Hearing the noise, Liu Wan rushed over and found the door locked with chains. She called out from outside, "Your Highness, it's me! Why is the door locked? What happened?"
She was completely confused.
Upon hearing Liu Wan's voice, Su Tiyue instantly calmed down. She knew that this time she had to save herself, and she couldn't rely on Xiao Heye; she could only rely on the people of Tingyulou.
So he instructed Liu Wan, "I've been deliberately locked inside. Liu Wan, go find Xiao Anzi quickly and tell him to find a way to open the lock. Smash it, pry it open, whatever you do, do it fast..."
Liu Wan nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, I'll go right away."
She had only run a few steps when Liu Wan hurriedly turned back and asked, "Your Highness, perhaps this servant should go find Master Xiao..."
Su Tiyue said sternly, "No need, just find Xiao Anzi."
Time was of the essence, so Liu Wan didn't ask any more questions, simply answered "yes," and hurriedly ran towards Tingyu Tower.
Su Tiyue paced around the room twice, wondering what would happen if the Emperor arrived first.
Knowing that Xiao Heye was plotting to offer her to the emperor, Su Tiyue refused to accept her fate.
The east-facing window faces the Nanyang Gate, so anyone coming near the corner tower can see it clearly from the window.
Below the west-facing window was a small flower bed. Because it was winter, the flowers and plants had long since withered and died, leaving only a few short, dead branches.
Su Tiyue stuck her head out and looked down. Directly below the window was a small snowdrift, about ten feet high, that the eunuchs had piled up earlier when they were clearing the snow...
If there was really no other way, she had no choice but to take a gamble.
The corner tower is quite different from other buildings in the palace. Because it was not inhabited, each floor was built relatively low, and the height decreased as you went up. The rooms on the top floor were not for people to enter; they were only for people to enjoy the view from the surrounding veranda.
Although the greenhouse is on the second floor, it is not very high from the ground.
What's more, there are small snowdrifts below...
This is not the best way. The best way is for Liu Wan and Xiao Anzi to open the door for her before the emperor does.
But that seems unlikely, as Tingyu Tower is not close to here.
Su Tiyue slumped in the corner of the flower room, curled up, hugging her knees, burying her head in her arms, waiting quietly...
She was very scared and wanted to cry, but she held it in.
Sometimes, when a person is at their saddest and most desperate, tears cannot be shed.
She wondered why Xiao Heye was acting this way. She thought it was because she had been avoiding him and angered him, so he was deliberately retaliating.
Or is it because...
From beginning to end, Xiao Heye had only one goal: to present her to the emperor.
But the appointed time hadn't arrived yet, and he had just promised to come and see the flowers with her.
Also, will the recent events in Yong'an City implicate the Su family? Are her parents, sister-in-law, and second brother all alright at home...?
Thinking of this, Su Tiyue felt nothing but worry.
All I felt was fear.
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