The old lady of Yongchang Marquis cried and begged for mercy: "When this happened... we, the two old couple, were not aware of it. By the time we knew about it, it had already happened and there was nothing we could do to stop it..."

"The Yongchang Marquisate was wrong, but... but the crime is not punishable by death. Now that my second son has been tortured like this by you, the damage we caused to Shangguan Yu should be offset, right? You... just let us go! We already know we were wrong..."

"That's a nice thought!"

After a crisp voice, Su Ci walked in from outside the cell.

The entire Lin family looked at this extremely beautiful and very young girl.

The old lady of Yongchang Marquis glared at Su Ci and asked angrily, "Who are you? You are the murderer who kidnapped us, right?"

"That's right, I was the one who had you kidnapped here. I will not change my name or surname. I am Su Yulou's second daughter, Su Ci."

"Su Ci..." Lin Youfang murmured softly.

Then he asked, "The Princess of Anping County, Su Ci, was granted marriage to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin, Baili Chen?"

"It's me. Are you surprised? Are you feeling guilty just seeing me? You did all those unscrupulous things to my father. It shouldn't be too much for me to ask for justice now, right?"

"Not only did you harm my father, but you also put on a show in front of Prince Heng's palace for another thirty years, fooling the entire palace around."

"Tell me, if the people in Prince Heng's Mansion knew your true identity, how would they treat the Yongchang Marquis Mansion? Would they uproot the Yongchang Marquis Mansion and kill all of your Lin family members?"

"You can't be so cruel. We have only done one thing that has wronged Prince Heng's Mansion, but you want to kill us all. This is unfair! It's not fair!"

"Fair? When you attack a six-year-old child, there is no fairness! Even if I skin all the people in your Lin family alive, it won't seem excessive!"

"You are so cruel and ruthless. Aren't you afraid that after His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin knows your true face, he will be disgusted with you and will never marry a vicious woman like you?"

"Even if I am cruel, can I be as cruel as your Lin Wanzhen? Before you talk about others, take a good look in the mirror and see what kind of person you are!"

"You are covered in shit, yet you complain that others stink. Can they be stinkier than you?"

"You...you..." The old lady of the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion was speechless.

Ashamed and embarrassed.

Then Su Ci turned her head and called out to the outside of the prison, "Your Highness!"

After a light "hmm", Baili Chen walked in from outside.

The secret guards knelt down immediately upon seeing him, and shouted, "Greetings to His Majesty the Prince of Qin!"

When the Lin family saw the imposing Prince Qin, they all knelt down and said, "Greetings, Prince Qin!"

"Everyone get up!"

Baili Chen glanced at everyone indifferently, and when his eyes fell on Su Ci, they became gentle.

The old lady of the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion stood up with great effort and complained to Baili Chen: "Your Highness, look at the Princess of Anping County. She is lawless and has kidnapped us. She even used lynching on us. She is so audacious!"

"Oh! Wasn't the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion lawless thirty years ago? You dare to speak ill of the Princess of Anping in front of me. Do you want to die?"

The old lady of the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion swallowed all the words she was about to say. She didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

She was afraid that this evil spirit would take action and she would die even faster!

At this time, Baili Chen said again: "I remember, I read the files. Because the young master of Prince Heng's mansion was missing, the old Prince Heng Shangguan Hong fell ill for nearly a month."

"In the battle between our Great Zhou and Dali, we had to temporarily replace our generals with the old Marquis of Yongchang and Shangguan Rui.

"But in that battle, the left-wing army led by Shangguan Rui was ambushed and 70,000 soldiers died. Although he was lucky enough to survive after being seriously injured, he was almost beheaded by Emperor Mingguang."

"However, the 60,000-man right-wing army led by the old Marquis of Yongchang Mansion won a great victory, defeating the larger force with a smaller one, and forcing the nearly 100,000-man Dali army to flee in panic."

"It created a war example in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty where a small force defeated a large one, and also made the Lin family army famous."

"It was because of this battle that the Lin family was granted the title of Marquis, and the two brothers Lin Youquan and Lin Youfang also earned the reputation of 'brave generals' and were promoted several levels in rank."

"Could there be such a coincidence?"

"Do you think you can get away with it by attributing the kidnapping of Shangguan Yu to a personal grudge between two families?"

After hearing Baili Chen's words, Lin Youfang felt extremely guilty and his whole body began to tremble.

Baili Chen glanced at the Lin family with sharp eyes, and then said: "I suspect that you Lin family members sold out the military deployment or combat plan of the Great Zhou Kingdom in exchange for the interests of the family."

"You stepped on the bones of tens of thousands of soldiers at the border to make your family prosperous. After gaining military merit, you were promoted to higher positions and made the Lin family reach an incomparable height of glory, and you have enjoyed many years of wealth and splendor."

"After all these years, do you still have nightmares every night, often dreaming of evil spirits taking your lives?"

"As a general who has been stationed at the border for many years, I feel ashamed that the Great Zhou has generals like you, and I feel ashamed that there are parasites like you."

"If the Yongchang Marquisate is really in collusion with the Dali Kingdom, all of you Lin family members deserve to be cut into pieces!"

These words were sonorous and powerful, and they landed on people’s hearts.

One stone caused a thousand waves.

After hearing this, the Lin family members were so frightened that they dared not breathe. Everyone's face was pale, as if they had turned into zombies.

Looking at the expressions of these people, Su Ci knew that Baili Chen’s guess might be true.

Then the Lin family is the spies of Dali Kingdom, and the reason they kidnapped Shangguan Yu is not a personal grudge.

They just wanted to confuse Shangguan Hong's mind, force him to change generals in the middle of the battle, kill 70,000 soldiers, and almost kill Shangguan Rui.

If the war situation had not been tense at the time, Emperor Mingguang would not have been able to punish Prince Heng's Mansion too severely. The defeat in that battle might even have led to the entire Prince Heng's Mansion being punished by the emperor.

Even so, Shangguan Rui bore the infamy for many years, but he made up for his sins through battles one after another and earned back his face and reputation.

When Su Ci thought about this, she became furious.

The rage in my heart was burning fiercely, and it seemed to urgently need an outlet.

She snatched the whip from the secret guard's hand and whipped Lin Youfang with it.

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