sbdcsierra Chapter 193 Secret Prison
Chapter 193 Secret Prison
"Your Highness? What's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad?"
Rong Su saw that Shen Fengyu's face suddenly looked a little strange, with his hands covering his abdomen, and couldn't help but ask worriedly.
Shen Fengyu seemed to be suppressing something, forcing a smile on her face, and waved his hand to explain, "No problem."
There were two puffs, and a smell came from nowhere, accompanied by the smell of rotten feces.
After Rong Su smelled it, she covered her nose lightly and looked around in confusion: "This smell, could it be that there are wild cats running wild around here?"
After she finished speaking, she secretly glanced at Shen Fengyu beside her, only to see that his face was sometimes blue and sometimes white, his fists were clenched tightly, and he was enduring so hard that veins on his forehead were about to pop out.
Pretending to be concerned, Rong Su moved closer and asked, "Your Highness?"
Shen Fengyu quickly stood up and kept a distance from Rong Su. He even stretched out his hand to stop her from coming closer. He showed a smile that was uglier than crying and was extremely terrifying.
"Asu, I, I remembered that I have something else to take care of. I'll go take care of it first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Fengyu covered his stomach and left Qingsu Palace without looking back, his waist half bent. He looked inexplicably funny and embarrassed when he left.
Rong Su looked at this scene, curled the corners of his mouth, then calculated the time and went to the bathing hall.
A maid came out holding a light blue brocade robe. When she came out, she looked around cautiously.
After seeing Rong Su, he lowered his head, walked over quickly, handed the clothes in his arms to Rong Su, and said with an embarrassed look, "Sir, His Highness is already bathing."
Rong Su took out a bag of silver and another set of light blue robes and stuffed them into the maid's hand. Wen smiled and said, "Thank you very much. I noticed that Your Highness seemed unwell earlier. He must have no change of clothes after coming to Qingsu Palace to bathe. I specially bought some in case Your Highness needed them. Now I am using them."
The maid quickly took the things and was touched by Rong Su's thoughtfulness towards Shen Fengyu.
"My Lord is so considerate and considerate of His Highness. I think His Highness will be happy to know this."
Rong Su smiled sweetly, then looked at the maid and pleaded, "Please keep this a secret, maid, and don't let His Highness know about this. I just want to do this quietly and don't want to embarrass His Highness."
The maid was moved by Rong Su's sincerity and nodded.
"Maid sister, I want to ask how long does it usually take for Your Highness to take a bath? I want to prepare some refreshments while Your Highness is bathing so that you can enjoy some delicious food after you finish bathing." Rong Su looked shy.
The maidservant was no longer on guard against Rong Su and quickly replied, "About an hour. If you want to make cakes, why don't I ask one of my sisters to help you?"
Rong Su smiled and shook her head, holding the clothes in her arms: "Thank you very much, I want to make it for Your Highness myself."
The maid couldn't hide her smile. Seeing Rong Su's ambiguous expression, she nodded, bowed to her, and left with the clothes.
As soon as the maid left, the smile on Rong Su's face disappeared.
She lowered her eyes to look at the clothes in her arms, reached out to rummage through them, and soon found a wooden token with a dragon pattern engraved on it.
This should be the entry and exit token for entering and exiting the secret prison in the suburbs.
In order to be able to rush back as soon as possible within an hour to return the token so as to avoid Shen Fengyu's suspicion.
Rong Su immediately went back to change her clothes, disguised herself as a maid and left Qingsu Palace.
Long beforehand, she had made several identical sets of robes according to Shen Fengyu's style. No matter which style he wore, she had an identical one to exchange with.
When she came out of the back door of Qingsu Palace, there was already an ox cart waiting for her. It was the pick-up person sent by Mu Tou.
Sitting on the ox cart is a farmer transporting cabbages.
When the farmer saw Rong Su, he waved to her and said, "I have already delivered the vegetables, but your eunuch said that you should go with me to the fields outside the city to check the quality of the vegetables and see if you can order our vegetables next time."
When Rong Su heard this, she turned slightly and looked back. Seeing a few servants walking by, she quickly lowered her head and replied.
"If your dishes, appearance, and color are all excellent, we at Qingsu Palace will definitely continue to place reservations."
The farmer opened his voice and said, "Okay! The girl, hurry up and get on the ox cart!"
After Rong Su got on the car, he looked to the right and saw that no one was at the back door. He said softly to the farmer driving cattle in the front, "Brother, thank you for your help."
"Oh! No trouble! Let's go!" As he said that, the farmer waved his whip and the ox cart moved forward.
We drove all the way to the suburbs, and only when we were out of the city gate did our tense nerves relax a little.
It was only a quarter of an hour away from the camp, and soon the ox cart stopped in the locust tree forest behind the camp.
After getting off the ox cart, Mu Tou walked out from the shade of the trees nearby and saluted Rong Su with a fist clasp: "Miss. I'm ready."
Mu Tou turned sideways, revealing a cart behind him with several large wooden barrels piled on it.
The wooden barrel has a slightly unpleasant smell, and is specially used to store the clothes that the soldiers in the camp need to wash.
"Girl, let's hide in the wooden barrel and enter the camp, and then find a way to get close to the secret prison." Mu Tou explained, and then the farmer driving the ox cart had changed his clothes and put on a fake beard and walked out from the bushes on the side.
Seeing this, Rong Su understood what to do and nodded. Without saying a word, she walked closer to the barrel and looked at the wood: "Help me."
Mu Tou glanced at Rong Su, and his eyes seemed to become a little different. Without saying a word, he stepped forward to help Rong Su hide in the wooden barrel, and then he chose a wooden barrel to hide in.
"Walk."
Hidden inside the wooden barrel, the view was obscured by darkness, except for a few rays of light occasionally leaking in from the lid due to the bumps of the cart.
The wooden barrel was small, and it was filled with a mixture of sweat, sour smell, and some strange and unpleasant odors. Rong Su had to grit her teeth and hold her breath. She couldn't breathe and could only breathe through her mouth.
It was only such a short distance, but it was already very painful. Add to that the hot and humid weather, and the smell in the barrel became stronger, almost making her faint.
Until you feel the bumps stop and the sound of the wheels rubbing against the gravel stops.
"Gentlemen, I'm here to collect the laundry."
A rough voice sounded, with a hint of disgust: "Go, hurry up!"
"Okay!"
I thought I could get in smoothly, but suddenly someone called out to me.
"Wait!"
Hearing this shout, Rong Su's heart was in her throat and she clenched her fingers tightly.
"Hey, sir, these barrels stink, it's better not to get close to them."
The man had obviously smelled the stench of the barrel and did not come any closer. He seemed to be holding his nose as he spoke, with a vague tone of disgust: "Remember to clean the barrel next time. It stinks. It's filled with our clothes."
"Hey, I understand!"
With the sound of the wheels, Rong Su closed her eyes, let out a sigh, and opened her clenched hands slightly. Her palms were already filled with sweat.
After coming out of the wooden barrel, Rong Su saw a small rockery with the location of the secret prison in front of it.
"Girl, that's the secret prison. I've explored the surroundings and found that the prison has only one entrance and exit. There's no other way to get in. Girl, let me do this." Mu Tou frowned and whispered while looking at the secret prison.
Looking at the secret prison, there were two soldiers guarding it, and there was no other entrance. It was an airtight place.
What exactly did Shen Fengyu hide in there? Maybe Shen Peiqing was really locked up in there by him?
"No, if you go, it will easily arouse their vigilance. I will pretend to be Shen Fengyu's maid and deliver the things. At least it won't arouse suspicion." Rong Su shook her head and rejected Mu Tou's suggestion. Then she turned to look at Mu Tou, "Where is the thing?"
Mu Tou saw Rong Su's determined eyes and knew that he could not stop her, so he took out a wooden box from a small wooden barrel beside him and handed it to her.
"Girl, be careful. Also, this is for you. If you encounter danger, please blow it immediately." He also solemnly gave Rong Su a wooden whistle.
Taking the wooden box and whistle, Rong Su nodded, carefully tidied her hair with her hands, and then walked towards the secret cell.
As soon as he approached, the two guarding soldiers immediately grasped the hilts of their swords with a fierce look and stared at Rong Su: "Who are you? This is not a place you can approach, leave immediately!"
Rong Su feigned fear and took a step back. Then, he raised the wooden box in his hand and took out the token and handed it over. "My lords, I am here on the orders of His Highness to bring food to your distinguished guest."
The two soldiers looked at each other, and one of them took the token from Rongsu's hand and examined it carefully.
Then he handed it to another soldier, glanced at Rong Su, and whispered, "It's real."
Another soldier took a look and asked sternly, "What is it?"
Rong Su was so frightened that she trembled all over. She opened the wooden box with trembling hands, revealing the cakes and teacups inside.
"Yes, some cakes and tea."
The two soldiers scanned Rong Su from head to toe again, and when they saw that there was nothing wrong, they made way for him to pass, but they also gave him a stern warning.
"A quarter of an hour!"
Rong Su quickly closed the lid and responded repeatedly with her head down.
Then he hurried into the secret cell. After entering, the surrounding light was instantly shrouded in darkness, and his vision became even darker.
The prison passage was airtight and eerily quiet, so quiet that even breathing could be heard clearly.
Oil lamps were hung on the walls on both sides of the passage. On the road surface illuminated by the lights, one could vaguely see a mixture of mud, stains, bloodstains, and some unclear clumps that looked like some rotten meat.
A bunch of white and black insects were wriggling around the piece of meat, emitting a pungent and nauseating smell.
With his eyes closed, he hurried forward, wondering where Shen Peiqing was hiding.
After passing through a corridor of neither short nor long, I saw three forks in the road ahead.
After hesitating for a long time, Rong Su chose the one on the far right. There was an element of gambling in it. She saw some footprints and traces on the ground, which meant that people must have walked there frequently.
After entering, the environment inside was not much different from the short track I had walked before, dim and with a pungent smell.
She even found herself lost halfway through her journey because there were three forks in the road.
This time he bent down and observed the ground with the oil lamp in his hand, but there was no trace at all.
Rong Su suddenly had a bad feeling and wanted to go back, but suddenly heard hurried footsteps coming from the return passage.
Then came the noisy sound, coming from far away and getting closer.
"Hurry and chase her! That maid didn't tell us who she was going to meet! She's definitely not your Highness's!"
When Rong Su heard this, he immediately leaned against the wall, frowned, and felt a sinking feeling in his heart. Oh no, he was discovered.
Hearing the footsteps getting closer, she looked around quickly and could only choose one of the forks.
As she took a step, someone suddenly grabbed her arm. Rong Su was surprised for a moment, and then she was pulled into a secret passage that forked the road.
The darkness made it impossible for Rong Su to see who was coming. She wanted to open her mouth, but the other person's low voice stopped her.
"Don't make a sound."
Soon after he finished speaking, the sound of hurried footsteps approached.
"That person must have gone in. You go that way, you go this way, you follow me here!"
After a while, the footsteps faded away.
Hearing the footsteps disappear, Rong Su reached out and pushed away the person who was very close to her, looking at him warily: "Who are you?"
After he finished speaking, he already had a silver needle in his fingers and pressed it against the man's neck with his backhand.
"it's me."
When the other party spoke this time, Rong Su felt a sense of familiarity. After listening carefully, she opened her eyes wide in astonishment and looked at the tall figure in the darkness.
Her eyes unconsciously became a little moist. Rong Su suppressed her emotions and said, "Shen Peiqing. You are still alive. Why don't you go back to Dongzhou? Why don't you tell me?"
Shen Peiqing looked through the dim light and saw that something seemed to be wrong with Rong Su's pretty face. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Just as he was about to explain, he keenly noticed something.
He reached out and took Rong Su's hand again, saying softly, "It's not advisable to stay here for long. Let's leave first."
Rong Su also understood that the current situation was not suitable for asking questions, so she didn't dwell on it and followed Shen Peiqing away.
Shen Peiqing seemed to be familiar with the road inside. He took her to turn two roads and finally saw that the three forks in the road had become two.
But just as Shen Peiqing pulled her towards the passage on the right, footsteps echoed in that passage.
Rong Su and Shen Peiqing looked at each other, and then Shen Peiqing made a quick decision, pulling her into another passage and hiding in the dark.
The voice coming from the passage was actually Shen Fengyu's.
"You are all a bunch of idiots! You can't even catch a woman! What use do I have for you!"
As Shen Fengyu was furious, a guard said anxiously, "Your Highness, that maid has your token. We have no choice but to let her go."
Shen Fengyu's cold voice hinted at anger: "She actually chose to betray me! I treated her so well and even wanted her to be my Crown Princess. In her last life, she chose him, and in this life, she still chooses him. Why?!"
The guard didn't dare to make a sound and was trembling all over.
Rong Su, who was hiding in the dark, was shocked when she heard this.
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