"It should arrive in the next day or two. After all, it's a letter personally written by His Highness, so His Majesty will take it very seriously..."
"So, before Lord Zhu arrived, Your Highness was in prison? How could anyone stay in a place like that, with all those mosquitoes and rats?"
"His Highness can't go alone, of course, but with Miss Luo accompanying him, he'd love to stay a few more days. I'm afraid that even if we actually go to rescue him, he'll be furious with us..."
Their guesses were correct; Leng Chuchen, arriving at the prison for the first time, seemed very excited.
When he was a child, he went to the Ministry of Justice's prison with his father. He still vaguely remembers that the instruments of torture there were far more terrifying than the prison in Yong'an City.
He looked at Luo Zhiwan, who was standing blankly at the cell door, and went over to comfort her:
"Don't worry, I've already informed the Emperor about the situation here. Censor Zhu should arrive in the next few days..."
"So what if we get there? All crows are black, and how many honest officials in this Celestial Empire can truly serve the people?"
Her words startled him for a moment.
"You don't believe me?"
"It's not that I don't believe you, it's that I dare not believe you. Last time in the capital, you said you would save me, but our whole family ended up in jail for half a month..."
Are you angry with me?
"No, you are of noble status, how could I dare to be angry with you?"
"Zhiwan, don't worry, this time, I will definitely make Lord Zhu eliminate the bad habit of arbitrarily charging merchants in Yong'an City, and eradicate the corrupt officials in Yong'an City..."
"I hope so!"
She sighed softly.
"Sun Dachuan inexplicably brought us to the government office, but instead of holding a court session or conducting a trial, he directly locked us up in the jail. However, we didn't see that middle-aged man being imprisoned there..."
Her words seemed to remind Leng Chuchen.
"You mean, this middle-aged man might be colluding with Sun Dachuan?"
"Otherwise what? That man only said three sentences to the door of my clinic, and then he showed up? And he came with a seal on his door. Who reported him to the authorities? Why would he prepare the seal in advance? Clearly, they came prepared..."
Leng Chuchen immediately clenched her fists and angrily rebuked:
"This is outrageous! That Sun Dachuan will get what's coming to him sooner or later..."
"You are the Crown Prince, there's no need for you to suffer here with me..."
“I’m doing this willingly. I can’t sleep at home if you come here alone.”
“Leng Chuchen…”
She frowned as she looked at him.
"No matter what you do, I will not accept you, so don't bother trying."
"I know."
His answer was very straightforward.
"I won't force you. I came here with you just to protect you. There's no other reason. Don't feel burdened."
When are you going back to the capital?
She suddenly turned to look at him, "This is not a place for you, nor is it a place for you to stay. Please leave after this is over!"
Her mention of him leaving again made his heart skip a beat, but he quickly composed himself.
"I will leave after I have eliminated these corrupt officials in Yong'an City."
Hearing him say that, she couldn't wait to remind him.
"I hope you will keep your word."
Actually, she was very grateful that he stood up for her today and that he came to be with her.
However, she had to constantly remind herself not to fall in love with him, because they were not from the same world.
"Zhiwan, come sit here for a while. There's no point in you standing like that..."
She turned around and saw that he was already sitting on the haystack. She hesitated for a moment, then walked over and sat not far from him.
"Zhiwan, let's have a good talk!"
He longed to talk to her, and he wanted to just keep looking at her like that.
"What should we talk about?"
Zhiwan deliberately avoided looking at him, instead picking up a dry blade of grass and scribbling various patterns on the ground that she herself couldn't make out.
"Let's talk about how you've gotten through these years, let's talk about Yiming's childhood... As long as I can hear you speak, I'll say anything."
As he said this, he lifted his buttocks and moved closer to her.
"You can say whatever you want, even insult me..."
"You're so boring..."
"It's not that I'm bored, I just enjoy listening to you talk, I enjoy hearing your voice. Before I met you, I didn't like women. I thought women were just a nuisance, always nagging. I never thought I could fall in love with a woman one day. As for that night a few years ago, it was truly an accident..."
"What would you do if that woman wasn't me?"
She suddenly really wanted to know his answer.
He looked up, gazing at her with eyes full of affection.
“If that woman wasn’t you, I would take responsibility for her. But during this time, I have already fallen in love with you. No one can hold a place in my heart.”
His words were so beautiful that they touched her heart.
As night deepened, not even a kerosene lamp could be seen in the prison cell.
Sitting in the pitch-black cell, she felt a sense of desolation.
There were no beds, no blankets, and no one brought them food.
She hugged her arms tightly, looking at the dark night, feeling an indescribable melancholy.
"Squeak squeak squeak..."
A squeaking sound came from the mouse, and Zhiwan was so frightened that she covered her head with her hands and screamed, "Ah..."
She wasn't afraid of wolves or tigers, but she was terrified of mice, especially mice in the dark of night.
Hearing her cries, Leng Chuchen, who was pacing back and forth in the room, rushed over, sat down beside her, and pulled her into his arms, gently patting her back while softly comforting her.
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