Feeling puzzled, she turned her head and saw that the whip was lashing a dead body, which was already decomposed beyond recognition.

Mu Tiantian quickly turned around and covered her eyes and nose.

However, at this moment she also realized that Long Fantian did not intend to torture her.

What did he mean by that? Was he trying to scare her?

Just as Mu Tiantian was filled with doubt, Ulana's anxious voice came from next door, "I told you I don't know her, what are you doing?"

“Go ahead and torture her. Since you don’t know her, her life or death is none of your business.” Long Fantian said coldly while observing Ulana’s expression. “I see she has eaten her fill. If I accidentally kill her, it won’t be like she’s going on her way on an empty stomach.”

Ulana heard his words and remembered how he had cooked for her in the kitchen earlier.

The sound of whipping echoed from inside the punishment hall.

Suddenly the sound stopped.

A man with a scar on his face walked out with a serious expression.

"Your Highness, Miss Mu has fainted." Qiu Feng raised his voice. "Miss Mu was poisoned by an arrow while protecting you and hasn't recovered yet. If we continue to torture her, I'm afraid..."

He didn't say anything more, but you could understand what he meant.

Ulana knew that she wasn't the only assassin at the hunting grounds; there were others who had tried to assassinate Long Fantian, using the same poisoned arrows as her, intending to frame her.

Long Fantian was not injured because he was rescued, and the person who rescued him was Miss Mu, who had just been brought into the torture hall.

Ulana's eyes widened upon hearing this. "She saved you, and you still tortured her?"

"Who knows if this is one of your schemes?" Long Fantian said calmly, "You were worried that one arrow wouldn't be enough to kill me, so you sent someone else to rescue me, to get close to me and wait for an opportunity to strike."

Ulana found it laughable, but she also admired his ability to think.

Long Fantian raised his eyelids slightly and said to Qiufeng, "Wake him up by splashing him with water, then continue the torture."

"Yes." Qiu Feng entered the punishment hall.

The person who was supposed to be punished was now standing in front of a small window, looking up and breathing.

Qi Tong asked: "Are you sure we don't need to give you an olfactory blocker?"

Mu Tiantian: [No need, it probably won't last long, just bear with it. Did you use my points to block my pain before?]

Seven unifications: [is...]

Mu Tiantian's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets: 【What?】

Qi Tong: [It's already been reimbursed.]

Mu Tiantian breathed a sigh of relief: [If they really dare to deduct my points, I'll definitely complain!]

Snap—

Another long whip fell.

Ulana couldn't hold back any longer when she heard the voice from the punishment hall, "I really don't know her, what will it take for you to let her go?"

Long Fantian opened his slightly closed eyes and shouted, "Autumn Wind!"

The sound of whipping inside the torture chamber stopped. Qiu Feng took out a blood-stained whip and walked out. Bright red blood dripped vertically down the whip, and a strong smell of blood filled the air.

At this moment, Ulana's mind was filled with the image of Mu Tiantian being beaten unconscious, her skin torn and bleeding, which clashed sharply with the image of her kneading dough and steaming bean buns, causing her heart to tremble.

She just wanted a full meal; she didn't even think about running away because she knew she couldn't escape.

She has already revealed her true colors; even if she escapes the Regent's Palace, there's still the Imperial Preceptor's Palace.

Rather than falling into the hands of that perverted Xin Liangmu, it would be better to stay in the Regent's Palace and die a quick death, at least that way her companions wouldn't be implicated.

She is a person who clearly distinguishes between love and hate, and she doesn't want to implicate anyone who is genuinely good to her.

"Why did you kill Xin Liangmu?" Long Fantian began his interrogation.

"I need to know if she's still alive."

"You have no right to bargain with me. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. You'll know her fate soon enough, and you'll have someone to look after you on your journey to the underworld." Long Fantian spoke casually, killing someone was nothing to him.

Ulana witnessed firsthand the legendary ruthless and cold-blooded regent.

It is a tragedy for ordinary people that someone can be so ruthless to those who have saved them, and that such a person holds power.

"Because he killed my whole family, I'm only doing this for revenge." No matter how much the emperor and Xin Liangmu pressed her during the day, she didn't say it.

Because if Shinryoku knew her identity, her supporters would be in danger, so she kept her mouth shut.

Now that Xin Liangmu is gone, it is common knowledge that Regent Long Fantian and Imperial Preceptor Xin Liangmu are at odds.

She felt that even if she told him, it wouldn't have much of an impact, and that way she should still be able to save that Miss Mu.

Long Fantian asked, "When?"

"Ten years ago," Ulana began to recount the truth.

Inside the punishment hall, Mu Tiantian was guarded by a guard and was not allowed to leave the hall.

She heard the sounds from next door and realized that this was one of Long Fantian's methods to interrogate Ulana.

Presumably, Ulana was worried about her safety, and he realized that Ulana wanted to save her, so he came up with this plan.

Mu Tiantian thought he was really going to torture her.

It seems he hasn't turned so dark that he would kill someone indiscriminately.

She pressed her ear against the wall, trying to hear more clearly.

The guards watching over her didn't say anything.

Ulana briefly recounted her grievances.

Ten years ago, she was just a teenager. Xin Liangmu was a year older than her, but he looked younger. He was pale and thin, and looked as frail as a girl.

That's why, when her father rescued him and brought him home, no one in the family suspected him.

Until he started inquiring about the Sacred Silkworm Gu.

The Sacred Silkworm Gu is the king of Gu worms that her father cultivated for thirty years. Those who possess it can not only be immune to all Gu worms, but also control all Gu worms.

Very few people know about the Sacred Silkworm Gu, and even if one has mastered it, one cannot reveal it to others, as it would attract the attention of villains.

Xin Liangmu was the one who wanted to steal the Sacred Silkworm Gu.

I only heard from my father that the sacred silkworm gu was accidentally eaten by my sister's friend, and my father couldn't bear to kill someone to get the gu, so he gave up on the matter.

Xin Liangmu poisoned everyone and interrogated them about the whereabouts of the Sacred Silkworm Gu. He promised to spare their lives if they handed it over, but no one in the family knew where the child who had eaten the Sacred Silkworm Gu was.

Therefore, Shinraki, having found nothing in the end, killed them all.

The day he killed them, she went up the mountain to gather herbs, which is why she was spared his ambush.

When she returned, everyone in her family was already dead, and Xin Liangmu was searching through the study.

But because she was chasing him, he could only take one book with him.

She had already caught up with him, and Shinraki was powerless to resist, but in the end, Shia appeared and saved him.

She assumed they were in cahoots and was ready to kill them all, but then another person appeared...

As Ulana spoke, she looked up at the Hall of Punishments, her eyes filled with surprise, which then turned into confusion.