The moment I saw the person on the bed, I froze in my tracks and widened my eyes in disbelief.
It turned out to be Qin Lan who had disappeared for a long time!
How come Qin Lan is here?
"Qin Lan?" I called tentatively.
"Why am I here?" Qin Lan opened her eyes, looked at everyone blankly and asked.
I was stunned. Seeing that Qin Lan didn't seem to be pretending, I wanted to ask her what happened after she disappeared and why she was here, but I was suddenly choked. I pulled the corners of my mouth and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
After Qin Lan asked, she suddenly looked down and saw the bright red wedding dress on her body. Her eyes widened in surprise and she asked in shock, "What...what's going on?"
"Don't you know how you got here?" I asked after a while, frowning.
"I... I don't know. I just remember going back to get my weapons, and then I suddenly fainted. When I woke up, it was now." Qin Lan shook her head, also very puzzled.
Things are a bit weird.
What exactly happened during the time Qin Lan was missing?
But now is not the time to worry about this. The key point is that the outside is covered with ice, and the ice looks extremely weird. How are they going to get to the third floor?
And what does the wooden sign in front of the third floor door that says "My dear, please turn back" mean?
"What should we do now?" Xiao Ding finally asked.
"Let's go outside and see what's going on with the ice." Jack suggested. Fatty Xiao Ding and I had no objection, so we all walked out the door.
When I arrived at the door and opened it, I felt a gust of cold air in my face, and I shivered with cold.
In stark contrast to the cold, the scenery outside is extremely beautiful, with snowflakes falling, everything covered in silver, red silk fluttering, warm and beautiful.
I stood at the door and stretched out a trembling foot, wanting to test what was so special about this ice.
Unexpectedly, as soon as my feet touched the ice, a chill instantly surged up from the soles of my feet. I was shocked and wanted to pull my feet back, but found that my feet were so stiff that they completely disobeyed me.
"Jack, save me!" I turned around and shouted for help to Jack.
Jack subconsciously turned his head when he heard that, and saw my frozen feet at a glance. He walked up to me in two steps and pulled me in from outside. The next moment, I fell to the ground with a thud.
The entire right foot seemed to have frozen blood and was gradually losing sensation.
"What happened? Are you okay?" Xiao Ding asked worriedly, looking at my feet.
Qin Lan couldn't move. She sat on the wedding bed, looked at me anxiously and said with concern: "If you continue like this, your legs will be frozen in no time. I'm afraid you will become disabled."
My heart warmed, then sank.
Disability...
I can't accept it.
Then I thought about the little girl when I entered the first floor. Since there is a story on the first floor, maybe there is also a story on the second floor?
I looked at Jack and found that his eyes were fixed on the outside of the yard, slightly solemn.
From my perspective, I couldn't see what was happening outside the yard. I could only tell from his eyes that there must be something extraordinary in the yard that made him feel scared, which was why he had such a solemn expression.
"Jack, do you have any ideas?" I looked at Jack and asked.
"The general and Princess Qian Ning will get married in seven years. On the wedding day..." Jack looked outside with a very complicated look and said slowly.
"What happened on the wedding day?" I frowned and continued.
"On the day of her wedding, Princess Qian Ning was caught consorting with a servant in the bridal chamber. The general was furious and executed the servant. He then ordered Princess Qian Ning to kneel outside the bridal chamber for three days and three nights. He also took a concubine that same day, and the bridal chamber...was in the same room he and Princess Qian Ning had married." Jack paused, glancing at the falling snow outside, and added, "It was snowing that day, too."
"Then...what should I do?" I understood the story, but I couldn't figure out what this had to do with my legs.
Why does the snow outside carry such a strong yin energy?
"Have you noticed that it's colder now than before?" Jack asked instead of answering my question.
My legs were numb from the cold and my body was chilled to the bone, so I nodded.
Xiao Ding crossed his arms, frowned and said, "It seems so."
"What do you mean 'seemingly'? It's like, I'm freezing to death!" The fat man interrupted Xiao Ding and complained.
"This snow carries Princess Qian Ning's deep resentment and is extremely cold. If this continues, all of us will be frozen to death here." Jack continued slowly, and then his eyes fell on me.
"Now, there is only one way to get out of the second floor..."
"What method?" Xiao Ding asked anxiously.
"Hey, just tell us now, don't keep us in suspense. It's already late and our lives are at stake." The fat man also said from the side.
"Go ahead." I echoed.
"Eliminate her resentment, or... kill her!" said Jack.
Kill her?
I lowered my head and thought about the feasibility of this approach, and finally found that it was almost impossible.
Then there is only one way left.
Eliminate her resentment.
Jack seemed to have the same idea as me, his eyes never changing from beginning to end. I sighed and asked, "What should we do?"
"Princess Qian Ning is resentful because she was ordered by the general to kneel outside the house on her wedding day. Regardless of whether she had an affair with a servant or not, as long as she is allowed to return to the bridal chamber to take her place as a bride, her resentment will most likely be eliminated." Jack guessed.
Then he paused again, staring at me with a complicated look, and said, "And only you can go."
"Why?" I looked up in surprise and asked back.
"No! Brother can't go, so I will go!" Xiao Ding also retorted with doubt.
"That's right. His legs are so frozen that he probably can't even walk. Isn't this just sending him to his death?"
"Because you are the only one who is exposed to the snow outside, you have to go. If you replace her with another man, I'm afraid it will anger her." Jack shook his head and expressed his concerns.
I understood instantly, lowered my eyes and looked at my legs for a while, and finally gritted my teeth and nodded in agreement.
If that's the case, there's no other way.
If this is the only way to survive, he can only move forward without hesitation. Even if he dies, at least he can save their lives.
“I’ll go!”
"elder brother!"
"no!"
Xiao Ding and Fatty refused without a second thought and stared at me with disapproval.
"You have to think carefully. There is still a long distance from the door to the center of the courtyard. It is very likely that you will be frozen into an ice man before you can even get there." Jack warned solemnly.
"Okay, you don't have to persuade me anymore, I have made up my mind!" I waved my hand with a firm look on my face.
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