"Yes, Your Highness." After receiving the order, Butler Mo bowed again, then turned and left.
"Mom, Dad, I have something urgent to deal with. Li Ge, please chat with Mom and Dad for a while, I'll be back soon."
After Butler Mo left, Hua Qingcheng explained everything to Hua Rongsheng, his wife and husband, and Mu Lige, then got up and left the yard.
However, as soon as Hua Qingcheng stepped out of the gate of Haitang Courtyard, Nalan Qiudi hurriedly grabbed her hand and took her to the study in his yard.
"Fourth sister, the Queen Mother has sent a letter. She wants you to represent her in negotiations with the people of Lengyue Country to redeem their princess Gongyang Jieying. As for Xiahou Jing and Xiahou Yu, the Imperial Guards will arrive in Youzhou in two days to escort them back to the capital for trial."
After entering the study, Nalan Qiudi closed the door tightly and handed the express letter that had just arrived from the capital over 800 miles away to Hua Qingcheng for review.
Hua Qingcheng quickly glanced at the letter, then nodded and said, "Okay, I have a plan in mind for this matter. Now, I want to go to the dungeon and take a look."
Under Nalan Qiudi's guidance, Hua Qingcheng soon arrived at the garden in the front yard of Prince You's mansion. In front of a rockery, Nalan Qiudi triggered a mechanism, and a stone door slowly opened, and the two walked in.
Hua Qingcheng walked along the dark passage with flickering lights on both sides. Soon she arrived at the dungeon. It was damp and dark inside. In the light of the lights, eerie shadows were looming.
"They're in the cell up ahead."
Hua Qingcheng looked in the direction of Nalan Qiudi's finger. In the two deepest dungeons, the princesses of Lengyue Kingdom, Gongyang Jieying, Gongyang Jiezhen and... Bai Yuheng were imprisoned, while the one next door held Xiahou Jing and her daughter.
"Nalan Qingcheng, let us out quickly!" Seeing Hua Qingcheng coming, Xiahou Yu immediately yelled at the top of his voice.
Hua Qingcheng ignored him and walked straight forward to the last dungeon.
At this moment, Bai Yuheng's long, shiny black hair was scattered wildly, and his originally spotless white clothes were now covered with dust and dirt. He looked very sloppy and shabby, completely different from the elegant and handsome look he had when Hua Qingcheng first met him.
He raised his head slowly and stared at Hua Qingcheng. There seemed to be thousands of thoughts in his eyes surging like the tide, but at the last moment, his lips trembled but he could not utter a word.
After taking a deep look at Hua Qingcheng, Bai Yuheng silently turned his gaze away and lowered his head again. His once handsome face now revealed an indescribable sense of poignant beauty, as if he had become indifferent to everything in the world and resigned himself to his fate.
For some reason, looking at the lifeless and dull Bai Yuheng in front of her, Hua Qingcheng suddenly felt an indescribable annoyance and depression in her heart.
Is this disheveled man still the same Bai Yuheng, the one with severe mysophobia who bathed several times a day? Is he still the same Bai Yuheng who patiently guided her studies, helped her with her homework, and sternly reprimanded her, yet also deliberately ignored her when she was late for school, waiting until she entered the classroom before slowly following her to avoid punishment?
Hua Qingcheng closed her eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and slowly opened them again, trying to calm the irritation that was welling up in her heart. She opened her red lips and ordered the guards in charge of the dungeon, "Open the cell door immediately and bring Gongyang Yuheng here. I will interrogate him personally!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Hua Qingcheng cast her gaze towards Bai Yuheng, who was sitting on the floor in the dungeon. Her eyes revealed an inscrutable depth. Then, without hesitation, she turned around and strode away, decisively and decisively.
However, in Hua Qingcheng's seemingly resolute and ruthless actions, only she herself knew that in her heart she actually couldn't bear to look at Bai Yuheng like this any longer.
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