"Please, Wanwan, come with me!" Hu Jiuyuan pleaded pitifully.

Lin Wanyue was sleepy and found the place dirty, so she had no intention of going to the dungeon to watch Qi Xiao being interrogated. She shook her head like a rattle-drum: "No, no."

But Hu Jiuyuan was a very determined ghost. He knew that if he went with them, he would have no way to communicate with the others.

What if those people only want to know about Qi Xiao's actions that are detrimental to the emperor, and have no interest in knowing where he learned those witchcraft techniques? Wouldn't his trip have been in vain?

Therefore, Hu Jiuyuan immediately realized that he had to bring Lin Wanyue over so that she could ask Qi Xiao about the specifics of those witchcraft techniques.

It is often said that medicine and drugs are inseparable, but poisons are also inseparable.

Voodoo, although it sounds poisonous, is undeniably very effective.

Hu Jiuyuan had devoted his entire life to studying medicine, and even now, on his deathbed, he didn't want to give up this tiny bit of his pursuit; he just wanted to learn more about medical approaches.

"Wanwan, please! And if I learn more, I will definitely teach it all to Ziqiu's child in the future. Maybe he will surpass me and become a doctor who is much better than me. I don't know how many people he can save." Hu Jiuyuan sighed and said.

Medical students are meticulous, and he had already noticed that Lin Wanyue was actually a very soft-hearted and gentle person. Last winter, she earned a lot of money and donated it to the poor.

As expected, upon hearing Hu Jiuyuan's words, Lin Wanyue, despite still being extremely sleepy, nodded and said, "Alright then, but I heard the dungeon is terribly smelly, so you're not allowed to ask too many questions!"

"Don't worry, don't worry," Hu Jiuyuan readily agreed, but that wasn't what he really thought.

Since he's already begged me to go to the dungeon, can asking a few more questions still be considered questions?

Hu Jiuyuan was in high spirits when he suddenly noticed that Qi Xiao's eyelashes trembled slightly and he pursed his lips.

He immediately noticed and quickly said to Lin Wanyue, "Wanwan seems to have woken up and wants to commit suicide! Stop him!"

This is a treasure map that I need to find out information about; I can't let this great treasure die by itself!

Lin Wanyue, who had been nodding off in sleepiness, was instantly awakened by Hu Jiuyuan's series of loud shouts.

"Godfather wants to commit suicide!" Lin Wanyue quickly pointed at Qi Xiao, who was still pretending to be unconscious and trying to bite his tongue to kill himself, and shouted loudly at Qi Sichen.

Qi Sichen reacted quickly, and without hesitation, kicked Qi Xiao in the face.

Qi Xiao did indeed want to bite his tongue and commit suicide, but this method of suicide is easier said than done.

After all, nobody wants to die if they can live.

It is especially difficult to do this by biting one's own flesh.

Qi Xiao hesitated for just a moment, and then Qi Sichen kicked him unconscious.

The guards nearby quickly pulled out two pieces of rag from somewhere, rolled them up, and stuffed them into Qi Xiao's mouth.

After thinking it over, they were worried it wasn't safe, so they removed Qi Xiao's jaw anyway.

This prevents the jaw from exerting force and makes it impossible to bite the tongue.

All the assassins from earlier have been dealt with in this way, except for Qi Xiao, who still retains his status as the eldest prince and the first son of the late emperor, making his status different.

The guards were somewhat hesitant when dealing with him, as he was the late emperor's son and the current emperor's elder brother, and they didn't dare to be so ruthless.

Qi Sichen hadn't originally planned to interrogate Qi Xiao so soon, but now he realized he had underestimated his nephew.

...

In the dark dungeon.

Qi Xiao was firmly chained to the wall, his hair was completely soaked, and someone had poured a bucket of excrement on him.

"Kill me! Qi Sichen, you dog eunuch who will never be emperor, kill me! If you have the guts, kill me! What do you mean by torturing me like this!" Qi Xiao couldn't bear this insult any longer. Even though his jaw had been dislocated, he still mumbled loudly at Qi Sichen.

Qi Sichen was wearing a moon-white robe, and his handsome face looked completely out of place in the filthy and foul-smelling dungeon.

Even more out of place was the little girl he was holding in his arms, who had already fallen asleep with her arms wrapped around his.

Even with Qi Xiao's loud cursing in his ears, he couldn't be woken up, which shows he was sleeping very soundly.

Qi Sichen curled his lips into a mocking smile, "Want to die? That would be too easy on you. After all the things you've done and the people you've hurt, don't you feel any remorse at all?"

"Hehehe! Repent? Why should I repent? What did I do wrong? They are just a bunch of lowly commoners. Even if I don't kill them, they won't live for more than a few days. It would be more meaningful and valuable for them to die by my hand! Anyway, when they are alive, they are no different from dog poop on the roadside. No one cares when they die."

"You're saying nice things now, but do you even know who the dead people are? You don't know a single one! What repentance you're talking about, do you still want to seek justice for them?" Qi Xiao laughed wildly, not feeling that he had done anything wrong even now.

Qi Sichen gritted his teeth, still feigning indifference, and coldly looked at Qi Xiao, saying, "That's right, you're right. I just want to seek justice for them. Even if you're not afraid of death, you should be afraid of pain. Your life can't compensate for so many lives, so I'll collect some interest for them first."

After saying that, he picked up Lin Wanyue and turned to leave, specifically instructing her as he left: "Don't try to extract a confession, just practice. As long as you don't die."

The implication was clear: their prison department had researched numerous methods of torture in order to extract confessions from prisoners.

Now, the Regent has instructed them to focus solely on their practice, meaning they no longer need to concern themselves with Qi Xiao's identity and can use any form of torture on him.

They also heard about what had just happened from the guards who brought the people over, and learned that the eldest prince, Qi Xiao, was unworthy of being a prince and had done such a rebellious and cruel thing to harm the people.

Therefore, they showed no mercy when they took action, feeling as if they were avenging those who died innocently.

The agonizing screams soon echoed from the bottom of the dungeon, like the burning sounds of hellish demons, terrifying the other prisoners into trembling. Some of the more timid ones quickly confessed, fearing they too would suffer the same torture.

The people in the Ministry of Justice hadn't expected it to have this effect, so they simply brought the prisoners directly to Qi Xiao for interrogation. It was both effortless and convenient, and the results were good.

When Hu Jiuyuan heard that Qi Xiao would not die for the time being, he was not in a hurry. He even felt a little regretful that this place was too dirty. Otherwise, he could have brought his little apprentice here to see how to treat external injuries.