Zhan Xinglan successfully brought Jia Ning into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

After all, Jia Ning has the identity of a princess as a hole card, and Ke Jingfeng does not dare to act rashly even if he knows that their purpose is not pure.

And Zhan Xinglan and Jia Ning had already planned the location where they wanted to live before pretending to be sick.

Xiangfu is a boxy mansion, but unlike most of the houses in the capital, the front yard and backyard of Xiangfu are blocked by a long row of rockeries, a bit like a wall.

Li Qingchen visited the Prime Minister's Mansion many times at night after Ao Jin's disappearance, but unfortunately he never found anything.

However, Zhan Xinglan found that Li Qingchen had almost searched the Prime Minister's Mansion, but he had not searched this row of rockeries.

Therefore, Zhan Xinglan agreed with Jia Ning that he must choose a residence closest to the rockery.

Jia condensed around the Prime Minister's Mansion and finally stood in the Qingxia Hall next to the rockery.

"This princess feels that this place is familiar with the princess palace where I used to live." Jia Ning asked softly and cautiously, "Ke Xianggong, I don't know if there are people living in this courtyard?"

"This Qingxia Hall was originally a temporary residence for the dogs in the outer room, but then the outer room rolled up some money and escaped, and the courtyard was vacant."

"Outer Room?" Jia Ning asked.

"Oh, that's the woman raised outside, and she can't be on the stage."

When Ke Jingfeng said this, he was obviously disgusted.

Who knew that Zhan Xinglan said: "I heard that Ke Dalangjun's outer room originally wanted to live in the Prime Minister's Mansion as pregnant, but he didn't get Ke Xianggong's approval after many soft grinding. I thought that Ke Xianggong was not close to people, but it turned out that the rumors outside were false."

Jia Ning and Zhan Xinglan looked at each other, and Jia Ning knew it in his chest.

"This courtyard is very good, I wonder if Princess Ben can live here?"

"Since Princess Jianing has opened her mouth, the prime minister will immediately clean up the Qingxia Hall."

Ke Jingfeng said, his chest rose and fell violently.

After settling Jia Ning, Zhan Xinglan took his leave.

Out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, she said to Chi Qianniuwei, "Chi Qianniuwei, I have you to escort Princess Jianing."

"Princess Ling is polite, I can't wait to do what I am told."

"Father is deeply benevolent and kind, and he is even more cautious in treating the princess and his relatives, and this princess naturally has to say a few more words, and please don't be surprised by Chi Qianniuwei."

Zhan Xinglan said in a deep voice:

"The cadres and thousands of Niu Wei who stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion must take care of Princess Jianing, Ke Xianggong is a righteous gentleman, but that Ke Dalangjun is a ridiculous gentleman."

Speaking of this, there is no need to go on, Chi Qianniuwei also knows what Zhan Xinglan means.

"Princess Ling, don't worry, we will never put Princess Jianing in danger, let alone let the filthy people get close to Princess Jianing."

"With Chi Qianniuwei's words, this princess will be at ease."

Zhan Xinglan arranged everything and left the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The next thing to find Ao Jin is up to Jia Ning, and she has another important matter.

Her Jinlan sister Qiu Chuyan has not been heard from yet, and she doesn't know where she is.

In the dark cave, Qiu Chuyan was hung in an iron cage, suspended in the air.

As soon as she moved slightly, there was a clanging sound of chains and cages colliding overhead.

However, Qiu Chuyan basically couldn't hear this voice, because from her left hand side, every other meter there was a bride who was hung up in an iron cage.

plus Qiu Chuyan himself, a total of six brides.

These brides wept day and night, and even when their voices were hoarse, they couldn't stop crying.

Qiu Chuyan was also panicked at first, and couldn't help crying, but she inexplicably believed in her heart that Fu Rinxu would definitely come to save her.

So, she stopped crying, but conserved her strength as much as possible.

"Enough! What are you crying about?"

A woman dressed in black and draped in a purple robe, with a black veil on her face, drew a long whip and struck one of the brides in the iron cage.

Although she was separated from Qiu Chuyan by two iron cages, she still felt the strong impact of the long whip.

The beaten bride suddenly retracted and curled up in the corner of the iron cage, not daring to make a sound.

The other brides were also taken aback and silently muted their cries.

At this moment, a man with a rough voice, a large figure, and a mask came from a corner in the cave.

He walked up the stone steps of the cliff to a cliff and grabbed the woman's hand, which was about to swing the whip.

"Leng Yi, don't hurt them!"

"These few are just vulgar fans, even if one or two die, the master won't blame me."

Leng Yi disdainfully broke free of the man's hand, and Qiu Chuyan looked at it carefully, and happened to see the tattoo on the man's wrist.

Because the distance was far away, and only half of the tattoo was exposed, Qiu Chuyan didn't see what the tattoo looked like, but he could vaguely see that it was an animal.

The man was shaken off his hand, and immediately grabbed Leng Yi's arm and forcibly took the long whip.

"Leng Yi! Stop making trouble! Don't think I can't read your mind!"

"Who's messing around?" Leng Yi stepped forward with her chest puffed up and asked, and suddenly, she smiled sourly, "Si Yin, you are protecting these women so much, you probably want to rob women with your master." That's right, in the end, it's a Central Plains woman, all of them are delicate and timid, how cute they are!"

"You!"

Si Yin was so angry that he wanted to argue with Leng Yi, but looking at the row of brides who were hanged, he still didn't continue.

He took Leng Yi's hand, forcibly pulled her into his arms, and whispered, "Come out with me!"

"You let go of me!"

Although Leng Yi is horizontal, she is a woman in the end, and compared with the tall and sturdy Si Yin, her strength is really different.

Ignoring her resistance, Si Yin forcibly dragged her down the stone steps.

"You guys, take a good look at these brides!"

"Yes!"

About ten black-robed people in the cave said in unison.

Beyond the cave was a dense forest.

Although the trees are bare in the cold of winter, the forest is quite large, and even now it is a good place to hide your tracks.

Si Yin took Leng Yi's hand and gradually let go, and Leng Yi angrily shook off Si Yin.

This time, Si Yin was not angry, but said like a child:

"Leng Yi, I know that you complain that you complained to me for proposing to the master to kidnap the bride of the Central Plains for his enjoyment, but you have to understand that the master doesn't like you at all, even if there are no Central Plains women inside, the master will not look at you more."

"You're talking nonsense!" Leng Yi grabbed Si Yin's neck and said angrily at the cold mask, "When the master has played enough with the Central Plains woman, he will definitely fall in love with me!"

"Leng Yi, you don't still think that the master just likes to play with Central Plains women, he only likes the Central Plains woman named Yan Qing'er!"

Si Yin raised his hand to hold Leng Yi's hand, which was instantly stiff, and broke her hand away from his neck one finger after another.

"Leng Yi, think it through yourself."

With that, he walked straight past Leng Yi's side.

Suddenly, he stopped.

"Also, I never thought of robbing a woman with my master, and I am not uncommon to have any Central Plains women in it."

At this moment, in the cave—

Qiu Chuyan leaned on the iron cage and cautiously looked at the environmental structure in the cave.

The cave was tall and wide, and she had watched the black-robed men weave back and forth through the cave's exits for the past few days, and had made out the echoes of the cave mouth as they walked.

As you can guess, this is a giant cave connected by several caves of various sizes.

There seems to be no such complex cave in the capital.

But since the women in the capital are all arrested, it means that this cave should not be far from the capital.

Qiu Chuyan thought of this, and suddenly heard his stomach gurgling twice.

She touched her belly, as if it wasn't her sound.

Listen carefully, it's the one next to her

The sound of a pale, skinny little bride's belly.

Qiu Chuyan moved her body to the bride and asked in a low voice, "Little lady, are you okay?"

The little lady was like a frightened deer, timidly raised her eyes to look at Qiu Chuyan, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence. Look at the book

"I'm so hungry."

In the past few days, those black-robed people have given them either brown rice bran or wild vegetable soup mixed with black soil.

The little girls were faced with the pureed wild vegetable soup and had difficulty swallowing, so they only chewed brown rice bran to satisfy their stomachs.

But where can you eat enough with a little bit of brown rice bran?

Fortunately, Qiu Chuyan used to live a hard life in Yizhou with Qiu Zhenhao, not to mention the wild vegetable soup mixed with soil, even the bark pulled directly from the tree she could gnaw on.

"Little lady, what's your name?"

"I...... My name is Shaoyuan."

Qiu Chuyan nodded, and said softly, "Okay, young yuan, you bear with it first, and when the meal is put later, I will give you my brown rice bran to eat."

Shaoyuan gratefully glanced at Qiu Chuyan, who was also thin, and hurriedly shook her head and said, "How can this be done?"

"It's okay."

"But ......"

"You're going to get sick if you keep hungry like this, do you still want to live to see your family and your husband?"

At the mention of her family's husband, Shaoyuan lowered her head and nodded.

"That's right, you can only see them if you live."

Shaoyuan wiped a handful of tears and said gratefully, "Thank you sister, dare to ask my sister's name."

"My name is Qiu Chuyan."

"Sister Qiu, you're such a good person."

"It's okay."

Qiu Chuyan has seen the suffering in the world, but he can't see the suffering.

She leaned against the cage and closed her eyes.

In this dark place, I don't know how much time is outside.

The cramped iron cage on one side consumes not only their time, but also their will to survive.

Night fell outside the cave, and the six iron cages were slowly lowered.

The black-robed people around him also became more and more vigilant.

A small locked door under the cage opened, and a bowl of brown rice bran and a plate of rat meat were inside.

Even if they eat, they can only curl up in this iron cage and bury their heads like animals to eat.

Qiu Chuyan picked up the brown rice bran and wanted to hand it to the young lady from the small door.

But the black-robed man stared closely, and she could only silently let it go back.

Just when she didn't know what to do, the bride on the far left suddenly vomited.

"Why...... Vomit...... Rat meat again?"

"It's winter, and there are no birds or animals here, so it's nice to have rat meat to eat! Eat honestly, and don't leave anything left!" The black-robed man kicked the iron cage impatiently.

"But...... It's hard to swallow."

"Hey! Toast without eating and drinking!"

After that, the black-robed man was about to make a move, and the black-robed people around him were attracted one after another.

Taking advantage of this time, Qiu Chuyan leaned down and whispered to Shaoyuan, "Shaoyuan, I'll give you brown rice bran, you can continue to have it."

Shaoyuan nodded and stretched her arm out of the small door.

Both of them are petite, and as long as they lean down and lean forward, their hands can touch.

However, just when Shaoyuan touched the edge of the bowl, a foot suddenly appeared and kicked away the bowl of brown rice bran between the two iron cages.