Chapter 208 Capture

Shen Qingci suddenly lifted the carriage curtain and saw that the carriage opposite had already stopped.

Chu Yuening rushed down from the carriage and stumbled to their carriage, her face covered in tears and her voice filled with endless panic and despair!

"Sister-in-law!" she cried, grabbing the cart shaft. "My child...my child...has been taken away!"

She seemed to have lost her soul, swaying precariously, barely able to stand. She gripped Shen Qingci's hand tightly, asking incoherently, "What should I do? What... what should I do?! The child... if anything happens to the child, I... I don't want to live anymore!"

Shen Qingci quickly pulled her into the carriage. Just as she was about to ask what was going on, Chu Yuening threw herself into her arms, hugging her tightly, choking back tears, seemingly unable to utter a complete sentence.

Just as Shen Qingci was about to offer some words of comfort, a strange, sweet fragrance suddenly entered her nostrils.

She felt a wave of dizziness and almost immediately became alert!

She abruptly pushed Chu Yuening away from her arms!

"Sister-in-law... what's wrong?" Chu Yuening was still looking at her with a blank expression.

Shen Qingci opened her mouth, about to shout for help! She wanted to tell the guards outside that Chu Yuening was suspicious! That fragrance… she must have been drugged!

But when she opened her mouth, she found that... she couldn't make a sound!

At this moment, Chu Yuening hugged Shen Qingci again, using an irresistible force to hold her tightly, making her unable to move or struggle!

At the same time, she shouted loudly, her voice filled with pleading: "Please, sister-in-law! Save... save my child!"

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head, and when she spoke again, her voice... had become Shen Qingci's!

She spoke in a deep voice to the outside of the car, "Let's go! Continue... towards the courtyard! We'll go check out the situation."

The carriage door was immediately closed from the outside.

The carriage slowly started moving again.

Shen Qingci felt her eyelids getting heavier and heavier, almost unable to stay open.

Her heart was filled with endless confusion: Why would this fake Chu Yuening do this?

Even though she had taken him hostage, she was still in her carriage, surrounded by a number of guards.

To get rid of her without anyone noticing under the noses of so many people... that wouldn't be easy, would it?

As Shen Qingci pondered this, she completely... lost consciousness.

When Shen Qingci opened her eyes again, she found herself lying in a sealed stone chamber.

The bed beneath them was made of cold, stacked stones.

Apart from this bed, there was nothing else in the entire room.

As Shen Qingci was looking around, the stone door creaked open from the outside.

The woman dressed as Chu Yuening slowly entered from outside the door. She looked at Shen Qingci with a smile, her voice full of smug amusement: "Sister-in-law, how do you feel?"

Shen Qingci looked at her and asked in an icy voice, "Who are you? Are you too ashamed to show your face? Why do you have to... speak while wearing someone else's face?"

Upon hearing this, the fake Chu Yuening laughed, her laughter filled with disdain: "Your Highness, there's no need to provoke me. This trick... won't work on me."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingci smiled and changed the subject, asking, "What time is it now? I... am a little hungry, is there anything to eat?"

The woman's brows furrowed tightly, a look of confusion on her face. She looked at Shen Qingci, her voice filled with suspicion: "You...don't you want to know what happened? Why are you here? What's the situation outside? Is the Regent...looking for you?"

Shen Qingci raised an eyebrow slightly, her voice full of sarcasm: "If I asked, would you tell me?"

"Just because you said it, does that mean it's...the truth?"

Seeing that she was speechless, Shen Qingci chuckled: "Since you might not tell me, and even if you do... it might not be the truth. So why should I ask you those questions? It would only... add to my worries."

Shen Qingci added, "You don't need to go to too much trouble, just have some porridge... that will be fine."

The woman frowned as she looked at her, her voice full of probing: "Aren't you afraid... I might poison your food?"

Shen Qingci's face showed a look of surprise: "If you wanted to kill me, you would have done so long ago. The fact that you've locked me up here means... that you don't want to kill me for the time being, which means... that I'm still useful."

“In that case,” her voice was full of self-righteousness, “I naturally… need to eat my fill first.”

The woman stared intently at Shen Qingci for a long time before finally gritting her teeth and saying, "Fine! You wait! I'll have someone get you some food!"

The stone door opened again, and Shen Qingci glanced outside. It was pitch black outside, and she couldn't see anything.

She looked away, but the woman quickly returned.

She looked at Shen Qingci, a malicious smile curving her lips: "We've already arranged for someone to impersonate you. Guess... will the Regent be able to recognize you?"

When Shen Qingci heard her say that, her heart skipped a beat.

She knew perfectly well that the only person she could contact right now was this mysterious woman in front of her.

She had to find a way to get her to talk more and then extract useful information from her words.

Shen Qingci glanced at her, her voice carrying just the right amount of warning: "I advise you... it's best not to test them like this."

“Otherwise,” a hint of mockery flashed in her eyes, “you might not only fail to get what you want from Chu Jichen, but you might also… be exposed by him, or even be used by him instead. He might get clues from the people you sent to find me.”

The woman's gaze instantly darkened. She looked at Shen Qingci, her voice filled with disdain: "You seem to have quite a bit of confidence in Chu Jichen."

Shen Qingci smiled and said, "I do have confidence in him, and... it's not just confidence in him."

As she spoke, a half-smile appeared on her face, but she didn't finish her sentence.

She simply lowered her head, thought for a moment, then looked up again, her voice tinged with innocence and grievance: "I think... I'm still a little hungry. A bowl of porridge... might not be enough for me. Could you... make me some more food?"

Upon hearing this, the woman sneered, her eyes filled with vigilance: "You'd better not try anything funny!"

Shen Qingci immediately shrugged, her face completely innocent: "I'm already... in your hands, what tricks can I possibly play?"

"I really... just want to fill my stomach."