Why mess with her? Even the emperor has to pamper her.

What Yun Chuwei wanted to say was interrupted by the sudden arrival of a carriage.

She simply stopped talking and looked at the carriage.

This carriage was exactly the one Xie Xuan used to take her home yesterday, so she naturally wouldn't make a mistake.

Sure enough, the door opened and Xie Xuan got out of the carriage.

He was still dressed in crescent-white brocade clothes, with an extraordinary temperament.

Yun Chuwei raised his eyebrows slightly.

She didn't expect that Xie Xuan would come as well.

Lord Xu obviously did not treat Xie Xuan as enthusiastically as he treated Yun Chuwei.

He saluted towards Xie Xuan, and then said perfunctorily: "Your Highness Prince Xuan, I am sorry for not welcoming you from afar. I am so disrespectful!"

Xie Xuan glanced at him and said coldly, "I have come here so many times, but I saw you at the door for the first time. I am afraid Lord Xu is not here to welcome me, right?"

Lord Xu was a little embarrassed, and he coughed lightly and said, "Miss Yun is the future Princess Xuan. Isn't it also a sign of respect for the Xuan Palace to go to the door to greet Miss Yun?"

Xie Xuan raised his eyes and glanced at Yun Chuwei, with a barely perceptible gloom in his deep eyes.

Princess Xuan? Would she care?

Yun Chuwei avoided Xie Xuan's gaze. She turned to Lord Xu and changed the topic back to the original purpose.

"Master Xu, should we go to the prison cell first?"

After hearing this, Lord Xu immediately nodded in agreement.

"Your Highness Prince Xuan, I need to take Miss Yun to the prison to see the Third Young Master of the Yun Family. I will excuse myself now!"

Xie Xuan said: "I'll go with you."

Hearing this, Yun Chuwei and Lord Xu looked at Xie Xuan in surprise.

Xie Xuan explained calmly, "There are several cases in the Dali Temple that seem to be related to the bodies that were later found."

Yun Chu was slightly surprised: "Besides Taoist Priest Ji Wu, have you found other victims?"

Lord Xu nodded quickly and said, "I haven't had time to tell you about this yet. In that lake, we found a total of four large earthenware jars, and inside each of them was..."

Lord Xu fell silent when he reached this point.

But he knew that Yun Chuwei should have understood.

Yun Chuwei didn't expect that there would be four victims in that place.

She didn't know what to say for a moment.

Lord Xu spoke first: "Let's go to the cell first!"

Yun Chu nodded slightly, then followed Lord Xu inside.

Along the way, Yun Chuwei kept his head down.

Xie Xuan walked beside her, glancing at her from time to time. Seeing that she kept her head down in thought, he wanted to ask her what she was thinking about.

When the words came to my lips, I swallowed them back.

Suddenly, the prisoner on Yun Chuwei's side stretched out his hand and grabbed Yun Chuwei.

Xie Xuan didn't have time to think about it, he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him.

Yun Chu was caught off guard and bumped into Xie Xuan's arms.

She raised her eyes and looked at Xie Xuan who was so close to her with some confusion.

Xie Xuan let her go and took a step back: "Be careful of those prisoners."

Yun Chu turned his head slightly and saw that the prisoner stretched out his hand, trying to grab him.

She turned around and smiled at Xie Xuan: "Thank you."

Xie Xuan was distracted for a moment when he saw her star-like smile.

"No need." He said hastily and walked forward.

After taking two steps, he turned back and said, "Don't be distracted while walking."

Yun Chu pursed her lips slightly. She actually didn’t want to be distracted.

Just by thinking of a certain possibility, she felt that she might have taken a very bad path in her previous life.

-

The three of them soon met Yun Qianming.

At this time, Yun Qianming was tied to the rack, his body covered in blood, obviously he had been tortured.

A closer look revealed that his body was covered in tatters of flesh, and not a single spot was intact.

Yun Chu whispered to Lord Xu: "Is it so harsh?"

Lord Xu also replied in a low voice: "This is your mother's wish, we must follow it."

Yun Chuwei coughed lightly: "Are you sure you didn't misunderstand what my mother meant?"

It didn’t matter to her how Yun Qianming was beaten.

She was afraid that He Ning would feel sad if he saw it.

"Although the prison in Jingzhao Prefecture is not as good as the imperial prison, it is no joke. The wife of the Marquis's Mansion is naturally aware of this. Since she gave such an order, she must have anticipated the situation of the Third Young Master!"

Yun Chu pursed his lips slightly and said nothing more.

At this time, Yun Qianming suddenly opened his eyes.

He looked at Yun Chuwei, his eyes full of hatred.

"Yun Chuwei, how dare you appear here?"

Before Yun Chuwei and Lord Xu could talk, the jailer walked over and slapped Yun Qianming.

"How did you talk to Miss Yun? You are rebelling!"

Yun Chuwei: ...

She didn't expect how these jailers could protect her.

Lord Xu gave the jailer an approving look, and then said to Yun Chuwei: "I have already told the people in Jingzhao Prefecture that anyone who dares to disrespect you is insulting our Jingzhao Prefecture and must not be let off!"

“Hehe…” Yun Chu smiled awkwardly, “Master Xu is really… too polite!”

Xie Xuan glanced at Lord Xu and said coldly, "Lord Xu is quite good at flattering others!"

After hearing this, Lord Xu said seriously, "Your Highness, Prince Xuan, what are you talking about? I am showing respect! Do you understand respect? How come it becomes flattery when it comes to your Highness?"

Xie Xuan squinted at Lord Xu and said, "I heard that someone wrote a memorial saying that the only one worthy of respect is Your Majesty!"

Mr. Xu: ...

-

Yun Qianming was slapped hard in the face and finally learned his lesson.

He just stared at Yun Chuwei and stopped talking.

Yun Chuwei ignored his gaze and spoke slowly: "Yun Qianming, I came here to ask you a question. Who did you collude with to deal with me?"

Yun Qianming sneered: "Lian'er came to see me last night. She said that you instigated my mother to transfer all my property to you, and also instigated my mother to reduce my monthly salary to one tael. The injuries I have now are all caused by you. You still want me to answer your questions, you are just dreaming!"

After hearing this, the jailer standing next to Yun Qianming wanted to take action again.

Yun Chuwei stretched out his hand and stopped the jailer.

The corners of her mouth curled up, and she said slowly: "I can do it myself!"

After saying that, she took out a large sharp hook from the torture instruments on the wall.

She came in front of Yun Qianming with a sharp hook and tapped his palm repeatedly.

Yun Qianming's eyes widened in shock: "Yun Chuwei, what do you want to do?"

Yun Chuwei smiled and said slowly, "You only have some superficial injuries. It looks scary, but actually they have shown mercy! They didn't use many torture instruments, such as this. Do you know what this is?"

Yun Chuwei showed the sharp iron hook to Yun Qianming.

Yun Qianming looked at the sharp hook with fear in his eyes.

Yun Chuwei explained: "This is what butchers use to hook the pig's neck and drain the blood when they kill pigs. In prison, it can pierce the scapula. I heard it hurts a lot, I don't know if it's true or not. Why don't you try it too!"