After his wife and daughter died tragically, the scumbag prince's hair turned white overnight

Gu Xiaoxiao crashed into Murong Jingyan like a small cannonball.

Murong Jingyan was almost knocked back by her.

Gu Xiaoxiao, who looked like a devil just a moment ago.

The next moment he became as obedient as a quail.

"Uncle Jing."

She winced.

Hongdouluoluo, who had chased after them, hurried forward to greet Murong Jingyan, but was dismissed by him with a wave of his hand.

He squatted down and looked at Gu Xiaoxiao with a smile.

"He walked out angrily just now, and his mouth was not idle either. What was he talking about?"

Gu Xiaoxiao lowered her head guiltily, not daring to look at Murong Jingyan, "No...no..."

"But Uncle Jing heard it all. Are you saying bad things about Uncle Jing?"

Gu Xiaoxiao immediately covered her face in embarrassment, "Uncle Jing heard everything, and he still asked Xiaoxiao?"

Murong Jingyan smiled, stood up, and walked in again with Gu Xiaoxiao in hand.

The latter's steps were slow and sluggish.

Murong Jingyan seemed not to see it.

He dragged her forward like an old cow, and said with a smile as he walked, "Xiaoxiao, are you running so fast? Are you missing your mother?"

Gu Xiaoxiao's "escape" was fruitless, so she had to nod honestly, "Xiaoxiao has been in the palace for several days, mother will be worried."

"Then...if your mother also entered the palace, would you still leave?"

Gu Xiaoxiao stopped struggling and frowned slightly, as if she was thinking.

After a while, she shook her head in disappointment, "Mother will not enter the palace."

Murong Jingyan stopped and asked, "Why?"

Indeed, he had already learned the truth without Gu Xiaoxiao knowing.

But he still wanted to hear Gu Xiaoxiao say it in front of him.

"Because Uncle Jing will have his own children and wife in the future, if Xiaoxiao and mother stay, it will cause trouble to Uncle Jing."

This sentence was different from what Hongdou had originally said to Gu Xiaoxiao.

What Hongdou mentioned was expressed from the perspective of Shen Muxi and her daughter.

However, Gu Xiaoxiao's words were from his perspective.

This surprised him a little.

"Then...what does Xiaoxiao think?" Murong Jingyan looked at Gu Xiaoxiao seriously. "If, I mean if, your mother is willing to stay and give birth to a brother or sister with Uncle Jing, would Xiaoxiao be willing to treat them as her own brother or sister?"

"Xiaoxiao is of course willing. Xiaoxiao likes Uncle Jing the most."

After speaking very quickly, Gu Xiaoxiao pursed her lips in annoyance, "But, Mommy may not agree. Besides, won't Uncle Jing have many other wives in the future? If Mommy doesn't like it, Xiaoxiao won't like it either."

"What a coincidence! Uncle doesn't like such complicated things either."

"Ok?"

Gu Xiaoxiao thought she had misheard, and tilted her head to look at Murong Jingyan, as if she understood something.

Murong Jingyan squatted down again and looked at Gu Xiaoxiao seriously. "Uncle doesn't like overly complicated relationships. In a family, there are me, your mother, and you. That's enough."

"Xiaoxiao, uncle is here to promise you that if you and your mother are with uncle, your mother is the only wife of uncle, and uncle will not let you suffer any grievances."

He looked at Gu Xiaoxiao with a gentle and sincere gaze. Gu Xiaoxiao thought of how good Murong Jingyan had been to her before, and her heart softened all of a sudden.

"Xiaoxiao is willing to help uncle, but success is not guaranteed.

Besides, if mother doesn’t want to, uncle can’t separate Xiaoxiao from mother like he did this time.”

When she said the latter part, Gu Xiaoxiao's little face was full of seriousness.

Murong Jingyan gently pinched Gu Xiaoxiao's little face, "Uncle promises you."

If Xiaoxiao was there to mediate, he and Shen Muxi could always maintain a peaceful and decent relationship.

As long as she doesn't resist too violently, he can take his time.

Just when he and Gu Xiaoxiao, one older and one younger, were preparing to discuss how to make Shen Muxi soften his attitude.

He Xuan came with a note in his hand, looking anxious.

"Your Highness."

Murong Jingyan noticed something strange on He Xuan's face and immediately ordered Hongdouluo to take Gu Xiaoxiao away.

After Gu Xiaoxiao walked away, he looked at He Xuan with a serious face.

"What's the matter?"

"Miss Shen didn't return to the Little East Palace, nor did she return to the County Lord's Mansion. I just discovered this in the Yangxin Palace."

The Hall of Mental Cultivation is Murong Jingyan's temporary office now.

He was able to leave a note in the Yangxin Palace without anyone noticing...

Murong Jingyan took He Xuan's note with a gloomy expression.

Unfold.

When he saw the contents of the note, his face changed drastically.

"Find someone to bring Guan Qi out from the Ministry of Justice, and have the guards surround the Third Prince's residence."

"Yes."

...

In a damp and dark cave.

Shen Muxi woke up slowly.

The strange smell of soil mixed with other things invaded her breath.

There was a constant sound of dripping water outside.

There were also wisps of cold air continuing to flow in.

Shen Muxi's first reaction was that it was raining outside.

My second reaction was that I was kidnapped again.

With the experience of being kidnapped by Su Yong before, she now has poison in more places than just her sleeve pockets.

Even though it's pitch black all around.

She was still able to use her sense to rub the rope in her hand against the stone wall behind her.

Unfortunately, I could only scrape off layers of moss.

Also, hands are sticky and smelly.

She frowned.

Nanyuan is different from Beichen. Even in winter, it rains continuously.

It is normal for moss to grow on walls.

However, stickiness is not normal.

Ever since she learned how to use poison, she has become extremely sensitive to whether the environment around her is poisonous or not.

Although the place she was in was strange, it was not poisonous.

She didn't pursue the matter any further.

After trying several times and failing to break the rope on her hands, she tried to move her body and found that her legs were also tied tightly.

My sprained ankle is burning.

Without even looking, Shen Muxi knew it must be swollen like a bun.

We have to find a way to escape as soon as possible.

"woke up?"

A cold voice without any emotion sounded.

Shen Muxi shuddered.

He quickly looked up and followed the source of the sound.

The stones blocking the cave entrance were removed.

A slightly hunched figure, damp and limping, walked up to her against the light and kicked her mercilessly.

"Third Prince?"

When she was suddenly kidnapped, she thought of many possibilities, even the death of Su Yong.

The only thing he didn't think of was that it was the third prince Murong Jingheng who did it.

After all, Shen Muxi had only met him once and knew that he was once Murong Minghui's favorite child.

After Murong Jingyan succeeded in seizing power, she never heard any news about him again...

Murong Jingheng lit the lamp, seemingly not surprised that Shen Muxi recognized him.

The scene before her gradually unfolded before her.

Only then did Shen Muxi realize that this cave was much deeper and wider than she had imagined. It seemed to be a large cell specially used for torture and interrogation.

The place where she is now is a groove, which might have been used to hold something.

However, perhaps because it has been too long, some of the torture instruments have been corroded by rust, but it can still be vaguely seen that they are all knives.

There are also various shelves of varying heights and platforms made of wooden blocks...

Rather than being a torture cell, it is more like a large slaughterhouse.

Thinking of this, Shen Muxi's hair stood on end.

"Why, Murong Jingyan has never brought you to this place?"

Murong Jingheng looked at Shen Muxi with a sneer, and seemed to appreciate the shock on Shen Muxi's face.

He went on talking to himself.

"This is where Murong Jingyan secretly did some shameful things before he came to power. Do you know what kind of punishment he likes the most?"

Shen Muxi's silence didn't seem to affect Murong Jingheng.

He limped forward and picked up a knife handle that was flicking his sleeve. With a grin, he placed the knife handle on Shen Muxi's face and moved it back and forth.

Shen Muxi turned her head away, but he rudely turned her head back.

“That heartless demon loves nothing more than peeling off people’s skin.

Unfortunately, he has taken a fancy to you.

I'm just curious, if you marry a demon like that, wouldn't you be awakened from your sleep?"

Seeing Murong Jingheng immersed in his own world, Shen Muxi knew that it would be useless for her to say anything.

If you are not careful, it may even irritate him and be detrimental to yourself.

Keeping silent is the best way to protect yourself.

"...exiled me to Qiongnan? Ha, who does he think he is? He is just a discarded pawn, a discarded pawn that has turned over..."

"How dare you, a chess piece, exile my entire maternal grandfather's family to Beiling?"

He began to speak incoherently.

"Tell me, what's his real reason? He can't be killed by poison, like an indestructible bug."

Shen Muxi originally thought that all she had to do was remain silent and listen to the other person's complaints.

Unexpectedly, even so, the other party still didn't let her go.

When he got no response, he actually started to attack her.

"Snapped--"

A loud slap landed, and Shen Muxi saw stars.

"I asked you to speak, are you deaf?"

Another loud slap landed on her other face, and she staggered and fell heavily to the ground.

She tried to get up, but felt a dull pain in her back—Murong Jingheng stepped hard on her back.

Grind it hard and trample it repeatedly.

Shen Muxi broke out in cold sweat due to the pain.

Finally, she began to struggle.

"What's the point of torturing me now? If you really want to vent your dissatisfaction, why don't you go directly to Murong Jingyan?"

Her voice became intermittent as Murong Jingheng stepped harder.

Murong Jingheng was very satisfied with her resistance. He finally stopped and pinched her chin without mercy to make her look at him.

"Torturating you is certainly more effective than going directly to Murong Jingyan."

"I know he stayed with you last night. People like him are very wary of everything.

If he didn't have special trust in you or had some other affair with you, he would never be alone in a room with you."

As he spoke, he released his hand, took out the dagger and pointed it at Shen Muxi.

"Tell me, if I take something from you and give it to you, will Murong Jingyan come?"

Shen Muxi laughed at himself, "What are you thinking about? Don't you know who your royal brother is?"

Murong Jingheng raised his eyebrows, "Oh, you're going to protect me already?"

"It's not a question of whether to protect him or not. We have to face the reality. Murong Jingyan will not be blackmailed by you." Shen Muxi calmly analyzed to Murong Jingheng, "It would be fine if he had a childhood sweetheart, but your father is so cruel that he didn't even leave him a little childhood sweetheart. He has no woman in his heart, so the knife is naturally sharpened quickly."

"Stop talking nonsense and confusing me."

Murong Jingheng mercilessly cut a deep gash on Shen Muxi's arm, tore off a bloody sleeve from her hand, and blew the bone whistle hanging around his neck.

Not long after, a masked man dressed in a coarse cloth shorts and like a farmer came in and took away the blood-stained sleeve from his hand.

"Shall we make a bet? Let's bet that Murong Jingyan will lose his mind when he sees the scraps of your clothes."

He smiled maliciously, and Shen Muxi seemed to have sensed his intention.

"You set a trap, trying to lure Murong Jingyan over with the scraps of my clothes?"

"I'll take you to see a play." Murong Jingheng sneered and carried Shen Muxi directly on his shoulders.

The raindrops outside are getting bigger and heavier.

Outside the cave, stood more than a dozen masked men wearing coarse cloth shorts.

At Murong Jingyan's command, everyone dispersed.

Murong Jingheng held up the tied-up Shen Muxi above his head as a rain shield.

The cold raindrops hit my body, and the chill penetrated into my bones.

Shen Muxi's bleeding arm was still bleeding, and under the heavy rain, the blood was flowing all the way.

She didn't know when it started, but she lost sight of color and everything she saw was only black and white - this was a sign of excessive blood loss.

If this continues, she will either be killed by Murong Jingheng or die from excessive blood loss.

After an unknown amount of time, she felt the rain stop and she was thrown into the soft mud.

Before he could move an inch, he was stomped hard to the ground.

"Murong Jingyan, you actually dared to attack my people? Aren't you afraid that this delicate little beauty will die in front of you?"

Murong Jingyan was wearing black light armor at this time, and his whole body was wet as if he had been fished out of the water.

The moment he saw Shen Muxi, his usually indifferent expression was tinged with a layer of cruel murderous intent.

"Murong Jingheng, you're looking for death."

He wanted to rush forward, but Murong Jingheng pulled Shen Muxi's hair and put the dagger to her throat.

"Royal brother, you can't say that. As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father. As my elder brother, shouldn't you tolerate your younger brother's occasional willfulness?"

He spoke slowly, certain that Murong Jingyan would not dare to do anything to him.

Murong Jingyan tightly gripped the sword in his hand, veins bulged on the back of his hand, and his eyes were dyed scarlet.

The Royal Guards surrounded almost half of the hill.

Almost all of Murong Jingheng's men were also arrested.

Whether he resisted or not, it seemed that he was doomed.

But he was unwilling to do so.

It is clear that he is the one with the greatest hope of inheriting the throne.

Murong Jingyan, how is he worthy?

"Murong Jingyan, I know you're definitely reluctant to part with this delicate Crown Princess, so let's cut the crap and get straight to the point."

Murong Jingyan wanted to step forward, but Shen Muxi was suppressed by Murong Jingheng.

He had to be controlled by Murong Jingheng.

He took a step forward, then took two steps back under Murong Jingheng's warning gaze.

"Let him go, and I'll forgive you, give you some money, and let you go."

Murong Jingyan tried hard to keep his tone calm.

He was afraid of irritating Murong Jingheng and causing Shen Muxi to make a mistake.

"Wow, my royal brother actually gave me money and let a criminal like me go? But I'm still scared. You have so many bows and arrows pointed at me. What if I slip..."

"What do you want?"

"How about we exchange hostages? Come here and I'll take her away."

Hearing "exchange", Shen Muxi, who had no strength to resist, suddenly got the strength from somewhere and shouted in the direction of Murong Jingyan.

"Murong Jingyan, get out of here. I don't want to see you."