First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

When Wei Zhong said this, his eyes became bloodshot.

"The Duke is such a strong man, but he bit his lips with hatred when he saw his son being treated like this!" Wei Zhong was completely unable to chop wood anymore and kept wiping his tears with his sleeves.

Su Jixiang felt uncomfortable after hearing this.

When she first met Wei Ling, even though he looked disheveled, he was still radiant, like a bright pearl.

So Su Jixiang could imagine how indignant and sad Wei Ling's father must have felt when he saw his precious child being tortured right in front of him.

"What about Wei Ling?" Even though Su Jixiang knew that Wei Ling had passed that level, he still couldn't help but ask.

"Although the prince had little experience at that time, he was still as tough as the old Duke! His legs were almost smashed to pieces by a hammer, but he still gritted his teeth and didn't even make a sound." Wei Zhong wiped his tears and continued, "There was a dog official in the Dali Temple who wanted to flatter the dog emperor. Seeing that the Duke and his son were both such tough guys, he came up with a dirty trick. He asked someone to bring the lady from the women's prison and let the lady watch them torture the prince. They had already broken the prince's legs, and then immersed the prince in cold water in the cold winter. When the prince was about to suffocate, they hung him up and beat him. After several repetitions, the prince was almost tortured to death. The lady really couldn't bear it anymore and begged the Duke."

Su Jixiang felt as if his heart was blocked.

Wei Ling's cold syndrome might have started from that time.

"What happened next?" Su Jixiang asked again.

"Later, the Duke knew that if he refused to give in, the Crown Prince would be tortured to death. We were at the mercy of others, and we were all locked up in prison, and sooner or later we would be tortured to death. If he was willing to plead guilty, perhaps he could negotiate a condition, so the Duke sent someone to tell that dog emperor." Wei Zhong said, "The Duke used the two red-lettered iron certificates of the Wei family to exchange for the lives of the Crown Prince and the young master, and he pleaded guilty. At that time, because the Duke's wife was the niece of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager interceded for them, and the death penalty was spared for the women of the Wei family. However, except for the Crown Prince and the young master born to the eldest son and the eldest mistress, all the male members of the Wei family were given poisoned wine, and the old Duke who pleaded guilty was sentenced to death by slicing."

Su Jixiang was stunned. "Didn't he say that His Majesty only dealt with the old Duke? The others were just exiled." This was the version she heard in the palace.

"Of course that damn emperor said that to the outside world!" Wei Zhong said angrily, "He knows the principle of cutting the grass at its roots! How could he let the Wei family go! In those days, except for the prince and the young master, all the other male members of the Wei family, including the male members of the collateral branches, were given poisoned wine, and all the female members were exiled. He was also afraid that someone would pick up the Wei family members after they arrived in Mangcheng, so he devised all kinds of tricks on the way! All kinds of overt and covert ways to kill the Wei family members."

"The general's legs were broken at the time, so he was definitely not alive. How did everyone avoid these overt and covert assassinations?" Su Jixiang asked curiously.

"Madam, the eldest and second young ladies have both learned martial arts under the influence of their husbands." Wei Zhong said, "At that time, Madam used a cart to pull the prince all the way to Mangcheng step by step. When they encountered a rugged mountain road, they could only carry the prince on their backs first and then move the cart over. The eldest young lady held the grandson, and the second young lady protected the other female relatives. Thanks to these three and several loyal servants in the family, everyone successfully arrived near Mangcheng, and the prince's legs gradually got better. Madam's family secretly provided a lot of financial support, including money and medicine. Originally, everyone thought that when they arrived in Mangcheng, the old subordinates of the Duke would meet them, and life would be a little better. Who knew that someone in Mangcheng had already made arrangements in advance. Yesterday, in the valley where Madam found the prince, the people of Mangcheng sent away the officials and tricked the ladies there, preparing to catch them all in one fell swoop."

Su Jixiang... No wonder the sunny slope of the valley is the burial place of the ladies of the Wei family.

"The old duke's former subordinates also came over, and happened to encounter the women of the Wei family who were fighting with that group of people." Wei Zhong continued, "But at that time, the ladies were already at the end of their strength, and the prince was also seriously injured. Young Master Sun died under the sword of the thieves. When the duke's former subordinates came over, almost all the women had been killed. I was still alive at the time, but I was also stabbed many times and had almost no ability to resist. The same was true for the surviving ladies. The people who came to rescue us fought with the thieves, and the thieves also called for help. Both sides fought to the death. In the end, they protected the ladies and the prince. But when everyone thought that everything was over, one of the thieves pretended to be dead and wanted to shoot the prince with a hidden weapon. It was the lady who discovered the clue and rushed over to block the hidden weapon regardless of everything, thus saving the prince's life."

Su Jixiang sighed.

It seemed that she could somewhat understand why Wei Ling didn't want to live...

His only purpose in life was to kill Emperor Jing... His life was bought by his parents with a red seal and iron certificate and by sacrificing other members of the Wei family, and it was also bought by his own mother's life...

"So the person was buried on the spot at that time?" Su Jixiang asked.

"Where did you dare to bury him at that time?" Wei Zhong said, "If the dog emperor knew that the Duke's Mansion still had old subordinates in Mangcheng, it would be terrible! This old subordinate was originally hiding in the dark. The prince made a bold decision, which was to take the evidence left by the thieves and the documents found on their bodies to find the governor of Mangcheng at that time. I don't know how he forced the governor of Mangcheng to admit his identity and enter the mine. The governor and the dog emperor reported the news that our prince was seriously injured and had become a disabled person, and was thrown into the mine, where he was in danger every day and was under the strict supervision of the governor. This was considered to have calmed the dog emperor's thoughts of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots. The dog emperor thought that since the prince was already a disabled person and was in the mine in Mangshan, he would die in a few days... He also knew that the rest of the people in the Duke's Mansion were gone, and a disabled person could not cause any trouble. So the prince survived in the mine in Mangcheng..."

Su Jixiang sighed when he heard this. So that's what happened. It must be said that Wei Ling was very courageous and dared to take the risk.

But he was already in that situation, where was safe for him? In order not to expose Mangcheng's old subordinates and to save his own life, this was his best choice. Although I don't know how Wei Ling forced Mangcheng to raise his hand to help him, it can be regarded as a desperate situation to survive!