Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

He Lingyi was about to argue, but Li Chu and Li Tan in the other room didn't want to hear any more of her nonsense, so they came out and said, "He Lingyi, I don't know how I have wronged you, but you are betraying me."

Li Chu asked himself that since Feng Shengyi and He Lingyi followed him, he had never treated them badly. He really didn't understand why He Lingyi would rather join the fallen Zhang family?

The moment He Lingyi saw Li Chu and heard his question, she immediately lost the thought of quibbling. She just felt that it was over, she had been caught by His Highness!

Cui'er, who was standing by, was frightened by the scene and just wanted to escape from the scene quickly. Seeing their tense appearance, she thought no one noticed her, so she was about to jump out the window to escape. However, Feng Shengyi rushed forward and grabbed Cui'er.

Cui Er was so scared that she begged for mercy: "Don't catch me, I didn't do anything!"

Feng Shengyi snorted coldly: "Why are you running away when you haven't done anything?"

Cui Er choked upon hearing this, not knowing what to say. She wanted to struggle, but she couldn't...

Li Chu didn't want to listen to their explanations, so he ordered, "Tie them both up and lock them up separately!"

Feng Shengyi and the other guards received the order. Cui'er was fine, as she didn't know how to fight, so a guard was sent to escort her. But He Lingyi was different, as she knew how to fight, so to prevent her from escaping, she was tied up and then escorted by Feng Shengyi himself.

They knew that Cui'er had given He Lingyi the letter, so when they returned to the palace, the first thing they did was to find a nanny to search for the letter and hand it over to Li Chu. He Lingyi was locked up alone in the dungeon of the palace.

On the other side, Cui'er was taken to an interrogation room by the guards, but there were some torture instruments in it and they might not be used.

For example, Cui'er, they didn't actually use any torture at all. They just brought the torture instruments close to her, and she was so scared that she told everything.

This probably means that she was in Zhang's house and was He's personal maid. She was ordered to contact He Lingyi and ask He Lingyi to find a way to deliver a letter to Lady Zhang in the palace. However, she really didn't know what was written in the letter.

It must be said that although Cui'er spoke quickly, she did not tell everything. For example, she knew that Mr. and Mrs. Zhang wanted to know the results of the palace's investigation into the assassination of the second prince, but she did not say it.

It’s a pity that although she chose to talk about unimportant things, Feng Shengyi heard her conversation with He Lingyi very clearly!

Feng Shengyi then said, "Don't try to be clever here. Your Highness and I listened carefully to your conversation just now. Your Highness's assassination has not been announced to the public. How did you find out?"

Cui Er was choked by Feng Shengyi's question, but she thought to herself that even if they were royal relatives, they couldn't just resort to lynching, right? So she acted like a loyal servant, saying, "I just don't know, what can you do to me?"

Feng Shengyi also realized that if he didn't torture her, he wouldn't be able to get anything out of her. So he took a few silver needles and waved them in front of Cui'er, saying, "Miss Cui'er, I advise you to tell me everything you know as soon as possible! To avoid suffering, I have a new needle technique that will not only make the injury invisible but will also cause you extreme pain. Do you want to try it?"

Watching the needle approaching, Cui Er kept swallowing her saliva and fainted from fear...

On the other side, Li Chu brought other guards to the dungeon and entered the room where He Lingyi was waiting.

He Lingyi had her back to the door, and even when she heard it open, she didn't turn around until she heard Li Chu's voice: "Tell me, He Lingyi, what have I done wrong to you? Why did you choose to join the Zhang family?"

He Lingyi didn't want to face Li Chu, so she turned her back and said, "Your Highness, could you please let the others go first? I want to talk to you alone."

The guards on the side wanted to stop them, but Li Chu waved his hand to signal them to go out first, as he wanted to talk to He Lingyi alone.

The guards had no choice but to obey orders. One of the guards said, "Your Highness, we are outside. Call us if you need anything!" After saying that, he bowed and retreated.