Xie Jinqiu watched her with his lips pressed tightly together.
Only after a long while did he say, "All right!"
Zhong Youyan had Jin Yu quietly take him out.
Just then, Xie Jinzhao arrived as well, asking her for money to grease palms at the Government Office and get information.
Naturally, Zhong Youyan would not give it to him so easily. Otherwise, she would seem far too eager.
Only after Xie Jinzhao had made several trips back and forth, reaching the point where he almost knelt before her, did she say she was willing to help.
Sure enough, within a day, Qin Yan invited them to dinner.
Xie Jinzhao did not dare go.
The scenes of Qin Yan repeatedly beating and humiliating him were still vivid in his mind.
So Zhong Youyan went alone.
She returned with good news and told Xie Jinzhao to secretly take Xie Zimu and Qing Da into the Jail under cover of night, swapping them for Madam Li and Xie Jin'an.
As for the names in the case records and the account of what had happened, all of it was changed.
Madam Li and Xie Jin'an returned to the Xie Residence.
Xie Zimu and Qing Da sat silently in their cell, quietly waiting for something.
Just moments earlier, Xie Zimu had sent someone to summon Liu Shi and handed over the Ninth Prince's jade pendant. They would surely be able to get out soon.
Sure enough, just before dawn, the Ninth Prince's men took them away.
The next day, the Government Office received an official order to select a group of prisoners to assist in building defensive lines at the Frontier, a thousand miles away.
Lord Qin put every death-row prisoner in the Jail on the list. When there were still not enough people, he