Just one day after being released from the Heavenly Prison, Xiao Qingwei and his sister returned to this place that made them question their lives. This time, they didn't even have anyone to ask for help, because Princess Wenxuan also came in with them.
Unlike the two siblings who were familiar with the place and were silent and fearful, Princess Wenxuan could be said to be a newcomer and had never experienced the horror here.
She thought she was still the high and mighty Princess Wenxuan. Even with her hands in shackles, she kept cursing along the way, sometimes wanting this one to be punished, sometimes wanting that one to die miserably.
It’s a pity that no matter how harshly she cursed, no one paid any attention to her, and she ended up feeling dry and thirsty.
When she finally stopped to catch her breath after being tired of scolding, the empress dowager with a broken arm was rudely thrown into the cell with the mother and her two children.
After so many years, Princess Wenxuan had long forgotten the Queen Mother, whom she had only met a few times. Xiao Qingwei and Xiao Minru had never seen her since they were born.
Moreover, the light in the prison was dim, and the empress dowager was in a coma. Her dirty hair completely covered her old face, so the three of them never saw her face from beginning to end.
Seeing her covered in dirt and blood, he felt not only fear but also disgust. He let her lie on the ground like a dead dog. Not only did he not go forward to help her, he also hid further away from her, as if he was afraid of being contaminated by the blood flowing from her body.
The mother and her two children huddled in a corner of the cell. Xiao Minru couldn't contain her fear and said, "Mother, Second Brother, are we going to die?"
Xiao Qingwei also looked at Princess Wenxuan in fear, "Mom, where is Dad? Why hasn't he come to save us yet?"
Holding her trembling children in her arms, Princess Wenxuan comforted them softly, "Minru, Qingwei, don't be afraid.
Your father must have started to act. Once he succeeds, he will release us all at once. By then, you will be princes and princesses.
When we get out, we must teach these ignorant dogs a lesson."
Until this moment, she still firmly believed in King Wenxuan, even though King Wenxuan had never given her and her three daughters any news, nor had he made any plans for them, and he didn't even tell them anything about what he did last night, which led to them being confused when they were arrested.
But as more and more familiar people came into the prison, Princess Wenxuan gradually became panicked.
The first to arrive were the Jiang family, including all the old and young.
It seemed that they were so sure that Prince Wenxuan could succeed that they did not even have any backup plan. Except for Jiang Shunyi and his wife who went to attend the palace banquet, the whole family just stayed in the mansion foolishly waiting for news, which saved the arresting officials a lot of trouble.
Apart from the Jiang family, the other officials who colluded with Prince Wenxuan were quite alert. Even at the risk of alerting the enemy, they found ways to send their outstanding children out of the capital for temporary refuge.
However, their every move had long been under the control of the emperor and the prince. When the chaos in the city ended, they were brought back by the soldiers who had been secretly following them, without missing a single one.
At this time, the whole family was reunited in the prison.
The Jiang family's cells were next to each other, as were Princess Wenxuan and her son. Seeing someone familiar, Princess Wenxuan immediately rushed over and asked, "Why were you also arrested? What's the situation outside now?"
Jiang Shunyi was not surprised to see her. He sighed and said dejectedly, "The prince has lost."
"What? Lost?" Princess Wenxuan muttered to herself with a frown in disbelief, "How is this possible? How could he lose? The prince has been planning this for so many years..."
After a moment, she thought of something and looked up at Jiang Shunyi again with hope on her face. "Did you make a mistake? Is the information wrong?"
Seeing her disbelief, Jiang Shunyi looked back at his family and sat down on the weed-covered ground in despair. "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have hoped it was a mistake."
"What about my prince?" Although she had never met Prince Wenxuan in person, Princess Wenxuan, who had a mysterious confidence in him, always had a glimmer of hope in her heart.
After hearing what Princess Wenxuan said, a ray of light flashed in Jiang Shunyi's originally dull eyes.
King Wenxuan escaped at that time. As long as he escaped, he would fight back sooner or later. Wouldn't all of them be saved then?
Thinking of this, he immediately told Princess Wenxuan that although Prince Wenxuan was defeated at the palace banquet, he escaped.
After hearing this, Princess Wenxuan's trembling hands and feet and her pounding heart gradually calmed down.
As soon as she calmed down, she immediately began to incite the officials and their families who were captured because of King Wenxuan's defeat. She thought that she should first calm them down, and when King Wenxuan returned in the future, he would recognize her merits and crown her as queen as soon as possible.
These officials were now at the end of their rope. Apart from believing in Prince Wenxuan, they could do nothing else. So they all responded to Princess Wenxuan.
But their beautiful dream did not last long. With the arrival of Princess Yonglin and Concubine Jiang, a single sentence completely shattered their hopes.
"It's over, it's all over. Prince Wenxuan is dead, the Queen Mother is dead, they're all dead, there's so much blood..."
"Don't, don't kill me, don't kill me..."
Princess Yonglin and Concubine Jiang both looked frightened. Their clothes were not only messy but also stained with blood. The pearl hairpins on their delicate buns had fallen out, and the few remaining ones were scattered loosely. No matter how Jiang Shunyi and the others tried to talk to them, they ignored them and just kept repeating the same sentence.
Although the mother and daughter looked frightened, their words were very clear.
But these words completely shattered the little hope that everyone had finally raised.
Princess Wenxuan, who had been holding on, could no longer hold back. They were all so frightened that what they said was most likely true.
At this moment, the empress dowager on the ground was finally discovered.
Xiao Qingwei bravely stepped forward and turned her over. Jiang Shunyi looked at her for a long time in the dim light before he recognized her.
Seeing that Prince Wenxuan's family and the honorable Queen Mother were all gathered in the Heavenly Prison, everyone was completely desperate. The cell that was full of discussions just now suddenly became quiet, with a deathly and suffocating silence.
Princess Wenxuan found it hard to accept this fact, and suddenly she slammed the iron bars of the cell frantically, "Let me out, let us out! I don't want to die, I don't want to die..."
Unfortunately, the only response she received was the jailer's cold and ruthless scolding.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Be quiet, or you will suffer." The jailer held two sticks in his hands and banged on the iron door of the cell.
Princess Wenxuan was so frightened that she immediately retreated into the corner and dared not say another word.
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