In the imperial capital, everything about the summer banquet is being prepared in a seemingly orderly manner, because everyone has been assigned tasks, so during this time, the imperial capital has been much quieter on the surface, and those battles and calculations have been temporarily hidden. But in the darker place, something is gradually emerging—

Late at night, there were bursts of painful groans from the cell where Dongfang Xiu was imprisoned, Dongfang Xiu curled up on the thin bed, every late night, pain always hit her, clutching the clothes on her body, trying not to let herself scream too loudly, proud as she didn't want Jin Ying to see her like this, otherwise she would suffer more than now.

She got up and curled up in the corner of the cell, her whole body as if she had been forged by fire, and the sweat dripped down her forehead because of the pain, and the clothes on her body were already soaked with sweat. She bit her lip tightly, her pale and dry lips were oozing a little blood, tears filled her eyes, but she still looked firmly at the door of the cell, how she wished that someone would come to her rescue, that she could at least give her a glass of water to drink, how she wished that person would come—

As soon as I thought of Beiliuyun, I remembered what Beiliuyun came to her that day, he said that he liked Lou Wange, so what about her? What is she? With all the pain she is suffering now, has he ever been a little worried and soft-hearted? The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became, and the tears could no longer be held back and fell like a burst, she buried her head deep in her knees, trembling all over, and was suffering physically and mentally from unbearable torture.

Just when she felt that she was about to faint or die of pain, the door of the cell suddenly creaked open, and she looked up suddenly, her eyes full of anticipation and excitement, thinking that it would be him coming—after a flash of light, she was still lost, not him! She shook her head: Did she think too much? How did he come? How could he care about her life or death?

"Who are you? What did the golden oriole send you to torture me? She buried her head and asked the man in front of her, who was dressed in black and whose face was covered in black. She thought that this man had been sent by the Golden Oriole to torture her.

"My master once promised you three things, but you are not honest, you deserve to be poisoned by your master's Gu poison, now you have two choices, one is to take this bottle of antidote to Gu poison, there will be no pain from now on, let Jin Ying torture, Beiliuyun is suspicious and suspicious, but don't think about those three things anymore; The second is to take this bottle of poison and put it to death and then live, you are so smart, you should be able to do the next thing after taking the poison, and then we will cooperate with you and help you complete those three things. The man in black's voice was as colorless as the color of his body and the breath of death in this cell.

Dongfang Xiu looked up in surprise: The person who sings in the evening? What does she want to do? Looking at the two bottles of medicine in the hands of the man in black, she really couldn't believe it. Help her? How could Lou Wange be so kind? Hurt her? There are so many opportunities to kill her, so why delay until now? I couldn't decide whether to trust this person or not.

The man in black saw her hesitation: "The master said that you are a smart person and will make a good choice." The red bottle is an antidote, and drinking it will relieve the pain of the body; This blue bottle is a poison, it will make people have the effect of severe internal injury, and you will not live for twelve hours if you take it, and within twelve hours, there must be a person with abundant internal strength to continue your life, of course, there is only one person with abundant internal strength——"

Dongfang Xiu was stunned, and now, she had no other way to go, so she slowly got up and moved to the man in black, and stretched out her hand to approach the red bottle of medicine: Now that she is going to die anyway, what will happen if she makes a choice?

Seeing her approach the red bottle, the man in black spoke up again: "Red Whisk Girl? Are you chosen? To live, or to die? ”

Dongfang Xiu's outstretched hand suddenly stopped, and after a moment's pause, he turned to the blue bottle, and drank it without saying a word. Of course, she knows how to choose, and in this situation, she can only live if she chooses to die! It's death left and right, it's better to gamble.

"You're really smart, if you can get out, we'll meet again." As he spoke, he threw another bottle of medicine on the ground, closed the door like a puff of smoke, and disappeared.

Dongfang Xiu stuck her neck, the potion burned her throat like boiling water, and then spread to her whole body, and then she couldn't stand up and fell to the ground, convulsions, her eyes were blurry, and even hallucinations, death seemed to be in front of her, she tried to remind herself that she couldn't faint, and used all her remaining strength to crawl to the door of the cell for fear of beating.

"Save ...... Help me! She could only spit out a few words faintly, but she still didn't give up, only in this way could she save herself.

"Squeak-" A mouse jumped down from the wall, licked a mouthful of the liquid that had just been spilled from the red bottle, and in an instant, it was foaming at the mouth and dying. Dongfang Xiu turned around and just saw this scene, his eyes widened suddenly: What is the antidote, it is clear, that is the poison that really kills people immediately! Lou Wange, it's really ruthless!

But what else could she do at this time? Only those who did not give up continued to be afraid of knocking on the door, trying their best to call for help, and I don't know how long it took, she finally heard a burst of footsteps at the end of the corridor, she couldn't stand it anymore, and her eyes closed and fainted-

She thought she would never wake up again, and at the last moment before she fainted, she was the only one left in her mind—

When she woke up again, she couldn't even believe that everything was real, and her heavy eyes looked around her: no longer the tattered and rotten prison cell, surrounded by carved columns, cigarette smoke, pink curtains drifting in the breeze, and she was lying on the soft huanghuali bed. She laughed softly, with a pale face, she looked very weird: it seems that God didn't let her die, her final choice and gambling were not wrong, and Lou Wange didn't lie to her-

Suddenly, her eyes fell on the figure kneeling outside the door of the room, who else could it be that Jin Ying, who else had been imprisoning and torturing her? As soon as she remembered the abuse and destruction of Jin Ying to her a few days ago, her eyes flashed with a ruthless light, and her emotions suddenly became excited. In the meantime, her eyes have been staring at Jin Ying: since God has brought her back to life, then she can no longer be weak and subservient, she wants to stand up again, she wants to take everything that belongs to her, all -

"Girl, are you alright?" As soon as she heard the coughing sound, the little maid who had been guarding the door hurriedly rushed in to support Dongfang Xiu and asked anxiously.

"Nothing." She waved her hand and looked around again, she was not familiar with the environment here, wasn't he the one who saved her? "What is this place? Who brought me here? She asked the maid in front of her.

"Girl, this is a private residence of His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince outside the city, the Fifth Prince personally sent you here last night, and he specially sent a slave to take care of it." The maid replied truthfully, she was the maid in the Five Princes' Mansion, and the person in front of her also knew herself, and she saw Beiliuyun like that last night, so she naturally knew the importance of the person in front of her.

Dongfang Xiu laughed: It's really him, it's really him who saved himself! "Where is Your Highness now?" She asked excitedly.

The maid poured a cup of tea and handed it to her: "Your Highness worked hard to treat the girl last night, and sent the girl here overnight, and she is resting at this time." His Highness said that as soon as he woke up, he would come to see you, girl. ”

When Dongfang Xiu heard this, he clearly knew that Beiliuyun had saved him, and he was very happy, and he held the maid's hand excitedly: "Then tell me, what happened last night?" He saved me, is he okay? ”

"Don't worry, girl, wait for the slave to talk about it carefully." The maid said while feeding Dongfang Xiu and drinking water: "Last night the girl fainted in Wanhuafang, Jin Ying found you, and found the doctor of Wanhuafang to see you but learned that your life was dying and needed urgent treatment, she couldn't be the master for a while, only to ask His Highness, His Highness took the slave maid and the doctor to Wanhuafang late at night, after knowing that the girl you were seriously injured internally, His Highness didn't think about it and crossed the internal force to treat you." Originally, His Royal Highness was already very weak at that time, but thinking that the girl was in danger of your situation, he personally sent you to this courtyard overnight to recuperate, and has been taking good care of you, this toss is a whole night, His Royal Highness also left not long ago to rest, but I look at His Highness when he left the appearance is also very weak, originally His Royal Highness's blood loss before did not recover too well, and last night it was so tossed, it must not be good. ”

When Dongfang Xiu heard this, he was a little happy and a little distressed, but more entangled, happy to know that Beiliuyun was so bothered to treat and care about himself, and he was distressed by Beiliuyun's dedicated care and treatment, and he didn't sleep all night. What is entangled is why Beiliuyun still cares about her life, why do you treat her like that-the hand holding the quilt trembled slightly, but tears flowed involuntarily: "Where is he, take me to see him!" As he spoke, he was about to get up and go to look for the North Flowing Clouds.

"Girl, no," the little maid hurriedly stopped: "Girl, your body is still weak and tight, it's better to rest more, Your Highness said, he will come to see the girl after a rest, don't be too excited, this will affect Your Highness's rest." ”

Dongfang Xiu sat back on the bed, what the maid said was very reasonable, she turned her head sideways, and stared at the kneeling man with hatred.

"Girl, Your Highness is really interested in you! Last night, His Highness was so worried about a person, we have never seen it, the girl is really lucky, although she has been tortured so much by the golden warbler, but His Royal Highness cares so much about the girl in his heart, and the girl will not have to be tossed by the golden warbler in the future. The maid also took a look, she was extremely envious of Dongfang Xiu, after all, the care of His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, who doesn't want it?

Dongfang Xiu wiped her tears, turned her head and smiled at the maid, remembering the man in black last night, her excitement was retracted, she knew very well that everything now was in the plan of her own choice, last night she was so dying, Jin Ying would definitely be implicated and punished, and her position next to Beiliuyun may be returned. But she also knew that all of this was also in Lou Wange's plan, and Lou Wange-Bei Liuyun cared about Lou Wange's appearance, and she had really seen it. Originally, she should have hated Lou Wange, but Lou Wange promised her something, and her strength would also be a help for her, so she should be thanked for saying this. Such a double emotion went back and forth in her heart, and she frowned, not knowing how to deal with it for a while.

The maid saw her anxiety, so she slowly helped her lie down: "The girl is just better, most of her body is still a little unwell, why don't you rest for a while, the slave maid will go and prepare some food, and when His Royal Highness wakes up, the slave and maid will come to call the girl again." ”

"Okay."