When the woman turned and walked out of the study, Ling Feng came towards her.

"Han Yu, why are you here?"

"Nothing, I have something else to do, please go in!"

Ling Feng nodded.

After listening to Ling Feng's report, Chu Jinghuai asked softly, "Have those people been entertained?"

"They're all in the dungeon."

"Go and have a look."

In the dark dungeon, the air was filled with the smell of damp earth and a strong smell of blood.

Ji Yunzhou was still wearing a white robe and lazily lying on a chair in the dungeon, looking out of place in the surrounding environment, with wailing sounds filling his ears.

"Tell me, who ordered you to do that?"

A man in black was tied to a rack with iron chains, his body covered with wounds. He looked up at him with a scornful smile on his lips.

"It's still a tough nut to crack." Ji Yunzhou naturally knew that those who could be willing to die would put life and death aside.

He stood up and leaned close to the black-clothed man's ear, his voice low and cold: "Do you think that if you don't tell me, I can't do anything to you? I want to see which is harder, your bones or my torture instruments."

As he said this, he picked up the red-hot iron beside him and covered it with his hand.

The man in black's face instantly twisted, he clenched his teeth and made a muffled sound.

Suddenly the heavy iron door creaked open.

Ji Yunzhou turned around and saw Chu Jinghuai coming towards him. He smiled and said, "No, Jinghuai, you are not in your princess's bed this morning, but came to see this bloody scene. Your hobby is really..."

Chu Jinghuai did not answer but asked, "Have you confessed?"

"Those guys did say some insignificant things, but their purpose this time wasn't to rescue the man they arrested yesterday, but to kill him."

"If you can't get the answer, just kill him!" Chu Jinghuai said calmly, "Where was that person yesterday?"

The man in black was shocked. He naturally knew that there was only one outcome if he was caught, but Chu Jinghuai said so lightly that he would be killed, as if he was a useless person.

Ji Yunzhou nodded towards the front right.

After Chu Jinghuai walked out, Ji Yunzhou slowly approached the man in black, playing with a dagger in his hand.

He looked up at Ji Yunzhou and felt cold all over. A trace of despair flashed in his eyes, but he still gritted his teeth.

Ji Yunzhou sneered and said slowly: "Do you know the punishment of bone removal? But it doesn't matter if you don't know, because next, you will feel it yourself."

"However, if you tell me, I can still give you a quick death."

The men in black shuddered, as if these words had stabbed them in the heart. As assassins, they had seen all kinds of punishments.

He knew that he had no chance of survival, but when he heard about this punishment, a chill ran from the soles of his feet to his heart and spread throughout his body in an instant.

Chu Jinghuai came to another room, walked in slowly, and said softly: "Is Commander Wang okay?"

The assassin was slightly stunned, as if he had not expected Chu Jinghuai to ask such a question. He was silent for a moment before slowly speaking: "Prince Su, what do you mean? I don't know any commander."

"Oh? I thought Commander Wang was reluctant to die and wanted to tell me something."

Chu Jinghuai looked at him with a gentle yet cold smile: "However, Commander Wang, don't worry. For the sake of my father, I will not let you die."

Meeting his cold gaze, Commander Wang couldn't help but shudder. As the commander of the Dragon Shadow Guard, he naturally knew what mission failure meant.

But he was timid for a moment and did not swallow the poison hidden in his mouth.

"Your Highness, how did you know my identity?" As the emperor's secret guard, very few people knew about it.

What's more, Prince Su is away from home all year round, and they have never revealed their identities when carrying out their missions.

Chu Jinghuai glanced at him and sneered, "What things in this world are there that this prince doesn't know?"

Commander Wang was obviously shocked by these words and took a deep breath. It was obvious that he had underestimated the enemy, or that their emperor did not take his son seriously enough.

Chu Jinghuai looked at him with a smile, shook his head and sighed, "Since Commander Wang has nothing to say to me, then I'll have to trouble you for a few days. I want to see the strength of my father's Dragon Shadow Guard."

After saying this, Chu Jinghuai walked out of the cell.

Commander Wang seemed to have figured something out. His face turned pale and he muttered, "He actually wants to destroy the Dragon Shadow Guard."

Ji Yunzhou was leaning against the wall and fanning himself with a smile on his face.

Chu Jinghuai raised his eyebrows and asked, "How did you ask that?"

Ji Yunzhou laughed and said, "Your Highness's method is still the most effective. He confessed after just one scare."

Chu Jinghuai nodded in satisfaction. "Within five days, I don't care what method you use, make him tell me everything he knows."

Ji Yunzhou looked depressed. "Dragon Shadow Guard has done a lot for the emperor over the years. Jing Huai, is it really okay for you to exploit me like this? I'm your only good friend. Be careful not to lose me. Jing Huai, wait a minute..."

Watching Chu Jinghuai's figure disappear at the door of the cell.

Ji Yunzhou squinted his eyes and looked at the eerie dungeon in front of him, and heard waves of begging for mercy in his ears.

Damn, these idiots, why didn’t they just tell me earlier? They prevented me from seeing Liuqin for five days.

…

Imperial Palace.

In Taihua Palace, all kinds of precious antique calligraphy and paintings were broken into pieces on the ground, and the palace servants were already trembling with fear.

The emperor's face turned livid as he cursed, "Look at the good son you raised, I know he is a disaster and cannot be kept."

De Fei gathered up a strand of hair from her forehead, raised her head and sneered, "A disaster? Even if he is a disaster, he is still your son, Your Majesty."

The emperor angrily said, "My son? That unfilial son, how could he ever take me seriously?"

There was a hint of sarcasm in Concubine De's eyes. "So what if he doesn't care about you? How could you have cared about him? Your Majesty, don't forget that it was this unfilial son of yours who helped you recover Mobei, drive out Xiqi, and consolidate your kingdom."

The emperor was speechless for a moment, his eyes turned cold, and he continued: "I am the king, he is the minister. If the king wants the minister to die, the minister must die, let alone to recover the lost territory."

Upon hearing this, Concubine De smiled faintly and said, "If that's the case, why doesn't the Emperor issue an order to kill him directly?"

After saying that, he turned around and left Taihua Palace.

The emperor casually picked up the inkstone on the desk and threw it behind Concubine De, "Stop right there."

De Fei walked out of the palace and whispered to the eunuch beside her, "Go check what Prince Su has been doing recently."

"yes."