Seeing this, Zhao Ran'an quickly walked up to Song Xiu, and said, "His Royal Highness, if you don't say anything, I will show no mercy. You are already the former prince, why should you be obsessed with this? Why don't you just say it and save your own life."

Song Xiu raised his eyelids with difficulty, he could hardly see the scene in front of him clearly, his whole body seemed to be torn apart, his internal organs hurt as much as a sharp knife was stirring inside, making him vomit blood.

"Your Highness, if you tell me earlier, you will suffer less. You were raised by gold and jade, and I am afraid that you will not be able to bear such suffering. Why don't you tell me who your party members are, and I will let you go. Interaction." Zhao Ran paused for a moment, and then said, "The new emperor ascends the throne, it is impossible to leave behind the remnants of the previous dynasty, Your Highness...you are so stubbornly guarding the party members, what do you want to do? Do you want to restore the previous dynasty?"

How could Song Xiu say a single word, he felt excruciating pain even when he was breathing, the wound on his chest seemed to be numb, his ribs were roughly broken, and he felt severe pain when he took in a little breath, but all of this was not enough It can be compared with the pain in the internal organs that is burning like a fire and stirred like a knife.

As His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, has he ever suffered such pain?

No...he suffered, three years ago, he suffered.

Zhao Ran'an sighed, and said helplessly, "Your Highness, can't you be softer and lower your head? It is good for you and me to tell who the party members are, so why are you so stubborn? You had this temper three years ago. Thinking that three years have passed, you still haven't changed much."

"No... party feathers..." After Song Xiu spat out these words through his teeth, he closed his eyes and passed out from the pain again.

Zhao Ran settled down, and he circled Song Xiu several times, when the jailer asked, "My lord, do you still want to wake him up?"

"He was so stubborn three years ago. I think His Highness has forgotten the pain three years ago. If you have to endure it again, why bother asking for it? If you said it earlier, you will suffer less." Zhao Ranan After muttering a few words to himself, he waved his hand and said, "Splash! Continue!"

It was snowing early in the cold winter, and others felt cold even though they were wrapped in plush cloaks. Song Xiu was only wearing a thin coat, which had already been soaked in blood. The jailer took a bucket of cold water and poured it over his head.

The pain was almost numb.

When Shen Chen returned to the palace, he went to the imperial study to correct the memorial. The chief eunuch followed behind him, hesitant to speak, but seeing Shen Shen's gloomy face, he dared not say anything.

"Your majesty, take a sip of hot tea and take a break. I've been watching this for several hours, so it's time to pay attention." The chief eunuch put the hot tea aside and said, "State affairs are important, and so is the emperor's dragon body."

"Most of the papers are for me to accept my concubine. I am not in a hurry, but they are more anxious than me." Shen Shen sneered, threw the paper in his hand, and said, "Speaking of it, Song Xiu is good. , After so many years, I have not accepted the crown princess, otherwise, there would have to be two people who entered the prison this time."

The chief eunuch bowed his head and said, "I heard that the late emperor wanted to accept the concubine for the...abandoned prince, but unfortunately the abolished prince refused, so the late emperor was furious and smashed the aborted prince's head with a teacup, causing a lot of blood to flow out. But the abolished prince was stubborn, with a bleeding wound on his face. He knelt outside the imperial study all night.” The head eunuch paused, looked outside, and saw that it was already snowing. The snow was heavy, and it was colder than now, and the waste prince almost lost his legs due to freezing, and couldn't stand up after returning, so he had to raise it for a spring, so it would be better."

"His temperament has always been so stubborn." Shen Shen closed his eyes, then opened them and asked, "I let him go to the water prison, one is because the court needs to calm people's hearts, and the other is... I am indeed angry, but as long as he is subdued In a few words, if you confess your party members, I will not do anything to him, but he just refuses, and insists on protecting the other party... What kind of person can make him protect him so desperately?"

Speaking of this, Shen Chen only felt a wave of anger welling up in his heart, he took a deep breath, and said, "Let him stay in the water prison, and I will release him after he thinks clearly."

"In fact, the emperor still cares about the childhood friendship." The chief eunuch said respectfully.

"Childhood friendship? Oh, it's just that as long as he lives, those unwilling remnants of the previous dynasty will come to save him. I just want to wipe them all out... As for him, he deserves to die. There is only disagreement between me and him." Dai Tian's blood feud is deep and there is no friendship."

The person he had friendship with when he was young had already died when he stepped into the general's mansion.

The chief eunuch paused and fell silent.

For three days in a row, Shen Chen has been busy with the affairs of the court, but he has no time to take care of Song Xiu. It was only in the middle of the night when he corrected the papers three days later, and he suddenly asked, "What's going on in the water prison? Did Song Xiu say anything?"

"No." The chief eunuch shook his head and said, "Master Zhao said that the former prince was really stubborn and refused to reveal a word."

"Then continue the interrogation and tell Zhao Ran'an that if he, the number one cruel official, can't pry Song Xiu's mouth open, then he will come to see me!" Shen Chen opened the note, and saw that he was invited to enrich the harem again. , couldn't help throwing the notebook aside, frowned and said, "It's fine to take care of the affairs of the court one by one, but I even took care of my family's affairs."

"Not long after the emperor ascended the throne, the harem is empty and there is no one there. No wonder all the adults are so anxious." The chief eunuch respectfully said, "Your majesty, don't get angry, don't hurt the dragon's body."

"I don't know how to accept concubines, so let them calm down. The frontier is unstable and wars are constantly going on. How can I have time to care about these things?" Shen Shen was a little impatient, he stood up, walked out, and said, " I'm going to the Imperial Garden for a walk."

The head eunuch followed immediately, but saw the little eunuch rushing over, whispered a few words in his ear, the face of the head eunuch changed, he thought for a while, let the little eunuch go down, and hurriedly followed Taking heavy steps, he said while walking, "Your Majesty, there is news from the water prison."

Shen Shen paused, sneered, and said, "He confessed? It seems that the so-called hard bones are nothing more than that."

Hearing this, the chief eunuch lowered his head even lower, and he said cautiously, "There is news from the water prison that it is... that the deposed prince was seriously injured, unconscious, and has a persistent high fever, and his life may be in danger."

Shen Shen heard the words, turned his head suddenly, looked at the head eunuch, and said sharply, "What did you say?!"

"Master Zhao sent someone to report... saying that he is abolishing the prince, maybe it won't work." The head eunuch just finished speaking, and couldn't help but knelt down. Maybe Shen Chen didn't even notice how ugly his face was. , his eyes gradually filled with bloodshot eyes, he gritted his teeth and said, "Let the imperial doctor see it! We can't keep him! Everyone raise their heads to see me!"

"Yes... Zunzhi!" The chief eunuch almost got up, he didn't dare to look at the emperor's face anymore.

In the water dungeon, Zhao Ran'an also had a very headache. He looked at Song Xiu and kept pacing in the cell, saying, "This is really difficult. If this one really can't make it through, but I haven't done it yet." If you can find out who the henchmen are, you don't know if the emperor will blame you."

The jailer thought for a while and said, "My lord has done his best, and all kinds of punishments have been implemented. It's because His Highness is too stubborn. It's no wonder your lord."

Song Xiu's hands and feet were still chained, and he hung his head. The blood from the corner of his mouth kept dripping down and pooled under his body. The original white robe had already been soaked in blood, and his whole body was full of scars, especially the scar on his chest. , from the left shoulder all the way to the waist, the chest was almost split open, and the flesh and blood turned out, which was particularly ferocious.

"The cold water has been poured, and the punishment has been used, but His Highness just can't wake up, could something... really happen?" The jailer thought for a while, and said worriedly, "His Highness's blood can't be stopped, so Go on, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive."

Zhao Ran'an frowned, and said, "You ask me, who can I ask? Fortunately, the emperor has a blood feud with this highness. Even if he dies, the emperor will only be happy, but... it's okay to talk about it. Strange, these two people are really strange."

"Why did your lord say that?" the jailer asked.

"Three years ago, the late emperor asked His Royal Highness to go down to do something, but His Highness refused. The late Emperor imprisoned His Highness in a water dungeon. At that time, he was the official who presided over the punishment. The punishment was almost exhausted. This His Highness refused, and he almost died in the water dungeon. Here, if it weren't for the hard life, this highness would have returned to the dungeon three years ago, and now, the current emperor has imprisoned this highness here again, and he is still in charge of the punishment... Speaking of which, this highness is also hard-fated, and others are in the capital... Where he didn’t dare to touch it, he actually did it twice, and when others heard the punishment that made his scalp tingle, he actually took it twice.”

The jailer thought for a while and asked, "Can your lord tell me why His Highness was punished back then?"

"The former dynasty is gone, so it's okay to tell you. After the general was exiled, His Highness released the hidden guards around him to protect His Highness the Crown Prince all the way. But later on, this matter was discovered by the late Emperor. The late Emperor ordered His Highness the Crown Prince to personally To cut the weeds and root out the roots, His Highness came back from Beijing for three full months, and refused to reveal any information about the general. The late emperor was furious, and took His Highness here. He was severely punished and almost killed His Highness, but His Highness He just refused to say anything... Later, it was heard from the palace that His Highness had indeed gone to find the General, but not to kill the General, but to kill all the hidden stakes buried by the late Emperor beside the General. This angered the late emperor."

Zhao Ran'an thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "But rumors are rumors after all, who would take them seriously? Our emperor lives in the Forbidden City, so why hasn't he heard such rumors? But have you seen the emperor take it seriously?"

"Then if it's true..." The jailer shuddered when he mentioned this.

Zhao Ran'an shook his head and sighed, "If the emperor says it's false, then it's false. You and I don't need to mention it again. Besides... for this highness, life is torture. As long as he lives for a day, he will be with you." The emperor has a sworn hatred, even if the emperor does not kill him now, there is no guarantee that he will not be killed in the future."

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