The regent is determined to get the daughter of a minor official.

Chu Musheng's expression was stern. "Why are you still standing there? Hurry and present it."

Sheng Er hurriedly handed the blood letter to Chu Musheng.

Chu Musheng unfolded the blood letter and saw a few crooked blood words written on it.

Not only is the handwriting untidy, but some of the characters are also missing some parts.

Chu Musheng looked for a long time before he realized that Xu Yuanyuan meant to push me down the stairs?

The prince's expression became confused. Who was Xu Yuanyuan?

"Li Si, who wrote the letter?"

Li Si's tiger body trembled.

"Your Highness, it was Miss Xu Keke whom you sent to the Ministry of Justice."

Chu Musheng crumpled the blood letter into a ball and held it tightly in his hand.

"Do you know what she meant by writing this blood letter?"

Li Si quickly shook his head.

"I don't know. I didn't dare to read the contents of the blood letter."

"Forget it, you go down first. This matter must not be made public."

Chu Musheng waved his hand.

"Sheng Er, send him out and you'll be rewarded with ten taels of gold."

"Yes."

Li Siru was pardoned, kowtowed and followed Sheng Er to receive the reward.

While feeling relieved, I was also secretly happy.

I thought it was a dangerous task, but I didn't expect that the prince not only did not blame me for presenting the bloody thing to him, but also rewarded me with ten taels of gold.

Ten taels of gold is equivalent to one hundred taels of silver, which is more than you can earn even if you work as a jailer in prison for your entire life.

The more he thought about it, the happier he became. Li Si felt his feet were light and he planned to go back and take better care of the two little girls.

As soon as Sheng Er sent Li Si away, he saw Nanny Wang from the mansion coming over.

This Nanny Wang is no ordinary person. She is the prince's wet nurse. Her status in the palace is second only to that of Chief Steward Yao, and she manages all the maids in the palace.

Sheng Er also had to be humble in front of her.

"Madam, you have to go out of the house on some errands. Would you like me to give you a ride?"

Nanny Wang was nearly fifty years old. She was dressed in a plain palace dress, her hair was neatly combed, and she had only a valuable white jade hairpin on her head.

Smile modestly and politely.

"Well, I'll have to trouble Master Sheng to accompany me."

"No, no, Madam, you can just call me Sheng Er. May I ask where you are going? I will go and prepare the carriage for you right away."

"Go to the Ministry of Justice Prison and pick up Miss Xu."

Sheng Er was shocked, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He quickly replied, "Yes, Ma'am, I'll prepare it right away."

Soon, the carriage was ready, and Sheng Er and Nanny Wang went to the Ministry of Justice prison together.

Sheng Er didn't dare to sit in the carriage with Nanny Wang, so he sat in the front seat with the coachman.

……

Prison Department of Punishment.

Xu Keke had just taken a short nap when she was awakened by a burst of wailing.

After exchanging a glance with Dingdang beside the bed, the master and servant ran to the iron fence at the same time to look outside.

After a while, several jailers were seen dragging a man who was beaten and bloody.

Xu Keke had never seen such a bloody scene before. She felt her stomach churning and she leaned over the toilet and vomited.

Dingdang quickly stepped forward and patted her back.

"Miss, don't be afraid. The man just had his fingers pinched and was beaten with a stick."

But the tragic scene still lingered in Xu Keke's mind, and her face turned pale.

He asked with a trembling voice.

"Dingdang, what other terrible punishments are there in this prison?"

Dingdang whispered with a hint of fear in her eyes.

"Miss, Dingdang heard that there are many tortures in the Ministry of Justice prison. It's better for you not to know about it, or you will have nightmares."

At this moment, another terrifying scream came from the distance.

It turned out that the jailer was using the "torture" on another prisoner. He placed the prisoner's fingers in the middle of a bamboo stick and tightened it hard, with all ten fingers connected to the heart. The prisoner almost fainted from the pain.

Xu Keke covered her ears, not daring to listen any further. She shrank into the corner, her heart filled with fear of an unknown fate.

"Dingdang, I don't want to be here. If I stay any longer, I'll really go crazy."

Dingdang held Xu Keke's hand and tears of heartache fell.

"Don't be afraid, miss. Dingdang is with you."

Dingdang knew that it was useless to comfort the young lady in this way, so she ran to the iron fence, imitated the young lady, grabbed the iron fence and started shouting.

"Let me out, let me out."

Dingdang also knew that shouting like that was useless.

but---

At least it can suppress the screams of the tortured prisoner, so the lady won't be afraid if she can't hear them.

"Let me out, let me out."

Dingdang kept shouting, and Xu Keke couldn't help but cry.

Who should I hate?

Who will protect me?

Who should I protect?

At this moment, Xu Keke thought a lot. The gears of fate always rolled forward mercilessly. If she did not resist, she would be bullied sooner or later.

Just like the original owner, just like the Xie family.

"Stop shouting, it's stopped over there."

Li Si walked over, and the burly man looked at Dingdang with soft and helpless eyes.

"You will be fine, don't be afraid."

Dingdang looked at him with tears in her eyes and spoke miserably.

"Really? But my young lady can't stand it anymore, what should I do? If something happens to my young lady, I don't want to live anymore."

"Then don't live."

A arrogant woman's voice came.

Li Si was startled and looked back, only to see a middle-aged nanny and two eunuchs walking towards him.

"Who are you? How dare you trespass into the Ministry of Justice's prison?"

Li Si asked, his hand already on the hilt of the knife at his waist.

"Hmph, we are the Queen Mother's people. You have no right to speak here. Open the cell door quickly."

The middle-aged nanny showed her token.

Li Si's pupils constricted and he turned around to block the prison door.

"Forgive me for my poor eyesight. I don't recognize this token."

Xu Keke and Dingdang also realized the approaching danger at this time.

The hands of the master and servant were shaking slightly, like two lambs to be slaughtered.

At this time, Nanny Wang and Sheng Er were already outside the prison.

When Wang Yusi saw Sheng Er, he felt like he had seen a savior.

"Second Master Sheng, hurry up! The nanny accompanying the Empress Dowager is taking people in to see Miss Xu. I, a lowly official, have little influence and dare not stop them."

Nanny Wang was also shocked when she heard this and quickly handed the prince's token to Sheng Er.

"Run fast and go in first to stop them. We can't let anything happen to Miss Xu."

Sheng Er took the token and rushed in quickly, followed closely by Nanny Wang.

"Prison Warden Wang, aren't we going in? This is the area under your jurisdiction."

One of the five or six jailers raised a question.

Wang Yusi's brows were furrowed so much that he could pinch a fly to death. When gods fight, mortals will suffer. He is in a dilemma whether to go in or not.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet.

"Come on, let's go in and take a look."

In the prison, Li Si was still in a stalemate with the middle-aged nanny and two eunuchs.

He didn't know how much longer he could hold on, nor did he understand the point of delaying time.

But he could clearly sense that the visitor had ill intentions.

Seeing that the two sides were about to go to war, Xu Keke asked.

"What do you want? Killing people and setting fire to the gold belt?"

The middle-aged nanny took two steps forward with a gloomy face, staring at Xu Keke in the cell with her slanted eyes.

"Little girl, are you the witch who trampled on the dignity of the royal family? Don't worry, we are not here to kill you, but you must never show your face to the world again."

Hearing this, Li Si made up his mind and threw the key to the prison door at his waist into the cell.

"Oh my god, my hand slipped and I can't open the prison door without the key."

Upon hearing this, the two eunuchs looked at each other, drew their swords, and were about to chop down the prison door.

Seeing this, Li Si grabbed a eunuch.

"What crime should you be charged with for destroying public property of the Ministry of Justice?"

The eunuch didn't say anything and slashed at Li Si with a knife. Li Si quickly drew his knife to block.

At this moment, a stone bullet shot over and hit the wrist of the eunuch who was splitting the prison door.

The eunuch was caught off guard and the sword fell to the ground.