newbobooks Chapter 275
Chapter 275
Li Wei vehemently denied it, so Nalan Jingwen threw all the letters between them that they had exchanged during their collaboration in front of her. They were still stamped with Li Wei's personal seal. Coincidentally, her men had also found her seal in her room, so the evidence was conclusive, and she had no choice but to admit it.
"The evidence is conclusive. Do you have anything else to say?"
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Li Wei stopped crying and slowly stood up in front of everyone, looking at Nalan Jingwen with a sinister gaze.
"In that case, I have nothing more to say."
She clapped her hands, and in an instant, all the kneeling guards stood up and drew their swords.
Liu Qingxu's expression hardened as he stood in front of Nalan Jingwen, while Nalan Yin crossed his arms, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes. They were nothing but a bunch of clowns.
Li Wei glanced at the knife held to her neck, seemingly not taking Jingchi seriously at all. "Your Highness, why do you think this is necessary?"
"Your Majesty is thousands of miles away. I am merely plotting for myself. What is wrong with that?"
Nalan Jingwen looked at her coldly, "You mean, you embezzled public funds and caused people to be displaced, and that's considered a crime?"
"If everyone looks out for themselves, they'll be damned by heaven and earth. What wrong have I done?"
She glanced at the scarred woman and sneered, "You idiot, you thought you were so great, but you were so easily taken down by a fool!"
"you!!"
Liu Qingxu's eyes widened in anger, his voice filled with fury, "You are truly insolent!"
Nalan Yin's smile gradually faded, her face darkened, and a murderous intent flashed in her eyes.
Nalan Jingwen noticed this, tilted his head slightly, and placed a hand on the back of Nalan Yin's hand. Nalan Yin was startled, his dark eyelashes drooped, and the intense killing intent that had been there vanished in an instant.
Li Wei was drawn to Liu Qingxu's voice and turned to look at her, her expression showing some surprise, but she quickly recovered.
"So it's you. I thought you'd never come back. Even your mother's death couldn't rouse you back then. But you've come back now. Turns out you've hooked up with some good-for-nothing prince."
As she spoke, she burst into laughter. Liu Qingxu trembled with anger, his eyes turning red as he stared intently at her.
Jingchi could not tolerate anyone speaking ill of Nalan Jingwen, but since Nalan Jingwen had not given any orders, he dared not act rashly. He could only press the sword closer to her neck, and a trickle of blood slowly flowed down.
Li Wei froze, then looked at Nalan Jingwen, "Your Highness, if you kill me, you won't be able to leave this place."
Nalan Jingwen revealed a smile, but his eyes were icy cold, devoid of any hint of amusement.
"Back then, in the case of the Liu family, did you collude with the Chen family to kill their entire clan?"
The Chen family is the richest family in Hongcheng.
Nalan Jingwen had previously investigated and found that the Liu family had always been honest in their business dealings and were loved by the people because of their conscience. They had never thought of competing for the title of the richest family in Hongcheng, but the Chen family did not think so.
The Liu family's business had almost surpassed that of the Chen family in the past year, and the position of the richest family in Hongcheng was about to be lost. They were also being crushed from many sides, which is why they had murderous intentions. They put a lot of poison in the food sold by the Liu family, causing the deaths of many innocent people. Their methods were dirty and despicable, and they never intended to give the Liu family a way out.
Li Wei had cooperated with them early on, and without even investigating, directly convicted them. All of the Liu family's property was confiscated. Whether it was truly confiscated or embezzled is already quite clear.
Upon hearing her question, Li Wei laughed and said, "So what if it is?"
"You deserve to die!!"
Liu Qingxu drew a sword from the person next to her and rushed towards her. Just as she was about to get close, she was knocked to the ground by Li Wei's men. Liu Qingxu struggled continuously, her eyes filled with hatred. Li Wei glanced at her disdainfully and sneered.
"To kill me on my own turf, isn't that a bit too presumptuous?"
She was truly fearless. Nalan Jingwen had only brought a dozen or so men, while she had hundreds under her command. Dealing with a mere dozen or so was nothing to her.
Since Nalan Jingwen dared to come like this, she would make sure she didn't leave alive!
Nalan Jingwen's indifferent gaze fell on Liu Qingxu, who was being pressed down and struggling on the ground. He then slowly stood up, his aura heavy and his eyes dark and unreadable.
"Liu Qingxu is my person. Shouldn't you ask me before you take any action against her?"
"Your Highness, you can't even protect yourself now. What does it matter if I kill Liu Qingxu? Even if I kill everyone around you, what can you do to me?"
Nalan Jingwen stopped talking; there was no point in arguing with such a fool. She gave Jingchi a look, and the latter immediately understood, capturing the man with lightning speed. In an instant, the only sound in the hall was the clashing of weapons.
The suppression on Liu Qingxu disappeared, and she picked up her sword and joined the melee. Nalan Jingwen only glanced at her and did not stop her. She had her grudges to settle, and her own people would protect her from harm.
Nalan Jingwen extended his hand to Nalan Yin, "Let's go."
Nalan Yin looked at her hand, completely unaffected, and placed her own hand in her palm, interlocking their fingers.
Nalan Jingwen didn't speak, but led him towards the gate. As soon as they took a step, a woman appeared at the gate, dressed in armor with a resolute face. Behind her was a large group of soldiers, and those soldiers were suppressing the head of the Chen family and the entire Chen clan.
Since none of Liu Qingxu's entire clan survived, the same should be true for the Chen clan.
If you do something wrong, you should be punished, shouldn't you?
Pei Yundai strode forward, knelt on one knee before Nalan Jingwen, and said firmly, "Your Highness, the entire Chen family has been captured and brought to justice; not a single one has escaped."
"After Liu Qingxu has taken his revenge, the rest is up to you to handle."
"Yes!"
Behind them were countless shouts and clashes of weapons, but Nalan Jingwen paid no heed and led his men back slowly. Pei Yundai would handle the rest.
Nalan Yin followed beside her. The heavy snow covered the entire street in white, stretching to the horizon. Before they knew it, it was already bright daylight. Against the backdrop of the snow, the red dress stood out conspicuously.
"Tired?"
Nalan Yin shook her head, but kept her head down and tightened her grip on her hand.
"looking at what?"
Nalan Yin stopped, turned around, raised her hand, and pointed to the footprints they had left in the snow. "Look, sister."
The two footprints were very close together, as if they were pressed together, leaning against each other.
With a beautiful woman by my side, we are like birds flying wing to wing, branches intertwined.
He tilted his head back, his eyes filled with tender love, his eyes bright, and a blush on his pretty little face. "Yin'er will grow old with her sister like this, right?"
Nalan Jingwen was slightly taken aback. A hint of a smile appeared in his usually calm and indifferent eyes, a tenderness that even she hadn't noticed.
She brushed aside his slightly disheveled hair, lowered her head, and planted a hot, burning kiss on his forehead.
"Then you have to live well."