As soon as Hua Rouyi came out, she saw Tang Jiuer standing outside the prison gate, looking up at a tall old locust tree beside her, while Linlin stood behind her with her head down, clutching the token hanging from her waistband with both hands, seemingly unsure of how to speak.

  Hua Rong silently walked up and stood beside Lin Lin, also lowering her head and standing there without a word.

  "Why don't you two take action?"

  They didn't speak up, so Tang Jiuer had no choice but to break the silence.

  "We are of the same school, I...” Lingling clenched her fist around the token: “I couldn't bring myself to do it.”

  "And you? Hua Rou."

  Hua Rou lifted her head and looked at Tang Jiu Er's back, without any hesitation, she said softly: "I don't want to do such a thing."

  Tang Jiuer turned around and stared at the two of them: "I'll give you one more chance, listen clearly. If you don't go down and complete the poisonous punishment, I'll send you to the bitter prison. You will endure different poisonous punishments for three consecutive days, and... I will never teach you poisonous skills again."

  Ling Ling's face changed greatly: "Master, you're forcing us!"

  "That's right, I'm forcing you, choose!"

  Tang Jiuer finished speaking and turned around to look at the pagoda tree again.

  Ling Ling stared blankly at Tang Jiu Er, clearly not expecting Tang Jiu Er to force her like this.

  Hua Rou was left standing there with a stunned expression on her face.

  Seven or eight seconds later, Linlin took a deep breath: "I... I'll go, I'll be fine!"

  She turned and ran towards the prison cell, her sobs accusing this coercion of being so humiliating and detestable.

  Tang Jiuer stared at the locust tree, and for an instant, there were sparkling tears in her eyes, but she restrained herself, her voice still icy: "And you? Aren't you leaving yet?"

  "I won't go!" Hua Rou stood up straight, her head held high: "Those people have made mistakes, whether they are beaten or scolded, or made to do hard labor, why must poison be used as punishment? Poison can harm people, and if things go wrong, it could even cost lives!"

  "Stop wasting words here! Are you going or not?"

  "I won't go!"

  "Even if I'm imprisoned in a bitter cell, I won't learn evil skills, and even...if I'm expelled from the poisonous house, I still won't go?"

  "Don't go!" A spark of anger rose in Hua Rou's eyes, she hated this kind of coercion, for the first time she couldn't help but loudly shout at Tang Jiu'er: "No matter what you'll do to me, even if you drive me out of the Tang family, I won't go."

  At this moment, a painful cry came from the dungeon, the voice was full of despair, hatred and darkness.

  Hua Rou turned around in shock: "Is someone really inside?"

  Tang Jiuer said it was a test, and she really took it as a choice of attitude. She thought that entering the stone gate just represented agreeing to poison and kill, but she never expected that there were actually people inside!

  "Could it be false?"

  Tang Jiuer's words had just fallen when Hua Rou turned her head and ran towards the prison.

  Tang Jiuer heard a movement behind her and turned around in shock, only to see Hua Rou had already rushed down the stone steps.

  She was stunned for a moment, then quickly wiped away her tears and hastily followed behind.

  "Halt!" Hua Rou rushed down the stairs, shouting: "You can't poison people, you can't kill people!"

  Hua Rou stepped into the stone gate, but unexpectedly, Zi Qi and Zi Hua were also about to come out...

  "Get out of the way!" Zi Hua rolled her eyes and reached out to push Hua Rou, but before she could react, Hua Rou grabbed her hand and twisted it back, and with a practiced kick from years of martial arts training, she sent Zi Hua flying...

  If it were somewhere else, Zi Hua could easily dodge with a flash of movement, but this stone gate was narrow and the walls on either side were thick and sturdy, she couldn't avoid it at all!

  Then she watched herself being kicked heavily and fell backwards, and also brought her sister behind her to fall to the ground.

  Hua Rou was in a hurry to stop the harm, and when she saw someone falling down, the "road" was considered open. Without thinking, she stepped forward and rushed in - actually, she had been deliberately treading on the edge while walking, but coincidentally, her second foot just happened to step on Zi Qi's hand that was trying to get up...

  "Ah!" Ziqi cried out in pain, Hua Rou had already rushed into the prison area, but she didn't have time to apologize to Ziqi, instead she rushed towards Linlin who was standing in front of a cell door.

  "Don't be poisonous!" Hua Rou shouted and pulled Linlin away.

  "Bang!" The porcelain bottle fell from Linlin's hand and shattered on the ground.

  At this moment, Hua Rong was stunned, while Linlin burst into tears: "It's too late."

  "You're crazy! How can you take action!" Hua Rou's eyes turned red with anger: "That's a human being! What if something goes wrong, you'll be harming a life!"

  Ling Ling fell to the ground with a thud, covering her face and crying in pain. Meanwhile, Zi Hua and Zi Qi had also gotten up and rushed straight to Hua Rou's front, grabbing her collar and slamming her against the stone wall beside them, raising their hands to slap her.

  "Stop!" Tang Jiuer's shout halted Ziqi's palm, and she glared at Hua Rou with anger, while Zi Hua reluctantly let go of Hua Rou.

  Tang Jiuer walked in and stood in front of Hua Rou: "I'm very disappointed in you."

  "I'm even more disappointed in you." Hua Rou angrily stared at Tang Jiu'er: "I don't have a master like you."

  Tang Jiuer stared at Hua Rou: "Zi Hua, lock her up in prison."

  "Yes, Master." Zi Hua's voice was filled with joy as she went forward to pull Huā Róu, while Zi Qi quickly turned the mechanism of a sturdy door beside her.

  "You will be punished by heaven!" Hua Rou, who was locked in prison, glared at them with disgust. At this moment, she suddenly understood why her mother didn't want her to come to the Tang Gate - it was really too dirty here.

  "Every day they come, if you can't hold on, you can regret it."

  Tang Jiuer dropped this sentence and turned around to leave. Of course, when she left, she didn't forget to reach out and pick up Linlin who was crying bitterly.

  It's all over for you...

  No sound, just very clear and slow lip movement.

  Zi Qi's eyes gleamed with venom and amusement as he gazed at her, then slowly waved his hand.

  Hua Ruo stepped back two steps and closed her eyes.

  She didn't want to look at this rotten person again.

  "Let's go, sister." Zi Hua and Zi Qi left, the prison cell was no longer noisy, nor were there any crying sounds, only the dark and dampness filled with a sour smell.

  Hua Rou's eyes closed tightly, her shoulders began to shake violently, and soon tears streaked down her cheeks.

  She wept, not because she was trapped in a dungeon, nor because of the suffering that lay ahead, but because she felt sorrow.

  In a place where she thought she could start anew, in a place where she thought she could learn something new, life was being trampled upon so lightly, just like stepping into the mud and never finding beautiful petals again.

  The flower gently sobbed, unaware that behind her, a dagger slowly emerged from the darkness.

  That dagger, emitting a cold glow, passed through the light column projected by the air hole and stuck to her neck.

  Hua Rong's eyes snapped open in terror as she felt someone pressed against her body.

  "Have you ever heard the sound of blood splashing out?"

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