Although Du Xiaomeng's voice was sand and hoarse, she shouted with all her strength to lure the people outside.

The sound of rapid footsteps got closer and closer, and then the closed door was kicked open with a "bang", and a cold wind rushed into the room. Du Xiaomeng only had time to see a little dim light, and was blinded by the dust and ashes rolled up by the wind. At the moment when she involuntarily narrowed her eyes, someone came to her in three steps and two steps, pulled out a dagger and cut the ropes tied to her one by one, shook her body a few times and asked nervously: "Du Xiaomeng, are you okay?" ”

Hearing the familiar voice ringing in his ears, Du Xiaomeng struggled to open his eyes that were covered by dust, raised his head and saw that the familiar face was close at hand, and tears poured out like a flood in an instant. She threw herself into Zhan Qi's arms and hugged him tightly with her frozen hands. All kinds of fears for the rest of her life after the catastrophe were all triggered at this moment, making her body tremble uncontrollably, she had a lot to say, but after she barely opened her mouth to say the word "I", her hoarse voice could no longer say a word.

Du Xiaomeng's sudden gesture of surrender was beyond Zhan Qi's expectations. He looked down at the woman in his arms who was holding him tightly and burying her whole face in his chest and weeping, and his heart throbbed for no reason.

He came to this deserted cold palace to find Du Xiaomeng with the idea of trying his luck, he was indescribably excited when he heard her shout just now, and when he broke into the door, he saw Du Xiaomeng who was tied up in the house with his eyes closed, he was cold for most of the time at that moment, and thought that she had met with an accident, fortunately, she was still alive.

He put a free hand around her trembling shoulders, and comforted her in a soft voice, "Don't be afraid, it's okay, everything is over." ”

The person in his arms hugged him tightly without saying a word, and the suppressed crying never stopped. The sound of crying was like a heavy stone pressing on Zhan Qi's heart, making his heart ache and make him uncomfortable. He put his arms around Du Xiaomeng and patted her back to soothe her emotions.

After a while, Du Xiaomeng's trembling body finally relaxed a little, not shaking so much, and the crying stopped.

Feeling Du Xiaomeng's head move, Zhan Qi lowered his head to look at her, his gaze inadvertently fell on Du Xiaomeng's neck, and he saw a little cyan bruise. Zhan Qi immediately reached out to pull her collar, and Hao Ran saw several cyan bruises, which were particularly dazzling on her white neck.

This is a clear finger mark! Zhan Qi knew very well how much strength he had to use to leave such obvious marks on his skin, and the person who left these finger marks was going to put Du Xiaomeng to death!

Zhan Qi's hand touched the bruise on Du Xiaomeng's neck, and asked in a deep voice, "Who did it?" ”

Du Xiaomeng slowly lifted his tearful face from his arms, and replied in a hoarse voice, "It's the third prince." ”

"Is that him?" This answer made Zhan Qi feel a little surprised. Yu Tianjun deliberately hid Du Xiaomeng here, it shouldn't be to kill her, if he wants to kill her, he doesn't need to go to great lengths to bring people here to kill.

Du Xiaomeng glanced at Zhan Qi, she bit her lip and hesitated, and finally lowered her head to whisper to solve the doubts in his heart: "He said that he was going to throw me into the cell and let the death row prisoner spoil me, at that time I felt that I had no way to live if I fell into his hands, since I was going to die in the end, it is better to beg for death happily than to be ruined by the death row prisoner and then die." So, I deliberately provoked him to kill me......" She touched her neck with trepidation, "but in the end, he didn't fall for it......"

"I'm sorry I didn't protect you." Zhan Qi suddenly hugged Du Xiaomeng and interrupted her, "If it weren't for my negligence, I wouldn't have let you be captured by Shangguan Hong and taken to the palace to suffer, I'm sorry!" ”

Zhan Qi's word of sorry drove away the cold that seeped into her bone marrow and internal organs for Du Xiaomeng, and warmed her heart. An indescribable emotion filled his heart, and the cold armor on Zhan Qi's body still had a smell of blood, but this did not affect Du Xiaomeng's desire to get closer to Zhan Qi. She naturally put her face on Zhan Qi's chest, shook her head gently, and said, "I can't blame you for this, in fact, I didn't think about it enough and acted carefully enough to cause trouble." ”

While the two were talking, the eunuch who had been thrown away by Zhan Qi when he had led the way for Zhan Qi and entered the cold palace to find someone finally found this place. Seeing that he had found the person, he was afraid that he would miss the opportunity to receive the merit, so he hurriedly stood in the courtyard and took out a firework from his arms and lit it.

With a "bang", the ignited fireworks soared into the sky, blooming with dazzling light in the night sky.

Hearing the sound outside the house, Du Xiaomeng hurriedly raised his head, and just saw the light of the fireworks scattered in the night sky, disappearing little by little. She was finally appeased by Zhan Qi, she was like a frightened bird, jumped out of Zhan Qi's arms with a frightened look on her face, grabbed his sleeves with both hands and looked out of the door and shouted: "They are coming to arrest us, what should we do?"

"Xiaomeng, calm down!" Zhan Qi held her down and said, "Don't be afraid, that fireworks are not a signal to notify others to come and catch us, but to tell others that they have found you." ”

Du Xiaomeng looked at his face and asked in disbelief: "Didn't you catch us?" ”

Zhan Qi replied affirmatively: "No." ”

With a suspicious look on Du Xiaomeng's face, Zhan Qi patted her on the shoulder and said, "Let's get out of here." ”

"Safe outside?" Hearing him say that he was leaving, Du Xiaomeng asked nervously.

Zhan Qi replied, "Now the situation in the entire palace has been controlled by us, and it is very safe. ”

Du Xiaomeng's hands that grabbed his sleeves did not let go, and he glanced at the dark door with uneasy eyes and continued to ask: "What about the third prince?" Also under control? ”

"He's dead." Zhan Qi said this lightly.

Du Xiaomeng's eyes widened in surprise, let go of the hands that grabbed Zhan Qi, and asked, "He's dead?" ”

Zhan Qi nodded, raised his hand to wipe away the undried tears on her face, and said, "He won't have a chance to hurt you again in the future." ”

Du Xiaomeng raised his head and stared at his face, moved his lips and was about to say something, when the eunuch who led the way walked in very inopportunely, interrupting the communication between the two, and nodded his waist and said as if to take credit: "General Zhan, the servant has sent a signal to inform His Highness." ”

Zhan Qi glanced at him with some displeasure and did not speak.

When Du Xiaomeng heard the eunuch's words, she grabbed Zhan Qi's arm, looked up at him and asked, "Are you going to take me back to the General's Mansion now?" I don't want to stay in the palace anymore, this place makes me feel very uncomfortable! ”

A strange look flashed across Zhan Qi's face, but he quickly returned to normal. He kept a casual expression and asked Du Xiaomeng: "Did the third prince force you to drink poison before?" ”

Du Xiaomeng nodded.

Zhan Qi glanced outside the door, skipped Du Xiaomeng's question, and said, "Then I have to take you to the imperial doctor to get the antidote and detoxification first, let's go." ”

He avoided Du Xiaomeng's gaze, turned around and walked out. Seeing that he was going out, Du Xiaomeng's head was hot, and he said to him without thinking: "I can't walk, you hug me!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhan Qi's figure stiffened obviously, and the leading eunuch next to him also widened his eyes and mouth wide enough to fit an egg.