The most solid cell of the Criminal Law Department is the dungeon, which is dedicated to the detention of serious offenders. Not only is it heavily guarded, but the environment is terrible.

It was dark and damp, with a pungent smell of decay, and huge rats scurried from cell to cell, and the only thing in the cell was a black bloodstained, tattered straw mat.

It was raining outside, making the already cool night a little chilly. The dampness in the dungeon is also much heavier than usual, and the whole dungeon is even more eerie and cold.

The guard at the door looked at the waist tag handed by the veiled woman under the umbrella and confirmed his identity.

"Mother, this dungeon is cold and damp, the blood is heavy, and the smell is very bad. In case you hurt your dragon fetus, your subordinates can't afford it. It's raining this night, the road is slippery, and the mother should go back to the palace. ”

The woman put away the waist card and said coldly: "What, Niang Niang wants to go in and listen to you?" The emperor's special permission to go in and out of various places in the Shanggong Bureau at will, do you want to disobey the emperor's orders? ”

The guards were startled when they heard this, and hurriedly bowed their heads and said, "My subordinates don't dare!" The subordinates are for the sake of the mother. Don't dare to disobey the emperor's orders! ”

The masked Jade Concubine in the white cloak under the umbrella smiled slightly: "You are so thoughtful, this palace will naturally say good things to you in front of the emperor." The main palace went in for a while and opened the door. ”

The jade concubine personally gave the order, and the guards did not dare to slack off, and the four of them carried the lamp in front to lead the way, and sent people to protect them in the back. Who doesn't know that this jade concubine is now receiving holy favor, but she can't afford to offend.

"Mother, this is it!" The guards took the Jade Concubine to the innermost dungeon. Hold up an oil lamp and shine it into the light.

Inside, on a shabby straw mat with black blood studied, lay a woman in an off-white female official uniform, her clothes seemed to be freshly changed, but she was still oozing blood. A large part of the original off-white color is dyed pink.

Loose knotted hair was scattered on the ground, and rats squeaked around. The man was motionless, and there was no longer a face to be seen, but a deep red imprint could be seen on the cheekbones.

"How long has she been asleep? Who has been here? The Jade Concubine asked

The guard hurriedly replied: "Back to Niangniang, Lord Bai has not woken up since he was sent, and occasionally I hear her say that she is in pain." Lord Wei Ting came to change her clothes and then was driven out by Murong Sicai, and Lord Yubi and Lord Wenxin also came. However, they were all turned away and did not meet. ”

"Have you eaten?" Concubine Yu continued to ask.

"Murong Sicai confessed that he only gave water to drink."

The corners of Concubine Yu's mouth raised. Murong Qin was really ruthless enough, he didn't let Zhirong die but didn't let her have a good time, and he didn't have a grain of rice when he was thrown into the dungeon for three days. But it was in line with her thoughts.

"You all get out. This palace wants to say a few words to Bai Shanggong alone. ”

The guards looked at each other, Concubine Yu was the master, how dare they let her be alone with Zhirong.

Seeing that the guards didn't move, the palace maid Xiang'er said sharply: "Didn't you hear that Niangniang let you out?" Don't go yet! ”

"But Niangniang, the subordinates dare not ignore the safety of Niangniang." The chief of the guard finally spoke.

Concubine Yu looked at him coldly. Then his eyes fell on Zhirong again: "What can she do to this palace as a wasted person?" Open the cell door. Exit and wait for my order, don't let this palace say it a second time! ”

The chief guard had no choice but to open the cell door according to Concubine Yu's instructions, hang lamps on the walls of the four places, and retreat to the gate with the guards.

Concubine Yu walked in slowly, looking at Zhirong condescendingly, the corners of her mouth raised a terrifying arc. "Bai Zhirong, this palace has come to see you!"

The people on the ground didn't react, and the jade concubine stomped the whip marks on her face. "Hongu has come to see you!"

Zhirong's eyelashes moved, but she didn't open her eyes, and she still looked like she was asleep.

Concubine Yu angrily increased the strength on her feet. The wounds that had been somewhat healed bloomed again, and the blood flowed down, staining the soles of the jade concubine's shoes.

"It seems that if I don't mention Yanhua, you won't wake up." Concubine Yu kicked Zhirong aside, leaving a new blood stain on the straw mat.

Hearing Yan Hua's name, Zhirong's eyelids jumped, but she still didn't move. There was a cold and slightly smug voice from the jade concubine in his ears.

"Do you think you are still qualified to walk side by side with Yanhua now, the emperor is already going to impose a heavy punishment on you, even if your life is over, it is hard to say whether you can leave your life behind."

Zhirong frowned, she naturally woke up a long time ago, the skin trauma on her body was painful, but the poison that Concubine Yu gave her before was the real pain.

The slight pain at the beginning has turned into a bone-eating pain, and if it weren't for the hope of going out, I would have been unable to help but hit my head against the wall.

However, before she saw Yan Hua, she did not allow herself to commit suicide, even if the pain was unbearable, she had to grit her teeth and endure it. There was a hot pain on her body and face, and she tensed her whole body and continued to listen to Concubine Yu.

"Do you want to know why Yanhua didn't come to save you for a long time? It's not that he's sick or sent out by the emperor to do errands, but that he's tired of you, married, and is the daughter of the royal family in southern Xinjiang. And you will be a criminal, do you think Yanhua will still want you? ”

Zhirong's body trembled, and Concubine Yu smiled with satisfaction and continued: "Do you think he is serious with you?" You're just a pastime when he's lonely. When he gets tired of it, he will naturally leave you aside. ”

"Nonsense!" Zhirong opened her eyes, and could only vaguely see a thin white shadow, and her eyes were really blind. She remembered, but the pain and weakness of her body could not support it.

"Yan Hua will never treat me like that, every qiē is all your trick, you made it up!"

"It's really infatuated, and I still trust him so much." Concubine Yu stepped forward and stepped on Zhirong's face again.

"Look at the way you are now, you're just struggling uselessly! Xiang'er, Lord Bai hasn't looked in the mirror for a few days, so you bring the bronze mirror you carried. ”

Xiang'er stepped forward with a wicked smile, took out a palm-sized bronze mirror and put it in front of Zhirong: "Lord Bai, look at your appearance!" ”

Zhirong's eyes were already blurry. All she saw was a bloody face, but it wasn't what she looked like.

"The palace forgot, Lord Bai can't see it. Then this palace comes to sue you. The jade concubine's nail cover scratched the scar on Zhirong's face. made Zhirong almost faint in pain, but she was pulled by Xiang'er by her hair.

Every scar was scratched by a nail set, and the blood that flowed out of the donation was blurred again, and finally the fingertips rested on the red brand.

"Lord Bai knows how many scars he has on his face, right? And this stigma, a sign of a criminal wherever you go. Never turn over! Hahaha. ”

Concubine Yu laughed wildly, looking at Zhirong's appearance, she was in a good mood. That person didn't really look at himself, but he had a good eye for Zhirong.

Why? In terms of posture and talent, which point is not as good as this slut. Why is she the only one in his eyes?

If you can't get it, then others can't think about it.

Zhirong's current appearance is that Yan Hua found her, I'm afraid she won't be embarrassed to stay by his side, not to mention that Yan Hua won't come at all.

"Tao Lingran." Zhirong spit out three words clearly with all her might.

The Jade Concubine was fixed there motionless. She suddenly began to tremble, and her face turned blue.

The unbearable past, the birdcage-like house, and the pair of eyes full of ** that are always staring at her. It was as if she had returned to that place. I saw the man again.

Zhirong sneered: "Sure enough." You are really Tao Lingran. ”

Before, she only guessed, and later, because of the identity of the Jade Concubine, she dispelled a little doubt, but she never believed that there were such similar people in the world who were not related by blood. Not only the appearance, but also the temperament and voice are similar.

Sure enough, as soon as she said Tao Lingran's name, the other party was instantly confused.

I thought that I might never see the arrogant Tao family lady again in this life, and I thought that she helped Tao Lingran escape from the clutches of the Tao family, and the other party would not hurt her if she didn't say thank you.

However, the reality is that this woman began to plan to get rid of her as soon as she entered the palace. When it was confirmed that she was Tao Lingran, it had already been revealed.

Zhirong seemed to see a fluttering woman in white clothes and spotless in an instant. Laughing maniacally. What is it that makes Tao Lingran what he is now.

"Bai Zhirong, I should have thanked you for saving my life, but you robbed my beloved man. Anyone who robs me will not end well! ”

Zhirong snorted coldly, with a mocking face. "Yanhua doesn't love you at all, he's amorous!"

Ridiculous and pathetic woman!

Concubine Yu is Tao Lingran's whole body trembling with anger, it is true that Yanhua does not love her, and she rarely speaks. Every time, she took the initiative to speak, but in the eyes of that person, there was never her existence.

She was unwilling, she finally escaped from the Tao family, and originally wanted to live in seclusion, but on the way, she met another person who changed her fate - Duan Ziyan.

Duan Ziyan was very satisfied after seeing her appearance, and said that her temperament was very similar to the royal family of Southern Xinjiang.

Then he was poisoned and forced to go to the southern Xinjiang tribe to learn royal etiquette, and after day and night training, he took all kinds of poisons.

Sometimes she was so painful that she wanted to die, but she felt that she was really unwilling to go like this.

In the end, she married Li Ji as Duan Ziyan's sister, and was quite favored by Li Ji and was named a jade concubine.

The first time she went to Yan's house, she met Yan Hua, the resolute and handsome man like steel. Her eyes were full of Yanhua from then on, and they snuggled up to each other in their dreams. However, the reality is cold and cruel.

She knew Duan Ziyan's plan to restore the country, and she also knew Yanhua's ambition. This made her even more unable to extricate herself, from the initial coercion to the later willingness.

A person like Yanhua should naturally be admired by all people, and he should become an emperor.

But Zhirong appeared at this time. I thought that Zhirong and her concubine would marry someone casually in Kaizhou, and they would not intersect again in this life, and no one else would know her identity and unbearable past.

Who would have thought that Zhirong would enter the Shanggong Bureau and become a trainee, and who would have thought that Qiu Manhua's cup of tea would not let her be expelled, but would be valued because of the cloud embroidery.

Who would have thought that the palace changed that night, she deliberately led Zhirong to the direction of the Qinzheng Palace, and there were batches of killers ambushed on the road but failed to kill her, and let her be promoted to the fourth rank Shanggong with merit.

Intolerable! She couldn't tolerate Yan Hua and Zhirong being together no matter what.

Fortunately, it wasn't just her, even Duan Ziyan also discovered the threat of Zhirong, and set out to marry Yanhua, and ordered her to kill Zhirong.

Tao Lingran sneered, how could I let you die so easily, I want to make your life painful and painful.

"Whether Yanhua loves me or not, that's a matter for later. All I know is that he is about to marry a little princess of the Tianze tribe. In the future, Yanhua will sit on the country, and there will be many women beside him, among whom there must be me, and there will definitely be you! ”

She kicked Zhirong fiercely: "Your hands are crippled, your eyes are blind, your appearance is ruined, and your internal organs are all toxins, what qualifications do you have to be by his side?" The way you look will only make him feel disgusting! ”

Zhirong smiled and looked at Tao Lingran like a clown: "The more you cover it up like this, the more it shows the fact that he doesn't love you at all!" In the future, even if he doesn't have me by his side, he will definitely not have you! ”

"Xiang'er, Bai Shanggong talks too much, and knows too many things, this palace is very helpless, what do you say?"

Xiang'er tugged at Zhirong's hair to make her tilt her head, and she giggled: "Don't worry, Niangniang, we have a medicine in southern Xinjiang that can make people deaf and dumb, and Lord Bai's hands are crippled and he can't write!" ”

"Then let's do it!" Tao Lingran leaned in front of Zhirong: "Can't you see me as am?" Hehe, after a while you will become a deaf and dumb, crippled, ugly-looking waste. I won't kill you, but I will repay you for saving your life! ”

The weak Zhirong was powerless to resist, and a stream of liquid entered her mouth. Xiang'er slammed her to the ground and followed Tao Lingran out of the cell.

At this time, she could still hear Tao Lingran's terrifying laughter, blaming herself for saving the wrong person and saving a white-eyed wolf.

But where are you the one you love the most?

The lights were removed, the iron doors locked, and the dungeon was silent.

Zhirong's heart is also like ashes. She is really finished, Tao Lingran can come in, but Li You and Wei Ting can't come in, which means that the emperor has condemned her.

Maybe I'll never see Yanhua again.

She shouted out in her last hoarse voice, "Yanhua—"

How could she believe that Yan Hua had abandoned her by marrying someone else, the scenes of the past were like yesterday, and those words were still echoing in her ears over and over again, even in the dungeon, she could still feel the warm and solid body.

Is it all a dream?

In the early morning of the second day, Zhirong was completely speechless and unable to hear, and Murong Qin thought that she had a toxin attack in her body and did not seek a medical officer. Wei Ting was blocked out several times.

And it was at this time that the emperor's punishment of Zhirong was also announced.

Bai Zhirong, a female official of the Fourth Rank Embroidery Department, committed an unforgivable murder of the prince, and was exiled to the north as a slave, and could not return to eternal life and was not allowed to obtain a title.

The capital is covered with icy autumn rains, while the north is already snowing. It is difficult for the strong and strong people who were exiled there to survive, let alone a broken body like Zhirong.

Bai Zhirong has become a dead person in the eyes of everyone. (To be continued......)