Chapter Eighty-Nine: Confrontation
"Get up!" The prince's voice rang out at the door.
"His Royal Highness the Prince!"
"I wonder why Your Highness is here so late?" The head of the jailer asked, leaning his head against his head.
"What does this prince have to tell you?" The prince's tone was a little impatient.
"The little ones don't dare, Your Highness is angry, the little ones are confused!" The jailer quickly pumped himself in the mouth, and I couldn't stand it when I looked at their low voices.
"Don't open the door for Prince Ben?" The prince walked up to my cell and shouted at them.
"Yes, yes, the small one will open the door." The jailer took out the key with a trembling hand and opened the door.
I dragged the heavy bracelet and anklet to the door, the prince pushed the door open, and the good-looking Danfeng eyes flashed with a trace of pity: "Le'er, you have suffered!" ”
"Prince, you still stand outside, don't come in!" It was damp and cold, and there was the smell of feces and urine left by his predecessors, and even rats scurrying around, and I really didn't want to let such an environment tarnish his noble temperament.
The prince ignored me, stubbornly walked in, looked around, looked at this scene, and even choked up his voice: "Le'er, don't worry, I will definitely save you out, soon!" ”
"I know, I believe in you!" I looked into his eyes and smiled indifferently, I just wanted to comfort him, I was actually fine.
"Le'er, I asked Zhi'er and Xu Qi, but they only said let me ask you, they don't know anything. These girls of yours are as stubborn as you, but they are much more vigilant than you. As he spoke, the prince untied his cloak and gently hugged me, and I suddenly felt much warmer and more at ease.
His cloak still had a faint smell of green pine, clean and clear, and wrapped around my body, like a barrier from the black miasma in the cell.
I smiled at him gratefully, and he pinched my nose distressedly: "I didn't wear an extra piece of clothing when I came, it's late autumn, how can I rest assured!" ”
"It's okay! Just ask whatever you want! I tightened my cloak and said with a smile.
"I heard that when my father and mother went in, you were talking to a man?" The prince did not delay and asked the subject directly.
"Yes!" After listening to my answer, the prince was slightly stunned, and then asked:
"Do you really know that man? I heard that you seem to have known him for a long time? ”
"I don't know that man!" As soon as I said this, the prince's face was full of doubts.
After thinking about it, I didn't want to hide anything, so I had to tell the prince one by one: "I mistook that person for Zijin!" ”
"Who is Zijin? He is always with you...... Meet? "When the prince heard me call a man's name, his face couldn't help but be a little strange.
"Zijin actually knows him, in the final analysis, it is because of you that I am fortunate to know him, he is Doctor Xiao." I looked at the prince's expression and was not surprised.
"Doctor Xiao? What about you guys? ”
"I hit it off with Zijin at first sight, so I recognized him as a righteous brother, because Zijin didn't want to have too much to do with the palace, so every once in a while, he secretly came into the palace to see me, usually just to see if I was in good health, tonight, Zijin came, only said two words and left." After I said this, my mouth was a little parched, and tonight I didn't even have time to eat dinner, and I didn't even have time to drink a sip of water, and I was arrested and sent to this prison.
"Come on, come in with a cup of tea!" The prince is such a meticulous man, and I raised my head to meet his intent.
"Thank you!" I said softly. After a cup of tea, I continued:"After Zijin left, I was lying on the bed, suddenly the windowsill rang again, I got up from the bed, thinking it was Zijin, I called his name while putting on my shoes, and talked to him, but I did not respond, and when I found out, my father and queen mother had already arrived in my bedroom."
After listening to me, the prince's thick eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Some people have probably started monitoring your every move a long time ago, it seems that everything tonight was premeditated!" ”
"Isn't it?" I smiled bitterly, in the end, there are still people with hearts, it's really hard to guard.
"Le'er, don't worry, I have let that person stay and keep it under close guard, since he admits that he knows you, then I will start the investigation with him." When the prince said this, I was relieved, as long as the man did not die, then everything would turn around.
"It's good that the man is still alive, Prince!" As I spoke, I grabbed the prince by the arm and looked up at him fixedly;
"Doctor Xiao, can you promise me not to involve him?"
The prince looked at my pleading eyes and sighed: "I have only one wish, which is to save you!" But I promise you, I won't pull him in until I have to. ”
"No, you have to say yes, even if it means to my death." I looked at him resolutely.
The prince's body was shocked, his eyes locked on me tightly, with a trace of helplessness, with a trace of powerlessness, and finally said: "Okay! ”
When the prince left, he told the jailer to take good care of me, and the jailer found me a quilt and a simple wooden bed.
I fell asleep unconsciously. When I woke up again, there was a ray of sunlight in my cell.
I held this rare ray of sunshine with my hand, and thought to myself, the day seems to be coming to an end soon!
I sat against the wall, and it turned out that this was life in prison, and the endless waiting and boredom reminded me of my modern-day father.
I used to hate him, I hated him for irresponsibly abandoning my mother and my brother and me, hating him for leaving us with a mountain of debt, but now that I think about it, so many years in prison, this punishment is enough.
"Yo, Gonggong Li, why are you here!" The voice of the jailer suddenly sounded outside the door, and I raised my eyes to see that Li Gongju, who was beside the emperor, was coming from my side.
"The emperor has decreed that Princess Xuanyan will enter the palace immediately, and there must be no mistake." Gonggong Li's shrill voice came into my ears, and I felt anxious for a while, is this going to pronounce me a death sentence or to let me go?
In this way, I followed Gonggong Li all the way to Fengtian Hall with a nervous mood.
There are not many people in Fengtian Hall at the moment, and as the saying goes, family ugliness cannot be publicized, let alone the royal family. In addition to the few people who knew last night, there is also my Xu Da father.
Daddy Xu Da looked at me with a concerned face from the moment I entered the door, he seemed to be getting older overnight, he looked at me distressedly, his lips trembled slightly, I looked at him, nodded at him, and told him that I would be fine.
"Sons and daughters, see father and queen mother, His Royal Highness the Prince, and the princess!" I knelt down and saluted the people.
"Bring Yu Zijin in!" The emperor glanced at me and then said to Gonggong Li.
"Bring Yu Zijin to see you!" Gonggong Li shouted, and someone immediately brought Yu Zijin in.
I looked at Yu Zijin, his expression was even more numb than yesterday, his eyes looked at the carpet on the ground with empty eyes, and he lowered his head.
"Prince, you said, you have evidence to prove that the princess is innocent, but you said to listen to me!" The emperor looked at His Royal Highness's crown prince, and his majestic voice resounded throughout the hall.
I raised my eyes slightly and glanced at the prince, could he have found evidence so quickly?