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After all, Xie Yunqi knew that now that things had been exposed, he had no chance of surviving.

Seeing his state, Song Jinwan was even more furious. Without caring about anything else, she stepped into the cell and kicked Xie Yunqi in the face.

"Say it!"

A maidservant nearby quickly pulled her back, "Your Highness! He can't speak anymore!"

After being reminded, Song Jinwan finally came to her senses, but still looked angry. "If you can't speak, then write!"

After saying this, she turned to the jailer beside her and said, "Go and get some paper and pen!"

Upon hearing this, the jailer hurriedly nodded, then rushed outside in a panic, and soon returned with paper and pen, placing them in front of Xie Yunqi.

Write down the whole story for me, in detail.

Song Jinwan's face was filled with anger. "If you tell the truth, this princess might spare you!"

Tell us the truth?

Xie Yunqi's lips curled into a sneer. Considering his past life, he had spent so many years with Song Jinwan, and he knew her personality better than anyone. If he were to tell the truth and tell Song Jinwan that she had been humiliated by a servant, would Song Jinwan let him go?

Now Xie Yunqi has seen his fate. Whether he speaks or not, he will not escape death. Rather than revealing the truth, he would rather keep Song Honglin's background a secret and let her never know who the father of her child is!

Thinking of this, Xie Yunqi seemed resigned to his fate, tearing the paper in front of him to shreds. Seeing his attitude, Song Jinwan was even more furious.

"You beast!"

Song Jinwan practically spat out those words through clenched teeth, her eyes flashing with undisguised murderous intent as she looked at Xie Yunqi. "Kill him! Kill him for this princess!"

The jailer panicked and rushed forward, "Your Highness, please calm down! Although this man is a death row inmate, if he dies in this prison beforehand, we'll have a hard time explaining ourselves! Please don't make things difficult for us..."

Song Jinwan was furious, and seeing the mockery on Xie Yunqi's face only fueled her anger. But after her initial rage subsided, she suddenly calmed down.

"That's true. Wouldn't it be too easy for him to die like this?"

Song Jinwan's eyes flashed with a fierce light. "In that case, I, the princess, will give you a task: tie him up and cut a piece of flesh from his body every hour, but make sure he doesn't die. Keep him alive with ginseng soup. As for the money for the ginseng soup, the princess's residence will pay for it!"

These words still made Xie Yunqi, who had long accepted his fate, feel a chill run down his spine.

Song Jinwan... she actually came up with such a way to torture him!

"What? Are you saying you can't do it?"

Song Jinwan glanced at the jailers and said, "I know the style of your Ministry of Justice prison. You used to help my brother deal with many people. Now, are you unwilling to help with even this small favor?"

"If you refuse to serve me, then I, the princess, will have no choice but to inadvertently let slip that you are connected to my brother, the emperor..."

Upon hearing this, the jailers quickly responded, "Your Highness, what are you saying! Since you have given the order, we will certainly handle things properly and ensure that Your Highness will not have any worries!"

Seeing that these lackeys were at least somewhat sensible, Song Jinwan let out a cold laugh, then glanced at Xie Yunqi before angrily turning away.

The maid following behind Song Jinwan turned her head and looked at the jailers from before, warning them in a low voice.

"I'm sure you all know the rules. You must keep silent about what you've seen and heard here today. If even a little bit of what happened today is leaked, you all know the temper of our princess. I'm afraid you will end up in a more miserable state than Xie Yunqi."

The maid's warning made the jailers nod repeatedly, immediately pledging their loyalty to her, "Yes! We will certainly do it!"

Hearing this, the maid quickly stepped forward to catch up with Song Jinwan. Seeing her gloomy and terrifying appearance, she still mustered up the courage to ask a question.

"Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Song Jinwan pursed her lips and did not answer. She was furious at the thought of being so humiliated by Xie Yunqi. But besides Xie Yunqi, she hated Jiang Yuyue even more!

Judging from Jiang Yuyue's appearance, she clearly knew all along that Xie Yunqi was a cripple, but she waited until after Jiang Yuyue had given birth to tell her the news. If it wasn't out of revenge, Song Jinwan would never believe it.

"That bitch Jiang Yuyue!"

Song Jinwan gritted her teeth, "How dare these two scoundrels gang up on me and insult this princess! I will absolutely not let them get away with this!"

……

After leaving the Ministry of Justice prison, Jiang Yuyue headed home, still feeling worried.

Although the major problem has been eliminated and the family no longer needs to live in hiding, there is now an even more pressing issue.

That was Song Jinglan.

Now that she has the protection of Prince Jing's name, everyone in the capital has to give her some face, but this protective umbrella cannot last long.

Jiang Yuyue couldn't help but sigh softly as she thought of this.

After all, she knew very well that the current emperor was already in his twilight years and did not have many days left. Although Song Jinglan, as the Prince of Jing, had considerable influence in the court, the emperor still had two adult princes. If Song Jinglan, as the emperor's uncle, wanted to ascend the throne, it would be somewhat illegitimate.

Regardless of whether Prince Ding or Prince Liang ascends the throne, Song Jinglan, the powerful imperial uncle, will inevitably become a thorn in the side of the new emperor. At that time, Song Jinglan will certainly face all kinds of difficulties. Jiang Yuyue is well aware that if she stays by his side, her situation will definitely be very dangerous.

If Song Jinglan harbors ambitions to ascend the throne and become emperor, then she cannot stay.

Jiang Yuyue was very clear-headed. If Song Jinglan ascended the throne as emperor, what would her identity be?

At best, she would only become one of his many concubines. Becoming empress was something Jiang Yuyue would never dare to dream of. Even if Song Jinglan had such thoughts, would the entire court agree?

Jiang Yuyue understood the saying that serving a ruler is like serving a tiger. Now that Song Jinglan seemed to be pursuing her relentlessly, it was probably just because of the novelty.

Once the novelty wears off, she'll just be another ordinary person. But if she wants to survive in the harem, she needs to do more than just win Song Jinglan's favor; she also needs to involve her maternal clan's power...

Jiang Yuyue is just a merchant's daughter. How can she compete with the daughters of high-ranking officials for favor?