After rebirth, the empress was spoiled by the emperor's uncle like a little girl

After delivering the food box, Xie Wuai left in a hurry.

The iron door was locked again, and the underground cell was dark and damp, with a chilling smell of death.

In the dead silence where one could hear a pin drop, A Bao wanted to ask Xuanyuan Wu if he was hungry, but he saw Xuanyuan Wu staring at the food box brought by Xuanyuan Fengran with a look of disgust.

I thought Xuanyuan Wu was remembering his defeat at the hands of Xuanyuan Fengran and was feeling resentful and unwilling to accept the consequences.

She didn't think much about it.

Instead, he saw Xuanyuan Wu wearing only a thin inner garment. The dignified prince had fallen into prisoner, tied up with iron chains, looking in an embarrassing state.

A Bao suddenly recalled that when she was young, she liked Xuanyuan Wu the most among the old emperor’s children, and she even relied on her brother Xuanyuan Wu at one point.

Especially in those years, Xuanyuan Wu's biological mother died of illness, and Xuanyuan Wu was sent to Guanju Palace by the old emperor to be raised. She ate, played, and read with Xuanyuan Wu...

She called other imperial brothers the eldest imperial brother and the second imperial brother in a proper manner, but when it came to Xuanyuan Wu, she called him the fifth brother, who was closer to her.

A Bao thought that she and Xuanyuan Wu had a very good brother-sister relationship.

But since when, Xuanyuan Wu began to distance himself from her for no reason.

Po took a deep breath and calmed himself.

Before using Xuanyuan Wu as planned, the only brotherly affection she had left was to ask Xuanyuan Wu, "Fifth brother, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"

Xie Wuai cannot stop Gu Qijue, and Xuanyuan Wu will eventually fall into Gu Qijue's hands and be imprisoned in the dungeon of the West Prison.

In the dungeon of the Western Prison, it was a luxury for Xuanyuan Wu to have a drink of cold water.

Xuanyuan Wu said nothing.

According to his memory of Xuanyuan Wu's eating habits, Abao picked up a few chopsticks of steamed pork with rice flour and cold spring vegetables, and placed them neatly on the black rice.

Afterwards, she finally turned around with the bowl in her hand and looked directly at Xuanyuan Wu.

"Fifth brother, you have been dead for three years since you burned yourself to death in Liangshan, a suburb of Beijing."

Xuanyuan Wu smiled very fakely and asked disdainfully, "So what?"

"After you died, the Emperor scolded you for being an evildoer and an unfilial son. He refused to collect your body, and forbade anyone to build a coffin or a grave for you."

"Your charred body was thrown into the river and drifted away to who knows where."

Xuanyuan Wu sneered, "My dear sister, there is no need to explain in such detail how that damn old man abused my body after I died."

Hearing Xuanyuan Wu still calling the old emperor a dead old man as usual, A Bao couldn't help but smile knowingly.

When he looked at Xuanyuan Wu again, the ice in A Bao's eyes melted a little.

"So, I used the oldest locust tree in Liangshan, outside Beijing, as your tombstone. I remember that you, Fifth Brother, burned yourself under that old locust tree."

"In the past three years, on your death anniversary every year, I would bring your favorite dishes and visit you under the old locust tree in Liangshan, outside Beijing."

A Bao held the bowl filled with meat and vegetables, but couldn't help but laugh at himself, "I burned a lot of paper money for sacrifice, I hope you can live better in the underworld."

"In the next life, I hope you will be born into a good family."

A Bao stood in front of Xuanyuan Wu.

Xuanyuan Wu has been in Baiyujing for a long time, and his body is stained with the smell of rouge and powder. He is no longer the fifth brother who was too lazy to even wear a sachet.

"Fifth brother, do you remember when we were little, we secretly prayed that we would be born into a loving family in our next life and be brother and sister again?"

Xuanyuan Wu stopped chuckling sarcastically. His eyes darkened and no one knew what he was thinking.

After that, Abao was silent for a long time.

Until Xuanyuan Wu suddenly asked in a stern voice, "Have you really been to Liangshan, a suburb of Beijing?"

Thinking back to the time when he regarded Xuanyuan Wu as his closest fifth brother, A Bao felt only irony in his heart.

She laughed at herself and said, "I've been there."

"Although my father has issued an imperial decree to kill without mercy, I still feel that my fifth brother, who has been reluctant to step on even an ant since he was a child, would never frame my eldest brother and would never do evil."

"That day, I disobeyed my mother's confinement order and rode as fast as I could to Liangshan, a suburb of Beijing. I wanted to help you investigate the real culprit of the witchcraft case and clear your name."

"But you, Fifth Brother, left me a charred corpse."

After he finished speaking, A Bao's eyes turned red, as if he was extremely aggrieved.

In the gloomy dungeon, Xuanyuan Wu stared at Abao for a very long time.

Suddenly, he smiled wickedly and asked, "Abao, you haven't answered me yet. Who told you that I was hiding in Baiyujing?"

A Bao hesitated to speak, pretending to be extremely hesitant.

Xuanyuan Wu still had that wicked smile on his face, but when his inquiring gaze fell on A Bao, A Bao felt a chill in his heart.

After a long moment, Po took a deep breath, as if he had mustered up a lot of courage.

"Brother Pei told me."

"He said he had admired me for many years."

"He also said that he could help me secure my position as the crown prince of the Eastern Palace."

Ah Bao looked at Xuanyuan Wu with a conflicted look on his face, "Brother Pei taught me to use you to please my father."