Lady Wan Guan

Bang, the door to the prison opened.

Gu Zhouting walked in, a narrow and deep passage with dim light and a smell of decay.

This is the most stringent prison in Daqi. It is difficult to get in and even harder to get out.

Xiao Wang was imprisoned in the deepest part of the prison.

He has been in this damn place for who knows how long.

He ate pancakes that were too hard to bite, drank rice soup that could see people's faces, and slept on rotten and damp straw. No one talked to him or paid attention to him.

There is no daylight here, and no one knows how time passes.

Xiao Wang felt that he would go crazy if he stayed any longer.

But is there any hope for him to get out of here?
The person in charge of investigating the case is Gu Zhouting from Dali Temple. Gu Zhouting hates him. Don’t think he can’t tell. Gu Zhouting is fond of Nan Zhi. He always stares at Nan Zhi affectionately from a corner where no one is paying attention.

Especially after he married Qin Siyue as the crown prince, Gu Zhouting's opinion of him became even greater.

Thinking that he was sorry for Nan Zhi, every time she saw him, she would look down on him.

After Xiao Yan came back, Gu Zhouting and Ji Yunchen stood on his opposite side, assisting Xiao Yan and trying to pull him down from the position of prince.

Today, they succeeded.

They finally pulled him off his horse and pushed him into the abyss, beyond redemption.

There was no hope. Gu Zhouting could not let him walk out from here unless he lay down.

The more Xiao Wang thought about it, the more he hated him, and the more he thought about it, the more desperate he became.

It was this damn woman, Sun Qingwan, who was plotting evil things without telling him. If he had known earlier...

If he had known it earlier and let him plan it, it would not be like this now, full of loopholes and easily seen through.

Xiao Wang punched the ground hard, causing the chains on his body to rattle.

There were footsteps.

Xiao Wang narrowed his eyes and followed the sound.

A red official robe appeared in front of him.

Going up the official robe, there is a face that is as handsome as jade and indifferent.

It was Gu Zhouting.

Xiao Wang's hands started to tremble. Was Gu Zhouting coming to end his life?
"Open it." Gu Zhou stopped.

The jailer stepped forward and unlocked the cell door.

Gu Zhouting took the wine bottle from Mo Yu's hand and bowed into the prison.

Xiao Wang stared at the wine bottle in Gu Zhouting's hand, his face turned pale, he was indeed here to send him on his way.

Gu Zhou stopped looking at him condescendingly and placed the wine bottle in front of him.

"I'm treating you to a drink, Bai Cui Lou's 20-year-old daughter Hong. I'm afraid you won't have the chance to drink it in the future."

Xiao Wang smiled miserably: "Are you happy that I'm in this situation today?"

Gu Zhouting sneered: "What's there to be happy about? You're not worthy of my gloating."

"But you sat on the sidelines and watched me doomed, just like a cat playing with a mouse. Watching the mouse fall into the trap and struggle in vain. Isn't it a pleasure to control other people's lives and deaths?"

"Xiao Wang, who can you blame until today? Don't say that you have never doubted your mother's death, you have never doubted the tragedy in Gubei, but you have done nothing. You are immersed in the joy of being a prince, and then you focus on You just want to secure your position as the crown prince. Don’t say that when you walked out of the Yongshou Palace, you didn’t suspect that Sun Qingwan had done something in the Yongshou Palace. You had a chance, but power confused your heart, so you chose to pretend to be confused. , pretending to be innocent.”

"You are slanderous." Xiao Wang said angrily. Gu Zhouting sneered: "I know best what kind of person you are. Ever since you and Nan Zhi got engaged, I started to observe you. You are so selfish. Nan Zhi has done so much for you and spent all the effort to treat you." You hold it up where everyone can see it, and you, with a clear conscience, take all the credit for yourself and enjoy all the praise without mentioning the person who worked hard for you."

"After the fiasco of Gubei, even if you asked Ji Yunchen and me whether there was a problem with Gubei's affairs, we would continue to stand by your side and continue to help you for Nan Zhi, but you didn't. At that time, you were busy Strive to be the prince."

"Do you think that without the heroism of Shangguan's family, which made the civil and military officials of the entire court feel embarrassed and couldn't utter a word of objection, you would be worthy of being the crown prince? Xiao Wang, you are a person who doesn't remember gratitude, and is heartless and heartless. Righteousness, shamelessness."

"It's not what you think." Xiao Wang shouted, with a cry in his voice.

"Who says I haven't doubted the fiasco of Gubei? I know that if there is a problem here, it must be a huge problem. Only when I become the prince can I have the power and ability to investigate."

"Then have you checked?" Gu Zhouting asked sharply.

"I checked, but couldn't find it."

"So, you gave up early? Are you happy to be your prince?" Gu Zhouting sneered: "Xiao Wang, although you often lie, you are really not good at lying. How many useful people are there around you? Is there any? Who did you ask to investigate? Ask gods or ghosts? You have never thought about investigating at all, and you don’t even dare to mention it, because it is the pain in the emperor’s heart, a pain that he does not want others to mention, so you avoid it. Well, now you tell me that you investigated, tell me who you asked to investigate and how."

Facing Gu Zhouting's aggressiveness, Xiao Wang's momentum completely weakened.

Gu Zhouting had a sharp eye and could hide nothing from him.

"Yes, I am sorry for Nan Zhi, but as far as the matter is concerned, I did not participate in the rebellion."

Gu Zhou stopped and said: "Indeed, you have this ambition but not the courage. Even if you guessed it, you would just pretend to be confused. If you succeed, you will enjoy the benefits. If you fail, it has nothing to do with you. You are sitting on the Diaoyutai. But You should know that once Sun Qingwan fails, you will be implicated."

Xiao Wang glanced at the wine bottle on the ground, despairing, and murmured: "Is the final conclusion the gift of poisoned wine?"

"The emperor has a decree to demote you to a commoner and exile you to Yongzhou. You will not be allowed to return to the court in this life."

Xiao Wang couldn't put his head down and looked at Gu Zhouding.

Father, will he spare his life?

Did Gu Zhou stop adding insult to injury?
"From now on, just take care of yourself!" Gu Zhouting walked away not wanting to look at him again.

Although Xiao Wang escaped death, he was demoted to a commoner and exiled to Yongzhou. From then on, he could only live in a remote barren land, watching another person become the prince and inherit the throne. From then on, he would feel regret and unwillingness every day and every night. spend.

This kind of punishment is more heart-wrenching and more unbearable than a pot of poisonous wine.

It can be regarded as deserved.

The cell door was closed again, the sound of footsteps faded away, and deathly silence returned to the sky prison.

Xiao Wang picked up the wine bottle with trembling hands, took a deep drink, threw his head back and laughed, his laughter turned into sobs.

He doesn't have to die, but he has to live and suffer.

He became a commoner, an exiled commoner. Father, you are so cruel.

After the bottle of wine was finished, Xiao Wang didn't know whether he was tired from crying or drunk. He hugged the wine bottle and fell asleep in a daze. In the haze, he seemed to see Nan Zhi again, dressed in red, heroic and galloping. Come and smile at him, your laughter is like a bell.

He happily called her, Nan Zhi...

He reached out to hold her hand.

Unexpectedly, Nan Zhi raised her whip and let out a sweet scolding, and her horse galloped past him.

His hands froze in mid-air.

He looked back and saw three figures walking side by side, gradually getting further away.

Xiao Wang in the cell murmured: Don't leave...

A tear fell from the corner of his eye.