New Year's Day.

Everywhere in the capital was completely white.

Therefore, the two rows of deep footprints on the steps outside the Tianlao are particularly eye-catching.

The prisoners held in the sky jail are all prisoners who need to be personally interrogated by His Majesty.

Among them are princes and nobles, as well as ordinary people.

The further you go inside, the more eerie and terrifying it becomes.

The sound of gurgling water sent out a bone-chilling chill.

"Brother Rong, on the first day of the new year, you will bring me here?" The third prince felt more and more frightened as he walked away, and the strong smell of blood made him nauseous.

He almost didn't sleep last night.

After returning to the palace, he called the palace doctor overnight to check Mu Qianyin's pulse.

"Why should I diagnose your pulse? And if you call the doctor on the first day of the new year, you won't be afraid of getting into trouble!" Mu Qianyin firmly disagreed.

"Don't talk about getting into trouble, even if it takes my life, you have to check my pulse carefully today!" The third prince roared.

Mu Qianyin was shocked as she had never seen him so tough before.

The doctor on the side trembled three times, stepped forward nervously, and carefully placed his fingers on the wrist of the third emperor's concubine, for fear that he might accidentally offend the master again.

It’s just this pulse...

The doctor's expression gradually became serious, which made Mu Qianyin's heart tremble unconsciously: Isn't he really suffering from some hidden disease?

She was about to speak in fear when she saw the doctor's face seemed to change and he changed into a happy one:

"Congratulations, Your Highness, the Imperial Concubine is so happy..."

Mu Qianyin was stunned, happy pulse? !Why did you suddenly feel happy?

She lowered her head and looked at her flat belly.

The doctor continued: "It has been more than a month now, but the imperial concubine was a little weak before. I am afraid she may have eaten something cold by mistake. I will wait for the official to prescribe two warm and tonic prescriptions and take them for a month." It can keep the fetus safe.”

"Will it damage the mother's body?" The third prince frowned, his expression a bit ugly.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, this recipe is mainly warming and tonic, and has the effect of strengthening the body."

"In that case, there is work."

After finishing speaking, he added: "This matter must not be spread to outsiders! No matter whether she is pregnant or weak, no rumors are allowed."

"Your Majesty understands."

It wasn't until the doctor left and the door was closed again that Mu Qianyin came back to her senses. She excitedly grabbed the third prince's hand: "We have a baby!"

The third prince nodded lightly.

Mu Qianyin thought of the third prince's recent abnormal behavior: "You...you knew this a long time ago?"

"How long has it been since you came to Kuishui? Don't you know?" The third prince felt helpless.

Mu Qianyin counted with her fingers...

Then just give up.

"I forgot. Who would remember this?" Mu Qianyin pouted.

"I remember."

Mu Qianyin blushed when she heard this: "Then why didn't you tell me? Why don't you allow me to drink these days..."

The third prince remained silent.

Mu Qianyin took his hand and shook it gently: "Brother Xiao... don't be angry, I will pay more attention in the future! Besides, if you had asked the doctor to check my pulse earlier, wouldn't I have known about it? .”

Listening to her sweet whisper, the third prince reluctantly picked her up and placed her carefully on the couch: "I didn't let the government doctor see you because I was afraid that the news of your pregnancy would be exposed. The flood in Jiangnan was caused by my second brother. I was scheming against the prince, but I didn't expect to be pulled down by the prince again in the blink of an eye. Everything about this plot is weird. I'm afraid that if the news of your pregnancy spreads at this time, someone will be interested in you. "

Mu Qianyin tilted her head: "If that's the case, why did you ask the doctor to come over just now?"

"Because I can't hide it anymore." The third prince Wu Tianxiao looked at his beloved wife in his arms, "Everyone in the palace knows that you are good at drinking, but today you haven't touched a drop of wine. Some people are already suspicious, otherwise... you You're so good, why did you almost fall?"

"Brother Xiao, what do you mean, someone pushed me just now?!" Mu Qianyin sat up in shock.

"Otherwise? How could it be such a coincidence? There are people in the palace who are observing etiquette, so why would they bump into others? There are so many people in front of the steps, why would they bump into you?"

Mu Qianyin looked shocked, her hand involuntarily touched her abdomen, and she suddenly felt a chill.

Seeing her bad expression, Wu Tianxiao subconsciously held her in his arms and said warmly: "But don't worry too much. I'm ready and will protect you and the child in your belly."

Mu Qianyin held his hand tightly and nodded vigorously.

Seeing her like this, Wu Tianxiao regretted that he had spoken too harshly just now.

So he held his wife in his arms and comforted her all night.

It wasn't until dawn that he returned to the study and squinted for a while.

But before he fell asleep, he heard from outside that Mu Rong was coming.

He was wondering why his cold-blooded cousin, who was not staying in his house on the first day of the new year, came to him without asking a few questions, and was deceived into being taken to the sky prison.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I entered the prison...

He wanted to tell Mu Qianyin that this was the real troublemaker!

……

Mu Rong opened a low cell door. Behind the door was a water prison that was frightening to everyone.

There is only one punishment in water prison: waterboarding.

The tortured people were submerged in the water, and then their hands were hung high by iron chains. They had to stand on tiptoes from time to time to stand firm in the water, and were not allowed to rest.

The water in winter was bone-chilling and their feet were numb from the cold.

But if the toes are slightly relaxed, the wrists will be strangled by the iron chains. If this is repeated several times, a layer of skin will fall off the wrists.

Over time, new injuries and old injuries overlap, making the slightest movement painful.

"I brought my third brother to visit an acquaintance," Mu Rong said.

Third brother?This title was both familiar and unfamiliar to the third prince.

He remembered that since Mu Rong attacked the princes, he no longer treated the princes as cousins.

At first he didn't understand it, let alone like it, but over time he got used to it.

Mu Rong was not only their cousin, but also a first-class military prince, and these princes had already opened offices and built mansions and had grown up separately.

In the future, they will no longer be brothers, but kings and ministers.

Now, when he heard Mu Rong call his third brother again, Wu Tianxiao felt warm in his heart: "Brother Rong, don't make trouble, why are there any acquaintances of mine here?"

"Third brother, do you still remember that some time ago, there was a private sommelier named Duan Yunchao who often went to your house to deliver wine?"

"Remember, his wine is good, and Yinyin likes it very much. However, I haven't seen this person for some time."

Mu Rong pointed to the blindfolded man in the water prison: "Because he is here."

Wu Tianxiao was shocked when he heard this: "Why? What crime did he commit that would lead him to be imprisoned in the sky prison?"

"He is the key to the failure of the second prince's frame-up of the prince."

"He's just a private bartender?" Wu Tianxiao was stunned.

Mu Rong smiled and said: "He is not a simple tavern boy, and his name is not Duan Yunchao, but he serves Chuan Chao, the assassination method of the second prince."

Wu Tianxiao: "..."

While he was stunned, Mu Rong slowly walked towards the middle of the water prison.

The blindfolded Duan Chuanchao heard the footsteps and asked loudly: "Who? Who is there? Kill me! Please kill me quickly!"

Because he spoke too hard, his toes slipped and his whole body fell suddenly.

"Ah..." he screamed.

Blood spurted out from his wrists.

He desperately tried to stabilize his body with his toes, but his already numb feet simply refused to obey him. As he stumbled, his wrists were all bloody.

Mu Rong looked coldly at him struggling in the water until he was exhausted:

"It's not difficult to die. As long as you tell the truth, I will help you."

"Sir, the common people really told me everything... The second prince ordered the common people to go to Jiangnan and poison the six officials who participated in the construction of the dam. As for why, the common people really don't know!"

Mu Rong sneered and said, "I have already seen these words in your confession, so there is no need to say more."

"Then...then what do you want to hear?"

"Do you know who I have brought here today?"

"Who? No matter who it is, the common people are acting under the orders of the second prince. Every injustice has its own owner. The common people are just a bartender. He just got obsessed for a moment and made a big mistake! The common people are willing to give those adults In return for my life, please give the common people a happy life!"

"The person who comes with me today is the third prince."

As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Chuanchao, who was crying and begging for death, was stunned.

Mu Rong looked at him coldly: "It seems that you already know everything. We are all aware of your activities in the Three Emperors' Mansion. If you can tell the truth about the details, I can spare you from this water torture." It's painful, otherwise... I will ask Your Majesty to exempt you from the death penalty. For the rest of my life, I will ask the government doctors to come here to take care of you every day, so that you can neither survive nor die in this water prison. "

Duan Chuanchao gritted his teeth: "I...said!"

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