Started as a poor little girl

Wei Lingheng and Xiao Jinnian stood like two wooden stakes at the entrance of the dark dungeon. Xiao Jinnian looked at Wei Lingheng with a sigh, while Wei Lingheng had a painful expression as if he had eaten shit.

"How come I didn't know when I had a fiancée?" Wei Lingheng walked slowly into the dungeon with his hands behind his back. Originally, Li Zhenzhu was staring at the dungeon door with vicious eyes like a hungry wolf.

But when she saw the person coming, she turned pale with fear and curled up in the corner like a frightened rabbit, lowering her head, not daring to make a sound.

"Who was speaking just now? I want to see what kind of stunningly beautiful woman is worthy of the prince." Wei Lingheng heard the hidden meaning in Xiao Jinnian's words and was speechless.

He really couldn't understand why Wei Ziyun, whom he hated the most, was here. She challenged his bottom line again and again, which was really unbearable.

"Wei Ziyun, why are you here?" Li Zhenzhu's reaction was too slow, and Wei Lingheng had already seen clearly who it was.

"What Wei Ziyun! She is Li Zhenzhu. Sir, have you made a mistake?" Zhu Qing was very confused as to why this young master called his daughter Wei Ziyun.

"Shut up! Don't say anymore!" Li Zhenzhu was furious. How could she have such a stupid mother? She really didn't want to recognize her anymore and regretted going back to find them.

"Oh! Isn't this Lulu's aunt? What a coincidence." Wei Lingheng will never forget this shrew in his life, a rude and unreasonable shrew.

"Brother Ling Heng, don't listen to this crazy woman's nonsense. I'm not Li Zhenzhu. I'm Wei Ziyun, your cousin Wei Ziyun."

Li Zhenzhu crawled to Wei Lingheng's feet. With disheveled hair, Li Zhenzhu looked at Wei Lingheng pitifully, which made Wei Lingheng feel sick.

After a closer look, it was Li Zhenzhu! Wei Lingheng thought to himself, no wonder he felt like he had seen her before when he first saw her, it turned out that he had really seen her before.

Fortunately, Wei Lingheng has always had a good memory. When Li Lulu separated from the family, he was standing behind the crowd watching the fun. Didn't he see Li Zhenzhu? Now he finally remembered it.

He had changed a lot after not seeing him for a few years, and after arriving at the Marquis' Mansion and dressing up, he was even more unrecognizable.

"Li Zhenzhu, stop pretending, I remember you." Wei Lingheng had a smile on his face, but his tone was extremely cold.

Li Zhenzhu's pupils trembled. She couldn't believe that Wei Lingheng actually knew her. Thinking carefully, it seemed unlikely. She laughed madly and mockingly:

"Hahaha... no... you... it's impossible, it's impossible that you know me? Wei Lingheng, I know you don't like me, so don't lie to me."

"You are wrong. I have definitely seen you. If you poisoned Lulu, I think it is very likely." Wei Lingheng was extremely sure.

"Why do you say that?" Xiao Jinnian didn't understand why he was so sure.

"Because this is Lulu's aunt. Her family hates Lulu so much that they are even to blame for Lulu's kidnapping." Wei Lingheng pointed at Zhu Qing who was lying on the ground with a firm tone. He exchanged glances with Xiao Jinnian.

"Oh! Looks like we have to investigate thoroughly. Someone torture them until they confess all their crimes."

Xiao Jinnian understood the meaning in Wei Lingheng's eyes. The breakthrough lies in the person named Li Zhenzhu. From her eyes, it can be seen that she has many secrets.

Zhu Qing was lifted up by two strong guards and pressed against a wooden stake with her hands tied to it. She was so scared that she cried helplessly.

"Zhenzhu, please save me. I don't want to die." Zhu Qing struggled and cried in despair.

Li Zhenzhu let go of the hand that was hugging Wei Lingheng and huddled in the corner, trembling.

The guards whipped Zhu Qing's body with a whip, and every whip made her skin bleed.

Her screams were so terrible that Li Zhenzhu covered her ears, closed her eyes, and huddled in the corner.

Xiao Jinnian raised his hand and asked the guard to stop for a moment. "Zhu Qing, right? If you tell me everything you know, I will spare your life."

Xiao Jinnian paused, glanced at Li Qinglang and Li Zhenzhu, and said in a cold tone:

"You two too, if you tell me now, I'll save you from the pain. But if you're really stubborn, haha! I'll send you to hell."

An Yi was so frightened that he trembled. Is this still the prince he knew? Where did the gentle prince who had been gentle and elegant since childhood go?

Li Zhenzhu still huddled there without saying a word. Did she think she could escape by keeping silent?

"Sir, I was the one who poisoned them. It has nothing to do with my daughter and husband." Zhu Qing didn't want them to suffer this kind of thing and wanted to take all the blame on herself.

"Oh!? How did you, a peasant woman, get such a precious poison?" Did the peasant woman think she was stupid? Even if they sold all their property, they couldn't get such poison.

"I picked it up on the roadside." Zhu Qing was still stubborn. She was gritting her teeth in pain, but she had not given up on taking the blame.

"It seems that the beating was not light enough. Continue." Xiao Jinnian was angry. This was an insult to his IQ.

Can such a thing be picked up casually? And even if she knew it was poison, could it be that the poison itself told her? How confusing.

Zhu Qing fainted after being whipped several times. Xiao Jinnian glanced at her and smiled playfully.

"Young Master, who will come next?"

Wei Lingheng raised his eyebrows and swept his fingers back and forth over Li Zhenzhu and Li Qinglang. He curled the corners of his mouth, stopped his fingers and pointed at Li Zhenzhu.

Li Zhenzhu, who was huddled in a dark corner, was so frightened that her breathing stopped for a moment. Her eyes were wide open, and she looked at Wei Lingheng in disbelief.

Two guards walked towards Li Zhenzhu. In the darkness, she felt unprecedented fear, as if countless invisible hands were tearing at her heart, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Her hands and feet were cold, her whole body was shaking, and she couldn't control herself from wanting to escape from this creepy place. Her heart was beating as hard as a drum, and every breath she took felt like her last. Helplessness and despair wrapped around her tightly, and she couldn't break free.

"Cousin, if you don't want to suffer this physical pain, you can tell me what you know now. If you don't want to say it, forget it. As your cousin, I am already very kind."

"Mercy? Why don't you save me? Even if I tell you, you will spare my life. I will die anyway if I get out."

Li Zhenzhu knew what would happen to her if she told the truth, and since the outcome would be the same whether she told it or not, she decided not to tell it.

"Oh! Don't you believe that Prince Jin, who is favored by the emperor, can protect you?"

Xiao Jinnian glared at Wei Lingheng. Why did he think he was targeting him? If he couldn't protect an ordinary person, it would seem that his work as a prince was useless.

"With this king here, you don't need to worry about your personal safety."

"Can I make a request?" Li Zhenzhu smiled cunningly. She felt that she could benefit from this matter.

"You still want to make demands? Why?" Wei Lingheng found it funny. How could she think she could still make demands?

"First, I know the real culprit behind this. Second, I didn't actually poison Li Lulu directly. Third, I'm a very important witness. Only with me can you catch the man behind this."

Li Zhenzhu remained calm, she thought it was great, as long as she could make the deal successful, it would be a win-win situation for both parties. The annoying Li Lulu was dead, but that was what she thought was dead.

If she could get rid of Wei Nanxi with the help of the prince and the crown prince, she would be able to walk around the palace with her free will.

"Okay, I promise you. Tell me what you want." Xiao Jinnian thought it was nothing. Usually, people like this just wanted protection and money.

"Okay! The prince has agreed, so go ahead!" Wei Lingheng rolled his eyes. He felt there was no need to agree to her request.

"First, you can't punish me. Second, I still want to go back to the Marquis' Mansion and live my life as a young lady. I hope the prince won't say anything to my adoptive mother. Third, I want to be the prince's wife."

An Yi, Wei Lingheng and Xiao Jinnian rolled their eyes at the same time. She must be thinking about eating farts! That's a bit wishful thinking!

"Forget it, I don't want to know anymore, Your Highness Prince Jin, I beg you to kill her!"

Wei Lingheng was extremely speechless. It was simply outrageous. It was outrageous to open the door to outrageous things.

"Uh...I think so too." An Yi felt that this girl was really going too far!

"Okay, then let's go and lock them all up first." Xiao Jinnian said this and left the dungeon with Wei Lingheng and An Yi.

They came out of the dungeon and sat in the courtyard of the palace to discuss how to solve the matter.

"Why don't we beat that girl up until she tells the truth?" An Yi said without thinking.

"An Yi, I usually ask you to read some books, look at your pig brain." Xiao Jinnian rarely speaks like this, but he was angry today.

Wei Lingheng covered his mouth and laughed. These two people were too funny. He couldn't help laughing. When he saw them turning their heads and staring at him, he straightened his expression.

"In fact, I have already guessed who it is, but I have no evidence. If Li Zhenzhu is unwilling to cooperate, then we will let him reveal his true colors himself."

"What should we do?" Xiao Jinnian didn't expect Wei Lingheng to have an idea so quickly, and his impression of him improved a little.