At this moment, the palace maid who served tea suddenly walked towards Doctor Yang, and when she turned around, she could see where Xiao Ruyu was hiding.

“Ahem…”

Seeing that the palace maid was about to discover the two of them, Doctor Yang quickly coughed lightly to divert her attention.

"My tea has gone cold. Go get me a hot cup."

He spoke to send the palace maid away and breathed a sigh of relief.

“Pah—”

The chopping board was slammed heavily on the table, and Lu Zongyuan was escorted in.

The Ministry of Punishment has tortured him so much in the past few days that his body is covered with bruises. Even so, he still keeps silent about the person behind it.

"Mr. Lu, do you admit your guilt?!"

Emperor Shangwen shouted angrily and revealed all of his crimes.

All the evidence and witnesses were thrown in his face, but Lu Zongyuan remained silent and refused to say a word.

"I have one last question for you..." Emperor Shangwen leaned back on the dragon throne, with invisible pressure coming from all directions.

"Who is behind everything you have done?"

"What kind of conspiracy is behind this?"

He glanced at Lu Zongyuan with a sharp gaze, and the air around them became a little stagnant.

Xiao Ruyu held her breath, watching all the truth before her eyes, her eyes fixed on Lu Zongyuan.

Lu Zongyuan just looked up at Emperor Shangwen, knelt down tightly on the ground, and gritted out a few words.

"I... don't know anything!"

“Bang!”

Emperor Shangwen threw the chopping board on his face. Lu Zongyuan's stubborn attitude completely angered him. "Lock him up and continue the trial!"

"Interrogate him until he is willing to confess!"

When Doctor Yang saw that he was angry, he quickly told his servants to take Lu Zongyuan away and lock him up, and then he stepped forward to try to persuade him.

"I'm afraid we can't rush this matter. We have to think about it carefully..."

Xiao Ruyu, who was in the dark, watched Lu Zongyuan leave and secretly clenched her fists.

Inside the prison.

Lu Zongyuan was whipped fifty times and lay dying in a corner.

Emperor Shangwen will not let him die, nor will he let him have an easy life. If he refuses to tell the truth, he will only be tortured every day.

"Why won't you tell me?!"

"You, the Lu family, have done so many bad things. Do you think you can hide away for a while or forever?!"

Xiao Ruyu pushed away the guards who were holding him back and rushed to Lu Zongyuan, questioning him loudly.

Her little face turned red with anger and her hands were clenched tightly.

Lu Zongyuan just raised his eyes and glanced at her, then lowered his head and said nothing.

"Since you won't say it, I have plenty of ways to make you confess."

Seeing that he was as unafraid of boiling water, Xiao Ruyu took out a pill from her arms.

This pill was specially made by her to pry open Lu Zongyuan's mouth. If he swallowed this pill, he would feel extremely anxious and in great pain for a short period of time.

After telling Lu Zongyuan about the effect of the medicine, his expression changed noticeably.

"Would you use such a despicable method?!"

Seeing that he was getting anxious, Xiao Ruyu approached him and snorted coldly, "I didn't learn this from you."

She pretended to stuff the pill into Lu Zongyuan's mouth, which really angered him.

Lu Zongyuan slapped the pill to the ground, took a few steps back and hid in the innermost part of the cell, yelling hysterically.

"Don't push me anymore, I don't know anything!"

"You know what? Take this pill and you'll tell me everything."

Xiao Ruyu picked up the pill and prepared to ask the jailer to open the cell door and force Lu Zongyuan to take it.

This action completely broke his psychological defenses, and Lu Zongyuan's face became ferocious and his eyes glared with anger.

"I'm just my father's pawn!"

"Even if you kill me, I can't say anything!!!"

Xiao Ruyu paused and put the pill back into his sleeve.

The pill was just a cover, but I didn't expect that Lu Zongyuan would get mad, and the word "chess piece"...

She held on to the iron railing tightly and asked anxiously.

"What is a chess piece?!"

"What do you know?"

However, Lu Zongyuan refused to say anything more. He looked like a madman, and kept repeating the word "chess piece" in his mouth.

"piece……"

"Just a pawn..."

Xiao Ruyu didn't understand what was going on. After asking again and again but getting no information, she had to give up.

She walked out of the prison with a heavy heart, thinking about the meaning of Lu Zongyuan's words, and did not notice the person walking towards her.

"Ouch."

Xiao Ruyu was hit hard on the shoulder by someone without paying attention. She lost her balance and fell face down.

After taking a mouthful of mud into her mouth, her jaw ached slightly.

"Who is it? Who dares to bump into this princess?!"

Xiao Ruyu stood up in a panic, brushed the dirt off his body, and ran into a little boy.

After just one glance, Xiao Ruyu was stunned.

The little boy was extremely handsome, with fair skin and delicate facial features. He was even better looking than ordinary girls.

She stood there in a daze, almost forgetting the pain on her face.

The little boy seemed to know he was wrong and kept his head down without saying a word. His eyes were extremely delicate.

Xiao Ruyu was about to blame him, but when she saw his handsome face, she swallowed her words.

"That's all. Just be more careful next time."

She held her injured knee and limped back to the bedroom.

As soon as he stepped into the hall, Xiao Ruyu suddenly realized that something was wrong.

There are only two princes in the palace, her younger brother and her elder brother. Where are the extra little boys?

I haven't heard of anyone entering the palace recently...

A cold sweat broke out on Xiao Ruyu's back. As he was thinking, Eleven walked towards him.

"The little princess went to jail?"

"May I ask..." He had just said half of his words when he rushed over and was shocked by the look on her face.

"Little Princess, what's wrong with you?!"

Xiao Ruyu didn't know what was going on. He just felt a dull pain in his chin and a faint breeze blowing when he spoke.

At Eleven's reminder, she rushed into the house and picked up the bronze mirror.

"ah--"

After a scream, Xiao Ruyu burst into tears.

I saw that her newly grown baby teeth were hit and broke in half.

Her face was covered in blood at this time, no wonder Eleven was so scared.

My teeth...

Xiao Ruyu cried so hard that she was out of breath. Not only did she lose half of her teeth, but she also broke her chin.

Thinking about how her teeth had grown with great difficulty and were knocked out again, she felt more aggrieved and cried one after another.

[Eleven… My face is disfigured… I am too embarrassed to see anyone…]

She turned her head and threw herself into Eleven's arms, her small hands tightly grasping his chest. Thinking about these things, she felt more and more unlucky.

[It was because of Lu Zongyuan last time, and it’s because of him this time too. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have gone to the prison to see him, and I wouldn’t have fallen down for no reason! ]

Xiao Ruyu blamed all her hatred on Lu Zongyuan, and tears fell from her eyes.

Seeing that she was crying so hard that she almost got a stitch in the side, Eleven patted her back helplessly and quickly started to comfort her.

"Where did you get the idea of ​​her being disfigured? The little princess is so cute like this."