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Song Qingning stared at Xie Heng.

Xie Heng frowned, thought for only a moment, and then replied, "Wu Jianshi has never harmed me. He is not a bad person. Perhaps he once harbored ill intentions, but in the end, he protected my life."

"My grandmother once taught me that people are multifaceted and human nature is complex. Some things can be judged by intentions, while others should be judged by actions."

"Your subject does not know what exactly Wu Jianshi's ill intentions are, but over the years, he has been by your side, and I have felt that his intentions are not feigned."

"Therefore, Your Majesty, I do not wish for Eunuch Wu to die."

Xie Heng's tone was exceptionally firm.

A child's eyes are pure and untainted by worldly dust.

Even Song Qingning was surprised that Xie Heng would think this way. She looked at Wu Wang lying on the bed, lost in thought.

After she left, a single tear slid down the cheek of the person lying unconscious on the bed.

The next day, Lady Zhang entered the palace. Although Wu Wang was still unconscious, his high fever had subsided and his condition was improving.

A few days later, Wu Wang woke up.

Xie Heng was very happy. He immediately ran over to tell Xie Xuanjin and Song Qingning the news. Xie Xuanjin and Song Qingning didn't say much.

The decision regarding the disposal of the surviving North Rong prisoner brought back that day has yet to be issued.

After a month of recuperation, Wu Wang's injuries had mostly healed. He continued to serve Xie Heng as if nothing had happened, but Wu Wang knew that what was coming would eventually come.

How could the emperor and empress of Dajing, such shrewd people, not have doubts after this incident?

Sure enough, that day came.

On this day, Xie Heng left the palace to visit Song Hanlin at the Ningguo Duke's residence to seek his advice.

Hongling, the maidservant beside Empress Song, came to deliver a message: "Eunuch Wu, Her Majesty the Empress has ordered you to come over."

"Yes."

Wu Wang knelt down to receive the imperial decree, showing no panic throughout. There was even a hint of composure in his expression, as if he were facing death again with equanimity.

He followed Aunt Hongling into the room.

Inside the room, another person was kneeling.

The man was disheveled, his forehead pressed against the ground, trembling with fear due to the oppressive aura emanating from the Emperor and Empress in the room.

Wu Wang glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and recognized him.

The legitimate son of the maternal clan of the new emperor of Beirong.

The person who was with Lao Qi that day.

Before he lost consciousness that day, he vaguely heard Empress Song's voice. He didn't know what happened after that. During this time, no one mentioned it to him, and he didn't ask.

He guessed that those people were doomed to die, but Empress Song should at least leave one alive.

He guessed that the survivor was the seventh brother.

It seems that the seventh brother was killed on the spot.

The seventh prince was the younger brother of the new emperor of Beirong. His death planted a thorn in the side between the two countries.

He should have been excited about this, but at this moment, he felt calm.

Wu Wang calmly knelt down and bowed to the Emperor and Empress.

The person kneeling beside him, upon hearing his voice, froze, immediately looked up, and turned to look at him. In an instant, a malicious expression appeared on their face.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this man is up to no good. He is the Third Prince of Beirong. He is lurking in the Dajing Imperial Palace and is definitely up to no good."

"That night, my cousin and I found him, only intending to bring him back to Beirong, we had no intention of harming the young prince..."

"It's all because of this person!"

"You should punish him, you should kill him! But I'm innocent..."

That man wanted to pin everything on Tuoba Rui, hoping to buy himself a chance to live.

Wu Wang listened without rebuttal.

He knelt upright, awaiting the emperor and empress's judgment.

"Tuoba Rui..."

Finally, Xie Xuanjin spoke, his imperial majesty and imposing presence captivating.

A few years ago, Xie Xuanjin had met Tuoba Rui a few times. Although he was from Beirong, his features were more like those of Dajing. He had a refined and elegant demeanor and a touch of royal nobility. It was completely unimaginable that he and Wu Wang in front of him were the same person.

"You are Tuoba Rui, a mere servant."

Wu Wang admitted it without offering any explanation.

"A lackey?"

Xie Xuanjin's eyes flashed with a sharp light. "The dignified Third Prince of Beirong, condescending to serve in my Great Jing Imperial Palace, calling himself a servant, Tuoba Rui, when the fire broke out in the North Courtyard of Sifang Pavilion, all the envoys of the two countries died inside, but you were nowhere to be found."

"I know you set the fire! Lin Shaoqing pleaded with me many times to spare your life, and I was prepared to do so, so I did not pursue the matter."

"I turned a blind eye and gave you a way out, but I never expected that you would set your sights on my son, Xie Heng!"

Wu Wang's calm eyes flickered slightly when he heard the name "Xie Heng," but he quickly regained his composure.

"You servant..." Wu Wang still referred to himself as a servant.

He paused for a moment, then confessed what had happened back then:

"The fire at Sifangguan back then was indeed started by a lackey."

"That time, the envoy who came with me was someone I thought was a good friend, but in the end, he wanted to kill me."

"That night, the letter Lin Shaoqing brought me revealed my mother's death. At that time, all I wanted was revenge; they all deserved to die!"

"The envoys from the North and South both deserve to die!"

"This servant killed my 'friend' with his own hands, set fire to the courtyard, and escaped. This servant knows that even though my mother is dead, those people from Bei Rong will not let this servant go."

"Even if I hide in Dajing, they will find me even if they turn Dajing upside down. One day, I heard about the woman in Quzhou who had her face changed..."

"This servant found that evil doctor who can change faces, and this servant begged him to change this servant's face."

At this point, Wu Wang paused, a hint of hatred flashing in his eyes.

Song Qingning caught it, recalling what Wan Zi had said back then: the evil doctor was dead.

"He gave you a new face, and you killed him!"

As soon as Song Qingning finished speaking, the hatred in Wu Wang's eyes intensified.

"He deserves to die!"

Almost gritting his teeth, as if thinking of some unspeakable humiliation, Wu Wang tried his best to calm himself down.

"As long as he was alive, he knew the servant's secret, so the servant... killed him to silence him!"

Murder to silence witnesses...

Song Qingning had initially thought it was a murder to cover up the crime, but Wu Wang's reaction just now told her that it wasn't that simple.

Song Qingning glanced at Wu Wang but didn't ask any further questions about the matter.

Thinking back to the day she was crowned empress, and what happened that night, "That palace maid, was it your doing?"

"yes!"

Wu Wang no longer concealed anything.

"I had planned this before I changed my face. I went to the imperial mausoleum to investigate secretly and happened to overhear Wu Wang threatening the palace maid with the secret between the palace maid and Xie Yuqi."

"When the palace maid and Xie Yuqi were having an affair, I knew then that my chance had come."

"Wu Wang".

"What a coincidence! This servant once followed my mother to believe in Wu Wang, and Wu Wang was reminding this servant not to forget revenge!"

"This servant loves painting, and I've even tried to curry favor with others. I painted a portrait of Wu Wang before I went to see that wicked doctor..."

"Afterwards, I changed my face back to Wu Wang and killed Xie Yuqi. I know that only after Xie Yuqi dies can the palace maids and eunuchs at the imperial mausoleum return to the palace."

"This servant's goal is to enter the palace!"

He would stop at nothing to get into the palace.

even……

Wu Wang's eyes flickered as if he had just thought of something.