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Chapter 204 Xue'er Will Never Harm You (11)

In the prison, Linghu Weixin was held alone in the innermost cell.

After Pojun tied Linghu Weixin's hands and feet, he took the coarse cloth out of Linghu Weixin's mouth.

"Pojun!" Linghu Weixin shouted. Pojun stopped moving and turned to face Linghu Weixin.

Before being taken to the dungeon, Linghu Weixin was wondering why Murong Heng suddenly arrested him.

Even now, sitting in jail, Linghu Weixin still couldn't figure it out. He had been following Murong Heng as an aide since Murong Heng was still a prince.

He did a lot for Murong Heng and also gave Murong Heng many suggestions to suppress the power of his opponents. When he was in the prince's mansion, Linghu Weixin once drank with Murong Heng under the moon, and they called each other good friends.

Moreover, he relied on his own abilities to step by step reach the position of Prime Minister today. Linghu Weixin felt that he had not done anything to let Murong Heng down.

Murong Heng arrested and imprisoned people at will. This simply showed that he did not regard Linghu Weixin as a friend.

"Your Majesty, why did you suddenly arrest me?!" Linghu Weixin's face looked ugly, and his peach blossom eyes were full of coldness.

Po Jun stared at him for a long time before whispering, "You should know the difference between high and low. Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven."

Upon hearing this, Linghu Weixin widened his eyes, his mouth slightly open, and only closed his eyes after watching Pojun leave the cell.

Linghu Weixin laughed at himself. He had thought that he and Murong Heng were close friends, but it turned out that their relationship was just that.

When Gu Chang came to the dungeon, he saw Linghu Weixin's decadent appearance.

Hearing the footsteps, Linghu Weixin slowly raised his head. He leaned against the stone wall, and his peach blossom eyes were originally empty. When he saw that the person coming was a familiar person, his eyes lit up a little.

Linghu Weixin had been locked up in the cell for over an hour, and no one had spoken to him or brought him food or water.

Moreover, my hands and feet were tied up all the time, and my limbs became numb, which was very uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty... I... have never disobeyed Your Majesty. Why do you treat me like this?" Linghu Weixin's voice was hoarse, and he stared blankly at Gu Chang who was standing outside the cell.

The cell was dark, with only the faint light of a candle coming from a lamp placed in a hole carved into the wall.

The smell in the dungeon was also unpleasant, damp and dark, with a hint of stale blood.

Now Gu Chang came with two Night Shadow Guards, Tan Lang and Po Jun. Tan Lang and Po Jun each held a torch, lighting up the cell.

The system complained to Gu Chang, "Host, what he said is so ambiguous. I thought you, Host, had betrayed him."

"System, I do have a lover, so please stop complaining." Gu Chang replied casually.

He came here just to know why Linghu Weixin wanted to help Nie Qingxue.

"Linghu, I will not pursue the matter of you casually sending a palace maid to my bedroom, but do you know the identity of this woman?" Gu Chang maintained a condescending attitude and raised his chin slightly to look at Linghu Weixin who was imprisoned.

In fact, Gu Chang didn't want to look down on others, but Murong Heng said that as a king, he had to show his kingly and domineering spirit in all aspects and make the people under him afraid.

Therefore, since Murong Heng became emperor, he has never looked anyone in the eye.

Gu Chang also complained to the system that a character like Murong Heng was no different from a villain.

However, in the original plot, the heroine's half-sister Nie Huaili and aunt Chen Lianyi are the villains.

When Linghu Weixin heard Gu Chang ask this, he was silent for a moment before he slowly spoke, "Your Majesty, I am also a native of the Zhou Kingdom. If Your Majesty suspects that I have rebellious intentions, you can execute me."

He only now understood that Murong Heng arrested him because Nie Qingxue was from the Zhou Kingdom. If Murong Heng wanted to find out Nie Qingxue's identity, it would take several days, but Nie Qingxue had just entered the palace today. How could Murong Heng know that Nie Qingxue was from the Zhou Kingdom so quickly...

Linghu Weixin thought of the Night Shadow Guard he had bribed, who was responsible for monitoring his family.

He even deliberately asked the Night Shadow Guard to write a false message.

Thinking about this, Linghu Weixin guessed that Murong Heng had actually discovered his deception long ago and was just playing along to lure him into the palace.

No wonder Po Jun said that there should be a difference between the superior and the inferior, and the distance between the emperor and his ministers should be strictly maintained. Once a minister crosses that line, he will be suspected by the emperor.

After Linghu Weixin figured it out, he smiled bitterly, "I see, so that's how it is, Your Majesty."

"So you have never trusted anyone. Then I would like to ask Your Majesty, do you trust all the Night Shadow Guards around you?" Linghu Weixin said, and then shifted his gaze to Pojun and Tanlang. Tanlang was the third Night Shadow Guard he had met.

He only knew that Murong Heng held a sharp sword called Night Shadow Guard, but he didn't know how many Night Shadow Guards there were.

Linghu Weixin asked the Night Shadow Guard he bribed, but the other party remained silent and did not say a word.

Gu Chang half-closed his eyes, his dark pupils particularly deep, "Linghu, aren't you afraid that she is an assassin and wants to harm me?"

"Xue'er couldn't be an assassin! She's so kindhearted, she wouldn't even kill an ant. How could she possibly harm Your Majesty?!" Linghu Weixin sighed softly, his tone lingering. After a pause, he continued, "I was born in the Kingdom of Zhou. Both my parents died, and I was sold by human traffickers to the Nie Mansion as a servant. Xue'er is the eldest daughter of the Nie family. She's kindhearted and can't stand me being bullied by other servants, so she often helps me."

"I lived in the Nie Mansion for fifteen years. Later, during the lotus viewing party in June, Xue'er was framed and fell into the water. I rescued her, but because Xue'er was an unmarried lady and could not have close contact with men outside her family, Nie Xuanyuan lied to cover up my rescue, saying that it was a maid who saved Xue'er, and then sold me to a human trafficker."

"After many twists and turns, I finally arrived at Tianyao Country. Fortunately, my mentor appreciated me and bought me from the human traffickers, freeing me. Your Majesty, what I said is absolutely true. Without Xue'er, there would be no Linghu Weixin today. She is an excellent woman. Your Majesty, Xue'er would never harm you!"

System, "Great, it's love-brained, we're doomed."

Gu Chang, “…”

Murong Heng, "No matter how good a woman is, what does she have to do with me?"

When Murong Heng looked at Linghu Weixin now, he almost thought that Linghu Weixin had changed his mind. How could such a smart and clever man easily trust a woman?

Even if we were together for several years in childhood, now so many years have passed and we have become adults. Who can guarantee that our personalities will remain the same as they were in childhood?

Moreover, Linghu Weixin is now the Prime Minister of Tianyao Kingdom. Isn't it too absurd to trust a person from Zhou Kingdom so easily?

After all, Linghu Weixin didn't care about Murong Heng's safety.

Murong Heng thought about it and suddenly felt that he had chosen the wrong person. He really shouldn't trust anyone.

"Just based on your one-sided statement, should I believe that this person won't harm me?" Gu Chang was a little helpless, but he didn't show it. He continued speaking in a cold tone, "Linghu Weixin, I won't kill you. I want to find out her motives. If she is as good as you say, I will give you a chance to reform."

Murong Heng first refuted Gu Chang, "Why not kill him? He can't distinguish between the primary and the secondary, trusting a person from the Zhou country, and even wants me to believe that a person from the Zhou country will not harm me. Linghu Weixin should not be kept!"

Gu Chang frowned slightly. He did not respond to Murong Heng, but just looked at the silent Linghu Weixin with a cold expression.

After a moment, Linghu Weixin slowly changed his posture and reluctantly knelt down to kowtow to Gu Changxing, "Thank you, Your Majesty... for your grace of not killing me!"