Gu Mu looked at Shen Chao's hopeful face.
He probably never imagined that the person who tied him up and imprisoned him here would be his own sister, Chen Ling.
A mocking smile appeared on Gu Mu's lips.
At this time
Before Shen Chao could speak, he swallowed the words back down his throat.
His mouth was open, his face stiff—he was imprisoned here, in the dark, in a monotonous and boring place, which made him momentarily unable to process what was happening.
But as clever as he was, he immediately realized that he was just a subject, and even if he was exceptionally talented, he was far less important than His Majesty.
If Your Majesty were worried about his safety and wanted to save him, it would not be Your Majesty who would come personally.
Therefore, there is only one possibility for His Majesty's presence here.
That is, he was kidnapped by His Majesty.
Shen Chao quickly analyzed the current situation in his mind, and then a look of innocent fear appeared on his face: "Your Majesty, it's not safe here, you should leave quickly."
He looked like he was concerned for His Majesty's safety.
However—because Gu Mu had previously acquired "eagle eyes," he was able to more easily notice certain details, thus identifying green tea bitches.
Therefore, Gu Mu did not miss the slight stiffness on Shen Chao's face just now.
"Your acting is terrible, little brother. You already guessed it was me, so why are you still pretending?" Gu Mu leaned leisurely against the iron gate.
Shen Chao is not Shen Ling.
He didn't receive the treatment of "I'm doing my best to perform in accordance with your wishes."
"..." Shen Chao: "Your Majesty, I am innocent... Although I guessed it was Your Majesty, Your Majesty is far from the capital and it is not safe for you. Although I do not understand Your Majesty's intention in binding me here, I am truly thinking of Your Majesty's best interests!"
"Are you saying that I have wronged you?"
"Your Majesty... I dare not... It's all my fault. I did something that caused Your Majesty to misunderstand. I am willing to express my true feelings to Your Majesty!"
"Isn't this blaming me for wrongly accusing you?"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty knows your mistake..."
Shen Chao lowered his head, struggled internally for a moment, and finally spoke.
"Then tell me, what did you do wrong?" Gu Mu, having received a satisfactory answer, shifted his position against the iron gate and asked leisurely.
"..." Shen Chao: "..."
"Why aren't you speaking? Were you just trying to appease me when you admitted your mistake?"
"Your Majesty, I am filled with trepidation. I have a heart full of sincerity towards you, how could I dare to be perfunctory!" Shen Chao opened his mouth, his tone sincere, but he felt powerless inside.
"You just said you were wrong, but you didn't say where you went wrong?" Gu Mu said, barely suppressing a laugh as he looked at Shen Chao's increasingly cracking expression.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty says..." Shen Chao began with difficulty once again.
Shen Chao, hanging on the cross, had a look of deep doubt in his eyes.
He took a deep breath, and finally, with difficulty, exhaled, said, "Your subject... Your subject..."
"I should not be so incompetent as to be imprisoned in this dungeon, causing Your Majesty, whose body is of immeasurable value, to also be brought to this dungeon..."
Shen Chao felt that,
If Gu Mu continued to ask...
Make sure he has a good attitude of admitting his mistake.
He'll probably... maybe... just pretend to faint...
Suddenly, Shen Chao felt somewhat fortunate that the many wounds and bloodstains on his body would make his feigned unconsciousness seem more convincing.
Although he committed treason
But as long as he doesn't admit it...
Unless His Majesty can produce solid evidence...
He didn't do it.
Gu Mu's keen eyes noticed the large eyes that were a trait inherited from the Shen family, and he began to narrow them little by little.
I immediately knew this guy was faking it.
Gu Mu decided to cut to the chase: "You are now a missing person. Even if I torture you here, or imprison you here for life, making your life worse than death, no one will know."
Shen Chao slightly raised his eyes.
During his many days here, he had considered this possibility.
That's why I was a little too excited when I first saw Gu Mu.
"Come out, you set fire to my palace, and you sent Ling'er the bracelet to harm me. You're plotting a rebellion."
Gu Mu smiled and said easily, "In that case, I might make your death a little easier."
"Otherwise, what you'll face later might be beyond your capacity to handle."
Gu Mu's face revealed the signature smile of a villain.
Unfortunately, there's no villain value +1.
Upon hearing the word "treason," Shen Chao's expression trembled slightly, a stronger reaction than when he had just heard that he was to be executed.
Gu Mu quickly realized that
Shen Chao was not afraid of death, and he was even unafraid of being tortured.
What he was afraid of was...
It is the charge of treason.
Because treason will result in the extermination of nine generations of one's family.
"Do you care about your family?" Gu Mu asked immediately, based on Shen Chao's micro-expression.
Shen Chao looked up in surprise and glanced at Gu Mu.
From the conversation just now until now, it seems that he has no privacy in front of Gu Mu, as if everything about him can be seen through.
Perhaps it was because he had been locked in a dungeon for a long time and hadn't interacted with anyone for so long that his thinking and ability to control his facial expressions had become a little rigid...
Before Shen Chao could continue to defend himself, Gu Mu continued, "You know that the reason you are imprisoned here is because I have already determined that you are plotting rebellion."
"So stop making pointless explanations."
"The reason I did not immediately execute you after knowing you were plotting treason is because I did not want to exterminate your entire family for the crime of treason. The Prime Minister is my loyal subject, and Ling'er is my Empress. I did not want to cause the Prime Minister and Ling'er to harbor resentment towards me and lose trust in each other by executing you without a clear explanation, which would ultimately lead me to take the step of killing them to be buried with you."
"I need evidence of your treason to make them understand my motives for killing you, so that they will have no complaints against me."
"Hand over the evidence of treason, and I will spare your family's lives."
"Otherwise, after I torture you to death now, I will use other charges to take action against your family."
Gu Mu's tone was icy.
He wanted to kill Shen Chao.
The goal is to kill them in a way that makes the prime minister's family grateful.
“If you kill me now, no one will know. You can kill me in secret.” At this moment, Shen Chao finally gave up struggling.
Since death will eventually come, it's better to die peacefully.
"So why should I believe your demands?" Shen Chao raised his eyes.
Gu Mu guessed correctly; Shen Chao didn't care about his safety.
It's strange that someone blinded by greed and plotting rebellion...
He didn't actually care about his own life or death.
Instead, he was more concerned about the life and death of his family members.
Gu Mu saw a contradiction in Shen Chao.
After all, if Shen Chao hadn't rebelled, his family would have been second only to the royal family in the Southern Dynasty.
Moreover, once Shen Ling becomes Empress, she will eventually give birth to the Crown Prince.
At that time, their family will also advance further.
Since they don't care about their own life or death and already possess power and status, why bother scheming all this?
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