Chapter 252: Release from Prison
"Is it really Madam Ji who threw His Highness out?"
Staring at the wide-open carved window, Eunuch Zhuo muttered in confusion.
Then he secretly looked at Xie Wanzhou in the wheelchair, and still felt that this was unlikely.
Madam Ji looks so weak, but is she really that strong enough to throw His Highness away with one hand?
But he was just standing outside the door and didn't hear any sound!
"Eunuch Zhuo, are you questioning what I said?"
Just as Eunuch Zhuo was thinking, Xie Wanzhou suddenly spoke.
Eunuch Zhuo panicked and quickly shook his head, saying, "Your Highness, of course we don't mean that!"
As he spoke, Eunuch Zhuo hurriedly strode towards Xie Wanzhou and asked with concern, "Your Highness, are you okay?"
His eyes turned to Xie Wanzhou's wheelchair, "You'll be thrown out with the wheelchair. I'm afraid you won't even have a chance to struggle."
Xie Wanzhou shook his head, and said calmly, "No problem."
"That's good." Eunuch Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, and then said bluntly: "Mrs. Ji is really something. She dares to be so presumptuous in the palace. She knew that His Highness was in poor health, but she still dared to attack His Highness!"
While Eunuch Zhuo blamed Shen Ningyuan, he observed Xie Wanzhou's reaction.
Seeing that there was nothing unusual on his face, I breathed a sigh of relief again.
However, Xie Wanzhou didn't know that at this moment, the image of Shen Ningyuan who couldn't help laughing when he jumped out with the wheelchair just now appeared in his mind.
Xie Wanzhou pursed her lips and chuckled. She actually enjoyed seeing herself in such an awkward state.
"Your Highness, let me ask you again, are you really okay?"
Xie Wanzhou put his finger on his lips and coughed lightly, then waved his hand in a nonchalant manner: "I'm fine."
This matter is over.
From the conversation just now, he was basically certain that Shen Ningyuan would not let anyone from the Ji family go easily.
In this case, it is time to hand over the evidence in his hands to the Shen family.
Thinking of this, Xie Wanzhou stroked the wheelchair armrest with his fingertips, raised his eyes to look at Eunuch Zhuo, and said in a cold voice: "If the emperor asks about what happened in the side hall today, Eunuch Zhuo should know. How should I answer?"
Upon hearing this, Eunuch Zhuo immediately understood.
He said solemnly, "Your Highness, don't worry. My mouth is sealed tighter than wax. I will say what I should say and keep what I shouldn't say to myself!"
Seeing this, Xie Wanzhou nodded with satisfaction.
He controlled the wheels of the wheelchair with both hands and slowly moved out of the hall.
"Your Highness, do you need us to take you back?"
"No, I can go back by myself."
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Ling Qing was waiting at the door of the bedroom. When he saw Xie Wanzhou returning, he immediately went forward to support him.
The wheelchair stopped in front of the screen with coiled dragon pattern. Xie Wanzhou wiped his fingertips slowly, stood up slowly, and walked to the wooden Zen chair in front of the screen.
He asked slowly, "Where did Shen Ningyuan and Ji Yunchuan go after leaving the imperial study?"
Ling Qing paused, lowered his voice and replied: "Your Highness, Miss Shen and Ji Yunchuan went to the Heavenly Prison."
"Heavenly Prison?"
Xie Wanzhou raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
Recalling what Ji Yunchuan had said before, Xie Wanzhou suddenly felt a little suspicious.
"What did Ji Yunchuan say to the emperor that made him agree to release Ji Zehai?"
"This matter... is not right."
After thinking for a moment, Xie Wanzhou instructed Ling Qing, "Go and find out what bargaining chips Ji Yunchuan used to negotiate with my father. Make sure you find out clearly for me."
Ling Qing nodded in agreement and then stepped back.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet. Ji Yunchuan sat on the chair and turned his gaze slowly towards the direction of the Heavenly Prison in the distance.
Thinking of the undisguised hatred on Shen Ningyuan's face when she mentioned the Ji family, Xie Wanzhou's face showed a hint of expectation.
"Chen Ningyuan, if you want to stain the Ji family with blood, I will sharpen the knife until it shines, and then personally hand it to you."
Xie Wanzhou whispered softly.
The phoenix eyes that were filled with hostility in the past now seemed like melting spring snow, unexpectedly soft and beautiful.
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On the other side, Shen Ningyuan did not refuse and followed Ji Yunchuan to the Heavenly Prison.
The iron door of the prison burst open, and a stench of foul smell mixed with the smell of blood rushed towards them.
Chen Ningyuan looked around. The prison was filled with damp and musty smells, bloody smells mixed with unknown fishy smells, which made Ji Yunchuan, who was standing beside him, almost vomit several times.
"vomit--"
Ji Yunchuan staggered and held onto the stone wall, his face paler than the black armor on his body: "This - is this where people stay?"
Shen Ningyuan's eyes swept across his cuffs that were pinched white, and a hint of sneer flashed across the corners of his lips.
After all, he is a general, but Ji Yunchuan couldn't stand such an environment.
It seems that in the past on the battlefield, he was a coward who hid in the back!
After Ji Yunchuan recovered, he pointed at Shen Ningyuan and scolded: “Shen, Shen Ningyuan, my father has been here for many days, why didn’t you come to see him?”
"Mrs. Ji, as the original wife, has never been here. Do you think it's appropriate for an outsider like me to come and visit?" Shen Ningyuan fought back.
"you--"
Ji Yunchuan was suddenly speechless.
If he remembered correctly, Chen had never come once since Ji Zehai was imprisoned.
"No matter what, as a daughter-in-law, if you don't come to visit your father-in-law, you are unfilial!"
Ji Yunchuan continued to accuse Shen Ningyuan, but the latter did not deny it.
As the two people's footsteps approached, the sound of iron chains rattling could be heard in the distance.
Ji Yunchuan was startled and quickly ran towards the direction of the sound.
He ran and yelled, "Father!"
In the deepest dungeon of the Sky Prison, Ji Zehai curled up in the corner like a dying dog, shaking the iron chains with difficulty.
The official uniform of the past was now stained with pus and blood, and the messy hair was stuck to the scabbed wounds.
Hearing Ji Yunchuan's shout, his cloudy eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted at Ji Yunchuan: "Yunchuan! Child! Hurry up and save your father!"
Shen Ningyuan and Ji Yunchuan quickened their pace and came to the door of Ji Zehai's cell.
The reflection of the butter torch swayed on the stone wall, and Shen Ningyuan saw Ji Zehai curled up on the tattered straw mat at a glance.
She narrowed her eyes and looked at Ji Zehai, who was disheveled and covered in wounds, but she felt that it was not enough.
Compared to the sufferings that the Shen family endured in the previous life, what the Ji family is experiencing now is far from enough!
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