Ning'er didn't understand, and there were big questions in her little head.

Empress Dowager Xiao was curious and exchanged glances with Liu: "What do you mean?"

"You all know my situation! Thanks to Concubine Yao, it has been difficult for me to have children in this life."

He changed the subject, "However, the heavens are supporting me. My queen is now over five months pregnant."

Empress Dowager Xiao stood up in shock, her voice rising: "What? Is it true? Lin'er! This is not a joke!"

Ning'er stretched her fingers for a long time and said happily, "So cousin Lin said Ning'er should be divided into elders, is it because cousin Lin has a child?"

Gu Lin nodded, and when he mentioned the child, he became much gentler: "Ning'er is really smart."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier about this child?" Empress Dowager Xiao stood up and wanted to go and see him immediately.

Liu patted her hands and said, "Don't worry. Didn't His Majesty just say that you need to rest after such a long journey? By the way, have you asked the imperial physician to take your pulse?"

Empress Dowager Xiao was a little dazed, "Yes, yes, yes, I must ask the imperial kitchen to prepare more food that pregnant women like and can eat."

"Don't worry, mother. We have the imperial physician accompanying us all the way. We have good food and accommodation. Nothing will happen."

Ning'er was curious, "Cousin Lin, aren't you a hostage in Dongyue Kingdom? Why is the emperor so kind that he even married the princess to you?"

Children speak without restraint and only ask the truth.

Gu Lin touched his nose and hummed vaguely!

Empress Dowager Xiao looked her son up and down carefully. Could it be that this kid had deceived her with his good looks?

But she is already more than five months pregnant?

She said, "Lin'er just came back, go back and rest!" She started to chase him away, feeling a little uneasy. A lot of random thoughts ran through her mind.

Gu Lin also had the same idea.

"You two can chat with each other, mother and aunt."

"Bring the Queen to the Cining Palace for dinner so that we can have a family reunion dinner." Empress Dowager Xiao instructed.

After leaving the Cining Palace, Gu Lin's originally gentle expression disappeared completely, leaving only indifference.

He wanted to go and see Concubine Yao and Gu Chi in the Sky Prison. Before he left, he instructed Liu Feng to make sure the two of them didn't starve to death.

……

Inside the prison

Concubine Yao's fine clothes were filthy and her hands, feet, and face were all frostbitten. As soon as the weather warmed up, they became terribly itchy.

She had scratched some parts of her body so hard that the skin was broken and pus was oozing out.

I couldn't even die because I was being watched closely.

Gu Chi was in another cell. Only bones were left of one of his arms. After the wound festered and became inflamed, the imperial doctors came to treat him again.

He was really fed up with this kind of life of fear and anxiety every day.

Cursing Gu Lin every day...

Gu Lin happened to pass by his cell and went straight to Concubine Yao's cell.

When Concubine Yao heard someone coming, she thought it was someone delivering food and didn't even raise her head.

Until a pair of black boots with brocade satin appeared in front of her, she looked up and saw that it was Gu Lin and screamed in fright.

They immediately hugged each other and trembled with fear.

Gu Chi in the next cell was also terrified and didn't dare to curse anymore. He huddled in the corner, not daring to move or even breathe.

Gu Lin: "I wonder if Concubine Yao has ever regretted it? Have you been living comfortably and freely in the past month? I have time now, and I will definitely take good care of you." His voice was flat, but Concubine Yao understood that he had time to deal with her.

She couldn't say anything and could only shake her head desperately.

Gu Lin waved his hand, and immediately soldiers came forward and dragged Concubine Yao out.

"Ahhhhhhh! I, I, I know I was wrong, please let me go! Ah, no, no, no, please kill me! Let me die to atone for my sins! Please!" Concubine Yao struggled desperately and refused to go out no matter what.

The two soldiers easily picked her up like a chick.

Tied to the rack in the torture room, she cried, begged for mercy, and cursed.

It's really like crying out to heaven and earth, but no one helps.

Gu Lin kept his mouth curled up, in a good mood. He slowly took out the torture instruments.

——Bone-eroding nail

The palm-length iron nail felt icy cold against his skin. He was rubbing the nail against Concubine Yao's wrist, when suddenly...

Ding. Ding. Ding.

"Ah..." Concubine Yao screamed.

"I am no longer a lamb to be slaughtered. Instead, I have transformed into a wolf, guarding my territory with fangs and claws. I am right."

Ding. Ding. Ding.

"Uh……."

"The kindness and innocence I once had have long been eroded by the cruelty of reality. I am not a kind person, and you are truly a vicious person."

Ding. Ding. Ding.

"How is it? The me I am now is the retribution you created with your own hands. How does it feel to be retaliated against?"

Gu Lin said something after each nail he hammered. "You're so useless! You fainted before you even finished hammering three nails?"

He washed his hands slowly and ordered, "Please send Lady Yao back! I'll come back when I'm free."

He could now easily hide his emotions and not scare the little liar.

Thinking of Lu Zhihuan, he put on a gentle look again.

996 [Gu Lin is worthy of being called a crazy tyrant. Even when he is away from you, he is still as cruel, violent, and bloodthirsty.]

[He has done very well. I really didn't expect that he would really open his heart and trust me.]

Now she truly understood that cruelty, violence, and bloodthirstiness were their protective colors.

In reality, they are pitiful, fragile, patient and self-controlled. They need to hide their emotions to conceal their true selves.

Once he trusts you, he will magnify your little goodness infinitely, and he will regard you as a ray of sunshine in his life. He will do anything to chase this ray of light.

He puts you in his heart and regards you as more important than his own life.

Gu Lin wanted to wash up, take a shower, change his clothes, and wash off the bloody smell on his body.

……

Cining Palace

Since Gu Lin left, neither Empress Dowager Xiao nor Liu spoke for a long time.

"you……"

"you……"

The two of them spoke at the same time.

Liu is a cheerful person who loves to talk and laugh, and is straightforward.

"Your Majesty, what do you think? Do you think that princess... deceived Your Majesty?"

Empress Dowager Xiao shook her head. "It's hard to say. Even if Lin'er doesn't understand, she wouldn't be deceived, right?"

Liu heard the hidden meaning: "You mean? No, Your Majesty has no need to lie to you and me." Even if it was to stop the gossips of the court and the country, he would not hide it from them.

But it’s hard to say this as it concerns men’s dignity!

Empress Dowager Xiao was filled with emotion, and suddenly she asked the palace maids around her to invite Imperial Physician Duan and Imperial Physician Wang.

She planned to ask the imperial physician to find out more about the situation.

Just as the little maid was about to leave, she stopped her again, "Wait, forget it..."

She said to Liu: "If I really do this, it will hurt our mother-son relationship."

After all, she and Lin'er had been separated for too many years, and she really couldn't see through her son.

But she is willing to choose to believe Lin'er!

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