Clang, the gates of the dungeon opened.

Gu Zhou stopped and walked in, a narrow and deep passage, dim light, and a decaying breath.

This is the strictest prison in Daqi, it is not easy to get in, and it is even more difficult to get out.

Xiao Wang was locked up in the deepest part of the prison.

He's been in this place for an unknown amount of time.

He ate hard cakes that could not be bitten, drank rice soup that could illuminate the shadows of people, slept on rotten and damp straw, and no one spoke to him or took care of him.

There is no light of day, no time passes.

Xiao Wang felt that if he stayed any longer, he would go crazy.

But is there any hope for him to get out of here?

The person in charge of investigating the case is Gu Zhouzhu of Dali Temple, Gu Zhouzhu already hates him, don't think he can't see it, Gu Zhouzhu is happy with Nan Yu, and always stares at Nan Yu with affectionate eyes in the corner where no one is paying attention.

Especially after he married Qin Siyue as the crown princess, Gu Zhouzhu's opinion of him was even greater.

thinks he's sorry for Nan Yu, and every time he sees him, he throws his face to show him.

After Xiao Yan came back, Gu Zhouzhu and Ji Yunchen stood on the opposite side of him, assisting Xiao Yan, and wanted to pull him down from the position of prince.

Today, they have succeeded.

They finally pulled him off his horse and pushed him into the abyss, from which he could never recover.

There is no hope, Gu Zhouzhu can't let him walk out from here, unless he goes out lying down.

The more Xiao Wang thought about it, the more he hated, and the more he thought about it, the more desperate he became.

It's all Sun Qingwan, a damn woman, who is hiding from him and plotting against him, if he could have known about it......

If he had known earlier, he would have planned it, and it would not be like this, full of loopholes, and easily recognized.

Xiao Wang slammed his fist on the ground, pulling the iron chains on his body, making a loud noise.

There was the sound of footsteps.

Xiao Wang narrowed his eyes and followed the prestige.

A red official robe appeared in front of him.

Going up along the official robe, there is a handsome face as jade, indifferent.

It's Gu Zhou.

Xiao Wang's hands trembled, did Gu Zhouzhu come to end his life?

"Open." Gu Zhou stopped.

The jailer stepped forward and unlocked the iron lock of the cell door.

Gu Zhouzhu took the wine jug from Mo Yu's hand and bowed down into the prison.

Xiao Wang stared at the wine jug in Gu Zhou's hand, his face turned pale, he really came to see him on his way.

Gu Zhou stopped and looked at him condescendingly, and put the wine jug in front of him.

"Please drink it, Baicuilou's twenty-year-old daughter Hong, I'm afraid you won't have a chance to drink it in the future."

Xiao Wang smiled miserably: "Are you very happy that I have fallen into such a field today?" ”

Gu Zhou stopped and sneered: "What is there to be happy about?" You don't deserve my schadenfreude yet. ”

"But you watched from the wall, watching me doom, like a cat playing with mice, watching the mouse fall into a trap and struggle in vain, is there a kind of fun in controlling the life and death of others?"

"Xiao Wang, who has you complained about to this day? Don't say that you didn't doubt your mother's death, you didn't doubt the tragedy in Gubei, but you didn't do anything, you were immersed in the joy of being a prince, and then you only thought about how to sit firmly on your crown prince. Don't say that when you walked out of the Yongshou Palace, you didn't suspect that Sun Qingwan had done something in the Yongshou Palace, you had a chance, but the power confused your heart, and you chose to pretend to be confused and innocent. ”

"You're spewing blood." Xiao Wang said angrily.

Gu Zhouzhu sneered: "What kind of person are you, I know best, since you and Nan Yu got married, I began to observe you, you are so selfish, Nan Yu has done so much for you, and you have worked hard to put you in a place where everyone can see, and you, with peace of mind, take all the credit on yourself, enjoy all the praise, and not mention the person who has worked hard for you." ”

"After the Gubei fiasco, even if you mention to me and Ji Yunchen whether there is a problem with Gubei, we will continue to stand on your side and continue to help you for Nan Yu, but you don't, at that time, you were busy trying to be the prince."

"Do you think that if there is no heroism of the Shangguan family, which makes the Manchu Dynasty civil and military feel embarrassed, and can't say the word opposition, do you deserve this prince? Xiao Wang, you are a person who remembers food and does not remember gratitude, unkind, incorruptible and shameful. ”

"It's not what you think." Xiao Wang muttered, with a crying tone.

"Who said that I didn't doubt the fiasco of Gubei, I know that if there is a problem here, it must be a big problem, and only when I become the prince can I have the power and ability to investigate."

"Have you checked it then?" Gu Zhou stopped and asked sharply.

"I checked, but I can't find it."

"So, you gave up early? Peace of mind when you are the crown prince? Gu Zhou stopped sneering: "Xiao Wang, although you often lie, you are really not good at lying, how many people are there around you who can be used?" Have it? Who did you call to check? God or Ghost? You didn't even think about checking it, and you didn't dare to mention it, because it was the pain in the emperor's heart, and the pain that no one wanted to mention, so you avoided this matter, and now you tell me that you checked, you come and tell me, who did you ask to check, and how to check. ”

In the face of Gu Zhou's aggressiveness, Xiao Wang's momentum completely weakened.

Gu Zhou's eyes were like torches, and he couldn't hide anything from him.

"Yes, it's me who is sorry for Nan Yu, but on the matter, I didn't participate in the rebellion."

Gu Zhou stopped: "Indeed, you have this ambition but you don't have the guts, even if you guess it, you will only pretend to be confused, if you succeed, you will sit back and enjoy the success, and if you fail, it has nothing to do with you, you are sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai." But you should know that once Sun Qingwan is defeated, you will be implicated. ”

Xiao Wang glanced at the wine jug on the ground, all thoughts were lost, and muttered, "Is the final conclusion to give poisoned wine?" ”

"The emperor has decreed that you will be demoted to a commoner, exiled to Yongzhou, and you will not be allowed to return to the dynasty in this life."

Xiao Wang couldn't believe it, and looked at Gu Zhou.

Father spared him from dying?

Gu Zhou didn't fall into the well?

"After that, let's do it ourselves!" Gu Zhou stopped not wanting to look at him any more, and brushed his sleeves away.

Although Xiao Wang escaped death, he was demoted to a commoner and exiled to Yongzhou, and from then on he could only watch another person become the prince and inherit the throne in a distant barren land, and from then on every day and night would be spent in remorse and unwillingness.

Such a punishment is more heart-wrenching and more difficult than a pot of poisoned wine.

It's also deserved.

The cell door was closed again, the footsteps were gone, and the silence in the prison was restored.

Xiao Wang's trembling hand picked up the wine jug, took a sip, raised his head and laughed, laughing and laughing, and the laughter turned into a whimper.

He does not have to die, but he will live to suffer.

He became a commoner, an exiled commoner, father, you are so ruthless.

A pot of wine was exhausted, Xiao Wang didn't know whether he was tired of crying or drunk, he fell asleep in a daze holding the wine jug, and in a daze, he seemed to see Nan Yu again, dressed in red, heroic, galloping on a horse, smiling at him, laughing like a bell.

He called her happily, Nan Yu......

He reached out to take her hand.

Who knew that Nan Yu raised his whip, and with a coquettish sound, it was a horse galloping past him.

His hands froze in mid-air.

He looked back and saw three figures walking side by side, gradually moving away.

Xiao Wang in the cell muttered: Don't go......

A tear slipped from the corner of his eye.