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Shen Tingyun was imprisoned in the dungeon of Prince Xuan's Mansion.

Before that, he never knew there was such a place in the palace.It was cold and dim, and every place carried a cold and terrifying chill.

His hands and feet were bound by iron chains, and he was thrown into a cage where the bricks and stones were covered with moss.It was his former colleagues from the secret pavilion who brought him in. Before the cage was closed, they kicked him hard. Shen Tingyun rubbed his face on the ground, and blood oozed out immediately.

"We are the same people who can't see the light. You have to go to the prince's eyes and compete for a good job. It is not a loss to end up like this." The colleagues locked the door with a sneer.Only then did Shen Tingyun realize that the more someone smiles and congratulates you when you are good, the more you will step on it without hesitation when you are down.

Shen Tingyun touched the side of his face, his palms were covered with sticky blood, and his face should have been scratched with fine wounds by bricks and stones.

But within a few hours, the prince has become unlike the previous prince, and his colleagues are no longer friendly colleagues. It seems that everyone has torn off the hypocritical mask on their faces in unison, revealing the fangs of the beast.

Everyone has become so strange.

Qi Shiyu refused to let the servants feed Shen Tingyun, and Shen Tingyun didn't make any noise, curled up in the corner of the dungeon, watching the moist dew drop drop by drop from the cracks in the masonry.

Early the next morning, Cang Ming sneaked over to look for him with food, but Shen Tingyun didn't say anything about Cang Ming's arrival, with his back turned to him, and even the food didn't arouse his slightest interest.

Cang Ming wrapped dry food in lotus leaves, passed it to Shen Tingyun through the gap in the cage, and asked him: "What's the matter with the princess? The prince is not a person who doesn't know right from wrong. You can tell him clearly. If it's not your fault, he will definitely not take his anger on you."

Shen Tingyun seemed to have never heard of it, but looked up at the window on the stone wall that could not see through the sunlight at all.

What's the use of saying it?I don't remember, and I won't believe it if I tell the prince, it will only be used as an excuse to get rid of the crime, and I will be hated by the prince even more.

But that was Xiao Ai, the younger brother that he would protect for the rest of his life no matter what.If it was really me, what was the reason for pushing him down?

Seeing that he didn't answer, Cang Ming was very anxious: "Why are you so angry at this time? Shen Tingyun, the prince is definitely not the kind person you imagined. If you can't give him an explanation for this matter, he will never let it go." over you."

Hearing this sentence, Shen Tingyun turned his head and glanced at Cang Ming, as if saying, so what?

"What happened to your face?" Seeing Shen Tingyun's bloody half face, Cang Ming was startled.

Shen Tingyun immediately turned his head back to Cang Ming.

Cang Ming was worried that the prince would find out that he couldn't stay here for too long, so he gave Shen Tingyun all the food he had brought, and told him to hide it. Before leaving, he said to him: "The princess is in a very bad condition. I can't wake up either. Tingyun, you, you should be mentally prepared... At least give him an explanation when the prince comes over next time."

Shen Tingyun was still numb and didn't say a word.

Cang Ming knew he couldn't help him, so he could only say that.

As soon as Cang Ming left, Shen Tingyun burst into tears.He fumbled to put the dry food sent by Cang Ming in his arms, his tears mixed with the dry blood on his face, and wet the lotus leaves that were wrapped with food.

Shen Tingyun didn't know what he was crying for, whether he was crying for Xiao Ai whose life or death was unknown, or for himself, he couldn't tell, but he felt sad in his heart, as if he couldn't breathe.After crying for a while, the tears couldn't come out anymore, because the prince didn't let the guards bring him water, and when his mouth was dry, he couldn't even cry.

Shen Tingyun was so hungry that he ate up the dry food sent by Cang Ming, hugging his knees, still trying to recall what happened between himself and Xiao Ai.

At most, he could only think of Xiao Ai hugging him tightly, and the following things seemed to have never happened.

This is true no matter how many memories, but the prince doesn't believe it.

It was evening when Qi Shiyu came to the dungeon, because Shen Tingyun saw an orange light when the door opened.He used to like to watch the sunset the most. The sunset is infinitely beautiful, with the last trace of unruliness before the darkness falls.

"Hua'er just left." Qi Shiyu walked down the steps and stood in front of Shen Tingyun, blocking all the light in the dungeon.Qi Shiyu's expression was as cold as a brick, as if he could pull out his sword in the next moment and kill Shen Tingyun.

Shen Tingyun was buried in the dark shadows.His eyes were wide open, but he was too thirsty to shed a single tear.

He doesn't like Yue Hua, but he likes Xiao Ai.I like it so much that no matter what wrong things Xiao Ai does, she will never hurt him.

But Xiao Ai died, but she became the only murderer.

No one is willing to believe that he is innocent, not even the prince he admires and loves the most.

Shen Tingyun even began to waver himself, whether he really killed Xiao Ai.

"You don't have anything to say?" Qi Shiyu opened the cell door, bent down, and grabbed Shen Tingyun's shoulder blades.

The injury on Shen Tingyun's shoulder hadn't fully healed yet, and it hurt so badly from Qi Shiyu's pinch. He subconsciously wanted to cry out, but suddenly found that he couldn't make any sound.

Shen Tingyun tried to speak with his voice, but only his lips moved.

He was at a loss for words.

"You killed this king's benefactor and missed this king's important matter, but now you refuse to say a word?" Qi Shiyu's five fingers passed through Shen Tingyun's hair, grabbed his head, and pointed at the wall. Then Shen Tingyun was forced to raise his head to face Qi Shiyu.

Shen Tingyun's eyes turned black, and blood flowed all over his face.

Such a prince made Shen Tingyun feel too strange. The gentle and good-tempered prince in the past seemed to be an illusion, and the vicious and fierce man in front of him was the real King Xuan.

Qi Shiyu sneered: "I have spoiled you for so many years, I didn't expect you to be such a person."

Shen Tingyun closed his eyes, trembling all over.

This is not the prince, not the prince.

No matter the prince is friendly to everyone, he will never get angry, let alone show such a terrifying and hideous expression.

He said it desperately to himself.Because only by constantly remembering the goodness of the prince in the past, can he stop himself from hating the prince.

"Very good, Shen Tingyun, since that's the case, you can live for Hua'er for the rest of your life."