Chapter 312 Recognition of relatives with blood
Chapter 312 Recognition of relatives with blood
These days, Xie Changting's eyelids have been twitching non-stop, making him extremely irritable. Just as he was about to go find a senior monk to ask for divination, the gatekeeper rushed in, tumbling and crawling.
"Master, it's bad. Prince Nanping has led his troops to surround our Xie Mansion."
Xie Changting's face changed, and he stood up suddenly from the armchair. "What did you say? Prince Nanping led his troops to surround Xie's house? What's going on?"
The servant was so scared that he stammered, "I...I don't know."
Just as he finished speaking, outside the main hall, a burst of orderly and heavy footsteps came closer and closer, shaking people's hearts like rumbling thunder.
Xie Changting turned his head with a serious expression, and saw a group of iron-clad guards in black armor rushing into the flower hall aggressively.
When he saw the man surrounded by people, sitting in a wheelchair and exuding a majestic aura, he hurried forward and saluted.
"Your humble servant Xie Changting, I pay my respects to the Prince of Nanping. I wonder why the prince suddenly led his troops to besiege the Xie residence?"
The King of Nanping stared at him coldly with a knife-like gaze, but said nothing. It was not until Xiao Jin came over with a girl that his expression eased a little, and he turned gentle and asked softly, "Girl, are you Xie Lan?"
Xie Lan had already known the identity of the visitor from Xiao Jin. He smiled slightly and bowed to greet him. "Yes, Xie Lan greets His Majesty."
"No need to be polite, get up quickly." Prince Nanping suppressed his inner excitement and signaled to his guards, "Please invite Gong Yuanzheng in."
Xie Changting's heart suddenly shook, an ominous premonition spread wildly in his heart, and the feeling of uneasiness became stronger and stronger.
Gong Yuanzheng had learned about this mission from the emperor's oral instructions before he came. He entered the main hall, bowed to the King of Nanping, and asked the medicine boy to bring two cups of water. Then, he took out two black pills from the medicine box and put them into two cups of water. He also took out a thin silver needle and stirred it in the cup.
After the pill melted, he walked towards Xie Changting.
Xie Changting was full of doubts, not knowing what Director Gong was going to do. When his eyes met the silver needle in his hand, his eyelids twitched violently and uncontrollably.
"What does this mean, Your Majesty?"
The moment he saw Xie Lan, Prince Nanping wanted to kill Xie Changting.
He ignored Xie Changting's words, looked at him expressionlessly, and raised his hand to signal the guards around him, "Hold him down."
Xie Changting's face turned pale, and before he could react, his arms were tightly twisted by two burly armored guards.
Seeing Gong Yuanzheng walking towards him with a needle in his hand, Xie Changting's heart sank, "Your Majesty, I don't know what I have done wrong that you want to treat me like this?"
Prince Nanping didn't even give him a glance.
Dean Gong saw that the armored guard had firmly held down Xie Changting's wrist. With swift movements, he stabbed and squeezed the silver needle, and drops of blood dripped into a glass of water in the middle of the exam.
After replacing the needle with a clean one, Gong Yuanzheng looked at Xie Lan with a gentle expression, "Miss Xie, can I borrow a few drops of your blood?"
On the way here, Xiao Jin had explained everything to Xie Lan. She knew that Gong Yuanzheng wanted to use blood test to prove his relationship with her, so she took the initiative to extend her right hand and said, "Okay."
Xie Changting's pupils shrank, and he understood what Gong Yuan was about to do.
He subconsciously wanted to speak to stop Xie Lan, but before he could say anything, the armored guard pressed his mute point.
Gong Yuanzheng knew that Xie Lan was most likely the daughter of King Nanping, so he inserted the needle quickly and gently. Before Xie Lan could feel any pain, Gong Yuanzheng had already dripped two drops of blood for her into two cups.
Prince Nanping had been waiting quietly. Seeing that Xie Lan was already bleeding, he immediately pulled out a dagger and cut his left index finger. The medicine boy quickly came forward with a teacup and caught the dripping blood.
Gong Yuanzheng was afraid that his wound was too serious, so he took out the Jincang medicine to stop the bleeding for Prince Nanping, but he was stopped by him with a wave of his hand.
At this moment, the hall was packed with people, but the scene was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Everyone held their breath, staring at the two cups intently, not daring to breathe. It seemed like a long time had passed, but it also seemed like only a few breaths, and the two white porcelain tea cups dripping with blood quickly changed.
In one, the two drops of blood were clearly separated, while in the other, they blended perfectly together.
Gong Yuanzheng immediately bowed to Prince Nanping and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Miss Xie is your biological daughter."
Prince Nanping slapped the armrest with his right hand, "Xie Changting, do you admit your guilt?"
The armored guard reached out and untied Xie Changting's mute point, then kicked him down.
Xie Changting knelt on the ground with a plop, sweating coldly: "Your Majesty, I don't know what crime I have committed. I hope Your Majesty will explain it clearly."
"At this point, you still dare to play dumb! What have you done? Do you really think that I don't know?"
Xie Changting was not stupid, so how could he not know what he had done? But he knew he couldn't say anything, so he could only play dumb.
"I have never met Your Majesty before. If I have offended Your Majesty in any way, please forgive me and do not take it personally."
Xie Lan had long guessed that Xie Changting would not confess easily, so he directly used the truth talisman on him.
Even if Xie Changting didn't want to surrender, he couldn't withstand the mantra talisman.
Soon the whole truth of that year was revealed.
Xie Changting was ambitious since he was young, and he longed to be in a high position and stand out one day. Unfortunately, his family was poor, and even after studying hard for several years, he still failed to make a name for himself in the imperial examination. His family could not afford to pay him any extra money to continue his studies.
Just when he was feeling discouraged, by chance, he found Su who had fallen off a cliff in the forest. Seeing her beautiful face and well-dressed, Xie Changting guessed that she must be the daughter of a wealthy family.
At that moment, an evil idea came into his mind, and he coaxed Su back home.
Xie Changting's original intention was to take the opportunity to marry Su, and when the Su family came to him, he would be able to naturally marry into this noble family and become successful from then on.
But when he was preparing for the wedding night, he found that there was no toad blood on Su's arm. Xie Changting was very disappointed and humiliated her in anger.
Although Su had lost her memory, she was not stupid and quickly realized that something was wrong.
Although Xie Changting was unwilling, he coveted Su's beauty and wanted to continue the bridal chamber. But Su became suspicious and resisted desperately, refusing to let Xie Changting touch her.
Xie Changting was helpless, but he didn't want to miss this great opportunity to get close to the Su family.
Finally, he proposed that if Su gave him all the money and jewelry she had, not only would he not touch her, he would also allow her to stay in the Xie family until she found her family.
Xie Changting planned this just to wait for Su to find her family, and then divorce her in exchange for her life-saving grace. But later he found that Su's memory seemed to be slowly recovering, and he even heard her talking in her sleep one night, and found out that she was married, and her husband was a prince.
Xie Changting knew that if Su recovered his memory, he would definitely not have a good ending.
So they poisoned her labor-inducing medicine while she was giving birth, hoping to kill both of them. Unfortunately, the midwife who delivered the baby was kind-hearted. After Su drank a few sips, she smelled something wrong with the labor-inducing medicine and pretended to slip and knocked over the medicine bowl.
Although Su lost a lot of blood during childbirth, the midwife was very capable and saved her.
Originally, Xie Changting was worried that if he poisoned Su, the midwife would find out, so he could only plan to wait for some time before taking action.
Unexpectedly, not long after Su sent Xie Lan to Sanqing Mountain, she was pushed down by the old lady and hit her head, accidentally regaining her memory. Xie Changting simply took advantage of her injury and weakness to strangle her to death.
I wish you all a happy New Year's Eve and all the best.