After King An was carried into the palace, Emperor Shunyuan directly sent him to the inner court prison.
That place was famous as a torture prison. All the people who went in were worse off than dead. Even if they were alive in the end, they looked so miserable that they were worse than dead.
King An has always lived a life of fine clothing and fine food when he grew up. Even if he was tortured by Lu Yunhong like that, he only felt palpitations and uneasiness when he thought about it.
But when he found that he could not even see the emperor's face and was thrown into the inner court prison upon arrival, King An instantly panicked.
He dragged his body inside, shook the prison door vigorously, and shouted hysterically: "I want to see the emperor, I want to see the emperor, I have a major secret report to report..."
However, there was silence all around, except for the occasional roars and cries of pain, there was nothing else.
No one even came to see him.
Gradually, King An's mentality collapsed. He smelled the smell of rotting corpses in the cell, and finally couldn't help but burst into tears.
At this time, at the gate of the prison, the steward Chang Gongzheng bowed his head and reported to Emperor Shunyuan: "The prince shouted as soon as he came. The young men did not dare to torture for fear of hurting the prince. They just waited for the emperor's instructions."
Emperor Shunyuan snorted coldly, his gloomy eyes filled with the sharpness of wind knives and frost arrows!
Eunuch Chang's back was even more bent, as if a straw could crush him. There was a hint of fear and cowardice in his whole body, and even his breathing was suppressed to the point where it seemed like nothing.
Finally, Emperor Shunyuan spoke, and he said coldly: "How did you treat those people of the Guo family back then, and what do you do to him now? I'm waiting here, listen, as long as you don't do your best, you don't have to live.
Already."
Eunuch Chang's downcast face changed, and eventually the light in his eyes gradually dimmed. He was helping handle the Guo family's cases back then, and he also knew some secrets, so he had been living in fear all these years.
Now, if the old matter is brought up again, I am afraid that even if King An talks about it, he will not end well!
But he didn't have any choice.
Perhaps the saddest thing about people is that they foresee their own end, but have to walk towards it step by step until they are finally destroyed.
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It was extremely hot and stuffy in the prison, the charcoal fire was burning brightly, and the soldering iron was so red that it burned the eyes.
The smell of blood around him was so strong that it was nauseating. Someone dragged An Wang out like a dead body and threw him casually on the blood-stained ground.
Suddenly, there was a crack of whip, and the whole prison became extremely quiet.
King An curled up in fear. When he looked back, he saw Eunuch Chang smiling sinisterly: "Your Highness King An... you should be more honest when you enter this prison, otherwise, I'm afraid you will have to eat some flesh."
The suffering.”
Prince An's eyes tightened, and he opened his mouth and said: "I am the prince of the dynasty, you cannot use torture on me."
After hearing this, Eunuch Chang smiled directly.
But in the next moment, his thorny whip struck King An hard.
One whip, two whips, three whips...
Eunuch Chang's hands were numb from the shock, and a strange lightness appeared on his gloomy face. Amidst Prince An's wails, he casually said: "Your Majesty?"
"Even if the prince doesn't know, who has been in this prison?"
"Don't say it's you, it's the Queen Mother Guo back then..."
Eunuch Chang stopped talking at the right time and said with a wicked smile: "Your Majesty, I have left you some dignity, and you should also be considerate of my hard work."
"Those who enter our inner court prison are basically those who are despised by the emperor."
"You are the first person who is rejected by the emperor in the palace and wants to get along with you quickly. As a prince, you are the first one!"
Because of the severe pain, King An seemed to be tearing back and forth on the edge of the burning fire. He roared and his eyes gradually turned blood red.
He stared at Eunuch Chang's face and thought it was extremely ugly.
He was unwilling to give in and didn't want to believe it, so he still said stubbornly: "If you want me to say it, you can go back and report it to the emperor. I won't say anything until I see the emperor."
Eunuch Chang glanced out the window and wondered if the bird suddenly stopped and was startled.
But the next moment, he sneered directly: "My lord, can't you see clearly? If the emperor is willing to see you, you can answer the question in Qinzheng Palace instead of being tortured here."
"It's okay if you don't say it now, it's just a matter of wasting some effort. It just so happens that what we people are least afraid of is wasting our efforts!"
As Eunuch Chang's pupils suddenly shrank, King An's painful screams soon came from the prison.
People inside and outside the prison couldn't help but be frightened by such a sound.
How long has it been... The last time Eunuch Chang took such a serious action was probably twenty-five years ago...
Time seemed to be reincarnating. When the eunuch guarding the gate looked at the emperor who had a gloomy face and never even glanced at him, he couldn't help but tremble with fear.
The emperor is the emperor after all. He has been gentle for so many years, but the ruthlessness in his bones has not been worn away, but has become more fierce.
Finally, King An inside couldn't bear it anymore and shouted weakly: "I say, I say, I say anything..."
Eunuch Chang retracted his hand, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, and said viciously: "My lord, if you had done this, you wouldn't have to suffer all this."
"Why bother?"
King An sneered and stared at Eunuch Chang, as if he had anticipated his fate.
But Eunuch Chang was unmoved and still sneered: "Your Majesty, please hurry up. Do you have other prisoners to try?"
King An spat out a mouthful of blood. Even though he was in this situation, he still held on to a glimmer of hope.
Just listen to him say slowly: "Lu Yunhong."
Eunuch Chang didn't seem to understand, so he raised his ear.
King An swallowed the blood foam and said: "I said, the person who assassinated me in Jinling was Lu Yunhong."
Eunuch Chang thought he heard wrongly and asked again: "Isn't it Zhou Ling?"
King An sneered: "Zhou Ling? What does he want to do to take revenge on me?"
"It was Lu Yunhong who used Liu Qing and Li Tao Jiang who looked exactly like him, and he sneaked to Jinling to take revenge on me, and he even made me look like this."
"If it weren't for Zhou Ling, I would have died long ago."
Eunuch Chang was surprised and said: "Is this true?"
King An looked at Eunuch Chang gloomily and said coldly: "I can confront Lu Yunhong!"
Eunuch Chang glanced at the little eunuch beside him, who quickly went out.
King An lowered his head and counted the time silently.
But soon, within a quarter of an hour, the little eunuch came back.
An Wang's psychological defense completely collapsed. For a moment, he looked at the hot iron and thought that he would die more happily if it passed through his intestines like this.
But in the end, he still didn't have the courage to get up. He just kept looking at the fire until a basin of cold water was poured on his head, which instantly made him twitch and tremble with the cold, screaming in pain.
The initiator, however, stood aside and said with a hearty smile: "Your Highness Prince An, what you just said was all about Jinling!"
"Next, let's talk about things in the capital, shall we?"
King An's lips were blue and blue from the cold, and his eyelashes seemed to be frozen with ice, sharply piercing his eyes.
He blinked, as if blood-red tears were flowing out...