The maid's road to success

Chen Luoxi stood in the garden of the Fourth Prince's Mansion, listening to the voices inside, calmly as if these people had never had anything to do with him.

"Let's go, we have someone else to meet."

Zhushan has become more cautious recently and follows carefully behind. Zhuhai looks at Zhushan and curls his lips in disdain, causing Zhuchuan to slap him on the back of the head.

"You should learn from him. Zhushan is not good at martial arts, medicine or poison, and he is not even good at getting information. But do you know why he is our leader?"

Zhuhai rolled his eyes, feeling dissatisfied. What could it be? Just old.

"It's not a matter of age. It's because he is very perceptive and loyal. He can sense the master's mood. In the past, you were good at martial arts and the master needed you, so he allowed you to offend Zhushan repeatedly. Now that the master has regained his status, he needs experts around him. If you continue to be arrogant, you can only stay in Gongzhou."

Zhuhai was not convinced, and gradually pursed his lips as he watched Zhushan pay attention to Chen Luoxi's actions. He watched Zhushan push open the door first, bow and wait for Chen Luoxi to pass, and then lift up the messy branches for him, and before Chen Luoxi came to the carriage, he walked over first and asked the coachman to prepare the wooden steps.

Only then did he lower his proud head and follow quietly behind.

The group came all the way to the Heavenly Prison.

The ancestor and Bai's carriage were waiting at the gate of the prison early.

Seeing this, Chen Luoxi walked up to the carriage, helped the old ancestor out of the carriage, supported her inside, and turned his head to look behind.

Wen Niang was not there, and the old ancestor seemed to be deliberately preventing him from meeting Wen Niang. Whenever he went to Fu Shou Tang, Wen Niang would be sent away to do other things.

Thinking of this, Chen Luoxi couldn't help but darken his eyes. The old ancestor noticed his emotions and didn't say much.

She and Bai had discussed it and both thought that Wen Niang was a good child, but not a good match for Luo Xi. The two children had been dependent on each other for seven years and had gone through so many hardships together, so it was normal for them to have different feelings.

But in the future they will realize that their feelings cannot cope with everything. Now the two children have fewer opportunities to meet each other, and each is busy with their own things, so their feelings will fade.

The air in the sky prison was filled with the smell of decay and blood, and there were shrill screams everywhere. When a few people walked in the prison corridor, the prisoners would stretch out their arms and try to pull them away.

The appearance was truly horrifying. One of the prisoners had only half of his face returned, and then the other half of his face was peeled off. He limped to the prison door.

Fortunately, Zhushan was smart and stepped in front in time, preventing the man from catching Bai.

"This guy is quite clever."

When several people saw Zhushan's actions, they immediately stepped forward to protect the ancestor and Bai on the left and right, and everyone slowly walked to a cell at the back.

The black iron prison door was more solid than the previous ones, and through the bars one could see a person hanging inside.

Zhushan brought three stools from an interrogation room and took out two huge towels from his arms to spread them out. The old ancestor and Bai were helped to sit down.

Zhu Hai had been paying attention to Zhu Shan's performance since Zhu Chuan reminded him. He was stunned when he saw him take out a handkerchief and two small sachets from his arms like a magic trick.

"He, he, when did he prepare the handkerchief and sachet?"

Zhuchuan lowered his head and explained to him.

"It's in the master's carriage. When he said he was coming to the prison and meeting the old ancestor, he went to get it after the master got off the carriage."

Zhuhai nodded in sudden realization. No wonder his master liked to take Zhushan with him wherever he went ever since the abdication incident. At times like this, Zhushan was indeed more valued than himself.

"Thief, I should have strangled you to death in the prison long ago. You little bastard, how dare you hurt me."

Zhushan poured a basin of ice water on the hung man. The man shook twice due to the stimulation, and the iron chains rattled. When the man saw Chen Luoxi and the ancestors, he started cursing. It could be vaguely seen that it was Lord Cheng'en.

He was just tortured and looked as miserable as a bloody man.

"Unfortunately, you wanted me to see with my own eyes how you killed all the men in our mansion, so you gave me the opportunity to escape."

When this matter was mentioned, Lord Cheng'en went crazy. His arms, which were hung by iron chains, shook like crazy, and the iron rings on the wall also shook.

At that time, he took out the belt of Marquis Huaiyuan, tortured those people severely, and then strangled them to death one by one.

In order to make them suffer even more, he forced Chen Luoxi and the others to kneel on the ground and watch with their own eyes how he harvested the heads of the men in their mansion, until only Chen Luoxi was left, and he was called away by the Second Prince's men.

He had originally planned to deal with the last bloodline of Marquis Huaiyuan after he was done with his work, and he did so.

But two days ago, Prince Li specifically said that he did not kill Chen Luoxi at all. He only killed a substitute. The real Chen Luoxi escaped, and he transformed himself into An Zizhong and returned to Kyoto.

He asked Prince Li to investigate his corruption and buying and selling of official positions, and at the same time sent the remaining account books to the Emperor, leading the four princes to discover the Queen Mother's secrets, which led to the chaotic scene at the Mid-Autumn Banquet and stimulated Duke Cheng'en to force abdication.

Duke Cheng'en never expected that it was because of An Zizhong, such an inconspicuous person, who was actually the evildoer of Huaiyuan Marquis' Mansion. He had been planning revenge after escaping.

That day, if he had been a little quicker, he would have strangled the real Chen Luoxi to death, and all the things that happened later would not have happened.

He could then sideline the emperor and take his place as the master of Chen State.

He poisoned Zong Ge several times just to completely destroy the hope of Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion. In the past, Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion had always stepped on Cheng'en Duke. Although it was a marquisate, it was more noble than all the duke's mansions.

He and the old marquis have been rivals since then, and no matter how hard he tries, he cannot surpass the old marquis's reputation. At that moment, he decided to make the death of Huaiyuan Marquis as miserable as possible.

But he was delayed by the Second Prince for just a few hours, and all his plans for so many years became a waste. Things have changed, and now Duke Cheng'en has become a prisoner.

"To the victor goes the king, to the loser goes the bandit. You tried every possible means to see us kill each other and kneel down to beg for mercy. The men of my mansion are strong and unyielding, so I didn't fulfill your wish. Today, I can let you see the scene you have always wanted to see, but the person will be replaced by your children and grandchildren."

As soon as Chen Luoxi finished speaking, Zhushan had already walked to the torture room. When he came out, many prison guards carried seven or eight men out of the torture room.

They had just been tortured, and bright red blood left a long trail on the ground as they moved.

"Ah~ If you have anything to say, come to me. Your mansion has a family motto that says you should not hurt innocent people."

Chen Luoxi seemed to have heard something funny. After she stopped laughing, she pointed at a man with red eyes and said.

"He pinned my brother down and cut off his fingers."

Pointing to another person.

"He broke my uncle's leg bones and used his head as a polo ball."

"And he urinated on my father's head. He pressed my third uncle against the wall and raped him. Their hands are stained with the blood of my father, brothers and relatives. Are they innocent?"

Lord Cheng'en was crying and struggling to kneel down, but he couldn't do it because of the chains. He screamed at him to spare those people.

"You want me to spare them? I'm only going to give one person a chance, who should I give it to? Why don't you decide for yourselves? Whoever survives in the end will give you a chance to escape?"

Duke Cheng'en knew that he was plotting something sinister, and his purpose was to make his descendants kill each other. He screamed at those people not to listen, not to listen.

However, the desire to survive had long since corroded their minds. They pulled out machetes from the officers' waists and swung them at their brothers and uncles.

Lord Cheng'en struggled even more violently, the iron chains rattled and shook off the cracked wall.

"How was it? Was it exciting? You always wanted to see this scene, and now I have satisfied you."

When the last man was standing staggering in the prison, Chen Luoxi looked at Lord Cheng En, who was terrifyingly calm.

Lord Cheng'en kept saying, "You are a lunatic, you are a lunatic."

But no one listened to him. Seeing that no one cared about him, the man remembered what Chen Luoxi had said just now, that the person who survived to the end would be given a chance to escape, so he immediately ran away.

Before he could run out of the long and narrow passage, Zhuchuan shot an arrow through his calf, and then another arrow shot through the other leg.

"It's a shame. I gave him a chance and he didn't get out."

Lord Cheng'en kept roaring like a madman, and the sound was so loud that the old ancestor and Mrs. Bai couldn't help but frown and cover their ears.

"You can't stand this. It's not even one tenth of what you did to my father and brother. I tell you, I won't make the same mistake as you. The Cheng'en Mansion will execute all nine clans. I will kill all the males in your lineage, then cut them into pieces and feed their bones to the dogs, ending their reincarnation path."

Duke Cheng'en was so irritated that he kept roaring. His voice was already hoarse, but he was still struggling and roaring frantically.

After seeing the look on Lord Cheng'en's face, the old ancestor stood up and left with Bai. When Chen Luoxi saw the old ancestor and the others leaving, he slowly walked to the side of Lord Cheng'en and said in a low voice.

"Don't even think about pretending to be crazy. I had someone kill your illegitimate son who was raised in the south thirty years ago. Do you know how he died? Just like you strangled my eldest brother, slowly strangled to death. When the head fell off, the neck was deformed. I had someone chop your son into pieces. The meat porridge you were fed a few days ago must have tasted pretty good, right?"

Duke Cheng'en's eyes widened angrily, almost bursting, but he could not utter a word and kept retching. Chen Luoxi took a look at Duke Cheng'en's appearance, turned his head and said to the officer beside him.

"Don't let him die too early. Show your best skills and serve the Duke well. If you do well, I will reward you."

Chen Luoxi was no longer interested in delaying here. The sound of the whip and the branding iron burning his skin behind him had no effect on him. Zhuhai looked at Zhushan following respectfully behind him, swallowed his saliva, shrank his neck, and followed quietly and respectfully behind.

The next day, Prince Li issued an edict.

"Duke Cheng'en forced the emperor to abdicate and plotted treason. All nine clans shall be executed. The principal offender shall be executed immediately, and the rest of his relatives shall be executed in the autumn."

Wang asked the ancestor why they had to be executed after the autumn. What if someone escaped and sought revenge on us in the future?

At that time, the ancestor just said one sentence.

"The people in Huaiyuan Marquis' Mansion died tragically. We can't let them die too easily."

After Wang figured out the old ancestor's intentions, she became more respectful to the old ancestor and Bai's Chen Luoxi, and never showed any disobedience again.

It was only a few days later that the Bai family found out that Chen Luoxi had already fed those people cartilage powder on the first day of their detention. They would be tortured until autumn before they would have a quick death.