In a dark dungeon.

Ruoya was bound to a pillar, covered in blood.Her hair was disheveled and her face was covered with blood, but her eyes were as bright as torches, and there was a smile on her lips.

With a sound of 'pa', another whip was thrown, the barbs on the whip pierced deeply into the flesh and then pulled out again, blood froth flew all over the place, Ruoya snorted.

"You can still laugh!" Xu Yan looked at her coldly, "Say! What kind of poison!"

Ruoya raised her eyes, her ordinary face became a bit seductive, and her giggles echoed, "He will die, none of you can save him!"

"Say!" Xu Yan raised his hand, and the whip slapped Ruoya's face, leaving a deep and bone-deep wound at the corner of her mouth, which was extremely hideous.

"No one can save him, there is no cure for this poison." Ruoya smiled faintly, "He is going to die, hahahaha..."

"Your Highness Jin, you are right. Only the least likely to hurt him can hurt him."

"He's going to die, as long as he dies..."

Xu Xuan was about to burst into tears, and was about to strike again, when Ji Xuan suddenly spoke.

He leaned back on the chair, his pale face was filled with darkness, and his voice was calm, "She won't say it."

"Your Majesty..." Xu Yan's eyes were slightly red, "Hold on."

Ji Xuan coughed twice, but couldn't hold it back, blood oozes from the corner of his mouth again.

"Send me to the imperial mausoleum," he said.

"Your Majesty!" Xu Yan exclaimed in surprise.

……

In an instant, the palace became cold and silent again.

No... It's colder and more desperate than before.

Bai Ze sat on the chair in a daze. Just now, all the people were taken away, the gate of the palace was guarded, and no one could enter or leave.This place seemed to be his own prison.

He repeatedly recalled that Mrs. Ye had been with him today. In the afternoon, Ruoya came in and made a pot of tea for them, and then went out.They kept talking, so they didn't drink tea until Ji Xuan came...

Ruoya... that innocent girl who always likes to laugh and pesters him around.

Is it actually Ji Jin's trump card?

Bai Ze lowered his head and spread his hands, the cup of deadly poison was brought to Ji Xuan by himself.

That was the person he wanted to protect even at the expense of his life.

At this time, all resentment and misunderstanding became insignificant.

You don't want to die.

Otherwise I cannot forgive myself.

There was no talking, laughing, greetings, or walking in the courtyard... The silence made the time even more difficult.

Bai Ze fell asleep in a daze, and then woke up in a daze.

The food was left outside the door, and it was already cold, so he didn't dislike it, so he took it in and ate it.

Waiting anxiously, so that every minute passed very slowly, Bai Ze counted silently in his heart, it has been three days, and there is no news yet.

What happened to Ji Xuan, why didn't she show up?

On the fourth day, he couldn't bear it anymore and asked the guard at the door, but the guard looked at him coldly and refused to say a word.Bai Ze gave a wry smile, so he had no choice but to go back and wait.

Except for the old eunuch who delivered meals on time every day, he no longer had contact with others.

A few days later in the blink of an eye, when Bai Ze was almost desperate, there was finally a movement.

"Young lady, you can't go in!" came the panicked voice of the guard at the door.

"Go away! How dare you stop the empress!" This was the voice of the nun next to Empress Cui.

"But the emperor ordered..." the guard stopped him.

Empress Cui's majestic and sullen voice sounded, "The life and death of the emperor is uncertain now, and it was all caused by this bitch. You still don't want to get out of the way!"

"My lady, my lady, you can't go in!"

"Pull them away from this palace." A cold light flashed in Empress Cui's eyes, and a few guards with bowed heads suddenly stepped forward behind her.

The guards stepped forward to resist, but found that the opponent's hands were like iron tongs. They screamed and were directly pressed against the wall, unable to move.Their eyes rolled, but they didn't see any companions who came to reinforce them for a long time. It seemed that everyone had disappeared, and there was silence around them, and their hearts suddenly became frightened.

Bai Ze sat at the door, watching them approach slowly.

When Ji Xuan was here, it was so quiet that he almost forgot that the harem was never quiet.

Empress Cui's makeup is exquisite, she loses her original youthfulness and adds a noble aura.But the tired look in her eyes showed that she hadn't been happy recently.

She looked at Bai Ze, and looked at him coldly, "You are the one who poisoned and murdered the emperor."

The condescending tone is not a question, but an affirmation.

"No." Bai Ze shook his head.

With a sound of "snap!", Empress Cui's armor drew a long scar on Bai Ze's face, "Bitch! How dare you argue!"

Bai Ze tilted his head, he didn't feel the need to explain a second time in front of this woman.

Mammy stepped forward cautiously, "Mother, this kind of person is better left to the old slave to clean up, don't get your hands dirty."

Empress Cui raised her jaw high, "Give me a hard hit."

Nanny greeted the two stout guards behind her, and said, "You heard what the empress said."

The wheelchair was kicked over mercilessly, Bai Ze was dragged to the ground, fists and feet came down one after another.

His body was already thin and weak, and he vomited blood soon after being beaten, and his broken legs were broken again.

But he remained silent and closed his eyes tightly.

This one-sided beating lasted for a long time, and he fainted several times and woke up in pain again.

Empress Cui sat on a chair and looked at everything in front of her coldly.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it won't work if you continue to fight." Nanny stepped forward and reminded in a low voice.

"Then kill him, this bitch murdered the emperor, yet the emperor still protects him!" Empress Cui's voice was cold.

"Your Majesty..." the nanny said, "but if you really beat him to death, the emperor will probably be even more dissatisfied with you when he comes back to see him. And..." She moved closer to Empress Cui's ear and whispered a few words sentence.

Empress Cui's face was originally indifferent, but her face changed when she heard the words, and she whispered: "That person... really explained it like that?"

Mammy nodded.

Empress Cui looked down at her nails, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth, "If that's the case, then spare his life. But capital crimes can be forgiven, but living crimes are hard to forgive. How to do it... I'll leave it to you."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this old slave will definitely not let you down." Nanny smiled knowingly.

"Let's go." Empress Cui stood up.

Blood flowed into Bai Ze's eyes, blurring his vision. He struggled to open a crack, and vaguely saw the back of Empress Cui and his party leaving in the blood, and then he was dragged into the house and thrown on the ground like garbage.

There was no doctor to treat him, and there was no medicine or food. After one night, the pain all over his body was not relieved at all, but even more unbearable. On the second day, he had a fever again.

The eunuch who delivered the food had already been instructed, so he turned a blind eye to Bai Ze's condition, put down the food and left.

Bai Ze knew that if he continued like this, he might die.But he can't die now, his mother is still locked in the cold palace, and Ji Xuan is still alive or dead.

He couldn't just die like this, couldn't just give up like this.

So he struggled to climb to the door. The so-called food was just white water and cold steamed buns. Bai Ze was too weak, and it took him half a day to barely swallow a steamed bun with white water.

But these things could not relieve his injury.

He was still running a fever, and later, he was a little delirious.

But after he fainted, the doctor came belatedly, and his servants roughly poured the medicine into Bai Ze.

After staying up all day and night, I finally woke up.

The nanny next to Empress Cui came here every day, and the people she brought would torture Bai Ze in different ways, but they would not be fatal.

After a few days of hard work, Bai Ze has been tortured beyond human form.

Several wounds were drawn on his face, his face was completely disfigured, and his hair was torn off in handfuls.His body was covered with welts, his clothes were already in tatters, his body was almost exposed, and he was almost dying.

In the end, if it wasn't supported by a wave of belief, I'm afraid he would really die.

……

The two guards at the door sent off Empress Cui's men again, looked at each other and sighed, and both saw worry and fear in each other's eyes.

Ji Xuan left that day, although he had told them to take good care of the place, but due to the urgent situation, the arrangement was hasty, and Xu Xuan also left with Ji Xuan, and there was no news for many days after this departure.

Ji Xuan is not here, Empress Cui is the highest-ranking person in the palace, and no one can stop her.

And that day... Empress Cui's hidden power was exposed for the first time. I didn't expect that this peaceful woman in the past was not easy.

Although the person inside is not dead now, but he has been tortured to such a state, if the emperor returns, the two of them will probably be condemned to death.Therefore, they hate and fear Empress Cui's people.

If you don't agree, you will be beaten to death on the spot. If you agree, you will die when the emperor returns.

The two of them sighed for a while, but they didn't dare to leave. It would be the crime of Zhu Jiuzu if they stayed.

"You said...the emperor hasn't shown up for so many days, could it be..."

"Hush—you dare to say that."

"Brother, I didn't say anything. And...haven't you thought about it?"

"I……"

"If the emperor is really... Maybe we can escape our lives."

These words were really a bit outrageous, the two dared not say any more, and stood at the door with their eyes and noses watching.

When Xu Xuan came over, it was already dark, remembering Ji Xuan's instructions, and because he was worried about Bai Ze's situation, he walked in quickly.

However, what he saw, his eyes turned red, the situation was much worse than he imagined!

Looking at the figure curled up on the ground, I couldn't believe that in less than a month, Bai Ze was tortured into such a state!

The situation was urgent that day, he just explained something and then left with Ji Xuan, so that he neglected this place, but it shouldn't be like this.

It's his fault!

Xu Yan carefully put the clothes on Bai Ze's body, and carried him to the bed with gentle movements, for fear of hurting him.

"Ze'er..." He called softly.

Perhaps because of the action just now, Bai Ze moved and slowly opened his eyes, but the eyes were out of focus.

Xu Yan felt a pain in his heart, thinking of these things that Bai Ze had experienced, he couldn't help but sigh.

He saw this boy grow up, how could he have no feelings after so many years.But Ji Xuan is the master he must be loyal to, and he can only watch them come to this point.

There are some things he can't say, and some things he can't do.

"Wake up, wake up, I can't sleep anymore." Xu Yan called softly.

Bai Ze looked at him blankly, his lips moved slightly.

The sound was like a mosquito, so Xu Yan had no choice but to put his ear next to his ear and listen carefully.

"Ji Xuan..."

Xu Yan was startled, pressed the corners of his eyes, and said, "He's fine."

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