The Emperor's heart is won, she sits on the Phoenix Throne! The Divine Physician's Eldest

Chapter 395 New Clues Obtained

Shen Pei took Yang Qian to see Emperor Changlong. After hearing the whole story, Emperor Changlong was furious and ordered Shen Pei to thoroughly investigate the matter.

The Department of Cautious Punishment.

Yang Qian was tied to the rack just like Tong Liangyue had been.

He underwent all 108 forms of torture, but he never gave in.

"Bring them in!"

At Shen Pei's command, Wei Xin brought in two people, Yang Qian's son and daughter.

"father!"

"Daddy!"

The two men cried out in pain when they saw Yang Qian covered in blood.

Yang Qian's eyes widened when he saw his two children, his face filled with rage. "Song Siyao, you wicked woman! You mustn't hurt my children!"

"Who is your master?" Song Siyao asked coldly.

"You won't get a single word out of me!" Yang Qian was proud and unyielding, determined not to bow his head.

“Ze’er, let me tell you now, being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to yourself. We must treat them as they treat us.” Song Siyao instructed Song Nianze.

"Yes, Auntie, Ze'er remembers."

Song Nianze walked to Yang Qian's children's side, turned his gaze to look at Yang Qian, and spoke in a childish voice with authority and domineering air.

"Yang Qian, who is your master? If you don't answer, I'll chop off your son's hand!"

He then threatened Yang Qian's son, "Call your dad to save you!"

Song Siyao hired someone to teach Song Nianze martial arts. Although Song Nianze was young at the time, his aura was different from that of someone who did not know martial arts.

Yang Qian's son did not know martial arts.

He was terrified when he saw his own father's miserable state.

Upon hearing that Song Nianze was going to cut off his hand, he became even more frightened.

"Father! Save me!"

Yang Qian found the scene before him all too familiar.

Today, during the day at Tiger Roaring Mountain, he used this method to threaten Song Siyao.

Song Nianze at that time was very principled and brave, unlike his son...

"I'll count to three!" Song Nianze's icy voice interrupted Yang Qian's thoughts.

"Ha ha……"

Yang Qian laughed loudly, glaring at Song Siyao through gritted teeth, "Song Siyao, you've got some skills! You've raised a fine nephew!"

"Thank you for the compliment." Song Siyao said calmly, "Wei Xin, make your move!"

"Yes, Your Highness." Wei Xin raised her knife and brought it down, but Yang Qian shouted, "Stop!"

Yang Qian's son clutched his arm, crying and shouting, "It's bleeding! My hand is going to break! It hurts so much!"

"Don't touch my son, I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!" Yang Qian relented.

"Take them away!" Song Siyao's voice fell, and Wei Xin took Yang Qian's children away.

She continued to say to Yang Qian, "My patience is limited. You only have one chance. If you mispronounce a single word, I will give you one of your children's legs as a gift."

Every time she thought of Song Nianze tied to that rickety tree trunk on the edge of a cliff, her heart ached so much she could hardly breathe.

She almost lost her precious treasure, the only bloodline of the Marquis of Zhenbei.

She treated him as her own son.

She wished she could tear Yang Qian apart.

“I don’t know who my master is, I don’t know his true identity,” Yang Qian said.

"What does he look like?" Song Siyao asked.

"He is five feet and five inches tall..." Yang Qian described the mysterious man's appearance in detail, and Song Siyao drew a portrait of him.

The portrait in her hand was exactly the same as the one Tong Liangyue had described before.

They were talking about the same person.

At least, they both saw the same face.

Yang Qian described it in more detail, and Song Siyao already had this person in her mind.

If this person appeared before her, even with a different face, she would recognize him.

"Where do you usually meet?" Song Siyao asked.

"Outside the city, in the underground palace," Yang Qian said, revealing everything he knew without reservation.

Song Siyao and Shen Pei exchanged a glance, and Shen Pei immediately left, as he was taking people to the underground palace.

"Why did your master exterminate the entire Duke of Huguo's family back then?" Song Siyao continued her interrogation.

"I don't know," Yang Qian said.

"You know the consequences of lying!" Song Siyao's voice was cold and stern.

"I'm not lying. I even told you where he lives. I've already betrayed him, so what else is there to hide?" Yang Qian said self-deprecatingly.

Song Siyao asked, "What level of subordinate are you in your master's eyes?"

“I don’t know. He has both overt and covert agents. Tong Liangyue and I are overt agents. His people all know us, but we don’t know about the covert agents.” Yang Qian pondered and told Song Siyao everything he knew, hoping only that his family would be safe.

"Who are the people in your open camp?" Song Siyao pressed.

If we could obtain the list of these informants, it would greatly reduce the power of the mysterious man.

Perhaps by following the clues further, we can obtain even more useful leads.