After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

Tick ​​tock—tick tock—tick tock—

The water drops fell to the floor, making a wet sound that rang clearly in my ears.

The pain all over her body came at once, and Wan Ning barely regained some consciousness in a daze. Her neck was so heavy that she couldn't move. Her lips were dry, and the slightest movement would cause another wound; her eyelids also became extremely weak, and she could only barely open them a little with all her strength. It was pitch black all around, with only a few faint candlelights in the distance, but she could no longer see that far.

She simply closed her eyes and used her ears to listen to the sounds around her, but unfortunately, apart from the regular sound of water drops hitting the floor, there was only the sound of her own breathing. She lowered her head and subconsciously wanted to reach out and rub her extremely sore shoulders, but was stopped by the dull sound of the iron chain hitting, so she had to give up.

"Hey, you're almost awake, let me help you." A rough and fierce voice came from the front. Wan Ning raised her head with difficulty but could only see a strong black shadow appearing in front of her. She didn't expect that all the water that person had scooped out would be poured on her face. The moment it touched her skin, the cold feeling completely woke her up from the last bit of confusion.

Only then did she see clearly that she was in a secret room, and the person in front of her was someone she had never seen before - a bald man with a face full of flesh, and an extremely fat body. When he stood in front of her, he almost blocked all her sight. Looking back at herself, she was soaking wet and shivering, with water drops falling from her hair, and her hands were tied with iron chains and could not move.

"Now that you're awake, confess as soon as possible to avoid physical pain!" The man turned around, picked up the whip, stood in front of Wen Ning, and threatened viciously.

"I... don't know anything," Wan Ning shivered from the cold, her voice intermittent, "What do you want me to... confess?"

"You still dare to be stubborn at this time. I tell you that once you come to this water prison, you will never get out safely."

Wan Ning looked to the side and saw a pool full of water. In the middle of the pool was a windmill-shaped wooden stake, which gave off a chill. The man had very little patience. Before Wan Ning could even open her mouth, he whipped her several times, causing her legs to instantly feel a burning pain.

It was because of that man's whipping and walking that Wan Ning was able to see the emperor behind him lying comfortably in the distance, as if watching a play. As for the queen mother, she had long disappeared.

Wan Ning suddenly sneered and shouted to the retired emperor who was watching the show from the side: "What do you want to know? As the retired emperor, you actually set up your own criminal law and personally supervised the interrogation. Humph, what are you afraid of?"

The man wielding the whip stopped and looked back to see how the emperor reacted. But this provocation did not work on the emperor. He sat there quietly without changing his expression, drinking tea calmly, and never even raised his eyes to look at her. In his eyes, she was just like an ant. The man seemed to get some kind of affirmation from seeing this, and turned around and whipped Wan Ning again. The piercing pain made her scream loudly, until a few minutes later she had no strength to speak anymore, and she hung her head and endured it silently.

"Did you kill any animals during the autumn hunt last time?" the emperor behind him suddenly asked. The sturdy man seemed to have received instructions, put away the whip, stood aside and gave his attention to the emperor.

"Sometimes the animals we just caught are very strong, stubborn and like to charge around. Do you know what to do at this time? Rather than killing them with one sword, I prefer to give them a severe lesson so that they will be obedient. If they don't listen, I will hand them over to the people below to deal with them." The emperor had already stood up and walked slowly to Wan Ning, looking her up and down at her miserable condition as if he was admiring his prey, and told this story calmly.

It turned out that in his eyes, Wan Ning had always been a captured animal. If she still had the strength to say more, she would definitely say, "The most important thing for a person is to know the current situation. If you want to say something, just ask directly. There is no need to do this." But she didn't have so much strength now, and could only weakly say word by word: "Old pervert."

Seeing that the emperor was not as angry as expected, Wan Ning asked hoarsely, "What do you want to know? Ask it now. If you die later, you won't be able to tell it anymore."

The emperor sneered: "You can still say so much, I guess you still have a long life ahead of you!"

"Thank you for your good wishes," Wan Ning replied with a sneer.

"Who sent you to the palace pretending to be a princess?" The emperor no longer hid the truth.

"No one. I'm just an innocent passerby. I was brought to Prince Qi's mansion for no apparent reason. Then everyone told me that I was Princess Le Yan, so I really can't say who sent me to pretend to be her." Wan Ning raised her head and looked into the eyes of the retired emperor, and added, "Oh, by the way, you said that too. Maybe you were one of the people who sent me to the palace."

"Are you still being stubborn?" the emperor asked.

"I do not know."

"You still dare to quibble when the time comes. You will never give up!" The retired emperor said with a face full of impatience.

"I said the same thing even when I got to Naihe Bridge. This is the truth. If someone really sent me to pretend to be a princess, I would have been told about the court etiquette and the princess's living habits. Wouldn't it be easy to be exposed?" Wan Ning paused for a moment, then suddenly stared at him and asked, "Since the emperor has a candidate in mind, why did he come to me for confirmation?"

As soon as these words came out, the emperor suddenly became furious as if he had been stabbed. He turned around and snatched the whip from the person next to him and angrily whipped her. The pain in her body made her unable to think. She only felt that the man in front of her was so hateful and so crazy. She remembered the first time she met him in Prince Qi's mansion. At that time, he was so kind and friendly. His conversation with Prince Qi in the backyard of the mansion was full of love, but now it seems that it was all a disguise.

"I knew you were pretending before I even met you. How could such a stupid master be worthy of your loyalty?" the emperor said sarcastically.

"I don't have a master!" Wan Ning still insisted on her answer. "Since you insist that I have one, why don't you just tell me the name and I'll answer yes or no. How about that? True or false questions are easier to answer than fill-in-the-blank questions."

The emperor remained silent. He walked to Wan Ning, brushed away her messy hair, lifted her chin to reveal her face completely, and murmured to himself, "It's really hard for him to find someone who looks so similar! I'll let you go today and give you one night to think it over. It won't be so easy tomorrow."

After that, the emperor let go of his hand and asked the strong man beside him to leave together. Wan Ning immediately relaxed. Although she was still tied to the pillar with iron chains, she got a moment of peace and thinking.

Dark, terrified, unable to move, Wan Ning shouted hoarsely: "Help", but the only response she got was silence. At this moment, she no longer fantasized about a savior coming down from the sky, and secretly planned how to save herself tomorrow. Wan Ning thought that the emperor was so extreme in wanting to know who was the mastermind behind the scenes, and he probably already had the answer in his mind, and just wanted to prove that his answer was correct.

But who is this person?

After thinking all night, Wan Ning already had a rough answer. Now she just needed to get it verified from the emperor. She was even looking forward to the interrogation starting earlier so that she could escape earlier.