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Chapter 427 Du Ruoling goes offline

After Gu's mother and Du Ruoling's crimes were exposed, the Prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture subjected them to a severe trial.

After a trial, the evidence was conclusive, and Gu's mother was sentenced to immediate execution, while Du Ruoling was stripped of her title as a princess and imprisoned for life.

When this news spread, the capital was in an uproar.

Who would have thought that the dignified Princess Anping would devise such a wicked scheme to murder an innocent baby?

A notice was posted at the entrance, specifically to clarify for Chu Ruohan that it was all Princess Anping's doing, maliciously injuring her...

Inside the prison, Du Ruoling sat in a corner, her eyes glazed over.

Her hair was disheveled, and her clothes were tattered and dirty. She looked nothing like a princess.

"Warden, Du Ruoling says she wants to see Chu Ruohan, saying she has something important to say." A jailer walked over and whispered to the warden.

The jailer sneered, "Who does she think she is, to even meet the wife of the General of the State?"

Upon hearing this, Du Ruoling raised her head, a hint of hatred flashing in her eyes.

"Tell Chu Ruohan that if she doesn't come to see me, I will tell everyone her secret."

When Chu Ruohan received the message, she was in her room playing with her daughter.

The little girl is now a month old, and her chubby little face is so adorable. Chu Ruohan gently stroked her daughter's face, her eyes full of tenderness.

Yu Ling entered the room and whispered, "Madam, Du Ruoling is making a fuss in prison, demanding to see you. She says that if you don't go, she'll tell everyone your secret."

Chu Ruohan frowned and pondered for a moment. Her daughter in her arms was fast asleep, breathing evenly.

"I'm going to see her," Chu Ruohan said firmly, making her decision.

She also happened to have something to ask Du Ruoling.

She entrusted the child to the wet nurse and took Yuling to the prison.

Along the way, Yuling asked worriedly, "Madam, should we tell the General?"

“No need.” Chu Ruohan shook her head. “He just went out on business. There’s no need to bother him with such a trivial matter.”

Stepping into the dark and damp prison, a stench of decay and filth assaulted her senses, causing Chu Ruohan to instinctively frown.

Upon seeing them, the jailer hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully bowed: "Madam of the General Who Protects the Nation."

"Take me to see Du Ruoling." Chu Ruohan's voice was calm, without the slightest ripple.

Following the jailer's lead, they arrived at the cell where Du Ruoling was being held.

To Chu Ruohan's surprise, Du Ruoling did not shout at the top of her lungs, but sat quietly in the corner, as if she had expected her to come, and waited for her arrival calmly.

"Madam, be careful." Yu Ling looked at Du Ruoling with concern, afraid that she would suddenly go crazy and hurt someone.

Chu Ruohan nodded slightly: "Yuling, you can go out now."

"This..." Yu Ling hesitated, her face full of worry, "What if she..."

Chu Ruohan gently reassured her, "She's locked inside, and I'm standing outside. She'll be fine."

Yu Ling nodded and left, but still stood guard not far away, worried.

Inside and outside the prison cell, the two women silently gazed at each other.

Despite her miserable situation, Du Ruoling's resentment and stubbornness remained undiminished.

Before Du Ruoling could speak, Chu Ruohan cut straight to the point: "How did you know about the rebirth?"

This problem has been bothering her for a long time.

If Du Ruoling really knows this secret, how many people know it? Won't it cause unnecessary trouble?

Du Ruoling gave a mocking smile: "So you really were reborn? I wasn't so sure before."

"Stop beating around the bush and answer my question," Chu Ruohan said coldly.

Du Ruoling leaned against the damp wall and slowly said, "That was told to me by Gu Cheng'an. He said that Gu Chengyan told him this secret before he died."

"He was drunk that day, and I had to coax him until he finally told me."

A hint of relief flashed in Chu Ruohan's eyes.

So that's how it is. It seems that Gu Chengyan told Gu Chengan this secret, and Gu Chengan then blurted it out while drunk.

However, since Gu Cheng'an only let it slip when he was drunk, it means that he originally intended to keep the secret.

"I think you called me here for more than just this, right?" Chu Ruohan looked directly into Du Ruoling's eyes.

Du Ruoling sneered: "What happened in the previous life?"

Chu Ruohan gave a bitter smile: "In my previous life, Gu Cheng'an faked his death and eloped with you, and I was branded as a jinx."

"Mother Gu blamed all the crimes on me and tormented me in every way... In the end, my whole family died tragically."

Upon hearing this, Du Ruoling's face showed shock.

She never imagined that her relationship with Gu Cheng'an would lead to such consequences.

In her imagination, after Gu Cheng'an faked his death, Chu Ruohan would have no one to marry and would probably return to her parents' home, since the two of them hadn't even completed their wedding ceremony.

"I...I don't know..." Du Ruoling's voice lowered.

Chu Ruohan continued, "In your previous life, after you eloped with Gu Cheng'an, you didn't experience the harmonious relationship you had imagined. You quickly spent all your money... just like in this life, everything is in chaos."

"In the end, Gu Cheng'an couldn't take it anymore and wanted to return to the Marquis of Anyang's residence, but he was killed by Gu Chengyan..."

Chu Ruohan only found out about these things at the very end.

Seeing Du Ruoling's shocked expression, she knew her words had worked.

Du Ruoling slowly lowered her head, a single tear sliding down her cheek.

She always believed that the month Chu Ruohan spent with Gu Cheng'an in the village was the reason Gu Cheng'an fell in love with someone else.

Now it seems that, whether in this life or the next, she and Gu Cheng'an were destined never to be together.

Chu Ruohan did not mention Du Ruoling's fate in her previous life; in fact, she truly did not know.

After a long while, Du Ruoling raised her head and looked at Chu Ruohan with complicated eyes: "Actually, I am not from this world either. I came from another time."

Chu Ruohan's heart skipped a beat. Time travel?

“In my world,” Du Ruoling continued, “a man can only marry one woman. If he has three wives and four concubines, he will be convicted of bigamy.”

"Of course, if two people can't get along, they can get a divorce..."

Listening to Du Ruoling's description of that world, Chu Ruohan couldn't help but feel a sense of longing.

How blissful it would be if a man married only one woman, without concubines or favoritism.

"Do you know why I insist on seeing you?" Du Ruoling suddenly changed the subject, her tone becoming strange.

Just as Chu Ruohan was wondering, Du Ruoling took out a dagger from her bosom.

Chu Ruohan instinctively took a step back, alarm bells ringing in her mind. Where did Du Ruoling get the dagger? And why hadn't the Prefect of the Capital's men searched her?

But she quickly calmed down; there was a cell door between them, and Du Ruoling couldn't hurt her.

In that split second, Du Ruoling suddenly pointed the dagger at her own throat and stabbed herself!

“Du Ruoling…”