Tang Yu shuddered after hearing Qin Jue's words, sensing that the thing clinging to her was no good.
"Miss Tang, why don't you guess what's wrapped around you in the wooden tub?"
Yu Ying didn't give Tang Yu a chance to speak before starting to talk again.
"That's a snake."
"Don't provoke them, or they might bite you!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Yu trembled all over, sweat poured down her face, and her blushing expression turned deathly pale.
At that moment, a snake slithered into the tub and approached Tang Yu's leg, then slowly coiled around it.
"Ahhhh—"
Tang Yu shouted as she kicked her legs in the water in the wooden tub, trying to kick the snake that was wrapped around her legs off.
Unfortunately, the result was not as expected; the snake was not kicked off at all, and instead, it coiled around the snake even tighter.
As Tang Yu's body thrashed about in the wooden tub, more snakes coiled around her arms and legs.
Some snakes slithered along Tang Yu's body, brushing against her sleeves, the hem of her shirt, and her trouser legs.
Tang Yu was so frightened that she froze.
"Ahhhh—"
"I want to get out! I want to get out!"
"Ahhh—, snake… snake…"
Tang Yu screamed incoherently in fright, which displeased Qin Jue.
Qin Jue raised one hand, and Zou Heng bent down to ask.
"What's wrong, Master?"
"She's too noisy, tell her to shut up."
"yes"
Zou Heng walked directly to another table, picked up a rag from the table, and stuffed it into Tang Yu's mouth.
"If you dare to make any more noise, next time your mouth won't be filled with a rag."
"It's a snake..."
Hearing this, Tang Yu flinched. Although no one could see her tears, it was clear that the cloth covering her eyes was already soaked in two places.
Half an hour later
Tang Yu was completely numb with fear, her eyes filled with hatred for Qin Jue, Zou Hengyu, and Ying.
"Pick it out"
Upon hearing Qin Jue's command, he walked to the wooden tub and opened the lid that was binding Tang Yu's neck.
Then, grabbing Tang Yu by the back of her collar, they pulled her out of the wooden tub.
After pulling Tang Yu out, they threw her to the ground. Tang Yu lay there in a disheveled state, her face filled with relief at surviving such a close call.
Yu Ying squatted down in front of Tang Yu, reached out and pulled off the blindfold from Tang Yu's eyes, and then took out the rag that was stuffed into Tang Yu's mouth.
"How about it?"
"You're a madman, you're absolutely insane!"
Tang Yu, lying on the ground, stared in terror at Qin Jue who was speaking, then pointed at him and began to curse.
"Why does he seem a bit crazy?"
"Yu Ying, has the incense that's supposed to clear your mind gone damp?"
Maybe so.
Yu Ying glanced at the incense burning beside the wooden tub, which was said to have a sobering effect, and nodded in agreement with Qin Jue's words.
"In that case, why don't we put it in the beggar's den? What do you think, Derivative?"
Very good.
Qin Jue nodded, agreeing with Yu Ying's words.
"Zou Heng, why aren't you rushing to send Miss Tang to the beggar's den?"
Yu Ying glanced at Zou Heng, who was standing there gloating, and said calmly...
Zou Heng, who was gloating, was stunned. He never expected that this would happen to him.
Looking at Yu Ying with disbelief and confusion, she asked, "Shouldn't you be the one to take her there? Why did I have to?"
"Just because you did nothing."
"Why didn't I do it?"
"I did serve tea and water to my master."
After glancing at Qin Jue, Zou Heng spoke with an air of self-righteousness.
At this point, Zou Heng hoped that Qin Jue would issue an order, and he had already thought of the content of the order.
"Yu Ying, what are you standing there for?"
"Why aren't you throwing her over there yet? Isn't it bad luck to be here?"
Now it was Yu Ying's turn to be stunned. "No, Yan Sheng, why should I go? Let Zou Heng go."
"Master, if I leave, who will serve you tea and water?"
"Say one more thing, go and mention Yu Ying."
Upon hearing Qin Jue's words, Zou Heng immediately shut his mouth and stood up straight. Seeing that Qin Jue's cup was empty, he picked up the teapot from the table and poured Qin Jue some more tea.
Yu Ying looked at Qin Jue, wanting to say something, but shut up after seeing Qin Jue's gaze.
Yes, I'll go in a bit.
Qin Jue stood up at this moment, patted his coat, and went out.
Following behind Qin Jue, Zou Heng watched as Yu Ying made a handstand thumbs-up gesture, and immediately caught up with Qin Jue.
Seeing Zou Heng's smug and arrogant face, Yu Ying, who was standing still, wanted to go up and beat him up.
In the end, Yu Ying didn't go up and beat Zou Heng. Instead, she clenched her fists and then relaxed them.
He glanced at the steaming hot tea on the table, lowered his eyelids, sighed, and resignedly grabbed Tang Yu by the collar, walking step by step towards the cell door.
Qin Jue, on the other hand, returned directly to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
When Qin Jue arrived, he saw Xiao Xi'er sitting on the bed with her legs spread apart, her back slightly bent, her little hands pinching her two chubby little feet.
"Why isn't Xiaoxi sleeping properly? What's she doing?"
Qin Jue walked towards Xiao Xi'er, who was sitting on the dragon bed, and asked her a question.
"snort"
Xiao Xi'er turned her head to the side, loosened her grip on her feet, and crossed her arms over her chest. She refused to look at Qin Jue and even gave him a snort.
Qin Jue sat down next to Xiao Xi'er and gently tugged at the hem of her dress with his index finger and thumb.
"What's wrong? Is Xiaoxi still angry with her father?"
"Um?"
"snort"
Xiao Xi'er turned to look at Qin Jue, climbed up from the empty bed, put her hands on her hips, and looked at Qin Jue with a cute but fierce expression.
"Where did you go?!??? Don't you want Xiaoxi anymore?"
How could that be?
"Father would never abandon Little Xi'er, no matter who else he wants."
As Qin Jue spoke, he pulled Xiao Xi'er into his arms.
"Where did you go?"
"Daddy...I'm hungry...Let's go eat something delicious."
"Hmph. Father is lying."
"Father smells awful, not pleasant or delicious at all!"
Now it was Qin Jue's turn to be stunned. Just as he was stunned, he heard Xiao Xi'er crying and immediately began to comfort her.
"What's wrong, Xiaoxi'er? Why are you crying?"
"Daddy, did someone bully you?"
"Did someone bully you, or did they yell at you and throw poop at you?"
"Father, tell me who it is, I'll go beat him up."
As she spoke, Xiao Xi'er left Qin Jue's embrace, clenched her little hands into fists, and waved them from side to side in front of Qin Jue, all while crying.
"Alright, no one's bullying Daddy."
"Yes... Father accidentally knocked something over, and it spilled on Father."
"Really!"
"Of course! Who would dare bully your father? Your father is the Emperor!"
As he spoke, Qin Jue reached out and gently pinched Xiao Xi'er's nose, then wiped away her tears with his hand.
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