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"Right now." As he spoke, Wei Jingcheng had already strode out. Martial Grandmaster Liu quickly followed behind him. After circling around in the darkness, he stopped at a pitch-black iron gate.

As Elder Liu knocked on the door, someone came to open it. It was a middle-aged man in his forties who was also the jailer. He stepped aside and respectfully said, "Your humble servant greets the lord!"

Wei Jingcheng covered his nose and covered his nose as he walked into the dirty cell. In addition to the prison, there were a few guards there. They stood up and bowed when they saw him enter.

The head of the prison led them all the way to the innermost cell. It was almost midnight, and most of the prisoners were already asleep. Ruan Niang was no exception, lying motionless on the dry grass with her back facing them.

After the head of the prison took out a key to unlock the door, he respectfully said, "I've already followed Martial Ancestor Liu's instructions and switched the prisoners next to us to another place to be locked up. In addition, I've also prepared some ink and pens. Do you want to bring them over now?"

"Go get it." While speaking, Wei Jingcheng walked in and lightly shook Ruan Niang's body. The latter drowsily opened her eyes and when she saw that Wei Jingcheng had lost all interest, she quickly sat up and asked impatiently: "Sire, have you seen the lady before? What did she say?"

"Shh!" Wei Jingcheng made a silencing gesture. Seeing that no other prisoners had been alerted, he said in a low voice: "I just returned from Miss. She told me a way to get you out of here."

Upon hearing that she had the chance to leave this damned place, Ruan Niang was overjoyed. She suppressed her excitement and asked, "What method?"

Wei Jingcheng faced her hopeful gaze and said word by word, "Admit that everything was done by you, including the death of Imperial Tutor Wang."

These words were like a bucket of cold water poured on her head, causing her to feel cold from head to toe. "What do you mean?" Without waiting for Wei Jingcheng to speak, she raised her voice and asked in a sharp voice, "You want to push me to death?"

"What are you thinking?" Wei Jingcheng reached out his hand to touch Ruan Niang's shoulder, but he shrank away like a plague, avoiding him. Wei Jingcheng didn't think he was disobedient and took back his hand, "Miss has always been relying on you as his trusted aide, how can I let you get into trouble? Besides, if something happens to you, I'll rely on someone from the Pavilion of Emerald to take care of you."

Ruan Niang's expression was slightly relaxed but she still spoke with caution, "Since that's the case, why do I have to admit to those things?"

"Because this is the only way to save you." Only after the prison guard had put down his brush and left did Wei Jingcheng continue speaking. "You can see the attitude of the king and his men better than anyone else. It's impossible for them to let you go."

"No, as long as …" Ruan Niang held her head with both hands and tried to calm herself down. "As long as we find Jingyu, they will know that the matter of Grand Tutor Wang has nothing to do with me or the Emerald Pavilion."

"Even if we don't find Jingyu now, even if we do, what if Jingyu insists that you are the one who ordered it?" You won't be able to wash it off even if you jump into the Yellow River. "

"No, Jingyu is one of us. She won't talk nonsense, she won't!" Ruan Niang tried her best to speak, but the more she spoke, the less confidence she had. She secretly schemed against those people from the Pavilion of Emerald to be crafty, but what she did was always unexpected.

"Rather than waiting for the mirror jade to appear, I might as well try to save myself." Wei Jingcheng said in a low voice, "Even though Prince Xin, Prince Rong, and the others are powerful, I am still the governor of the capital. Everyone, from top to bottom, is under my jurisdiction, including the prison!"

Master Liu said in a low voice, "As long as the Prefecture Overseer says that the prisoner is dead, then he must be dead. No one would dare to say the word 'alive'."

"What do you mean?"

"It is very simple. You admit that you were the one who ordered Jingyu to do the matter of the Prince's tutor. If you ask your lordship to give a few princes an explanation, then your lordship will send you out of the prison in the name of sudden death. Although you will no longer be able to show others in the name of Ruan Niang, nor will you be able to stay in Jinling, at least you will be able to preserve your life, and you will no longer have to suffer physical pain."

Upon hearing this, Ruan Niang loosened her tensed body and said hesitantly, "What if Prince Rong and the rest find out about this?"

"No matter how long Prince Rong's hand is, it can't reach the Residence of Jing Zhao. Think about it, if it wasn't for you, my lord, during this period of time, how could they have protected you so easily? I'm afraid all the bones in your body would have been broken by them inch by inch."

Ruan Niang trembled at his words. She looked at Wei Jingcheng and asked in a trembling voice, "Is there really such a method?"

After much deliberation, I have come to the conclusion that there is only one feasible method to fake your death. Don't worry, whoever did this will be my trusted confidant and will not leak it out; when the time comes, hide in my residence and wait for Jinling to unseal you before finding a way to send you out. Miss said that the land and even the silver would be prepared for you and you will not have to worry about anything else for the rest of your life. These words were spoken by Wei Jingcheng with a straight face and red ears.

Ruan Niang nodded and said, "What if Prince Rong wants to look at the corpse?"

Master Liu smiled and said, "I just asked the memorial hall where there are several female corpses. When the time comes, just bring one over and pretend to be her."

Ruan Niang stroked her face. "But …"

"Don't worry, we will cut off the face of the corpse first. We can guarantee that no one will recognize her. If you ask, just say that you suddenly went crazy in the prison and scratched your own face. Even if they suspect, they won't be able to do anything about it."

Upon hearing this, Ruan Niang calmed down and nodded, "I understand. How should I write it?"

Wei Jingcheng suppressed the joy in his heart. He took a pen and paper and gave it to her, "I'll recite every sentence, but you have to write a sentence."

Very soon, an absolute letter was written. Wei Jingcheng read it word by word. After confirming that there were no problems, he blew the ink dry and put it into his sleeves.

Ruan Niang patiently waited for him to finish before she asked, "Sire, when can I go out?"

"I've already told the jailer that he will arrange it. You just have to wait in peace." With that, Wei Jingcheng led Master Liu out of the cell.

Ruan Niang was no longer sleepy. She stood in front of the fence and looked around, full of joy. She thought that she would soon be able to leave the cell, and her fingers would no longer hurt as much as before.

After about an hour, the cell door was opened again. Ruan Niang quickly went up and said, "Should we leave now?"

"Yes." Following this word, the head of the prison walked in. Ruan Niang quickly grabbed at her messy hair, "Hurry up and leave. Should we go out like this, or pretend to be dead and carry them out? Should we get someone else to carry them?"

The head jailer didn't respond to her words nor go out. Instead, he returned and locked the door. This action caused Ruan Niang's eyelids to twitch as an ominous premonition arose. She forced a smile and asked, "Boss jailer, is there anything else?"

"You should be on your way," the prison leader said expressionlessly.