Chapter 24: Trade-offs

It's been five days, and in the dark cell, Chen Jiaojiao hasn't seen anyone.

She seems to be locked up in solitary confinement, with no other prisoners and no chance to see Satsuki.

I don't know how he is.

She hugged her legs and curled up in the corner, her worries growing day by day, and when she closed her eyes, her mind was full of him.

They didn't treat her badly, and the food they sent was good, and she hardly touched it.

The door creaked open, and she jerked her head up to see who was coming.

He Shuming looked down at her through the iron railing, the window behind him sprinkled white light, and he could still see her red eyes, tears and aggrieved looks, which made him wonder if it was her.

But His Majesty has already made a decision.

As soon as he woke up, he had to tell him about it.

"Chen Jiaojiao, from now on, you must not take half a step out of the Changhuan Palace."

The decision to imprison her in the Changhuan Hall was so scary that he even suspected that he had misheard the orders of the person in the bed.

Chen Jiaojiao's confused pupils focused at this time, and she stood up and ran to the iron railing, "Is Your Majesty awake?" ”

She didn't ask about any of her punishments, her voice soft as if pleading.

He Shuming looked at her for a while and didn't answer, "Take it away." ”

He didn't send her, and a few little guys sent her back.

Outside the cell, the two diverged left and right, and Chen Jiaojiao kept looking back, hoping to get a little bit of news about him.

But He Shuming quickly disappeared at the end of the road, and she had to be pushed and stumbled into the Changhuan Palace.

The door closed in front of my eyes, and there were soldiers guarding the door, and there were people patrolling back and forth.

Chen Jiaojiao wiped away her tears and barely calmed down.

He should be fine, he must be fine if he goes to the palace step by step along the way.

The earth dragon in the room was open, she didn't feel the cold, and the temple was peaceful and quiet as if nothing had happened.

Curled up on the bed, Chen Jiaojiao bit her lip and silently shed tears.

"Your Highness!"

The door was pushed open again, and Satsuki was pushed in.

"Satsuki!"

There were marks of being beaten on her body, and the whip marks on her back were bloody, but the injuries were not serious.

Grizzled, with messy hair, frightened.

Chen Jiaojiao hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, Xiaoyue cried and trembled, dodging her hand and kowtowing heavily to the ground.

"Your Highness, the slave and maid don't! The slave really didn't poison it, and the slave really didn't know what the flower was. When I loaded my purse that day, the slave really didn't put that kind of flower. Your Highness, I beg you to believe in the slaves! ”

Chen Jiaojiao looked at her for a while, and then she broke her forehead before squatting down to stop her.

Xiaoyue grew up with the two of her, she never lied since she was a child, and every time she asked her to lie to her mother, she didn't know where to look, and she stammered and couldn't even say everything.

It really wasn't what she did.

Chen Jiaojiao stretched out her hand to pull her up and sat down at the table by herself, "It's not you, it's not me, who will it be?" ”

"Your Highness, the purse was filled by the slave maid herself, and it didn't go through anyone's hands, Your Highness. If you explain it to Your Majesty, will Your Majesty believe it? ”

Xiao Yue still had hope and did not kill them, but was imprisoned here, which shows that His Majesty still has a heart for His Royal Highness.

Chen Jiaojiao shook her head in a daze, and she only thought about it after Xiao Yue said it, "I guess, Your Majesty won't believe it's me." Because I'm stupid, he's sure I don't know that flower. ”

She forced a smile, now only worried about his body and who had done it.

The two were relatively silent, and soon the door was pushed open again and dinner was served.

The dinner was not difficult, it was sumptuous.

Chen Jiaojiao watched them bring the dishes to the table, and couldn't help but turn around and shed tears.

Whether he is good or not, whether he believes her or not, so why can't he come to meet her.

"Your Highness, eat a little bit, you have to pay attention to your body."

Xiaoyue put vegetables in her bowl, Chen Jiaojiao shook her head and put down her chopsticks, she really couldn't eat it.

Told Xiaoyue to eat more, and sat on the soft collapse and looked out.

The silver moonlight sprinkled down, and she sat for a long time in her heart, and she was not sleepy.

The guards outside were exchanging, and it was supposed to be time, and there was silence all around.

She rubbed her fingertips, and when she turned her head, she saw a black figure hiding behind the bookshelf in front of her.

As soon as she was about to scream, the black shadow rushed to her, "Sister, don't scream, it's me!" ”

"Far away, Ze?"

He removed his black hat, revealing a familiar face, nodded, and motioned for her not to scream again.

Chen Jiaojiao squinted, and now she didn't know how to face him.

She glanced out, blew out the lamp in front of her, and pulled him to the bed.

"What are you here to do? Didn't I tell you that I couldn't find the Golden Seal and gave up? ”

The cute brother who grew up, she was reluctant to push him into this pit, even then she still hoped that he would be well.

"Sister, don't blame, I'm here to make sure of one thing. The Golden Seal is really not in His Majesty's hands, and he has been poisoned, so now is the best time for me to do it. ”

"You, how do you know he's poisoned?"

Chen Jiaojiao pressed his shoulders and pressed him to the side of the bed, looking down at him, not missing any expression on his face.

Chen Yuanze smiled and looked away.

Since he was a child, he was actually afraid of Chen Jiaojiao, and his mother often said that she wanted to please her, and she was the biggest in the palace, so she has always been a high existence in his heart.

In front of her, he never told a full lie.

Chen Jiaojiao also saw his weakness and panic, and her face sank suddenly. Pull out the bracelet from his wrist and aim it at his neck, forcing him to look up.

"I ask again, how do you know?"

Her eyes were cold, as if she would really kill him, Chen Yuanze gritted his teeth in frustration, "Poison, that poison, I ordered it." ”

The silver bracelet reflected the moonlight, and the white light flashed, and the face ached.

Chen Yuanze touched it in a daze, but he touched a hand of blood.

"Sister, sister?"

"Don't scream, there's someone outside."

Chen Jiaojiao pressed back against his neck and slashed at his right cheek again. There is no half-heartedness.

Chen Yuanze whispered in pain, but he didn't dare to speak loudly, and stared at her with red eyes.

"He vomited so much blood, you only shed so much, you earned."

"Sister!"

"I don't have a brother like you. You poisoned my palace, have you considered me, and you still have the face to call me sister. ”

"Sister, the great cause requires sacrifice! Don't you see that he was poisoned to death, and soon I will be the emperor, and you will still be the eldest princess by then, isn't it? ”

His eyes went crazy, and the scratches on his face were bleeding downward, like a terrible ghost crawling up from hell.

Chen Jiaojiao let go of her hand, took a few steps back, and kept shaking her head.

He is not Chen Yuanze, not a younger brother, not a good friend, he is completely crazy now.

Is the throne really that tempting?

Father, mother, brother, can only bow down in front of it?

"Get out! Never come back, or I'll kill you right away. ”

She still couldn't hand him over in person, Chen Jiaojiao closed her eyes and turned her back, and heard the hurried footsteps behind her.

Tears were choked in her eyes, and she sat tremblingly on the table beside her.