Chapter 14 Choice

After Fu Mingjue arrived at Dali Temple, Gu Boyan came out to greet him in person. Even though he felt uneasy, he knew that with Fu Mingjue's presence, he would be able to pry Huang Xu's mouth open.

"Your Majesty, please come this way." Gu Boyan led Fu Mingjue into the dark cell.

The cell was filled with the stench of decay, mixed with a vague smell of blood.

Most of the prisoners here were death row prisoners. They had not seen anyone for a long time. As soon as Fu Mingjue came in, he attracted everyone's attention.

They all speculated: Who is this young man who is dressed in expensive clothes and walking in front of Gu Boyan.

After arriving at the interrogation hall, the disheveled Huang Xu was taken up and tied to a wooden stake.

After seeing clearly that the person coming was Fu Mingjue, Huang Xu's groggy mind instantly woke up: "Fu Fu Mingjue?"

After staying in Dali Temple for two days, he had never been afraid. It was just a matter of death, but it was different when he fell into Fu Mingjue's hands.

The most vicious people are not afraid of death, but they are afraid that life would be worse than death.

Fu Mingjue sat there leisurely, with a row of strange torture instruments in his hand, a smile on his lips, but his dark eyes were very bright.

"I heard that you are very hard-boned?" Fu Mingjue raised his eyebrows slightly, "In all these years, I have never met a truly hard-boned person."

His smile made Huang Xu panic.

It is rumored that King Jing killed his brother and his mother with such ruthless methods that he would not even spare a three-year-old child. He is the evil god that everyone is afraid to avoid!

"Go and block his mouth." Fu Mingjue said to Jiang Liu, "Lest he dirty my ears."

"Yes." Jiang Liu responded, took out his handkerchief and stuffed it into Huang Xu's mouth.

Huang Xu's eyes widened, his face full of horror, and a chill rose from the soles of his feet.

Fu Mingjue's slender fingers crossed the cold torture instrument, and then he picked up a silver needle about five inches long: "Let's use this one first."

Jiang Liu took it expressionlessly, saying it was just an appetizer. He had seen even more cruel people.

Huang Xu's eyes were red and he whimpered silently, letting the cold silver needle pierce his skin and grind it into his spine bit by bit.

Gu Boyan on the side saw it and silently moved his eyes away.

The rumors are indeed true

An hour later, Huang Xu, who was completely unconscious, was dragged down, and the shackles on his feet were scratched on the ground, making a harsh sound.

The curious prisoners all poked their heads out and were shocked when they saw the lifeless man with his mouth full of blood.

What kind of person would pull out his teeth?

In fact, Fu Mingjue didn't like to torture people. He knew that Huang Xu wanted to die, so in order to prevent Huang Xu from biting his tongue and committing suicide, he had to pull out his teeth.

This is also for the sake of his life, isn't it?

Fu Mingjue wiped the blood spattered on his hands in disgust: "It stinks!"

Jiang Liu heard this and quickly poured a glass of water for him to wash his hands.

Gu Boyan has not yet recovered from the scene just now. He has served as Minister of Dali Temple for many years and has never seen such a cruel scene.

Fearing that Huang Xu would die from the pain, Fu Mingjue kindly gave him a bowl of ginseng soup.

Rumors are worse than seeing them. Gu Boyan thinks the rumors are still modest.

After cleaning, Fu Mingjue handed the paper signed by Huang Xu to Gu Boyan: "Mr. Gu, the rest will be left to you."

Gu Boyan hurriedly took it and said respectfully: "I will definitely live up to the prince's expectations."

After seeing off the great master Fu Mingjue, Gu Boyan suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and then he took the paper and began to read it carefully.

After seeing the familiar name above, he raised his head suddenly: "How could it be him."

Here, Fu Mingjue's carriage left Dali Temple and wandered towards the palace.

The palace's carriage always attracted attention, and it was difficult for others not to notice it.

The incident at the teahouse the day before yesterday was abuzz in the city, and no one knew who leaked the news that the teahouse owner had been arrested and taken to Dali Temple.

Now that I saw King Jing's chariot coming from Dali Temple, I couldn't help but make some guesses.

In the private room on the second floor of Zuixiao Tower facing the street, two girls also noticed the palace's carriage.

"Jianing, the prince is married now, it's time for you to let go." Su Lingxi advised softly.

When Xu Jianing heard this, his eyes became wet, and his hand holding the handkerchief trembled slightly: "I have admired him since he was the seventh prince."

"It turns out that I just thought he couldn't let go of Ling Qingwei, and I didn't bother too much. But he later married Ling Youyao."

Su Lingxi sighed: "I met Princess Jing in the palace last time. I finally know why the prince married her."

Xu Jianing looked over: "Why?"

"Everyone knows that the Ling brothers and sisters are twins, but I see that Mr. Ling is not very similar to Miss Ling, but Princess Jing is very similar to Miss Ling."

Xu Jianing was stunned and said in disbelief: "So... is this actually the case?"

She said that her talent and appearance were not inferior to Ling Youyao's, but she couldn't understand why Fu Mingjue didn't even want to look at her. Now that Su Lingxi said this, she suddenly realized.

The person in Fu Mingjue's heart is always Ling Qingwei.

Fortunately, she was jealous of Ling Youyao before, but now that she thinks about it, Ling Youyao is the most pitiful one.

Su Lingxi observed the words and expressions, pretending to be regretful and said: "I saw Princess Jing earlier. Although she was smiling, her face was full of sadness. She didn't want to marry into the palace."

"After all - everyone in the capital knows about her relationship with Shen Shizi."

Xu Jianing also thought of the time Prince Dingguo knelt in front of the palace gate a few months ago, and felt a little more sympathy for Ling Youyao in his heart.

"Well, it's useless to talk about it now." Su Lingxi changed her voice and asked Xu Jianing, "What are your plans in the future?"

Xu Jianing gave a bitter smile: "Your Majesty has ordered my father to guard Ningzhou. I will leave the capital in three days at most."

"So hasty?" Su Lingxi looked surprised.

In fact, she knew that Xu Jianing would leave the capital sooner or later and caused such a big fuss in Prince Jing's Mansion that everyone in the city laughed at it. The Xu family's face had long been disgraced!

Even if she stays in the capital, there are only two endings: either she will be sent to the village to be raised, or she will have her hair twisted and become a sister-in-law.

Xu Jianing was simple-minded and thought Su Lingxi was caring about her: "My father said that he would find a marriage for me when I get to the northwest. After all, I won't be able to get married in Beijing."

Su Lingxi was secretly unwilling. Why could Xu Jianing start over again by changing places?

If you do such a disgraceful thing to your family, you should live with the Ancient Buddha of Qingdeng for the rest of your life and be laughed at by the world for the rest of your life!

She twisted her handkerchief and said unbearably: "Jianing, are you going to marry someone you don't love?"

Xu Jianing's expression changed. He remembered his father's words and stopped thinking: "But now, I have no choice but to take this path."

"Actually," Su Lingxi said hesitantly, "it's not that there are no other options."
Chapter completed!