Can a System Have Bad Intentions? - Chapter 178

“You think tying me up here will make me confess? Keep dreaming! How could I tell you where Gu Zongming’s illegitimate child is? Mainly because I don’t even know myself!”

Teacher Zhao:

A stream of words burst from his mouth, and Teacher Zhao’s eyes widened in shock.

He instinctively wanted to cover his mouth, but his hands were tied behind his back, making it impossible. He could only clench his teeth tightly, trying to stop himself from speaking further.

The two princesses and four officials in the room stared at him, dumbfounded.

The magistrate stepped forward, “So you’re saying Gu Zongming really has an illegitimate child?”

“Of course! Do you think you fools can find Lord Gu’s illegitimate child? You can’t even pry open my mouth. You bunch of brutes, how dare you think you can fight against Lord Gu! Magistrate, do you think you are the reincarnation of Bao Qingtian? You are nothing but a pile of stinking dog feces!”

The magistrate: ?

“You would never guess, would you? Gu Zongming’s illegitimate child is the son of him and Jiang Yi.”

Upon hearing this name, Lu Tang felt it was familiar.

Jiang Yi?

Damn!

Isn’t that the person Xie Chengnian mentioned, who was very proficient in water management?

Gu Zongming and her?

Teacher Zhao was terrified as he listened to the words coming out of his mouth.

Oh heavens, what am I saying!

He wanted to shut up, to say something else, but he couldn’t control his own mouth.

“That foolish woman Jiang Yi actually believed that Lord Gu truly loved her, believed that he would marry her for the sake of their child. Lord Gu’s wife is a princess of the Zhao Kingdom! The Emperor wants to bring down Lord Gu? What a pipe dream. Back when the Emperor ascended the throne, he used Lord Gu to balance the power of Prince Yong Shun, who was trying to seize control. Lord Gu was the number one contributor. And now that the court is stable, the Emperor wants to get rid of him? Lord Gu’s troops are no weaker than the Sixth Princess’s Western Pacification Army. Do you know why the Emperor fears Lord Gu? It’s because of the power he holds. The Emperor wants to eliminate Lord Gu but dares not act rashly, what a bunch of cowards! Want to know about Lord Gu’s illegitimate child from me? How could I tell you that the child was taken away by Xie Chengnian right after he was born!”

Lu Tang: Xie Chengnian?

This version is different from what Xie Chengnian told me!

However, she believed Teacher Zhao’s version more.

Because she suddenly remembered something.

Back in Yuhang, the first thing Xie Chengnian did upon hearing that Huang Yunsheng was going to Qingshui County was to hide with Xie Yu.

Xie Chengnian was afraid Huang Yunsheng would see Xie Yu.

So…

Gu Zongming’s illegitimate child is Xie Yu?

Lu Tang shivered in horror.

If this is true, then Xie Chengnian is a hundred times more vicious than his son.

Truly like father, like son!

“Xie Chengnian offended Huang Bangyuan and wanted to find a way out, so he stole Jiang Yi’s child. It’s karma. He thought he could use the illegitimate child to threaten Lord Gu? Lord Gu didn’t care at all. Only Jiang Yi cared. So, over the years, Lord Gu has been able to use the existence of this illegitimate child, who was long gone, to threaten Jiang Yi, making her an invisible person, contributing her intelligence to Huang Bangyuan and Huang Yunsheng’s water projects. Foolish woman, she thought she could see her son! Her son died long ago!”

Although Teacher Zhao’s words were abrupt and strange, they still shocked everyone present.

The magistrate was too angry to speak, “Why does Gu Zongming want Jiang Yi to help Huang Yunsheng and Huang Bangyuan?”

Teacher Zhao wanted to shut up, he didn’t want to say another word, but he couldn’t control himself.

“Of course, it’s because controlling the water resources means controlling the livelihood of the entire country. Lord Gu’s wife is a princess of the Zhao Kingdom. Someday, Zhao Kingdom intends to annex this place without war. All Lord Gu needs to do is use the dams to threaten the Emperor. The Emperor, that old softy, has a heart as soft as tofu. All Lord Gu has to do is release the floodwaters from one dam, harming the people on both sides, and that’s the Emperor’s Achilles’ heel. Then, the Emperor will have no choice but to hand over the power of the court.”

“Who are you, and why do you know all this?” the magistrate demanded coldly.

Teacher Zhao laughed, “I am, of course, a loyal follower of our Princess of Zhao Kingdom. Back then, I came here with Xihong to serve the princess for this very day.”

Xihong?

The Crown Princess frowned, “Yun Xihong?”

Teacher Zhao replied, “Is there another Xihong in this world? Unfortunately, she was not blessed. She married the wrong person.”

Yun Xihong, He Yujiao’s mother.

Fortunately, she was not blessed and was killed early by He Yujiao’s stepmothers. If she were alive…

But Lord Gu’s wife, who was supposed to be the daughter of the former Minister of War, how did she become a princess of Zhao Kingdom?

The Crown Princess said, “During the late Emperor’s reign, the former Minister of War had already been colluding with Zhao Kingdom?”

Teacher Zhao laughed arrogantly, “Of course not, our princess is skilled at disguise. All these years, you foolish people never suspected a thing, always thinking she was the daughter of that so-called Minister of War. How could he be worthy of being our princess’s father!”

“What else do you know about Gu Yunhe?” the Crown Princess asked coldly.

Teacher Zhao wished he could bite his tongue off, but his tongue continued to betray him.

“Do you think I would tell you what I know? Of course, I wouldn’t tell you that Lord Gu’s private army is in Taiyuan, Shanxi. I wouldn’t tell you that Lord Gu has more than half of his trusted followers in Western Mountain Camp. I wouldn’t tell you that the list of his followers is hidden in my house in the third page of The Doctrine of the Mean.”

The more Teacher Zhao spoke, the more terrified he became, yet he couldn’t stop himself.

It was as if his tongue was being controlled by a ghost.

“Do you think controlling Lord Gu will solve everything? Keep dreaming! Your princess, Princess Zhao Yue, is still in our hands! He Yujiao, that fool, inherited her mother’s stupidity. She thinks she can kill Zhao Yue? Zhao Yue’s martial arts are no less than the Sixth Princess’s…”

At this point, the system in Lu Tang’s mind let out a muffled groan.

【Host Daddy, I feel awful, like someone is pressing me into the water. When he mentioned those two words, I felt terrible.】

The system’s voice was weak and urgent.

Lu Tang, distracted by the system, could barely hear Teacher Zhao’s truth spills. “Which two words? Which two words are you referring to?”

Instinct told Lu Tang that the words the system couldn’t bear were crucial.

“Princess Zhao Yue, that fool, thought that marrying into our Zhao Kingdom would help her gain intelligence about our kingdom? How naive. Our emperor saw through her plot the moment she arrived.”

【Ah, Host Daddy, make him stop. I feel so awful.】