Yuan Qiong took a dagger casually and slashed lightly on the side of Shao Guan's neck, then took the wooden box from the dark guard and slowly opened it.

A centipede with the thickness of a thumb was coiled in the center of the wooden box, as if suddenly awakened by the dim candlelight of the dungeon, it stretched its tentacles and poked its head out of the wooden box, twisting in the direction of the bloody smell.

Shao Guan's pupils narrowed slightly, and he stared at Yuan Qiong holding the wooden box and leaning against his neck.

Stimulated by the smell of blood, the carefully cultivated Gu worms immediately crawled out of the wooden box, climbed onto Shao Guan's neck, and burrowed into the flesh along the wound.

The pitch-black peach blossom pupils were almost absent-minded, Shao Guan desperately swallowed the pain into his throat, but his lips and teeth kept trembling, the tip of his teeth bit his tongue, and there was a fishy-sweet taste immediately, blood dripped down the corners of his lips .

"Prince, don't be afraid, the Gu worms won't really get into the body, he just buried the eggs in the wound. It will take about a month for the eggs to hatch."

"Of course, this Gu worm is full of poison all over its body, it will damage the prince's mind, and he may not even be able to speak clearly..."

"In the end, the Gu worms hatched from these eggs will bite the host's liver bit by bit, until the seven orifices bleed to death—how does the prince feel now?"

The thick and long Gu worms were taken back into the wooden box by Yuan Qiong, and the piercing pain in the neck stopped suddenly, but immediately there was a more intense tingling sensation, as if something sharp went straight into the body along the meridian blood vessels drill.

Shao Guan's complexion was so pale that it looked like it had been painted over with varnish, his chapped lips had already lost all color, and even the blue veins on his neck could be clearly seen.

He desperately tried to keep his consciousness clear, but found that he could no longer utter a word from his throat, and his whole body seemed to lose strength in an instant, and he couldn't even move his fingertips.Only the endless pain swept him like a hurricane, tearing him to pieces...

"Master, he couldn't bear the pain and passed out. Do you want to wake him up with salt water?"

Yuan Qiong took a step forward, stretched out his hand and raised Shao Guan's chin, looked at the young man's bloodless face, and quickly let go of his hand.

"No need. You go and get a clean set of clothes, take care of his wounds, and change him. Then, take him out of the dungeon and throw him within the search range of the Royal Forest Army."

"Subordinates obey."

It was another sleepless night, Murong Xing was quietly sitting on the pear flower wooden chair in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the young man who only slept for an hour or two every day was full of fatigue, and looked a little fragile.

It's just that the pair of phoenix eyes, although there are a few bloodshots, are still surging with cold light, as sharp as a sword just out of its sheath, which makes people daunting.

"Is Prince Murong still staying here? Your Majesty said that the prince has worked hard, so he doesn't have to wait in the Hall of Mental Cultivation all the time. He can go back to the Marquis Mansion to rest for a while. When the imperial forest army finds His Royal Highness, the prince will come here soon."

Murong Xing heard the high-pitched voice of the eunuch delivering the decree not far away, and immediately got up and saluted.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. It's just that the matter is of great importance, and I'd better wait in the Hall of Mental Cultivation for peace of mind——Is there any decree from Your Majesty regarding your private return to Beijing?"

Seeing that Murong Xing insisted on keeping it, the father-in-law didn't persuade him anymore, but ordered someone to bring a freshly brewed teacup.

"Since this is the case, the son should be careful about his health. Your Majesty said that although the son returned to Beijing privately, it was to report important matters. Not only is he innocent, but he should also be rewarded. You don't have to think about it."

Murong Xing nodded, and just about to say something, he suddenly saw a burst of bright fire outside the hall, followed by the sound of orderly footsteps and the sound of the sword being unsheathed.

The young man's jade-colored face was suddenly covered with a layer of sternness, and his phoenix eyes were dark, as if the mountain rain was about to come, and the ink clouds were surging.

"This..." The father-in-law was stunned for a moment, and looked at Murong Xing with a questioning look.

"It's the Imperial Forest Army that has returned... His Royal Highness, you're back."

"This slave will go to Qianqing Palace to report to His Majesty, and ask the son to preside over the overall situation here first, and I will return as soon as I go."

Seeing Murong Xing, the leader of the Royal Forest Army immediately turned over and got off his horse. With a wave of his hand, two sergeants got off the carriage with a boy in white shirt on his back.

The young man's loose black hair was blown up by the night wind, revealing a pale and haggard handsome face.

"What's the matter, Your Highness?" Murong Xing asked lightly, his Adam's apple moved slightly, his thin lips pursed, showing a bit of coldness.

"Reporting to my son, I don't know about it. It's just that when I found His Highness in the suburbs of Chang'an, he already looked like this."

"Your Majesty will be here soon, you leave a report, and the rest of you should be dismissed."

Inspector Murong Xing took the unconscious Shao Guan from the hands of the two sergeants, and felt that the body of the person in his arms was cold, like a dead body that had already stiffened.

"Go ask the imperial physician—"

"No need to ask!"

Emperor Liang's majestic voice suddenly sounded from behind, and the Imperial Army immediately knelt down on the ground, only Murong Xing supported Shao Guan, who was inconvenient to move, so he only gave a half-respect.

"A rebellious son who tried to kill his father and usurp the throne, why did you ask the imperial physician?"

Emperor Liang looked at Shao Guan coldly, his eyes were so cold that he didn't seem to be looking at his own son.

Murong Xing's hand supporting Shao Guan trembled for a moment, then slowly clenched it tightly, tightly imprisoning him in his arms.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty the Crown Prince is unconscious now. If you don't invite the imperial doctor to come for diagnosis and treatment, I'm afraid it will be difficult to ask questions for a while. Please think again, Your Majesty!"

"Are you comatose? I think he knows that he has committed a heinous crime, so he dare not face me! Somebody, send this rebellious son to the clan mansion, no matter what method he uses, wake him up!"

Ten silver needles pierced through Shao Guan's fingertips, and the excruciating pain forced the young man to groan and opened his eyes with difficulty.

"His Highness is awake?"

The lifeless peach blossom eyes startled suddenly, and they looked towards the direction of the cold voice with half surprise and half disgust.

"……Do not touch me."

Shao Guan exerted all his strength to barely make a few breath sounds.The violent Gu poison had already spread all over his body, and even a simple movement of looking away made his forehead and spine covered with cold sweat.

The young man in black and official robes in front of him still looked handsome and handsome, but the pretentious care and love in his phoenix eyes made him feel sick.

What face do you have to show up here.

How can you bear to stand here and put on a show after hurting me.

The dark peach blossom eyes seemed to be burning with dark flames, self-mockery, ridicule, anger, despair... all kinds of emotions were intertwined, and they stared straight at Murong Xing.

The wound oozes blood again due to the strong emotional fluctuations of the young man.

"...Your Highness, until now, are you still going to make the same mistakes again and again? I have already told His Majesty all the things that His Highness secretly used witchcraft to plot rebellion. If His Highness still refuses to tell the truth, I'm afraid Life is at stake."

"哐啷" There was a sound of iron chains colliding together, Shao Guan's wrist was bloodied by the rough chain, and the splashed blood stains splashed on Murong Xing's handsome face, which was indescribably strange and cold.

What kind of witchcraft, what kind of treason...he didn't have it at all, not at all!Why did you frame him like this, why did you do it to such an extent, why... you never cared about even a trace of your old feelings, used you like this, deceived him like this, betrayed you like this!

All the stern questions stuck in his throat, Shao Guan's eyes were red, staring at the expressionless young man in front of him, a sweet smell of blood suddenly came out of his mouth, forcing him to cough violently.

"Your Majesty." Seemingly disappointed by Shao Guan's silence, Murong Xing raised his hand and gently wiped away the blood splashed on his eyebrows, then turned around and said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness refuses to speak."

"There is nothing to argue, so naturally I will not open my mouth." Emperor Liang walked forward step by step with his hands behind his back, and looked at the embarrassed Shaoguan not far away, with an indifferent expression as he looked at every disorderly courtier and thief.

"I'll give you one last chance. Tell me truthfully why you put a witch puppet that cursed me in the sleeping hall. And why didn't you return to the East Palace for three whole days, or did my Imperial Forest Army find you in the wilderness?"

"It's not enough for me to give you the position of prince of the East Palace, do you still want to curse me to death and kill my father to usurp the throne?!"

No... No, someone framed him, and my son has never had such a rebellious thought!

There was already a huge wave in his heart, but thousands of words came to his mouth, but because of the poison in his body, he couldn't even utter a single word, only the blood gushing out of his mouth formed a line, dripping on the On a hard slate.

However, Shaoguan's silence seemed indisputable to Emperor Daliang. He laughed back in anger, "Why, is the crown prince dumb? He dare not even answer my question!"

"Your Majesty, why don't you ask the imperial doctor to come and have a look. Perhaps His Royal Highness is injured..."

There was already a buzzing in Shao Guan's ears, he couldn't hear what Murong Xing said at all, he could only vaguely hear that familiar voice, as if speaking the most hypocritical and cruel words in the most gentle and considerate tone .

Miao Jiang's Gu poison has always been famous for its secretive and insidious poison. Most of the time, even the host can't detect it. Only after the poison is released can the clue be noticed.

The pitch-black peach blossom eyes gradually changed from full of anger to forbearable despair, he just looked at Murong Xing fixedly like this, desperately swallowing the blood in his mouth, and finally pulled the corner of his lips lightly.

Several imperial physicians finally came with a medical kit, and the leading imperial physician Ling took the pulse, looked carefully at Shao Guan's face, and answered with cupped hands: "I tell you, His Highness is just a few scratches... except for the neck. The side injury is a little inflamed, but the rest is normal."

Emperor Liang sneered, and waved his hand to signal the imperial physician to retreat, as if he had lost all patience.

"The imperial doctor has already diagnosed it. Is it possible that my prince is so delicate, but with some scratches, he can't even speak?"

"I'll ask you one last time. Pingxi Hou Shizi told me that you cursed me with witchcraft in the palace, and tried to win over the Hou's mansion and raise troops to rebel. Are these things true? If you tell me the truth, I can still read it Father and son love, spare your life!"

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