The dungeon was dimly lit and the air was damp and cold.

Even though summer is almost here, it still feels quite chilly inside, a chill that penetrates deep into the skin.

Two guards walked in front holding torches, lighting up the areas they passed through one by one.

Chu Tingyu, who was walking behind, had a very cold expression on his face, and Xu Rui, who was standing next to him, also had a serious expression on his face, without any of his usual ease.

The further you go in, the more clearly you can hear a woman's vague and painful cry, like unbearable pain.

This shrill voice sounded like a devil's sound in the ears, making it unbearable.

They walked to the end of the corridor and saw a doctor standing outside the cell with a medicine box at his feet.

When the doctor saw Chu Tingyu, he hurried forward and saluted, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

"How is she?" As Chu Tingyu spoke, he turned his head to look at Qin Lingyun who was struggling in pain in the cell.

Her hands and feet were tied up, and she kept rolling on the ground.

The cloth stuffed in her mouth partially blocked her screams, but one could tell how much pain she was in just by listening.

"Your Highness, please forgive me for my poor medical skills. I can only find out that her current symptoms are caused by poisoning, but I don't know what the specific poison is. She was in great pain when the poison took effect and she was unconscious. I was worried that she might bite her tongue, so I stuffed a piece of cloth into her mouth."

"The painkillers didn't work, so I tried acupuncture, but she struggled so hard that I didn't dare to do anything for fear of accidentally hurting her..."

Chu Tingyu looked at Xu Rui and said, "Go and take a look."

Xu Rui nodded and stepped in after the guard pushed open the prison door.

Chu Tingyu asked the doctor to leave first. He stood outside the cell and watched Xu Rui's actions with a heavy look in his eyes.

The knife that Qin Lingyun stabbed into Li Jingwan's chest two days ago almost took her life.

Fortunately, the knife did not hit the heart, and Xu Rui arrived in time and rescued her for several hours. With the help of countless precious medicinal herbs, Li Jingwan's life was finally saved.

But she has been in a coma, and Xu Rui can't tell when she will wake up.

Chu Tingyu stayed there for several days until news came from the dungeon that Qin Lingyun suddenly felt unwell and was screaming and shouting in great pain and terror. The doctor could not find the cause, so he rushed here with Xu Rui.

Xu Rui was indeed a miracle doctor from Medicine Valley. In less than an incense stick of time, he had calmed Qin Lingyun down and she was lying on the ground gasping for breath.

Xu Rui came out and whispered, "Your Highness, she must have been poisoned by the ant poison. When this poison takes effect, black spots will appear on the chest and back, and the whole body will feel like it is being bitten by thousands of ants. It is so painful that even the strongest man cannot withstand it, so it is called poison."

"I have seen this poison in Medicine Valley. It is said to have come from the Western Regions and was extracted from a unique poisonous ant in the Western Regions. This kind of poisonous ant is very rare, so the ant poison is very rare."

Chu Tingyu asked, "Is there an antidote?"

"Yes." Xu Rui nodded.

"But I don't know the specific ingredients of the antidote. I just used acupuncture and detoxification pills to temporarily suppress the poison, but it can't last. It can only last for an hour at most."

Chu Tingyu's eyes swept over Qin Lingyun, who was lying on the ground and had fallen asleep, as if he was looking at a dead object.

"After an hour, what will happen to her if she only uses the antidote pills?"

"It can suppress some of the toxicity. She is not in as much pain as before, but it is tormenting enough."

"Do you think she can handle it?"

Xu Rui shook his head very confidently, "No."

Chu Tingyu smiled slightly at this time, "Give me the remaining antidote pills."

He would not let Qin Lingyun die now, but he would not let her have an easy life either.

Sure enough, an hour later, Qin Lingyun woke up.

But she was awakened by pain, because the familiar pain of ants gnawing at her body appeared again, becoming more and more intense, making her scream in pain.

But this time, as soon as she made a sound, the cell door was opened.

The guard placed the torch on the wall, lighting up the dark cell, and immediately withdrew.

Qin Lingyun was still conscious at this time. She saw Chu Tingyu walk in and sit on a chair opposite her.

"My Lord, save...save me..." She didn't care that Chu Tingyu was her enemy. She just wanted to end this pain quickly and reached out to him, "Help, help..."

She wanted to crawl over, but her hands and feet were tied.

Chu Tingyu stared at her for a while, and when he saw her face becoming more and more distorted, he spoke, "Who sent you?"

"There are antidote pills in here. Taking them can relieve your pain." He raised the medicine bottle in his hand and said, "Go ahead."

Qin Lingyun was shaking all over and sweating profusely.

She couldn't endure it and couldn't bear the pain.

"It's... it's Prince Ning... Chu... Chu Tingjue..." She just wanted the pain in her body to stop, "It's him... Prince, the pill... please..."

Chu Tingyu's face became even gloomier, and there seemed to be a storm in his eyes.

He took out a pill and threw it in front of her. Qin Lingyun knelt on the ground to pick it up, and swallowed it in one gulp without even bothering to blow away the dust and grass debris on it.

Gradually, half of the pain in her body disappeared, but she could still clearly feel the pain from the ants biting her, but it was not so painful that she could not bear it.

"My Lord, please give me another one." Qin Lingyun begged, very humbly, without any of the arrogance she had when she kidnapped Li Jingwan. "Give me one, please..."

"If you answer my question, I can give it to you again."

"Okay, okay, okay..." Qin Lingyun nodded continuously, drooling in pain, "Ask, ask..."

Chu Tingyu slowly spoke, "What was the ending of the Li family in the previous life?"

Qin Lingyun paused, her eyes widened in disbelief, and at this moment she forgot the pain in her body.

Why would Chu Tingyu ask this question? Could it be that he also...

Chu Tingyu knew what she was thinking, so he deliberately lied to her.

"I already know most of the answers. If you dare to lie to me, I have a way to keep you alive but keep you in a state of poison. I heard that the pain of thousands of ants gnawing at your bones is more painful than being cut into pieces."

Qin Lingyun shuddered with fright.

"The effect of the drug can only last for half an hour. If you don't tell me, then you have to bear it."

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you." She didn't want to endure that kind of pain again, and it was getting worse each time.

When the poison took effect just now, she had only one thought: she would be willing to do anything for anyone who could save her.

At this moment, she didn't care that Chu Tingyu was her enemy. She just wanted to live one day at a time and suffer less pain.

"In the previous life, Li Jingwan did not expose the Wu'an Marquisate. My brother and I were adopted by her..."

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