[In the 71st year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, March 29, Sishi, Nan'an Pingsi Mingyue Cell]

After Mingyue confessed that she was the murderer, she stayed in the cell and waited quietly for death.

Although the cell was dim and cramped, and there was a pungent smell in the room, she was fortunately the only one who was being held. That Yang Wenyuan finally believed in his word, in the past two days, except for the people who delivered food and water, there was no guard to harass him.

Every day, every hour, every moment, Mingyue sat on the edge of the bed in a daze, thinking about all the past events in her mind.

She knew that her life had come to an end, and the remaining days were numbered, but she didn't feel much fear in her heart, but she felt a sense of relief.

If you die, you will die, what is the difference between living such a life and not?

Sometimes she was lying down, sometimes sitting, constantly thinking about the past in her heart, and she only felt that her fate was like the ash on the wall, and at a certain time, it was going to fall one after another, and after falling, the ash powder was destined to be treated as garbage, and after being swept away, it was poured into the dirtier and dirtier ground......

When she was a child, she was not treated well by her father, and since her mother died, her father had to support her younger brother because of the difficulty of making a living, and finally when she was fifteen years old, he sold her into Cuiyun Building.

She didn't know how her father and brother were doing, anyway, she had never seen her father come to see her in the past ten years.

At the beginning, she gritted her teeth with hatred for her father, and she wanted to stab a knife into his father's heart with her own hands. However, a few years later, in countless midnight dreams, she missed her father and brother, after all, she had no other relatives in the world.

However, even if she had forgiven her father in her heart, and was even willing to take out some powder money to make up for her father, her father never appeared in front of her eyes, as if her father had disappeared from the world......

Later, with her own appearance and hard work, more and more men liked her, doted on her, in order to win her a smile, and even did not hesitate to spend a lot of money, she also became the top brand of Cuiyun Building, however, what is the point of all this?

Even if she becomes the top brand in the entire Chang'an City, she is just a Qinglou woman.

She is smart and delicate, frivolous and indulgent, she wanders among countless men, among them, there is no lack of high-ranking officials and nobles, there is no lack of wealthy families, there is no lack of talented and famous, many people are willing to ransom her with money, some people are even willing to take out all his belongings, willing to stay with her until old age......

She laughed at these and never took them seriously.

She lives in a daze, she doesn't know what she lives for, she only knows that living day by day is a day, and being happy day by day is a day, and later, she can't even tell what kind of happiness is the real happiness.

She seems to be extremely smart, but she is always confused......

Until, she met "Jiaojiao".

In the dozen days and nights she spent with Jiaojiao, it was the happiest day of her life. In the Deyue Building, she swore to Jiaojiao, and under Jiaojiao's persuasion, she made up her mind to redeem herself, and from now on, the world is big, and she wants to live again!

If there was no death of King Han that night, she would have retrieved the deed of sale of the old bustard at this time, left Cuiyun Tower, and became a free body from then on, and she could live as she wanted.

However, fate played a joke on her again, just the night before she was about to leave, King Han died suddenly in Cuiyun Tower. And after he was arrested in Tsing Yiwei, he was designated as the "murderer" who killed King Han for no reason!

Kill a prince of Daqian, do you still have a way to live?

However, Mingyue sat on the edge of the bed, but she still couldn't figure it out in her heart.

In just one night, his fate has changed so incrediblely, why is all this?

Could it be that everything I have experienced is a life that God has predestined?

What is the difference between living such a life and never living it?

......

As she thought so, the cell door suddenly opened, and two men walked into the room.

She didn't notice it at first, but then she couldn't help but glance at the two men who were in her cell, laughing and talking as if she didn't exist.

"Isn't this the man I saw on the stairs of Deyue Tower that day?"

Mingyue immediately recognized Xu Ke in front of her, who happened to be the young man who was in Deyue Tower that day, and walked past them.

Mingyue really didn't expect that there would be such a coincidence in fate, I remember the night of King Han's accident, Jiaojiao came to her bedroom, and smiled with her to evaluate the three men she saw during the day. She still vividly remembers that Jiaojiao asked her why she didn't like one of the men, who was born more beautiful than other women, and she said that she didn't like the man who was so young, who looked like he was twenty or twenty at most, and could only be her brother......

At this moment, Xu Ke, who was "born to be more beautiful than their women" and "can only be her younger brother", was already sitting opposite her and asked lightly:

"You...... Is it 'Bright Moon'?"

"Yes!"

"'The bright moon is alone, leisurely according to my heart'...... Good name! Is this your real name?"

Mingyue shook her head and replied:

"This is the stage name that Mother Yang gave me, and the women of our Cuiyun Building, everyone has a stage name. ”

"That'...... What is your real name?" Xu Ke took a sip of tea and asked again.

"My lord, are you here to ask about the case?" Mingyue asked rhetorically.

"Yes!"

"In this case, Mingyue has already confessed, and the confession has also been drawn, so what is there to ask?"

"According to your meaning, Li Zuo, the king of Han, was killed by you?"

"Exactly!"

"Why did you kill King Han?"

"My lord, isn't it all written in the confession, why do you bother to ask?"

"I want to hear you say it again, if you feel wronged, you can tell this official today......"

In Mingyue's mind, she suddenly remembered the tragic situation after Scarlet Cloud was given the "Blue Character Five Claws" by the guards, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"Mingyue has no grievances, Mingyue just wants to die! My lord, you don't have to waste your lips and tongues anymore!"

“......”

For a while, in the cell, both of them were silent.

After a pause, Xu Ke said again:

"Miss Mingyue, the Son of Heaven has passed the holy decree to my Tsing Yiwei yesterday, and the verdict has been made on the case of King Han's murder, and the relevant people have been punished, do you know what kind of punishment you will be given?"

"It's nothing more than death, if this is my fate, Mingyue has nothing to say!"

"According to the emperor's will, after three days, you will be sentenced to 'Ling Chi'!"

"Ahh......h What the hell am I doing wrong? I ...... I ......"

I don't know how many ordinary people have been frightened by this capital punishment of Ling Chi's execution in the Great Qianguo since ancient times! Mingyue has lived in Qinglou for a long time, how can she not know about this kind of torture? Now that she heard Xu Ke say that this torture that has been difficult to inflict in a hundred years will be used on herself, how can she not be frightened in her heart, and when she said the back, she was almost speechless because of extreme fear.

I only heard Xu Ke sneer, and then said:

"Miss Mingyue, you actually only have two days left, and when it comes to three o'clock in the afternoon of the first day of April, you will be dragged to the entrance of the vegetable market and Ling Chi in public...... Execute!"