The black-armored guard reached out to catch King Cheng. King Cheng stepped back and tried to dodge. Unfortunately, there was only a small space in the prison, so he couldn't dodge at all.
When he was captured, King Cheng hissed: "Song Tangning, do you really not want to know where Rongyue's child is?"
"I know you will use torture, but he is my king's life-saving talisman. If you don't let me go, I will never tell you where he is, and he is raised in a secret place by me. Guard him tightly, if anything happens to me, he will never survive."
"He is Rongyue's child and is of her blood. If you kill that child, Rongyue will hate you..."
"boom!"
Cang Lang slapped King Cheng in the face, knocking the nonsense King Cheng to the wall. Before he could stand up straight, he kicked him hard in the stomach. King Cheng screamed in pain. , the whole person knelt on the ground and curled up.
"I've seen a lot of tough-talking people, but when you get into the Criminal Division, you have to cry for your father and mother."
Cang Lang grabbed King Cheng and threw him directly in front of the cell door. Someone immediately came forward and tied his hands and feet and lifted him up.
King Cheng felt as if his internal organs had been displaced, and he was being dragged out while sweating from the pain.
When he passed by Song Tangning and saw that she was silent, he could only turn his head and look towards the other side:
"Xiao Yan, I have no enmity with you, why do you need to get involved and put me to death?"
"If it's just for the connections left by the Rong family, Rong Qian'an has been dead for so many years, how many people can still take care of the friendship back then? I know that you have made many enemies in the court, and I also know that you are not safe relying on His Majesty. , as long as you let me go, I can do far more than Song Tangning, and I can help you..."
Xiao Yan turned his head and looked at Prince Cheng: "How can you help me?"
King Cheng said anxiously: "As long as you want, I can help you. As long as you and I work together, we can make anything you want come true."
Xiao Yan laughed: "Really? Your Majesty's words are indeed heart-warming."
As soon as King Cheng relaxed a little, he heard Xiao Yan say: "Since you are so sincere, why not first tell me where you brought Xie Yin back from."
King Cheng's expression changed instantly.
Xiao Yan tilted his head: "Why, didn't the prince say just now that whatever the governor wants, the prince can make it happen for me?"
"That's not what I'm talking about..."
King Cheng endured the panic and raised Xie Yin under his knees. This was because he would be able to use him to get everything in the Rong family in the future, and he would be confident enough to use him to help his own son.
But how could he possibly tell Xiao Yan about Xie Yin's background? Once he found out about Xie Yin's origin, if he followed the clues and found out something he shouldn't have found out, how would he have any chance of survival?
"Xie Yin was just picked up from outside by me. Why should Governor Xiao care about an insignificant person?"
"You are not even willing to talk about something irrelevant. How can I expect anything else? After all, I can't believe that the prince can deceive even the person next to him."
After Xiao Yan finished speaking, he said coldly:
"Take people away!"
"Xiao Yan, you...uh huh huh..."
With quick eyes and hands, Canglang directly pulled a ball of hay and stuffed it into King Cheng's mouth. The people who were holding him quickly pulled him away. But this time, no matter how hard he struggled, no one gave him a chance to speak.
A long mark was dragged on the ground, and the sound of the cell door being opened and closed was heard.
Xiao Yan was the only two people left in this special prison where Tianhuang nobles were imprisoned.
The prison was cold and dark, so Xiao Yan did not stay and led Tang Ning out. Seeing that the little girl had been quietly following him, Xiao Yan slowed down.
"Do you believe Xie Tianyu's words?"
"No."
Tang Ning shook her head. She did believe him for a moment at first, but then she came to her senses when she saw Xie Tianyu begging for mercy from her brother regardless of face.
With Xie Tianyu's shamelessness and the viciousness of the woman who has been secretly having an affair with him, they have repeatedly killed people over the years and even refused to allow their aunt to become pregnant. Xie Tianyu is still childless, how could that woman allow it? The child was alive then.
Tang Ning followed him and whispered: "When my aunt gave birth, my grandfather was still there, and the Rong family was in great prosperity. Xie Tianyu wanted to rely on his grandfather to fight for the throne, and he was gambling with Prince Ru and the others. It was risky to secretly change the son. It’s a huge risk, if you keep your aunt’s child, you will only suffer endless troubles.”
There is never any secret that can be absolutely kept in this world. Paper cannot contain fire, and no matter how deep the secret is, it may be leaked, unless no one mentions the secret at all, and all those who know the secret die.
Almost no one who knew about it was alive, and Grandma Jiang became the biggest "accident" just because she couldn't die.
Tang Ning pursed her lips and glanced at the dim oil lamp hanging on the wall: "Actually, I don't care if the child is still alive. Even if he is not dead, I don't plan to let him see his aunt."
When there are close relatives of flesh and blood, there is a bond, and having a bond means that you will be soft-hearted.
That child was the beginning of all deceptions. Even if the child was innocent, Princess Cheng spent half her life buried in countless lies.
She would rather the child die than let her aunt, who had finally separated from Prince Cheng's palace, fall into it again, and let the child become her weakness after recognizing Princess Cheng, and even become the second "Xie Yin".
She could give him a good life and let him live safely away from the capital, but she was unwilling to let him appear in front of Princess Cheng.
After Tang Ning finished speaking in a low voice, she looked at Xiao Yan: "Brother, am I too cruel to think so?"
The prison corridor was dark, with only the oil lamps on the walls on both sides swaying dimly.
Xiao Yan walked half a step in front of her, and after hearing Tang Ning's words, he was casual and cold: "Everyone has close relationships, and their feelings will naturally go towards the people they care about. If someone who has never been masked appears, they will definitely If it hurts the people I care about, I will do it worse than you."
It is not impossible to eradicate the root cause.
His voice was like the cold jade in the mountains, soaked with a hint of coldness.
"You don't need to use worldly kindness to criticize yourself, and you don't need to live selfishly and willfully in the eyes of others. There is nothing wrong with being happy as you please."
His father was perfect at the time and was praised by everyone. He was the best prince in everyone's eyes. He always required himself to be virtuous and never exceeded the rules.
When he was in the East Palace, who didn't say that he would become an immortal king, but later on, he died miserably, was infamous, and was despised by everyone.
Tang Ning raised her eyes and looked at the broad figure of the man beside her. It was clear that his expression was normal when he spoke, but she inexplicably felt that he was a little sad after saying that.
It was as if he was hiding resentment and sarcasm that had never been revealed to others, as if he was mocking himself, and as if he was accusing something, and even the air around him was suppressed.
Tang Ning suddenly reached out and grabbed Xiao Yan's wrist. The delicate and cool touch made Xiao Yan pause.
He turned around and saw the little girl's pink lips slightly parted: "Brother, are you sad?"
Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment. He was about to say what he was so sad about. People can't be resurrected after death, and sad people can't be eaten. But before the words came out of his mouth, he saw the little girl suddenly approaching him and leaning up on her toes. He nodded and tried his best to reach out and touch his eyebrows.
"Don't be sad, I'm here."
She was petite, and she was very close when she looked at him on tiptoes. The tip of her straight nose was almost touching his chin. The two of them stood so close together, so close that it seemed that he could breathe with her just by lowering his head. entangled.
Xiao Yan felt something stuck in his throat, and when the dim light and shadow around him came down, darkness suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"Little Begonia."
"Um?"
"I do not want……"
There was a sudden "clang" outside, and the last half of Xiao Yan's whisper was buried in the sudden scream.
Tang Ning seemed to have been attracted by the sound of King Cheng and the others' torture. She didn't hear Xiao Yan's words clearly at all. After the place became quiet, she turned back to look at Xiao Yan and asked in confusion: "Brother, what did you just say?"
Xiao Yan looked at her clean and trusting eyes and was silent for a moment: "It's nothing."
He is now a eunuch, an eunuch in the eyes of outsiders. If he hadn't kept her in Jiuyun Lane as his brother, she would have only become a target.
Rumors will destroy the reputation she has worked so hard to restore, the academy she has longed for, and her and the Rong family.
Xiao Yan was reluctant to let Tang Ning bear the storm outside.
He lowered his eyes to hide his thoughts. When he raised his eyes again, it was clear. Xiao Yan reached out and grabbed the small hand that was touching his eyebrows and put it down. He said in a warm voice: "You wait outside, I will go to interrogate Prince Cheng. Later." I'll let you pass when I give you gifts."
Tang Ning nodded obediently: "Okay."
The place where the royal family was imprisoned was different from that of ordinary prisoners. Xiao Yan sent Tang Ning to a clean compartment outside and asked Jinyun to accompany him outside. Then he strode back to the prison where the torture was held.
"Girl, my subordinate is outside. If you have any instructions, just call me." Jinyun stood guard outside the door.
Tang Ning nodded: "Okay."
After closing the partition, Tang Ning walked to the table as if nothing had happened. After pouring a cup of tea and placing it in front of her, she held the cup and stared blankly at the swaying water inside.
She actually heard it clearly just now.
Xiao Yansheng said softly.
"I don't want to be your brother anymore."
