Chapter 39: Shocking Step by Step (2)
For the rest of the day, neither of us spoke, and the only sound in the dark dungeon was the sound of rats crawling around us, gnawing at the wooden pillars in the dungeon.
After some time, the jailer opened the door and walked in, followed by the guard Fu Shu.
"Miss Ashi, something has been found. This female assassin has been secretly communicating with the Jin Kingdom, planning to assassinate the crown prince and blame the prince and the general. ”
"It's good to find it." I breathed a sigh of relief, the first step in this matter was taken.
"However, it is inconvenient for Childe to come forward this time to ask the prince to release him. Therefore, the girl is afraid that she will have to stay in the prince's mansion for a while, and wait for General Wu to come back before making plans. ”
"It's okay, I can stand this dungeon."
"The dungeon is clammy and cold, and Childe asked me to hand over this hand stove to the girl." Fu Shu took out a bronze furnace from behind him and handed it to me, "The prince has just ordered someone to prepare the room, and someone will come to pick up the girl tomorrow." ”
"Please thank Gongzi for Ah Shi." I held the stove and thanked him, and Fu Shu returned the salute and left.
Lan Ji walked over, raised her eyebrows and glanced at the small furnace in my arms, and said with a smile: "Heh, you girl is not a monster, specializing in confusing men in the world, right?" I was looking for joy with the prince night and night, but he gave you all the bedding and hot water. At this time, it is Gongzili's turn again. I don't know if Wu Feng will also rush back to save you. ”
I was in no mood to pay attention to Lan Ji's taunt at this point, so I just put the stove on the floor, reached out and took off the outer deep clothes, leaving only the thinnest underwear on my body, and then walked into the corner and picked up the clay pot that had been filled with hot water earlier.
"Lady, what are you doing?" Yao Nu asked in surprise.
I curled the corners of my mouth and lifted the clay pot to pour water over my head.
The hot water had now become cold, and it was painful to pour on my scalp. I gritted my trembling teeth and let ice water run down my hair and soak every inch of my clothes.
Lan Ji looked at me and put away the mocking face before: "Prince Qin has a cold personality and is a good woman, do you think you can hide if you are sick?" ”
"If you don't try, how do you know?" I put down the clay pot, sat down against the foot of the wall, and hugged my arms tightly, but my body trembled more and more.
"Noble girl, you will die of cold." Yao Nu said.
"You have your persistence, and I have mine. Today's events, I hope you don't hate me. You can't refuse the man's request, and I can't watch the general being framed. I like you very much, I like your songs, I like your stories, but you and I are our own masters. ”
"I hurt you first, and I am to blame."
There was a choked sound in my ears, but I couldn't hear it very clearly, there was a buzzing sound in my head all the time, and it seemed like there were thousands of needles pricked in my body.
On the second day, I was picked up from my cell in a daze by someone sent by the prince. In the dark, I was fed water and medicine, but I remained asleep until three days later.
Three days later, my fever subsided and I was sober, but the maid who had brought me water and food never showed up again. I can't help but wonder, could it be that this Prince Qin has any special habits, he doesn't like to see people die of illness, he likes to watch people starve to death?
Two days later, I couldn't sleep because I was hungry, so I simply got up from the bed and leaned against the window in a daze. The white moonlight shone through the branches in front of the window, mottled and staggered, just like my mood at the moment. Although the crown prince had found evidence to prove that Yao Nu had fornicated with the Jin Kingdom, he would never let Wu Feng go. The game laid by the Jin people gave him an excellent opportunity to get rid of Wu Feng, but I don't know if the game I laid out can escape this difficulty for Wu Feng.
I was thinking about it when I suddenly heard a soft noise on the eaves.
The two guards at the door slept so loudly that they didn't hear them at all. After a while, someone jumped from the roof and landed silently, looking like a master.
"Pick, Pick!" The man fumbled with the bed, calling my name indistinctly.
"Innocent! What are you doing here? Didn't I tell Yu Di to look at you? "I came out of the shadows.
"I'm going to get you out, you come with me." I hadn't seen him for a few days, but his words were getting better and better.
"I can't leave yet, I'm going to wait here until the general comes."
"Three days, three days later." Innocent took out a silk book from his bosom and handed it to me.
Through the moonlight through the crack in the door, the familiar handwriting on the cloth caught my eye:
"Uncle mourned, heard of the family changes, day and night, and returned in three days."
"Innocence, where did this come from?"
"Bird, the big bird sent it back." Innocent said as he waved his arms and gestured.
A falcon trained by Wu Feng? I didn't expect that the fierce bird could also act as a messenger.
I rubbed the silk handkerchief and felt a lot more steady, if you count the time for Hayabusa to send the letter, Wu Feng should be in these two days.
"You'd better go back! Don't come in the future, wait for me at home, I'll be back soon. I touched his innocent hair and urged him to go back, but he refused to leave, and stayed in my room for a long time, and only when the sky was bright did he reluctantly jump on the roof and leave.
Early the morning of the second day after Wuxian left, the maidservant who delivered the meal knocked on my door and brought in a bowl of steaming rice soup and a few side dishes with a smile.
"Your lady, please eat." She helped me sit down in front of the desk and carefully helped me with the cooking.
"Did the prince ask you to send it?" The temperament of this prince is really uncertain, which makes people unable to grasp it.
"Yes, there will be clothes and jewelry in the future." The little maid replied with a smile.
I swallowed what was in my mouth and confirmed again suspiciously: "Clothes? Jewelry? What's to be done? ”
"There are guests in the palace today, and the prince invites the girl to the banquet to serve." The servant replied carefully.
The feast was served either by self-supporting kabuki or maiko, or by domestic prostitutes. The prince starved me for two days, and he actually tossed such a method to humiliate me. Thinking of the hand that the doctor had put into the maidservant's chest at the banquet that day, I immediately got goosebumps.
"Lady, please change your clothes!" Two handmaidens appeared at the door, each holding a lacquer box.
The little maid beside me stepped forward to open one of the boxes, and took out a brocade robe embroidered with blue hibiscus flowers on a plain bottom with a large open collar and walked up to me: "Noble girl, put it on quickly!" Otherwise, the prince will blame him, and the servants can't afford it. ”
I let out a long sigh and raised my arms in resignation, and the little maids, fearing that I would regret it, hurried to put their clothes on me.
What the hell is this clothes? With my collarbones exposed, my shoulders wide open, and the whiteness of my chest, I didn't even have the guts to walk out of this door, let alone serve the guests for a drink. The maidservant who was in charge of the makeup made Zhu Rong powder, carefully sketched my face, and drew a three-petal peach blossom with red and blue flower juice mixed with balm in the center of my eyebrows.
"The noble girl is really good-looking!" The little maid smiled and placed a bronze mirror with gold and glass in front of me.
I turned my face away and didn't want to look at it.
"What kind of bun do you want to comb?" The maidservant in charge of grooming asked aloud.
"I haven't finished yet, just distribute it."
"Even if the kabuki and maiko in the house are not in time, they still have to tie their hair in a bun when they serve the banquet."
My face sank, and I bit my lip and said nothing.
Seeing this, the little maid who delivered the meal smiled and took out a bamboo-style white jade headband from the dresser and walked behind me, and her little hand deftly gathered the ends of her hair into a bunch, and said: "It's okay, this is not a good style, the prince will like it when he sees it." Lady, since everything is already ready, let's go quickly, don't let the distinguished guests wait. ”
I gritted my teeth and stood up, and walked out of the room in a dead spirit.