Hearing these explicit words, Cui Yunqing's heart beat wildly, his face turned red and white, and he clutched his fingers tightly.
"How...how could it be..."
She just doesn't want to see that sister being tortured again!
The smile in Xia Han's eyes got a little thicker, and she seemed to be in a very good mood.
He held the folding fan in his hand at Cui Yunqing's chin, forcing her to raise her head and look at him.
The girl's tearful eyes hid uneasily.
He slowly leaned down.
Cui Yunqing's whole body seemed to have been cast a restraining spell. He watched helplessly as the face got closer and closer, and the blood on his face faded away.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps suddenly came, interrupting Xia Han's movements.
Xu Mingyi slowly took back the silver needle between his fingers.
"Son."
An attendant came in. He did not enter the inner room, but only stopped in the hall.
"What's the matter?" Xia Han asked, straightening his sleeves.
"Just now someone came to send a message, saying that the Second Young Mistress accidentally fell down the stone steps. She has severe abdominal pain and may have fetal gas. Now everyone in the mansion is looking for the young master. Would the young master want to go back to the house to have a look?"
Xia Han frowned, impatience flashed in his eyes.
But he immediately left the inner room with his entourage.
He knows his priorities clearly. Even if he is not as affectionate to his wife as he seems on the surface, she is his wife after all, and she is carrying his child.
Seeing him leaving, Cui Yunqing softened and leaned against the bedpost, breathing heavily.
Xu Mingyi walked out from behind the screen. He said nothing but bent down and picked up Cui Yunqing.
The girl was so light that it was almost effortless for her.
She wants to take her cousin away from this ghost place.
Cui Yunqing clutched Xu Mingyi's robe tightly, as if this was the only way to feel at ease.
She raised her head from Xu Mingyi's arms.
In his sight, the girl was wearing a dark night-walking dress. Her raven hair was tied up high, showing a bit of heroism. Her complexion was snow-white, her lips were soft and red, and her delicate and smooth lower jaw was tightly tensed at this time.
"Cousin...can we really escape?" Cui Yunqing asked in a low voice.
She felt that she could not escape from all this, and even in her wildest dreams, she could not imagine that she could escape from that person.
Xu Mingyi lowered his eyes and looked at the girl in his arms.
He corrected softly: "It's not about running away, it's about going home."
I don't belong in this dark place, so how can I say I'm escaping? I'm just returning to the place I should have returned to.
Cui Yunqing looked at her blankly.
Xu Mingyi left the inner room, not in a hurry, but walked towards another room.
"cousin……"
Cui Yunqing suddenly became nervous again, his lips trembled, and he kept shaking his head.
She didn’t want to go, let alone look at it!
Xu Mingyi paused, then turned to look at the entrance of the secret room.
Listening to the footsteps, it was obvious that someone had come in again.
She didn't need to guess, she knew without a doubt that it was Ah Zhu.
"girl."
Azhu walked over quickly and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his girl was safe.
Even if she trusted the girl's abilities, she would never dare to leave her side next time.
The man had just led people out of the other courtyard, and the sleepy servant went to the bedroom. She asked her father to guard the outside, and she rushed in without delaying for a moment.
"Keep your watch, girl."
Xu Mingyi handed Cui Yunqing in his arms to Ah Zhu and walked into the room separated by the curtain.
My cousin is not the only one who is being tortured. Since she wants to be rescued, there is no reason why anyone should be left behind.
However, even though he had expected it, Xu Mingyi still pursed his lips when he saw the situation in the room clearly.
The furnishings of this bedroom are not much different from those of Qing's cousin, and there is also an iron cage.
A emaciated woman was leaning against the cage, her hair was in a messy bun, and her face with bruises was extremely weak, but her dark eyes were still open, looking at her as she walked in.
Their eyes met for a moment, and Xu Mingyi strode away.
"It turns out she is a girl from General Xu's family. No wonder she has such abilities..." The other party tugged at her lips with difficulty and said hoarsely.
Xu Mingyi squatted down in front of the cage and asked softly: "Do you recognize me, girl?"
With just these words, she could tell that the other party was an extremely tough woman.
After being tortured for so long, ordinary people would never have the time to chat with others.
The woman nodded slightly, with a hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth, and said slowly: "Miss Xu's beauty is so famous in the capital that she is unforgettable... My wife, Xu Ying, once met Miss Xu in Shang Yu Pavilion..."
Xu Mingyi, who had just fumbled for the dagger, paused and looked up at the other party unexpectedly.
"Master Xu Yingxu?"
The woman nodded again.
Xu Mingyi was shocked.
It turns out that Master Xu Ying did not steal the bright ruby and disappeared, but was imprisoned here.
The man named Zhou also said that he had been ordered by Zhan Qian to kidnap two women and send them to this other courtyard.
And after calculation, Miss Xu has been imprisoned here for nearly two months...
Two months, if it were an ordinary person, even if he survived, he would probably go crazy.
Xu Mingyi looked at her scarred hands - these were a pair of hands used to carve exquisite jade. The owner of the hands was a girl who lived a prosperous life in Beijing by virtue of her own skills and was worthy of admiration.
Xu Mingyi's urge to cut Xia Han into pieces suddenly became stronger.
She gripped the dagger tightly to pry open the copper lock.
However, there was a hand holding the back of her hand.
"Miss Xu..."
Xu Ying shook her head at her, her dry lips oozing with scarlet blood as she spoke, "I appreciate Miss Xu's kindness, but I can't leave... If I leave too, I will go back to the government to testify.
There is no evidence to prove that Xia Han did all this, let alone... I was once imprisoned here by him...
The power of the Xia family is overwhelming, and without such proof, there is no way they can touch him... If this is the case, wouldn't it be in vain that he has been tortured by this beast."
Xu Mingyi remained silent.
Of course she knows this too.
The reason why I wanted to take the two of them away without hesitation was because I couldn't bear to let them stay here for any longer, and also because I couldn't make a decision for them and let them stay here as "evidence" in front of others.
"Only by letting people from the government investigate this place and expose this matter in front of others can we prove that what happened to me is true..."
Xu Yingying said slowly and slowly: "Miss Cui is still innocent. She was born in an uncle's house and is still young. Naturally, she still needs to preserve her reputation... Miss Xu, please take Miss Cui away. As for my affairs, I have a sense of discretion in my heart."
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Seeing that the girl in front of her didn't make any move to get up and leave, she smiled and said: "If Miss Xu still wants to help me, she will tell the matter to the government so that I can get what I want and expose what this beast has done as soon as possible.
...If it's inconvenient, that's okay, I can always find a way to save myself."
This is a kind-hearted little girl, and she doesn't want to burden the other person's heart.
