Chen Shaoxuan wore the man's clothes and walked out from behind the rockery in a swaggering manner. The hat on his head was held low. In the dark night, no one could spot him for a moment.
"Third brother, how are you?" The leader asked casually when he saw him coming back.
"Rat!" Chen Shaoxuan lowered his voice and replied briefly, fearing that if he said more, he would expose his flaws.
"Damn it, a mouse dares to join in the fun at this juncture!" Another guard heard that it was a mouse and spat: "The palace has really changed in the past two days. First, someone did something to the prince.
Poison, Master Yuan hurried back last night, and the beautiful Miss Leng who looked like a fairy was actually imprisoned in the dungeon last night, she is really evil! "
"This is a matter in the palace. Shut your mouth, do your job, and don't talk too much. Have you forgotten that Butler Zhao said that if you hear anyone gossiping about right and wrong, you must be beheaded?" The guard snorted twice as a reminder.
When the man heard this, he immediately snorted coldly and lost his breath.
After hearing what the two of them said, Chen Shaoxuan's eyes flashed with light.
He sneaked into the dungeon while no one was paying attention.
Sure enough, there was someone guarding the dungeon, but because it was night, everyone was a lot more lazy and gathered together in twos and threes to drink and gamble.
Seeing Chen Shaoxuan come in, he just shouted: "Third brother, come and play a few games?"
"You guys play, I'll come back later." Chen Shaoxuan said a few words casually, then walked deeper.
The dungeon of Prince Xi's Mansion was gloomy and dark. The deeper you went, the more humid and rotten the smell became. Chen Shaoxuan's heart sank a little more - Zhao Yuan was really willing to do such a cruel thing to Little Bao'er.
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There were not many people in the cell. When Chen Shaoxuan passed by Qingtao, he glanced at her carefully and saw that she was leaning against the wall and seemed to be asleep. He walked directly in without saying anything.
It was not until the door of the last cell that I saw the figure that I had longed for.
Leng Changxi didn't know how much time had passed since she was imprisoned in this cell by Zhao Yuan. She only knew that she had eaten a few bites of the three meals that day. It was estimated that it was already night.
She had never experienced the matter of being in prison in her previous life, but now she finally experienced the shabby feeling of "walking into a room surrounded by walls, seeing mice when you raise your head, and cockroaches when you lower your head." It was so cold in this prison,
It was underground again, and it was even colder at night. And she was wearing a thin piece of clothing, and she was shivering from the cold. She huddled in the corner with her legs folded, unable to sleep.
She originally thought that Zhao Yuan locked her up out of anger and would release her naturally when he figured it out. Who knew that after waiting for a day and night, her heart grew colder and colder.
Suddenly, there were subtle footsteps outside the cell. When Leng Changxi heard it, she became excited. Since she came in, except for three meals a day, no one has come here at any other time. And at this time
The sound of footsteps could only mean that they were coming intentionally, maybe it was Zhao Yuan.
Thinking of this, Leng Changxi hurriedly turned over and sat up from the ground, looking at the cell door with joy in her eyes.
After a while, the footsteps were heard outside the cell, but the person who appeared in front of her was not the one she thought about day and night.
"Little Bao'er..." Chen Shaoxuan called softly. Seeing the ardent expectation on her face turn into disappointment in an instant, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.
"Shaoxuan, it turns out it's you!" Leng Changxi was really disappointed when she saw that the person who came was not Zhao Yuan, but when she heard the voice, it turned out to be Chen Shaoxuan, and a warm current flowed through her heart. Why could she be with her immediately every time she was in trouble?
There is always this man beside her.
"It's me. The guards in Prince Xi's Mansion are really tight. Please forgive me for coming in now." Chen Shaoxuan's voice contained a trace of self-blame.
"I'm surprised that you can come. It's so dangerous here, so you'd better go back quickly. Don't worry, I'll be fine." Leng Changxi knew she was in a quagmire, but she didn't want to drag Chen Shaoxuan into the water again, so she forced a smile.
Drive him back.
Chen Shaoxuan knew what she was thinking. He looked at her and saw that she was wearing thin clothes and her red lips were white with the cold. His heart ached even more. He immediately took out a small bundle from his arms and stuffed it into the cell: "
Wear this piece of clothing underneath to keep warm!"
"Thank you!" A feeling of emotion spread in her chest. Leng Changxi held the clothes in her hands and her eyes felt sour.
"Xiao Bao'er, now is not the time to say thank you, I'm here to save you." Chen Shaoxuan interrupted her emotion.
"But, if I leave, this..." Leng Changxi was shocked by his words.
"I know, so I want to ask clearly first, what's going on? I've only heard a little bit of information." Chen Shaoxuan urged Leng Changxi to answer while listening to what was going on outside.
"I don't know the specifics. I followed your instructions and put the bag of diarrhea medicine Qingtao into King Xi's meal and waited for you to take me away at night. I actually got the news that King Xi had been poisoned.
Arsenic!" Leng Changxi said with a frown.
"What? Medicine for diarrhea?" A flash of light flashed in Chen Shaoxuan's mind.
"Well, yes, didn't it say in your note that King Xi wanted to harm me and asked me to put this diarrhea medicine into his meal, and then you would sneak into the palace at night and take me away?" Leng Changxi didn't
Looking at him with understanding.
At this moment, Chen Shaoxuan was completely sure that they had fallen into a trap, so he said in a low voice: "I have never given you any diarrhea medicine, let alone a note."
Now, no matter how slow Leng Changxi was, she understood that they were being plotted: "How could..."
"That day I received a note from you with the word arsenic written on it. I also asked Qingtao to send some paintings. Lingshan's interpretation meant that you should follow the instructions. But we are not sure what you want arsenic for. I'm afraid
You did something you regretted in a moment of confusion, so I asked Lingfeng to go to the drugstore to grab some medicine such as ginseng and snow lotus, grind it into powder, and give it to Qingtao. So, if it is true that the medicine Qingtao administered was
Nothing will happen to the one I gave you." Chen Shaoxuan's eyes flashed with a strange light.
When Leng Changxi heard what he said, a chill ran down her spine. It took her a while to squint her eyes and said slowly, "It turns out to be Qingtao!"
Although she had never trusted Qingtao before, and was secretly wary of her, in fact, she was afraid that she would secretly listen to King Xi's instructions and do double-dealing. As a result, she still failed to guard her, and was actually plotted by her!
"I'm afraid she is just a chess piece, but I haven't found out the person behind it until now." Chen Shaoxuan frowned and analyzed. When the two met, the whole story became clear.