Chapter 3: Prison
In the dungeon, rancid and damp. Helian Yi lay on the grass with a sad expression. The quilt was thin, and Helian Yi still couldn't stop shaking.
Shen Liuxiang saw that she had been shivering, and squeezed her to give her some warmth, which was better.
The next day, Shen Liuxiang woke up from a burst of warmth, and when she opened her eyes and woke up, she found that it was Helianyi who was abnormally hot all over her body, touched her forehead, and shouted at Helianyi: "Princess, princess......"
Helian Yi said a few "um" words in a daze, and Shen Liuxiang concluded that she had a fever, so she shouted: "Come on, come on." β
It took a long time to shout before the jailer came over: "What's the matter?" β
"Our young lady has a fever, please report to His Highness."
The jailer also panicked when he heard this, and hurriedly sent someone to report it, and after a while, he said to Shen Liuxiang: "Your Highness has been out for a few days and has not returned. β
"What? Then, let us out. Otherwise, someone will die. β
The jailer was also in a dilemma for a while, the person was sent in by Xiao Yunyan's orders, but he was not there at this time, and he didn't dare to make decisions without permission.
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In the middle of the night, Helian Yi was dreaming, she dreamed that she was still a child walking in the ice and snow for a long, long time, the road was very long, and it seemed that there would never end. That kind of loneliness and despair almost suffocated her. Finally, she gradually felt a little warmth, it turned out that her father, who had cared for her like a palm bead since she was a child, picked her up and cared for her in his arms.
"Father, father." She buried herself deep in her father's arms to get warmth and peace, and her father hugged her tightly and walked and walked, everything was so leisurely. It seemed like a long, long time later, and his father, who was in the prime of life, grew old in an instant, and she herself grew up from a child in an instant. She saw the high palace again, which seemed to go straight into the sky, but it was still bloody and slashing, and there was still a hissing and mournful ...... She saw her brothers, sons and nephews fall one by one, and her sisters-in-law were robbed and humiliated. She wanted to shout, but for some reason she couldn't make a sound. She tried to stop it, but for some reason she couldn't move. Suddenly, one of the guards was about to plunge a long sword into her nephew, who had just completed the moon, when she finally shouted: "Don't ......," and she woke up from her nightmare again. When I opened my eyes, I found myself lying in the arms of a shirtless man, no, to be precise, I was snuggling up to him, taking warmth from him.
"Nightmares?" The man's voice sounded, and He Lianyi didn't need to look to know that it was Xiao Yunyan.
"You, why are you here?" She asked, then leaned over to the bed, trying to distance herself away from him.
"This is the king's bedchamber." As he spoke, he squeezed towards her, wanting to hug her body that was still trembling because of the nightmare, but was instinctively avoided by Helian Yi, Xiao Yunyan had to stroke his forehead, and said softly: "You can make this king anxious today." β
Helian Yi looked at the only underwear on his body, and said in horror: "You, what have you done to me?" β
"What do you think?" Xiao Yunyan looked at her with a smile.
Helian Yi had been confused before, and her latest memory was still in the dungeon, but she really couldn't remember how she came here and how she was treated by him. But by this time, she had gradually come to her senses. Before meeting Xiao Yunyan, she had already felt Xiao Yunyan's temperament and past clearly, knowing what an arrogant person he was, and relaxed for a while, "Your Highness, as the Ninth Emperor Prince of the Great Liang, is so noble and noble, naturally he will not take advantage of others." β
Xiao Yunyan finally smiled, "It's good that you understand, there is no need for this king to force you when you are unconscious." You have been chilling, and the military doctor said that using body temperature to warm you is the best effect, and your servant girl is not much better, so this king has to grieve himself to warm you. β
Helian Yi asked again: "Then, why am I here?" β
"You had a fever in the dungeon, and I carried you all the way back."
Xiao Yunyan smiled, there was an evil aura between her eyebrows, her eyes did not leave her face, and she slowly swallowed out: "Beauty is on the side, tossing and turning, I can't ask for it, I can't think about it, I can't think about ......it" Xiao Yunyan suddenly opened his arms, and still half-hugged Helianyi in his arms.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, fever is contagious, I'm not well, Your Highness still don't get so close to me." Helian Yi was sweating again.
"People in the army have always shed blood without tears, only wounded and not sick." As he spoke, he hugged her tighter.
"IβI'm running out of breath, beg Your Highness to ......"
Xiao Yunyan saw the horror in her eyes, and couldn't bear it for a while, so she finally let go of her, got out of bed, put on a middle coat by herself, and called someone to get some food. Sitting on the edge of the bed with a bowl of white porridge, "Eat more, it will get better faster." As he spoke, he picked up the spoon and prepared to feed her.
Helian Yi saw him wearing clothes, so he looked at him, stretched out his hand and said, "I'll drink it myself." β
Xiao Yunyan said: "You have chills for a while and fever for a while, drink rice soup for a while, and drink medicine for a while, not all of which I take care of with all my heart." β
Helian Yi didn't respond, but he insisted on refusing.
Xiao Yunyan had no choice but to hand the white porridge to her. Helian Yi was about to get off the bed with white porridge, Xiao Yunyan asked, "What are you going to do?" β
"I, I'll go back to my tent."
Xiao Yunyan saw that her hand holding the bowl was still trembling, and snatched the bowl of white porridge back, "Your body is so weak, don't toss back and forth, just sleep here tonight." β
Helian Yi froze, Xiao Yunyan saw her thoughts, pointed to the Luohan couch next to her and said, "Don't worry, I'll stay there tonight." As he spoke, he scooped up a spoonful of hot porridge, blew it, and brought it to Helian Yi's mouth.
Helian Yi was a little overwhelmed by his sudden tenderness, and Xiao Yunyan said, "Don't eat it yet?" You are sick from hunger, and you can get better quickly when you are full. β
"Hmm." She finally found out that she was really hungry, and she no longer shirked, and let Xiao Yunyan feed herself one bite at a time.
A bowl of hot porridge was in his stomach, Helian Yi only felt that his body was no longer so soft, Xiao Yunyan asked, "What did you dream about?" I hear you keep calling Father. β
"I dreamed of itβI dreamed that night, Helian Dingbang killed my father, my brothers, my sons and nephews."
"I heard that night, in the Changning Palace, there were mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. There were all the men left, some of the women were included in the harem by Helian Dingbang, the minors were kept in captivity, and some were taken as tribute and sacrificed to other countries. β
"They didn't even let go of the prince's male who had just reached the full moon, if it weren't for the fact that we were daughters and had other uses, I am afraid that they would have already gone to Huangquan by now."
"The women of the Helian clan are beautiful and famous in the surrounding countries, so this has become your way of life. But if I were you, I would definitely do what I wanted, and in the future, I could blow the wind on the pillow and let that Xikang Emperor be used by you. β
"Your Highness doesn't know that when Helian Dingbang dedicated me to the Emperor Xikang, he also sent another letter of state to ensure that the two countries would be friendly and form an alliance within thirty years. I fled because I broke their covenant. β
Xiao Yunyan stared at her with burning eyes and asked, "You just conclude that you can't change this paper covenant with your beauty?"
"Your Highness said with a smile, I never thought of using my beauty to change the current situation."
"You keep saying that you want revenge, so what else do you have besides beauty?"
"I am the eldest princess of Great Xia, Helian Dingbang has killed so many loyal ministers and good generals these days, as long as I find a place to stay, raise my arms and shout, I will be able to respond to every call."
Xiao Yunyan shook his head with a smile and said: "You think too simply, even if those civil and military officials hate Helian Dingbang again, they will not believe that you are such a woman." This battle on the battlefield and the court fight has always been a matter between men, who would listen to a woman's fiddling? β
"What's wrong with the female stream, there are not a few women who have become great things in ancient times, Your Highness must not underestimate women."
"Your father can be regarded as a generation of heroes, why was he able to believe in Helian Dingbang in the first place?"
At that time, King Yi captured Jiaxu Pass, Kang Yuan fell again, and his father was worried. And Zhao Shu retired because of Zhao Hai's incident back then, and many good generals in the court were promoted by Zhao Shu, and his father handed over the soldiers and horses to Helian Dingbang. He had been very well disguised before, and no one had ever discovered that he had such wolf ambitions. β
"I heard that he succeeded in assassinating your father before he left, under the pretense of a secret report, and at that time your entire army in Great Xia was in his hands, so he succeeded."
"Yes, he deliberately withheld the crowd at that time, and only his father was alone with him in the inner room. After my father's death, he quickly took control of the mansions of my brothers, and he used thunderous means to make the courtiers submit. If anyone in the DPRK dares to question a word, he will sit down even again. β
"Oh, I hadn't been to the border at that time, and I only knew the details of some things. It seems that the rumors are true. Xiao Yunyan said lightly, as if careless.
Helian Yi heard something in Xiao Yunyan's words, and said: "Of course I know that His Royal Highness was not here at the time, and before that, I only knew that Daliang had a ninth son, except that His Royal Highness was raised under the queen's knee since birth, and His Royal Highness has always been good friends with the prince, and I don't know much else." β
"Really?"
"Or else? Does Your Highness think I have a plan for Your Highness? My enemies are Helian Dingbang and Xiao Yunsheng, not His Highness. Of course, if Your Highness is suspicious of me, I will be at a loss and unable to do anything. β
Xiao Yunyan smiled again and said, "Of course this king believes in you. Sleep, get some more sleep, and you'll be well tomorrow. With that, he lay down on the arhat couch with his clothes.