Xiao Yunyi's cold words were like needles stabbing at her, making her heart ache. But she was unwilling to show weakness in front of Xiao Yunyi, so she continued to maintain a respectful and distant tone. "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. But just as Your Highness said, at such a sensitive time, the Empress is doing her best to plan for Your Highness's bright future. Your Highness should not stay here for too long, lest you fail at the last step and fail to live up to the Empress's painstaking efforts."
Being pushed away by her again and again, Xiao Yunyi's handsome and cold face looked like it had been slapped. His large hand clenched into a fist, the veins on the back of his hand bulging. He walked to the place closest to Ning Shu and said in a low voice, "Shu 'er, you know that as long as you lower your head, I will take you out. Even if it goes against Mother's will, why are you not willing? Would you rather stay in this filthy and smelly prison and be beaten with sticks every day than accept my kindness to you? "
In the dark prison, even if it was day, it was as quiet as night. Only the few candles on the wall allowed people to roughly see the scene in front of them.
But the pain hidden under Xiao Yunyi's angry eyes still wormed into Ning Shu's watery eyes. She could not help but sigh slightly, lowering her thick and long eyelashes.
"Ning Shu is very grateful for Your Highness's kindness to me, but I have already told Your Highness last time that my daughter's status is low and her reputation is ruined. Please keep a distance from my daughter, Your Highness."
Xiao Yunyi still refused to give up and asked again, "Are you sure you don't want to go out with me?"
Ning Shu bit her lips slightly and said again, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness."
Xiao Yunyi covered his face and laughed self-deprecatingly. "To think that I didn't sleep or rest for the past few days. While dealing with the pressure from Father, I still had to send people to search for you. I finally found someone who looks 70% to 80% like you and was prepared to take the risk to set a trap for you to escape. I didn't think that I would only be moved by myself again."
A precious ray of light came in from the only small window left on the wall of the cage and fell on the face of the usually proud and aloof young prince. His appearance was half inherited from Jin Sheng and half from his birth mother, Yin Zhaoyi. That vassal prince had presented him. Even in this flourishing harem, he had to admire the beauty of his appearance. However, he was different from Yin Zhaoyi, who was weak and easily bullied. His face was as handsome as a knife, which was hidden in the scabbard when he was enduring, but when he was unsheathed, it was hard and sharp. However, the smile on his face was so bitter that Ning Shu couldn't help but be stunned.
He took a deep breath and turned his head away. He took out a white porcelain medicine bottle from his sleeve and threw it in front of Ning Shu. He said in an almost embarrassed manner, "Forget it. Since you have made up your mind, then why should I force you? This is the golden wound medicine I brought for you. If you are seriously injured, remember to apply it. It is made by the Imperial Academy of Medicine, so the effect should be good. I will leave now. Try to … … take care of yourself. "
After he finished his last sentence, he turned and left.
Ning Shu looked at his back. She wanted to say something, but when she opened her mouth, she didn't say a word. She just bent down and silently picked up the white porcelain medicine bottle that had fallen into the haystack.
She suddenly remembered that in the distant first life, from the age of five to fifteen, the most important ten years of a young girl's life, his figure was always by her side. It was so deep, as if it was engraved into her flesh. Even if she had always deliberately ignored it and deliberately avoided it, it was an unchangeable fact.
He was the most important witness in her seven colored and worry-free years. He was even the one she looked forward to the most in her thousands of dreams.
She had deeply believed that he had her in his heart. He had always looked at her with such cherishing and burning eyes. How could he not have her? But, but. He used the bloody reality to fiercely slap her awake. In this life, how could she allow herself to fall into his trap again? Good things in the world were not firm. Colorful clouds scattered easily. Beautiful dreams were just beautiful dreams. The feelings between men and women, no matter how beautiful and sweet it was at the beginning, it was hard to guarantee that it would not fall into a state of being riddled with holes. Then, should she have completely distanced herself from him from the beginning?
Her heart couldn't help but flash another pair of eyes that were shockingly beautiful, but had been stolen away by something else. Ning Shu quickly shook her head, shaking away the image that shouldn't have appeared in her mind. It had already been decided. In this life, she had been reborn. She didn't ask for anything else, she only wanted to protect her family's health. The countdown to seventeen was getting shorter and shorter. The time until she saw her family's three hundred and seventy-two heads being cut off was getting closer and closer. How could she still have the time to think about other things?
As for Xiahou Qing, they had made an agreement to help each other in the beginning. Then, their relationship could only be maintained as allies. As for the others … Ning Shu silently lowered her eyelashes and clutched her heart. There shouldn't be and couldn't be.
Seeing Xiao Yunyi coming out, the official from the Ministry of Justice hurriedly went up to greet him with a fawning smile, opening a path for Xiao Yunyi along the way. He had seen from afar that His Highness the Sixth Prince seemed to be entangled with that Eldest Miss Ning and recalled the rumors he had heard before, so his eyes turned and he went forward to probe, "Eldest Miss Ning has committed the crime of disrespecting the Empress. According to reason, she should be flogged twenty times a day as punishment. Your Highness the Sixth Prince, do you think this punishment should be …"
Xiao Yunyi glanced behind him, as if giving her a last chance. As long as she spoke to persuade him to stay, or even show a bit of fear and pleading, it would be good. But there was none at all. There was only the same indifference and calmness as before.
Xiao Yunyi gave an inexplicable chuckle. When he turned back, his face was full of bone-chilling coldness. He narrowed his eyes. His back was facing the candlelight and no light could reach his face. At this moment, his expression was extremely sinister. He lowered his voice and said slowly, "Since she hasn't admitted her mistake, then we'll do it according to the rules. Just remember not to beat her to death or cripple her, understand?"
His expression was so cold that the heart of the official from the Ministry of Justice who was about to come forward to curry favor trembled. He hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Yes, I'll follow Your Highness' orders."
Xiao Yunyi raised his feet and walked out of the prison, a cold smile on his face. "Shu 'er, I gave you a chance. You didn't want it, so you can't blame me for the consequences."
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