Chapter 162: Chen Yan: I lied to you! Even if you sign, you still have to eat it!

Dark clouds were like cotton wool soaked in ink, pressing down on the earth in layers, locking away the last trace of moonlight.

There wasn't a single star in the night sky, as if even the light had been swallowed up by this thick darkness.

Mingjing Si.

Zhuque Hall.

Interrogation Room.

Wu Xiqing was tied alone to the interrogation rack, the cold iron gleaming with a ghostly blue light.

"Lady Shangguan, we meet again!"

Chen Yan, leading Li Tan, Zhu Yi, You Xian, and others, returned late after enjoying a "midnight snack," appeared in front of Wu Xiqing, and waved to greet her.

"Chen Yan!"

"Li Tan!"

"I truly underestimated the methods of you two little brats!"

Wu Xiqing, who was tightly imprisoned on the interrogation rack, had scarlet eyes, stared fixedly at the two, and gritted her teeth.

She never imagined that the schemes of these two bastards would be one after another...

"My Lady is too kind!"

"Trifling tricks, not worth mentioning!"

Chen Yan did not blush or pant, and said modestly.

"Chen, tell me, was my husband's poisoning death your doing?" Wu Xiqing's gaze was as dark as a poisonous snake, filled with resentment, and she asked coldly.

In the hour or so she had been thrown into this cold and silent interrogation room, Wu Xiqing had reviewed and pondered every single thing that happened tonight...

But the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong!

She felt that everything was not accidental, but designed by someone...

"Yes."

Chen Yan stood with his hands behind his back, pursed his lips and smiled, without any hesitation, and admitted it frankly.

He paused, then asked rhetorically, "Otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence in the world?"

"Only in the morning did the court attack the Grand Chancellor, and in the evening, two old subordinates of the Pillar of State died suddenly..."

All coincidences are just man-made!

The Grand Minister of Justice made the first move, and they made the fifteenth; isn't that reasonable?

"You actually dare to admit it?"

Wu Xiqing was stunned, looking at Chen Yan in disbelief, puzzled, "Aren't you afraid I'll pass this to the Old Pillar of State's ears..."

She could be sure that Chen Yan couldn't escape the relationship, but she didn't expect that this son could admit it so readily???

If the Old Zhao Lord interrogated her later and she relayed it truthfully, wouldn't all the schemes of Yuwen Hu and the Mingjing Si fall through?

Could he not think of this point?

Very wrong...

"Not afraid!"

Chen Yan shook his head and said decisively.

He paused and added, "And you won't..."

In his eyes, there was a playfulness that was hard to detect.

"Why?"

"Where do you get such confidence?"

Wu Xiqing didn't understand, became increasingly puzzled, and couldn't help but ask.

What does it mean that she won't?

Could she possibly shield her husband's killer?

"Because tonight you will commit suicide out of fear of crime!"

Chen Yan's mouth curled slightly, his body leaned forward, meeting Wu Xiqing's gaze, his eyes flickering with a strange color, smiling meaningfully, and said loudly.

He paused and continued, "If a dead person can pass it on, then I, Chen, will admit it!"

Pass it to the old man's ears?

Either the old man can communicate with spirits, or Wu Xiqing can entrust her dreams...

If it really happened, he, Chen Yan, wouldn't be convinced, so he would just have to pinch his nose and admit it!

"You... you want to do what?"

Hearing the four words "commit suicide out of fear of crime," Wu Xiqing's heart skipped a beat, feeling that something big was wrong, and she questioned sternly, "Chen Yan, how dare you be so reckless!"

"Aren't you afraid of the Grand Minister of Justice's accountability?"

At that moment, Wu Xiqing finally understood where Chen Yan's confidence came from...

He wanted to kill her!

Dead people don't talk, and they are the safest!

But this was too arrogant; he didn't take the two Old Pillars of State seriously at all, did he?

"Haha!"

Chen Yan laughed and said playfully, "You are committing suicide out of fear of crime; what will the Old Zhao Lord use to hold me accountable?"

Could it be that he is coming to question why I didn't stop the prisoner from committing suicide?

That is truly great official authority!

On the contrary, the Grand Chancellor can use Shangguan Jun's matter to hold Zhao Qian accountable for the crime of lax governance...

"You... you..."

Wu Xiqing was choked by anger, and it took a long while before she continued: "Acting so perversely, acting on your own, and abusing power, aren't you afraid of Yuwen Hu's suspicion and being discarded like a worn-out shoe?"

By the end, Wu Xiqing was almost roaring.

The implication was self-evident.

Superiors hate it most when subordinates overstep their authority, act arrogantly, and cause trouble for themselves...

And such people often don't live long!

"Sorry!"

Chen Yan shrugged and smiled, "The Grand Chancellor allows it!"

Having stayed by the big boss's side for so many years, no one understood the sense of proportion better than Chen Yan.

But who let him have a good boss now who allows him to play arbitrarily and provides unlimited backing?

The Grand Chancellor only wants results!

Chen Yan patted his forehead, as if he remembered something, and shouted outside, "Bring him in!"

As soon as he finished speaking.

A young man who looked very much like Shangguan Jun was brought in by two Embroidered Attire Envoys and appeared in everyone's sight.

"Son, Pingzhang!"

As soon as Wu Xiqing's gaze touched the young man, she recognized who it was.

It was her only son, Shangguan Pingzhang, whom she had carried for ten months.

"Mother!"

"Save me!"

Shangguan Pingzhang, who tried to struggle but to no avail, was pressed to the ground by the Embroidered Attire Envoys and called for help repeatedly.

"Chen Yan, what do you want to do?" Wu Xiqing saw this, her heart aching, and she suddenly looked up at Chen Yan and asked.

"Don't be so nervous!"

Chen Yan shrugged, smiled harmlessly, pointed at himself, and said lightly, "I am a kind-hearted person, so I just want to let your good son send you on your last journey!"

Chen Yan hated waste the most; just like General Yuwen Chengdu, he had to eat every grain of rice clean...

Now that Lady Shangguan is going to "commit suicide out of fear of crime," before that, of course, he has to squeeze out her last drop of value!

"You have such a vicious heart!" Wu Xiqing gritted her teeth.

She never expected that this young man, who looked gentle and refined, was actually a beast in human skin.

"Lady Shangguan, go on your way in peace!"

You Xian took out a small porcelain bottle from his bosom, stepped forward a few steps, walked to Wu Xiqing, pried open her mouth and teeth, and poured the liquid in the bottle into it all at once.

That was a secret medicine made by Yun Xi, which could make the deceased look like they died of a sudden illness...

It was enough to announce to the outside world that it was due to excessive fear.

"No... don't!"

"Mother!"

"Let go of my mother!"

"Mother!"

Shangguan Pingzhang trembled all over, trying to struggle and pounce on Wu Xiqing, but was pressed down tightly and couldn't move at all.

He could only watch Wu Xiqing's vitality fade away bit by bit, in extreme pain...

"What a touching scene of motherly kindness and filial piety!"

Chen Yan clapped his hands and sighed, "The deceased is gone; Young Master Shangguan, please restrain your grief!"

"You bastard!"

Shangguan Pingzhang stared at the guy who killed his mother and was still putting on an act, and couldn't help but curse.

He had never seen such a hypocritical person!

Chen Yan didn't care, smiled even more brilliantly, and said, "Alright, don't be in a hurry to curse; there is another medicine that is the same, but even more painful..."

He paused and asked, "I wonder if Young Master Shangguan would like to taste it?"

You Xian took out a dark green small porcelain bottle from his bosom again and shook it in front of him.

"No... don't!"

Shangguan Pingzhang panicked instantly, especially when he thought of his mother's painful appearance just now, he was even more terrified and begged for mercy, "Lord Chen Yan, let me go... I beg you!"

Shangguan Pingzhang was afraid of death.

He was even more afraid of being tortured to death like that.

At that moment, the hatred of killing his mother seemed insignificant...

"You don't have to eat it..."

Chen Yan smiled, took out a document from his sleeve, "Sign and press your fingerprint on this!"

That document was exactly the confession of Shangguan Jun's actions.

The person was already dead, so having his son sign on his behalf was just right...

It was in line with the process.

"As long as I sign and press my fingerprint, you will let me go?"

"You won't poison me to death?"

Shangguan Pingzhang trembled, looked at Chen Yan, and probed carefully.

"That is natural!"

Chen Yan nodded and said seriously, "You've already signed it; what is the point of poisoning you to death?"

"Don't you think?"

Shangguan Pingzhang thought for a moment and agreed with this statement, "Okay... I'll sign!"

The two Embroidered Attire Envoys saw this and immediately released him, but they were still carefully guarding him.

Shangguan Pingzhang reached out to take the pen, signed his name on the signature line, and handed it back, "Signed!"

"Not bad, the handwriting is quite good..."

Chen Yan flicked the confession and praised.

As he spoke, he gave You Xian a look.

"Young Master Shangguan, come on!"

You Xian understood immediately, took out the small porcelain bottle, stepped forward, and pinched Shangguan Pingzhang's throat.

"Lord Chen Yan, didn't you just say that if I signed, you would let me go?" Shangguan Pingzhang was shocked, and while slapping You Xian's hand, he questioned him in a panic.

"I lied to you!"

"Even if you sign, you still have to eat it!"

Chen Yan smacked his lips, smiled, and said.

Great Zhou's famous double standard.

For his own people and enemies, there are two sets of naked standards...

He never leaves hidden dangers for himself.

"You faithless beast!" Before being force-fed, Shangguan Pingzhang struggled wildly and cursed.

But in fact, there was no poison in that small porcelain bottle...

It was a medicine that caused dementia and loss of intelligence!

After all, it was impossible to have two people commit suicide out of fear of crime at the same time; that was too insulting to intelligence...

Zhuque Hall.

A quiet secret room.

There was movement outside.

Su Mancang, who was sitting inside, immediately stood up to check. After seeing who the visitor was, he immediately bowed respectfully, "Greetings, Lord Chen Yan!"

"No need for formalities!"

"Chef Su, you've waited a long time!"

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