On the walls on both sides of the narrow road, there is a light at a distance. Even in broad daylight, long lamps are lit here, and the thick smell of burning lamp oil lingers in the corridor.

Ning Yuan Hou Chuhua frowned slightly. The last time he had been dragged here blindfolded, he was so terrified that he didn't notice how filthy it was.

The people in the edict received instructions from above, and took Chu Huajin to the room where Aunt Qi was locked up first.

Aunt Qi didn't have a flail, and she was no longer wearing the silk gown she wore when she was taken away from the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion that day, but a set of green cotton clothes given by her mother's family. Fortunately, it was cleaned up, but his face was haggard and much older.

Seeing Chu Huajin coming in, Aunt Qi had a mixture of joy and sorrow, and called out "Master Hou" aggrievedly, and knelt at his feet.

Before Chu Huajin came in, he had already read the confession about the interrogation. At this time, looking at Aunt Qi's aggrieved look, Chu Huajin asked her in a flat voice, "Why do you want to do this?" - Why do you want to harm Shu Fan? ”

For Zeng Ting, Chu Huajin didn't care at all. If Aunt Qi and Pei Shufen endure it, Chu Huajin's own people will kill Zeng Ting. But Pei Shufan is different, Chu Huajin does not have the same male and female affection for her as the other party's aunt, but respects her as the original wife, and it costs oil to boil the lamp for their Chu family, so she died so early.

Aunt Qi didn't dare to look up at Chu Huajin. She knew that Chu Huajin asked like this, she must have already read the confession. However, she had no choice but to do so......

"Master Hou, the concubine did not harm Mrs. Xian. Mrs. Xian's body was weak, and she lingered on the sickbed for many years, and her concubine was recommended by her mother's family. It's also a good intention. "Aunt Qi knows that Chu Hua is soft-hearted, and always thinks that the concubine is weak in front of the main room, and is always willing to stand on the side of the concubine.

Chu Huajin sneered, stood there motionless, looked at Aunt Qi who was kneeling on the ground, didn't even dare to raise her head, and said, "Qi Xuan, I told you back then." Our Chu family retreated, our Chu family is sorry for you. You can choose a son-in-law to remarry, my father in order to compensate you, also told you a few family affairs that are no less than our family, but you yourself insisted on not marrying. In the end, you must enter the house as a concubine. ”

"Since you are unwilling, why do you want to be a concubine?" Chu Huajin bent down, stretched out his right hand, lifted Aunt Qi's chin, and looked at Aunt Qi's face, her skin was rough and yellow, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were becoming more and more obvious, and even the dim light in the cell couldn't cover it.

Aunt Qi still wants to deny it. But seeing Chu Huajin's unmoved eyes, Aunt Qi strangely found that Chu Huajin was no longer the man who had soft ears and obeyed the orders of the concubine. Could it be that this time when he was released, Chu Huajin learned more shrewdly?

Aunt Qi looked at Chu Huajin with some distraction, and saw that he was about the same age as herself, but he looked much younger, and he looked like twenty-seven or eight. In fact, he has already passed the stand, and he is almost at the age of not being confused. - It seems that men are just older than women.

Chu Huajin saw Aunt Qi looking at her in a daze and didn't speak, pinched her chin, and asked her, "Say!" ”

Aunt Qi tilted her head, moved her chin out of Chu Huajin's hand, lowered her head and said, "Master Hou, if you are willing." I won't go to the Marquis Ningyuan's Mansion to be a concubine. ”

Finally spoke her mind.

Chu Huajin's heart was sad and emotional. It turned out that what Aunt Fang said was true. Although Pei Shufan had also said that Aunt Qi was unwilling to do such things, at that time, he couldn't listen to it at all. I always felt that Aunt Qi really loved herself, so she made herself a concubine as a concubine.

It turned out that it was still the word "unwilling".

"Now you're willing? - Get yourself into such a field! Chu Huajin took a step back, intending to turn around and leave this small cell.

Aunt Qi hurriedly raised her head and shouted, "Master Hou!" Walking a few steps to Chu Huajin's feet, he begged him with tears: "The concubine has done something wrong, but the two children are innocent." Please take care of the two children for the sake of serving the Hou Ye as a concubine for so many years! ”

Chu Huajin said "um" and said, "Don't worry, they are my sons and daughters, and I will not treat them lightly." After a pause, he added, "From now on, I have no intention of continuing the strings." Your two children are also getting older, and Lin'er will get married. As for Chen'er, he is a concubine, and after he grew up and became married, he split up and lived separately. - Hello is on the road, don't worry about them. "This woman is too scheming.

If you want to rescue Aunt Qi, Chu Huajin can't do it. It's just that when he thought that he had been kept in the dark by her as a gunman for so many years, Chu Huajin didn't want to keep Aunt Qi by his side anymore.

It's just a concubine, and it's not the original wife? As long as you are in a high position of power in the future, it's not that the old ones don't go, and the new ones don't come?

Aunt Qi was sad and a little disappointed, cried and fell to the ground, and said with a sob: "Master Hou...... Save the concubine...... Save the concubine! I'm still young, I don't want to die......"

Chu Huajin didn't speak again, turned around and walked out of Aunt Qi's cell, leaving the crying Aunt Qi behind.

The edict has been concluded, Ningyuan Hou Chuhua concubine Qi Xuan, murdered Ningyuan Hou Chuhuajin's two main rooms, especially the murder of the original wife, Pei Shufan, the wife of Yipinguo, killed his wife with a concubine, the crime was extremely heinous, and he was sentenced to be beheaded, and he was beheaded after the autumn of the next year.

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Coming out of Aunt Qi's cell, Chu Huajin went to Pei Shufen's cell.

Pei Shufen's cell was in the innermost part of the Imperial Prison, and it was held very tightly. There was no skylight in the cell, only a small iron fence blocking the doorway.

The female cell keeper of Pei Shufen's cell took the key, opened the keyhole of the iron fence, and pulled the iron fence open.

Chu Huajin bent down and entered the low door of the cell, and when he came inside, he smelled a sour smell when he came in.

Chu Hua glanced at it and saw that the toilet at the foot of the wall had not been cleaned up, so he covered his nose with his hand and walked to a place far away from the toilet.

Pei Shufen also wore a flail in the cell, and when she ate, the female cell head took a spoon to feed her, and she was not allowed to eat enough, and only fed her once a day. Within a few days, Pei Shufen was so hungry that her face was yellow and thin. Not to mention bathing every day, it's impossible. She is not like Aunt Qi, who has her mother's family to send her things, so she is still wearing the same clothes that she wore when she was taken away by Ti Qi in Ningyuan's Marquis Mansion. At this time, it is already dirty, and the original color and pattern cannot be seen.

Pei Shufen has been trying to rub her wrist secretly on the flail for the past few days, trying to tie her wrist so that the yellow ribbon can be broken, so that she can hide in her own Langjing Cave.

The prison life during this period has made Pei Shufen almost desperate, and she no longer cares if anyone will find out her secret, as long as she hides in Langjing Cave, even if she never comes out again, she doesn't care. - I can't stand it anymore!

When Chu Huajin came in. What I saw was a dirty woman sitting at the foot of the wall, staring intently at the flail around her neck, her wrists spinning around the flail, not knowing what she was doing.

"Pei Shufen! - Marquis Ning Yuan has come to see you. The female cell leader followed in and took a look, and said loudly to Pei Shufen.

Pei Shufen shook her wrist in fright. Turning his head sideways, he looked in the direction of the sound tremblingly, and saw Ningyuan Hou Chuhua wearing autumn fragrance color python white fox armpit arrow sleeves, wearing a red gold silk inlaid treasure hair crown, standing not far from her, with a majestic and lofty attitude, still the same handsome and upright posture when she first saw him.

After so many years. The appearance of Pei Shufen's lover in her previous life has been blurred, and only Chu Huajin's appearance is deeply ingrained in her heart.

"Master Hou! - Hou Ye, is Hou Ye here to save Shu Fen? Shu Fen was wronged! Pei Shufen propped up the flail on the wall, sat up on her knees from the ground with difficulty, and walked to Chu Huajin's side, wanting to hug his legs and cry.

Chu Huajin hurriedly took a few steps back, for fear that the dirt on Pei Shufen's body would rub against him.

Pei Shufen pounced, forgetting that she was still carrying a flail. Instead, he fell to the ground, was shackled around his neck, and coughed loudly.

Chu Huajin was not moved at all, and when the female cell head went out, he locked the iron fence with his backhand, and Chu Huajin half-squatted down and looked at Pei Shufen at eye level. Asked her, "I have a few questions that have been in my mind for a long time. I didn't want to ask, but now it seems that if I don't ask, I'm afraid I won't be able to ask in my life. So I'm going to ask. ”

Pei Shufen had too many secrets, and he didn't know what Chu Hua was referring to for a while, and his eyes flickered a little.

Chu Huajin looked at Pei Shufen's appearance, much thinner than before, and at the same time a lot haggard, but in the end, he was not very old, even if he was down to this point, he still did not look as old as Aunt Qi.

"What does Master Hou want to ask? If Shu Fen knows, he naturally knows everything and says everything. Pei Shufen said with a smile.

Chu Huajin lowered his head and looked at Pei Shufen, and asked Chu Zhongyu about it first: "It's just that you deal with Zeng Ting, what is Zhongyu hindering you?" Why did you put her to death?! Chu Hua knew that Zeng Ting's main room was full of shelves, specifically tossing Pei Shufen. It is reasonable for Pei Shufen to resist.

Pei Shufen suddenly became excited, and said continuously: "Master Hou, the concubine is really wronged!" The concubine is the same as Zhongyu and the same sister, how could she harm her? As Hou Ye said, the concubine has no conflict of interest with her, so why should she not get along with her? - Completely wronged! ”

Tiqi's case against Pei Shufen has not yet been concluded. Because Pei Shufen did not admit that Chu Zhongyu's death had anything to do with her. After such a long time, Ti Qi couldn't find strong evidence, except that he knew that Chu Zhongyu also died of lonely pollen.

Chu Huajin also never believed that Pei Shufen did it.

"Master Hou, think about it, after Zhongyu dies, who is the biggest gainer, who is the real murderer!" Pei Shufen has been in prison for so long, and he has thought about it repeatedly. She didn't know that Chu Zhongyu was killed by someone, but now that Tiqi said that she also died of lonely pollen poisoning, she remembered the situation at that time.

Chu Huajin immediately thought of Chu Huazhu, who replaced Chu Zhongyu into the palace, who was the daughter of Aunt Liu, and at the beginning, Aunt Liu did everything possible to let herself intercede with the saint and let Chu Huazhu enter the palace to accompany her.

"In this way, someone has set up a secret barrier and made a noise." Chu Huajin smiled. If Chu Zhongyu's death is actually related to Aunt Liu, it would be more reasonable. Chu Huajin also remembered that time ago, before Chu Zhongyu, his younger brother Chu Huacheng also suddenly fell ill and died.

As soon as Chu Zhongyu and Chu Huacheng died, it was as if they had made room for Aunt Liu's two children.

Chu Huajin sneered slightly in his heart. Is it the next step, Aunt Liu's goal, apart from the child, is herself?

Thinking of this, Chu Hua hesitated for a moment and continued to ask, "...... Who's that kid? ”

Pei Shufen was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect the topic to suddenly shift from Chu Zhongyu to the child, she really didn't understand what Chu Huajin meant, and asked in a daze: "What child?" Whose children? ”

Chu Huajin smiled, leaned over, leaned into Pei Shufen's ear, and said softly: "It's our son." Who else could there be? - Whose child is he? You'd better not mess with me, I'm not wearing this cuckold! ”

Pei Shufen shook all over, looked at Chu Huajin in disbelief, didn't believe his ears at all, and said in a trembling voice: "Master Hou, what are these words?" Shu Fen is stupid, she really can't understand! ”

Chu Hua stared at Pei Shufen without speaking, his dark eyes locked on Pei Shufen's every move.

Pei Shufen's eyes widened, and the corners of her mouth opened slightly, as if she really didn't understand.

Chu Hua lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then opened the skylight to Pei Shufen and said brightly: "Let me ask you again, do you know that since I was on a mission in the southwest, I have been poisoned by Thunder Fordii?" As he spoke, he looked at Pei Shufen attentively.

I saw Pei Shufen's whole body tremble, his face slowly turned pale, looking at Chu Huajin, his face seemed to be sad and happy, and he seemed to be very sad and couldn't say anything.

"So, you know?" Chu Hua asked, a little nervous and a little disappointed. This woman actually knew that she had been poisoned a long time ago, but she didn't say a word, she was really vicious!

"Tell me, who the hell is that kid. - I don't blame you, I will even spare that child. Chu Huajin's voice was seductive.

Pei Shufen was stunned for a long time before she said in a hoarse voice: "Master Hou, that kid is really Master Hou's, it's true." If there is half a lie, let Shu Fentian thunder and split, and there is no place to bury him! ”

Its solemn appearance doesn't look like it's lying.

"Well, if that child is really mine, you tell me, how can I give birth to the poison of Tripterygium wilfordii for so many years? Or do you have some antidote in your hands? - You don't know that if you are poisoned by Tripterygium wilfordii, you can't give birth to children, right? Chu Huajin gradually ignited a trace of hope in his heart.

If Pei Shufen had an antidote, it would be good. He has been searching for the southwest for so long, but he can't find the most critical medicine.

"If you really have an antidote, I can get you out." Chu Hua threw out the biggest bait.

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Contains a change for the book friend Jingjiu to be promoted to the head of the hall. There are two watches in the afternoon. Ask for a pink ticket.

If there is a book friend who rises to the head of the hall or above, there are additions. Graceful Book Friend was promoted to the leader of the alliance in May, and he should have been added a long time ago. It has been delayed until now, forgive me! (To be continued)