"Is the mother in such a hurry to call her sons over just to humiliate her sons?" Xiao Qiyun smiled bitterly.

"Qiyun, don't panic. As long as you try your best to become the crown prince, then Zhao Lingshu will definitely agree to you. After all, no woman in this world would be stupid enough not to be a princess or a queen. Besides, even if Zhao Lingshu is unwilling, will Wei Guogong's family still be unwilling? Cui Guifei said with a smile, convinced that the reason why Zhao Lingshu did not agree to Xiao Qiyun's confession was only because he wanted to marry the last prince.

Xiao Qiyun listened to Cui Guifei's words and nodded incessantly: "Mother is right." ”

The mother and son said some thoughtful words again, and Xiao Qiyun left Cui Guifei's bedroom, and then walked in the direction of Xiao Qisheng's palace.

Seeing Xiao Qiyun's visit, Xiao Qisheng was very surprised. Although the two of them are nominally the brothers of a mother, everyone with a discerning eye knows that Cui Guifei intends to help her son and son ascend to the throne, how can she really raise Xiao Qisheng as her own son?

Moreover, Xiao Qiyun is conceited and high-minded, and he also believes that he is both talented and talented, and he has always looked down on the cynical Xiao Qisheng. The two brothers seem to be harmonious, but in fact they hate each other.

"Fifth brother suddenly came to the younger brother's mansion, is there something wrong?" Xiao Qisheng guessed Xiao Qiyun's intentions, and didn't dare to startle the snake easily.

"I want to be the crown prince, I want to be on the throne." Xiao Qiyun didn't go around in circles, and said directly.

Hearing Xiao Qiyun's words, Xiao Qisheng was shocked, but his face did not show the slightest.

"That little brother will definitely be the only fifth brother in the future to help the fifth brother get the position of prince." Xiao Qisheng immediately promised.

Hearing Xiao Qisheng's promise, Xiao Qiyun breathed a sigh of relief, this sixth brother seems to be really a cynical gentleman, and he doesn't even dare to fight for the throne. So, Xiao Qiyun left Xiao Qisheng's palace satisfied.

After Xiao Qiyun left, Xiao Qisheng thought back to Xiao Qiyun's words, combined with the things that happened today. Obviously, Xiao Qiyun had the least ambition for the throne before, and he didn't even want to compete for the throne at all. From this point of view, the direct reason why Xiao Qiyun suddenly wanted to get the throne was because of Zhao Lingshu.

The development of things is exactly as Xiao Qisheng expected.

After Zhao Lingshu returned home, he never saw Zhao Susu. It stands to reason that Zhao Susu is rarely absent from the mansion.

"Where's my aunt?" Zhao Lingshu asked a maid passing by.

"I left the house early in the morning, and I may not come back until the evening." The maid replied.

"Come back in the evening?" After listening to the maid's words, Zhao Lingshu was glad that he could go to Zhao Susu's room to have a look.

Zhao Lingshu shook off the maids and secretly went to Zhao Susu's room. Zhao Susu's room is no different from the room of the ordinary eldest lady of the family, luxurious and impractical. But Zhao Lingshu found something unusual.

"Why is this vase here? Zhao Lingshu strangely walked to a vase in a strange position, touched and looked at the vase, and suddenly she twisted the entire vase at an angle.

An underground entrance suddenly appeared in the otherwise unremarkable room.

Zhao Lingshu picked up the oil lamp on the side and walked into the dark basement. Zhao Lingshu went down the stairs, and after walking for a long time, Zhao Lingshu heard a sound of water.

"Why is there the sound of water?" Zhao Lingshu continued to walk forward strangely, getting closer and closer to the sound of water, and finally arrived at the place where the sound of water was the loudest, Zhao Lingshu raised the oil lamp and looked at it.

There is actually a water prison under Zhao Susu's room!

Zhao Lingshu heard a very shallow breathing sound again, so he followed the sound and saw a person imprisoned in the center of the water prison.

Zhao Lingshu walked into the imprisoned person, held up an oil lamp and shone it, the person was actually a woman, dressed in white soaked in water, the water was stained red with blood, his face was stained with blood, and his unkempt hair blocked his facial features.

An ominous premonition surged in Zhao Lingshu's heart. She slowly approached the man, but didn't have the courage to lift the man's hair to get a good look. But the moment she looked down, she saw a jade pendant tied to the woman's body.

This person is Zhao Lingshu's aunt, Zhao Susu!

Zhao Lingshu immediately burst into tears. She said how the aunt who used to be gentle and kind and loved her became indifferent and vicious now, and the real aunt was imprisoned in the water prison in the basement!

No wonder Zhao Lingshu saw that Zhao Susu's whereabouts were so suspicious, no wonder Zhao Susu would try his best to bring something into Zhao Hong's study, now all the puzzling things can be figured out: the current Zhao Susu is being pretended!

Zhao Susu was still in a coma, and no matter how Zhao Lingshu shouted, she wouldn't wake up. Zhao Lingshu untied the thick hemp rope that tied Zhao Susu's hands, and kept trying to call her, but finally, Zhao Susu coughed and slowly opened his eyes.

Zhao Susu looked at Zhao Lingshu with tears in front of him, his mouth moved, and he wanted to say something, but his throat was already speechless because of hoarseness.

"Auntie, if I ask you a few questions, you will nod your head, not you." Zhao Lingshu hugged Zhao Susu's cold body and asked with tears in his eyes.

Zhao Susu nodded weakly.

"Is the person who imprisoned you the one pretending to be you?" Zhao Lingshu asked.

Zhao Susu nodded.

"Are they related to Xiao Qiming?" Zhao Lingshu asked.

Zhao Susu nodded again.

"Are they imprisoning you for something?" Zhao Lingshu asked.

Zhao Susu nodded again.

Looking at Zhao Susu, who was constantly nodding, Zhao Lingshu had already roughly guessed what had happened in this room.

At an unknown moment, Xiao Qiming sent secret guards to sneak into Zhao Susu's room while the Weiguo Mansion was not paying attention, kidnapped Zhao Susu, and asked someone of a similar age and body to pretend to be her. The person pretending to be Zhao Susu secretly dug a dungeon under the room, built a water prison, and imprisoned Zhao Susu here.

However, what was the reason why they imprisoned Zhao Susu? What is it that makes them take such a big risk?

Zhao Lingshu looked at Zhao Susu, Zhao Susu, who had been imprisoned for a long time, had already exhausted her mental strength and hope, but she knew that she couldn't and couldn't save her at the moment. If Zhao Susu is rescued at this moment, the entire Xiao Qiming side will be shocked, and Zhao Lingshu will be suspected at the least, and the entire Weiguo Gong will be implicated.

Zhao Lingshu can't take this risk, the destruction of the family in the previous life is a tragic situation, and he has also experienced it. In this life, she didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Zhao Lingshu helped Zhao Susu up, tied her hands with thick hemp rope again, and hung them in the center of the water prison.

Zhao Susu seemed to know what she wanted to do, and raised her hand slightly to cooperate with Zhao Lingshu.

"Auntie, I can't get you out right now. But trust me, I'll come back to save you! You have to keep alive, you have to keep going! Zhao Lingshu ninja was in great grief and let go of the hand holding Zhao Susu.

Zhao Susu's gentle eyes had absolute trust in Zhao Lingshu, and nodded slightly with his head.

Zhao Lingshu picked up the oil lamp again, cleaned up his emotions, looked back at Zhao Susu for the last time, and walked into the dark staircase again.

Zhao Susu, who was imprisoned in the dark water prison, watched Zhao Lingshu walk farther and farther, the light became weaker and weaker, although he was in the dark water, his heart was getting brighter and brighter, and there was more and more hope.

"Lingshu, my aunt must be waiting for you to save me."

Just after walking out of the secret room and moving the strangely placed vase back to its original position, Zhao Lingshu heard a voice outside Zhao Susu's room before he could calm down.

"Did anything happen in the house today?" Zhao Susu asked the maid beside her.

"Everything in the house today is as usual, nothing special." The maid replied to Zhao Susu tremblingly.

Zhao Susu didn't ask anything more, and pushed open the door of the room with an indifferent face.

Several households were at the same time, and Zhao Lingshu, who had no time to hide, immediately pushed open the window in the room, stepped on the windowsill and jumped out.

As soon as the cautious Zhao Susu entered the room, he immediately found that there was someone else's breath. She tightened the knife at her waist and looked around the room.

Swept under the bed, it was just a thick layer of dust, the table also picked up the tablecloth spread on it, there was no place to hide people underneath, all the cabinets in the room were also opened, and even every drawer was opened, until every place in the room was rummaged, and no one or anything else was found, Zhao Susu breathed a sigh of relief, and the hand on his waist was also put down.

Zhao Susu looked around the room again and noticed that the vase was not placed in the right place.

"You all go out and close the door." Zhao Susu instructed the maid and the maid.

After retiring the attendants in the house, Zhao Susu hurriedly turned the vase, opened the secret room passage and walked down the stairs into the basement.

Zhao Susu came to the water prison, and the people imprisoned in the water prison were still there, everything was as usual.

Zhao Susu was still not at ease, and asked the woman in the water: "Did someone come in just now?" ”

The woman was silent. Zhao Susu stepped forward and angrily pinched the woman's chin and forced her to look at herself: "Do you still expect someone to come to save you?" Don't be delusional! You won't be found until you die! ”

At this moment, a cat suddenly sprang out of the shadows. Zhao Susu hurriedly looked at the place where there was movement, and saw that it was just a cat, so he patted his chest in a false alarm.

Zhao Susu walked out of the secret room and returned to the room. The window of the room was hidden, but Zhao Susu remembered very clearly that he had clearly ordered the maid to close the window before leaving.

Zhao Susu immediately walked to the window and saw a very shallow footprint on the window sill. Zhao Susu's suspicion that had just disappeared immediately came up again. Just as Zhao Susu was about to push open the window to take a look at the situation outside, the cat that appeared in the basement came out again, stepped on the windowsill and jumped out, and the cat's footprints coincided with the footprints on the window.

"Looks like this cat is the devil." Zhao Susu put his mind at ease, no longer doubted, and closed the window.

At this time, Zhao Lingshu had already returned to his room and changed his clothes. Zhao Lingshu sat down and opened the medical book on the table, calming his mood while looking at it.

Zhao Lingshu read the medical book in the room for a while and then went out of the room. Unexpectedly, as soon as I opened the door, I saw Zhao Susu who came to find her.

"Where is the corpse going?" Zhao Susu asked Zhao Lingshu enthusiastically.

"I'm not going anywhere, Auntie, come in and sit down." Zhao Lingshu looked at the person in front of him who imprisoned his real aunt and pretended to be him, his heart was full of hatred, but he could only hide his emotions.

"Is it okay for the corpse to come in? I saw you coughing a few days ago, but did you ask a doctor to come? Zhao Susu looked at Zhao Lingshu with a concerned face, but Zhao Lingshu didn't see any warmth from it.