Luo Jiu's bed was very large. Gu Muchen hadn't returned to the manor all night. He had slept fully clothed, sleeping beside Luo Jiu all night.
Only the fragrance and breath of Luo Jiu's body could prove to Gu Muchen that Luo Jiu was still alive and still in the world.
...
At dawn, the sun had just risen above the horizon.
Gu Muchen was awakened by Luo Jiu's movements beside him.
Gu Muchen had just opened his eyes and was still in a daze when he caught sight of Luo Jiu beside him, her forehead dripping with sweat, one hand tightly gripping the bed sheet with bulging veins, the other hand scratching her body vigorously, and soon her collarbone was a large red patch.
He was babbling incoherently, and it was impossible to understand what he was saying.
Seeing Luo Jiu being tormented by the Gu worms like this, Gu Muchen felt a pang of heartache. He quickly grabbed Luo Jiu's flailing hands and whispered, "Little Jiu..."
Yueying carried a bowl of medicine into the hall and immediately noticed that the Gu worms inside Luo Jiu were causing trouble again. She quickly stepped forward and, with Gu Muchen's help, poured the medicine into Luo Jiu's mouth.
Luo Jiu calmed down in no time.
"Has this been the case for the past few days while I've been away?" Is it necessary to have a lot of blood to calm down and stop the torment?
Gu Muchen looked at Luo Jiu and asked in a low voice, his tone filled with helplessness and guilt.
“...Yes,” Moonshadow replied.
After all these days, she knew very well how much the man before her loved Luo Jiu. She also knew how guilty she felt about Luo Jiu being poisoned, how she felt about not getting the Snow Orchid Fruit, and how helpless she felt watching her beloved suffer and grow thinner day by day.
But like him, she was helpless and at a loss...
After hearing Yueying's words, Gu Muchen clenched his fists, said nothing, and stepped out of the palace.
...
Dali Temple Prison.
Dressed in magnificent robes, Gu Muchen, led by his guards, walked step by step toward the place where Si Nanyin was imprisoned.
It was a small, isolated space, only three meters wide. Behind it were cold, damp, moss-covered black bricks, where the sun rarely shone.
When Gu Muchen saw Si Nanyin, she was sitting on a straw mat, resting with her eyes closed. She seemed oblivious to the footsteps approaching from afar and the sounds of rats gnawing on the ground.
At first glance, there were no signs of whipping, confession, or interrogation on her. Presumably, without orders from higher authorities, the Dali Temple dared not easily interrogate this woman who had plotted to murder the emperor. Apart from being slightly pale, she seemed to be doing quite well.
But this was the first time Gu Muchen wanted to repent of the laws of Qi Kingdom. Why should his little Jiu suffer the torment of Gu worms day and night? If Si Nanyin were to be standing in front of him, her skin torn and bleeding, he would probably be much happier...
But... it's alright... we'll be fine in a bit...
A hint of madness and stubbornness flickered in Gu Muchen's eyes, but he concealed it well. On the surface, he remained expressionless and calm.
"Bring it out."
After saying that, he walked towards the interrogation room.
Upon hearing this voice, which she hated to the core yet couldn't resist, Si Nanyin opened her eyes. Before she could utter a single word, she was dragged by guards to the interrogation room.
"Ahem, who is this person in the audience?" the judge presiding over the case asked.
After a moment, there was no response. Si Nanyin stared intently at Gu Muchen with a faint smile on her face.
Gu Muchen ignored him completely and gestured for the judge to continue.
"Is it true or not that this sinful woman plotted to harm our emperor, resulting in her remaining unconscious?"
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