r18novel Chapter 258 Don't use his softness as a weapon to attack him
Chapter 258 Don't use his softness as a weapon to attack him
When Xie Chengze left the Imperial Hospital, Shen Yuan guessed that he might be going to see the Queen or the Prince.
No matter who they find, these two people will not hurt Xie Chengze for the time being.
There is no need to talk about the Crown Prince, as for the Queen...not to mention the Crown Prince's attitude, the order in the second imperial edict alone is enough to make the Queen sit on her hands.
Otherwise, the crown prince's ascension to the throne would be against the late emperor's last wish, and killing Xie Chengze before the crown prince ascends the throne would not benefit the crown prince at all.
Shen Yuan called his spy in the Imperial Hospital and asked him to tell his people to pass on information at any time to ensure that he could be fully aware of the situation in the palace during his convalescence. Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished giving the order, he heard an unusual noise outside.
Then, the sharp sound of sword broke through the curtain, carrying a strong murderous aura towards Shen Yuan's face!
Shen Yuan's eyes sank and he turned his head to the left. The cold sword brushed past his ear and pierced deeply into the wall behind him, leaving behind gray debris.
Xie Jinyu stepped into the cabinet with a murderous look on his face. He glanced at the imperial physician who was kneeling on the ground and trembling with fear. He waved his hand and said coldly, "Get out."
The imperial physician scurried out of the cabinet room in a panic.
Shen Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, watching Xie Jinyu, whose temperament had changed drastically. After a long while, he stretched out two fingers and pulled out the long sword that was clanging on the wall. He said in a calm voice, "Your Highness, I hope you are well."
"Shen Yuan," Xie Jinyu looked at him solemnly, and uttered a few cold words, "I shouldn't have killed you."
Shen Yuan naturally would not think that what Xie Jinyu said was a confession for killing himself in prison in his previous life.
He must be regretting that he killed him first, which caused Shen Yuan to be reborn before him.
But he was very surprised. How did Xie Jinyu get reborn?
Xie Chengze is living in the body of the second prince in this life. Is it related to Xie Jinyu in his previous life?
What did Xie Jinyu do after his death?
Observing Xie Jinyu's expression, Shen Yuan thought that he probably wouldn't get an answer today.
It is obvious that this Crown Prince is here for his life today.
"Where is the Second Prince?" Shen Yuan pressed down the sword in his hand and asked calmly.
"You don't need to know." Xie Jinyu walked towards him slowly, and the invisible internal force gradually gathered in his palm. At this moment, Shen Yuan had just recovered from a serious injury, so killing him was a piece of cake for him.
His tone became increasingly gloomy, "This is not something you traitors need to worry about."
Shen Yuan smiled calmly, "I am not worried about this, but does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really dare to kill me?"
Xie Jinyu paused.
"My life was given by Emperor Jian and the Second Prince. Your Highness the Crown Prince should know what the Second Prince's temper would do if I died."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince forced the Second Prince to death in his previous life. Are you going to force the Second Prince to death now?"
After recovering all the memories of his previous life, Shen Yuan unraveled the mystery and gradually discovered some truths.
When he just returned to the capital, he met the Second Prince for the first time. At that time, he knew that the Second Prince was very greedy and arrogant, and had colluded with ministers in the palace to secretly make money. Therefore, he turned a blind eye to the Second Prince's goodwill and chose to support the Crown Prince who had a good reputation, was elegant and kind.
In his heart, the Second Prince's qualifications were mediocre, and he knew nothing about being a king, so he rejected the Second Prince's attempts to recruit him time and time again.
Every time he refused, the other party became more and more angry. Once, the second prince pointed at his nose and cursed, "Shen Yuan, do you really think the prince is a good person? You can't imagine how disgusting he is! He is a lunatic!"
At that time, he just thought that the Second Prince was angry because of shame, because he was already impatient at that time, and he said something without thinking, making the Second Prince see clearly what kind of person he was, and whether he was worthy of being followed by him, Shen Yuan?
Now that I think about it, perhaps the Second Prince already knew about the Crown Prince's almost paranoid feelings towards Xie Chengze.
Where he couldn't see, the second prince was suffering from something he didn't know.
That snowy night in Liaozhou should have been the Second Prince's only chance to get rid of the Crown Prince.
He left "everything" of Xie Chengze behind and chose to run in the snow. However, how could a mortal body endure the cold and harsh winter in Liaozhou? If he hadn't looked for him, he might have died on that snowy night.
At that time, the second prince looked at him with despair and pathetically.
Desperate, he eventually had to return to the cage in the palace. It was a pity that he wanted freedom but didn't want to die.
It was also from then on that the second prince became more and more targeted at the crown prince. He became so cruel and ruthless that he even dared to kill people.
After ten years of war, everything has changed.
When the Second Prince was stabbed to death on the Dragon Throne, was he saying with his eyes full of hatred that even if I go to hell, I will come back to kill you, or was he saying that if you had not chosen to follow the Crown Prince, I would not have come to this point?
Xie Jinyu's cold voice interrupted Shen Yuan's thoughts, "Second brother is different from him."
Even if he imprisoned his second brother, his second brother would not be angry.
Because he was so kind and gentle, as soft-hearted as he was in childhood, even when he was locked up, he scolded him for not preparing carefully enough, not for being a lunatic.
Therefore, even if Shen Yuan was killed, the second brother would forgive him.
"Even clay figures have some temper. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, you really dare to bet that the Second Prince is willing to be trapped by you and tolerate all your despicable behaviors?"
Shen Yuan stared directly at Xie Jinyu, his sharp eyes like a glaring gaze in the darkness, revealing the dark thoughts in other people's hearts. "One year is fine, but what about three or five years? What about ten years? What if he gets tired?"
"Your Highness, do not use his softness as a weapon to attack him."
Shen Yuan's words undoubtedly lifted the fig leaf in Xie Jinyu's heart, completely exposing the dirty thoughts inside.
"Shut up!" Xie Jinyu snatched the sword from his hand in anger and pressed it heavily against Shen Yuan's neck. Her eyes were red with hatred, "What do you know?! As long as my second brother has me, it's fine. And as long as I have my second brother, it's fine!"
No one else is needed!
"You can try." Facing the sharp sword against his neck, Shen Yuan raised his head, with no fear in his eyes, "Kill me and see if the Second Prince will still treat you the same way as before."
"I killed my father, but my second brother never blamed me! Do you think you, Shen Yuan, are so important?"
Xie Jinyu sneered, but whether he was as confident as his words, only he knew.
When Shen Yuan heard this, he was shocked, "Did you poison His Majesty?"
"Yes." Xie Jinyu smiled cruelly, "But that boy is too stupid. If I had come earlier, I would have done a better job than him."
Shen Yuan was slightly shocked. He knew that Xie Jinyu would not lie here, but he did not expect that the 19-year-old Xie Jinyu would have such a vicious method.
No wonder the second prince is so wary of him.
Who wouldn't be afraid when someone dared to poison and kill his own father?
In his previous life, he was deceived by the Crown Prince's gentle side towards the Second Prince, and he never realized what kind of dark and terrifying personality was hidden in the heart of the monarch he followed.
And what kind of paranoid and crazy things will His Royal Highness, whose body is occupied by the soul of a 28-year-old adult, do?
Thinking of the kind-hearted young man, Shen Yuan knew without even a second thought that the kid must be planning to overcome hardness with softness, to persuade with reason and to appeal to emotion, in an attempt to correct Xie Jinyu's dark thoughts.
However, little did he know that this was exactly what the other party wanted.
Shen Yuan took a deep breath, and his eyes turned cold. "Where did you hide the Second Prince?"