Sheng Li entered the prison with Xiao Zhan. The Prime Minister's hands were tied up with the shackles and he was glaring at the Crown Prince. "Lower your eyes before I take them out. If you have poisoned me, then you should have made sure to kill me. Everything was fine but then you involve the Crown Princess in this game. Didn't I warn you earlier not to make petty plans with your beloved half-sister?

The new year has come up with such a blessing for me. You are in prison and soon your entire family will be here. Trust me, I will not give a peaceful death to them. That's why I told you six years ago, pray that I would not return to the Palace because my first and foremost target was you."

Sheng Li had a menacing expression on his face. "Do you think I will spare you after doing this to me!? You and your wife sneaked into my residence, told lies to the Emperor regarding me. My half-sister has nothing to do with this," Zhang Yong proclaimed.

"You have forgotten your manners too as soon as you are brought to the prison. They will come back when I will open your secrets today," Sheng Li stated and tilted his head to look at Xiao Zhan. "Tell General Wang to raid the Residence of Zhang Yong Wei. Send the message to his beloved daughter to be ready for getting questioned," Sheng Li ordered to Xiao Zhan, who nodded and left from there.

"Do not do anything to my daughter and my family. I do this forgery so I take the entire blame of this," Zhang Yong pleaded and now he had lowered his eyes as well.

"Why should I do that? I cannot be biased towards you. To tell you the truth, I am lenient towards you. That's why your body parts are still safe. Those who betray the Emperor, I torture them badly before giving them death. So, you should be thankful to me for treating you with respect," Sheng Li asserted as a sly smile formed on his lips.

Zhang Yong was now terrified. He has heard about Sheng Li's punishment methods but today he was experiencing them. Sheng Li did not even start investigating him and he was already concluding what could happen to him if he tried manipulating his words. But then he was sure that Weng Wei would save him. Without him, Weng Wei was nothing, so he thought to be a little patient with the investigation.

"What was my mother's diary doing in your residence?" Sheng Li queried Zhang Yong, who knitted his brows. He looked at the Crown Prince and then immediately lowered his eyes. He thought only the ledger was missing and completely forgot about the Former Empress's diary.

"I do not like to be kept waiting," Sheng Li bellowed at Zhang Yong, who jumped in fear. "What was my mother's diary doing in your residence?" Sheng Li repeated his words.

Zhang Yong recalled the words of Empress Wei. 'This truth shall never come out. Burn this diary.' But Zhang Yong did not burn it, instead, he kept it safe because he also did not believe his half-sister. He had saved the diary for such an occasion where, if he got stuck, Empress Wei could save him. But now, the diary was with the Crown Prince, which meant that he was stuck now.

"Still not speaking?!" Sheng Li astonishingly said as he glared at Zhang Yong.

"You fed her the poison when my father tasked you to take care of her. Didn't she save you when you were badly injured by the bandits? She showed you her kindness, and you repaid her by killing her. You should not have left that diary there because even if you run away from here, I will chase you like death." Sheng Li's old wounds were brought out. The memories of his past, which he always buried deep inside his heart, were revived after reading his mother's diary. He wanted to give a more brutal death to both Weng Wei and Zhang Yong, but his hands were tied too.

He could not reveal the truth as it would lead to an easy death for those two, which he never thought of. He wanted to torture them to the level that every inch of their bodies remembered him. "You should have tried a little hard to kill me in the womb, Zhang Yong. You and your sister did the biggest mistake of your lives- by letting me live. Unlike my mother, I will never show any mercy to you two. The primary aim to bring you to this prison is also that. Yes, I am avenging my mother's death."

Sheng Li caught Zhang Yong's neck and strangulated it. "You bled that day from here, right?" Sheng Li looked at Zhang Yong's neck and then looked back into his eyes. "She dressed your wound else you would have died. I can see the mark is still there. Let me open it again. Don't worry, you will not die so quickly but you will beg me to kill you." Sheng Li's blood-red eyes were enough to show the anger buried inside him.

"F-forgive me. I-I did this to…" the words were not coming out of Zhang Yong's mouth when Sheng Li, using the sharp dagger in his other hand, cut Yong Zhang's neck where the scar was still visible.

Sheng Li pulled his hand back while Zhang Yong cried out in pain. The blood was oozing out from his skin, which worried him out. "Your highness, please forgive me. I did everything on her majesty's orders," Zhang Yong finally confessed.

Sheng Li snickered. "This you should have thought about when you fed her the poison. I will end your entire family as you did with me," Sheng Li muttered, gritting his teeth. He stepped back and turned to go when something came to his mind.

"Zhang Yong, I am your death. How could I live in peace seeing you and your half-sister in front of my eyes? For this position, you killed the kindest lady of the Han Empire. I will make sure to rip your dignity apart with each passing day. You have less than a week to live, so enjoy them," Sheng Li stated and walked out of the prison.