Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

"Leave these two to me." Jiang Chen looked at the two unconscious people with a complicated expression.

Indeed, the identities of these two people make the issue of punishment extremely sensitive.

If it is too harsh, it may arouse the dissatisfaction of Yingxia and Beixi; if it is too lenient, it will make Qianguo appear weak. This matter needs to be carefully considered.

Jiang Xue stared at her royal brother, thought for a long time, and decided to leave the difficult problem to him.

After all, he is the emperor, and handling this matter correctly can enhance his status in Qian Kingdom and help consolidate his rule.

"Okay, my brother, you must consider this matter carefully." Jiang Xue paused, took out a tiger talisman from her arms and handed it to Jiang Chen, "This is what General Wu gave me at his own risk, please don't blame him."

"I understand." Jiang Chen took the tiger talisman and nodded.

Jiang Chen took the tiger talisman and a smile appeared on his face.

In fact, when Wu Mengchuan stopped him from taking the tiger talisman, he realized that General Wu Lao had not betrayed him.

If General Wu Lao had not taken action at that time, Bahai might have taken the tiger talisman, and Xiaoxue would not have been able to mobilize the Tieyun Army to rescue.

At this moment, Wu Mengchuan walked into the room and saw that everything had returned to calm. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Chen, saying with a guilty face: "Your Majesty, please punish me. I have committed a crime of disrespect!"

"General Wu, please stand up." Jiang Chen personally helped Wu Mengchuan up and said gently, "You have done a great service in saving me. How can you be guilty? If it weren't for your wit, I'm afraid I would have been dead long ago. Speaking of which, you saved my life, and I am grateful to you. How can I blame you?"

These words moved Wu Mengchuan to tears. The young people present were all moved when they saw this scene.

Then, Jiang Chen asked about the "extinction of descendants" mentioned by Wu Mengchuan.

When Wu Mengchuan heard his son's name, he was immediately overwhelmed with grief and knelt down again to ask Jiang Chen to seek justice for his son.

"What happened?" Jiang Chen felt something was wrong and asked with a frown.

"The body of my son Wu Yungui was sent back, and the story goes that he was killed by the princess. I beg the emperor to find out the truth for my son!" Wu Mengchuan said with great sorrow.

This shocked everyone, especially Jiang Xue. She remembered that she only cut off Wu Yungui's hand, but did not kill him. The brother and sister exchanged a look, and both realized that the matter was not simple.

In the dead of night, a dark shadow quietly climbed over the wall of the Wu family courtyard, carefully avoiding the patrolling guards, and sneaked towards the city gate.

"Ms. Cao, where are you going so late?" Suddenly, Jiang Xue's voice sounded behind her.

The sound frightened Cao Zhiqing so much that she trembled all over and stood still.

She thought, didn’t Ding Tu and Ba Hai say that the Jiang brothers and sisters would die in prison?

Why is Jiang Xue here now?

"You've got the wrong person! I'm not Miss Cao, stop talking nonsense!" Cao Zhiqing lowered her hat, pretending to be a stranger, and said in a low voice.

Jiang Xue tilted her head slightly, revealing a hint of doubt: "Really? Maybe it's too dark in the alley for me to see clearly."

Since she wanted to act, she would stick with it to the end.

"Come on, light the torches and illuminate this girl." Jiang Xue clapped her hands gently, and in an instant, more than a hundred soldiers emerged like a tide, quickly lining up on both sides of the alley, holding blazing torches. In the light, Cao Zhiqing's face was clearly visible.

"Ms. Cao, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Where are you in such a hurry to go?" Jiang Xue slowly approached and carefully looked at the other person's night clothes and the bulging package.

Cao Zhiqing did not answer, but just held the package tightly, and her other hand quietly moved to the dagger at her waist.

Surrounded by Jiang Xue's men, the only way out seems to be to control this woman.

Just as she was about to take action, Jiang Xue gently reminded her: "If I were you, I wouldn't consider such a dangerous idea."

As soon as he finished speaking, a tiny golden needle flew out and in the blink of an eye, the dagger in Cao Zhiqing's hand fell to the ground.

Tiny traces of blood appeared on her wrists, and she was instantly unable to move.

"You actually know martial arts?" This was the first time Cao Zhiqing witnessed Jiang Xue's strength. She thought that the other party posed no threat, but she didn't expect that she was so powerful.

"When did I say I couldn't do that?" Jiang Xue raised her arm to stop her men from moving forward. "No hurry. Miss Cao and I still have some things to discuss."

"There's nothing to talk about between us. Since you've caught me, you can do whatever you want with me!" Cao Zhiqing resolutely hugged the package to her chest and responded without fear.

"Nothing to say?" Jiang Xue repeated her words, and then found a chair and sat in front of Cao Zhiqing, "I don't think so. At least, Miss Cao, can you tell me how Wu Yungui died?"

After personally examining Wu Yungui's body, Jiang Xue discovered that the inside of his bones was black, and he had obviously died of poisoning.

As a prominent major general of the Qian Kingdom, Wu Yungui was very cautious about his diet, and it was difficult for ordinary people to poison him.

Therefore, the person who could attack him must be someone who could make him let down his guard, and it is very likely that she is a woman.

Wu Yungui is prejudiced against women and believes that they are powerless to hurt him, so he only lets down his guard when facing women.

Jiang Xue learned that not long ago, Wu Yungui took in a new concubine, who was from Beixi and entered the mansion shortly after Jiang Qiyuan's death.

Clues point to the fact that this new concubine is Cao Zhiqing.

"I don't understand what you are talking about." Hearing Wu Yungui's name, Cao Zhiqing's face changed slightly and she turned her head away.

"Wasn't General Wu killed by you using the Wutouqing poison? You did it yourself, but now you ask me about it?" Jiang Xue's lips curled up slightly with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes, and she slowly approached Cao Zhiqing.

Feeling the pressure emanating from Jiang Xue, Cao Zhiqing couldn't help but tremble.

Jiang Xue loosened her clenched hands slightly.

"Am I scary? Why is Miss Cao shaking so badly?" she asked.

"These are what General Wu told me." Cao Zhiqing's eyes flickered, not daring to look directly into Jiang Xue's eyes.

At this time, Wu Mengchuan stood behind Cao Zhiqing expressionlessly, with coldness in his eyes.

Jiang Xue gave him a signal to hold back for the time being.

"It turns out that I underestimated Miss Cao. To be able to make General Wu reveal such a secret, you must have extraordinary abilities. However, can you let me see these abilities of yours?"

As she spoke, she touched it lightly, and the package in Cao Zhiqing's hand fell, revealing the items inside.

Jiang Xue picked up a small porcelain bottle and sniffed it: "This is Wutouqing."

"Why do you carry such a poison? Do you think Qian Country is unsafe?" Jiang Xue handed the bottle to Cao Zhiqing, her face becoming paler.

"This half bottle of Wutouqing is enough to kill people. I wonder who Miss Cao used it to harm?"

"You already know the answer, why ask again." Cao Zhiqing sneered.

"So, you admit that you killed Wu Yungui?" Jiang Xue shook her head and sighed, "It's a pity that he brought you out of the palace and gave you a place to live, but you turned your kindness into hatred for your own purposes."