Long Live the Empress

After Yue Jinghao left, Wang and his men went to investigate overnight, but they found nothing and had to detain Yan Chun in secret.

Yan Liyuan also wondered how a girl could know such a secret. Could it be that she made up this story in order to save someone?

This idea made Yan Liyuan furious, and he ordered Wang Yi to use any means to pry open Yan Chun's mouth!

Another day and night passed, and Wang Yi knelt before Yan Liyuan to plead guilty, "Master, I am incompetent. Yan Chun insisted that he was not a traitor even after being tortured. Could it be that... the information provided by the young lady was wrong?"

Yan Liyuan tapped the table with his fingers, "Then let her confront Yan Chun face to face!"

As soon as Wang Yi received the order, he rode away on his horse.

When the doorman informed Yue Hanwen that the guards from the Ninth Prince's Mansion were looking for the eldest lady, his legs went weak. He immediately asked the servants to call Yue Jinghao.

In front of Wang Yi, Yue Hanwen did not have the aura of a top official of the dynasty at all. Instead, he acted like a lackey. "I wonder what the Ninth Prince wants from me?"

Wang Yiben was already frustrated in the interrogation of Yan Chun, and seeing Yue Hanwen acting like a weakling, he felt even more upset, "Of course it's a matter of life and death!"

Yue Hanwen fell down on the chair with a plop. After a long while, he trembled and bowed to Wang Yi. "Please be clear, Your Highness. Whatever that little beast did has nothing to do with the Prime Minister's Mansion. If Your Highness wants to kill him or chop him up, I have no complaints!"

Yue Jinghao heard Yue Hanwen's words when she entered the room, and her already dead heart became even colder...

Wang Yi also looked at Yue Hanwen in shock. He didn't even ask what happened and just pushed his daughter out to die?

"Guard Wang, let's go!" Yue Jinghao was still so calm, as if she didn't hear what was said.

Wang Yi suddenly felt a little sympathetic towards Yue Jinghao. It would be better if she didn't have a father like that...

When Yue Hanwen saw them leave, he hurried to find the old lady.

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Wang Yi took Yue Jinghao directly to the dark cell.

The dark cell was filled with the smell of blood, bloody flesh was hanging on the wall, and the horrifying torture instruments filled the entire long table...

Wang Yi secretly looked at Yue Jinghao, trying to see a hint of fear on her face, but he was disappointed...

Unexpectedly, Yan Liyuan was sitting in front of the hall, looking at Yan Chun lying on the ground covered in blood.

"I've seen the Nine Thousand Year Old!"

"Let me see what you are capable of!" Yan Liyuan went straight to the point. He actually wanted to know whether what Yue Jinghao said was true or whether she lied to him in order to save that man!

"Yes." Yue Jinghao walked up to the bloody man and looked at his face carefully. Yes, it was Yan Chun! "Nanhai Fishing Village..."

Yue Jinghao only said four words softly, and Yan Chun, who was as dead as a man, trembled.

"There are no adult men in that village. All the women raise their children alone. One of them is called Wan Niang. She has three lovely children. They are named..."

"Don't say anymore, please don't say anymore..." Yan Chun, whose mouth could not be pried open even after being tortured, now begged Yue Jinghao.

"Do you know why the Ninth Prince, who controls everything about you, has been reluctant to touch that village? It's because he admires General Yan! It's because of the loyalty and perseverance of those 20,000 elite soldiers that the Ninth Prince showed them mercy."

Yan Chun looked at Yan Liyuan in disbelief. They all said that the Ninth Prince was cruel and merciless, but why did he let their wives and children go? Could it be that, as this young lady said, the Ninth Prince would let them go?

"Before his death, your master gave you a jade pendant, and asked you to use it to mobilize the remaining soldiers and horses to avenge him! And the reason you are so loyal to him is because he saved Wan Niang... You were just a small guard captain back then, why was Wan Niang assassinated? It was because your master wanted to control you... The other 20,000 people also received favors from that man to some extent. Your experiences are so similar, have you never thought about the reason?"

"Only one person knows these things, and that's me! Who are you?" Yan Chun stared at Yue Jinghao with bloodshot eyes. He couldn't believe that his persistence for the past twenty years was all a conspiracy.

"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is... whether you want to be buried with that man, or submit to Jiu Qiansui and enjoy the happiness of family life with your wife and daughter..."

Yan Chun buried his head deeply in the ground and cried bitterly... for himself and for the 20,000 brothers... for how they had been foolishly deceived for 20 years...

Yue Jinghao and Yan Liyuan left the prison together. The moment she saw the sunlight, Yue Jinghao thought of her past life. Wasn't she also a tool being used?

Yan Liyuan looked at Yue Jinghao like this. She seemed to have never really shown any other expression. She was always so calm and disguised so perfectly. "Who are you?"

Yue Jinghao heard Yan Liyuan ask her the same question and sneered, "Who do you think I am, Nine Thousand Year Old?"