Huayong played, he was almost telling the truth.
He was not defending Xiao Huayong, nor was he covering up for Xiao Huayong. It was just that Xiao Huayong was too weird and scary. Since he released him openly, he must have made full preparations. Even if he turned Xiao Huayong over, he might not get any benefits. He needed evidence.
He thought of what happened in the cave, when Xiao Huayong said he would become His Majesty's scapegoat if he did anything bad to the Crown Prince. Who knew that now that he had given Xiao Huayong up without any evidence, when Xiao Huayong came back, would he come up with some bizarre evidence and make him the mastermind of this incident
In that case, he might as well stay out of it from the beginning.
Not to mention…
Xiao Changying glanced at Shen Xihe imperceptibly. He didn't want to help Xiao Huayong, nor did he want to be her enemy, but they would be husband and wife.
Even though he knew that she didn't need his help and wouldn't appreciate his kindness at all.
"Which of these two groups kidnapped you and the prince?" Emperor Youning asked again.
Xiao Changying naturally answered truthfully. His Majesty came to ask him with the answer in mind. If he told a lie, His Majesty would be the first to suspect him. This was the source of Xiao Huayong's confidence.
Why would he lie? To cover up for the people who kidnapped him? Would Your Majesty suspect that he knew the origins of these people? Would Your Majesty want others to know that he has a private army? Of course not.
If Xiao Changying dares to tell lies, he will surely dig his own grave.
"So, His Royal Highness was abducted by people of unknown origin? And... Prince Jiachen's people went to silence them." After Shen Xihe finished speaking, he asked, "Have these people asked His Royal Highness and His Royal Highness questions? Does His Royal Highness have any guesses about where they came from?"
Xiao Changying raised her eyes and looked deeply at Shen Xihe: "No."