During the banquet, the prince was chatting happily with the guests, when suddenly a temple man ran in from outside the courtyard and whispered in his ear.

The corners of the prince's mouth raised, the smile on his face became bigger and bigger, he stood up and smiled at the Zhao family: "You always said that you wanted to meet my fourth brother, but it happened that he came today, waiting for me to lead the two of you to meet." As he spoke, he glanced meaningfully at me, then turned to the temple and said, "Don't hurry up and welcome the son in!" ”

Why is Gongzi Li here, what is he doing here?!

I looked down at the dress with a large open collar on my body, and suddenly felt ashamed, so I got up and tried to find a bush to hide, but as soon as I stood up, I saw Gongzili walking towards me with Fu Shu.

It's okay now, and it's hit.

I lowered my head, ashamed and annoyed, and struggled to grasp the collar of my shirt, my face burning hot.

Gongzi didn't recognize me at first, but when he got closer, he realized that it was me, and he was surprised, and immediately reached out to untie his blouse.

Seeing it in his eyes, the prince stopped him with a sneer: "Fourth brother, you came just in time, do you remember the Zhao family, the son of Jin Qing, whom I mentioned to you before?" The prince held Gongzili's hand, and led him to Zhao Wuxian with a brotherly and brotherly look, Gongzili looked back at me worriedly, but he couldn't help but walk, so he could only smile and greet Zhao Wuxian.

"Girl, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Mengtan looked at me and asked carefully.

"It's okay, this wine is too strong, and I'm a little dizzy. The gentleman drank it, and the servant came when the wine was gone. "I saw that the prince didn't pay attention, so I took the opportunity to leave the table with an excuse.

"I'll be with you."

"Don't dare to bother sir." I hurriedly held down Zhang Mengtan, bowed back, and left in a hurry.

After leaving the banquet, I walked aimlessly along the garden path, and at first there were maidservants and temple people passing by me from time to time, but after walking for a while, I don't know where it went wrong, and there were only dead grass and fallen leaves, miscellaneous trees and old vines, and the more I went inside, the more barren the scenery became. But in the midst of the barrenness, there was the sound of water faintly heard through the trees and vines.

I searched for the sound of the water and found a bush that looked like a hedge, and when I saw that there was no one around, I picked up my long skirt that was dragging on the ground, and pulled through the bushes and got in. After a dazzling burst of light, I saw a blue lake reflecting the clouds in the sky, slowly rippling in front of me.

I have long heard that the prince's mansion is built next to the lake, but I always thought that the so-called "lake" in the nobles' mansion was just a pond dug by slaves, but I didn't expect that there really is such a vast and charming lake here.

I took off my shoes and socks with the help of wine, rolled up the hem of my skirt and grabbed it in my hands, and stepped barefoot into the lake.

The hard sand at the bottom of the lake rubbed against the soles of my feet, and the cold water of the lake in late autumn hit my calves one after another, and the heart in my chest that was originally annoyed by shame finally calmed down under the soothing of the lake.

Ever since I became a daughter of the Wu clan, since I unraveled that secret report, my life has changed drastically. It was as if I had been dragged into the power struggle of the Qin State by an irresistible force. I am no longer a child raised in the mansion, I have become one of the soldiers behind him, ready to fight for the coming battle.

I am not afraid of battle, nor of death, but such a thrilling day really wears me out. I suddenly began to miss the days when I was a child, picking mulberries in spring, playing in the water in summer, spinning hemp in autumn, and making wine in winter. At that time, there was no calculation between people in my world, no wars between countries, and no choices and contests between life and death. Yao Nu, will she die? At the general's place, is it really arranged by the servants? I...... Can I wait until he comes back to save me?

"I'm so tired......" I closed my eyes and muttered to myself.

"Aren't you cold like this?" Suddenly, a voice rang out from behind me.

I opened my eyes and turned around suddenly, only to see Zhang Mengtan, dressed in green clothes, standing on the shore of the lake with his hands in his hands, his eyebrows red and clouds lightly, and a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"You've been following me?" I walked slowly back to the shore, found a clean place to sit down, and wiped the fine sand and gravel sticking to the soles of my feet with my sleeve.

"Girl, this brocade dress on your body can cover a year's ration of the Shuren's family, why don't you wipe it with my handkerchief!" Zhang Mengtan glanced at my bare feet covered with lake sand, took out an azure handkerchief from his bosom and handed it to me.

"Thank you." I took the handkerchief and asked while wiping it, "If you come out like this, aren't you afraid that your head of the family will blame you?" ”

"Prince Qin wants to take my head of the family to the dungeon to see a death row inmate, I was worried that you would get drunk and get lost, so I didn't follow."

Death row? It seems that the crown prince is not too stupid, and he is also suspicious of Zhao Wuxian's envoy to the Qin State. "Then Childe Like also went to the dungeon?" I wiped the soles of my feet with a handkerchief, and then hurriedly put on my shoes and socks and stood up.

"He left shortly after you left. What, the girl is hiding from him? Zhang Mengtan took the handkerchief I gave him back and lowered his head and stuffed it into his sleeve.

"Sort of." I smiled bitterly and grabbed my open collar unnaturally, "I am an old acquaintance with Gongzi Li, I am dressed like this today, where can I have the face to meet him." It's good that he's gone, so let's go to the dungeon! ”

"What is there to see about death row prisoners, the dying person is too yin, I don't want to go." Zhang Mengtan frowned.

"The dignified man has so many concerns, you don't dare to go, I'll go by myself."

I left Zhang Mengtan and walked back quickly, and when he saw this, he trotted a few steps and followed: "Okay, good, go and go!" But I want to take back what I said before, a girl like you is by no means my favorite, and the girl's family should be gentle and quiet......"

"Okay, okay, okay, just figure it out. Let's go! I interrupted him, and my steps grew faster.

"Do you know where the dungeon of the Prince's Mansion is?" Zhang Mengtan asked.

"Don't worry, I just came out of there a few days ago, maybe I'll be locked in a few days, I know the way."

Zhang Mengtan glanced at me sideways and did not speak again.

"It's ahead, if you don't dare to go in, just wait here for me to come out!"

"I'd better wait here, whether I can go to a place like the dungeon or not." He stopped silently.

"Okay!" Seeing his fear, I went into the low doorway of the dungeon by myself.

The few jailers who had been guarding the door of the dungeon seemed to have been sent away by the prince, and I walked all the way to the cage where Lan Ji and Yao Nu were being held unimpeded.

"Where's the Yao girl?" I asked.

Lan Ji looked me up and down, and replied coldly, "Since you were picked up, she has been moved to the violent chamber to be tortured. ”

"Where's the Storm Room?" I asked, with a darkening in my heart.

"I don't know." Lan Ji turned her face, walked to the prison and sat down, and said indifferently, "If you see Prince Qin later, ask him to reward Yao Nu with a good time!" ”

I understood what Lan Ji meant, so I hummed softly, took a torch from the wall, and continued inside. But the further I went, the more I felt furious, and there was a disgusting smell in the depths of the dark dungeon, as if hundreds of rats had rotted in the water.

I covered my mouth and nose with my sleeve and held my breath to the end. There is a huge stone chamber here, and the walls around it are covered with bloodstained torture instruments. There were six wooden cages more than a foot high on the left and right sides, and there were almost two dozen people in each cage, their eyes glazed over, their clothes ragged, and their faces and bodies were all wounded. As soon as I saw the light of the fire moving in, the cell seemed to explode, and the prisoners stretched out their hands like demons to grab the corners of my clothes, and the screams were endless.