My stepmother is here, all the rebellious sons and evildoers should kneel down!

Not to mention the military camp, after the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince had a discussion with Qiqi, a false letter was sent out, and the entire army postponed its departure time until noon.

Back in the prison, Lu Zhanyao suffered a lot. His head was covered with dirt and he huddled in a corner full of cockroaches in a trance.

Lord Yu has hanged himself.

Lu Zhanyao felt that he had no hope. He was also a scholar and could not stand such torture. He would be completely ruined.

In addition, all the prisoners in the Sky Prison are on death row.

Today this one is dragged out and beheaded, tomorrow that one is taken out and never sent back...

Lu Zhanyao was terrified, not knowing how long he could live. He dared not sleep at night and shivered during the day. When he thought of his past good days, he felt as if they were a lifetime ago.

"Wen Qiqi! You killed me, Lu Zhanyao! If one day I can get out of this prison, even if it means we have to fight to the death, I, Lu Zhanyao, will tear you into pieces and the entire Wen family will be wiped out before I can vent my hatred!"

Lu Zhanyao gritted his teeth, carved the three words "Wen Qiqi" on the wall of the sky prison, and then drew a cross!

This is the most vicious way for someone in the Heavenly Prison to curse someone outside.

Names with crosses on them can be seen everywhere on the walls of the prison!

Of course, most of the people who carved the words have gone to the underworld to meet the King of Hell, and the manager has also clearly warned that anyone who carves words on the wall again will be punished with fifty strokes of the cane!

Fifty lashes of the cane are enough to beat a person to death, but the prisoners in the prison are all on death row, so beating them to death is not a big deal.

Lu Zhanyao had just carved the three words Wen Qiqi when he heard the voice of the steward outside: "Lu Zhanyao!"

He was so frightened that he immediately dropped the stone in his hand and hurriedly used his body to cover the three words he had just carved...

"Yes, yes, Lu Zhanyao is here."

The steward came in and looked at him coldly: "Come out!"

Suddenly, Lu Zhanyao felt a chill in his heart and his legs trembled like sieves.

Could it be that today is the day I die?

He had no choice but to move towards the thick wooden door of the prison...

The steward was disgusted by his desperate look, so he grabbed the collar of his prison uniform and dragged him forward: "Hurry up! Hurry up! I have a lot of things to do every day, and your family only gave me such a small amount of money, and you still want to see me..."

The family paid the money? Lu Zhanyao was shocked and asked the manager: "Isn't it a beheading?"

"no!"

There was turmoil in East City, and the Emperor was extremely anxious. He was waiting all day for news about the battle results of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Princes. He had no time to care about Lu Zhanyao's life or death, so he just locked him up in the Sky Prison for the time being.

Lu Zhanyao nodded tremblingly and followed the steward out of the cell.

At the end of the prison, there is a room. This room is where the prison manager usually eats. Normally, if there is an important person in charge of the prison, his family members will bring some silver and carefully negotiate with the manager so that they can see him.

Lu Zhanyao walked into the room and saw Lu Shengshi standing inside with Old Madam Lu.

"Mother... Shengshi!"

Lu Zhanyao was very sad. He had thought that he would be able to rise to prominence and be promoted step by step after coming to Beijing, but he never expected that Wen Qiqi took the opportunity of a divorce to bring him down and locked him up in a hellish place like Tianlao.

"Zhan Yao! My son!"

Madam Lu rushed over, hugged Lu Zhanyao and was about to burst into tears. Lu Shengshi quickly covered Madam Lu's mouth: "Mom, you are confused! The steward said that we can only talk for a short while! If you cry, I'm afraid they will drive us away!"

"Hey, hey...don't cry, don't cry! Zhan Yao, you've suffered so much!"

Madam Lu touched her precious son's face and burst into tears: "Thinking of our Lu Mansion, how magnificent it is! For so many years, mother has enjoyed wealth and splendor, but she didn't expect that in the end... Wen Qiqi is such a jinx! If I had known this, I should have let her get tetanus and die when she had a miscarriage!"

"Mom, what's the point of saying this!"

Lu Shengshi looked around and took out a letter from his arms.

"Brother, you must take a look at this when you get back!"

"it is good!"

Lu Zhanyao didn't bother to ask and just put the letter into his arms.

"Who gave it to me?"

"do not know."

Lu Shengshi whispered, "I don't know if it's true or not. My mother and I had already returned to the countryside. That day, someone found our old house... My mother and I thought that instead of waiting to die, we might as well fight to the death! So, my mother and I sold the good land in the countryside and collected fifty taels of silver. We spent ten taels on the way and gave thirty taels to the steward. That's when I saw you."

Lu Shengshi and Old Madam Lu had to keep the remaining ten taels for travel expenses.

Lu Zhanyao's eyes, which had been dim for many days, flashed with joy, and he nodded repeatedly: "Okay! If so, there is some hope. I can't die in this prison... I won't accept that!"

"Son, it's not you who should die, it's Wen Qiqi!"

Madam Lu frowned and said fiercely, "I have already consulted a master in the countryside to tell your fate. He said that you are not destined to die! If you can pass this test, you will be very successful in the future. The glory and wealth will still belong to our Lu family!"

The steward has already started to urge: "Hurry up, hurry up..."

Lu Zhanyao and his mother could only keep their conversation short.

"Mom...how are you doing back home? Xingcheng...why didn't you come to see me?"

"This……"

Madam Lu hesitated to speak.

Lu Zhanyao frowned: "Could it be that Xingcheng is in trouble?"

"It's Aunt Mei... Aunt Mei saw that you were hopeless now, and after returning to her hometown, she said that Xingcheng was not your flesh and blood! She took Xingcheng back to her parents' home a few days ago!"

"what?"

Lu Zhanyao couldn't believe his ears.

Mei'er has always been gentle and considerate. She is the most docile among his concubines. She is his first woman and also gave birth to the eldest grandson of the Lu family!

If he really liked Aunt Mei, Lu Zhanyao would definitely not have married Wen Qiqi and taken Aunt Mei as his second wife, doing his best to give her status and respect.

"I just went to jail and she's already acting like this! How could Xingcheng not be my son? Aunt Mei must have seen that I'm doomed. What nonsense!"

Lu Zhanyao was so angry that his teeth were clenched and his face turned pale!

Madam Lu grabbed her son's arm and said, "Zhan Yao, you need to be more sensible! If you can get out of this prison, no matter how many rooms you have, you can renew them!"

Lu Zhanyao understood.

After I got into trouble, I'm afraid the third and fourth wives have also fled.

As the saying goes, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter...

"Lu Zhanyao, stop wasting time! Go in, go in!" The steward came in, grabbed Lu Zhanyao's collar and left. Old Madam Lu cried heartbreakingly. After being persuaded by Lu Shengshi, she cursed Wen Qiqi for a bad death and left the prison crying.

After returning to the corner, Lu Zhanyao made sure that the steward had gone far away, and then he quickly unfolded the letter that Lu Shengshi had stuffed into his hand...

The letter was written in beautiful handwriting, and it read: "Lord Lu, don't worry about who I am, just know that I can save your life! Lord Yu is dead, and I am the only one in the court who can save you. Wen Qiqi sent you to the Heavenly Prison, and I can also make her stay in prison for the rest of her life... If Lord Lu is willing to listen to me, do as I say..."