Very straightforward.
I gnawed the cactus in my hand expressionlessly. The bitter juice constantly challenged my taste buds. Resisting the urge to spit it out, I looked up at Xiao Ding seriously and said, "Xiao Ding, if you want to live and have a chance to leave here, then you must eat it!"
Xiao Ding's face was almost wrinkled like a bun. He stared at the cactus in his hand. It took him a long time to muster up the courage to eat it. He had a look of despair on his face the whole time.
At this time, the fat man looked at Jack and said, "Jack, you seem to know a lot about this place. Tell us what happened next!"
Jack raised his head after hearing this, looked at everyone, then lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Princess Qian Ning and the general lost their first child a month after their marriage."
What?
I and everyone else were stunned and asked, "Why?"
Would the general allow his firstborn child to remain unborn? What happened to Princess Qian Ning?
This is directly related to what they will encounter on the third level.
Jack sighed and said, "The general went to the battlefield the day after he married Princess Qian Ning. The concubine he married was not someone to be trifled with. She was quite treacherous. Although Princess Qian Ning was the principal wife, she was subject to rumors and slander due to what happened on their wedding day. She has no status in the palace."
"The concubine coveted the position of Princess Qian Ning's principal wife and made things difficult for her in every way. Princess Qian Ning was used to being wronged in the palace, so she habitually chose to endure it."
I couldn't help but frown when I heard this. I really couldn't understand women's way of thinking. Why should women make things difficult for other women?
Killing an innocent child for the sake of becoming the first wife is a cruel act.
"What then?" the fat man asked anxiously.
"Qian Ning's retreat didn't stop the concubine. Instead, it made her feel that Qian Ning was too cowardly and allowed herself to be bullied. Her disrespect for Qian Ning intensified, and in the end, she even acted like the mistress of the house."
I shook my head in disagreement. Sometimes people really can't be too kind. Occasional kindness is commendable, but blind kindness will only make people think you are cowardly.
Just like if you give a beggar a bowl of porridge, he will be grateful to you, but if you give him a bowl of porridge every day, he will get used to it and will no longer feel any gratitude in his heart.
If one day you stop giving him porridge, he will turn around and hate you, thinking you are heartless.
A bowl of rice feeds a benefactor, but a bushel of rice feeds an enemy. That's the truth.
How could the tragedy of Princess Qian Ning not be related to her constant compromise and lack of resistance?
"Actually, although Qian Ning was bullied by the concubines at this time, she had no problem surviving in the general's mansion because of her concessions. The real reason why the concubines were afraid to attack her was because they knew she was pregnant, right?" I looked at Jack and asked, speculating.
Jack nodded and continued, "That's right. Although Princess Qian Ning was bullied, she could still survive. But unfortunately, she became pregnant."
"At the beginning, Princess Qian Ning tried her best to hide the fact that she was pregnant. However, as time went by, her belly grew bigger and bigger, and when she was four months pregnant, her slightly bulging belly could no longer be covered by loose clothes, so naturally it was discovered by the concubines." Jack's tone was a little heavy when he said this.
"Then what? Did the general's concubine give Princess Qian Ning an abortion drug?" Xiao Ding looked at Jack and couldn't help but guess.
It has to be said that gossip exists not only among women, but also among men.
This kind of plot is so melodramatic at first glance that you don't even need to guess.
There was something wrong with Jack's expression. He glanced at our faces one by one, frowning, as if he couldn't bear it.
Qin Lan's eyes darkened upon seeing this, and she said, "If that concubine was jealous enough and scheming enough, she wouldn't have let Princess Qian Ning go so easily. The real situation would have been even more tragic..."
Jack looked at Qin Lan meaningfully, and that look made Qin Lan's face stiffen and she shut up and stopped talking.
Jack then continued, "It's really not that simple. If that concubine had directly given Princess Qian Ning a bowl of abortion medicine, not only would Qian Ning not let her go, but even the general wouldn't let her go. She would definitely be charged with murdering the legitimate son's mistress."
"She's not that stupid."
"What's going on? Tell me quickly! Don't keep us in suspense!" The fat man was getting anxious because Jack was keeping him in suspense, and said in an impatient tone.
Jack paused and continued, "That concubine deliberately held a banquet in the mansion, inviting all the wives of the nobles in the capital. That night, she impregnated Princess Qian Ning and had her make love with a servant in a secluded courtyard."
"Then she managed to catch him red-handed by the other women."
"Although rumors circulated on the day Princess Qian Ning and the general married, many people were skeptical after no one witnessed the event with their own eyes. But this time, seeing it with our own eyes is believing, and there's no room for quibbling. The rumors quickly spread throughout the capital."
"Damn, this woman is so fucking cruel!" The fat man was the first one who couldn't help but swear, with a look of anger on his face.
Xiao Ding's face didn't look too good either, it was gloomy.
Qin Lan shrugged, as if she was used to such things.
I lowered my eyes, unable to imagine how a woman could be so vicious. I have to say, when a woman becomes cruel, it is really frightening.
"Princess Qian Ning was insulted, and her already unstable child was miscarried in that affair." Jack frowned and stopped talking. He turned to look at the third staircase and said, "So, everyone should have an idea of what's going on up there."
I nodded heavily, feeling a sense of crisis in my heart.
"Then let's go up now. Remember not to look back!" Jack stood up first, reminded everyone, and then was the first to go up.
Following Jack was Xiao Ding, then Qin Lan, then Fatty, and finally me.
There are five long steps leading to the third floor. We all became cautious unconsciously. As soon as I took the first step, I felt a gust of cold wind blowing towards me. I shuddered unconsciously and continued to walk up.
The footsteps echoed in the silent air, beating against the heart again and again. With the experience from last time, no one dared to speak easily or look back along the way.
The silence around was eerily quiet.
Unlike the first and second floors before, on the first floor, I found the little girl as soon as I entered the door, and on the second floor, I immediately found the frozen snow and the weird new house.
But the third floor was so quiet without a sound that it made people feel uneasy.
Sometimes, the unknown is the most terrifying thing.
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