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Chapter 283 Bite your tongue and commit suicide
When Zhu Cheng interrogated Yang Chengxuan initially, he didn't invite Zhu Yu and the others. Zhu Yu had expected this, so he remained calm on the surface, but he was holding back some anger inside. Now that Zhu Cheng had sent someone to ask them to come and help, Zhu Yu didn't even bother to give Zhu Cheng a friendly look and went over with a stern face.

Zhu Cheng could tell that his daughter was unhappy, but he could only pretend not to notice and dared not react in any other way.

After all, right now, the only people he could trust who had no connection with the Pang family, were intelligent, and could help him make decisions and handle affairs were Zhu Yu and Lu Qing. At this critical juncture, he really had no one else he could rely on.

"This Yang Chengxuan is completely unyielding, neither gentle nor harsh. What should we do?" Zhu Cheng swallowed his pride and asked Zhu Yu.

Seeing the way the two of them were acting, he got smarter. Anyway, after asking Lu Qing, Lu Qing would let Zhu Yu express his opinion first. In this urgent situation, he simply didn't waste his breath and asked Zhu Yu directly.

“There’s no such thing as being completely unyielding; he just knows his father’s background.” Zhu Yu had already thought of a plan on the way there. “I’ll go and hear what he has to say.”

Zhu Cheng quickly ordered the guards to take her and Lu Qing over.

Yang Chengxuan must have been subjected to some kind of torture before, and he looks much worse off than Wen Qiming before, but he still maintains a tough and unyielding demeanor in the prison cell.

"The Right Chief Secretary is truly a hero!" Zhu Yu sneered, standing outside the cell with a smirk, and mocked, "So loyal and righteous, silently bearing everything alone, your master behind you must be deeply moved if he knew."

Yang Chengxuan glanced at her, vaguely remembering her but unable to recall her. However, seeing Zhu Cheng standing behind Zhu Yu, he guessed that Zhu Cheng had brought her to try and get information out of him, so he coldly snorted: "The only master I serve is Prince Shuo. I have no other master behind me! Don't talk nonsense and try to smear me!"

"You only pledge allegiance to Prince Shuo? Then where do you place the emperor of Jin Kingdom, the ruler of all under heaven?" Zhu Yu asked.

Yang Chengxuan was taken aback, then snorted, "Don't try to talk your way out of this! I won't pay any attention to you! The innocent are innocent, there's no point in saying more! If you take turns smearing me and falsely accusing me, then I'll just bite my tongue and commit suicide to prove my innocence!"

Zhu Yu remained silent, simply smiling and staring intently at Yang Chengxuan. Before long, Yang Chengxuan, who had been maintaining his composure, became flustered and questioned her with a hint of annoyance, "What do you mean by looking at me like that! Do you think I wouldn't dare?!"

"What wouldn't you dare to do?" Zhu Yu didn't even bother to pretend this time and laughed directly. "You've even done things like traditional nobles causing chaos in the northern regions, oppressing the people, and plotting rebellion. With such courage, what wouldn't you dare to do, bite your tongue and commit suicide?"

In my opinion, a man of such integrity as the Right Chief Secretary should have bitten his tongue and committed suicide after his plan was exposed, in order to protect his master's secret.

She paused, raised an eyebrow at Yang Chengxuan, whose face was dark and gloomy: "What? Could it be that the Right Chief Secretary guessed wrong? Do you think we're all afraid that you might do something rash?"

"Once you're dead, will there be no one left to testify against the Pang family for their treasonous crimes?"

Clearly, her words had hit the nail on the head. Yang Chengxuan's expression immediately became somewhat subtle. He didn't retort, but instead glanced at Zhu Yu with a somewhat uncertain look in his eyes. "I understand the Right Chief Secretary's plan. You simply hope to keep the Pang family's secret so that they can get you out of prison in the future. In return, you've made a very good pledge of loyalty, and from then on, you can continue to live a glamorous life with the Pang family."

"You're probably quite confused right now, aren't you? Do you think we're all afraid something might happen to you, so we need to patiently persuade you, coax and entice you, and even threaten and bribe you to get you to reveal the sordid things the Pang family did?" Zhu Yu waved his hand at him, "You're overthinking it. The prince might be considering our past relationship and want to give you a chance to redeem yourself, but I don't agree with that approach."

Actually, I'd love for the Right Chief Secretary to bite his tongue and commit suicide right now to prove his innocence. That way, before your blood congeals, I can prick my finger, grab your hand, and write down a confession in blood, listing the evidence we already have.

In this way, the Right Chief Secretary turned back from his wrong path, preserved his last shred of reputation, and avoided being infamous for eternity. He could be said to have died a worthy death.

And we, on the other hand, can bring those clues we've gathered in secret to the light, so that we can act with purpose and justification.

Isn't this a perfect solution?

"You!" Yang Chengxuan probably never expected that someone would be able to so brazenly come up with such a despicable method. His face turned purple with embarrassment. "Despicable villain! Shameless scoundrel!"
You're framing me!"

"Oh? To accuse the Pang family of treason in your name? This is despicable and shameless, a frame-up?"
"And you're colluding with the Pang family, so that's something worth defending with your life, huh?!" Zhu Yu snorted. "The Right Chief Secretary really has a knack for crying 'stop thief' while being the thief himself!"
You are betraying your lord, treacherous and disloyal. For your own selfish gain, you are torturing the people of Shuodi like they're on a hot plate. How dare such a despicable creature like you bite back!
You spoke so righteously just now, so why are you hesitating to bite off your tongue and let the blood in your mouth rush into your airway, suffocating yourself to death? Are you still reluctant to die?
You and the Pang family have ruined the lives of countless young men in Shuodi, yet you seem to cherish your own dog's life so much!

You refuse to confess about the Pang family's affairs, yet you're unwilling to bite your tongue and commit suicide. It seems you believe that the prince can't defeat the Pang family, so as long as you keep your life, the Pang family will eventually find a way to get you out of trouble.
However, you're overthinking it. That day will never come. The Pang family will never gain power, and you certainly won't walk out of this prison alive.

Yang Chengxuan glared at Zhu Yu, then turned his gaze to Zhu Cheng behind her. He saw that Zhu Cheng had a gloomy face, his complexion was frighteningly dark, but he did not deny what he had just said, and seemed to already know about the Pang family's affairs.

He paused for a moment, but still snorted and turned his face away.

Zhu Yu was slightly taken aback by his reaction. She thought that if she told Yang Chengxuan that he had some knowledge of the Pang family's affairs, he would panic, waver, and even change his attitude. However, she did not expect that he would remain silent after a brief hesitation.

She could roughly guess what this meant.

“Considering the Prince still has some past affection for you, I advise the Right Chief Secretary to seize the opportunity,” Zhu Yu said again. “His crimes are heinous and there is no way to turn back, but if he does the right thing at the last moment, even if he cannot save his life, at least he will not bring disaster to his family.”

It's better than having only corpses that are useful.

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