Ling Niankong hugged me and got up. However, with such a move, I was hit by a wave of blood in my throat, and I couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of blood, and my whole throat was a hot pain.

Seeing this, Ling Niankong's face became even more gloomy. After getting out of the car, before he could step into the mansion gate, he was told to Xue: "Go and ask Mr. Gu." ”

"Yes." Xue rang and went.

Mr. Gu in Ling Niankong's mouth is the doctor of Ling Mansion, and he treated me when I was sick before.

Ling Niankong carried me all the way to the road, such a bump made me extremely uncomfortable, and I almost spurted blood again several times, so my hand unconsciously wrapped around his neck, reducing the bump caused by the march a little.

Looking at the direction, he should have carried me to the cold garden, and I was a little helpless. If I could, I would have liked not to be with him as much as possible, but it always backfired.

As soon as he entered the hospital, Qingdai greeted him. "Miss, what's wrong with you?!" The words are full of eagerness.

I forced a smile at her, and just wanted her not to worry, but Ling Niankong intercepted the words: "You are guarding outside the door, Mr. Gu has arrived, and he is directly invited in." His voice was tense.

As he spoke, he walked to the door of the bedroom. Qing Dai pushed the door open. "Miss, she ......" Before she could finish speaking, Ling Niankong stepped into the room, exerting a little internal force, and the door slammed shut.

There was no one in the room, and when I entered the inner room, he put me on the bed and took off my shoes for me.

For some reason, I felt a little uneasy. "Ling Niankong ......"

He ignored me, turned and went to the outer room, then turned back a moment and handed me a dark red pill.

"Eat." His voice was a little cold.

I reached out and took it, thinking that this should be the antidote, and without hesitation, I took it in my mouth. He handed me the teacup, and I took two or three sips before swallowing the pill completely. After a few moments, the pain in my chest gradually dissipated, but the feeling of suffocation still lingered.

"Commander." Mr. Gu's voice sounded outside.

"Come in." Ling Niankong got up and put the teacup back on the table.

Mr. Gu came into the room to check my pulse, and said leisurely: "The ice on the girl's body has been resolved, but the lung qi is still stagnant and needs to be relieved, and the others are fine." ”

"Okay, Mr. Gu go down and rest." Ling Niankong's tone finally softened a little.

Mr. Gu left, and I was the only one left in the room. He took off his mask for me and extinguished the lamps in the room, leaving only one on the couch.

His black hair was scattered, and the glow of the candle flame reflected on his face, making his expression look a little softer.

I sat against the wall on the bed, not knowing what he wanted to do.

He leaned over and pulled the covers open and wrapped me tightly.

"What do you want to say? Go ahead. His tone was casual, like a conversation.

"Huh?" I didn't quite understand what he meant.

The carbon fire in the room crackled. He sat down on the edge of the bed and said patiently, "Didn't you listen to Mr. Gu?" You have a knot in your chest that needs to be relieved. ”

Hearing this, I let out an "oh".

Mr. Gu is right, although the poison in my body has been resolved, the feeling of suffocation that has risen in my chest since drinking that glass of wine still exists. It turns out that what he said about relief is to say what I wanted to say when I was poisoned.

"You say, I'll listen." There was a hint of fatigue in his voice.

Also, although he won a great victory today, the various plans for a long time also cost him a lot of attention.

"I ......," I recalled, "I had a lot to say, but now I only have one question for you." ”

When I think about that question, my heart shuddered.

"Just ask." As he spoke, he took off his boots, pulled the quilt halfway over himself, and sat with me against the wall.

"Ling Niankong......" I looked into his eyes, and he looked at me without evasion.

I took a breath and asked the question that scared me a little to know the answer: "Yuan Zaidao's torture of me and the detention of me with Cheng Feng's nephew were not ordered by the prince, but you, right?" ”

I say this without a hint of emotion. I just want to know how ruthless the man in front of me is, or whether he has a heart at all.

Hearing this, his expression that had finally softened became tense again, and he was silent for a moment before he spoke: "How do you know?" What did the prince tell you? ”

"It's not." I smiled at him. "The prince only told me that the chosen son may be in your hands, and I guess the rest."

He frowned, surprise flashing in his eyes. "Others? What else did you guess besides this? ”

"All."

Hearing this, his brows furrowed even tighter, but there was no killing intent in his eyes that I expected.

I continued: "I guess that you have hidden two pieces of physical evidence to deal with the prince, that your gentle care for me in recent days is all hypocrisy, and that I am just a target for you to attract the prince's attack. ”

I looked at him after speaking, and saw that his eyes were gloomy, and the green tendons on his forehead were looming. I chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I'm not telling you this, I don't want to show you anything, let alone blackmail you." I just want to remind you that I can guess your plans, and others can guess them. ”

"Oh? Tell me how you guessed it. His voice was as cold as ever.

"This chess game of yours should have been laid out on the day of the Zhaoyuan Festival, right? That day, Xue Rang told you that the prince was looking for your weaknesses, so you thought, instead of being caught by the prince for your shortcomings, you should take the initiative to give him one yourself, so that the prince's next steps are under your control. But you are not stupid, how can you really consciously and actively expose your weaknesses and be beaten passively? That's why you thought of me, didn't you? ”

I didn't wait for him to answer, and continued: "On the night of the Zhaoyuan Festival, your every move was planned in advance, right? You first took me to Xianyunfang and put on the hairpin you prepared for Leng Qingqian for me. Then he took me to the Qianyak that you used to go to.

For the first time, you're going to eat in the lobby, saying it's to get in the festive mood. But in fact, you are so ostentatious in the market, just to send a message to everyone: I replaced Leng Qingqian and became your sweetheart.

You have been very gentle with me throughout the night, just to make others more convinced of this, especially the prince who is always staring at you.

Later, you took me into the private room and overturned the table to create a mess, also to spread the news of your and me's intimacy through the mouth of Qianyak's friends. You have done this very successfully, because the next day I met Yue Luanyi in the palace, and even she, a woman in the deep palace, had already learned about you and I sleeping together.

As for the night when you pretended to let me go, told me that it was a cold and shallow cliff jumping day, and showed me your vulnerable side, it was all a ploy to make me obediently stay and sing this play with you. Am I right? ”

In fact, if it weren't for a series of events that happened later, I would have simply thought that he really did all kinds of abnormal behaviors that day because he missed his original owner. But now that I think about it, I was still naïve.

How could a person like him, who had been ravaged in every way since he was a child, so strong in his heart, be so vulnerable? Even if he was really depressed that day, how could he show his vulnerable side to me, the one who deceived him?

When he heard this, his face finally showed anger, but he couldn't bear it.

I knew he wanted to continue listening to me, so I continued, "The prince was in a hurry to get rid of you. After hearing about your every move on the Zhaoyuan Festival, I thought I was your weakness, so I couldn't wait to make a move.

You may not know what the prince's plan is, but you know very well that he will definitely start with me. So when you heard that I was imprisoned in the Criminal Department, you knew that the prince had done it. When you got the news, you contacted Yuan Zaidao and instructed him to torture me and imprison me and Cheng Feng's nephew......"

"Since you yourself said that the prince was going to cut you, how can you conclude that it was I who made Yuan Zaidao do the things, not the prince or Cheng Feng?"

Ling Niankong's face was silent, but his eyes were a little gloomy.

I smiled. "On the surface, the prince is eager to bring you down, thinking that I am the person you care about, and it is natural for him to do those things that hurt me and force you to confess.

But if it was really instructed by the prince, he would not let Cheng Feng's nephew be involved. After all, the reason why the prince dealt with you is precisely because he wants Cheng Feng to become the coach so that he can use it, and you are also a strong candidate for the boss. That's why the prince will desperately win over Cheng Feng, and at the same time find ways to deal with you.

As for Cheng Feng, he will not harm his own nephew. So I thought that you should have instructed these two things. ”

I paused and continued: "Actually, I wasn't sure at first, I didn't understand why you were like this, but halfway through the case, I figured it out:

Although you explained why you concealed Cheng Feng's suspicion of collaborating with the enemy in the first place, you moved out the reason for the border change at that time. But although such a reason can fool the emperor, it can't fool the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

I have only been with you for more than a month, and I can see that you are not a loyal person who will take risks to ensure the stability of the country. How can the officials of the DPRK and China not see through it? They will definitely suspect that you concealed it at the beginning because you were colluded with Cheng Feng, and they were afraid that if you reported it truthfully, they would implicate themselves.

So you have to gag them, and you have to do something else.

I heard that Yuan Zaidao and Cheng Feng are actually close to each other, so everyone should think that Yuan Zaidao is secretly obeying Cheng Feng's orders.

So you ordered Yuan Zaidao to do those two things to me, and then cut off Cheng Feng's nephew's hand.

Due to the kinship between Cheng and Yuan, the ministers would only think that Cheng Feng had ordered Yuan Zaidao to do those things. After all, Yuan Zaidao did not have the courage to torture to extract confessions and rashly violate the new law.

As a result, the ministers will feel that you and Cheng Feng are incompatible, and it is impossible to collude with him at the beginning. In this way, the ministers will not hold on to you. ”

Ling Niankong didn't say a word after hearing my words, his face changed a few times, and he seemed to be struggling.

It was the first time I'd seen him look like that.

After a moment of silence, I smiled bitterly, and my voice was desolate: "Ling Niankong, your heart is so ruthless!" I didn't think you would really hurt me with this body, but I didn't think you could really do it. ”

Hearing this, a trace of embarrassment flashed in Ling Niankong's eyes.

"Also, as long as this body can't fall through lifelong problems, you won't care what kind of pain you have experienced."

The more I spoke, the colder my tone became, and it was not surprising to see the embarrassment in his eyes.

"Ice ......," I muttered, sneering.

"You have chosen this punishment very well, and if you choose another punishment that will leave a scar, it will be too deliberate and will arouse suspicion. After all, the new law strictly prohibits torture to extract confessions. The ice punishment is just right, the severity is not inferior to other punishments, but it does not leave a trace. And the time is also very well controlled. If I stay on the ice for two more moments, I'm afraid this leg will be completely ruined. ”

The more I spoke, the more sad my heart became, and the more sarcastic my tone became.

"You arrived in time, just before Cheng Feng's nephew was about to get it, hehehe......" I chuckled.

Ling Niankong forcibly suppressed something, just waiting for me to finish laughing.

When the laughter subsided, he put his hands on my shoulders, and his voice was as low as if it had come from hell: "If you know everything, why do you ......" He seemed to be a little unable to speak, but he gritted his teeth and continued: "Why do you need to ......"

He didn't say anything more, but his eyes were fixed on me, and his red eyes were full of doubt.

Yes, I know that all the injuries I suffered were designed by him in advance, and he did it intentionally, but why did I drink that cup of poisoned wine for him tonight?

Is it because I like him? He hurt me so much, and I still like him?

My affection for him was inexplicably inexplicable and indelible, even though he was so cruel to me......

I smiled bitterly, Yan Linxuan, you are really hopeless......

His mood calmed down a little, and he said in a deep voice, "What do you want?" ”

I was stunned, and my heart was even more sad, but I said uncontrollably: "Do I need to want something to do this?" Also, a person like you who has no sincerity at all can only trade in exchange for someone else to do things for you......"

Although I say this with my mouth, I know in my heart that he does not have no sincerity, but his sincerity will only be handed over to that one person. And to others, no matter who that person is, he only calculates, only uses, and is ruthless......

I can probably see how I fell in love with him in the first place. What I like may be his attitude towards one person and unrighteous towards the world.

Just because he mistook me for her at that time and had a deep affection for me, I fell hopelessly in love with him.

And after learning that I wasn't her, he just treated me like someone who didn't matter. He used me and hurt me, but he did it all the time.

I always thought that he hated me and intended to torture me, but I didn't know that he was just such a person all along.

He ignored the mockery in my words, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and his voice was slightly unsteady: "You...... Nothing? ”

I sneered: "Yes, I don't want anything." ”

Hearing my reply, his stunning eyes widened unconsciously, and even his pupils contracted slightly.

Looking at his shocked expression, I added, "Is it hard to accept? I might as well put it another way. ”

He frowned.

I continued: "It's not that I want nothing, but I want it, and you can't afford it. ”

I spoke the last four words very slowly, word by word.

"If you don't ask, how do you know I can't afford it?" There was a hint of hoarseness in his voice.

"No need to ask, I know you can't afford it." There was a bit of determination in my words.

The brilliance in his eyes faded, his body seemed to lose strength, and his hands slid limply off my shoulders, his expression a little dazed.

I moved to the side of the bed, put on my shoes, stood up, felt his gaze fall on my back, ignored it, and walked towards the door.

I thought he would stop me, but I didn't think he wouldn't.

It's just right not to stop! I don't want to live in this cold garden anymore!