The reborn sweet girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent prince hugs her and coaxes her!

In the dungeon, the sound of dripping water came from somewhere.

The monotonous and gloomy dungeon is even more terrifying.

There is no wind here, but it feels cold.

Mu Rong tied his cloak to Xu Rongrong's cloak and wrapped her in a furry coat.

Xu Rongrong rubbed his hands and looked at the cage opposite.

As she expected, Shu Qing and Mu Lu were also thrown into the dungeon after pretending to use Chinese medicine.

Mu Lu was young and frail, but he had a youthful spirit.

Shu Qing had an air of maturity and elegance about him, which did not escape Chun Wang's plan.

The group of people met here.

Luo Xiao joked: "I didn't expect that a woman like me would not escape the clutches of the devil."

Xu Rongrong said with a smile: "This may be the origin of the weirdness in the Imperial Manor. If we don't leave here as soon as possible, we may be exchanged for money by that Chunwang manager sooner or later."

When she pretended to be unconscious just now, she had already fully understood Chunwang's plan. What this guy was doing was actually human trafficking, regardless of gender or age.

Mu Rong looked at the cage he was in, walked to the door without saying a word, and raised his hand to cover the lock.

With a slight exertion, the door lock shattered.

After leaving the low cage and walking into the dirty corridor, I discovered that there were nearly twenty cages in the dungeon.

There is a pungent smell of blood in every cage. I don’t know how many people have suffered here!

Xu Rongrong looked at them one by one, frowning slightly.

The prince's palace is filled with filth and evil. Does the prince who is far away in the East Palace know about it?

"Woo..." A faint whimpering sound came from somewhere, seemingly near the exit.

Xu Rongrong was surprised and happy: There are other people here!

Just as she was about to go forward, Mu Rong pulled her behind him: "You stay here, I'll go."

After saying that, without waiting for Xu Rongrong to speak, he walked forward.

In the dark dungeon, there seemed to be crises hidden everywhere. Mu Rong kept walking towards the source of the sound.

In the dirty cage at the entrance, a woman in light-colored clothes was lying on the ground, covered in blood, and her hands were trembling around her shoulders.

"Who are you?" Mu Rong whispered.

The woman raised her head in fear. She didn't know how the man in front of her quietly entered her cage.

She opened her eyes wide and stared at Mu Rong.

The face with a hint of blood seemed familiar.

An idea flashed in Mu Rong's mind: This seemed to be the maid who had just served them tea in the front hall and almost knocked over the tea bowl in front of Xu Rongrong.

But it had only been an hour, how could she fall here covered in bruises?

Mu Rong picked up her collar with one hand, and the maid jumped into the air.

The next second he was thrown in front of a pair of bright white embroidered shoes.

The owner of the embroidered shoes had a light voice. She leaned down and looked at the maid carefully, and then asked: "Why are you here?"

The maid shivered even more violently, whimpering and speechless.

Mu Rong was a little impatient. With a stern look, he pinched her chin: "In such a situation, do you still want to cover up for your master?"

The maid shook her head desperately and opened her mouth with a sob.

Everyone around him was shocked when they saw this.

The maid's tongue had long been pulled out. She tried hard to open her mouth but could not make any sound.

Seeing her bruised appearance now, Mu Rong let go of his hand.

The maid fell to her knees, trembling.

Xu Rongrong knelt down and said, "That's why you couldn't answer my question just now in the front hall."

The maid didn't dare to look up and just nodded hard.

"Are all the people under Chunwang the same as you?" Thinking of the strange Huangzhuang, Xu Rongrong felt as if his scalp was numb.

The maid shrank and raised her head, shaking her head slightly. She pointed at herself and then at Luo Xiao, then opened her mouth and made a tongue-pulling motion.

"Are there only women like you here?"

The maid nodded.

Xu Rongrong took out the handkerchief and wiped the blood from her face. Looking at her yellow face and rough hands and feet, she didn't look like a maid from a wealthy family, but more like someone who was used to doing menial jobs.

"Are you from Zhuangzi?" she asked.

The maid shook her head and pointed her scarred fingertips in one direction.

Xu Rongrong's eyebrows flashed: "Are you from Yujiacun?"

The maid was shocked at first when she heard this, and then nodded sharply.

Because she used too much force, she pulled at the wound on her body, with a look of pain on her face.

Xu Rongrong briefly inspected her and found that the wounds all over her body were probably caused by sticks and whips.

"Why did they hit you?"

The maid pointed to her mouth and then to Xu Rongrong.

"Is it because you didn't dare to answer my questions in the hall just now and almost exposed your situation, so you were beaten like this?"

The maid nodded and began to sob.

Xu Rongrong remembered that Chunwang came back when he was asking her about the identity of the owner of the Imperial Manor. It seemed that he was afraid that the maid would expose the fact that she was tortured, so he came in a hurry.

If the maid is exposed, then he must suspect that there is something evil in the Imperial Manor, and he will never let those things into his mouth easily.

However, they had been prepared for a long time, and questioning the maid was just an opportunity to find out the truth, but now it seems that it has caused others trouble.

After coming out of the front hall, the maid was beaten again and thrown into the dungeon.

The Prince's Imperial Mansion is so evil!

Xu Rongrong asked patiently: "Are there any people from Yujiacun in Zhuangzi today?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the maid's eyes were filled with tears. She stretched out her hand with difficulty, pointed to the cage in the dungeon, then made a gesture of wiping her neck, and finally pointed to herself and opened her right hand.

These actions she performed were extremely simple, but Xu Rongrong understood instantly:

"Huangzhuang captured many women from Yujia Village, but most of them were sold or killed. There are five like you left."

The maid nodded.

Xu Rongrong looked at the tearful woman in front of her, and thought of the current situation of the people in Yujia Village. She finally understood why there was such a weird scene in the village:

Presumably, all the female relatives in the village, regardless of their beauty, age, or whether they were married, as long as they were healthy and valuable, were all picked up by the imperial village.

In order to protect their female relatives, the people of Yujiacun had to take matters into their own hands, breaking the legs of good girls, blinding their eyes, and ruining their looks.

Only "worthless" women can escape the evil hands of Huangzhuang.

Is this... really the royal Zhuangzi?

Xu Rongrong stood up and looked at Mu Rong blankly, speechless for a long time.

Mu Rong knew that Xu Rongrong's heart was in a state of turmoil at this moment.

He put his arm around her shoulders and gave her some strength: "Don't worry, I will find out. If it is really his instruction, I will not show mercy."

But that person's identity means that he can pull him down without mercy?