The emperor was very angry when he learned about this, but he knew that it must have nothing to do with the princess. However, only she and Qingxing had touched the cake, so he ordered people to arrest Qingxing and torture her severely.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent. I have no reason to harm you!"

Qing Xing was tied to a wooden stake, her body was covered in bruises and blood from being whipped.

"Could it be that you have some grudge against the princess, so you want to put the blame on Princess Zhao?"

The emperor stood grimly in front of her, staring at her fiercely.

"Your Majesty, I have no grudge against the princess, let alone any intention to harm her, and I have never come into contact with arsenic or frost."

Qingxing shed two lines of tears. The scars on her face made her look even more haggard. Her voice was trembling. She was splashed with cold water over and over again, and her body was already covered with bruises.

"Torture her again. If she still refuses to confess, make her roll on the bed of nails."

The emperor's patience has been exhausted. He not only wants to seek justice for Weiya, but also give an explanation to the border clan. He must find the murderer within a short period of time.

"No, Your Majesty, I am truly wronged!"

Qing Xing howled miserably, watching the hot iron sheet about to stick to her body. At this moment, a steady male voice rang out, "Stop!"

Rong Zhen walked in, followed by a group of people.

"Greetings, my Royal Brother. There are many doubts in this matter. It would be better to hand it over to the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice first. As for whether Qingxing is the murderer, I don't think it is possible."

Qing Xing was almost frightened to death, but when she saw the prince suddenly coming, she was very excited and tears started to flow down her cheeks. "Prince, please save me. I really didn't mean to harm the princess."

"Then who do you think is responsible for this?"

"Please give me some time, my brother. The murderer must still be hiding in the palace. We cannot let the real murderer go unpunished."

Rong Zhen said this in a neither humble nor arrogant manner. The emperor waved his wide sleeves angrily and left the prison.

"Put her down for me." Rong Zhen looked at Qing Xing who was beaten badly and handed her to Qing Feng, asking him to take her back and settle her down first.

"Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Your Highness..." Qingxing said a few words and then fainted.

The scene changed. Gu Yunru waited from dawn to dusk, but Qingxing still didn't come back. When she heard the sound of the door unlocking, she excitedly patted the door frame, "Is Qingxing back?"

The messenger outside was only responsible for delivering the food and could not say a word to her. Hearing the heavy footsteps leaving, Gu Yunru frowned in annoyance and dragged the food in through the door.

"I'm so unlucky. Why did something like this happen again?" Gu Yunru looked at the white rice with a few green leaves floating on it and a few slices of pork that had not been scraped dry, and shook her head helplessly.

"Oh..." Gu Yunru sighed again and again. Suddenly, someone threw something wrapped in oil paper in from the window. She smelled the scent of chicken, sniffed her nose, and quickly opened the package. It was indeed half a roast chicken!

"Wow, I didn't expect to be able to eat such delicious roast chicken!" Gu Yunru's eyes sparkled. She hadn't eaten anything good for a whole day and night. Thinking that Qingxing might be suffering in the dungeon, she almost cried out loud. She pouted and said, "Don't worry, Qingxing. I will definitely rescue you when I get out."

After saying that, he started to gnaw on the half roast chicken.

When he was halfway through eating, a vague voice came from the door, "Aren't you afraid that the food is poisonous?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Yunru slowly spat out the meat in his mouth. Not sure if it was a physiological or psychological reaction, he subconsciously used his hand to dig his throat, trying to spit out all the meat.

"Hahaha, you took me just kidding seriously."

Gu Yunru's face turned pale. When she heard the sound at the door, she gritted her teeth in anger.

"What kind of hero are you if you have the guts to come in and hide at the door?"

"Do you really want me to come in?" The voice at the door suddenly sounded again. Gu Yunru felt a gust of cold wind rushing in from the back of his neck and couldn't help shivering.

"Forget it, forget it. You'd better not come in. Then tell me...how is my friend now?"

Gu Yunru felt that the voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't hear it clearly because there was a door between them. The man's joking voice sounded again, with a hint of a playful smile.

"Don't worry, it's just half of my life that's gone."

"What!" Gu Yunru stood up from the ground excitedly.

"Who are you? You're playing tricks on me." Gu Yunru curled her lips impatiently. After listening carefully, she found that the voice was very familiar.

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"It's me."

I don't know when, the voice came from the house again. I turned around and saw that it was Rong Zhen.

"You want to scare me to death!" Gu Yunru's face turned pale and she glared at him unhappily.

"You're not scared to death by me." Rong Zhen still had a piece of gauze on his eyes, but it was obvious that he could see everything.

"Hmph! Would you be happy if you scared me to death?" Gu Yunru snorted twice in annoyance, sat aside holding the remaining meat, and began to devour it voraciously.

"The food you eat is so bad, no wonder you've lost weight." A trace of heartache appeared on Rong Zhen's face, but soon the corners of his mouth slowly flattened again.

"I'm not satisfied. Don't I even have the right to appeal? I didn't kill the person. Someone must have wanted to frame me!" Gu Yunru started to cry out for injustice after he had a full stomach.

Rong Zhen turned around slowly. "What evidence do you have?"

"Me! That's really weird. Why would I want to harm her? I can't even step on an ant when I come here. Everyone can see what kind of person I am. If you don't like me, you can go ask the little stool.

What is my character like in normal times? Although I have a bad drinking habit, I wouldn't be so cruel as to kill a girl I've only met twice, right?"

Gu Yunru was so angry that her scalp was numb and she could hardly speak clearly. This was the greatest injustice she had ever suffered.

"Don't worry, this matter has already been accepted by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice."

"Haha, with the speed at which they solve the case, it would be better for me to come in person. The murderer... the murderer must have known that I was coming today and that Wei Ya wanted to eat cake, otherwise he wouldn't have prepared so far in advance."

Rong Zhen replied calmly, "What you said makes sense, but you still have no evidence to prove that you didn't poison me."

Gu Yunru wanted to cry but had no tears. Why couldn't she even have a chance to reason? She was being accused by these people for no reason and they even wanted to kill her.