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At the same time, the woman was also keeping an eye out for the hibiscus flower. As for the hibiscus flower, the woman's voice was filled with surprise.

It wasn't that she was too timid, but her appearance. It was truly very sinister, especially her pair of eyes that didn't have any empty sockets. It was as if she was from the bottomless abyss, able to suck a person in.

"Humph, not talking? Presumably, it was sent by that woman, Nangong Liuli? "Go back and tell her that I don't know anything. Don't try to get something out of me!"

Listening to the woman's words, Hua Mujiao steadied her heart and prepared to approach the woman step by step.

For it was not hard to tell from the woman's words that she was imprisoned here. Furthermore, the person who imprisoned her was the woman who called her Nangong Liuli, and also the empress dowager.

In his heart, he instantly felt pity for her.

"Don't come near me!"

The Hibiscus of Flowers was already walking forward with light steps, but the woman seemed to be able to see it as she sat by the stone bed and moved backwards. It was obvious that she was also afraid of the flower hibiscus.

Although the woman's eyes were dug up and she couldn't see anything, her hearing was much sharper for someone who couldn't see the light of dawn.

"I'm sorry, I didn't barge in on purpose. Don't worry, I have no ill intentions towards you."

Seeing that the woman was afraid to be on guard, Hua Mujie tried to lower her voice so as not to scare her.

But even so, the woman still remained vigilant. She didn't have any intention of trusting Hua Mu Jin at all.

"About that, may I ask who you are?"

Hua Mu Jin asked as he stopped in his tracks, maintaining a certain distance from the woman.

Hearing this, the woman sneered. The scar on her face became even more ferocious as she said, "Hmph, who am I? You don't know that clearly in your heart? If Nangong Liuli didn't send you here, who would be able to find such a place? "

The woman immediately confirmed that Flower Hibiscus was sent by the empress dowager. This made Flower Hibiscus feel very uncomfortable. After all, she and the Empress Dowager were incompatible.

"Auntie, let me clarify first. I wasn't sent by anyone, I just accidentally touched the mechanism of this secret room and fell off. Also, don't pull me together with the Shangguan Liu-Li you speak of, it will make me feel disgusted! "

Originally, Hua Mu Jin wanted to get closer to a woman. How could she know that she wasn't trusted at all? Since that was the case, why did she need to put on a warm face and stick to a cold butt? This was not her style.

At that moment, the woman frowned. After a long while, she asked, "Are you really not that woman Nangong Liuli's person?"

"Do you believe me or not!"

Glancing at the woman, Hua Mu Jin started to observe the secret room. She discovered that this woman wasn't at the end of the secret room. Not far from the stone bed, there was another secret passage. However, she didn't know where this passage led to, which made her curious.

However, there were no clues about his mother that Hua Mu Jin was looking for, so she decided to leave as soon as possible.

However, when he looked at the woman, he couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "I'm going out, do you want to come with me?"

Hua Mujiao didn't know how long the woman had been locked up here, nor did she suffer an inhuman torture from the empress dowager. Even though she was wary of him, it was within reason.

"You really weren't sent by her?" The woman asked again to confirm.

But it could be seen that she had already slightly lowered her guard against the hibiscus flower.

Helplessly shaking her head, Hua Mu Jin seemed to be a bit impatient, "I already said so, are you leaving or not? If you aren't, then I'm leaving! Goodbye!"

With that, Hua Mujie strode towards the secret passageway not far from the stone bed, preparing to check out where it led from the front.

However, just as she reached the tunnel entrance, the woman suddenly called out to her.

"Don't go out that way. If you go out that way, you'll only be courting death!"

In a split-second, Hua Mujiao halted her steps and turned to look at the woman with a frown. She asked, "You passed by?"

Hearing this, the woman forced a smile and nodded her head.

"I wanted to get out of there before I was found out, but it led to the woman's sleeping quarters. "After that, he was caught and brought back, and his eyes were gouged out."

Bedchamber? Her Majesty's chambers?

He turned around and walked back. Hua Mujiao approached the woman and sat down on the stone bed.

"Why are you imprisoned by the Empress Dowager?"

Turning her head, although the woman couldn't see the hibiscus flower, she could smell a faint fragrance off her body, and this fragrance made her feel somewhat familiar.

"What's your name?" How did he fall in here? "

Instead of answering Hua Mu Jin's question, the woman asked her about Hua Mu Jin.

Hua Mu Jin looked at the woman, and felt that there was nothing wrong with her telling her the truth, so she said, "My name is Hua Mu Jin, I originally snuck into the Dew Palace in order to find clues about my mother, but the Dew Palace's guards were very strict, so I entered an abandoned house to hide from the guards, and accidentally walked into the secret room."

Hua Mujiao told the truth. She didn't care whether the woman would believe it or not, since she did.

"Your surname is Hua? When you first came in, you mentioned Hua Qingcheng. Who is she to you? "

As if she was very interested in the flower hibiscus, the woman then asked.

"Who else could it be? My mother."

"Are you Hua Qingcheng's daughter?"

Hearing Hua Mu Jin's words, the woman was shocked.

In an instant, Hua Mujiao's expression tensed up. She looked at the woman and calmly asked, "You know my mother?"

"I don't know him. I've only seen him twice." I just never thought that under such circumstances, she would have a way to protect you. You must have suffered a lot! "

Hearing the woman's words, Hua Mu Jin frowned. She didn't expect that she would actually find the person that knew her mother.

As if she was afraid that she would miss this chance, Hua Mujiao reached out to hold the woman's hand, and continued to ask, "Since you know my mother, you must know who my father is, right? Also, why would my mother give birth to me in Shang Shu Manor? And why did he suddenly die after giving birth to me? "

Hua Mujiao was overjoyed to be able to find out news about her mother. She asked several questions in a row, afraid that she would miss something.

"Let go of me first, it hurts."

Hearing this, Hua Mujiao awkwardly smiled and let go, a bit embarrassed.

"Sorry, I …"

Just as she wanted to apologize, Hua Mujiao found that the woman's expression was off, and that her other hand was carefully protecting the area where she had grabbed her wrist.

In an instant, Hibiscus vulgaris felt that something was wrong.

Lifting up the woman's arm, when she lifted up her sleeve, she discovered that the densely packed wounds on her arm could no longer be seen. Other than the whipping and knife wounds, there were also marks …

What's more, the old wounds on his arm had not healed yet. The new wounds looked new and they were giving off a white stench and a pus that stank.

"Just how crazy must this person be to torture you to such an extent …"

Seeing this, Hua Mu Jin's eyes turned red.

Suddenly, she started to feel around her body. She wanted to check if there was any medicine on her body for the woman to apply, but found that she didn't bring anything but a dagger when she came out.

"Rip …"

Inwardly, she couldn't help but feel guilty. Hua Mujiao tore off the corner of her clothes and was about to bandage her, but was stopped by the woman's hand.

"Foolish child, stop bandaging yourself. If she discovers who has been here before, she might go crazy and take it out on me."

"But your wounds are already festering. If you don't treat them now, they'll …"

Seeing the wound on the woman's arm, Hua Mu Jin's hair went numb. Her arms alone were no longer so. It was truly hard to imagine what kind of torture her body had become.

The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable Hua Mu Jin's heart felt.

"It's fine, I'm used to it. Furthermore, she has yet to learn anything from me. How could she let me die so easily? "

"Sorry, I didn't know you …" After saying that, Hua Mu Jin choked on her words.

The woman reached out her hand to touch Hibiscus Flower's hand, patting it twice as a comfort.

Then he said, "Child, I don't know much about your mother. Your father is a general of Huan Yue Country, his name is Shangguan Xuanyan. I don't even know that you were born in Shang Shu Manor. At that time, I was already in the cold palace, and the only thing I heard afterwards was that General Shangguan was beheaded for rebelling. After that, no one has ever talked about your mother and father. "

Shangguan Xuanyan?

Hua Mujie knew this person because Shangguan Xuanyan was Shangguan Yi's father.

That was to say, she and Shangguan Yi were actually half-siblings?

"Then do you know who my mother is? Why isn't she married with my father? "

Hearing this, the woman coldly harrumphed and shook her head.

"Speaking of which, that was the biggest joke of the time. I remember when your father brought your mother into the palace, he wanted the emperor to order your mother to marry your father. However, after seeing your mother's devastatingly beautiful appearance, the late emperor had an ulterior motive towards your mother. After that, the late emperor used a trick to keep your mother in the palace, wanting to seize her. Later on, in order to save your mother, your father led people to slaughter their way into the Imperial Palace. However, due to the fact that he was alone and weak, he was caught in the end.

As she spoke, the woman held onto the hibiscus and felt its body tremble slightly, as if it was comforting her and touching the back of her hand.

Then, he continued, "Later on, when your mother tried to commit suicide but was found to be pregnant, your mother begged the late emperor to spare her for the sake of the child in her womb. However, the late emperor was not merciful at all and originally wanted to beat the child in your mother's womb, but your mother begged bitterly and was forced to come to me. After that, I was thrown into the cold palace. I don't know what happened afterwards. "

After she finished listening, Hua Mujiao had already frozen in place. Her bright eyes flickered with tears. Tears ran down her cheeks and burned her face.

"Child, I know you must be sad. However, you must know that your mother is truly great. In order to protect you, she is willing to sacrifice everything. "

"Mm …"

Hua Mu Jin's voice was choked with sobs. She never expected that her mother had suffered such a great injury.

And for this debt, Hua Mu Jin had pinned it on the late Emperor, as well as on the empress dowager who was still alive.

Of course, she also felt that the death of her mother and the fact that she was born in Shang Shu Manor must have had something to do with the Empress Dowager.

"Child, only if you live a good life will you be worthy of your mother protecting you with her life."

The woman felt that Hua Mujiao was still in a state of grief, so she moved her lips to continue persuading her.

However, what she didn't know was that Hua Mujiao had already turned all of her sadness and sadness into hatred. She had to get to the bottom of this matter regarding her mother!

"I'm fine now. This is not a place to stay for long. Let me bring you out of here."

As she spoke, Hua Mujiao stood up, preparing to drag the woman away from this secret room.

However, the moment she stood up, the woman broke free from her grasp. With a wry smile, her lips twitched as she shook her head.

"Child, you've already said it, this Dew Palace is very heavily guarded, it won't be easy for you to enter. Moreover, bringing along a burden like me will probably be even harder to escape. You can leave now, I don't want to implicate you. "

"But if you stay here, you will be tortured to death!"

Hua Mu Jin didn't understand what the woman was thinking. It was difficult for her to have a sliver of ability to escape this place without seeing the light of day, but she was still able to calmly give up.

The woman chuckled and said, "Child, you don't understand." The reason why I am still alive from being tortured to the point where I don't even look like I am is because, as a human mother, I have never been afraid for my own children, even in the mountains of blades and seas of fire, in the depths of hell. "

"You have children?"

The woman's words surprised Hua Mu Jin.

But on second thought, she was right. Isn't there a saying: A woman is weak, but a mother is strong.

"Hmm, I wonder how he is doing. I only hope that he does not act foolishly because of me. Because right now, he is completely unable to defeat that woman, Nangong Liuli. "

Who fought against the Empress Dowager? Hua Mujie felt that the identity of a woman's child shouldn't be simple.

As he thought about it, he asked, "Then can you tell me who it is? Or tell me who your child is. After we get out, if you have anything you want to take with you, I can help you bring it to him. "

Only to see the woman shaking her head, laughing in silence.

In an instant, Hua Mujie understood that she definitely still didn't trust him.

But Hua Mujie did not get angry. No matter what, if he were to be locked up here and endure the inhuman torture, he probably would not believe anyone that came here.

"If you don't want to say it, I won't ask. However, I am truly grateful to you for telling me about my parents. When I have avenged my parents, I can assure you that I will definitely come and take you out so that you can reunite with your children. "

"Thank you! "Child, hurry up and leave …" The woman urged Hua Mu Jin to leave as soon as possible because she was afraid that she would suddenly change her mind and harm Hua Mu Jin.

"Yes." Auntie, you must be alive. "

Before she left, Hua Mu Jin reluctantly turned back to look at the woman, but in the end, she still resolutely left.

After falling into the secret passage and searching for the mechanism for a long time, she finally found it and opened the secret passage's secret door.

However, just as she was about to gently open the door of the abandoned house, she suddenly bumped into someone …