Murong Jie didn't know if he was addicted to vinegar. Now he never leaves home without vinegar and has to drink a few sips wherever he goes.
At night, Ni Rong brought bedding to the prison. Not long after, Murong Jie came, also holding a quilt.
"What are you doing here?" Zi'an asked as he watched him walk in.
"Husband and wife share the same fate. I will sleep wherever you sleep." He glanced at Zi'an's bed and said with disgust, "Are you so sloppy? Don't you even put a mat underneath? You just spread the quilt on the straw. How dirty."
Ni Rong said: "Xiao Sun has gone to get it and will be here soon."
"I'm in jail now, why should I bother with so many details?" Zi'an rolled his eyes.
"It's not you who's particular, it's me who's particular. I have to sleep too." Murong Jie sniffed it and immediately said with disgust: "You didn't take a bath."
Zian said unhappily, "Do you think this is a five-star prison? It even has its own bathroom."
"Why not?"
Murong Jie ordered Ni Rong, "Go get the bathtub and fill it with water. You will be on guard outside and no one is allowed to come in. Even the mosquitoes must be checked to see if they are male or female before they can be let in."
"Don't bother. I won't take a shower. I'm not going anywhere. Why should I take a shower? Even if I'm in prison, I have to act like I'm in prison."
"Who will sleep with you if you don't take a shower?" Murong Jie frowned and ordered Ni Rong, "Go now."
Ni Rong turned around aggrievedly, "I am a fifth-rank military officer, but I only do the work of a servant."
"Why so much nonsense?" Murong Jie roared.
Ni Rong covered his ears and ran out. Go, why not go? He would use thunder and lightning at any time. Whether he could marry a wife was purely based on his face.
Women are such shallow creatures.
Xiaosun came in holding a mat with red eyes. She felt sorry for her master. How could she not feel wronged when he was imprisoned for no reason
"Okay, stop crying. It's just jail. We can afford it!" Zi'an had just comforted her, but this girl's tears were really like the sea.
"I will not leave tonight. I will stay outside with Lord Ni." Xiao Sun said with sobs.
"No, it's cold outside. Don't wait outside. Go back to bed."
"No, I won't go back. I have already told Master Ni about this." Xiaosun said stubbornly, "Besides, Xiaodao is also outside."
After saying that, she went out to help prepare the bath water.
Zi'an looked at Murong Jie, "Look at what you have done. I really don't understand you. Why does this palace have a prison? It's not a government office."
"When I left the palace and entered the mansion, I had people build this prison cell, just to imprison disobedient women like you. The walls were designed with torture instruments, so that once people enter this cell, they will have the illusion of stepping into hell." Murong Jie bared his teeth and pretended to be an evil ghost to scare her.
Zi'an rolled his eyes, what a foolish young man with so much fun.
However, she could tell from the design of the cell that it was used to hold serious criminals.
Digging into the ground, there is an iron wall with ventilation holes on both sides and one above the head for air circulation. The iron bars are made of black iron and are ingeniously designed. Although I don't understand the mechanism, there are protruding stones at the door and the middle wall, which seem to be buttons to open the mechanism.
"There shouldn't be a tunnel here, right?" Zi'an asked.
Murong Jie suddenly felt that it was not fun, "How do you know there is a tunnel?"
"It's pitch black ahead, and the light is swallowed up when it shines through, proving that it's not the end yet."
"Yes, this is the entrance to the tunnel. If there is any emergency, we can evacuate through the tunnel."
Zi'an was very surprised. In such a peaceful and prosperous era, why did he build a tunnel
He is always ready to escape.
Murong Jie said calmly: "I have offended many people, and there is no guarantee that there won't be someone who wants to take my head. It is good to have an extra way out."
Zian sighed softly, "Yeah, yes."
He had only been the regent for a short time, but before that, he was already a general with great military achievements, so it was understandable that some people were wary of him and some disliked him.
It's not a pleasant feeling to be surrounded by black gun muzzles pointing at you.
Ni Rong actually had someone bring a bathtub and get some hot water, so Zi'an took a steaming hot, fragrant bath in the dungeon.
She was not uncomfortable sleeping here. She was not a delicate person. She could fall asleep on the steep slopes in the mountains as long as she was extremely tired.
Moreover, their bed was not very soft to begin with, and Murong Jie was used to sleeping on a hard bed, so he had always been willing to accommodate them in this regard.
Of course, it couldn't be considered as an accommodation, because she never asked for a high bed or a soft pillow.
Wherever he is, there is home.
"The Empress Dowager summoned you in, why don't you go?" Zi'an asked with a heavy heart, leaning on his arms.
"Don't be in a hurry." Murong Jie held her, rubbed her ears, and took out her vinegar pot from somewhere, "Come, have a sip."
Zian pushed it away, "No!"
"Drink, I will drink with you." Murong Jie said, and he took another sip and handed it to her, insisting that she drink it.
Zi'an initially thought that he drank vinegar just to curb his alcohol addiction, but now it seems not to be the case. Not only did he drink it himself, he also forced her to drink it. At the end of the day, she felt like vomiting whenever she smelled the sour smell of vinegar.
"Tell me the truth, what are you going to do with all this vinegar?" Zi'an asked.
Murong Jie ignored him, took a sip, smacked his lips, and leaned over to kiss Zi'an.
Zi'an pushed him away violently, holding his stomach and feeling nauseous, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
Murong Jie smiled triumphantly, with a strange look in his eyes.
"You're crazy. Go back and sleep. Don't stay here." Zi'an said angrily.
Murong Jie pulled her into his arms, wrapped his iron arms around her, and hooked her feet, "Shut up and go to sleep!"
Zi'an was so angry that he wanted to say more. He simply turned over and covered her. Zi'an pushed him away, "This is a dungeon. There are people outside."
"They won't come in!" Murong Jie bit her earlobe, "Shut up, don't disturb me, busy!"
Zi'an suddenly felt powerless. Did he know that the situation was very serious
Qingning Pavilion.
There was a fine winter rain tonight and the weather was getting colder.
Sun Fang'er stood in front of the corridor, shivering with cold in her thin clothes, but she was unwilling to put on more clothes and unwilling to go back.
She gritted her teeth, hatred in her eyes, and she tore the ivy in front of the porch into pieces.
"See? Although he was imprisoned, he accompanied her to sleep in prison. Is he heartless and emotionless? He just doesn't love you. Even if you put a curse on him, he still doesn't love you." The mocking voice of King Nan Huai came, and every word was like a sharp blade, piercing her heart.
Sun Fang'er's face was silent, her hatred suppressed, and she said softly, "So what?"
"Nothing, I just remembered what you said before, that Murong Jie would kill her or kick her out, and I just found it funny. Where do you get the confidence to think he would do that? Just because you couldn't seduce him, you conclude that he is a heartless person?"
"Enough!" Sun Fang'er was slightly annoyed.
Nan Huai Wang's tone was as cold as the winter rain. "I am only warning you. Don't let your delusions ruin things. Murong Jie doesn't love you. He will never love you in this life. Not only that, he also mocked your sincerity. How can you still hope to show mercy to such a man?"
(End of this chapter)