The little eunuch took the dinner, hurried through the imperial garden, rolled through a circle of fallen flowers and leaves, he approached the imperial study, knocked on the door, and said, "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness Xia Yuan, the dinner is ready, do you need to bring it in now?" ”

"I'll eat later, now I'm going to go to the dungeon with Xiao Yuan."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will take your dinner back and warm it, if the emperor wants to have dinner when he calls the slave." After getting the emperor's answer, the little eunuch turned around with dinner and walked back to the imperial dining room the way he came.

Following the departure of the little eunuch's footsteps, Xia Huai opened the door of the imperial study, Xia Yuan followed Xia Huai, walked out of the imperial study, closed the door smoothly, and the two walked towards a narrow stone road one after the other, only this road led to the back of the palace.

Both sides are also dense woods, Xia Yuan looked at the surrounding scenery, such a strangeness appeared in his memory for the first time, and he only learned today that there was still this place in the palace.

Soon, the boulder that symbolized the door of the dungeon appeared in front of the two of them, and the door was still guarded by the lazy guard and his companions.

The two guards hurriedly stood up straight, and when the two approached, they hurriedly curtsied: "Your Majesty, Your Highness Xia Yuan." ”

"Well, get up." Xia Huai walked past the two guards with his hands behind his back.

When Xia Yuan followed Xia Huai past the two of them, he obviously felt that the two of them were trembling, and thought, is the father so terrifying, he actually scared these two people like this.

It wasn't until the figures of the two disappeared into the dark steps that the guards dared to stand up. The lazy guard put his hand on the shoulder of his colleague, and the other hand with a long tassel gun wiped the cold sweat that was frightened from his forehead: "You say, this emperor has been to the dungeon so many times in total, why is it so unlucky for us to run into it?" ”

The colleague shook his shoulders, trying to shake off the hand he was holding: "It's not that you are so unlucky to take me with you because of this declining god." ”

……

Xia Yuan walked on the steps, surrounded only by the small oil lamps on the wall, emitting a faint light, barely illuminating the road ahead.

Walking down the steps, the mahogany table was still the snooze cellkeeper, even if the emperor passed by his side, he was trying to doze off.

Xia Huai just walked gently past the cell boss, not intending to reproach him for dozing off at work again, nor wanting to wake him up, so he went straight to the depths of the dungeon. And Xia Yuan followed him past the cell boss, and carefully looked at the cell boss who was sleeping, obviously so young, why didn't he have any vigilance, so that someone passed by and didn't wake up?

After Xia Yuan walked over, the cell leader opened his eyes sharply, still maintaining the posture of sleeping on his back, his heart was beating wildly, and he was almost going to the ghost gate again.

Xia Yuan felt that he hadn't seen Xia Chi for a long time, but this meeting was not so good. Xia Chi sat in a small corner, hugging his knees, his head against the wall, his hair was messy and drooping beside his face, the blood stains on his white prison uniform were a little black, and his whole face was much thinner than before. His eyes stared blankly at the prison door, but it didn't seem like he was noticing the arrival of people, Xia Yuan saw that there was no light in these eyes.

"Ah Chi, I'm home."

Xia Chi's pupils slowly turned to the place where the voice came from, and said tentatively: "Father...... Emperor? ”

The throat that hadn't been moistened for a long time was extremely hoarse, and just by saying two words, Xia Chi felt as if his throat had cracked, and it was so hot that it hurt.

"Ah Chi, it's me who blames you, I shouldn't believe you."

Xia Huai squatted down in front of Xia Chi again, looking at the child in front of him who could no longer see the world because of his suspicions, his eyes were full of distress and regret. After all, he is only a fifteen-year-old child, obviously the most scheming child of the three princes, but he still doesn't want to believe him.