There were two officials there who were Liu Dechang's disciples. Although he didn't take much care of them, he didn't allow anyone to harm their lives, otherwise they would have been tortured to death long ago.

Hearing this, Leng Yu's eyes suddenly turned red. He looked at Ling Xiao and asked in a hoarse voice, "Then how did you come back?"

When Ling Xiao mentioned this, his face turned pale and he murmured:

"We tried to escape from there and return to the capital to find the prince, but we failed several times. We would be beaten if we returned, so we discussed that if four of us escaped together, we would be easily discovered. We decided to escape first and have one person return to see if the prince was okay. Finally, everyone said I was the youngest and let me go back first. A month ago, in the dead of night, they helped me break the chains and covered me, allowing me to escape."

At this point, he suddenly covered his face and cried, "But the three of them were discovered by the soldiers, and I was worried all the way about what those people would do to them."

Leng Yu clenched his fists and beat his legs a few times, saying bitterly:

"It's all my fault. I've caused you trouble."

"Your Highness, please don't be like this. If we hadn't thought of you so often when we were in Ningguta, we probably wouldn't have made it this far. We were hoping that one day we could leave there and come back to see you."

Having said this, Ling Xiao suddenly stood up from the chair, slid down to his knees again,

"Your Highness, we heard that you were not doing well. I'm sorry I came so late. I'm sorry for causing you suffering."

At this point, he hit his head hard, and Leng Yu raised his hand to stop him.

"Xiao Lingzi, don't be like this. It's not your fault. Get up quickly."

Ling Xiao saw Leng Yu getting anxious and stood up again. "Your Highness, I can't stay here for long. If I escape, they'll definitely issue a wanted notice to the court. I'm leaving now. I'll come see you tomorrow night."