prison.
The dark dungeon was filled with an unpleasant fishy smell.
There was a hint of cold smile on the corner of Pan Shu's mouth, and her slender knuckles slowly moved across the neatly arranged torture instruments, and finally her fingertips landed on a long whip covered with barbs.
She shook the whip a few times.
There were several crackling sounds in the air.
"Do you confess or not?" Pan Shu's phoenix eyes slightly raised, and the hand that was pinching Sun Yonggui turned slightly white due to the force. "Why bother, Lord Sun? My whip has no eyes."
Sun Yonggui's body looked as if he had been fished out of blood.
Two trembling.
"I confess... I confess!" Sun Yonggui's face was ferocious, and he stared at Pan Shu in fear. "Someone... someone ordered me to set fire to Yongzhou City..."
Ban Shu's face was expressionless. "There's more."
Sun Yonggui laughed wryly, "No more, really no more... I've confessed everything!"
"ah--!"
Shen Zhuo, who acted as an invisible man behind Ban Shu, laughed. In the blink of an eye, a sharp dagger pierced into Sun Yonggui's abdomen, causing him to scream in pain.
Chen Zhuo's gorgeous and elegant eyes were now filled with a cold and calm smile.
He leaned slightly closer to Sun Yonggui and casually lifted his eyelids. "Sir Sun, I hate people who make His Highness feel bad. If you dare to hide anything again, this knife should be stabbed somewhere else."
Shen Zhuo pulled out the dagger suddenly and then inserted it all the way in.
The strong and stench of blood hit my nose.
Pan Shu took a few steps back.
Sun Yonggui was covered in cold sweat. He closed his eyes tightly and screamed, "Ahhhh... I'll tell you! I'll tell you!"
"That man was also responsible for the plague!"
The curve of Shen Zhuo's lips slightly narrowed, "Who?"
Sun Yonggui made a bitter face. "Well, well... I really don't know! That man was wearing a mask, but... but he seemed to have a jade pendant around his waist!"
Pan Shu was stunned.
Chen Zhuo noticed something was wrong with Pan Shu, "Do you know who it is?"
Banshu nodded slowly.
It was almost evening when he walked out of the cell. The gray sky was gloomy and depressing. Jiang Zhan stood not far away, raising his clear round eyes. Only when he saw Pan Shu's cold eyes did he smile slightly.
"Your Highness, is the trial over?"
Pan Shu was a little tired. She nodded slightly and asked, "How are the people?"
Jiang Zhan stared at her calmly for a while.
His cool fingertips gently caressed the dark circles under the girl's eyes, and he murmured, "Are the people of Yongzhou City more important than Your Highness?"
Pan Shu was stunned by Jiang Zhan's question.
She didn't know how to answer him.
It just seemed like a responsibility she carried. She was definitely not a selfless person.
The scent of medicine on the boy's body became stronger and stronger.
She pursed her lips and raised her phoenix eyes, which were filled with a hint of tenderness. "I just don't want so many people to die. I want to keep more people alive within my ability."
Jiang Zhan chuckled softly.
Shen Zhuo glanced at Jiang Zhan coldly and sneered, "Hypocrisy."
"Mr. Shen is kindhearted and gives away food and porridge every day. Not only do the people of Yongzhou City praise Mr. Shen as a kind-hearted man, but even His Highness has been staying at Mr. Shen's place these days."
Jiang Zhan's face no longer had the usual gentle smile.
Gloomy.
Shen Zhuo raised his eyebrows.
The young man lowered his thick, long eyelashes to conceal the intense and terrifying murderous intent within them.
It's really... an eyesore.
…
Shangjing was eerily quiet.
The long street was stained with blood.
Having just experienced a massacre, not even a wailing could be heard.
As the two armies faced each other, Gu Chi's lips curled up with a playful smile, "Doesn't the eldest princess also want that position? And now she's acting like a loving mother and a filial daughter in front of His Majesty?"
Ban Ruo's sharp long eyes glared at Gu Chi coldly.
"Did you cause the plague in Yongzhou City? What was your purpose? To lure Ah Shu away?"
Gu Chi sneered, with a gentle smile on his lips.
Ban Ruo said to herself, "You fell in love with her, so you didn't want her to hate you, or you didn't want her to be affected by this war, so you couldn't wait to get her away. But Gu Chi, don't forget, she will find out sooner or later."
The man on horseback had beautiful eyes and eyebrows, and he smiled faintly.
"I won't fall in love with a playboy like her. I'm sending her away just to prevent her from ruining my plans."
Banruo's expression became a little strange.
In the corner.
Pan Shu looked at the sarcastic and mocking expression on the man's face with indifference.
I accidentally met Banruo's gaze.
Banruo opened his mouth silently.
Panshu understood.
She lets her go.
"Your Highness, let's go back to Yongzhou." Jiang Zhan suddenly spoke.
The plague in Yongzhou has been brought under control, and it is only a matter of time.
Now the entire Shangjing is full of Gu Chi’s spies, and it is not safe here.
The moist smell of blood in the air has not yet dissipated.
Pan Shu lowered her eyes.
He responded softly.
Before returning to Yongzhou, Panshu went back to the mansion. She wanted to find out whether Qi Yu was involved in the Yongzhou incident.
In the courtyard, the plum blossoms have withered and a few new crabapple trees have been planted.
Qi Yu noticed footsteps behind him. When he turned around and saw the person coming, his face suddenly turned pale.
He moved his lips with difficulty.
Pan Shu did not approach him, but just watched him quietly from a distance. After a moment, she curled her lips and said, "I'm back. I didn't expect so many things to happen in Shangjing in just a few months."
"Um."
Qi Yu unconsciously pressed his slightly bulging belly.
The eye sockets are slightly red.
It looked like jade stained with blood.
Beautiful and fragile.
"Were you involved in the Yongzhou City incident?" Pan Shu didn't want to deal with him anymore, so she asked very directly.
Qi Yu's fingertips paused slightly, and the corners of his lips slowly curved up.
But it's uglier than crying.
In this spreading, suffocating silence.
Panshu got her answer.
Qi Yu knew about it and participated in it.
"Do you think Gu Chi will give you half of the authority he worked so hard to obtain?" The girl smiled slowly, but her eyes, which always showed tenderness in front of Qi Yu, were now terribly cold. "Am I not good to you? Qi Yu, is your heart made of stone? Why can't I warm it even after holding it for so long?"
Qi Yu took a few steps forward and grabbed Ban Shu's sleeve in panic.
Because of excessive force, the knuckles of the fingers turned pale.
Like his bloodless face.
He shook his head, "No... No, His Highness treats Qi Yu very well..."
"Then why do you want to plot against me like this?" Pan Shu's eyes slid towards Qi Yu's hand that was holding hers. She frowned in disgust, "Don't touch me. I'm disgusted."
Qi Yu's eyes were red.
He said helplessly, "Your Highness, I really don't know what to do. It was Gu Chi who threatened me."
Jiang Zhan still felt his anger wasn't strong enough. He sneered, "If you haven't done anything wrong, why would you be afraid of Gu Chi threatening you? Even if you have some shameful evidence in Gu Chi's hands, does that give you the right to hurt His Highness without restraint?"
Qi Yu looked desperate and sad.
He looked towards Panshu silently——
As if waiting for her final verdict.
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