Stranger and Chen in the Palace

Inside the station.

Ling Yichen looked at Huang Zaizhong coldly: "Hand over the evidence of Prince Yu's corruption, and I won't kill you."

Huang Zaizhong said disdainfully, "I won't come if I'm afraid of death."

The corner of Ling Yichen's mouth curled into a sneer: "I hope you are not afraid of being tortured."

Huang Zaizhong snorted coldly when he heard the words.

"Your Highness, please Rong Weichen say a few words to him." Xiao Ye said.

Huang Zaizhong spat at Xiao Ye: "I have nothing to say to you, a traitor. I was really blind to marry my sister to you."

Xiao Ye smiled bitterly: "It's true that I betrayed the prince, but is he really worthy of our loyalty? Think about the fate of those who work for him, does he treat us with sincerity at all?"

A gloomy look flashed across Huang Zaizhong's eyes, and he still said, "So, this is the reason for your betrayal?"

Xiao Ye shook his head, and was about to continue persuading, but Huang Zaizhong said first: "You don't need to say more, I will never betray the prince, you and I have our own ambitions."

Ling Yichen waved his hand and asked Huang Zaizhong to be taken down: "He is loyal to King Yu."

Xiao Ye pondered and said: "Huang Zaizhong is upright and is very loyal to King Yu, which is why King Yu trusts him more. I think even if he is severely punished, he may not be willing to recruit him."

Ling Yichen said Shi Shiran: "You know, what is a person who is loyal to his master most afraid of?"

Xiao Ye didn't understand what he was referring to and looked at him suspiciously.

Ling Yichen smiled slowly: "You will know soon."

After Huang Zaizhong was taken down, he was whipped and still refused to let go. Finally, the guards were so tired that they threw the whip away and went out to drink.

Seeing the guards go out, Huang Zaizhong completely relaxed. His whole body was in burning pain. If he hadn't gritted his teeth, he would have fainted a few times.Once one's mind relaxes, the physical pain will be felt more clearly, and the bursts of severe pain from the body will make Huang Zaizhong's mind clearer.

Suddenly, a masked man in black barged in. Huang Zaizhong immediately became alert, and then relaxed again.He recognized that the clothes on the man in black were the guards of Prince Yu's Mansion, could it be someone sent by the prince?

He was about to ask, but the man in black couldn't help but slashed at him with a knife.

Huang Zaizhong was frightened, he turned sideways quickly, narrowly avoiding the knife, the knife missed Huang Zaizhong, but because of his dodge, cut off the rope that bound his right hand.Huang Zaizhong himself was good at martial arts, his right hand was freed, and he immediately picked up a torture tool next to him to block the man in black's attack again.

The man in black seemed to be loyal to Huang Zai with all his heart, and his moves were extremely ruthless.

Huang Zaizhong's left hand was still bound, and he was very embarrassed to deal with it. The more he got angry, the more he yelled at the man: "Who are you, and why did you kill me?"

"Didn't you recognize it already?" The man in black smiled.

When Huang Zaizhong heard the words, his eyes were about to burst, and he said furiously: "It's in vain for me to be loyal to the prince. I never thought that I would still be like those people, and be abandoned by him like a shoestring!"

The man in black said disdainfully: "If you want to blame it, blame yourself for being useless!"

Huang Zaizhong was so angry that he calmed down instead: "Don't forget, I still have evidence of his corruption in my hand, at worst we all die together."

The man in black smiled contemptuously: "Are you talking about the account book? I burned it before I came."

Huang Zaizhong retorted subconsciously: "Impossible, I put it in the dark wall of the firewood room, and only I know it, how could you..." He suddenly stopped, he realized something wrong, and asked in surprise, "Are you who?"

I saw the man in black tearing off his kerchief, who else could it be if it wasn't Lian Feng?

"You lied to me, you despicable villain!" Huang Zaizhong was furious.

At this moment, the surrounding candles suddenly lit up, Ling Yichen walked in slowly, and Lian Feng stepped aside.Ling Yichen didn't even look at Huang Zaizhong, and said to Lian Feng, "Bring it immediately."

Lian Feng nodded and went out.

Huang Zaizhong was so anxious that he cursed: "Ling Yichen, you are so despicable——"

Only then did Ling Yichen put his gaze on him, and said with a sneer, "If King Yu wasn't such a person, how could you be easily fooled?"

Huang Zaizhong was silenced by his words.

Xiao Ye also said: "Brother, although it was His Highness's scheme this time, King Yu will definitely send someone to silence you now that you have been captured, and he will also put all the charges of corruption and bribery on you. Families will be implicated as well."

Huang Zaizhong was shaken in his heart, and he still argued strongly: "No, I am loyal to the prince, he will not be so heartless."

Xiao Ye said helplessly: "Brother, among the many brothers before us, which one was not loyal to him, but what happened? What happened just now also shows that you don't believe in it, doesn't it?"

Huang Zaizhong was silent.

In the next few days, the king of Yu sent someone to assassinate Huang Zaizhong.After the third batch of assassins were killed, Huang Zaizhong finally couldn't hold back his face, and knelt down to Ling Yichen and said, "Your Highness, Huang Zaizhong is ignorant. I would like to go to the palace to testify against King Yu. I only ask Your Highness to protect my family. Afterwards, Huang Zaizhong should apologise with death."

Ling Yichen glanced at him lightly, and said: "I can promise you, and I don't want your life, but you will work for me from now on."

Huang Zaizhong looked at Ling Yichen in astonishment, apparently he did not expect such a result, he was stunned for a while and then said happily: "Your Highness thinks highly of Huang Zaizhong, I will definitely do my best for His Highness."

Ling Yichen smiled, and suddenly his eyes sharpened: "But you hurt Mr. Xue, so I want you to cut off your own arm!"

Xue Zimo next to him was shocked when he heard the words, but Huang Zaizhong said without fear: "It should be, I almost killed Mr. Xue, it is kind of His Highness as long as I have one hand." Then he drew his knife and prepared to chop off his left hand .

"Wait a minute—" Xue Zimo hastily stopped him.

Huang Zaizhong stopped, Xue Zimo turned to Ling Yichen and said, "Your Highness, I'm already fine, so why bother General Huang to cut off his own arm, besides, you still want to keep him in service, why don't you just let it go?"

Ling Yichen looked at him and sighed: "Okay!" After speaking, he said to Huang Zaizhong, "For Mr. Xue's sake, I will keep your arm for the time being. If there is another crime in the future, I will count it as well."

Huang Zaizhong glanced at Xue Zimo gratefully and said, "The criminal minister thanked His Highness for your mercy, and thank you Mr. Xue for your generosity!"

Ling Yichen nodded thoughtfully, Xue Zimo smiled slightly, and Huang Zaizhong retreated slowly.

In fact, the reason why he wanted to take Xiao Ye and Huang Zaizhong for his own use was to cultivate his confidants.Although Xue Jingting and the group of officials behind him are now his forces, Ling Yichen knows very well that they are either Xue Jingting's disciples or have been influenced by Xue Jingting.That is to say, if one day, Xue Jingting no longer supports him, then he will also lose this backbone.

Therefore, he must start cultivating, his own, confidant!

Since Xue Zimo was injured, Ling Yichen moved into his room to eat and live with him, taking care of him nearby.Seeing the spoon that Ling Yichen handed to his mouth again, Xue Zimo said helplessly, "I only hurt one hand, so I can do it myself."

Ling Yichen was unmoved: "Well, so the other hand should be better protected."

Xue Zimo was speechless, knowing that he couldn't be persuaded, so he simply gave up.Not long after dinner, Xue Zimo was urged to rest by Ling Yichen.Seeing Ling Yichen who was actively making his bed, Xue Zimo hesitated for a long time before saying, "I want to take a bath."

Ling Yichen was slightly stunned, and suddenly remembered that he hadn't showered for the past few days when he was injured, and his body smelled like blood again, so he must be very uncomfortable, so he smiled and said, "I'll help you."

Xue Zimo shook his head: "No, just go out."

"So you're worried about me?" Ling Yichen looked at him narrowly.

Xue Zimo was slightly uncomfortable.

Seeing his expression, Ling Yichen sighed softly: "You can't use force at all with that hand, and you can't get wet, how can you take a bath with one hand? If the wound opens again, do you want to feel sorry for me to death?"

Xue Zimo bowed his head and said nothing, Ling Yichen said helplessly: "I'll ask someone to sprinkle a layer of flower petals in the bathtub so that I can't see, okay?"

Xue Zimo also felt that it was difficult for him to bathe with one hand, so he hesitated for a while and finally nodded.

Ling Yichen had someone bring hot water in, and a thick layer of rose petals was sprinkled on the water surface. Under the transpiration of the heat, the whole room exuded a faint fragrance of roses.

After the people went out, Ling Yichen walked up to Xue Zimo, and was about to help him untie his clothes, but Xue Zimo stopped him, Ling Yichen didn't move, just looked at him quietly.

After a while, Xue Zimo slowly let go of his hands, and gently closed his eyes.

Ling Yichen carefully helped him untie his clothes, and after a while, all the clothes on Xue Zimo's upper body were taken off.

Looking at Xue Zimo with his upper body naked, Ling Yichen was moved, but then saw the bandaged wound on his arm, felt a dull pain in his heart, and caressed the wound with pity.

"Turn around first." Xue Zimo opened his eyes and said.

Ling Yichen laughed, and said in a low voice, "Can I help you with my eyes closed?"

Xue Zimo shook his head, his eyes were firm, Ling Yichen was afraid that he would catch cold, so he had to turn around as he said.

After a long time, Ling Yichen tentatively asked, "Is it okay?"

"En." Xue Zimo responded softly from behind.

Only then did Ling Yichen turn around, and saw that Xue Zimo had already entered the tub, his injured hand was resting on the side of the barrel, and the other hand was wiping himself with a towel.Against the backdrop of rose petals, his snow-white skin was even more radiant and moving. His silky black hair spread out obliquely, and the curling white air seemed to surround him.

Ling Yichen stared at him obsessively, his feet involuntarily approached the tub.

Seeing him approaching, Xue Zimo lowered his head slightly, his face slowly turned red, and he didn't know if he was steamed by the heat.