[under editing]Transmigration : Wake Up as an Annoying Concubine

26 - Another step closer

Xiu Ying froze when he saw what was contained inside the bottle. Huang Fei Hong who noticed his indifference when he looked at the bottle, asked in worried.

"What's wrong? What's that thing?"

"It is the expertise of people from the South. Gu poison."

Huang Fei Hong now has the same reaction as Xiu Ying just now. He has heard about Gu poison but never seen one.

"You mean 'that' Gu poison? The one that bewitched on another person?"

Xiu Ying nods. Gu poison was created by sealing venomous creatures inside a closed container, where they devoured one another and allegedly concentrated their toxins into a single survivor, whose body would be fed upon by larvae until consumed. The last surviving larva held the complex poison.

Gu was used in black magic practices such as manipulating sexual partners, creating malignant diseases, and causing death. A gu spirit could transform into various animals. And the one inside the bottle is a larva of a worm.

"I'm sure she intends to plant this Gu inside His Majesty and make him her puppet." Xiu Ying wraps the bottle and keeps it back inside the box. It is dangerous if it falls into someone else's hands.

Fei Hong slams the table. His expression turns dark and cold. Xiu Ying and Jing Yi never saw Huang Fei Hong in his "general mode" can't help but shivers.

"That woman is digging her own grave." In an instant, Fei Hong leaves the imperial pharmacy, heads to the underground prison.

After Fei Hong left, Xiu Ying turns to Jing Yi and taps on his shoulder. "You're lucky. If someone tried to hurt you, I guess the general will make sure that the person's seven descendants won't live a peaceful life."

"What do you mean, young master?"

Xiu Ying just smiles and inwardly feels sympathy towards Fei Hong.

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Inside the underground prison, the sounds of women's screams echoed. Huang Fei Hong stands with arms crossed, looking down at the prisoners with a sneer. When the hot iron branding on the thighs, steam floating in the air, and the hissing sounds of skins being burnt until it shows the red flesh, it almost makes Yu Li Na pee in her robe.

Momo and Xiao Lu (Wen Qian's servant) were taken into interrogation. Huang Fei Hong intentionally did the torture in front of Yu Li Na's cell, so she can clearly how worse her punishment is going to be.

Yu Li Na already lost her mind, trembles and screams along when she saw her minions were tortured mercilessly. When she and the others were arrested, they tried to threaten using Yu Chenyi's name but Huang Fei Hong asked the guards to give them fifty slaps in return. Now, Yu Li Na's face looks like it was being stung by bees. There are bloodstains all over her robe and she no longer looks like a Noble Consort but more like a beggar.

"So now, are you willing to tell me everything?" Fei Hong's low voice makes even the guards shiver.

Momo and Xiao Lu are in pain and it feels like they almost lost their voice due to continuous screams.

"Well, if you still won't tell me anything, I don't mind taking out other 'gifts' for both of you. We have plenty of 'gifts' and some of it both of you should be glad because your girls are the first ones to receive it."

Xiao Lu lifts her head weakly. In a trembling voice, she said, "I- I'll... tell you...My lord... I- I'll tell everything."

"No! Don't you spit dare spit out any nonsense! Or else my uncle won't let your family go!" Yu Li Na went mad, keep banging on the cells.