Light and Darkness (Nine)

In this world, only after the coronation ceremony is held can the status and status be considered officially confirmed.

So strictly speaking, Qiao Qiao was recorded in the Empire Book at this time and has been recognized by the outside world as Princess of the Jing Empire. Jing Yun can only be regarded as the king's youngest daughter and the underage princess in the ancient castle.

"I won't go."

Qiao Qiao is not a fool. At this time, she went to Jing Yun and was completely seeking death.

What's more, Her Royal Highness, who has just been crowned, is above her status and age, so there is no need for her to pretend to be cowardly.

"Princess Jingyun said, if you don't go... aren't you afraid that she will tell you about your private entry into the forbidden area?"

Just as Qiao Qiao turned and left, the man spoke slowly again.

She is worthy of being the one who follows Jing Yun. Even though Qiao Qiao is now a princess with a real name, she is not afraid at all.

"What's more, the person who invited you to go there this time is not just Princess Jing Yun."

A snowflake fell from Qiao Qiao's eyes. She looked at the woman in front of her very seriously and heard her say word by word: "And - His Majesty the King."

...

When Qiao Qiao first read "The Brother Always Being Black", she thought that the so-called blackened brother in the book refers to Jing Rui.

At first she thought Jing Qiao and Jing Yan were really half-siblings. It was not until one page that Jing Yan began to turn black, and Qiao Qiao realized that the beautiful world she once thought was completely distorted.

In the second half of the book, there are several pages of the extras about Queen Yanrong and Mrs. Lianting. The whole book is related to the name "Jingtai". Unfortunately, the main text, King Jingtai of China, has very few appearance rates. Qiao Qiao, who has no impression of him, simply skipped the extras.

Thinking about it now, Qiao Qiao regretted it a little. If she could read the book in full, she might not have been so passive.

The main castle A is the most important and confidential place in the entire ancient castle.

When Qiao Qiao walked straight towards the door through the magnificent corridor, the familiar scene reminded her of the scene in her dream. In the dream, Jing Qiao pushed open the door and saw Jing Tai's dead body.

Qiao Qiao paused and turned her head to see the bloody oriole outside the window.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty and Princess Jing Yun are waiting for you."

Yes, she is not in a dream now, and she is not Jing Qiao.

Qiao Qiao took a deep breath and pushed the door stiffly. As the door made a heavy and muffled sound, the huge glazed floor-to-ceiling window was the purpose.

It was still the same as the scene in the dream, but Jingtai was still alive at this time. He sat behind the throne behind the table and narrowed his eyes as Qiao Qiao came in.

"I heard... you and Yun'er have some misunderstandings?"

Sitting beside Jingtai was Jingyun, whose eyes were crying red.

In the eyes of outsiders, she is always a simple and kind little princess. Jing Rui likes her like this, and even Jingtai likes it.

But how much true love does this kind of love contain?

When Qiao Qiao used to watch palace dramas with her mother, the four words "The emperor is ruthless".

At that time, Qiao Qiao also felt that this sentence was correct. It was not until now that she was deeply trapped in the whirlpool of power and conspiracy that she realized that the ruthless one was not the emperor, but the power and status they held, which hindered them from giving their true feelings.

Obviously, Jingtai called Qiao Qiao over this time, and on the surface he was a father to mediate the relationship between the two daughters, but from his erratic eyes, Qiao Qiao noticed a little problem. Sure enough, Jingtai sent Jing Yun away in a short while. Jingyun was useless to act coquettishly, so she could only leave unwillingly.

"You went to the place where your mother used to live?"

When the door closed again, Jingtai's expression faded.

He spoke directly to the point, his eyes locked on Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao had known that Jing Yun would say this for a long time. She straightened her body and looked at Jingtai, and said slowly, "I haven't been there."

"You haven't been?"

Jingtai laughed in an instant. When he smiled, there was a little bit of Jing Rui's shadow. He changed his position and leaned on the royal chair. He nodded and said no more. The hall soon became quiet.

After a long time, he asked again: "Have you really not been there?"

The conference hall was extremely luxurious, and even the edges of the table were carved with exquisite lines. In the quiet space, Jingtai stood up to block the sunshine in front of Qiao Qiao. He leaned close to Qiao Qiao and stared at her eyes and said word by word: "Xiao Wu, don't lie to your father."

Jingtai seemed to want something from her.

He had deep meaning inside and outside, but he kept chatting with her with a kind father's face.

Qiao Qiao was extremely distressed. When Jingtai finally let her go, she walked by the door, but she heard the man behind her ask her abruptly:

"Have Xiaowu dreamed recently?"

Dream?

!

Qiao Qiao was not as good as his old fox. She was stunned when she heard him, and her true emotions were undoubtedly revealed, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

She didn't know why Jingtai asked such a strange question, but after returning from him, Qiao Qiao had a nightmare that night.

The spacious and bright room in the dream was blocked by layers of black cloth. Qiao Qiao stood in the center and looked around. She saw a shivering figure in the darkest part of the corner, as if she was a woman.

Tat, Tat--

There were calm footsteps approaching, and Qiao Qiao heard the woman's fearful sob, and then a hole in the dim room was torn open. Someone walked into the room in the darkness and placed a basin of water in his hand at Qiao Qiao's feet.

"Did you want to say it?"

As the man's voice fell, all the terrifying things took place. The man's gradually ferocious face was pressed into the water and almost suffocated again and again.

"Do you tell me the military secrets of the White Empire?

!”

"Do you tell me what Lian said to you that day?"

"Do you still want your son to live well?"

In the same dim room, different torture methods of different means refreshed Qiao Qiao's worldview again and again.

As the woman's scream gradually weakened, Qiao Qiao fell to the ground.

Later, layers of black cloth were removed from the room. She heard the man say regretfully: "Rong'er, if you hold on, you will really die at my hands."

Rong'er?

!

When the light rushed into the room, Qiao Qiao looked up and saw the two of them clearly. She saw Jingtai wearing a golden royal suit shaking her head away from the room. Yan Rong's skin was almost pale, and she had no wounds on her body, but she had stopped breathing.

Qiao Qiao's strength was exhausted, and she never dared to see Yan Rong again.

It turns out...is this the real cause of Queen Yanrong's death?

Qiao Qiao finally knew why Jingyan turned black so quickly, because his mother Yanrong was tortured to death by King Jingtai.

...

Qiao Qiao has always treated King Jingtai as a transparent person.

Because she knew that he would die sooner or later at Jingyan's hands, Qiao Qiao was not afraid when she first met him. By the time she engraved her fear of Jingtai into her bones, it was too late.

"Xiao Wu, tell my father, have you been to the attic? "

The luxurious and quiet chamber, the warm sunshine spreads in the room.

Qiao Qiao stood straight at Jingtai's desk. She pinched her palm and smiled at the man, insisting on her answer, "I haven't been there."

"Have you really not been there?"

The meeting room calmed down again, time passed by bit by bit, gradually smoothing out the guards on Qiao Qiao. At this moment, the man asked again:

"Have you ever been to the Lianting Loft?"

Have you really never been to Lianting Loft?

Have you ever been to Lianting Loft?

Xiaowu, my father just wants to hear the truth. You always hold on so hard. How long do you think you can spend with me?

"I, I admit, I've been there."

Only when you enter the scene can Qiao Qiao realize that there is a torture that can make you unforgettable, called a chronic torture that penetrates your body a little bit.

Since that day, Jingtai has summoned Qiao Qiao to the conference hall every day. When he saw her, he never asked any other nonsense. There was only this sentence. After Qiao Qiao answered "I haven't been there", he would nod and let her stand aside.

The long silence made Qiao Qiao unable to remember how long it had passed. She only knew that this situation had lasted for several days. Whenever she stood beside him and felt relaxed for a moment, Jingtai would quickly throw out his original problem, which caught Qiao Qiao off guard.

He forced her to retreat step by step. Qiao Qiao could not see the end of time, so she collapsed. When the psychological defense collapsed, she squatted on the ground, gritted her teeth and spoke out the truth.

She had already been relieved, but she had a new round of interrogation from Jingtai.

"What did you do there?"

Qiao Qiao couldn't say this. Jingtai asked again without any rushingness, squatting beside Qiao Qiao and patting her head.

"No hurry, Xiaowu, you can think slowly, my father has patience."

"It's better to come two hours earlier from tomorrow. My father likes you very much and wants to stay with you for a while every day."

Qiao Qiao was forced to bite her lips with blood marks. She stared at the man in front of her and suppressed her resistance, "I don't want to come again!"

"Why wouldn't Xiaowu have been living with his father in Block A during this period?"
To be continued...