Chapter 249 Since the door and window are not working, she can only find another way...
Gu Junze galloped all the way to the city gate.
“Whoa—”
Gu Junze pulled the reins suddenly, and the black horse raised its front hooves high, let out a long neigh, and stopped abruptly in place.
"Prince, what's wrong?" Ying Qing followed closely behind and asked hurriedly when he saw this.
Gu Junze did not answer immediately. He sat on his horse with a frown on his face.
He looked off into the distance, as if recalling something. After a moment, he slowly said, "Go check if Gu Chengyan is in the prison."
[No, Gu Chengyan didn't seem to be among the rebels last night!]
This thought flashed through his mind like lightning, making him instantly alert.
"yes!"
Ying Qing did not dare to delay for even a moment, and immediately turned his horse around and galloped towards the sky prison.
At the same time, inside the palace.
Imperial Physician Zhao knelt on the ground and respectfully reported to the emperor: "The prince's pulse... is indeed ill."
The emperor sat on the dragon throne with a frown on his face, feeling that something was wrong.
Gu Junze was fine last night, so why did he suddenly fall ill? Was he faking illness?
He looked at Doctor Zhao and said coldly, "Are you sure? Don't misdiagnose, otherwise..."
The emperor didn't finish his words, but the threat was self-evident.
Doctor Zhao trembled with fear, "How dare this humble servant deceive Your Majesty? The prince's pulse is weak, and his Qi and blood are insufficient. He is indeed ill."
The emperor's brows formed a deep "川" shape. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
"Send twice the number of people to keep a close watch on the prince. No mistakes can be made." The emperor gave the order in a deep voice.
"yes……"
On the other side, Chu Ruohan was imprisoned in the room.
Gu Chengyan walked in with food and said softly, "You must be hungry. Eat something quickly."
Gu Chengyan's tone was gentle, as if there was a deep friendship between them, rather than a prison sentence.
Chu Ruohan was still wearing the same clothes as last night. She looked at him coldly, her eyes full of vigilance.
She watched Gu Chengyan approach, and when he put the food on the table, she suddenly reached out and knocked the bowl to the ground.
The sound of broken dishes was particularly harsh in the silent room, and the food was scattered all over the floor.
Gu Chengyan was stunned at first, then sighed helplessly: "Why do this? You have to eat something."
"I would rather starve to death than eat what you give me." Chu Ruohan said coldly, her eyes full of disgust.
Gu Chengyan looked at her stubborn expression, and a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.
He shook his head and turned towards the door: "I'll have the servants come in and clean up."
Chu Ruohan watched him leave coldly. As soon as the door closed, she quickly leaned over, picked up a sharp piece of broken porcelain from the ground, and carefully hid it in her sleeve.
This might be her only chance to escape.
Soon, a maid came in and began to clean up the mess on the ground.
The maid lowered her head, not daring to look at Chu Ruohan, and cleaned up the broken pieces quickly.
"Madam, I've packed up." The maid whispered, preparing to leave the room.
"Wait." Chu Ruohan suddenly spoke, her voice much softer.
The maid stopped and looked at her nervously: "What do you want, Madam?"
"Where is this?" Chu Ruohan asked tentatively, hoping to get some information from the maid.
The maid hesitated for a moment and shook her head: "I only know that this is one of the master's villas. As for where it is exactly, I don't know."
It seems that Gu Chengyan has indeed made thorough preparations, and even his servants don't know the exact location.
Chu Ruohan sighed inwardly, but she didn't give up: "Then do you know how far this place is from the capital?"
The maid shook her head again: "My master brought me here yesterday. I was blindfolded when I came here and I don't know the way."
Chu Ruohan was speechless for a moment. It seemed that she could not get any useful information from this maid.
She waved her hand, indicating that the maid could leave.
The maidservant quickly left the room as if she had been pardoned.
Chu Ruohan stood in front of the window and could vaguely see outside through the closed window.
She clutched the porcelain piece in her sleeve tightly, thinking about how to escape.
No matter what, she couldn't just sit there and wait for death.
As night fell, the light in the room grew dim.
There were intermittent footsteps outside the door, and the guards seemed to be on patrol.
She weighed the porcelain pieces in her sleeve, thinking about how to escape.
It was nearly impossible to fight Gu Chengyan's men with just this small weapon. She had to outsmart him, not just brute force.
Chu Ruohan walked gently to the door and listened carefully to the movements outside.
The guard's footsteps sounded at a regular pace, and seemed to pass by her door every once in a while.
She silently memorized this pattern and waited for the opportunity.
As the night deepened, only a faint candlelight remained in the room. Chu Ruohan lay on the bed, pretending to be asleep.
Sure enough, not long after, the door was gently pushed open and a figure walked in quietly.
"Are you asleep?" Gu Chengyan's voice sounded softly.
Chu Ruohan closed her eyes, breathing evenly, without any response.
Gu Chengyan walked to the bed and looked at Chu Ruohan's "sleeping" face, with a hint of obsession in his eyes.
He reached out and gently stroked her hair, his movements as gentle as if he were treating a treasure.
"You can only be mine."
Chu Ruohan resisted the urge to retreat and continued to pretend to be asleep.
She felt that Gu Chengyan stood by the bed for a long time, and finally sighed softly and turned away.
The door closed again, and the lock sounded crisp.
Chu Ruohan slowly opened her eyes, and after confirming that Gu Chengyan had left, she immediately stood up and walked to the door.
Looking closely, although the door was locked, if she pushed it open gently, there was still enough space for her hand...
"This kind of lock..." Chu Ruohan narrowed her eyes, recalling the skills she had learned in the past.
When she was a child, she and Chu Chenyu often played together, and sometimes they were locked in the house. Chu Chenyu taught her how to open various locks with simple tools.
But she couldn't even insert the broken porcelain pieces in her hand into the keyhole?
His eyes fell on the hairpin on the bed.
It was an exquisite silver hairpin with delicate patterns carved on the top.
When Gu Chengyan's men brought her in, they did not search her body, and her hairpins were scattered on the bed.
Chu Ruohan took off the hairpin and bent it to a suitable angle.
He stretched out his right hand with the hairpin, carefully inserted it into the keyhole, turned it gently, and felt the mechanism inside.
After several attempts, the lock remained unchanged.
"no……"
Chu Ruohan bit her lip. It seemed that this lock was specially made and could only be opened with a key.
Just as she was about to give up, her eyes fell on the roof!
Since the door and window didn't work, she had to find another way...
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