The night at midnight was deathly silent and thick. An owl, hanging upside down from a branch with its eyes glowing eerily red, made a strange cry, like a messenger from the underworld to take souls.
In a dilapidated corner of the courtyard, Cai Mama, her hands and feet bound, huddled up in a sorry state, trembling.
His aged face, lined with fine lines, stared in terror at Helian Ci, who was hidden in the shadows, sitting in a wheelchair and toying with a dagger that gleamed with a chilling light.
She kept making soft, frightened whimpers, as if begging for mercy or threatening, but no matter what she did, she couldn't make a sound.
Helian Ci's face remained abnormally pale, as if from a sickly diet, and his long, dark hair fell quietly over his shoulders.
His thin back was straight, and his long, pale fingers deftly toyed with the dagger that gleamed with a chilling, eerie light.
When his dark eyes looked at Granny Cai, whose face was full of fear, his bewitching, eerie, crimson lips curved slightly, like a demon from the darkest of places.
"Don't worry, you won't die too easily." The hoarse voice came from those crimson lips, sounding especially eerie and chilling in the silent night.
The night grew ever thicker and darker, and the faint, painful moans emanating from the corner of the room continued unabated.
In a secluded spot outside, a tall, dark-white figure stood with his hands behind his back, listening to the painful wails coming from inside. Helian Yi's gentle and refined face remained unchanged.
Wu Fu, who was following behind Helian Yi, frowned slightly as he listened to the extremely painful cries.
This second prince's methods were ultimately too ruthless.
**
The next day,
As the golden dawn broke, it spread across the entire world. Yongqing Palace, with its newly arrived maids and eunuchs coming and going, was filled with a more vibrant energy than ever before.
A playful ray of sunlight pierced through the window lattice, shining into the bedchamber and landing on the layers of bed curtains.
The little girl, curled up in a small ball in bed, fast asleep, her curled eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her little mouth pursed.
The little body groggily crawled out of bed, rubbed its sleepy eyes with its short hands, and complained softly in a sweet, gentle voice.
"It's so hot..."
Just then, Fo Lian appeared, stretching and yawning. Hearing Helian Si's complaint, she closed her eyes and echoed, "I think so too."
But when she opened her eyes and saw the scene before her, the entire lotus was stunned.
Then he burst into merciless laughter, clutching his stomach, "Hahahaha 077, your current look, hahahahahaha!!!"
The little girl was still asleep, her soft little face still sleepy and full of innocent confusion. What kind of look?
Folian clutched her stomach, laughing so hard tears streamed down her face. Seeing her silly, goofy expression, she laughed even harder, her body shaking with mirth.
"You... haha, go look in the mirror yourself, hahaha!!!"
However, the little girl had just woken up and said she didn't want to move at all. She rolled her eyes silently, indicating that she didn't want to pay any attention to that dog, Fo Lian.
Just then, footsteps sounded outside the bed curtains. Helian Si tilted his head, and the bed curtains were pulled back, revealing Yue'er's face.
"The little princess has woken up? Hmm, what happened to the little princess's hair?" Yue'er asked curiously, looking at the little girl's messy hair.
hair?
Helian Si blinked, suddenly having a bad feeling. His sleepiness vanished, and he tugged at Yue'er's clothes with his little hands.
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