Princess Promotion

In the chilly atmosphere of the dungeon, Elder Xiao stood in front of An Tian, his brows furrowed, his thoughts like surging waves, trying to capture fragments of the truth in An Tian's words.

Suddenly, the sound of hurried footsteps broke the silence, and a jailer rushed in panting, his face full of tension.

"Sir, someone is coming!" The jailer's voice was low and urgent.

Elder Xiao's eyes suddenly became sharp. He knew that he must not reveal his whereabouts at this moment.

The jailer led him to a cell on the right.

The cell was empty, with heavy iron chains hanging from the walls and a thin layer of straw on the floor.

The jailer quickly closed the cell door, leaving a gap so that he could observe what was happening outside.

An Tian naturally also heard the jailer say that someone else was coming, and now she couldn't help but want to curse.

Why did all of them rush to her? Didn't any of them want to ask Meng Fan who was also imprisoned in the prison?

No matter how much An Tian complained, she could only lie back on the straw mat, which was still comfortable.

Now Fu Hongxuan and others are watching on the left, and Elder Xiao is listening on the right.

She was the only woman in the women's prison. There were men on both sides of her, and she was the only prisoner.

At this moment, An Tian felt like a monkey performing acrobatics on the street, one show after another.

It never ends, she is really a little tired.

At this moment, Li Jinglong appeared at the other end of the dungeon.

His eyes scanned the dungeon, as if observing something.

Elder Xiao held his breath and watched Li Jinglong's every move through the crack in the prison door.

Fu Hongxuan and the others were also confused by the series of unexpected events that happened today.

This prison is really bustling.

Li Jinglong walked to the cell where An Tian was and stopped.

His eyes were cold, as if he was examining an insignificant prisoner.

"Do you have anything else to say?" Li Jinglong's voice was cold and without any emotion.

An Tian gritted his teeth, his voice firm: "I've already said that this is all my fault."

An Tian repeated to Li Jinglong what she had just confessed to Lord Xiao.

Li Jinglong sneered, turned and left, seemingly dissatisfied with An Tian's answer.

An Tian looked at Li Jinglong with a face full of question marks?

Why isn't this person here?

He had already heard it once when he was torturing himself, so why did he suddenly come over and ask again?

An Tian saw that Li Jinglong's eyes suddenly became sharp. He first glanced in the direction of Fu Hongxuan's cell, as if looking for something.

However, when Li Jinglong walked around, he found that it was empty and everything seemed normal.

Li Jinglong didn't find anything unusual, so he turned and left the cell, walking towards another cell to An Tian's right.

Li Jinglong walked to the cell and without hesitation lifted the straw curtain piled in the corner.

Amidst the flying straw, a figure emerged - it was Elder Xiao who was hunching over and trying to hide himself.

This scene was undoubtedly extremely embarrassing. A trace of panic flashed across Lord Xiao's face, but he quickly regained his composure.

Li Jinglong's lips curled up into a cold smile, and his tone was filled with sarcasm: "Mr. Xiao, why didn't you tell me before you came?"

Elder Xiao coughed lightly, dusted himself off, and slowly stood up.

After all, he was a thick-skinned man who had been tempered in the court. Elder Xiao pretended to be nonchalant and said, "I see you didn't confess under duress."

Upon hearing this, Li Jinglong's sneer deepened. He asked, "So, in Lord Xiao's eyes, I am so despicable?"

Elder Xiao was silent for a while. Since he had been discovered, it would be redundant to say anything, so he simply nodded in acknowledgment.

Just tell me what you can do to me.

The atmosphere between the two of them suddenly became tense. An Tian watched quietly from the side, but her heart was in turmoil.

To be honest, people who were unaware of what was happening would think that Li Jinglong was catching someone cheating.

Fortunately, Fu Hongxuan and the others were not discovered, otherwise the scene would be so beautiful that she couldn't even imagine it.

I don’t know where they are hiding?

At this moment, Li Yinhan was hanging upside down on the beam with a food box in his mouth and sweat all over his forehead, while Fu Hongxuan and Li Yi were also clinging to the beam.

The night was dark, and the moonlight shone through the half-open window onto Yu Zhijian's desk, creating a mottled patch of light and shadow.

He sat alone in the study, holding a file tightly in his hand, his brows slightly furrowed.

The room was unusually quiet, with only the sound of him flipping pages and the occasional crackle of candlelight.

An Tian's confession was right in front of him, and in order to prevent Li Jinglong from forcing him to confess, Yu Zhijian even went to confirm it with An Tian.

An Tian's identity was not difficult to find out. She was the concubine's daughter of a minor official in the Ministry of Rites. Although such a family background was not prominent in the officialdom, it was enough to prove the authenticity of her identity.

At a banquet three years ago, An Tian seduced a wealthy businessman from the State of Yan. This incident caused a lot of uproar at the time and almost everyone knew about it.

Yu Zhijian recalled An Tian's face, which was beautiful even without makeup. With her looks and background, it was not impossible for her to cling to the powerful and wealthy by relying on her face, even if she was a concubine.

Moreover, seeing that she was a woman who could make a career in the business world, you can tell that she was an intelligent woman. Even if she had never seen the world, it would be impossible for her to do such a thing as seducing a rich businessman, which would do her no good.

Therefore, Yu Zhijian believed that An Tian was framed by someone, but he lacked substantial evidence to prove whether this person was Mengchangjun.

Mengchangjun did attend this banquet that year, and he did many similar things like sending innocent women to other people's beds.

It was also found out that the wealthy businessman did give Mengchangjun a lot of benefits.

After An Tian followed the rich businessman to Yan State, no one knew what conflict broke out. The rich businessman sold An Tian to Qinlou Chuguan. Seeing this, Yu Zhijian felt that An Tian's past experience was regrettable.

Even in such a situation, An Tian still fought her way out. She figured out a beauty recipe and made pure dew. With the pure dew, An Tian earned a lot of money to redeem herself.

Her business grew bigger and bigger and finally ruined the business of the rich businessman. Her purpose of coming back this time was obviously for revenge, and Mengchangjun was probably her target.

At this time, the door was gently pushed open, and Wu Qi walked in with a tray with steaming hot midnight snacks on it.

"Sir, you haven't had time to eat dinner. It's time to eat something now." Wu Qi said with concern.

Ever since Wu Qi got his revenge, he volunteered to be Yu Zhijian's servant and he couldn't be driven away. Yu Zhijian had no choice but to keep him by his side as a servant and errand boy since he was so smart.

Yu Zhijian smelled the fragrance of food and then felt his stomach was empty. He put down the scroll in his hand, took the bowl of porridge handed to him by Wu Qi, blew it gently, and then took a sip.

Yu Zhijian only brought Wu Qi with him on this trip, but Wu Qi's cooking skills were really not good, so Yu Zhijian arranged for him to order food from a nearby restaurant and pick it up on time every day.

Although Wu Qi is young, he is serious and responsible in his work. Every time he comes back from picking up food, he will bring back some interesting stories from the streets and alleys.

Wu Qi: "Today the storyteller at the restaurant told a special story about Miss An Tian."

Yu Zhijian felt something was wrong as soon as he heard it. How could the news spread so quickly?

Yu Zhijian put down his bowl and chopsticks and said to Wu Qi, "Take me to the storytelling place."

Wu Qi nodded in agreement, and the two of them hurriedly left their residence, crossed several dim streets, and came to the bustling teahouse.

The teahouse was crowded with people, the storyteller's voice echoed in the air, and Yu Zhijian and Wu Qi found a seat in a corner.

"Dear guests, what we are going to tell you today is the most sensational legend in the city recently - the story of Miss An Tian!" The storyteller's voice was loud and magnetic, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

The storyteller's narration was vivid and infectious. He told An Tian's story in detail, from her experience of being framed and sent to the State of Yan to her turning things around with her own wisdom and courage, describing every turning point vividly.

Yu Zhijian listened carefully and found that what the storyteller said was not much different from what he had found out from his investigation, which made him frown even more.

As the story drew to a close, the storyteller's tone grew heavy. "What a pity! Miss An Tian, so talented, had to bear a lifetime of stigma because of a shameless bully's frame-up. To avenge her, she even risked her life to perish alongside that bully."

The audience sighed and felt sorry for An Tian's experience.

Yu Zhijian knew very well how important a woman's reputation was, and everything An Tian had to endure was far heavier than outsiders could imagine.

The atmosphere in the teahouse became solemn with the storyteller's closing remarks, and the audience's emotions fluctuated with the ups and downs of the story.

Yu Zhijian stood up and left the teahouse with Wu Qi.

Yu Zhijian suddenly felt a little confused, wondering if the truth he had always insisted on was really that important?