Royal Palace, Yongxiang.

Liu Ruoye, who was covered in bruises, fell on the hay, and his heart was full of despair.

Now in her, she can't see the natural beauty and skin of the past.

Almost every inch of skin was covered with wounds from repeated torture, accumulating, blood and pus, alternately seeping into the hay beneath him.

Because this kind of grass is rarely replaced, the entire grass pile has already emitted a foul smell at this moment.

There were also countless mosquitoes and flies, busily burrowing in and out, lice jumping openly between her ragged dresses, greedily sucking on what was left of her life. And Liu Ruoye watched in addition to watching...... Even she struggled to even watch - besides, there was nothing she could do.

From the first day, after she was tortured, she was so weak that she could not even drive out the flies that took advantage of the fire, let alone the many insects that fed on her.

Really...... It's like a corpse......

Liu Ruoye sighed silently, trying to open her swollen eyes and look at the top of her swarthy head.

Originally, after Zheng Cuiye's death, she was detained and tortured by the Wang family in the Lu Guogong Mansion, but after the Wang family suspected that the Liu family was rebelling, Liu Rong, who learned the news, immediately rushed to the palace gate and wanted to take Liu Ruoye to the imperial prison.

Wei Changying, Mrs. Zhou and others certainly disagreed.

In the end, after negotiation, Queen Qiu came forward to round the field and locked Liu Ruoye in Yongxiang.

From Liu Rong's point of view, Queen Qiu is Wen Yanzi's original wife, even if she is old and decrepit now, and her favor is not as good as before, but the husband and wife are both prosperous and lossy, and they must be towards Wen Yanzi;

Judging from Wei Changying, Queen Qiu is now obedient to Qiu Baoniang, and it is estimated that she has been confronting Liu Rong for a long time before Queen Qiu was "alarmed" and sent someone to the palace gate to say that she wanted to lead Liu Ruoye to Yongxiang, it is estimated that it was Qiu Baoniang's idea! She is happy to fulfill the hatred of Bao Niang.

Judging from Mrs. Zhou, how can Queen Qiu be as shrewd and powerful as Liu Rong? How can Yongxiang's precautions be strict? Anyway, it is impossible for Liu Ruoye to be handed over to the Liu family, let alone left to the Wang family, so it is better to pick a good place to start.

So Liu Ruoye was sent to this palace, which she was actually not a stranger to, but an absolutely unfamiliar corner - Yongxiang.

When I remembered that when I was sent in, it was cramped, like a never-ending palace wall, not like just a women's prison, but like a hell.

…… If Liu Ruoye felt miserable when he was in the hands of the Wang family, in the past few days after entering Yongxiang, Liu Ruoye completely understood what it meant to "not be able to survive and not to die".

The young general, who seemed to hear about the righteous son of the child, although he failed to put her in the edict prison in his hands as he wished, still passed on his instructions: "Let her confess that she was instructed by several scholars to murder Miss Zheng in the Liu family Zhuangzi!" ”

The scholars seized on the Wang family's mistake and insisted on letting go, and Liu Rong, as the commander of Wen Yanzi's order to stay in the imperial capital and stabilize the rear, of course had to try to fight back.

As long as Liu Ruoye does what he says and says that Zheng Cuiye's death is deliberately done by several other scholars who are jealous of Liu Ruowo's title to the Duke of Jingguo, then not only can the Wang family's loss be covered up lightly, but even the scholars can be provoked......

If Liu Ruoye was just an ordinary scholar, she would probably agree.

The pain of torture is one, and at first glance, this statement also makes the Liu family clear.

But Liu Ruoye can see far farther than ordinary scholars, so she knows that she absolutely ...... Can't say that.

Wang's words, although they suspected that the Liu family was plotting rebellion, could put the entire Shi clan in danger!

If Liu Ruoye confesses according to Liu Rong's intentions, the Liu family is cleared, what about the other families? Between the nobles - not to mention between one family and another, within the family, when did the open and secret fighting stop again?

But when it comes to the interests of the entire noble class, it is tacit and tacit to immediately put aside all prejudices and hold together.

Without this tacit understanding, how could the scholars have existed to this day?

Liu Ruoye has to follow Liu Rong's words, with the current power of the Shi clan and the shallow foundation built by the new dynasty, it is unlikely that Wen Yanzi will attack the entire Shi clan at the moment - unless he doesn't want Dayong anymore, at most it is to provoke the Shi clan to fight, and he mediates in the middle to take advantage. In this way, the Shi clan will not think that she was ordered by Liu Rong, but that she was instructed by the Liu family.

For the sake of the Liu family, push out other families to be scapegoats!

In this way, how can Donghu Liu explain to other people?

That can only be explained by Liu Ruowo!

How could Liu Ruoye let his younger brother fall into such a fate? So she passed out again and again, woke up again and again, but she said nothing and refused to confess according to Liu Rong's instructions!

This evening...... Maybe it's daylight outside? The cell she was arranged in Yongxiang was built underground, and she couldn't tell the difference between day and night.

Liu Ruoye lay on the hay and thought of death in a daze - but whether Zheng Cuiye was in the Liu family's Zhuangzi or Liu Ruowo's Zhuangzi in this room, she died, how could Liu Ruowo clean himself?

At this moment, a slight sound of footsteps attracted her attention.

Is it time to be arraigned again?

Thinking of the endless torture methods of those palace people who were five big and three coarse, Liu Ruoye's body couldn't help but tremble!

"Miss Eleven." Sure enough, the person stopped outside the cell door and called softly.

Liu Ruoye heard the thunder, and didn't know where the strength came from, so he got up, struggled to the side of the cell door, grabbed the fence, and said in a lost voice: "What are you calling me?!" At this moment, she didn't expect how ashamed others would be when they looked at her after it was revealed that she was the eleventh miss of the Liu family, but - how would Ruowo explain to the clan?!

Outside the fence was a palace maid with raw eyes, as stout and vulgar as the other palace maids here, but the indifferent look in a pair of small eyes seemed different from ordinary palace maids, looking at her gaze, Liu Ruoye suddenly thought of something, and blurted out: "You are ...... Men of the Warriors? ”

"Twenty-three masters, let me bring you a word." The palace maid didn't answer her words directly, but it was equivalent to admitting it.

Hope suddenly rose in Liu Ruoye's heart, and she tried to suppress her ecstasy: "You say! ”

On the upper floor of the cell where Liu Ruoye was held, at the entrance of the Yongxiang Women's Prison, was a room used for the palace guards to rest or change shifts.

Several fierce palace people in front of the female prisoner were flattering a gray-clothed palace maid with a smile on their faces: "Auntie, what is your identity?" In this pickled place, where do you dare to come to your aunt in person? If you have any orders, just send someone to tell me, and the slaves and maidservants will make sure that you are in order!" ”

It was a few months ago, and maybe they wouldn't have been so attentive.

But since Concubine Shan was deprived of a male fetus, she didn't dare to say anything, and the concubines in these six palaces were all very well-behaved, and those who were palace people didn't dare not be low.

"I'm here on the orders of my mother." They are sensible, and Qiu Baoniang is also pleasant.

She had fallen from the steps before, but the letter written by the Liu family forced Liu Ruowo to be brought to Yongxiang, and more than half a month had passed since Zheng Cuiye's death.

At this moment, she imagined Liu Ruoye's pain and panic in the prison at her feet, holding the shelf of the most faceful aunt in front of the queen, and said with a light smile in the flattering eyes of the palace people, "The Liu family who was locked in more than half a month ago, how are these days?" ”

"According to General Liu's orders, the slaves and maids are interrogating her every day! Even if General Liu said that she had to keep her life, the slaves and maids did not dare to kill her. A palace man said busily.

"Did she recruit then?" Qiu Baoniang raised her eyebrows and asked.

"This ......" The palace people all showed a hint of nervousness - couldn't they get the confession that General Liu wanted, and the queen mother was impatient, so she sent this Qiu aunt to urge?

Qiu Baoniang groaned: "Her bones are so hard? ”

"Slaves are incompetent!" Hearing the dissatisfaction in her words, the palace people hurriedly pleaded guilty, and secretly prayed that Queen Qiu would be merciful and not embarrass them.

"That's it." Qiu Baoniang was silent for a moment, and when the palace people were already full of apprehension, she said lightly, "She is even more suspicious - ordinary people have such hard bones?" ”

"Aunt is wise......" The palace people hurriedly wanted to flatter a few words, but before they could say a word, they were interrupted by Qiu Baoniang: "No matter how hard the bones are, it is impossible to have no flaws, these days, she has not shown flaws?" ”

The palace people hesitated: "She...... Say nothing. ”

This is the best way to refuse to confess, and that is not to say a word.

After all, it is always difficult for people to think through in situations of extreme fatigue and serious injuries, even if it is deliberate nonsense, in the eyes of torture experts, clues can also be found.

A person like Liu Ruoye, whose identity is a big secret, simply doesn't say a word, and it is easy for an interrogator who doesn't know her identity to think elsewhere.

Qiu Baoniang was very satisfied with Liu Ruoye's perseverance: "If she really tells her identity, she will also live if she says it." Others don't mention it, Queen Qiu and Sun Mo, no matter how stupid they are, they can think of me. ”

"That's it, since I'm here, then go down......" Qiu Baoniang was only halfway through her words, when she suddenly heard a terrible howl, as if coming from the ground!

"If you estimate the time, the palace man who received a hint when I came in just now should have told her about the same thing and showed her Liu Ruowo's token...... Gee! This shout actually penetrated the ground, and her mood at the moment was ...... Will it be similar to my mother's deathbed? Qiu Baoniang knew it in her heart, but asked, "What's going on?!" ”

The palace people were sweating profusely, and one of the palace people hurriedly said: "Auntie, don't be surprised, I want to think about which female prisoner who doesn't have long eyes, she has been whipped a few times during the day, and now she is going crazy!" Slave and maid, go down and see! ”

"Don't rush down just yet." Qiu Baoniang said casually, "Since it's not a big deal, then let her shout, and it's not too late to teach her a lesson after she finishes shouting-I won't stay here for long, and I will have to go back to serve Niangniang in a while, when I get to a place like yours, how can I get to Niangniang without bathing and changing clothes?" ”

Some disgusted people dusted off their clothes-although she said that she was reprimanded as an unclean place in front of her, none of the people in the surrounding palace showed anger, and they all laughed and apologized.

"You continue to talk about the situation of the Liu family, Your Majesty can't get away now, and so is General Zheng, and this matter has to be resolved by Niangniang now...... Even if you can't see the severity of the matter, you should have heard a little bit of gossip these days. Qiu Baoniang said very calmly, "In short, we must let this Liu speak!" ”