This means to lock Chen An in the yard.

Chen An's face changed drastically. He wanted to beg for mercy, but something was stuffed in his mouth and he couldn't say anything.

I could only watch helplessly as I was dragged out.

After everyone left, Chen Shou and Cheng Engong went straight into the study.

Chen Shou said, "Father, this rumor is really strange. Many of the details match up. I'm afraid someone knew about what happened back then and deliberately framed you, which is why these rumors have spread."

He was only in his early thirties, with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, fair complexion, and a slender figure. When he spoke, his voice was clear and very pleasant.

When he looks at people, he seems particularly focused and sincere, with a subtle smile always on the corner of his mouth, making people feel like they are in the spring breeze.

Duke Cheng'en was always very satisfied with his son. When he saw him, he felt as if he had seen those famous ancient gentlemen in the books.

He asked, "It's been many years since that incident. Who do you think leaked Xu Maochun's background? Could it be him?"

Chen Shou shook his head. "It shouldn't be him. He has always considered his origins a disgrace. He would rather die than reveal a single word about it."

"Since it's not him, then there must be a traitor in the mansion." Lord Cheng'en sneered, "It seems that someone in this mansion is breaking the rules again."

Chen Shou said solemnly: "The traitor in the mansion does need to be found as soon as possible, but Xu Maochun must also be made to obey.

"My fourth sister told him to kill Xie Xiu, and that must not be revealed. Xie Yun has a good chance of being promoted to Prime Minister this time, and Xu Maochun cannot ruin everything."

Lord Cheng En sighed and said, "That's what I meant. Arrange someone to pass the message to him. He's a smart man and knows what to do."

Chen Shou quickly responded: "Yes."

……

Inside the Ministry of Justice prison, Xu Maochun lay on the hay with an expressionless face.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the gate.

He glanced at him coldly and found that it was the jailer, so he just silently memorized his face, then looked away and ignored him.

Then the jailer asked, "It's being rumored outside that your biological father isn't the groom at Duke Cheng'en's mansion, but Duke Cheng'en. He forced your mother to get pregnant, but he's not sure you're his child, so he refuses to acknowledge you. Is that true..."

Before he could finish his words, Xu Maochun suddenly pounced on him like a wild beast, strangled his neck with the chain in his hand, and pinned him to the fence.

Xu Maochun gnashed his teeth and asked in his ear, "You just said it's spreading outside?"

The jailer was already pale with fear. He struggled frantically, trying to tear off the chain around his neck, but he couldn't move it at all.

Only when Xu Maochun loosened the chain slightly did he speak: "You, you, you...you'd better let me go, otherwise..."

Just as he said this, he was strangled by Xu Maochun again. When he could no longer breathe, Xu Maochun loosened the chain slightly and said, "Tell me, how many people are spreading the news outside?"

The jailer took several deep breaths before saying in horror, "Everyone is saying... you you you... please spare me, I... I I... I can tell you what's going on outside..."

Xu Maochun did not let go.

His face was extremely gloomy, and the words that Cheng Engong had said to him back then seemed to echo in his ears again...

Xu Maochun seemed to have returned to the past.

After his biological mother jumped into the well, his adoptive father's insults and beatings became more frequent.

Someone told him that if he didn't want to continue living like this, he had to make sure his adoptive father couldn't beat him anymore.

So he put drugs in his adoptive father's wine, and when he was weak from the poison, he cut his tendons in his hands and feet with his own hands.

The man woke up in pain.

He was a little scared at the time, but when he saw the man curled up on the ground like a dead dog, he knew he had won.

Afterwards, he was brought before Duke Cheng'en.

At that time, the man had just been conferred the title of Duke Cheng'en, so he looked particularly proud.

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