Shilao was cold and cold. In order to facilitate travel, Yingying's night clothes were thin and she quickly felt the chill.

This stone prison should have been set up by Qin Rong. Yingying found a few rooms and found only one person. Chen Xue was still wearing a mask in her memory. She didn't see Chen Xue's true appearance, so she could only tentatively call: "Chen Xue?"

The tied man was covered with scratches, his hair was scattered and his head was lowered, and he slowly raised his head when he heard Yingying's voice.

A pretty pretty face, the most outstanding man is his pair of eyes with his upper raised eyes. His cheeks were stained with blood. He squinted his eyes after seeing Yingying, and said with a hoarse voice: "I really want to wait."

Yingying walked forward a few steps, looked at the man tied to the wooden frame and asked, "Are you Chen Xue?"

"It's me."

Chen Xue struggled to move, and he could still laugh at this time: "Your prince of the Northern Region is such a good method. He has been walking in the world for many years. This is the first time that I have made people so embarrassed."

"I am too lazy to talk nonsense to you. I just ask you one thing, do you want to save me?"

Yingying looked at the scars of all sizes on his body, surprised by the man's directness, and simply asked, "Why do I want to save you?"

“Why?”

Chen Xue sneered: "You and Qin Rong are really worthy of being husband and wife. Do you really have no heart, right?"

"Although I am collecting money to do things, I will be responsible for you after taking on your task. As a result, you let me kill the prince of the current dynasty? I have been hunted for several days and now I have been killed in this way. I am still grateful to you."

Yingying was stunned when she walked towards her: "What did you mean to let you kill the prince? We had clearly agreed that you would pretend to stab me, but you really wanted to kill me!"

Chen Xue looked at her mockingly: "Then did my sword stab you?"

"If Prince Qinrong did not block you, do you think my sword could stab you?"

The answer is no.

If Qin Rong suddenly appeared, the sword would only be attached to Yingying's clothes. As Chifenglou's killer, Chen Xue wanted to accompany the sword, he calculated the strength and distance before rushing towards Yingying. If Qin Rong was not there, Yingying would not be injured.

"So... all this is just a misunderstanding? You didn't want to kill me, nor did you deliberately stab Qin Rong?" This result was really unexpected to Yingying.

It's too late to say anything now, Chen Xue has been caught by Qin Rong and locked up here.

In order to pry open his mouth, Chen Xue didn't know how many whips he had been whipped. Now he felt a lot of pain all over his body as soon as he moved a little. He tried hard to adjust his breathing. He restrained his emotions and said, "I have the final say whether this is a misunderstanding. Now I have the final say."

"I will give you two ways, either save me and tell them the truth about the Jin Mantang, or you will just watch me die, but before death, I will definitely take you to die with me."

In fact, compared to Qin Rong, it is no longer important, but not important does not mean that you don’t need to know. Only when Qin Rong understands the truth can he think about how he treats Yingying.

After Chen Xue was arrested, she refused to speak, waiting for a chance to escape. If Yingying refused to save him, she would tell Qin Rong that Yingying deliberately murdered him in order to destroy the engagement after he died. Although there was no evidence on both sides, it was enough that Yingying hired him to kill someone.

"Maybe, Prince Qinrong loves you so much that he knows that you want to kill him, but people like him are not sure to do anything to you."

So Yingying didn't know that although she had turned aside, Chen Xue's "slanderous words" were indeed more in line with her temperament. Once Qin Rong believed that the man could completely break her hands and lock her up. After all, Qin Rong could not stand the betrayal, especially her.

"Why do you have to save me? Since all this is just a misunderstanding, can you just tell the truth to my third brother and beg him to let you go?"

"beg?"

"You asked me to beg him?" Chen Xue laughed: "Crown Princess, are you really the person next to Prince Qinrong's pillow? Whether I tell the truth or not, do you think that person will let me go out alive?"

Yingying thought for a moment and said, "But if you threaten me like this, aren't you afraid that I will be angry and kill you first?"

"Then you kill." Chen Xue raised her neck and was fearless, "It is better to die in your hands than to die in his hands, but if I die at this time, Qin Rong will definitely be suspicious."

Chen Xue continued to add chips: "You might as well tell you another secret. In fact, the master behind Chifeng Tower is me, and the killers inside must obey my orders. If I die, the loyal killers of Chifeng Tower will come out and will definitely avenge me."

Yingying didn't listen much to Chen Xue's words, Xiaodai didn't follow her, and she needed to spend more time to find out the loopholes in Chen Xue's words.

After reading Chen Xue's words again, Yingying suddenly raised her eyes and asked: "You have a problem. No matter whether I save you or not, I can't get it from my third brother."

If you save it, Qin Rong will not only doubt her, but even Yingying will be even more miserable after being caught. If you don’t save it, Chen Xue will slander her and frame her. It will still be difficult for Qin Rong to believe it.

Chen Xue was really blocked by Yingying's words. He frowned and a moment of coldness appeared in his eyes. Then he closed his eyes and said in a quiet voice: "I don't need you to save myself. You just need to help me a little. At that time, the prince who entangled you. Whether I can save myself successfully has nothing to do with you."

"What kind of help do you want me to do?"

Chen Xue replied: "Write the story of me being locked in the East Palace by Qin Rong on the note, choose the first tree in the southwest of Fengya Water Pavilion at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and just stuff the note into the round hole of the tree."

This method really sounds very simple. Yingying can complete it in just a walk.

No matter what, Chen Xue was implicated and imprisoned here by her. Yingying had already vowed to Buddha to be a human being again and would never do such a thing that harms people and ignores their lives.

"Okay." Yingying agreed.

When she left, she said, "Since you are so implicated by me, I won't ignore you. If this plan doesn't work... Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to persuade my third brother to let you go."

It would be better to let Chen Xue go quietly, but Yingying was not so stupid as to oppose Qin Rong. If Chen Xue was unable to escape, she could only try her best to ask Qin Rong to let him go.

"Then I am waiting for your good news."

Chen Xue did not show much joy. He just reminded: "When you pass on the message, I will tell the truth with your Highness."

Now they rely on their mutual trust. No one can guarantee whether they will destroy bridges and deceive each other.

Yingying remembered that there was still medicine hidden on her body. In order to show her friendship, she poured out two pieces into Chen Xue's mouth, and helped him cleanse his sticky hair.

"Then...happy cooperation?"

Chen Xue looked at Yingying's clear eyes and said for a while: "Happy cooperation."

“…”

Qin Rong didn't return overnight. Yingying went to the stone prison and returned to the room very late. In the early morning, she was so sleepy that she didn't even have breakfast, so she stayed on the couch and refused to get up.

In the East Palace, except Qin Rong, only Xiaodai can take care of Yingying. Now that the two of them are not in the same place, the other one is injured. Yingying has the final say in the East Palace. She said that she doesn't want to eat breakfast and wants to continue sleeping, so no one dares to come and call her.

Sleeping in a daze, Yingying suddenly felt itchy on her cheeks. She turned her head and did not dodge. When she forced herself to open her eyes, she saw a person sitting on the couch. The man put his hand on her forehead and paused for a moment, lowering his eyes to her, looking at her with a soft and calm look.

"Third Brother?" Yingying called out in a sleepy voice.

Qin Rong nodded faintly, the temperature on his palm was transmitted against the skin, and his other hand fell on her wrist, "I heard from the palace maid that you didn't have breakfast, but where did you feel uncomfortable?"

Yingying stammered and listened to Qin Rong's low voice, her eyelids were so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, "No... it's just sleepy."

Qin Rong stared at Yingying's sleeping face and confirmed that Yingying's veins were not hindered, then he withdrew his hand and stuffed Yingying's arm into the brocade quilt.

"Since there is nothing to do, then let's continue sleeping." Qin Rong patted Yingying gently with his hands. The exposed white back of his hands was already red. Yingying was too sleepy and fell asleep again by Qin Rong. Qin Rong waited for a while before getting up and leaving. He asked Zuo Zhu, who was guarding the darkness: "What did the Empress do last night?"

Zuo Zhu replied: "The Empress went to see Xiaodai first, and then she wanted to go to the stone prison and was blocked. Then she went back to her room to rest."

Qin Rong tucked her sleeves and asked, "Didn't come out that night?"

"Yes." Zuo Zhu vowed, "and his subordinates and secret guards were guarding each exit, and they had never seen the Empress come out."

Qin Rong thought for a moment and left the bedroom.

Before Yingying had forgotten to go to Fengya Shui Pavilion, she got up and ate something, so she used the excuse to see Queen Gu leave the East Palace.

Xiaodai's injuries were not healed yet, and the newly transferred female official Cui'er who followed Yingying came out. Everyone in the East Palace knew that Qiu Lu offended the Crown Princess and was expelled to the Clothing Washing Bureau, so the female official was very careful with her, "...Will the Empress go to see Your Highness in a while?"

Cui'er whispered: "Your Highness has returned to the palace this morning and is in the study now."

The masters quarreled and the servants were all anxious, and Cui'er was also doing her best for Yingying. Her words reminded Yingying, "Did Your Highness go to the bedroom this morning?"

"Go." Cui'er told truthfully, "Your Highness has been busy recently, and he came back specially when he learned that the Empress had no breakfast."

It seemed that she was not dreaming in the early morning, and Qin Rong really came back to see her.

"Let's come back." When she thought of him, Yingying felt uncomfortable. In order to save Chen Xue, she always took the initiative to find Qin Rong.

Yingying didn't stay with Queen Gu for a long time. She planned to go to Fengya Shuixi Pavilion, looked left and right, and soon found the tree that Chen Xue mentioned, and stuffed the paper sticks into the small round hole.

The note was written by Yingying when she came back last night. According to Chen Xue's instructions, she drew two strange symbols on the lower right side of the note. The system also exclaimed when she saw it, saying that these two symbols were cleverly used, and the time and space where they were placed represents men and women.

What kind of man and woman has to do with Chen Xue finding someone to save him?

Yingying yawned when she thought about this. She couldn't sleep last night, so she heard the system talk about interesting things from another time and space for half a night.

After putting down the notes, Yingying did not leave immediately. She saw that Chen Xue asked her to do this and obviously had his inner support in the palace. He was just a killer in the martial arts world. How could he have contact with the people in the palace?

Yingying felt that she should be more cautious, so she found a hidden place where Fengya Water Pavilion could see, and wanted to see who would take the note away.

After waiting for a while, there were not many people coming to Fengya Shui Pavilion at noon. Yingying did not wait for anyone to come. Instead, she stayed here for too long and would make the people who secretly monitored her suspicious. Yingying had no choice but to get up, "Let's go, accompany me to take a walk elsewhere."

Yingying still didn't like being monitored. She looked up at the sky and felt like a bird imprisoned in the palace. Although she looked at the freedom of entering and leaving the palace, there were actually too few places she could go except the Eastern Palace.

"Where does Princess Shunhe live?" Yingying remembered what her brother had previously told her that she would accompany this lonely princess for more if she had nothing to do. Now it would be better to say that Shunhe would accompany her more. She is too lonely now.

On the way to Hechang Palace, Yingying met Princess Huale, who had not seen for many days.

Since Yan Ning returned to Nanyin, Yan Jihua was physically weak and rarely left the bedroom. Yingying almost forgot that there was such a concubine Hua in the palace.

Princess Nanyin, who was once bright and bright, was wrapped in a green blue robe when she met again. She wore a hood and had a thick veil on her face. She was thin and weak, completely losing her previous aura.

"Empress Hua." When we met, Yingying couldn't pretend to be unable to see her. She gritted her teeth and said hello. This was the first time the two of them met after she pushed her down that day.

Perhaps she was still sick, Yan Jihua had no intention of curing Yingying. She stopped and responded softly, her eyes that were exposed outside the veil bent slightly, and she seemed to smile at Yingying.

Yingying was not at ease and left without saying much to Yan Jihua. On the way, Cui'er told Yingying: "This concubine Hua is also in a miserable life. She fell seriously ill as soon as she was named a concubine. Now she can't even see the wind when she goes out. Today, she probably was so suffocated that she came out for a walk."

Yingying didn't intend to know more about Yan Jihua, thinking about what to say when she met Princess Shunhe.

There are few people visiting Hechang Palace, and there are few people in the palace and deserted. Shunhe personally takes care of the flowers and plants in the palace. When Yingying came over, Princess Shunhe was practicing swordsmanship. She was wearing a light plain shirt and her sleeves were rolled up, and she sweated a lot on her forehead.

When the palace maid came to inform him, Shunhe took a beautiful sword flower and took back the sword. She panted and asked, "...Who did you say come?"

"It's the Crown Princess."

The palace maid asked: "Do you send someone to stop me first, and I will help the princess wash it as soon as possible?"
To be continued...