The palace dungeon was as dark as ever, and the gloom of the past few days made it even more humid, and the occasional cold wind blew from an unknown place, making people shiver involuntarily.

The candles on both sides of the road were clearly extinguished, Xiao Ling and Qingchen walked by, bringing a gust of breeze, and the candlelight that was not bright instantly became even dimmer.

Qingchen followed Xiao Ling quietly, looking at Xiao Ling's back, looking around slightly, holding his breath, and taking in the situation of the prison one by one.

"It's here. I don't know how long it took, Xiao Ling's clear voice came from Qingchen's ears, and he coldly spit out these two words.

Qingchen stood still, slowly raised her head, and followed Xiao Ling's gaze, but saw that in the narrow cell where there was no daylight, in the dark corner, a messy and blurred black shadow fell into her eyes, and a strong smell of blood came to her nose, making her stomach churn.

"You didn't heal him?" Qingchen turned his head abruptly and looked at Xiao Ling with anger in his eyes.

"He's just a prisoner of mine, and he doesn't need to be treated so well. What's more, how his martial arts are, I know everything clearly, if you don't completely cut off his way out, how can you obediently obey?" Xiao Ling snorted coldly and spoke.

When Qingchen heard this, a wave of fury arose spontaneously from the bottom of her heart, and the smell of blood flowed in the air with gusts of breeze, lingering around her, and she couldn't help but think of the dashing and wanton chivalrous warrior in the past, but now, she has become a prisoner of the emperor of this deep palace.

"Open the cell door. Qingchen took two steps forward, walked to the door of the cell, and said in a cold voice.

"Mu Qingchen, you've already seen it, don't get an inch. When Xiao Ling heard this, his face sank and he said.

"Are you scared? Or do you not even have the confidence to subdue a seriously injured and difficult Feng Xiran?" Qingchen said sarcastically without hesitation, forcing Xiao Ling to open the door of the cell.

Xiao Ling hates others to look down on him the most, whether it was when he was the prince in the past, or now he has become the emperor, this has never changed, so Qingchen's agitation method will always work.

The door of the cell was opened by the jailer, and Qingchen walked in without hesitation, step by step, slowly but firmly in front of Feng Xiran, squatted down, and reached out to brush away Feng Xiran's messy hair.

Feng Xiran leaned against the corner of the wall like that, his whole face was covered by his fangs and claws, and he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, the white clothes on his body were no longer the original color, and the mottled blood had become pitch black, and the arrow that was shot in his left abdomen was still stuck there, and he had never pulled it out, but the tail of the arrow had been cut off, leaving only the arrow deeply trapped in it, and the flesh and blood were blurred.

"Big Brother Wind......"

Qingchen's hands trembled, stroking Feng Xiran's haggard face, but in just a few days, the original man with outstanding demeanor had been tortured into this appearance, and there was almost no intact place on his body, and all kinds of wounds were scattered and shocking.

As if hearing Qingchen's low call, Feng Xiran's eyelids twitched a few times, and then slowly opened, trying to look at the woman squatting in front of him, imagining that he smiled indifferently at her as before.

It's a pity that he is so weak now, and when he moves slightly, he touches the wounds on his body, the corners of his mouth are slightly pulled, his brows are frowned, and there is a hint of forbearance.

"You...... Why are you here? ...... go," Feng Xiran endured the discomfort and said weakly.

"I promised Xiao Ling to enter the palace and let him let you out. Qingchen explained to Feng Xiran, "Brother Feng, you were injured to save me, I can't sit idly by." ”

"Silly girl...... Don't you know best what kind of person he is, and why are you so gullible to believe his words?" Feng Xiran shook his head and sighed.

"I don't care, I just know that in this world, there is only one Brother Feng, and only Brother Feng will be desperate for me. Qingchen said, with a trace of willfulness on his face, and a touch of stubbornness that no one could shake.

Xiao Ling has been standing outside the cell, listening to the conversation between the two people inside, the doubts in his heart are getting deeper and deeper, and he can't stop thinking about what is the relationship between Feng Xiran and Mu Qingchen, and why the two are so familiar.

"Actually, you don't have to worry about me...... I don't have anything to worry about, even if it's dead,......" Feng Xiran spoke again.

"I don't allow you to say that!You are the number one master in martial arts, Feng Xiran, how could you die so easily?" Qingchen immediately interrupted Feng Xiran's words, turned his back to Xiao Ling, held Feng Xiran's hand, and spoke again, "You believe me, I said that I won't let you have anything, and you will definitely be fine." ”

A touch of astonishment flashed in Feng Xiran's eyes, and then he clenched his hand and looked at Qingchen with a complicated expression:

"I'm seriously injured, and I haven't been treated in time, even if I get out, it's still unknown whether I will survive, you don't have to be ......"

"Brother Feng, don't worry, you will survive! Have you forgotten who I am? When did I lie to you?" Seeing this, Qingchen smiled, with a sly look in his eyes.

After saying this, Qingchen got up, glanced at Feng Xiran with a firm gaze, turned around and got out of the cell, and walked to Xiao Ling's side.

The jailer locked the cell door at Xiao Ling's signal, and guarded the door very conscientiously, respectfully.

"Finished?" Xiao Ling looked at the motionless Feng Xiran inside, then looked at Qingchen, and asked.

"That's it. The expression on Qingchen's face changed back to his original coldness, and he said, "Even if you don't ask for a doctor for him, you should send him some medicine, for so many days, the broken arrow has been left in the body, do you want his life? You want to kill him in this way!"

"So what? get rid of him, and I'll have one less threat. Xiao Ling bluntly admitted.

"If this is the case, you are not worthy to be an emperor, because you are not worthy of your word, and you are not worthy to be a strong man, because a person who puts a cold arrow in his back and kills people is not qualified. Qingchen snorted coldly, said these words, and turned around and walked towards the outside of the prison.

"Mu Qingchen, you make it clear to me!" Xiao Ling was suddenly startled when he heard the familiar words, so he chased after him and asked.

"You probably forgot the promise you made to Ye Tingcheng, right?Do you think that she is dead, and what you said before will not be counted?" Qingchen did not stop, and said as he walked, "You once promised Ye Tingcheng personally, even if you really face Feng Xiran, it is still a fair and honest competition." ”

Qingchen's voice fell, and that familiar memory poured into Xiao Ling's mind in an instant. When he knew about Feng Xiran's existence, and when he knew that Feng Xiran cared about Ye Chengcheng, he had the idea of competing with Feng Xiran, because they were both strong, and their status in Ye Chengcheng's heart was equally important.

"Why do you know so much about Ye Lingcheng?" Xiao Ling asked.

"You ask the Imperial Doctor to heal Feng Xiran's wounds, and I'll tell you. After Qingchen finished talking about his conditions, he walked towards Fengzao Palace with ease.

Xiao Ling looked at Qingchen's back, a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes, he didn't pay attention to Mu Qingchen's walking posture in the past, but now from the back of her walking, it is five or six points similar to the late Ye Qingcheng.

Qingchen didn't bring any attendants into the palace, so Xiao Ling asked the Internal Affairs Office to reallocate a few girls and eunuchs to Fengzao Palace, and even sent Zhiting, who was transferred to Ci'an Palace by the Queen Mother on an errand because of her mistakes, back to Mu Qingchen's side, saying that she had served before and was more familiar.

Xiao Ling also asked all the palace people in Fengzao Palace not to call Mu Qingchen Princess Yi, but to call her princess, no one knew what Xiao Ling was thinking in his heart, but he ordered it, and everyone did it.

Qingchen didn't have any opinion on Xiao Ling's arrangement, she was just staying in this palace for a while, and when the time was ripe, she would definitely have to go out.

It's just that now, Xiao Ling is still wary of her and Feng Xiran, maybe because she has suffered too many losses openly and secretly, so she doesn't dare to take it lightly. But that's okay, anyway, Xiao Yi and Hou with different surnames are not completely ready, and it is just during this time that Xiao Ling's vigilance can be slowly dispelled.

Xiao Ling didn't follow Qingchen to Fengzao Palace, because now, he had more important things to do. The rumors in Kyoto are still very loud, and they have been banned repeatedly, and now the first step has been completed, and Mu Qingchen has been trapped in the palace as he wished, this second step is to deal with Xiao Yi.

"Qin Xi. When Xiao Ling returned to Longchen Palace, he opened his mouth and instructed Qin Xi, "Call me over the flower shadow." ”

"The minions obeyed. Qin Xi nodded, then walked out and found the secret guard called Flower Shadow.

Hua Ying is the only woman among Xiao Ling's three thousand secret guards, which was also specially arranged when Ye Chengcheng was training back then, because sometimes, it is more convenient for women to do things than men, so Hua Ying, who is also a secret guard, never performs assassination or tracking missions like others, and only comes forward when necessary.

In the secret guard, there are not many people who have met each other and know their names, so there are very few people who have seen Huaying, and letting Huaying stay by Mu Qingchen's side may be much more reliable than a Zhiting.

Flower Shadow came soon, she is an ordinary-looking person, standing in the crowd, at a glance, people who will not notice her at all, low-key and introverted, silent and peaceful, no matter who sees it, they will think that she is just an ordinary woman.

But no one would have thought that she was a well-trained secret guard, with unknown abilities, like a sword hidden in a scabbard, which is not visible on weekdays, but is actually extremely sharp.

"See the Emperor. Hua Ying bowed to Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling let Huaying get up, walked down from the dragon chair at the top, stood in front of Huaying, closed his mouth one by one, and whispered to Huaying, but when he saw Huaying's eyes showing a clear look, he nodded again and again, indicating that he understood.

After hibernating for so long, it's finally time for her to go on a mission, and no matter what, she has to complete it successfully.

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(Tianjin)