Release? What does he mean?

Miss Jun's eyes fell on the dagger in Lu Yunqi's hand.

"How did you come back?" He looked at her face. "Is it because you have become like this that you don't dare to come to see me or recognize me?"

His hand dropped, the dagger touching her face.

"Don't be afraid, I'll let you out." He said blankly.

The sharp tip of the dagger seemed to have pierced her skin, and Miss Jun felt blood oozing out.

This lunatic!

"Lu Yunqi!" Miss Jun shouted angrily, "What are you crazy about!"

The fire twister jumped, making Lu Yunqi's face become trance-like.

"Why am I mad? I'm mad about why you hid it from me after you came back." He said, and the dagger slowly moved across Miss Jun's face.

"I don't understand what you are talking about!" said Miss Jun.

Lu Yunqi looked at her, his lips curled up slightly, as if he was smiling.

"You don't understand? Why are you running?" he said. "You don't understand. Why did you sing that song to me?"

He turned the hand holding the dagger, put the back of his hand on Miss Jun's face, and rubbed it.

"I ran away because you are my enemy, Lu Yunqi. We both know this in our hearts." Miss Jun said woodenly, "As for the song, I don't understand what you mean."

Lu Yunqi looked at her, with the back of his hand pressed tightly against her face.

"Really?" he said woodenly, and then said nothing more but just looked at her.

His wooden expression and straight eyes seemed to see through her bones.

The fire jumped a few times and burned out, leaving the room in darkness.

But Miss Jun could feel that Lu Yunqi was still squatting in front of her, looking straight at her.

He didn't say anything, just watched in silence.

Silence, darkness, suffocation, like the abyss, and gradually a different kind of tranquility.

"There's really no point in saying these things." Miss Jun said suddenly.

The hand pressed against the face was shaking slightly, as if the force was being exerted uncontrollably.

"Take your hands away." Miss Jun said.

The hand that was touching his face was immediately withdrawn.

"Where is this?" Miss Jun asked.

"Our dungeon." Lu Yunqi's voice rang out.

I couldn't see his face in the darkness, I could only hear his dull voice.

Miss Jun said "Oh".

"The one below the Fuyun House where I grow flowers?" she said.

The breath in the darkness was somewhat stagnant, it seemed like a long time had passed yet it seemed like only a moment.

"Yes." Lu Yunqi's voice said, and there was a breath flowing in the darkness, as if he was nodding vigorously, "The flowers are still being raised, and they are as good as you are."

Miss Jun laughed.

"What good can I do?" she said. "I don't know how to grow flowers. I only know how to eat them."

The darkness fell into silence again. The person squatting in front of her seemed to have no breath. He seemed to exist and yet seemed to have disappeared. However, Miss Jun could still feel his gaze, which had never moved away and penetrated the darkness and fell closely on her.

"My previous death was my own death, and it had nothing to do with Jiuli and Jiuqin." Miss Jun said, "My life is also my own life, and it has nothing to do with them. I can die, and I hope not to implicate them..."

Before she could finish her words, Lu Yunqi pressed her mouth with the back of his hand.

"Don't say that. You clearly understand." His voice was still dull.

Understand what?

Miss Jun gritted her teeth.

"Jiuling, we are husband and wife." Lu Yunqi said, "You know."

Know what?

She knew that he married her in order to imprison her, that he knew how her parents died but was hiding it from her, that he was one of the murderers of her parents, and that he was the emperor's man.

Miss Jun opened her mouth and bit the back of his hand, biting it hard, biting like a little beast.

The sweet and fishy smell of rust instantly filled my mouth and nose.

Lu Yunqi seemed unaware and let her bite him, while his other hand touched Miss Jun's head and stroked it gently.

"Jiuling, don't be afraid." He said in a low voice, "We are home, we are at home, don't be afraid."

At home, this is not her home, this is a prison.

Even if her sister was in that house, she would never go in. What she wanted to do was to rescue her sister instead of going in herself.

Miss Jun shook her head violently, opened her mouth, and struggled.

"Then let me go." She gritted her teeth and shouted, "Let me go."

Lu Yunqi remained as quiet as a clay sculpture in the darkness.

"Jiuling, it's too dangerous outside, you can't go out," he said.

Miss Jun made a "Puh" sound and laughed.

"It's too dangerous outside? You're wrong. It's obviously the most dangerous here." She said with a smile.

"Jiuling, no matter what you say, I will not let you out this time." Lu Yunqi said, "I will not let anything happen to you again."

Miss Jun struggled to jump up but in vain.

"Lu Yunqi, I'm in trouble if I'm trapped here," she shouted. "I didn't know before that I would be happy if I died here, but now I know."

She screamed, tears streaming down her face.

"Now I know, would you rather watch me die here?"

Lu Yunqi put his hand on her face and wiped away her tears.

"I just want you to be alive," he said.

Miss Jun raised her head and slammed him hard in the face.

Lu Yunqi stroked her face with his hand and blocked her steadily from getting close.

"It will hurt you," he said.

Her vision adapted to the darkness, and she was close enough to feel the other person's warm breath. Miss Jun looked at him with gritted teeth.

"You just want me to live, how can I live? As long as I am not dead, I can't live." She said word by word.

As long as she is not dead, she will not be able to live. This sounds strange and contradictory, but Lu Yunqi knows what it means.

As long as she is alive, her desire for revenge will not die. As long as she fails to take revenge, she will not be able to live in peace.

"Jiuling, you are going to die." He said, "Do you think you can get revenge when you get out?"

He shook his head.

"Have you forgotten how you died after you got out?"

He shook his head again.

“I haven’t forgotten.”

Miss Jun spat in his face.

"I'm so sorry for scaring you," she said coldly.

Lu Yunqi did not wipe the saliva off his face, but just held Miss Jun's head and slowly pressed her back onto the door panel.

"It's the same now as before. Even with Duke Cheng, he won't be able to help you." He said woodenly, "On the contrary, he will be a burden to you. You don't know that His Majesty is not really a coward."

As he spoke, he pulled out another wide strip of cloth.

"Duke Cheng has been accused of treason. The imperial guards have already caught up with him and surrounded him. They want to take him back to the capital and then kill him."

The wide cloth wrapped around Miss Jun's shoulders, making her even more unable to move. She was so shocked by the news that she forgot to move for a moment.

Treason?

How can such a ridiculous charge convince the public?

"Jiulin, there is no such thing as obedience or not. As long as the person is dead, it doesn't matter whether you obey or not." Lu Yunqi said, lying down on the door panel.

"What are you going to do?" Miss Jun asked in surprise. Feeling his closeness and his arms around her, she struggled again.

The hands on her body held her tightly, and he pressed against her side, resting his head on her shoulder.

But that was all. No further action was taken.

"I'm sleepy. I want to sleep." Lu Yunqi said. Perhaps because he buried his head in her shoulder, his dull voice was a little muffled. He seemed to be full of fatigue, but also jumped with a hint of joy. "I can have a good sleep now."

This lunatic!

Miss Jun wanted to fight but she had no choice but to curse angrily.

But Lu Yunqi turned a deaf ear to her, or perhaps he took her curses as a lullaby, and soon he actually fell asleep.

He was really asleep, not pretending, because he was very close to her, and Miss Jun could feel his body relaxed, that kind of relaxation that comes when one is completely defenseless after falling asleep, and there was even a soft snoring sound in her ears, just like before.

When the word "past" flashed through her mind, Miss Jun became angry again. She didn't want to think about the past, but about the present. Now, what happened to Duke Cheng and the others?

…

The horses' hooves moved in unison, and nearly a hundred soldiers and horses spread out like a folding fan. The swords and spears in the hands of the soldiers on horseback were aimed at Duke Cheng and his entourage.

Zhu Zan urged his horse to turn around on the spot and looked at them with a smile.

"What? Are you going to execute us on the spot?" he said.

"Duke Cheng, please follow us back to the capital." The leading soldier ignored Zhu Zan's teasing and said coldly, looking at the simple carriage.

The green curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Duke Cheng, who was dressed in casual clothes and looked more like a scholar, appeared in front of everyone.

"Whose order is this?" he asked gently.

"This is the order of His Majesty." The general bowed and pointed to the capital, saying, "Duke Cheng, do you want to disobey the order?"