Chapter 1053: Die, Die

"I won't report it!"

Chen Guanlou promised solemnly.

Prince Chujiang's wife had a look of sarcasm. "Chen Prison Warden, you are really strange! Not sleeping in the middle of the night, running over just to ask this King's wife, is Prince Chujiang a substitute? It's truly unknown! Even if you want to report it, it doesn't matter; investigate as much as you want! This King's wife will accompany you to the end!"

Chen Guanlou shook his head slightly. "You can find someone to inquire about my reputation; I have never reported anyone. I am just purely verifying a guess. True is true, fake is fake."

Prince Chujiang's wife smiled but not really, saying: "When the fake is treated as true, the true also becomes fake! You say fake, I say true; you guess whether people outside believe you or me?"

"I understand!"

Chen Guanlou stood up. "Today I disturbed you, please forgive me. Farewell!"

Prince Chujiang's wife looked stunned, then smiled knowingly. "Walk slowly and don't send; don't be so reckless next time."

Chen Guanlou returned to the Heavenly Prison.

Mu Yiguan Mu had not yet gone to sleep and asked anxiously: "How is it? Did Prince Chujiang's wife admit it?"

"No! She only said: When the fake is treated as true, the true also becomes fake!"

"What does it mean?"

"Even if it is fake, after a long time, it becomes true. Even if it is true, if it doesn't appear for a long time, it becomes fake. True and false—it doesn't matter at all. What matters is that the imperial court says he is, so he is true."

Chen Guanlou explained casually.

Mu Yiguan Mu said 'ah', a bit confused. "Then is it true or false?"

"It doesn't matter anymore! Even if one day someone exposes the truth, the Emperor will take the initiative to make the fake true, and the true fake."

Is it like this?

Mu Yiguan Mu pointed to the Jia-sized prison. "Do you still want to ask? Under normal circumstances, when the sky brightens, Prince Chujiang should also wake up. At that time, it is when his spirit is weakest; if you want to ask something, that time is the best opportunity."

"Ask! Of course I want to ask!"

Although he had already obtained the answer from Prince Chujiang's wife, he still wanted to continue seeking verification.

Dawn!

Prince Chujiang woke up from his slumber, his expression a bit listless, seeming not to have realized his situation, as if his soul was wandering outside the sky.

Chen Guanlou brought a breakfast and walked into the cell.

"Your Highness, are you hungry? I heard that for the past two days, you haven't eaten."

Prince Chujiang slowly turned his head. "So it's you! Is it dawn?"

"The sky has just brightened, and the sun hasn't come out yet."

"Oh!"

"Your Highness, when did you start being a substitute?" Chen Guanlou came with a surprise attack, just wanting to see the other party's most real reaction.

"What?" Prince Chujiang seemed very confused.

Chen Guanlou leaned close to him and whispered in his ear: "I know everything; you are fake, you are a substitute, you are a fake!"

Prince Chujiang's expression was stiff, his eyeballs vibrating, seeming to have forgotten everything, falling into a very mysterious realm.

Chen Guanlou snapped his fingers. "Your Highness, wake up!"

"What did you just say?" Prince Chujiang came back to his senses, looking confused. It really didn't look like he was acting. If he could act like this, he could be called a genius.

"I said substitute!"

"What substitute? Are you saying let me find a substitute to die for me?"

Damn!

Chen Guanlou was shocked!

Could it still be like this?

"Do you have a path?" Prince Chujiang grabbed his sleeve. "This King doesn't want to die, doesn't want to die!" He cried and howled, snot and tears all over, his emotions coming as they pleased, which could be called a unique skill.

Chen Guanlou was shocked again, silently pulling away the other party's hand. "Your Highness, yesterday how could you be frightened? You are a real-power rebel figure who commands thousands of troops and horses; how could you be so easily frightened? Is the Emperor that terrifying?"

"He is more than terrifying; he is simply not a human! He is not a human! He not only wants to slice this King to death, he wants to take this King's corpse to feed the dogs! This King is a clansman; if he does this, he will definitely be struck by lightning!"

Prince Chujiang howled and counted the Emperor's cold-blooded actions.

Chen Guanlou observed silently.

When his spirit was weakest, the test had no results—this was what kind of "strength"! Or maybe he had practiced it hundreds or thousands of times, forming muscle memory; as long as someone said the word "substitute," he would make an appropriate reaction.

What a terrifying plot!

All the details were taken into account.

"It's impossible to have a substitute die for you! However, the method mentioned last time is still effective, which can let you die outside in advance, without suffering the pain of being sliced to death."

Chen Guanlou said expressionlessly.

Prince Chujiang sobbed: "But this King doesn't want to die."

"You must die! If you don't die, this case cannot be closed! Everyone will suffer with you!"

"This King wants to live!"

"You can't live!"

"This King's life is bitter!"

"The day you raised the flag to rebel, you should have had this awareness! If you are not afraid of rebellion, how can you be afraid of death! Your Highness, you are a good man; you cannot let down the elders of your hometown, and even more so, you cannot let people look down on you. If you become a coward, think about the elders of your hometown; they will never be able to lift their heads!"

Prince Chujiang cried too miserably and hiccuped.

"Your Highness, have you thought it through?"

Prince Chujiang was wooden.

Chen Guanlou handed the other party a cup of water, and after drinking it, he finally felt better.

Prince Chujiang nodded and shook his head. "Must die?"

"Your Highness, don't hold onto any fluke; it's useless. The Emperor won't let you live. You also heard that the Emperor personally said he wants to slice you to death! I tell you, the Emperor likes slicing to death more than the late Emperor."

"Yes, you are right. This Emperor is narrow-minded and cannot tolerate people. In the past, when he was the Crown Prince, there were rumors that he was open-minded and good at accepting advice. Now it seems that it was all pretended. Those great scholars were all deceived by him! He can really pretend!"

Who said it wasn't.

They are all pretenders!

The Song family, from the imperial family to the clansmen, are all pretenders; there is not a single sincere one.

"If such a person can be Emperor, why can't I!"

"Who told you to be born in the wrong womb!" Chen Guanlou hit the core. "If you were born in the belly of the late Emperor's concubine, you would still have the strength to fight!"

"Hehe... Hahaha... Die, die. This King is dead, and that's the end of it."

"Have you thought it through? There is no turning back; you can't stop halfway! Doing this, I am also taking risks."

Damn it, the jade pendant used as a reward was taken away by Yue Xin. It was equivalent to him working for nothing.

Prince Chujiang nodded heavily, gritting his teeth, looking like he had finally made up his mind. "Thought it through! Since I have to die, choose a simple way to die. It won't hurt, right."

"What it's like to be sick is what it's like. It definitely won't hurt as much as cutting off the head, and it won't hurt as much as being sliced to death."

Prince Chujiang felt relieved, looking at the surroundings with nostalgia, and smiled self-deprecatingly. "That's good! This King hasn't suffered much bitterness in his life, and hasn't suffered much crime; I'm afraid of pain! It just so happens that I was frightened in the palace, and taking this opportunity to get sick is also a matter of course. From today on, this King will lie down. You handle the rest; just don't let me die uncomfortably!" ===== CHAPTER 1054 =====