Chapter 215 Jiang Yuyue deliberately seduced him
Chapter 215 Jiang Yuyue deliberately seduced him
Xie Yunqi was escorted all the way to the Ministry of Justice prison, still in a daze.
Even in prison, Xie Yunqi continued to curse, "How dare you! I am the son-in-law of the emperor, how dare you imprison me here without my permission?! What right do you have to arrest me?!"
"Consort?"
The jailer scoffed at his words, "I say you should save your energy and stop shouting. You have a family and yet you're trying to curry favor with the princess. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor. His Majesty ordered you to be imprisoned here, saying you'll be executed on a chosen day!"
Family?
Upon hearing this, Xie Yunqi felt much relieved. He had already explained the matter to Song Jinwan and Song Yun. Even if His Majesty was furious, as long as the two siblings vouched for them, they would not deserve to die!
"The crime of deceiving the emperor?"
Xie Yunqi's words carried a hint of contempt, "Where is Prince Ning? I want to see His Highness Prince Ning! His Highness Prince Ning will explain everything to me!"
"Prince Ning?"
The jailers exchanged glances, their eyes full of mockery. "Don't you know yet? Prince Ning's collusion with the Zhou family to buy and sell official positions has already been exposed by Prince Jing in front of the palace. Consort Chun has been banished to the Cold Palace, the Zhou family has also suffered, and Prince Ning has been demoted to a commoner and exiled to Zhuzhou. He must be being escorted out of the capital by now, right?"
These words struck Xie Yunqi like a bolt from the blue.
Song Yunming has been demoted to a commoner?!
Xie Yunqi's face immediately turned deathly pale. If even Song Yunming had fallen into such a state, then what about him...?
Seeing Xie Yunqi's distraught expression, the jailer sneered, "The Prince of Ning is already in dire straits, and you still expect him to save you? Wishful thinking! You've done so many good deeds for the Prince of Ning, do you really think His Majesty wants to kill you just because you deceived the Emperor?"
The thought of his head about to roll made Xie Yunqi's legs go weak. He never expected that such a big change would happen in just one day!
But... Song Yunming was clearly living a good life in his previous life, so how could his past be exposed so suddenly? How could he have ended up in such a state!
It must be...it must be Jiang Yuyue!
Thinking back to his previous speculation that Jiang Yuyue had been reborn, Xie Yunqi was now even more certain of it after the downfall of Prince Ning. If she hadn't also been reborn and deliberately seduced Song Jinglan, how could things have turned out this way!
Xie Yunqi looked flustered, but his desire to survive made his mind race, trying to find another way to live. After a moment, he quickly came up with an idea.
"Heroes!"
Xie Yunqi hurriedly stood up, haphazardly tore off several jade pendants and jewelry from his belt, and handed them out of the cell. At this moment, his way of addressing these prison guards changed immediately, and he was no longer as arrogant as before.
"Could you do me another favor? I have something very important to report to His Highness Prince Jing! It's extremely urgent! Please, gentlemen, do me a favor!"
The jailer reached out and took the jade pendant from him, examined it in the light, and seeing that it was of good quality, reluctantly agreed to his request.
"He's at least someone who knows the rules."
The jailer weighed the object in his hand. "However, we can only convey your request. His Highness Prince Jing is busy right now, so whether he is willing to see you or not is up to him."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!"
Xie Yunqi quickly expressed his gratitude, "I am already extremely grateful that you were willing to pass on the message for me!"
Watching the jailer send someone out to deliver a message, Xie Yunqi slumped to the ground, smelling the musty stench unique to the prison. At this moment, he felt both fear and hatred.
He hated that he had been tricked by that bitch Jiang Yuyue today, and he was afraid that Song Jinglan would not even see him!
Even if he did meet her, he wasn't confident he could save his own life, but he could only gamble on knowing Jiang Yuyue's secret.
Even if it doesn't work... he still wants to tell Song Jinglan that Jiang Yuyue has been deliberately seducing him all along, and that she deliberately deceived him in order to get revenge. He doesn't believe that Song Jinglan would tolerate him being played like a puppet!
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Meanwhile, Song Jinglan had already returned to his residence.
Although he had finally dealt with Song Yunming's faction, there was little joy on his face.
Recalling that Jiang Yuyue had only thanked him with a very distant expression in the hall, Song Jinglan felt particularly unhappy. At that time, there were many people around, so he really couldn't say much, but now, thinking about it, he felt even more uncomfortable.
However, Jiang Yuyue has been unusually cold to him since she came to the capital. He had tried to make amends to her several times before, and he could say it was to discuss important matters. But if he went to her without any reason and was met with cold indifference, wouldn't he be even more disliked by her?
Song Jinglan was feeling troubled when Yueying quickly stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Your Highness, someone from the Ministry of Justice prison has sent word that Xie Yunqi, after being imprisoned, requests to see you."
Xie Yunqi?
The mere mention of this person brought a chill to Song Jinglan's face. The thought that Xie Yunqi was Jiang Yuyue's rightful husband filled him with extreme displeasure, and he wished he could kill him with his own hands.
But Xie Yunqi now knows that he is about to be beheaded, and seeing that Song Yunming's party is collapsing, he has nowhere else to turn for help, so he actually wants to ask him for help?
Song Jinglan couldn't help but find it laughable. Xie Yunqi knew the key to this, and Song Yunming must have told him about Jiang Yuyue's relationship with him beforehand. Did Xie Yunqi really think he could let him off the hook?
However... that is a good reason.
Yueying watched in surprise as Song Jinglan started to walk out. "Your Highness, are you really going to see him?"
"See him?"
Song Jinglan sneered, "I might even find it somewhat interesting to see someone's head fall to the ground."
Unable to fathom his thoughts, Yueying didn't dare ask any further questions. She simply watched him leave the study before leaping into the air.
Jixiang was in great distress at the Jiang family's place. Now that the Jiang family no longer had to worry about Song Yunming's persecution, except for Jiang Yuyue, who was using the excuse of being tired from getting up early and going back to her room to rest, the whole family was happily discussing their return to Jinling in a few days. Jixiang was extremely anxious, but she didn't dare to go up and ask.
It goes without saying that His Highness's feelings for Miss Jiang are obvious, but if Miss Jiang really returns to Jinling, it wouldn't be right to ask His Highness to go to Jinling as well, would it?
Wouldn't that make Prince Jing a live-in son-in-law?
Besides, His Highness is currently preoccupied with affairs in the capital, so it's not very realistic for him to follow Miss Jiang!
Just as Jixiang was about to take it upon herself to persuade Jiang Yuyue to stay in the capital, Song Jinglan's figure swept into her courtyard.
Seeing this, Jixiang felt a little relieved and silently prayed that her prince could make Miss Jiang change her mind.
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