Four
"I was so prepared, I didn't expect it to be you!"
Yunqi fell to the ground trembling all over, and the blood from the wound on his abdomen seeped through his clothes, soaking everything.
Several people surrounded him, and he stared fiercely at Ruoshuang who was standing in the middle.
Faced with the questioning, Ruoshuang looked cold and silent, not even bothering to say anything.
The pain in the wound and the excessive blood loss made Yunqi's mind increasingly blurred. He seemed to hear his breathing becoming heavier and more obvious.
Beads of sweat the size of beans streamed down his face, along with drops of blood from his fresh wounds. He had been fighting with these people for a long time and had no strength left. Before he lost consciousness, he heard Ruoshuang say to someone by his side, "Take him back to the palace."
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Prince Sheng's Palace
Ling Junyan and Xu Qingchi were walking on a small path in the mansion, talking about recent events in the court and the country.
At this time, the guard trotted forward and bowed to report, but saw Xu Qingchi here, so he stopped talking.
Seeing this, Xu Qingchi lowered his head and prepared to leave.
Ling Junyan grabbed her and said to the guard, "Speak."
The guard then explained: "Your Highness, we have brought the person back."
As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Qingchi suddenly felt that Ling Junyan's hand had increased in strength. She had never heard Ling Junyan mention the person the guard was talking about, but judging from his reaction, the other person should be very important.
Xu Qingchi thought so, but did not ask.
Although the details had already revealed him, Ling Junyan remained calm and pretended to be unconcerned. He said calmly, "Bring him to see me."
The guard was in a dilemma. He was unconscious and it would be difficult to bring him here. So he said, "Your Highness, please move over and I will splash water on him to wake him up. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask."
"What did you say? Wake him up?"
Xu Qingchi frowned slightly because Ling Junyan grabbed her wrist even tighter when she asked this question. She struggled in pain and Ling Junyan let go of her hand without showing any concern for her at first.
The guard paused, feeling the anger in Ling Junyan's words, and was at a loss for a moment. He looked at Xu Qingchi next to him, but Xu Qingchi had no idea what was going on and could not help at all.
"Speak!" Ling Junyan no longer concealed his feelings and shouted directly.
The guard shuddered with fear. "When the subordinates arrested him, he fainted."
"Where is he?" Ling Junyan's eyes looked murderous, and the guards didn't dare to look him in the eye. "In prison."
Ling Junyan threw his sleeves and headed straight for the prison.
It was not until he left that the guard looked back tremblingly.
Xu Qingchi quickly stepped forward and asked, "What happened?"
The guard sighed, "Miss Xu, this is a long story. Let's wait for His Highness to tell you."
Xu Qingchi nodded slightly, watched the guards leave, then looked towards the prison, her hands unconsciously clenching her dress.
Yun Qi didn't know how long he stayed in the darkness. He always felt that there were many invisible hands pulling him, trying to pull him into the abyss. So he struggled desperately, but there was a quagmire under the abyss and he couldn't move. But after a while, it turned into water and was about to flood over his neck. Yun Qi took a deep breath.
It wasn't until I opened my eyes that I felt relieved.
The light in the room was a little bright. Yun Qi's eyes took a moment to adjust, but it still felt a little unreal.
He said slowly: "Is this heaven?"
"Not in heaven." A cold voice sounded.
Yunqi suddenly became alert, turned his head and tried hard to focus his vision.
"Why are you here?"
Ling Junyan put down the teacup in his hand and said calmly, "This is my palace. Why can't I be here?"
Yun Qi frowned, and after observing the surroundings, he said unhappily, "That's right. How could there be a place like you in heaven? Now that I'm in your hands, you can kill me or chop me up as you please."
"What? You don't want to live anymore?" Ling Junyan's words were light and no emotion could be heard from them.
But Yunqi had nothing to be afraid of. He was afraid before because there was still a possibility of survival, but now that he was doomed to die, there was no point in being afraid.
"Does my opinion matter? Life or death isn't just a matter of a word from His Royal Highness Prince Sheng. Oh, no, sometimes he doesn't even need to say a word. He just kills with one sword, just like stepping on an ant. To step on an ant, you lift your foot. So, you can do the same thing by just stretching out your hand."
After saying that, Yun Qi turned his head away and didn't look at him.
After saying this, he must have been really angry, but Yunqi was really angry in his heart, especially when he saw this person. He was like this in the steamed bun shop and he is still like this now.
I haven't done anything harmful to the world, so why do they have to kill all of them? They captured those people, especially Ruoshuang, and they specifically targeted my wounds. Did they cause collateral damage to Prince Sheng's Mansion and add a buff?
ridiculous.
Ling Junyan didn't say anything. He looked at the person lying on the bed quietly. Suddenly, he felt that he was a little different from before, but he couldn't tell where.
After a while, he sighed slightly, "It seems that you have recovered well, stay well."
After saying that, he stood up and left.
The moment he heard the sound of the door closing, Yunqi felt disbelief again. He turned his head and stared at the door for a long time.
What's wrong with this world? Even someone like Ling Junyan has changed his personality? This is crazy.
No, we can't trust him. Ruoshuang is a spy, so nothing is impossible.
At this moment, it felt like there were two little people in Yunqi's mind arguing with each other about this matter, making his head hurt.
He pulled the quilt over his head and accidentally stretched the wound. He grimaced under the quilt for a long time before the pain subsided.
Prince Sheng's Palace Courtyard
"Who hurt him?"
The people who were questioned looked at each other and no one dared to speak.
Seeing that Ling Junyan was about to lose his patience, Ruoshuang quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, he wanted to escape at that time, and we had no choice but to..."
"I asked who it was!"
Several people were surprised when they heard this and quickly knelt down, "Your Highness..."
Ling Junyan looked down at them, "So, you all have a share?"
After saying that, he turned around and pulled out the sword of the guard next to him and placed it at his side.
This action startled everyone. Xu Qingchi, who had come from a distance, saw this scene and rushed over without saying a word. He grabbed Ling Junyan's knife-wielding hand and advised, "Junyan, don't. They are just following orders."
Ling Junyan was stunned, and Xu Qingchi realized that he had said the wrong thing.
"On orders? Whose orders? My own? His? His?" Ling Junyan pointed at everyone present and finally looked at Xu Qingchi dimly, "Or yours?"
Xu Qingchi's heart trembled, and he hurriedly explained: "This... I mean they just misunderstood your meaning. It's not a crime punishable by death."
"Yeah."
Xu Qingchi nodded repeatedly, and seeing that Ling Junyan's condition seemed to have eased, she slowly put her hand down.
I thought everything was fine, but the next second, Ling Junyan raised his hand and swung it quickly. When he put it down, there was a bloodstain on the blade in his hand.
Xu Qingchi widened his eyes and looked at Ruoshuang who had fallen to the ground. There was a long cut on Ruoshuang's neck and blood was gushing out uncontrollably.
She was stunned and stood there for a long time without being able to speak.
Ling Junyan's cold gaze shifted to the others. Those people were kneeling on the ground. Even though they were extremely frightened, they dared not say a word. No one would plead for them at this moment.
Just when they thought they were doomed, Ling Junyan spoke, something they never expected.
"The rest of you, go and receive your punishment."
When the people in the field heard this, those who were kneeling kowtowed to thank themselves for their new life, and those who were standing also silently breathed a sigh of relief for them, except for Xu Qingchi.
Why did you only kill Ruoshuang?
Ling Junyan never explained to her, and it seemed that he never thought about explaining to her.
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