Zhao Yushu didn't look at her, her eyes were dull and lifeless.
I was tired of crying, my tears had dried up, and there was no sound in my throat. I didn't want to accept my fate, but I had to be forced to accept it.
Today, she is indeed going to commit suicide and follow her mother and concubine.
But after all, she couldn't even die as she pleased.
Everything about her was controlled by Emperor Fu. His father had long known what she would do, and he would not let her go until the last drop of blood was drained from her body.
"Your Highness, why did you pick up this mirror again?"
Zhao Yushu's empty eyes started to ripple again because of Liu Yan's words. Looking back, she saw that the mirror her brother had left for her was in Liu Yan's hand.
"I remember that the mirror was trampled to pieces that day. Why did His Highness replace it with a new mirror?"
Liu Yan held up the small mirror, dangling it as if to throw it to the ground.
The mirror had indeed been trampled to pieces. After returning from the secret room, she used a small piece cut out of the large mirror in her bedroom to install it. The large mirror was broken many times and her hands were cut before she could just cut it out. Such a small piece just fits in a small mirror.
"My servants all said that this thing is unlucky. Perhaps it was because of this unlucky thing that Concubine Yu became seriously ill and died. It also messed up His Highness's mind and made him commit suicide."
"Well……"
Zhao Yushu angrily exerted her strength, but the hands that tied her wrists restrained her tightly. The hemp ropes were stretched all the way. After exposing the sleeves, you could also see that the wrists were rubbed with blood, and even the rough hemp ropes were stained. A circle of red.
"Look, Your Highness is disobedient again, isn't he?"
Liu Yan's eyes were fierce and he dropped the mirror heavily on the ground.
The mirror was facing down, and it immediately shattered and spewed out a lot of debris.
"If I want His Highness to be at peace, I can only cut off His Highness' thoughts. Your Highness said that this mirror was left to you by Concubine Yu. Now that Concubine Yu has gone, there is no need to keep the things left by Concubine Yu. Save Your Highness is always thinking about your duties and forgetting about your duties. But there is no need to worry, Your Highness. One day you will go to the underworld to reunite with your mother-in-law and the eldest son of the emperor who died long ago."
She slammed her foot against the mirror again, as if she had stepped on Zhao Yushu.
"Remember, Your Highness, the blood will be collected every two days from now on. The slave will be ready to collect the blood for you soon. The next time will be the day after tomorrow. You take good care of yourself and wait for the slave."
She raised her foot and kicked the trampled mirror away from the ground without looking.
Then, he slowly approached the bed and leaned over to pick up the knife placed in front of the bed. The jade pot next to the knife was used to hold blood.
"Then please be patient, Your Highness, this servant is going to prepare to draw blood."
She lifted up Zhao Yushu's sleeves, thought about it but stopped.
"The slave girl was thinking about one thing, and that was how she was stabbed by the princess many years ago. If it hadn't been for the slave girl's reaction, she would have been stabbed in the chest by the princess. There is still a scar on her shoulder. . Taking blood is the emperor's order. His Highness refused to obey and went to kill the emperor. How could this slave be so angry that he almost lost his life? This slave will remember this."
Liu Yan held a sharp blade and stretched it towards Zhao Yushu's cheek.
"Now that your mother-in-law is gone, I'm afraid no one will take a look at Qingchen Palace from now on. So even if you are injured somewhere, no one will know, right?"
She tightened her grip on the handle of the knife, eyes widening, and was about to strike.
Suddenly, a stone the size of a thumb broke out from Liu Yan's neck. At the same time, a few drops of blood spattered and landed on Zhao Yushu's cheek.
Zhao Yushu shook her eyelids and was stunned.
As for the bloody hole in Liu Yan's neck, blood gushed out like water, flowing down her neck and into her collar.
Her body was trembling, and she reached out to cover the wound that was bleeding profusely but could not.
Although the injury was fatal, it did not kill her immediately. She slowly turned around and looked back to see who had hurt her.
But before he could turn around, the knife in his hand had been snatched away.
Everything happened too fast. When she turned around, the sharp blade in her hand flashed coldly and came towards her. The sharp blade came horizontally and cut into her mouth, pushing in from the middle of her lips. It cut almost the entire lower half of her face in two. When it got stuck at the back molar, she turned the knife away and cut it down, and her tongue was severed in her mouth.
Her fear was reflected in her eyes that almost bulged out of their sockets.
The face in front of her looked very similar to Princess Zhaoheng.
She wanted to scream, but the stone seemed to have damaged her throat and made her unable to make a sound.
The sound of "bang" was especially obvious as she knelt on the ground with her knees weak.
Qi Yuan still held the sharp blade in her hand, without even raising her indifferent eyelids. Only the blood on the blade dripped down drop by drop, onto Liu Yan's unblinking face, and along her forehead, From the tip of her nose, it flowed into her mouth. The head of her severely cut chin fell down, her mouth was full of blood, and her neck and clothes were all dyed bright red.
The room was filled with silence, except for Zhao Yushu's unbelievable breathing that became louder and louder.
Almost the moment she saw Qi Yuan, her eyes became wet.
The grievance and helplessness were infinitely magnified at that moment, and tears came to my eyes, and soon the pillow was wet.
She turned her face sideways and watched Qi Yuan slowly approaching with dim eyes.
Qi Yuan stared with a face that had never been serious before. He used the knife to cut the hemp rope that tied Zhao Yushu, and finally pulled out the rag stuffed in her mouth.
He stretched out his hand, motioning to pull her up.
She sobbed and returned her hand, and after being pulled up, she threw herself into his arms, hugging his waist as tightly as if she was dreaming.
"elder brother."
"elder brother."
"elder brother."
The emotion expressed in each sound was different, and she couldn't explain it herself.
She was naturally happy that her brother came to save her, but at the same time, she was more afraid. Her brother killed someone in the palace and was a close confidant of her father. Such a big thing might make her brother lose his head. If her brother died because of her, she would rather be tied to this bed for the rest of her life.
Qi Yuan threw away the knife, put down his bloody hand, and gently stroked Zhao Yushu's head with his other left hand.
"Stop crying, I will take you out of the palace as soon as it gets dark."
Zhao Yushu backed away in shock, so shocked that she couldn't even speak.
It's dusk now and it will get dark soon.
She believed that her brother, who could come and go freely in the palace, could take her out of the palace. Getting out of the palace might not be difficult, but what was difficult was what happened after leaving the palace.
She carries her father's secret on her body, and he will definitely fight to the death against her.
"Don't be afraid, I will solve everything."
Qi Yuan's comfort was firm and powerful, and it had the power to reassure people.
"I, I... am my father..."
Zhao Yushu's hesitant eyes suddenly lit up, and she grabbed Qi Yuan's hand and said nervously: "Last night, I heard what my brother said about not wanting to be a prince. I know that my brother doesn't want to get involved in royal affairs, so I dare not tell you that I don't want you to be a prince." Implicated. But now that you have killed... If you want to save yourself, you may have to tell this secret. Brother, brother, my father is not of royal blood, he is actually the biological son of Mr. Xie of the Xie family. "
"What?!"
