Chapter 409 Neither she nor he are like themselves anymore
"The confession says that you took the initiative to show your favor to Lao Wu and wanted to ask for his protection?"
The man's cold and sarcastic voice made Boss Yan's scalp tingle.
He didn't want to speak, like a dead dog burying his face on the ground, his breath filled with the damp and fishy smell of the dungeon.
But this appearance did not win any sympathy. Xiao Yinhan just leaned back on the chair and raised his fingers lightly: "Tell him what kind of 'protection' he received after he was arrested."
Boss Yan felt that something was wrong with Rong Wang's words, but he still didn't want to raise his head.
After receiving the instruction, An He stepped forward and spoke in a calm tone: "All the newly opened stores of the Yan family in Beijing were sealed, and the money in the stores was also taken away in advance in the name of 'Boss Yan.'"
Boss Yan froze and finally raised his head, his eyes calm and desperate. He had already been mentally prepared for this on the day he was taken away.
Yan Jianghe despised Cang Hai for working hard for half his life to make wedding clothes for others, but in the end, he was forced to embark on the same path.
Xiao Yinhan said calmly: "Money is just a trivial matter, I believe Boss Yan won't care too much."
Boss Yan:?
Just when his head was so stiff that he could hardly turn around, An He's voice rang out again, but this time his words made Boss Yan almost explode:
"On the night when you were captured by the prince and brought to the Criminal Department, all thirty people in your house were poisoned and killed, and no one survived."
"What?"
Boss Yan finally showed his second excited expression today, staring at the two people in front of him with eyes split open.
Xiao Yinhan tilted his head and smiled like an evil spirit, but what he said was unceremonious: "Seek the skin of a tiger, and you are looking for death!"
Boss Yan used the little reason he had left to come up with the answer with difficulty: "What the prince means is that the murderer is... the fifth prince?"
Xiao Yinhan didn't say anything. An He was the one who answered, and he sneered: "What else? The prince has arrested you openly, why does he still need to poison your whole family?"
Seeing Boss Yan's expression of pain, anger and despair, Xiao Yinhan, who had been feeling unhappy, was finally satisfied.
In the dark and terrifying sky prison, he was laughing and crying. No matter how you looked at the scene, it made your hair stand on end and made you feel uncomfortable all over.
The two guards who were following behind and listening to the entire process looked at each other, and both saw similar despair in each other's eyes:
As expected of a prince, when it comes to torturing people, they can't even keep up with him.
Boss Yan, who didn't want to live in the first place, once again suffered psychological damage, and this time he completely collapsed.
He fell to the ground and cried bitterly, his posture even more desperate than when An He was executed.
But for a certain cruel prince, the more the other party cried and despaired, the more satisfied and comfortable he felt.
until--
"Your Majesty, someone from the palace wants to see you."
Two officers and soldiers hurriedly came in to report, temporarily interrupting someone's fun.
After hearing what the other party said, his expression changed slightly, and he stood up and walked out.
"Where are you going, Your Majesty?"
An He's voice sounded, and the crying on the ground became a little quieter, but no one noticed it yet.
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"I've met the prince!"
When I went out and took a look, it turned out to be Shunzi.
"Fourth cousin!"
And standing next to Shunzi, isn't it Yan Mi'er whom we haven't seen for a long time?
After seeing Xiao Yinhan, Yan Mi'er, who was originally unhappy, instantly became happy, and even his anger towards Jiang Tang was reduced a lot.
She wanted to get closer to Xiao Yinhan, but as soon as she moved, she was stopped by the guards around her with expressionless faces, leaving her standing there jumping in anger.
"what happened?"
Xiao Yinhan only glanced at Yan Mi'er and then looked away, as if he only regarded her as a wooden pile that suddenly appeared.
"Someone sneaked into the palace and wanted to take away Miss Yan, but the people in the palace found out and stopped him in time. After Master Tang found out, he said that your prince might need Miss Yan's help, so he asked his subordinates to bring him here."
Shunzi originally just told what happened in a straightforward manner, but in the middle of the sentence, he received a terrifying look from his own prince that was comparable to the god of death. His mind suddenly went blank, his voice was stuck, and he forgot what he was going to say.
But Xiao Yinhan just looked at him, without retracting or speaking, and the coldness on his body even grew bigger and bigger.
Shunzi:...I suddenly panicked.
I originally thought it was just a trivial matter, but why did the prince's expression make me feel that I should die?
"In the palace?" Xiao Yinhan finally spoke, but he was even more frightened.
"right!"
Shunzi finished speaking quickly and then stopped: "But the dead soldiers came, they were already dead. They only brought corpses."
When he talked about the corpse, a look of disgust and fear clearly flashed across Yan Mi'er's face behind him.
"Fourth cousin, you have to make the decision for me. I was waiting for you to come back in the room, but who knew that two people suddenly came and wanted to take me away, and they said they were here to save me."
Yan Mi'er took advantage of every opportunity and began to complain and act coquettishly, trying to use her "grievances" to arouse Xiao Yinhan's sympathy.
But it was obvious that her plan failed.
"I'm asking you, has she returned home?"
Shunzi, who originally thought that the prince was angry because the palace's poor supervision allowed the assassin spies to come in again, was confused for a moment when she heard his words of suppressed anger.
he she?
He finally came to his senses: "Go back to the prince, Master Tang has returned to his mansion."
Sure enough, when Jiang Tang was mentioned, the man who had looked scary and cold just now calmed down a little: "Then what? Besides this woman, what else did she say?"
Xiao Yinhan finally finished speaking, but Shunzi became even more panicked.
He somewhat understood that the prince didn't care whether Yan Mi'er was assassinated or what the murderer did behind the scenes.
Compared with these, he seemed to care more about whether Master Tang said anything else.
So what does the prince want to hear?
It's rare for Shunzi to be smart, but unfortunately not many are smart.
"Go back to your lord, it's gone."
The air in the hall seemed to become quiet for an instant, and even the officers and soldiers standing beside them held their breath unconsciously.
But before leaving in a hurry, he still had a little question in his mind: Didn't the prince just break up with Master Tang? Why is he angry again?
What a... moody bastard!
As soon as the prince became angry, the officers and soldiers around him who had experienced his baptism tightened their skins a little. Each of them stood more upright than before, and their expressions were more solemn and solemn.
I'm afraid that if I make a small mistake, I will be caught by the prince, and I don't know how I will die.
"Fourth cousin, I..."
Yan Mi'er originally thought that Shunzi was gone and she would finally have a chance to get close to her cousin. But who knew that even she, when she met the man's terrifying and cold gaze, still felt a jump in her heart, and she inevitably felt fear.
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She stood there, obviously wanting to smile at her fourth cousin, but for some reason, she couldn't smile...
After the irritability and dissatisfaction in his heart gradually calmed down, Xiao Yinhan looked at the girl in pink clothes not far away, his eyes gradually became deeper.
He had to admit that the only person in the world who understood his thoughts best was his Tangtang.
Just when Yan Mi'er was convincing herself that she was going to be "brave", the man suddenly spoke:
"Send her in to meet her father."
Her father?
Yan Mi'er was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt a strong uneasiness in her heart...
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The wind blew through the window frame and made a "swishing" sound from the rice paper on the table.
The plain dress of the girl standing in front of the book desk and writing was blown by the wind, and her slender and beautiful figure seemed to be about to ride away in the wind the next moment.
Jiang Tang is immersed in calligraphy practice. It seems that she is focused and conscientious and her words are flowing smoothly, but in fact, her writing skills are superficial, just like her uneasy inner lake at the moment.
Even though her hands and eyes were moving, she still couldn't help but think of the conversation just now:
"Eunuch Liu, I made the prince unhappy today. What do you think we should do to make him happy?"
"This...can I ask the concubine what is going on?"
From the moment Jiang Tang received the imperial edict, his identity changed, and so did the names of his servants.
"...I don't know. The prince didn't say anything, so he left angrily." Jiang Tang lowered his eyes, some words were not so easy to say.
Her words made Eunuch Liu silent for a while, then he sighed and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, you are embarrassing this old slave. Your Majesty, he has always reported his grudges on the spot. He will only make others angry..."
Jiang Tang suddenly paused, and thick ink fell from the tip of his pen, instantly smearing on the paper.
"Patience... this word has nothing to do with our prince, can you say no?"
The old eunuch's words were still ringing in his ears, but what appeared in front of Jiang Tang's eyes was the man's appearance of suppressing his anger and leaving in anger.
Yes, everyone knows that the unruly and arrogant His Highness Prince Rong does not understand what it means to swallow one's anger.
But unfortunately, he just endured it today.
Even if no one reminded her, Jiang Tang knew that he left in a hurry because he was afraid that he would lose control of his temper and hurt her.
“…He just doesn’t look like him anymore.”
A female voice sounded softly like the wind, and Chun Xing, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but raise her eyes and look at Jiang Tang.
What a surprise it is for the master to be named a concubine today, and what a cause for celebration?
But when I came back, I didn't have the prince accompanying me.
The two went out together, and finally the master came back alone.
After she came back, she rejected all the women in the backyard who received messages to congratulate her, and closed the door by herself to practice calligraphy.
There's something wrong with this.
Therefore, her uncharacteristic behavior made the servants who witnessed it worried: Could it be that the master had a conflict with the prince?
Chun Xing really wanted to care about Jiang Tang, but she didn't know how to speak.
She was afraid that if she said something wrong, she would make her master sad.
But the fact is that Jiang Tang struggled for a while and suddenly stopped thinking about it.
She threw away the pen in her hand and said softly: "Go and ask the housekeeper to come over. I have something to tell him."
Chunxing:!!!
Sure enough, the conflict with the prince was a bit big!
Although I feel uneasy and worried, I still have to finish what I need to do first.
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Soon, the housekeeper who received the news put down what he was doing and hurried over:
"This old slave has met the concubine."
"Butler, please get up."
As soon as Jiang Tang raised his hand, a servant immediately came over and helped Butler Zhuang up.
"Actually, I have something to trouble the housekeeper today..."
As Jiang Tang finished speaking, the housekeeper's originally frightened expression gradually turned into surprise, surprise, confusion, and shock...
"Do you understand?"
A calm and gentle voice sounded from the main seat, and the butler seemed to wake up instantly with a heavy hammer.
"I understand, I understand." He nodded in recognition.
Jiang Tang smiled softly, raised his hand, and soon a maid delivered a box.
"Then I'll leave you with the rest."
"No, I don't dare. It's my honor to work for Tang, my concubine."
The housekeeper hurriedly acknowledged it. When he took the box, he felt his hand heavy and couldn't help but sigh: How much does this have to be...
"Then the old slave is going to make arrangements now?"
"Go ahead,"
Jiang Tang waved his hand, and the old housekeeper turned around to take a look.
But until he came out of the main courtyard, others looked calm and composed, but in fact, everyone was dizzy.
After all, who would have thought that the concubine called him here to improve the lives of the women in the backyard?
According to the rules, Jiang Tang was promoted to concubine, and it was time to entertain the ladies in the mansion.
However, out of a certain thought, she did not plan to hold a banquet, but directly provided money to implement this "having fun with the people".
Some of the things they asked for before, but she had no right to deal with, this time were passed directly.
Then he also used his own money to add dishes for the servants and concubines in the mansion, which was considered a celebration.
The concubines in the backyard were initially panic-stricken because they came to congratulate Jiang Tang and received a few words. However, they were stunned when they received gifts in return.
"Don't tell me, this new concubine is quite nice."
"Isn't she always doing well? The doctor's consultation once a month is arranged after the concubine takes care of things, right? If it weren't for her, I wouldn't even know that I..."
"Indeed, she has always been a nice person... After having her, our lives have improved a lot. We can have enough to eat without spending so much money."
"With her to appease the prince, there will be very few deaths in the palace... It would not be impossible if she could be the princess..."
Although Jiang Tang did not show his face, this action once again created a wave of goodwill in the palace.
She actually didn't want others to think well of her, it was just a habit that even though she had meat, she wanted others to drink some soup so as not to intensify the conflict.
Although Xiao Yinhan has never paid much attention to the woman in the backyard, there is no need to have a tight relationship with someone in the backyard for a day. Who knows if it can be used one day?
There is no need to be stingy if hidden dangers can be solved with a little favor.
Therefore, compared to a certain prince, her reputation and popularity in the prince's palace are great.
Even before she knew it, her reputation had spread outside through them.
Even people who have never met her know that although King Rong's concubine Jiang Concubine came from a humble background, she was rare and considerate. She never relied on favors and was arrogant. She was also tolerant and generous to the women in the backyard, and she was worthy of the emperor.
The gift of "Hui Zhilan, virtuous and kindhearted".
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The housekeeper made arrangements according to Jiang Tang's request.
It was already evening when everything was arranged and we could reply. As expected, Jiang Tang received a bunch of thanks and gifts in return.
She looked up at the darkening sky. Dinner was over, but Xiao Yinhan hadn't come back yet.
He seemed really angry.
In fact, it is easy for Jiang Tang to coax him well. She understands his preferences very well.
