Of the five imperial edicts, Xie Yuantang was only interested in the last one.

"Xie Zhaoqing will be executed, and the Xie family will be exiled!"

Xie Yuantang stroked her chin with her small hand and looked up at Situ Yan: "Husband, who is responsible for this matter?"

Situ Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, not surprised that she asked about this matter, and slightly curled the corners of his lips and said, "Dali Temple, but Hong Sen of Dali Temple and Shen Zhao, the Minister of War, are good friends, and Shen Zhao's son Shen Cen and the daughter of the Hong family have been engaged for a long time."

Xie Yuantang reacted quickly: "So they all support the second prince?"

Situ Yan nodded, and held down her fingers that were trying to secretly eat the dried meat with his big hand: "You can only eat meat after a few days. I have asked, I will give you poisoned wine tonight and exile you tomorrow morning."

Xie Yuantang retracted his hand, licked the meaty taste on his fingertips unwillingly, sniffed and said, "If I can't eat meat, Big Brother Tang will be in a bad mood! When I'm in a bad mood, I have to find something to do!"

She stared at Situ Yan with her big eyes: "Husband, do you understand?"

Situ Yan chuckled and said, "Being in a bad mood is indeed a big deal. I think my second brother will be happy to help. I have already made an appointment with him to meet in Tianlao at 10:00 tonight."

Xie Yuantang smiled, pinched some dried meat with her little hands and stuffed it into his mouth: "My husband is really capable! I'll give you some as a reward!"

Then, taking advantage of his moment of shock, she quickly pinched a piece and threw it into her mouth!

……

Night, inside the prison.

Situ Ran looked at Situ Yan and Xie Yuantang who walked in so blatantly, and stamped his feet in anger: "Can't you two stay away? If someone sees us, they will think I'm an accomplice!"

Situ Yan raised his hand and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, you are the one."

Situ Ran snorted, fortunately he had replaced the people with his own a long time ago.

Xie Yuantang pointed at her and Situ Yan's nightgowns and said, "Second brother, we are all dressed like this, why don't you ask us to stay away?"

Situ Ran snorted unhappily: "Just by looking at your childish clothes, the whole capital can guess that you are Xie Yuantang!"

Xie Yuantang shrugged his shoulders, stepped on his calves and looked curiously at the bottle of poisoned wine on the tray on the table. He wanted to smell it as soon as he opened it. Shen Cen immediately said, "Little Princess, be careful. The wine is highly poisonous."

Hong Sen said in a deep voice: "In fact, why would the little princess have to do this? With this poisoned wine, Xie Zhaoqing will die tonight."

Xie Yuantang curled his lips coldly: "That won't do. He is my good father after all. I have to come and see him off before he dies."

Situ Ran rolled his eyes, thinking that he would send Xie Zhaoqing directly to hell!

Situ Yan looked at him and said, "Give me the poisoned wine, and you don't have to go in."

Hong Sen frowned slightly and was about to speak, but Situ Ran stopped him with a look and said to Situ Yan and Xie Yuantang: "Xie Zhaoqing is going to die anyway, you can do whatever you want, but Old Lady Xie and Xie Xueyao will be exiled tomorrow, so don't kill them, I will be embarrassed to explain."

Xie Yuantang raised her hand and said, "I understand. I'll kill him after tomorrow."

Situ Ran: “…” It’s fine if you insist on understanding it that way.

Situ Yan carried the poisoned wine and walked in holding Xie Yuantang's hand with his other hand, and Shen Cen led the way for them.

Hun Sen stayed outside and asked in a low voice, "Second Prince, will this leave any evidence?"

Situ Ran smiled and said, "Master Hong, don't you find it strange? If this is the first time for the two of them to come to this place, how can they be so familiar with every turn?"

Hun Sen was stunned.

Situ Ran shook his head and sighed, "They were going to come tonight anyway. Whether you or I knew it or not, we couldn't stop them. Fifth brother, you told me, which was a sign of friendship. I'm just going with the flow and giving them a handicap, which is also a handicap for myself."

Hun Sen's hard face was very cold. He paused and said depressedly: "I will order the patrol shifts to be re-adjusted, and more people will be assigned to guard. No one will be allowed to break in again in the future."

Situ Ran put his hands behind his back and chuckled, "Some people can't be defended, but that doesn't stop you from continuing to work hard. Come on! I'm rooting for you!"

Hun Sen: “…”

-

Shen Cen is in his twenties, a handsome young man. He had been following Situ Ran during the last Qiuwu competition, so he was a little more familiar with Situ Yan and Xie Yuantang than Hong Sen. At this moment, he lowered his voice as he walked:

"Fifth Prince, Little Princess, Xie Zhaoqing is a serious criminal. The place where he lives is far away from other cells, and the soundproofing effect is very good."

"The bucket next to it is the new one I replaced, and the rubber whip inside is also soaked."

"Ah, and the iron is kept burning, and the clamps are ready."

Xie Yuantang's mouth twitched slightly, his eyelashes blinked twice, and he looked up at him: "You said that as if I came here on purpose to torture my father. I'm obviously here to see him off."

Shen Cen suppressed his laughter and said respectfully, "Yes, yes, yes. I just thought that since the little imperial concubine and His Highness had come here with great difficulty, they probably had never seen things like the Heavenly Prison, so I specially brought them out for you to take a look at."

Situ Yan glanced at Shen Cen, nodded and said, "It seems that you have become more tactful after the competition. Has the Minister given you extra lessons?"

Shen Cen's smile froze. When he was glanced at by Situ Yan's peach blossom eyes, he felt as if everything in his mind had been seen through. He scratched his head in a naive manner and said:

"My father didn't say anything. As for tutoring... I'll learn more from the little imperial concubine."

Xie Yuantang stumbled. She didn't expect that this person was "taught" by herself. She asked with a smile: "Then do you want to pay me tuition?"

Shen Cen responded with an honest and simple expression: "Isn't that everything I prepared for tonight?"

Xie Yuantang sighed, he became smart so quickly, it’s not fun, not as good as Hao Ren!

Shen Cen looked down at Xie Yuantang's back, a smile flashing in his eyes.

The seven days of experience in the Qiuwu Competition completely overturned the education Shen Cen had received for more than 20 years. He was diligent and honest, but he found that when the little imperial concubine made a move, the princes and princesses all followed suit! A good competition was also turned into a grand event!

From then on, Shen Cen understood!

People should not be too honest. They should be smart when it is time to be smart!

Shen Cen sent the people to the place and withdrew without waiting for Situ Yan's orders. He stood guard at a position not too far away, ensuring that they could not hear or see him, while also being able to keep watch for them.

In the cell, Xie Zhaoqing was stunned when he saw Xie Yuantang and Situ Yan suddenly appear. He rushed over and said, "Yuantang, Yuantang, please save Dad!"

"Dad knows he was wrong. I will listen to you from now on and make up for the fatherly love you missed, okay?"

Xie Yuantang looked at him, smiled and nodded: "Okay, today is worse than tomorrow, why don't you compensate me now, Daddy!"

Xie Zhaoqing was stunned by the smile on her face and asked subconsciously: "What, what do you mean?"

Xie Yuantang curled the corners of his lips, opened the cell door and walked in. Halfway through, he turned back and said to Situ Yan, "Husband, you should go out for a while too."

Situ Yan's eyes flickered: "Isn't it okay for me to stay and help you?"

After all, the whip and the branding iron are quite heavy.

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