Women dressed as men: powerful officials

Chapter 249 You Can’t Get Out

A teacher for one day, a father for life.

Xu Yuan did not have a good life in Sishui County. When he first arrived in the capital, he was unfamiliar with the place and suffered a lot.

It was Shen Yichuan who helped her enter Wenhua Palace, and it was Wei Chen who helped her gain a foothold in the capital.

Wei Chenyi is her teacher.

Although the Wei family has countless disciples, Xu Yuan knows that Wei Chen is training her as his successor with a sincere heart.

Therefore, she also respected Wei Chenyi very much.

The first time she realized something was wrong was when Wei Chenyi was drunk and yelled at her to go find the lantern shop.

From then on, she suddenly realized that this Censor who seemed so glorious in the court was actually a shameless lecher in private.

But she knew it too late.

At that time, Wei Chenyi had already written a letter of recommendation for her.

For the Xu family, she must take the national exam.

Xu Yuan originally planned to find out other things after meeting the emperor and clean up the court together, but he didn't expect that Wei Chenyi would be one step ahead of him.

When she was detained, she still hoped that Wei Chenyi would save her, but she never imagined that the person who put her in jail was Wei Chenyi.

The culprit in the Xu family case.

A tear silently ran down Xuyuan's cheek.

Xu Yuan hated herself for not being able to judge people well and for mistaking a thief for her father. She hated herself even more for forgetting the kindness Wei Chen had shown her in her previous life.

Wei Chenyi looked at Xu Yuan, a gleam flashed in his eyes and said: "My son, just because of this, you want to kill me? After all, you are still too young. I have been in the court for decades. I am down and out for a while, but it doesn't mean I can't get out of this life. When I get out, I will do as you wish and grind you to ashes."

"You can't get out."

Wei Chenyi smiled coldly: "Do you have any evidence about Princess Jialing? Without evidence, you can't do anything to me."

At first, Wei Chen was frightened by the four words "Princess Jialing" and lost his composure. He never thought that Xu Yuan would know about this.

Thinking about it now, he just finds it ridiculous.

More than ten years have passed, and everyone who knew about this has long since died.

Where can Xuyuan find evidence?

"Have you forgotten? What happened to the Xu family? If you want me to kill you, I have plenty of ways to do it."

Xuyuan sat back in the chair, calmed himself down and tried to avoid being affected again.

"I'll give you two options. The first is to confess the other culprits in the Xu family case. The second is that I will immediately give the divorce letter to King Hong and let him come to try you."

Wei Chenyi stared at the straw on the ground without saying anything.

He will die because of the Xu family if he reveals the culprit behind the Xu family case.

Now that King Hong has arrived, he cannot escape death.

Might as well...

Wei Chenyi slowly raised his head, looked at Xu Yuan and said, "You have already told me the truth yourself, what else do you want me to say?"

"What do you mean?" Xu Yuan stood up and tried hard to recall what he had said before.

Every word flashed through his mind, but Xu Yuan had no idea who he was mentioning.

"If they don't die, I have a chance to live, so I won't tell anyone." Wei Chenyi looked at Xu Yuan and chuckled, "As for telling Prince Hong, you can say whatever you want. Compared to being criticized by court officials, perhaps dying because of Princess Jialing would be more enjoyable."

After Wei Chenyi finished speaking, he opened his robe and sat down calmly.

Xu Yuan couldn't find out anything about the Xu family, except for the matter of Princess Jialing. As long as he denied it, Prince Hong couldn't do anything to him.

Thinking of this, Wei Chenyi looked up at Xu Yuan and said, "Young man, you are too anxious. It's easy to lose if you expose your cards so easily."

"It doesn't matter. Even if I die, I will drag you down with me."

Seeing that Wei Chen said nothing, Xu Yuan didn't want to continue pestering him.

She looked back at Wei Chenyi and said calmly, "You can't get out. You laughed at me for being young and revealing my identity so easily. I don't know if you have ever thought about why I am so bold. I can tell you the truth, which means I am sure that you can't get out of here..."

After leaving the last words, Xuyuan turned and left.

Wei Chen's shoulders, which had been straight up, bent completely the moment the footsteps disappeared.

A strand of white hair fell from his forehead.

Wei Chenyi seemed to have suddenly aged by more than ten years. He leaned weakly against the wall, thinking about the ups and downs of his life.

At a certain moment, he recalled his past glory and became excited again, repeating over and over again: "I will not die, absolutely not!"

Coming out of the prison, Xie Xiaocheng came up to him naturally and asked, "Xu Yuan, what did you talk to Wei Chenyi about? Why did you talk for so long?"

"Reminiscing about the past." Xu Yuan said.

"How come I don't know? What's your relationship with Wei Chenyi?" After saying this, Xie Xiaocheng said, "Why do I feel like you've changed a lot in the past few days? I can't even remember what you looked like in the military camp."

Speaking of the military camp, Xu Yuan thought of Zhang Yue and immediately asked, "We talked about going south to suppress the bandits. Has the commander been decided?"

Xie Xiaocheng said: "Your brother."

After hearing what Xie Xiaocheng said, Xu Yuan asked with some hesitation: "General Xie won't blame my brother for stealing your military merit, right?"

"Of course not." Xie Xiaocheng shook his head. "Without you and the Third Prince, I would still be in Sishui County. Being able to return to the capital is already a great favor from the Emperor. Besides, a tall tree attracts the wind. If I didn't understand this, how could I have chosen to join the Imperial Guards?"

After guarding the border in Sishui County for several years, Xie Xiaocheng's heart has changed.

He did not seek military merit, but only wanted himself and his family to be safe.

"Then..." Xu Yuan was speaking when he suddenly paused.

Xie Xiaocheng noticed that Xu Yuan was going to say something important, so he took the initiative to say, "Let's go to the teahouse?"

"No need, just find a place with few people."

After Xu Yuan finished speaking, he walked a few more steps and lowered his voice: "Have you ever asked the Third Prince if he has any intention of seizing the throne?"

In the previous life, Beiyao was the ultimate winner and became the crown prince.

But Xu Yuan didn't know whether Bei Yao ascended the throne.

Everything in this life has changed. Bei Yao did not marry Song Xiujing, and when talking to her, he did not seem to have any intention of competing for the throne. However, Bei Yao really couldn't stand the prince, and had been targeting him openly and secretly.

Therefore, Xu Yuan didn't know what Bei Yao was thinking.

She wanted to ask, but was afraid that Beiyao would ask her back.

Xie Xiaocheng didn't know whether he should say that or not, and he looked embarrassed and said vaguely: "The prince is incompetent."

"Yes, the Crown Prince is incompetent, but the Bei family's empire needs someone to inherit it. The Queen Mother is still alive and will definitely not let what happened more than 20 years ago happen again. So, what does Third Master think?"

Xie Xiaocheng looked at Xu Yuan, hesitated for a long time, and then said, "I actually asked about this matter. Between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, I have already offended the Crown Prince, and I cannot offend the Third Prince anymore. But people always have to know who they follow and what the person they follow will do. Therefore, when I just returned to the capital, I asked about it. The Third Prince only said one thing: you can fight or not fight, it's all up to you."

"Look at me?" Xu Yuan was slightly stunned.

"Yes, I can see that you didn't come to the capital to seek fame. Perhaps the Third Prince wants to wait until your matter is settled before thinking about other things. After all, the Emperor is still young, isn't he?"