Xiao Qingyun didn't see her at all!
In his eyes there was only that slave girl Lingzhi, not even a glance for her!
“Ah!!! Why—”
Xia Qinghe stood in the pool, furious, and slapped the water hard.
At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, a huge thunder sounded, and it seemed that it was about to rain heavily.
Xia Qinghe climbed out of the pool in a mess, soaking wet all over.
Raindrops were falling from the sky, and water was dripping from her body. She looked as miserable as a drowned dog.
She dragged her shivering body forward, taking one deep step and one shallow step.
Suddenly, she was tripped by something, her body tilted, and she fell to the ground, rolling down a slope.
After falling to the ground, she put her hand on her forehead and looked at the raindrops falling from the sky through her fingers, feeling a little sad in her heart.
Nothing has changed, nothing has changed!
No matter how hard she tried, she still couldn't get what she wanted.
What on earth must she do to truly become a superior person? !
“Ding-Ding-Dang-Dang—”
At this moment, a strange sound came from behind the dense bushes on one side.
Xia Qinghe suddenly felt her whole body tense up, and she realized that she had accidentally come to the deserted mountain behind the palace.
I didn’t expect that the Regent’s Palace is so big and there is such a secret place behind it.
“Ding-dong…”
That strange sound appeared again.
Xia Qinghe stood up and slowly walked to the source of the sound, a strange cave.
I didn't expect that there was such a place hidden inside the palace.
She hesitated for a moment and slowly walked into the cave.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but the air in the cave seemed to be filled with the smell of blood.
Suddenly, a sound caused by chains was heard.
Xia Qinghe looked in the direction of the sound of the chains and saw a huge iron cage in the cave. The cage was hung in the air with two iron chains as thick as a baby's arm.
The sound just now was the sound of the wind blowing against the chain.
The iron cage was covered with a large piece of black cloth, blocking people's vision.
Xia Qinghe stepped forward, raised her hand to lift a corner of the black cloth, and took a curious look into the iron cage.
But after seeing the situation in the iron cage clearly, her pupils shrank suddenly.
Inside this iron cage, there are five or six girls with disheveled hair and blood on their bodies.
I don’t know how long they have been locked in the cages. They look very weak and have obviously been tortured during this period. Their mental state is also very bad and they are all drowsy.
It’s strange, why are so many young girls secretly imprisoned in the palace?
Could it be that Regent Xiao Qingyun did it?
What shameful secret is he hiding?
Look at this iron cage again, it is square and doesn’t even have a door.
With such strict confinement, even gods cannot escape.
Xia Qinghe felt a chill down her spine and was about to slip away when the woman sleeping in the cage closest to her suddenly turned her head.
Xia Qinghe couldn't dodge in time and was caught in the sight. When their eyes met, she felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave, and a horrible shudder spread from her fingertips to her teeth.
Even though the woman in front of her had a dirty face and her clothes were torn, Xia Qinghe recognized her as Ye Wanning at a glance.
Concubine Ye, who was once high and mighty and extremely noble in the palace, is now imprisoned in a cage like a bird.
No wonder so many officers and soldiers searched everywhere outside but no one could find Ye Wanning.
She had never left the house, but was hidden and secretly locked in this secret room.
Who was it? Who was so bold as to lay hands on the daughter of a first-rank military governor, the niece of the current Empress Dowager?
Ye Wanning also saw Xia Qinghe at this moment, and she let out a roar, mixed with the sound of iron chains colliding.
She stretched her hands forward desperately, trying to grab Xia Qinghe, but they were firmly trapped by the chains, and her hands could not grab Xia Qinghe at all.
Her struggle caused the chains to shake, a dull sound was heard, and the sound of suppressed pain was heard, and tears wet her eyes.
Xia Qinghe opened her eyes wide in shock and took a step back.
Although Ye Wanning's voice could not be heard, Xia Qinghe still knew what she was going to say from her mouth shape, "Save me", she was asking her for help.
Hearing her roar faintly, Xia Qinghe covered her ears and screamed tremblingly. She wanted to run away, but fell to the ground.
She stumbled to her feet, but before she could run a few steps, she was stopped by someone.
The one blocking her way was none other than the Regent Xiao Qingyun.
Qiye followed behind him.
Xiao Qingyun's face was gloomy and his lips were tightly pursed. The smile he had on his face when he was treating Lingzhi by the koi pond had long disappeared.
At this moment, he was even more terrifying than when he scolded her and punished her to go to the laundry room.
Xia Qinghe was suddenly startled when she met Xiao Qingyun's gaze.
Is it true that he did all this?
But why did he do this?
She discovered his secret, would he kill her to silence her?
"Your Highness, I... I slipped and fell. I didn't mean to see..."
Xia Qinghe's expression changed drastically, and she spoke as she slowly backed away.
She hoped that Xiao Qingyun would let her go, but at this moment, the peerless immortal-like man was like a devil.
His cold gaze swept across her, and the words that came out of his mouth were extremely cold.
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