Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

Seeing that Jiang Qingwu was unable to fight back and was easily captured, Yan Xiuchen suddenly realized something.

Surprised, he looked up at Gu Yanbai.

Gu Yanbai's face was indifferent and cold. He took out a white pill from his hand and threw it into the fire.

"I put some muscle softening powder and sleeping pills in the bonfire..."

"If you don't take the antidote, no one can stop you..."

Gu Yanbai murmured, and walked towards Jiang Qingwu with a chuckle.

"You've played with this woman before...there's no use now..." As he said that, Gu Yanbai reached out to Jiang Qingwu.

"Gu Yanbai, you dare..."

Hearing the scolding, Gu Yanbai's hand stopped subconsciously, and then he slapped Jiang Qingwu on the neck.

Yan Xiuchen looked at Jiang Qingwu who fell on Xu Qingran, then looked at Gu Yanbai, "It's useless to catch her, let her go..."

"You really are worthy of being my good brother." Gu Yanbai murmured, leaning towards Yan Xiuchen.

"You, when did you become so naive? You knew what I was going to do, but you were still not on guard at all."

Gu Yan's white eyes moved across Yan Xiuchen's face, watching his consciousness gradually become blurred. He chuckled and gently patted his shoulder.

"You didn't cooperate, so I had to force you to cooperate."

“Don’t… don’t fight him…” Yan Xiuchen shook his head slightly, his vision gradually blurring, “You can’t… you can’t fight him…”

Seeing Yan Xiuchen fall down, Gu Yanbai supported him calmly.

"I don't want to live in confusion... You forced me to do this, brother..."

Night fell and the sky became gloomy.

Jiang Qingwu and Yan Xiuchen were sent to a secluded mountain villa outside the capital overnight.

The mountain path is winding and few people go there.

When Jiang Qingwu woke up, it was already early morning of the next day.

The sky was hazy and the surroundings were eerily quiet.

The house is filled with luxurious and valuable decorations, from famous paintings and calligraphy to expensive utensils and wooden furniture, which are very exquisite.

Jiang Qingwu had changed into a clean dress made of high-quality blue moonlight-colored fabric.

Looking around, Jiang Qingwu shook his head slightly, remembered what happened in the cave, and hurriedly got up and left.

But just as he was about to open the door, it opened.

Xu Qingran walked in from outside holding a tray in one hand and a sword in the other.

"Awake... This cloak was specially prepared for you by the Master."

Jiang Qingwu's face was gloomy. He raised his hand and walked towards Xu Qingran.

Xu Qingran dodged in time, but was still strangled by Jiang Qingwu.

The clear and sharp fingertips left fingerprints on Xu Qingran's neck, and Xu Qingran immediately froze.

"It's no use for you to kill me. If you don't want Yan Xiuchen to die, just let him go."

Hearing Xu Qingran's words, Jiang Qingwu's hands immediately loosened a bit, "Where is he?"

"Put on your cloak and blindfold yourself, and I will take you to him."

"What?" Jiang Qingwu seemed not to believe his ears, but looking at Xu Qingran's determined expression, he slowly withdrew his hand.

Jiang Qingwu was blindfolded and was pushed forward by Xu Qingran behind him.

After going out, Jiang Qingwu vaguely noticed two men following him with heavy footsteps.

There is a road paved with bluestone slabs under my feet. There is the occasional scent of flowers and what seems to be the sound of birds. It must be a garden.

There were no footsteps or even any breathing sounds around.

It is certain that there is no one else in the garden except the four of them.

"Where are you taking me?"

"See Yan Xiuchen, let me remind you that for the sake of Yan Xiuchen's life, you'd better obey me."

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Xu Qingran brought her to a dungeon.

A cold air hit me in the face.

Jiang Qingwu felt something was wrong and shouted to Xu Qingran behind him, "Where is this? Where are you taking me? Where is Yan Xiuchen?"

Xu Qingran didn't answer, and Jiang Qingwu became anxious and directly pulled off the black cloth covering his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, Jiang Qingwu felt as if he was struck by lightning.

In the torture room not far away, Yan Xiuchen was tied to a cross, his body covered with whip marks and blood.

"Yan Xiuchen!" Jiang Qingwu murmured in fear. Seeing the thugs were about to attack him, he rushed over like a madman, pushed the man away with force, and ran towards Yan Xiuchen.

"Yan Xiuchen, you...how are you? How could this happen?" Jiang Qingwu asked with a sob, feeling a little helpless for a moment.

Her hands kept shaking, and she wanted to touch the wound on Yan Xiuchen's body, but she didn't dare to touch it.

Yan Xiuchen also came back to his senses, looking at Jiang Qingwu who was crying in front of him, and shook his head gently, "It's okay, just a superficial wound..."

Although he said so, Yan Xiuchen didn't even have the strength to speak. His face was pale and he looked weak.

Jiang Qingwu had never seen him so miserable. Even when he was injured while trying to save her at the Xiling battlefield, she had never seen him covered in blood.

"Can't you bear it?" Xu Qingran smiled softly and walked in from outside the torture room.

"Back then, in West Wind Valley, he was shot in the leg, stabbed, and poisoned in order to save you..."

"When he was carried to my house, he was barely alive... His body was covered with wounds of varying sizes..."

"Compared to those, these few whips are really nothing."

Jiang Qingwu listened to Xu Qingran's words behind him, turned around and slapped him.

With a "snap" sound, Xu Qingran covered half of her face and turned around to fight back, but Jiang Qingwu suddenly grabbed her neck.

"Gu Yanbai, get out here, or I'll kill her..."

Hearing Jiang Qingwu's shout, Gu Yanbai, who was hiding in the cell next door, came out.

Seeing this, Jiang Qingwu suddenly pushed Xu Qingran to the ground, rushed over and grabbed Gu Yanbai's collar.

"Are you crazy? You beat him like this?"

Gu Yanbai smiled and let Jiang Qingwu pull her, "Why can't I beat him like this?"

"You heard it yesterday. He said it himself."

"I saved his life, but he abandoned me in Fuyeh. This is called repaying kindness with enmity."

"He locked me up in the Regent's Palace several times and arrested my people... He was my enemy."

"He wants to stand on the side of my enemy and go against me. I have no choice but to strike first."

Gu Yanbai said as he pulled Jiang Qingwu's hand away and glanced at Yan Xiuchen who was standing beside him.

“He forced me to do this.”

"Since he wants to help that person, there's no need for me to talk to him about brotherhood."

Gu Yanbai said as he waved to the thugs beside him.

Jiang Qingwu saw the man walking towards Yan Xiuchen with a whip, so he slapped Xu Qingran, pulled out the sword in her hand, and in a blink of an eye, it fell on Gu Yanbai's neck.

"You lunatic, I don't care what your plans are or what you're going to do, but I won't let you touch him again."

"Let go!"

Gu Yanbai looked at the sword on his neck and turned around without fear. Jiang Qingwu looked at the sword blade approaching and couldn't help but move the sword tip.

"Look, you don't dare to kill me." Gu Yanbai sneered and sighed softly.

"If I die, no one will know how to make the antidote for the Heart-Eating Gu."

When Jiang Qingwu heard the voice, his heart tightened slightly and he couldn't help but loosen the sword in his hand.

The next moment, two men grabbed Jiang Qingwu from the left and right.

"I'll let you go, but you have to do three things for me. Otherwise, I'll take him back to Fuye and let him... also experience the pain I've gone through."

As Gu Yanbai spoke, he moved closer to Jiang Qingwu and whispered something in a low voice.