The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 604 Punishment
Finally, Xie Dongzhu was the last one left. When he met her, Empress Qin did not like the girl named Ayu very much and did not tell Prince Xiaoyao about her.

Seeing that Xie Dongzhu was resourceful, capable, and ruthless, Prince Xiaoyao admired her and kept her in the Duke of Anguo's mansion as a female strategist. Incidentally, this also helped her father, a low-ranking official, rise through the ranks to the sixth grade.

It wasn't until Empress Qin returned that the carefree prince saw his sister-in-law smile broadly for the first time in his life.

"That girl named Ayu is a perfect match for Huai'er." With just these words from the Empress, Prince Xiaoyao had a clear idea of ​​what was going on.

It must be that Ayu.

By piecing together all the clues, the Carefree King quickly learned the whole story and began to suspect the Xie family.

He subtly extracted clues from Xie Dongzhu and frequently had her contact Xie's father, who was stationed in another region. He actually managed to find some leads.

Of course, it was also discovered that Xie Dongzhu actually knew no more than the Prince of Xiaoyao. It was just that this girl was always cunning and good at strategy, so she stayed in the mansion to relieve her boredom.

When Qin Huai returned to Wanning City, they talked late into the night by candlelight. The question he asked made the Prince of Xiaoyao spit out his tea: "Prince of Xiaoyao, you actually admire my mother, don't you?"

The Carefree King: "...Pfft!"

He nearly dropped the teacup he was holding, and looked at Qin Huai with an almost absurd expression: "Where did you get that conclusion from?"

Moreover, given his sister-in-law's personality, apart from his elder brother, probably no one could tolerate her. It's not that she's a bad person, but rather that she's too good, lacking even the basic human emotions one should have.

If the genders were reversed, perhaps the emperor's position would be given to his sister-in-law now.

Just like his title suggests, the Carefree King was unrestrained and had no interest in overly serious people.

But his reaction allowed his clever nephew to guess many things, such as his true identity.

The two exchanged a lot of information, including the suffering Ayu had endured. Upon returning, the Carefree Prince tacitly allowed Qin Huai to dispose of Xie Changsheng in prison as he saw fit.

After returning to the Duke of Anguo's mansion, he listened quietly to his subordinates' report on how the young master of the Duke of Yongguo's mansion tortured prisoners in jail.

So the carefree prince had Xie Dongzhu summoned and asked her with a smile, "Dongzhu, there's something I don't understand, and I'd like to hear your opinion."

Hearing the Prince of Xiaoyao address her in such a way, Xie Dongzhu was overjoyed, thinking that her day of ascension to the throne should not be far off, and then she would be the incomparably noble Princess Consort of Xiaoyao!

But she still maintained the demeanor of a well-bred young lady, saying neither servilely nor arrogantly, "Please speak, Your Highness."

"I have a younger relative whom I really like, but she had a difficult childhood. Her family treated her very badly. Fortunately, she eventually grew up, but she still harbors resentment about those things from her childhood and wants to get revenge. What do you think would be the best way to get revenge?"

When Xie Dongzhu heard the first part of the story, her heart skipped a beat because it sounded so much like what she had done to that person in the past. But when she heard the rest, Xie Dongzhu breathed a sigh of relief. The child she had humiliated could never grow up.

So Xie Dongzhu tentatively said, "Your Highness, please be lenient when you can?"

The carefree king snorted coldly: "It seems that Dongzhu still has a kind heart."

Xie Dongzhu quickly changed his tune, saying, "Not at all. If it were a close relative, I've heard that punishing them personally would result in being struck by lightning. It would be inappropriate to risk one's own life for revenge. It would be better to exile the relative to a harsh and desolate place and watch them waste their lives. This way, one can maintain one's reputation for goodness while still achieving revenge. What do you think, Your Highness?"

In fact, this was also a way out that Xie Dongzhu deliberately left for herself.

But unexpectedly, the carefree king smiled at Xie Dongzhu. In the last moments of her life, Xie Dongzhu only heard the carefree king say, "What you said makes a lot of sense—take her away and let her be struck by lightning."

(End of this chapter)