After the prince was reborn, he forced me to marry him and took me into the East Palace

Liuying obviously understood Chu Yunni's meaning, and kowtowed to the ground desperately, as if she didn't feel any pain.

"It's... it's my fault. I did it all. I shouldn't have framed Princess Le'an out of jealousy. I did it all by myself."

"continue."

Gu Jingheng spoke, without a trace of warmth in his voice.

Liuying was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Gu Jingheng meant, but she saw guards surrounding her.

She suddenly understood, her face full of fear, and she struggled frantically, but was still pulled back by the guards behind her, pressed on the rack, and continued to be tortured by lingchi.

"Your Highness..." Chu Yunni turned around and pleaded.

It wasn't that she felt sorry for Liuying, but she was afraid that if the punishment was inflicted for too long, Liuying would not be able to bear it and would say something she shouldn't.

"Princess Yun Ni, please take a good look. It will be good for you to broaden your horizons." Gu Jingheng said with a wry smile.

Chu Yunni got goosebumps all over her body. She was gaining knowledge. But what was the point of gaining knowledge in this area?

"temple……"

Before Chu Yunni could finish her words, her attention was attracted by the other side.

Chu Yanzhi was carried over tied up.

"Your Highness? Your Highness, what are you doing?"

Chu Yunni shouted and wanted to go forward to untie Chu Yanzhi.

But before she could step forward, she was pinned to the ground by the guards beside her, with her face facing the ground in an extremely humiliating manner.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Chu Yanzhi also began to struggle, extremely confused.

Gu Jingheng patted the wrinkles on his body, stood up, walked to Chu Yanzhi, and asked with a smile: "Yanzhi, have you seen my ring?"

ring?

Didn’t Nan Yuan want to use the ring to ask for help, but he just snatched it away and crushed it?

But how did the prince know about this?

Chu Yanzhi looked fiercely at the people around him.

I understand that the prince is here to call me to task.

He glanced around and found that the guards who followed him to capture Nan Yuan that day were all here.

How dare they stab me in the back!

Chu Yanzhi glared at him, but it was not a good time to lose his temper now.

The most important thing now is to appease His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first.

"Your Highness... Your Highness, I..."

"Did you see it, or didn't you see it?" Gu Jingheng interrupted harshly.

Chu Yanzhi felt a chill down his spine. What if he saw it? What if he didn't see it?

Although he thought so, he still didn't dare to ask.

Asking such questions when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is angry is just adding fuel to the fire!

He still kept his mouth shut.

Of course, Gu Jingheng did not let him answer with this mystery. He explained very considerately: "If you saw it, you would have recognized it. Seeing the ring is like seeing me in person. But you dared to rebel, so you must be demoted to a commoner."

"If you didn't see it, then what's the point of keeping your eyes? Just gouge them out."

Gu Jingheng spoke in a very gentle tone, but the content of his words was not so good and it was chilling.

"I..." Chu Yanzhi licked the corner of his lips. He looked at Gu Jingheng's expression and realized that he was not joking. He really wanted to hold him accountable.

Just for such a woman?

He is the prince's confidant, and the Chu family is behind him. Their Chu family has guarded the border for generations and has an army of 100,000. The prince is blaming him like this, isn't he afraid of unrest on the border?

"Brother!" Chu Yunni shouted at Chu Yanzhi and shook her head slightly.

As long as your father's official position is still valid, there is no problem in being demoted to a commoner now. You will naturally be promoted again in the future. Don't act on impulse!

If you offend the prince, the consequences will be even more serious.

Chu Yanzhi saw Chu Yunni's eyes and naturally understood what she meant.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I saw it."

"Oh, did you hear everything?" Gu Jingheng turned his gaze to the Minister of Rites Zhang Danian.

Zhang Danian wrote down on the paper in a meek voice: Crown Prince Chu Yanzhi was disrespectful to the Prince, committed treason, and was stripped of his position and title, and demoted to a cripple.

"And you, Princess Yun Ni, you can't control your subordinates. You don't want to be a princess anymore. You should learn how to be a good person first."

This time, there was no need for Gu Jingheng to remind him, Zhang Danian directly wrote on the paper: Princess Chu Yunni has lacked moral character and is not upright, so her position as princess is deposed.

"Your Highness, you can't do this. My sister doesn't..."

Chu Yanzhi was not too excited when his position was abolished, but he seemed extremely indignant when he heard that Chu Yunni's position was abolished.

It's not that he values ​​his sister more than himself, but he still has the plan to let Chu Yunni marry into the Prince's Mansion. She has the title of princess, which makes her much more noble than ordinary people, and it will be easier for her to enter the Prince's Mansion.

If it is abolished, then what is the difference between her and the other noble ladies around her? She will lose all her advantages.

Gu Jingheng smiled again upon hearing this, his eyes were cool, his face was slightly cold, and he looked distant and indifferent. "I am the crown prince, and this world belongs to my Gu family. Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the emperor. How can you refute it?"

Chu Yunni was already terrified. She thought she had concealed the truth and that she could rest easy now that the matter had nothing to do with her. However, she did not expect that even a perfect plan could not withstand the prince's deliberate making things difficult for her.

Gu Jingheng stroked his cloud-patterned sleeves, stood up, looked at Chu Yunni, and said coldly, "All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people in the world are his subjects. Chu Yunni, why don't you accept my order and thank me?"

Fortunately, Nan Yuan died, and the biggest stumbling block for him to enter the Eastern Palace was gone.

She originally liked the prince very much, but after what happened today, she knew that she would never be able to win the prince's heart in this life. It doesn't matter, it's good for her to get him.

What's more, she married into the Prince's Mansion not just for love, but more for power and status. She wanted to be the most noble woman in the world, and no one could compare to her!

"I accept your command and thank you." Chu Yunni squeezed out the words from between her teeth. Even though she was unwilling, she had to accept it and swallow it.

"Sister, you can't..."

Before Chu Yanzhi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Gu Jingheng: "Why are you in such a hurry? I can't forget you."

what?

what else?

Chu Yanzhi was stunned for a moment.

Gu Jingheng said slowly, "You are just a small imperial guard, but you dared to decide the fate of the commander of the imperial guards on behalf of your father, and even cut off the commander's finger. Tell me, what should we do?"

Everything had to be settled, one by one.

Chu Yanzhi's lips were trembling, he had a hunch that the prince would not let him go.

"How about I cut off your left hand as compensation?"

"Do not……"

But before Chu Yanzhi could finish his words, the guards behind Gu Jingheng raised their swords and chopped off Chu Yanzhi's left hand.

"what--"

The air was filled with wailing.

Chu Yanzhi completely fainted.

"Brother..." Chu Yunni struggled and tried to pounce on Chu Yanzhi.

Gu Jingheng moved his fingers, and someone pushed Chu Yunni back, pulled her eyelids, and forced her to continue watching the tortures such as lingchi and the wailing and cursing of the maid.

I heard that later on, Chu Yunni had nightmares every day and someone came to her and locked the door.

But that’s all for later.

Nanfu.

Nan Yuan felt so painful all over her body that it felt like it was falling apart. Her forehead was covered with beads of sweat and she couldn't open her eyes.

"girl?"

"Girl, are you awake?"

The voices of the maids rang in Nan Yuan's ears. She opened her mouth with great effort, trying to make some sound, but she could only hear her own heart beating violently.

A piercing pain came from my back.

"do not move."

Nan Yuan felt as if someone was holding her body down, and the pain gradually brought her back to consciousness.

"Everything will be fine once you wake up."

Nan Yuan finally opened her eyes and saw a group of people surrounding her, looking worried.

"elder brother?"

She found her voice hoarse and unpleasant, like a broken bellows.

Nan Yuan turned her head and saw Nan Jiamu sitting on the edge of the bed, his face pale and his eyes bloodshot.

“Xiao Yuan’er…” Nan Jiamu’s voice was a little choked up. He tried to hold back his tears and asked, “Does it hurt a lot?”

Nan Yuan's memory gradually became clearer. The last person she saw before she fell into a coma was Nan Jiamu.

She survived.

"Brother, I..." Nan Yuan had a lot of questions in her mind, but before she could ask, she was interrupted.

"Let her rest for a while." Chu Zhixu took Nan Jiamu out.

Nan Jiamu retracted his left hand. He really shouldn’t stay here now, lest Nan Yuan see him and get worried.

His parents were old, so he kept the matter a secret, and not many people knew about it.

When the two of them went out, they ran into Gu Jingheng head-on.

"What happened?" Gu Jingheng's brows were full of worry.

Chu Zhixu sighed and said, "If he had been beaten a little later, he would have been dead."

Gu Jingheng's heart sank. He pursed his lips, his eyes fell on the tightly closed door of the room, and his heart ached slightly.

"But with me here, you'll be fine after three months of nursing." Chu Zhixu continued.

He just came back from the White Horse Temple, and this was the news he heard as he entered the city. Should he be allowed to take a break?

After hearing this, Gu Jingheng finally breathed a sigh of relief and winked at the person behind him.

The guard presented a severed finger.

"This is……"

Nan Jiamu frowned, this seemed to be his severed finger.

"Connect it to him." Gu Jingheng asked someone to hand the severed finger to Chu Zhixu, and then said to Nan Jiamu, "Don't let Nan Yuan worry."

Chu Zhixu nodded and took Nan Jiamu to another house.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"Take off your clothes." Chu Zhixu said.

"Why are you taking off your clothes?"

"Acupuncture points, stop bleeding."

Nan Jiamu didn't suspect anything and undressed.

Chu Zhixu looked at Nan Jiamu's chest calmly, but did not see the so-called scar. Could it be that he was really overthinking it?

Chu Zhixu continued to connect Nan Jiamu's fingers.

Outside.

Gu Jingheng looked at the tightly closed door and wanted to go forward, but he didn't dare.

It seems he did something wrong.

Hiding Nan Yuan and not letting anyone know his attitude towards her doesn't seem to be good for her.

He thought, he seemed to understand why Nan Yuan wanted a status so much in her previous life.

If he had married Nan Yuan as the Crown Princess earlier, would what happened today not have happened?

At least, others will have some concerns.

At least, when she took out the ring, others no longer dared to act presumptuously.

Gu Jingheng still didn't go in, but just stood in the yard for a long time.

Two months passed, and under Chu Zhixu's treatment, Nan Yuan's injuries were almost healed.

After this, Princess Xie's attitude towards Nan Yuan was even better than towards her own daughter. She sent all kinds of supplements to Nan Yuan, fearing that Nan Yuan would develop a chronic illness.

Princess Xie takes very good care of him in life, and Jiang Song is there for him in business. It seems that everything is going in a good direction.

But Nan Yuan knew that all this was only temporary.

This life-and-death experience made her realize that power is very important.

She may not like it, but she absolutely cannot live without it.

With power, at least her brother wouldn't have to break his fingers to get himself out.

Nan Yuan curled up her fingers and her eyes were cold.

"Miss, I heard that the Chu family brothers and sisters have been living in poverty recently, and are hated by everyone."

Yue Ran was telling Nan Yuan what had happened during this period and how Gu Jingheng dealt with them two months ago.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince's move is truly gratifying."

Nan Yuan didn't say anything. Her long crow-feather eyelashes drooped, hiding the emotions in her eyes, making it impossible to see her expression.

Seeing that Nan Yuan didn't say anything, Yue Ran stopped talking.

"You go down first." Nan Yuan ordered.

"Yes."

Yue Ran left, and Nan Yuan was the only one left in the room.

Nan Yuan had an injury on her back, so she could only lie on the bed, her head down looking at the ground.

That sounds quite nice.

Was the Chu siblings dealt with for her?

Maybe a little, but certainly not much.

Otherwise it would not be a simple job cut, but outright killing.

Until this moment, Nan Yuan still felt that Gu Jingheng was terrifyingly calm.

He had long wanted to deal with the Chu family. It was not because the Chu family had done anything wrong, but because they held great power but refused to hand it over, thus blocking Gu Jingheng's path to centralizing imperial power.

So, naturally, he had to deal with them.

My injury accidentally gave him an excuse.

How fast! In such a short distance from the Prince's Mansion to the Imperial Palace, he had already thought of the best way for him.

On the surface, it seemed that he was venting his anger for her, but in fact, he had ended the Chu family's hereditary succession. Once Chu's father died, the military power would naturally fall into his hands.

What a good plan!

Nan Yuan saw clearly that Gu Jingheng liked her, but that was just like.

How much weight does love have in his world?

It's so pitiful.

She wanted to draw a line between herself and Gu Jingheng, but in the end she couldn't.

He won't let her go.

Instead of passively accepting, she should take the initiative and get the capital she wants to make a living.

"What are you thinking about?"

A familiar voice suddenly came from above her head. Nan Yuan raised her head suddenly and saw Gu Jingheng looking down at her condescendingly.

Nan Yuan suddenly felt a little guilty, as if what she had just thought of had been discovered by someone.

"When did you come?" Nan Yuan asked, hiding her inner uneasiness.

But the sweat on her forehead betrayed her mood at the moment.