Princess Phoenix

Chapter 18

Then came the wet and steep steps, all the way down, if it wasn't for King Yulin holding him, Qiyue suspected that he would not be able to go down. He didn't know how many steps he had walked, and he finally stopped, and Qiyue couldn't help but gasp when he saw the whole scene. I took a breath of air, never thought that the water dungeon would be a comfortable place, but this place is more terrifying than I imagined, the wet and slippery bluestone walls covered with moss, there is no half window, and there are five or six torches burning in the whole water prison. Then, a series of fences divided one side into several rooms. The water inside was waist-deep, and the dark red water emitted a disgusting smell of decay and stench.Outside the cell is a large row of instruments of torture, and there is also a wooden stake used to bind people, but no matter the instruments of torture, the stake, or the ground nearby, they are all a chilling dark red color, and I don’t know how much water has flowed from them. human blood.Qiyue suddenly felt timid, stopped looking around, walked a few rooms, and finally saw Huazhu.

It seems that no torture was performed before entering the dungeon, and there seemed to be no scars on the outside, but after soaking in the water for a day, and the water rice hadn't entered, Huazhu was obviously in a semi-comatose state, her body was extremely dirty, and her face was pale and translucent. The color is blue, the eyes can't even close, only the rise and fall of the chest proves that the person in front of him is still a living person.

Qiyue's heart ached, and she couldn't help shouting through the fence, "Huazhu, Huazhu!" After a long while, Huazhu had some reaction, frowning and looking over, the bound hands struggled, and it took a long time to focus on Qiyue. Yue, and then said something like a mosquito, and then repeated it again and again. Although she didn't make a sound, Qi Yue understood. What she said was, "Sister Yue, help me."

Qiyue tugged hard on the fence, and the wooden door made a rattling sound, then Qiyue was stopped, and Cang Hong pulled her, "Xiaoyue'er, what are you doing?"

Qiyue was startled, and then remembered that there was him next to him, "I want to go there, why is Huazhu ignoring me?"

Cang Hong's expression sank, "Don't mess around, go back after reading it."

Although Qiyue was a little afraid of his attitude, she definitely couldn't just leave like this, "I want to go down, you let go." Qiyue struggled.Didn't notice that although King Yulin was stopping her, his eyes were dark and calm, he stared quietly at Qiyue with a somewhat anxious face, and whispered in her ear, "I'll get her out and you can go back with me, okay. "

Qiyue didn't expect him to get the Huazhu up so easily, although she was puzzled, she breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay."

Two guards pulled Huazhu out, and threw it on the dry grass beside her. Qiyue stayed with her for a while, talking nonsense, seeing that Huazhu's life was fine, and then left with King Yulin up.She thought that this turmoil would eventually pass, but in fact it was just the beginning.

After another night, Cang Hong left early. After eating breakfast, Qiyue couldn't stay still anymore, so she walked out of the courtyard. After what happened last night, the two guards didn't have any difficulties, as long as they were dexterous and careful. Then let go.

Walking in the garden indiscriminately, I heard someone talking in the distance, Qiyue walked over, it was a group of women talking around a stone table, Ruyin, Xuan'er, Yan'er and Another woman was sitting, and two or three others were standing by.The atmosphere was harmonious, and Yan'er asked with a smile, "Sister Ruyin, how did you and the prince know each other?"

Ruyin cast a sideways glance at Yan'er, "Why do you inquire about this?"

"Oh, I'm curious. I was sent directly by my father. It's not interesting. Sister Xuan'er said that she helped the prince once by accident and was brought back. That's when she met Hua Zhu. The prince and the others happened to be After staying at Hua Zhu's house, Hua Zhu fell asleep in the yard, the prince praised Hua Zhu for being cute while sleeping, so Hua Zhu's father gave Hua Zhu to the prince directly."

The others suddenly realized, and said with a smile that the prince is merciful, only Xuan'er, sitting there with a lot of thoughts, saw Yan'er, and pushed Xuan'er dissatisfied, "Sister Xuan'er, you are still worried about that bitch Hua Zhu Well, I think she's dead this time."

Xuan'er frowned, "Yan'er, you can't show some morals, Hua Zhu is already pitiful enough."

"Ha! She's pitiful? She did something to offend the lord, how pitiful is she? I haven't heard of anyone who went into the water prison and came out alive, so she deserved to die." Yan'er really didn't hold back any morals, and even faintly gloated.

Xuan'er glared at Yan'er, "Don't do this, can you? Don't you think this is weird? Huazhu is not like that, maybe someone really framed her." Everyone fell silent, Yan'er showed disapproval expression.

"Sister Ruyin, what do you think?" Xuan'er looked at Ruyin who was fiddling with a mirror.

Ruyin glanced at Xuan'er and chuckled, "This matter has nothing to do with me, I don't care whether she really betrayed the lord or was framed, I only care about myself, so sister Xuan'er don't ask me .” Then he lifted the mirror up again.

Xuan'er felt sad for a while, and said softly, "Could it be that we can't save Huazhu? If it's because of sister, you still have some weight in speaking in front of the prince."

"How can I save it? The key to the dungeon is in the prince's study. Women are not allowed to enter there at all. Even if you want to let Hua Zhu go secretly, you can't do it. How do you want me to save it?" Ru Yin's expression turned a little ugly .

Qiyue's heart was moved, and seeing Yan'er hurriedly appease Ruyin, "Sister Ruyin, don't be angry, whoever wants to save her, why don't you tell me how you met the prince?" Others hurriedly echoed, only Xuan'er His face was gloomy.

Ruyin didn't care about it, and said with a smile, "He almost became Fenglinwan's top card back then, and his reputation has been quarreled. He was going to meet the guests, but by coincidence, the sedan chair collided with the prince's carriage. , knocked me out all at once, and then the lord brought me back, that old bustard didn't even dare to let go." After speaking, he giggled, and then said after stopping, "He even has the top card. It's a pity that I haven't tasted anything." Everyone laughed happily.

Qiyue backed away slowly, thinking about the conversations of these people all the way, especially Yan'er's sentence that she didn't come out alive after entering the water prison. Could it be that she really ignored Hua Zhu and watched her being tortured in the water prison Death, Qiyue spent the whole day in a daze again, on the one hand, he asked himself to stop and stop meddling, just like Ruyin, the real thing to do has nothing to do with himself, and on the other hand, he felt that there was a huge picture. The net entangled her tightly, almost suffocating herself, and she was so anxious that she hardly had a moment of peace. Qiyue even felt that if she didn't stop, what was waiting for her might not be what she could face, but just let it go , Will I feel guilty when I think about it in the days to come?

(End of this chapter)