Dali Temple.
Gu Huainian interrogated Zhu Chunjiao all night long.
"Sir, I didn't instruct Zhuyue to harm Tangli, nor did I kill the five members of the Zhu family. I was wrongly accused!" Zhu Chunjiao said with a look of grievance. "I did something wrong and pretended to be the young lady of the general's mansion, but I would never do such a thing as killing people!"
Even if Zhu Ergen was brought up to confront Zhu Chunjiao, Zhu Ergen was speechless after just a few words from Zhu Chunjiao.
"Second brother, you are all my closest relatives. If I kill you, I will be struck by lightning. I swear, it was definitely not me who killed my parents, my eldest brother and his wife, and my second sister-in-law. If it were me, I would be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"
"Second brother, how can you judge me based on one person's words? What if that person is wronging me?"
"Did you see me ordering them around? Second brother, I'm your sister. How could you wrong me like this?"
"I'm planning to buy a yard and let my family live in it. We can all be happy. How could I do something like that?"
After Zhu Chunjiao's words, Zhu Ergen was unable to refute.
Could it be that he really wronged Jiaojiao?
Isn’t that man in black Jiaojiao’s man?
Is someone trying to harm Jiaojiao?
Meeting Zhu Chunjiao's earnest eyes, Zhu Ergen was puzzled.
Gu Huainian was not as easy to fool as Zhu Ergen. His eyes were always on Zhu Chunjiao, observing her every move and her micro-expressions.
Gu Huainian felt that Zhu Chunjiao was lying.
Her scheming, methods, and courage far exceeded his imagination.
She has a strong will.
Gu Huainian has seen many difficult suspects, and Zhu Chunjiao is one of the best.
Gu Huainian paused the interrogation of Zhu Chunjiao and went to watch his subordinates interrogate Zhuyue.
As for Zhuyue, after using torture, they still couldn't get any useful information out of him.
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Prince Rui's Palace.
After Zhao Shu returned from the general's mansion, he locked himself in the room and refused to see anyone.
Today is the most embarrassing day since he was born!
What was thought to be a happy day turned out to be a joke.
That bitch Zhu Chunjiao actually deceived him so badly!
Zhao Shu angrily smashed everything in the room.
The entire palace was shrouded in a cold and gloomy atmosphere, and everyone in the palace was trembling.
Outside the door.
A middle-aged man was walking back and forth at the door.
This middle-aged man was Zhao Shu's uncle, cabinet minister Wang Mincai.
Zhao Shu's mother, Concubine Wang, was born into the Wang family.
The Wang family was originally a family of scholars and officials. Their ancestors had produced several chief ministers of the cabinet, and their family was prominent.
However, over the past few generations, the Wang family had no good descendants and no promising offspring, and the family gradually declined.
However, after all, she had a strong family background. The current emperor's tutor was the old man of the Wang family, so the daughter of the Wang family still entered the palace and became a noble concubine.
Wang Mincai is the current backbone of the Wang family, even though this backbone is only a member of the cabinet. There are seven people in the cabinet, and Wang Mincai is at the bottom, without much say.
It was precisely because his mother's family was in decline that Zhao Shu was eager to find greater support to fight against the Sixth Prince, whose mother's family controlled the military power.
Wang Mincai was also anxious.
Zhao Shu was the hope of their clan. If Zhao Shu became emperor, then their Wang clan would have a chance to rise. Otherwise...
He was naturally happy to see Zhao Shu marry into the General's Mansion, but who knew...
Wang Mincai hurried to see Concubine Wang in the palace. Concubine Wang told him to persuade Zhao Shu well, so he came quickly.
The Third Prince became angry, and Wang Mincai was a little afraid of him, so he didn't dare to go in.
Wang Mincai paced at the door of the room for a while. When he heard that there was no sound from inside, Zhao Shu's anger seemed to have subsided a little, so he walked over and knocked on the door.
Suddenly, the door opened.
Zhao Shu's hair was disheveled, his eyes were red, and his face was filled with hostility, which was very scary.
"Your Highness..." Wang Mincai said hesitantly.
Zhao Shu didn't say anything.
"Your Highness, calm down. The Imperial Concubine has something to tell you." Wang Mincai said again.
Zhao Shu took a deep breath and suppressed his anxiety and anger.
"Uncle, please wait for me in the study. I'll change my clothes and come over." Zhao Shu said.
Wang Mincai nodded and turned to leave.
Zhao Shu called his trusted servants to clean the room, changed his clothes, restored his former gentle and elegant demeanor, and went to the study.
Zhao Shu sat down opposite Wang Mincai.
"What did my mother say?" Zhao Shu asked.
"The imperial concubine said that what happened today was indeed a bad thing, but it may not be an absolutely bad thing." Wang Mincai said.
"Is there any good side to this?" Zhao Shu sneered.
"Your Highness, although Gu Ying is not the daughter of the Gu family, she is the beloved disciple of the Saint Doctor and has a close relationship with Her Royal Highness the Princess..." Wang Mincai said.
Zhao Shu showed a thoughtful expression.
He is now disgusted with that bitch Zhu Chunjiao, who is vicious and hypocritical.
However, as my mother said, this woman is indeed not completely useless.
The saintly doctor was the one Zhu Chunjiao had invited to treat her father. He was highly regarded by her father and was even named a saintly doctor.
"That depends on the attitude of my father," said Zhao Shu.
"Yes, the Imperial Concubine asked Your Highness to be patient. She will pay attention to the affairs in the palace and will inform you if there are any changes." Wang Mincai said.
Zhao Shu nodded.
Tang Li has remarried, and he has spent so much time and effort on Zhu Chunjiao, but Zhu Chunjiao is still of value to him.
When she is no longer useful in the future, he will make Zhu Chunjiao suffer unbearable pain!
"Zhu Chunjiao is now in the Dali Temple..." Zhao Shu showed a thoughtful expression.
Dali Temple is Gu Huainian's territory. Gu Huainian is a ruthless and impartial person. If he wants to see Zhu Chunjiao, he will definitely not be able to get in.
However, delivering a letter is still a simple matter.
No matter how capable Gu Huainian is, he cannot have absolute control over the complicated personnel situation.
That night, in the Dali Temple prison.
Zhu Chunjiao lay on the simple bed in the prison, unable to sleep all night.
She has now recovered from the huge change.
She will not give up easily. She has finally had a chance to start over, and she doesn't believe that she will lose like this!
However, she had always been pampered by the Gu family, but suddenly she was left alone and helpless. Such a huge gap was a huge blow.
Especially Gu Huainian, he really turned his back on her. He doted on her so much before, but now he can interrogate her coldly and ruthlessly.
She hated Tangli, hated Gu Huainian, and hated the entire Gu family!
One day, she will make the Gu family get retribution!
And Zhao Shu...
Just as Zhu Chunjiao was gritting her teeth in hatred, she suddenly heard footsteps approaching and her expression immediately became alert.
She watched as a jailer approached, threw something into the cell, and then turned and left.
Zhu Chunjiao didn't move at first. She waited for a while before getting up and picking up the thing.
It was an unsigned letter.
Zhu Chunjiao opened the letter and could barely see the words on it in the moonlight.
She recognized the handwriting at a glance. It was Zhao Shu's!
Why did Zhao Shu write to her?
Zhu Chunjiao read the letter patiently.
Zhao Shu said in his heart that no matter who she was, he loved her. He told her not to be afraid and that he would find a way to rescue her.
Perhaps because she was in a low point and felt lonely, Zhu Chunjiao broke down when she read the letter and was deeply moved.
I really didn't expect that Zhao Shu was actually so deeply in love with her.
He is a prince. Since ancient times, the royal family has been the most heartless. How could they raise such an affectionate and devoted man?
Zhu Chunjiao lay on the bed, with the letter against her chest, her heart pounding.
She seemed to have fallen in love with Zhao Shu.
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