The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

"..."

Gu Shichong couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Xue Zhiyi held Huo Wuyou's face and looked at it again and again, and couldn't help crying: "Husband, you have lost weight."

Such cells for holding wanted criminals are different from ordinary prisons. They are not dirty and smelly, and the food is fresh, with both meat and vegetables. Even the beds are covered with soft mattresses. Moreover, it’s only one night, how much weight can you lose?

How come Gu Shichong didn't know that Xue Zhiyi was so pretentious before?

Just as she was thinking about it, she didn't expect Huo Wuyou to hold Xue Zhiyi's hand in an even more pretentious manner: "Don't worry, once the truth is found out and your husband is cleared of the injustice, we can be reunited as husband and wife."

Sui Yunlang's cell was separated from Huo Wuyou's by an aisle. He could see everything they did. Holding the prison food in his hand, Sui Yunlang said, "You are so disgusting."

Gu Shichong agreed in his heart very much.

Xue Zhiyi looked sad: "What happened? Who locked you up here? If His Majesty and my grandmother knew, I would skin them alive!"

But Gu Shichong sneered, "Don't you know what Huo Wuyou did? Do you really think he can get out of here? Xue Zhiyi, are you really clueless?"

He would no longer trust Xue Zhiyi, and would not believe that she knew nothing about this matter. He would not be fooled by such a cunning person again!

He raised his hand, trying to pull Xue Zhiyi in front of him so that he could see the calculation in her eyes, but his wrist was suddenly grabbed by another hand.

Huo Wuyou blocked Xue Zhiyi behind him and looked at him puzzledly: "What is your highness going to do?"

Gu Shichong's wrist was so painful from being gripped by Huo Wuyou that he pulled his hand back and couldn't help but sneer. His eyes passed Huo Wuyou and fell on Xue Zhiyi's face: "Xue Zhiyi, now that things have come to this, he can't escape death. How about this, I'll give you a chance, leave him, and be my person, and I'll protect you from death."

Huo Wuyou immediately showed a look of enlightenment: "No wonder His Highness was so kind as to let me into the palace. It turns out that he had set up a trap to kill me so that he could take advantage of the opportunity to kill my wife. I thought it was a spur-of-the-moment idea, but I didn't expect that he had been coveting it for a long time!"

Hearing this, Gu Shichong sneered in confusion: "The king harmed you? Huo Wuyou, don't make a mistake. It was you who broke into the palace at night and presented the prescription, but it made father's condition worse. Could it be that the king forced you to do this?"

Huo Wuyou said confidently, "There is absolutely no problem with the prescription. If no one interfered, this would not have happened. The only one involved in this matter is you, Your Highness."

"Evidence." Gu Shichong said, "There is no evidence. What you said is slandering the prince."

It’s true that he let Huo Wuyou into the palace, but all this was done in secret. What evidence did Huo Wuyou have?

At this time, perhaps realizing the seriousness of the matter, Xue Zhiyi's face was not very good. She put her hand on Huo Wuyou's back and comforted him, "Husband, I believe in you. The truth of this matter will be revealed. If the heaven is unfair and wants you to die unjustly, then I will definitely follow you through life and death."

Huo Wuyou's frustrated eyes were moved. He turned around and held Xue Zhiyi's shoulders: "I'm sorry for making you suffer."

Gu Shichong felt like his eyes were about to roll to the back of his head.

On the other side, Sui Yunlang crossed his legs and watched them talk as if he was watching a play. He unknowingly ate half a bowl of prison food.

"what!"

A sudden scream almost made Sui Yunlang lose his job.

Xue Zhiyi seemed to be frightened by something and threw himself into Huo Wuyou's arms again. Huo Wuyou asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Xue Zhiyi was seen with his head down, his hand trembling as he pointed to a corner of the cell.

Huo Wuyou and Gu Shichong looked over and saw that next to the bowl that Huo Wuyou had accidentally overturned was a rat that had eaten prison food. The rat was bleeding from all seven orifices and was twitching on the ground.

Huo Wuyou's face turned pale: "Someone poisoned me?!"

"what!"

Upon hearing this, Sui Yunlang didn't care about anything else, turned around and started to pick his throat.

Xue Zhiyi's eyes were filled with tears and her voice was trembling: "My husband, someone wants to frame you. Now that person has something to hide, he wants to poison you and get rid of you as soon as possible..."

Although Xue Zhiyi did not point to anyone in particular, his vigilant and resentful eyes kept glancing at Gu Shichong.

"Your Highness Prince Gong." Xue Zhiyi choked up and said, "If you want me, I will obey you. Why do you have to put pressure on my life so much?"

Huo Wuyou hugged her, and said in a tragic and heroic tone: "Madam, please don't do that! I would rather die than let you suffer this humiliation!"

"What does this have to do with me?"

Amid Sui Yunlang's retching, Gu Shichong said sternly, "This matter has nothing to do with me from beginning to end!"

He had never felt so wronged before. He just wanted to trick Xue Zhiyi, but who would have thought that this couple would take advantage of him! It seemed like he was the one who broke up the couple.

But on second thought, if Huo Wuyou didn't commit suicide by himself, could it be that someone really used Huo Wuyou as a knife to murder the emperor?

……

After coming out of the Heavenly Prison, Gu Shichong has been thinking about this matter.

He entered the palace as per the order to attend to the patient, and knelt in the outer hall of the Changsheng Palace with several other princes, analyzing the matter all the time in his mind.

It was so abnormal... Why did Huo Wuyou suddenly do something stupid? Logically speaking, with Xue Zhiyi, a cunning man, giving him advice, Huo Wuyou would not take such a big risk to do such a thing even if he was stupid.

What's more, he didn't believe that a person who could quietly gain the emperor's trust and take the Cavalry Battalion into his pocket would be a fool.

There must be something behind this, something he doesn't know.

Beside Gu Shichong, the Ninth Prince Gu Shiying shook his hand: "Third brother..."

Gu Shichong took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from his face: "What's wrong? If you are tired, go back to the palace and rest."

The Ninth Prince shook his head and said, "Ying'er is not tired. Ying'er hasn't seen Third Brother for a long time. I want to stay with Third Brother for a while longer."

Ever since Concubine Ge's death, Gu Shiying's personality has become much more taciturn. Having lost his mother and seeing his father dying, such a young child regards his half-brother as his only support.

He blinked his round eyes and said, "Don't be sad, Third Brother. Father will definitely get better."

Hearing this, Gu Shichong was stunned and said nothing.

His ninth brother was still young and had not yet realized what his father's critical illness meant.

He was actually looking forward to his father's death. After all, among the princes currently in Huajing, the second prince was of foreign blood, the fifth prince was dull by nature, and the rest were all young princes whose maternal families had little power.

And he, Gu Shichong, is the only person suitable to succeed to the throne.

Even if Gu Shimin was still alive, even if the Ge family was still a major concern, as long as he sat on the throne, he could take his time to deal with the rest, no matter how difficult it was, it would be better than it is now.

In order to avoid giving the Ge family and Gu Shimin the opportunity to create changes, the most important thing he should do now is to take advantage of the opportunity to send his father away and put the blame on Huo Wuyou.

But today, after meeting Xue Zhiyi and Huo Wuyou, he hesitated... Things are not that simple, this couple must know something - there must be something fishy!

Beside him, the Ninth Prince, exhausted, fell asleep leaning on Gu Shichong. Looking at him, Gu Shichong's eyes were slightly gloomy.

However, if his father was really critically ill, the Ge family would spare no effort to kill him. After all, Duke Dingguo was not only the uncle of this prince, and even if he was eliminated, they could still support the young prince to ascend the throne.

And his ninth brother Gu Shiying is the most suitable puppet.