Concubine like a house

Chapter 115 The past and the past are all annihilated (2)
The jailer took the order and patted the mechanism on the wall a few times. When he came out of Xiuxiu, he heard a "buzzing" sound, which was deep and powerful, and even the floor tiles under his feet felt the vibration.Immediately afterwards, the solid prison door in front of him slowly rose up, revealing the whole picture inside——a prison cell made of pig iron, and the distance between each iron pillar was only enough for five or six years old. little child stretches out an arm.

Hearing the sound of the outer prison door opening, the two inside the prison quickly looked out.The jailer held up a torch to illuminate Nie Peixiao and Chuxiu, allowing them to see the messy appearance of the Ming brothers and sisters.

Mingzhang was originally sitting on the ground, and after seeing the people outside, he immediately stood up and saluted: "The sinful minister has seen His Royal Highness Cheng Wang."

Nie Peixiao sneered: "What do you call a 'criminal minister'? Do you still consider yourself a 'subject'?" Mingzhang immediately changed his words: "The grassroots made a mistake." After saying that, he looked sideways at Ming Ying, "Xiao Ying! Hurry up and salute. " Mingying just sat still, looking at Chuxiu with a fierce look in her eyes, the hatred in her eyes was so strong, it could still flash a bit ferocious in this dark prison cell.For seven full years, my husband has never forgotten the woman in front of him.Even if Ming Ying is not sober, she has to admit at this moment that God treats Han Chu preferentially and favorably, giving her the best of everything for a woman.Beauty, talent, identity, status... There are also a bunch of outstanding men surrounding her, like stars and moons.

Mingying looked back at herself, although she was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Helian family and the mother of two children, it was a pity that her family was in decline and her appearance was not as good as before.In front of Han Chu, she suffered a crushing defeat, or in other words, the other party never regarded her as an opponent.Mingying laughed at herself in her heart, and it took a long time to get up from the ground, and walked slowly to the prison door, reaching out her hand to grab Chuxiu.

Nie Peixiao, with sharp eyes and quick hands, took a step back to protect Chuxiu, and Mingying's left hand got stuck between the two iron pillars of the prison door.She waved her hands vigorously, trying to catch Xiuxiu, but in the end it was futile, and she could only vent her anger by yelling: "Bitch! Whore! Why don't you die!"

"Keep your mouth clean!" Nie Peixiao immediately scolded, "Did you have to pull out your tongue to speak properly?"

Mingying gasped when she heard the words, as if remembering something terrible, she immediately pulled her left hand back from between the iron pillars, clasped her head in both hands and shouted: "Don't! Don't! It's scary! It's scary..."

Chuxiu looked at her panic-stricken appearance outside the door, she was very surprised, and quickly turned to Nie Peixiao: "What's wrong with her?"

"It's nothing." Nie Peixiao smiled cryptically, "Didn't I just say that? I just let her watch a torture session, that's all."

Although Nie Peixiao said it cryptically, Chuxiu could probably imagine that it must be a horrible scene.She knew that Nie Peixiao wanted to vent her anger on her, and she also knew that she shouldn't criticize his methods, so she said: "It won't be necessary in the future, this time is enough for her to be afraid."

Nie Peixiao gave a "huh" sound, as if she deliberately said it in front of Ming Ying: "You know, it has been a whole day and night since the two brothers and sisters were imprisoned, but He Lianqi has never appeared."

"What?" Mingzhang, Mingying, and Chuxiu asked in unison, all in disbelief.YouQi Mingying reacted greatly, rushing to the prison door again, grasping the iron pillar in front of her with both hands, impatiently asking: "What do you think happened to Helian Qi? Did he ever visit me?"

"Anyway, he didn't come to my palace." Nie Peixiao raised his eyebrows and looked at Chuxiu, "Could it be that he has been to Yunfu?" Chuxiu shook his head: "No." Nie Peixiao sighed with a smile, and looked at Ming deliberately Ying: "I don't know what this husband does. He sees his wife and brother-in-law in prison and still ignores him..." "No! This is impossible! Impossible!" Ming Ying firmly held the iron pillar in front of her, and said sternly He said to himself, "He won't leave me alone...he must have been delayed...I'm his wife..."

Nie Peixiao and Chuxiu just watched Mingying's abnormal behavior and remained silent.Mingzhang, on the other hand, had a worried look on his face, and finally couldn't help but said: "Ma'am, Sister She has become like this, you have to forgive others and forgive others, please let us go."

"I never thought of embarrassing you." Chuxiu thought of him threatening Yun Xian's life, and anger suddenly surged in his heart, "But you all want to embarrass me!"

"No, it's a misunderstanding." Mingzhang grabbed Ming Ying, who was out of order, and clarified, "Your Highness, madam, I beg you two to give us a way out..."

"Then why don't you give Hanchu a way out?" Nie Peixiao's sharp face looked extremely stern under the firelight, "Especially that wicked woman Mingying, how did she treat Hanchu?"

Hearing this long-lost name, Chuxiu was in a daze for a moment.Just as she was about to say something, she heard Nie Peixiao say coldly to Mingzhang again: "It's fine if you want me to give you a high hand, but I have a condition."

Nie Peixiao turned her head to see Xiu, her expression softened slightly, but her words were still as cold as a knife's edge: "Yesterday Mingying stroked Mrs. Chuxiu's arm a few times, and this king paid ten times as much , cut a knife on her face. As long as you brothers and sisters agree, I will release her immediately after torture, and I will never pursue it again!"

Cut a knife on Mingying's face?Ten times the number?Wouldn't that disfigure her? "Your Highness!" Chuxiu and Mingzhang stopped at the same time.

Nie Peixiao frowned slightly and looked at Chuxiu: "You don't need to persuade me, you are too soft-hearted!" Chuxiu shook her head and sighed softly: "I don't want to persuade you, I just think...it's not worth it." She raised her eyes Looking at Mingying again, the latter's clothes are wrinkled, her temple hair is disheveled, her face is pale with horror, like a ghost.What is there to hate about such a woman?She just felt sorry for Ming Ying.

"Back when Mingying set fire to the Zuihualou to burn me to death, I admit that I hated it so much that I even lost my voice...but all these years have passed, and I only feel sad for her..."

Chuxiu hadn't finished talking yet, but Mingying cried out again, her hands fluttering non-stop: "No! I didn't set fire! I didn't burn Hanchu to death! Why don't you believe me?!"

"Xiaoying!" Mingzhang tightly restrained his sister, and had no choice but to cover her mouth.Unexpectedly, just as the palm was placed near her mouth, she bit her hard.Mingzhang let out a low growl, and pulled his palm out of Mingying's mouth, but saw that a piece of flesh had been bitten off on the back of his right hand, which was in good condition, and it was dripping with blood, which was truly frightening.

Taking advantage of Mingzhang's inadvertent inspection of the injury, Mingying took the opportunity to break free from his restraint, and squeezed her whole body into the gap between the iron pillars of the prison door.After squeezing for a while, she suddenly reached out and grabbed the jailer's clothes, crying loudly: "Why don't you believe me! I didn't set the fire! I didn't burn Hanchu to death!"

Chuxiu was surprised to see Ming Ying so abnormal, especially after hearing what she said, he couldn't believe it.But now, Chuxiu thinks that she doesn't need to lie to herself anymore, it seems that she is telling the truth.

So Chuxiu stepped forward and approached the prison door: "You really didn't set fire to Zuihualou?" Mingying cried and shook her head, still clutching the jailer's clothes tightly in her hands: "It wasn't me...why did you put me on fire?" Thinking so cruelly..." Chuxiu understood that Ming Ying had already regarded the jailer as He Lianqi.The jailer was originally holding a torch in one hand, but when he saw a mad woman pulling him and refused to let go, he couldn't help being very annoyed, so he stabbed the torch in Mingying's hand and burned it.Mingying groaned in pain, and quickly withdrew her hand, but she didn't care about the burns on the back of her hand, she still cried bitterly, and she was completely unconscious.Chuxiu was dazzled by the scene in front of him, and suddenly couldn't bear to watch it any longer.She was about to ask about the inside story of the burning of Zuihualou, but she heard Nie Peixiao whispering next to her: "It's true that she didn't set the fire." "Who is that?" Chu Xiu hurriedly asked.Nie Peixiao didn't answer immediately.Only Mingying's cries and groans echoed shrillly in this narrow space, lingering for a long time.After a long while, a name came faintly from Nie Peixiao's mouth: "It's Helian Qi." "It's him?" Chuxiu was very surprised. "It's indeed He Lianqi, he admitted it himself." Nie Peixiao repeated He Lianqi's drunken words in Qianyage Pavilion two and a half years ago, including why he abandoned Han Chu back then, why he set fire to Qin Er, How did Shen Yu rescue Han Chu... everything was explained clearly.

Years later, Chuxiu was silent for a long time when he recalled the fire that changed his life and destiny.After You Qi knew the inside story, she realized that she was neither sad nor happy.

Ming Ying naturally heard everything, so she gradually stopped crying, suddenly came to her senses, and asked sharply: "He set the fire? You lied to me! Then why didn't he tell me?"

A look of disgust flashed across Nie Peixiao's face: "How do I know? Ask Helian Qi!" Ming Ying opened her eyes wide and panted deeply, her eyeballs flicking back and forth without focus.After a while, she suddenly raised her head to see Xiu again, and asked with a trembling voice, "Does he know you are Han Chu?" Out of Xiu's lowered eyes, there was no response, and Nie Peixiao replied for her, "What do you think?" These three short words have already sentenced Mingying to death.She staggered backwards and fell to the ground, holding on to the cold floor tiles with her hands, laughing at herself in despair: "No wonder he refused to accompany me to Yunfu... No wonder he didn't come to save me... He did it on purpose! He wanted to see me What a joke! Let me die on purpose!"

At this point, Mingying's body went limp, unable to hold on any longer, she lay down on the ground and sobbed.Compared to the crying and insanity just now, she seemed to be much restrained at this moment, lying down and trembling, covering her face with her hands and weeping.

(End of this chapter)