In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

Commander Zuo walked to the imperial study with a solemn look, his steps steady and powerful. In his hand he tightly grasped a stack of papers, which were important evidence just obtained from the interrogation room - the confession.

After receiving the emperor's summons, Commander Zuo entered the study. He walked respectfully before the emperor and carefully placed the confession on the emperor's dragon table.

Then he stepped back, bowed deeply, and said in a low and serious voice: "Your Majesty, they have all confessed. Here are their confessions. Please take a look."

The emperor's eyes widened and his expression instantly turned gloomy. He reached out and quickly picked up the confession, his eyes scanning the densely written words on the paper.

As he read deeper, the emperor's anger gradually accumulated, and finally burst out. He slammed the table and cursed: "Damn you! How dare you do such a treasonous thing!" Every word in the confession made the emperor tremble with anger. He couldn't believe that his son would murder his relatives.

The confession detailed the crimes of the third prince, including treason and usurpation of the throne, etc. Each of them was like a sharp knife, piercing the emperor's heart.

The emperor looked at the confession in disbelief, with endless disappointment and pain in his heart. One paragraph in particular caught his attention: "For two years, the third prince has been trying to marry Qi Lu's daughter, trying to use Qi Lu's military power to realize his ambition of treason and ascend to the throne..." These words made the emperor feel a little scared. If he hadn't discovered it in time, the consequences would be disastrous.

The emperor secretly felt lucky that Qi Lu had never agreed to this marriage. Otherwise, with the help of the Qi family outside and Prime Minister Pei inside, it would be extremely easy for the third prince to ascend to the throne.

This means that as long as the marriage goes through, the emperor and the prince’s entire family will die at the hands of the third prince.

The emperor thought sinisterly: "Since you don't care about the feelings between father and son and brothers, I don't need to care about the feelings between flesh and blood." His heart was filled with disappointment and anger, and he decided not to show mercy to the third prince.

The emperor handed the confession to Zuo Tongling and instructed: "Destroy it and don't let the civil and military officials know about it." He knew that once this confession was made public, it would cause an uproar in the court and might even lead to civil unrest. Therefore, he had to take decisive measures to ensure that the news was not leaked.

Commander Zuo respectfully took the confession with both hands and said that he would act according to the emperor's will. He knew that this matter was of great importance and dared not neglect it in the slightest. Commander Zuo decided to destroy the confession immediately in front of the emperor to ensure that its contents would never be known to others and he would be safe.

He asked Eunuch Guangfu to send someone to bring a brazier, and burn the confession in front of the emperor outside the imperial study.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction.

Zuo Xing does things to make him feel at ease.

The emperor thought for a while and issued two oral orders: "The head guard of the Third Prince's mansion and the guards around the Third Prince are so bold and reckless that they committed illegal acts behind their master's back. They are sentenced to death by slicing."

"The Third Prince was instigated by the guards to embezzle one million taels of military pay. He was stripped of his title, demoted to a commoner, and sentenced to death."

When all the civil and military officials in the court learned the contents of the imperial edict, they were shocked. How could it be possible for a prince to embezzle one million taels of military pay?

At worst, we can just refund the money and then imprison the person.

Why would the decree to sentence the prince to death be so serious?

The civil servant ran to ask the prime minister, "What did the third prince do wrong?"

The Prime Minister glanced at them and advised, "It's better if you don't know."

A brave military officer went to ask Commander Zuo, and the answer was, "If you don't want to die, stay out of other people's business."

Qi Lu and his son returned home with smiles on their faces.

Qi Ze quietly told his family, "The third prince will be sentenced to death tomorrow."

"Five of his guards have been implicated and will be executed tomorrow!"

Pei clasped her hands together, feeling relieved, "He finally got his comeuppance."

When Qi Wan heard that the Third Prince was going to be sentenced to death, she narrowed her eyes slightly and thought to herself, "How could I let you die so comfortably?"

"In your previous life, you slaughtered the entire family of the first and second branches of my Qi Mansion, and you let me die from arrows piercing my heart. I will make sure you die from being cut into pieces."

That night, Qi Wan learned from Wu Yi, "Master, I have heard that the Third Prince's guards will be executed tomorrow morning, and the Third Prince will be executed in the evening."

When no one was around in the middle of the night, Qi Wan turned the rosary, flashed into the space, and went up to the fifth floor.

She took a few things from inside and changed into a black robe, covering herself from head to toe.

She turned her rosary beads and said, "Go to the dungeon to meet the Third Prince."

With a whistling sound, she appeared in the dungeon. The third prince was lying on the door panel with his eyes open in a daze. Suddenly, he saw a man in black appear in front of him. He was so scared that his eyes widened like bells and he opened his mouth to call for help.

Qi Wan quickly stepped forward and stabbed his temple with a needle.

The third prince could neither move nor speak. Not only was he paralyzed, he was also mute.

She smiled coldly and took out a black cloth bag containing a lump of iron.

The third prince did not understand the purpose of the man in black and stared at him with murderous eyes.

Qi Wan raised the black cloth bag and smashed it down on the Third Prince's face.

In a blink of an eye, the third prince's head was bleeding and his face was bruised and swollen.

The third prince was beaten half to death. He could not move or scream, and his eyes were filled with fear and pleading.

He suffered severe head injuries, unbearable pain and buzzing in his ears.

He seemed to hear the other party say:

"You let me be shot to death by arrows, I will let you be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts."

Qi Wan smiled coldly and swung his hand hard on his forehead. The third prince's eyes went dark and he passed out.

Qi Wan stopped beating the Third Prince when he saw that he was beaten beyond recognition and no one could recognize his original identity.

She turned her rosary beads and silently chanted, "Swap the Third Prince with Gou Fa."

In an instant, the third prince was moved to the big cell and lay on the haystack next to the dung bucket.

He was awakened by the stench, his whole body unable to move except his eyes. He was unable to speak, and hoped that someone would find him and save him in the morning.

Until this moment, he still couldn't figure out the purpose of the man in black risking his life to come to the dungeon.

Gou Fa was moved to a small house and looked at the man in black in front of him in horror.

The man stepped forward and stabbed Gou Fa with a needle. Gou Fa closed his eyes in fear of the pain.

The man in black whispered in his ear: "You will be executed by slow slicing tomorrow."

The voice was deep and it was hard to tell whether it was a man or a woman.

Gou Fa was so frightened that his whole body trembled, his hair stood on end, and he wanted to open his mouth to beg for mercy.

"Now that you have been swapped with the Third Prince, you will just drink poison and die."

"No, no..." Gou Fa shook his head repeatedly in fear.

He could only utter the word "no", which was exactly the effect Qi Wan wanted.

If the Third Prince didn't say a word while drinking the medicine, it would easily arouse suspicion.

Qi Wan said calmly: "There is no other way. You must die because of the Third Prince's involvement, or your whole family will die too."

Qi Wan had no sympathy at all for the Third Prince's subordinates, as they had done many bad things for the Third Prince.

In her previous life, it was these guards who killed her entire family.

It's just that she didn't remember who shot her.

Gou Fa thought of his family and closed his eyes in despair.

Qi Wan lowered her voice and said to him, "If you drink the poison tomorrow night, I will give your family some money."

"If you don't agree, I will poison you immediately, and at most people will think that the third prince committed suicide out of fear of punishment."

He felt a little relieved in his heart. It was either death or death. Compared with being tortured to death, dying by drinking poison was naturally the best outcome.

After Gou Fa figured it out, he nodded in horror and reluctantly accepted the deal.

He had no choice but to accept it. The man in front of him was able to come to the dungeon and exchange him with the third prince. He also had the ability to make his entire family suffer.

It would be better if he died alone, but don't let his parents, wife and children be implicated.

Seeing that Gou Fa agreed, Qi Wan put away the poison needle, turned the beads, returned to the space, took off his clothes, and then went to bed to fall asleep peacefully.