When the iron gate was opened, a ray of light shone in from outside.
Caiyu immediately raised her face. After a night of darkness, that ordinary ray of light became extremely dazzling, stabbing her eyes painfully.
But she did not close her eyes. She saw that hideous and terrifying face head-on!
Jiang Jinyue!
Several guards carried lanterns and walked in, illuminating the narrow interrogation room.
All were unfamiliar faces. Presumably, they were guards from the Evening Fragrance Hall or the outer perimeter of the Prince Yan Mansion.
In any case, all the guards in the Lotus Sound Pavilion who were familiar with her, such as Liu Huashan, were excluded from this interrogation.
Caiyu's lips curled slightly, as if she had expected it. A calm smile appeared on her face.
Jiang Jinyue covered her nose and walked in arrogantly. She saw Caiyu's extremely calm smile and could not help but be stunned. Her eyes widened.
After a long and dark night of suffering, this lowly servant did not cry bitterly?
She did not throw herself on her knees and beg for justice?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Caiyu not only did not go crazy as she expected, but she was like a piece of uncut jade that was suddenly dug out of the ground and saw the light.
She leaned against the wall alone. The light from the lantern shone on her body and calm face. Her usually moist eyes squinted slightly. She calmly looked Jiang Jinyue in the eye. A sense of peace and calmness was revealed from her eyes.
A sense of shame and hatred surged in Jiang Jinyue's heart, causing her nails to dig into her palm.
The guard moved a chair. Jiang Jinyue sat down and said in a dead tone:
"Blue Caiyu, if you confess today how you poisoned aunt, I can reward you with a whole body. Otherwise..."
"Cousin Miss." Caiyu interrupted her. "How is the old princess?"
"She is still in a coma!" Jiang Jinyue blurted out without thinking. "The doctor said that she is in danger. If she cannot be detoxified after today, she may never wake up!"
"Blue Caiyu! I will ask you one more time. How did you poison my aunt?"
Caiyu still sat quietly in front of the wall and smiled faintly:
"The old princess is in danger. Cousin Miss does not show any worry on her face and there is not a single tear in her eyes... Cousin Miss only wanted the servant to confess as soon as she entered the dungeon. Don't you not anxious to ask the servant what kind of poison the old princess was poisoned with and if there is an antidote?"
"You!"
A trace of panic flashed across Jiang Jinyue's face. She looked around. Seeing that the guards seemed to be expressionless, she felt relieved. Immediately after, she revealed a hideous expression.
"Blue Caiyu, I know that you are eloquent. Not only am I unable to talk to you, but even cousin is often blocked by you until he is speechless..."
She sneered. The hand that was painted with red nail polish supported her heavily made-up face. She ordered the guard who was standing at the side:
"Tie her to the torture rack!"
Caiyu's lips curled into a bitter smile. She expected that she would be tortured. She could not escape it.
The guard tied Caiyu to the torture rack. The iron pot beside it burned with raging fire.
The morning wind blew cold and ice-cold. The trees in the Prince Yan Mansion emitted a clicking sound under the wind's destruction. The boundless and huge mansion had gold bricks on the ground. The glazed tiles were like fire, hiding a murderous intention.
Jiang Jinyue received the whip from the guard. The hard handle stabbed at Caiyu's flawless face. She grinned:
"If you do not say it, I will beat you until you say it!"
"Cousin Miss, the servant is wronged." Caiyu knew that Jiang Jinyue was the biggest suspect, but she could only continue to complain and fight her to a standstill.
"Pa!"
A clear whip sound broke through the air. The whip with barbs fiercely lashed out at Caiyu!
In an instant, the skirt on her body was whipped open, revealing the tumbling flesh!
The first second was a sharp stabbing pain. Immediately after, the opened wound was like a burning fire and was extremely hot. It spread with a dense and heart-wrenching pain!
Caiyu gritted her teeth and glared angrily at Jiang Jinyue!
She actually coated the whip with salt water!
Jiang Jinyue did not wait for Caiyu to react. The continuous whip lashed out at her body!
She did not intend to let Caiyu confess at all. She was only venting her anger!
The first long bell of the bell tower in the distance rang. The sound was far and wide.
The sun slowly shone down in the bell sound, shining on the heavy and ancient city wall of Yanjing City.
There seemed to be a dot of blood on the brick tiles. The blood that was condensed by the battle between the Danye soldiers and the Tartars was melted by the sun.
Above this city where iron and blood and peace coexisted, the sea hawk howled above the most noble mansion in Yanjing. It circled and shrieked, startling countless gray pigeons in the Lotus Sound Pavilion to fly into the sky.
The Prince Yan Mansion looked solemn. Because Concubine Yao was in danger, everyone's face was filled with worry. No one noticed that there was a surging blood under the mansion with the sounds of the Buddhist chant.
The sun moved from east to west. The sky gradually darkened.
The north wind blew with a howl. Spring was approaching, but the wind was still cold and sharp. It stabbed into the bones. The strong wind blew up the sand and dust from the border, howling in the sky like a crazy monster.
In the dungeon, after Jiang Jinyue vented for two hours, she finally stopped tiredly and gasped for breath while supporting the chair back.
Caiyu was hanging on the torture rack. Her face and body were all whip wounds. The flesh was blurred and it was shocking.
Apart from the bright red fresh meat that was turned out, the rest of her skin was whipped into a dead white. Her ten fingers were inserted with iron needles and were oozing blood.
Her body gently swayed with the wind that blew from outside. She seemed to be unaware.
The wind blew on her thin clothes, like a knife scraping.
The lips that were tightly bitten during the torture were already covered with blood. She could only bite her teeth and lips forcefully to stuff the sobs back into her cavity.
This tragic scene made the few guards who were standing in the interrogation room show a look of pity.
Jiang Jinyue drank a cup of tea in large gulps. Only then did she recover her strength. She turned her head to look at Caiyu who had her head down and said with a smile:
"You still do not want to confess?"
The person who seemed to be unaware suddenly moved after Jiang Jinyue opened her mouth.
Caiyu struggled to raise her head and slightly raised her face.
There was a dot of blood and moisture on her face. It was not clear if it was tears or blood and tears.
However, although her beautiful and ethereal face was extremely pale without a trace of blood, it was weak and made people feel heartache. It was like the heavy pear flower that was overwhelmed by the wind and rain outside the dungeon. It was beautiful and fragile, pale and powerless.
Jiang Jinyue looked at her appearance. Jealousy and madness gnawed at her heart.
Why could this lowly servant be so beautiful?
Even torture was not enough to damage her beauty. It only made her gain another kind of beauty!
Caiyu stuck out her tongue and licked her dry lips. She revealed a calm smile:
"Cousin Miss... why must you be persistent in whether the servant confesses or not? If the servant did not guess wrongly, cousin Miss should have evidence to prove that I am the murderer..."
Jiang Jinyue's pupils shrank slightly. Immediately after, a malicious smile appeared on her face. "You are really smart."
She reached out her hand and patted Caiyu's swollen face. "You are right. Why did I not come last night? It was because I found the remaining poison powder packet under the pillow in the side hall where you live..."
"Blue Caiyu, to tell you the truth, whether you confess or not today, in any case, the crime of you murdering the old princess is already a certainty!"
"Cousin is not in Yanjing. No one will protect you anymore!"
"Blue Caiyu, it is time for you to go!"
Jiang Jinyue raised her head and let out a harsh laugh. The smug look in her eyes was obvious!
Suddenly, she took out a confession that was already written from her bosom and shook it open. She grabbed Caiyu's hand that was covered with blood and pressed it on the paper. There was an extreme and crazy emotion in her eyes:
"You can just sign it! I want cousin to see after he returns that the female favorite that he raised beside him is a poisonous snake! She killed her own mother! I want him to regret loving you!"