"Lord Qi?" Father-in-law Yu frowned and said, "It's hard to say, the prince has gone far this time, and he won't be able to come back for a while." ”

He looked at me and said, "If you have the heart to wait for the prince to come back and intercede for you, it is better to say a few soft words in front of the emperor!" This time is different from the last time in the cold palace. ”

When it came to the cold palace, I was in a trance for a while.

At that time, how similar it was now, I was also depressed and died, but Pei Yuanfeng broke in and saved me regardless of it.

Recalling that morning, when he saw Pei Yuanhao and me reconcile, he said to me that if the emperor did anything to me again, he must sue him, at that time I was just sad, I just felt sorry for him, but I didn't expect that I really fell to this point.

Or is it that in fact, Pei Yuanfeng can see more clearly and thoroughly than me, but I am blind.

Thinking of this, I smiled a little weakly, and said softly: "Father-in-law Yu, if the prince comes back, you can help me bring a word to the prince." ”

"What?"

"You tell the prince, no matter what happens to me, I must not forget my original intention of staying. What to do and what dreams to accomplish should be decided by yourself, and don't let other people affect your own path, in the end it will only be a failure. ”

Father-in-law Yu didn't say anything when he listened, and nodded lightly.

"Also, my father-in-law will help me reward some silver for Shui Xiu." I laughed a little and said, "She's been with me for so long, and she's suffered." I don't have much savings, and I stuffed twenty taels of silver tickets in the pillow of my residence, and this time I brought seven or eight taels of silver with me bits and pieces when I went south, and my father-in-law helped me reward her. In the palace, the aunt in the imperial dining room still owes me five taels, and several of your little eunuchs have come to me to fight the autumn breeze, if you can come back, father-in-law, don't be too little. ”

Father-in-law Yu listened, his face became more and more heavy, and when he heard the last sentence, he looked at me movingly: "Young girl! ”

I chuckled softly.

His face was a little ugly and said, "Why didn't you listen to what our family told you just now?" ”

"Father-in-law Yu," I chuckled, "Miss Nangong's status in the emperor's heart, you also know very well, this time she has suffered such a big grievance, I'm afraid this matter is not so easy to be good." I don't want to come to the end, it's not over yet. ”

"You-"

"Father-in-law Yu," I struggled to prop myself up, and something hot was surging in my eyes, and I choked up, "You are good to Qingying, Qingying remembers." If you can survive, Qingying will definitely survive and repay you well in the future. ”

There was also a trace of light in the eyes of Father-in-law Yu, and the two-way deep eyes looked at me, revealing a trace of helpless sadness, and finally let out a long sigh and turned to leave.

As soon as he was gone, I slowly leaned back into the corner and closed my eyes.

I spent most of my time in the dungeon asleep so that it wasn't too draining, but after starvation, the lethargy almost turned into a coma.

But this time, the sound of a loud unlock woke me from the deep night.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw that the gate of the wooden fence had been opened, and several jailers walked in and dragged me up from the ground: "Get up! ”

I glanced at them, and was barely dragged out by them, without saying a word, all the way through the narrow passage, and the prisoners in the cells on both sides looked at me gloatingly, and some were full of sympathy, until I reached an iron gate in front of me, and the door opened, and I was led in.

It's the torture chamber.

I'm not surprised, they tortured Shui Xiu, and of course the next one is me, and I have to compare the confessions of the two of us to tell the truth of the matter.

And when they had just tied me to the torture rack, I said everything I had to say in fits and starts.

I know that Shui Xiu can't survive the punishment, and she will definitely tell her, but she, a girl, still has a good heart and won't add fuel to the fire, so I also told everything that happened at the beginning, but the executioners were stunned, looked at me stupidly, and looked at each other again.

The orders they got were supposed to be executions and interrogations, so I told them all of this, but they didn't know how to deal with them, and finally they whipped me a few times, and asked as they went: "True or false, to be honest!" ”

I was in pain, laughing, and fainting.

I don't remember when I was thrown back into my cell, the whiplash on my body was so painful that it didn't take long for me to wake up again, lying on my stomach in the haystack and dying, looking at the bowl in front of me that was still holding the stinky soup, a mouse cautiously ran over and ate on the mouth of the bowl.

I lay down for a long time, and finally I had a little strength, and I reached over and pinched the bowl, and the mouse was immediately scared away.

I bit my lower lip and lifted the bowl to the ground.

With a thud, the bowl shattered, and a piece fell on my face, cutting painfully, and I frowned and reached out to pick up the piece, looking down at the sharp edge above.

The jailer heard the noise and was about to come over to curse, when he heard the sound of the iron door being opened outside, and the guard asked loudly, "Who?" ”

"I'm here to see the prisoners."

Those people panicked for a moment, and several of them hurried over.

And as soon as I heard this voice, the hand holding the splinter clenched.

There seemed to be a light shining in the gloomy dungeon, and even the musty air was always stained with the fragrance of flowers, and I looked up with difficulty, and saw a water-red skirt slowly drifting to the door of the cell, and the soft voice said, "Open the door." ”

"This—I'm afraid—"

"I told the emperor, and the emperor knew that I came to see her."

“…… Be. ”

The cell door was opened, and the skirt slowly moved in front of me, and after a moment of silence, the voice said, "Go down, I want to say a few words to her alone." ”

"Yes."

Listening to this sound in my ears, my hand clenched tighter and tighter, the sharp edge pierced deep into my hand, the stinging pain and blood gave me a little strength, I slowly supported my body, leaned against the corner of the wall, and when I looked up, I saw that beautiful face, looking down at me, as I had every time before.

Nangong Lizhu, she came.

Dressed in a long water-red skirt, her skin was snow-white, but her face was no longer as pale and blood-stained as before, but with a healthy flush, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes were full of autumn water, her nose was like a gall, and her lips were like red cherry blossoms, she was still so dazzling and so beautiful.

But at this moment, there was a hint of gloom on her face, and she looked at me for a long time before she frowned slightly and said, "Are you okay?" ”

I laughed.

Since she came back, I have been beaten, imprisoned, and tortured, and the expression I did the most was to laugh, all kinds of laughter, and at this time I also smiled and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Come and see you."

"What do I have to look at."

“……”

She squatted down and looked into my eyes, as if she involuntarily reached out and touched my face, her hand was still injured, my face was also injured, the pain was so painful that I hurriedly avoided her hand, her fingertips stopped there, but she still looked at me and said, "You...... It's really good-looking. ”

I laughed again.

It's not the first time I've heard this sentence say, but at this time, there is an indescribable irony coming out of her mouth.

She didn't seem to realize it, but she still looked at my face and muttered: "You are very good-looking, you also know how to read and break words, and your temperament and demeanor are so good, no wonder you can make him in his dreams-"

My eyelashes twitched slightly, and I looked at her. She didn't say any more, but her eyes softened and became slightly cold.

It was like a light flashed in my heart.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"I said, I'm just coming to see you. I've wanted to take a good look at you for so long. ”

"Now that you see it, are you disappointed?"

"......" she looked at me and didn't speak, but I smiled and said, "But I feel a little disappointed." ”

"Oh? What are you disappointed about? ”

I let out a long sigh and said, "Mo Tieyi and their group, although they are impulsive and reckless, they are not unreasonable, otherwise they would not be able to operate in the south to achieve today's situation, so that the people of Shengjing would have to travel thousands of miles south to negotiate with them." Who knew that they would actually do it to you, not only did it, but it didn't work out yet, so that you fled so far with your injuries, all the way to the emperor. ”

I said, looking up at her: "Miss Nangong, don't you think this is very disappointing?" ”

Her face slowly became solemn.

The atmosphere in the cell was very depressing, so oppressive that people were already very sad, and at this time there was a feeling that it was even difficult to breathe, she looked at me for a long time, slowly came up to me, and said in a voice so low that only two people could hear: "However, you did not disappoint me. ”

“……”

My heart sank more and more, the light grew brighter and brighter in front of me, and many things seemed to be already in front of me.

I suddenly understood something.

She looked down at me, the expression on her face was not cold or angry, but it was very solemn, as if she was giving me a piece of advice, and said, "Yue Qingying, do you know why you are like this? ”

“……”

"You shouldn't be too smart, and you shouldn't be too capable."

“……”

I opened my eyes wide and looked at those autumn-like eyes that were close at hand, and everything was clear at this moment.

She was not chased and killed by those people, but because she was aware of the dealings between me and Mo Tieyi, she was afraid that those people would really be persuaded by me, so she made this bitter trick and returned to Pei Yuanhao with injuries, she knew that Pei Yuanhao would not care about anything for her, and I was not worth mentioning; And as soon as Pei Yuanhao took her in, the people on Yao Lao's side would immediately know that the people of the royal family and Shengjing were in such a deal, which would definitely make them suspicious of Pei Yuanhao again!

The sharp edge had dug deep into the flesh, and the pain was so painful that I twitched from my hand to my heart.

But the next moment, she slowly stood up again, looked down at me, and said loudly: "Do you think that if you don't let me return to the emperor, no one will know what you did to hide from him?" It's a pity, I shouldn't die, paper can't contain the fire, no matter how conspiratory, there will be a day when the truth will be revealed. ”