"Stop talking, let's drink."
With a troubled expression, Bai Yu took out a small bottle from his sleeve, about the length of a palm and three fingers wide, and handed it through the cell bars.
Nie Zuier was taken aback, then looked up at Bai Yu. "Not bad, I like this one."
Xie Lingqin walked over, glanced at it, and said, "You really put your heart into it. I didn't smell any alcohol at all just now."
Bai Yu dared not look directly into Nie Zui'er's eyes, but her voice was firm and powerful, "Nie Zui'er, in this life, I will marry no one but you."
Startled, Xie Lingqin immediately went to check if there was any movement outside.
However……
"oh."
Faced with Bai Yu's oath-like tone, Nie Zuier merely raised her eyelids slightly, then unscrewed the bottle stopper and took a swig.
"I'm serious." Bai Yu's expression was more serious and solemn than ever before.
Nie Zuier smiled knowingly, "Hmm, who knows, I might die tomorrow."
"You won't die."
It was Xie Lingqin who spoke, stepping forward. "Then, it seems that the Fifth Princess hasn't told you what you want to know yet."
"She tricked me into going to the back room with this, and I was completely stunned. In any case, that incident was so well hidden back then that only my father, Yu Qingyi, and I knew about it. The two of them would not tell anyone. But the Fifth Princess knew about it, which means that the Emperor might also know about it. So, they must know some bits and pieces. So, I'll wait."
"This is clearly a trap. You should know that when your father was buried, Uncle Nie and Nie Sanbu fought against you. It must have been the Emperor who was pulling the strings behind the scenes, in order to take over the entire Fuyue Gambling House and weaken the Nie family's power. Now that you've successfully landed in jail, as long as the Fifth Princess doesn't say anything, you'll at least be able to get out unscathed."
Xie Lingqin analyzed the pros and cons word by word, she wasn't joking, but seeing Nie Zuier's indifferent look, she stepped forward, her sleeves unfurled like a bolt of silk, and instantly pulled out the wine bottle, "Drink less, I'm talking about serious business."
“No matter what…” Nie Zuier looked at Xie Lingqin with a determined gaze, “I need to know who he is.”
When Nie Zuier uttered the last three words, a deep, suppressed emotion finally surfaced in her alluring eyes.
That kind of hatred can be overwhelming and destroy everything.
Xie Lingqin's blood seemed to freeze silently.
"By the way, I've never tasted wine before. This wine is quite good, have a sip."
Nie Zui'er looked at Xie Lingqin and gestured for her to take a bite.
"Ha! To remain unmoved in the face of life-or-death crisis, truly worthy of being Master Nie of Fuyue Gambling House, well done."
Xie Lingqin finished speaking and looked up.
Bai Yu seemed to want to stop her, but Xie Lingqin had already drunk it.
“Not bad, good wine.” Xie Lingqin tossed the bottle back to Nie Zuier. “So, what do you want to do?”
"Please take good care of my brothers. I need to wait, just a little longer. But I, Nie Zuier, am not one to sit idly by and wait to die. I want Fuyue Gambling House, and I need to know that person's name too."
"I understand." Xie Lingqin nodded slightly. "You really didn't lose out." After saying that, she felt relieved and looked at Bai Yu. "Let's go."
Bai Yu clearly wanted to stay, but after meeting Xie Lingqin's gaze and glancing at Nie Zuier with mixed feelings, she followed after her.
"Hey, can I ask you something? Is the person locked up inside really Nie Zuier, the owner of Fuyue Gambling House? That shameless, dissolute woman?"
Xie Lingqin and Bai Yu were about to slip out of a small window in the corridor next to the prison cell when they heard a man's disdainful voice coming from in front of them.
Shameless and dissolute?
Almost instantly, Xie Lingqin and Bai Yu stopped moving, exchanged a glance, their eyes met, and then...
"Young Master Qi, yes, it is Master Nie of Fuyue Gambling House. Please have dinner."
The person handed over the food and left.
Qi Rufeng looked at the food in the bowl, about to eat, but couldn't help vomiting violently.
In the dishes...
A dead rat was rolling its eyes and bleeding.
"Guards! Guards! Guards!"
With a shout, the man who had just walked away immediately ran back, looking tense and warily touching his waist and sword. "Young Master Qi, what's wrong? What's wrong?"
"Look, how could a rat have gotten into my bowl? It's disgusting! You've gone too far!"
The person who came was dressed in the uniform of a yamen runner and was in charge of distributing meals. Upon seeing this, he was also surprised. "No, Young Master Qi, there was definitely none when we handed it to you just now."
"Do you think I'm here to go to jail? Hurry up."
"Young Master Qi..."
"You are not qualified to speak to me."
The man gritted his teeth and immediately ordered those behind him, "Quickly, go and fetch the magistrate."
"yes."
Before long, the Prefect of the Capital was summoned and looked at the rat in the bowl.
"My lord, we didn't receive any food when it was served. Even if we didn't consider the status of ordinary prisoners, we wouldn't dare to neglect Young Master Qi."
The constable who distributed the food immediately explained, and several other constables echoed, "Sir, there was nothing unusual when the food was distributed just now."
"Hmph, I think you're deliberately being disrespectful to me. Lord Huo, I'm the disciple of an old man in his twilight years, and the junior brother of the eldest daughter of the Minister's mansion. I also know that you have a good relationship with Xie Lingqin. So, do you really intend to secretly plot against me?" Qi Rufeng had been locked up in the prison for several days and was feeling extremely aggrieved.
His esteemed, aging disciple, who always speaks well of him and gives him face, is now imprisoned here because of Xie Lingqin's words, unable to hear or ask anything. And now, with such terrible food, how can he let this go so easily?
The Prefect of the Capital looked stern, displeased with Qi Rufeng's arrogant attitude, but still spoke very politely, "Young Master Qi, in front of everyone, and with such a large rat at that, they would never dare to offend you like this, so this matter..."
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