A huge pit appeared in You Yuji's sight, with emerald green water and calm surface.
You Yuji had never seen such a green pool before, and couldn't help but take a few more glances. Occasionally, a few bubbles appeared on the calm water surface, then silently shattered and returned to calm.
You Yuji said softly, "I've never seen such emerald green water before. It looks so refreshing and cool."
"Poison pool." Si Que said.
You Yuji looked up in confusion. She didn't know what the poison pool was, but she could vaguely guess what it was from the name. She looked away and stopped looking.
Si Que led You Yuji down the stone steps. When they passed the poison pool, You Yuji saw the emerald green water surface shaking, and there seemed to be some huge creature swimming below. After a while, the emerald green water surface returned to calm, and a pale hole head gently emerged from the water, and then slowly sank down.
You Yuji followed Si Que for a while and walked into a narrow dark passage. You Yuji looked forward and saw that the narrow dark passage was not long, and the light from that section shone over.
After passing through the dark passage, it suddenly became bright.
At the same time, a foul smell slowly penetrated into her nose.
You Yuji looked around in surprise. This place was spacious, but it was decorated as a wedding hall. Red silk brocade and bright red wedding characters were everywhere, making the wedding hall look very grand.
Of course, the premise is to ignore the pig pen with the fence painted red...
You Yuji thought this was too absurd, something that was simply impossible. She turned her head to look at Si Que beside her, wondering if he really did things so recklessly
"Master, everything is ready." A man from the Poison Building came forward to report.
You Yuji clearly saw that the tray in the man's hand contained red dates, peanuts, longans, and lotus seeds...
You Yuji opened her lips slightly in astonishment. She quietly grabbed Si Que's sleeve and asked in a low voice: "It's not what you thought, right? You..."
He wanted to speak, but stopped.
She always felt that this was too absurd and impossible. But if Si Que was responsible, it didn't seem impossible.
Si Que smiled and told the person who reported the event, "The auspicious time is almost here, tell everyone to come to the wedding banquet."
After a pause, he added slowly, "I will personally officiate the wedding."
You Yuji still found it unbelievable. She was in a daze as Si Que led her across the auditorium and she sat down on a chair at the top.
Everyone in the Poison Building put down what they were doing and rushed here quietly.
You Yuji looked at the countless black shadows coming out from the secret passages, then standing quietly, and soon they filled the entire wedding hall.
I don't know if it's because they all deal with poisons, but everyone seems to be reluctant to smile, with a cold face and all dressed in black, which is totally out of place in this bright red wedding hall.
Si Que lazily leaned back in the chair, rested his elbows on the armrests, looked down, and said, "Please welcome the newcomer."
Immediately, two people turned around and walked towards a secret passage. You Yuji watched them disappear into the secret passage, and then watched them come back soon. Each of the two people had a red silk in his hand. One end of the red silk in one person's hand was tied around the neck of a sick old sow. The other end of the red silk in the other person's hand was tied around the wrist of Chen Lu, the deposed crown prince of Chen State.
Yes, he has been deposed and is no longer the crown prince.
He lost his composure at the Lantern Festival banquet, and His Majesty had long intended to depose him, so he took the opportunity to depose him from the position of Crown Prince and drove him out of the Eastern Palace. He temporarily resided in another palace on the outskirts of the capital, waiting for a title and a fief to be chosen before distributing the fief.
At this time, Chen Lu should have been imprisoned in his other palace. No one knew he was brought here, and even his close associates in the other palace had not yet discovered that the deposed prince beside him was disguised as someone else.
"Let me go! You are so brave! Let me go! I will punish you when I get back!" Chen Lu shouted, his voice was quite weak. He wanted to struggle, but his legs were weak and he couldn't stand at all, and fell to the ground. He was fed with the Softening Powder and had no strength in his body.
The man in the Poison Tower who was holding him shouted coldly: "Behave yourself, don't miss the auspicious time!"
"What, what auspicious time?" Chen Lu was dragged and staggered to his feet.
He was crowned the crown prince when he was young, and lived a life of luxury for forty years. But one day he was deposed, and before he had a chance to experience the warmth and coldness of human nature, he was brought here.
The person holding Chen Lu's hand ignored his question and led him to the center of the wedding hall.
Finally, he didn't have to be dragged forward. Chen Lu stopped and panted. He looked at the pig beside him, frowning. Somehow, he suddenly realized that he was experiencing something terrifying.
He looked at the people around him. They were all dressed in black. They didn't look like they were attending a wedding banquet. Wait, what wedding banquet? Whose wedding banquet was he brought here to attend
He once again looked suspiciously at the pig beside him. The stench was so strong that it made him gag with disgust.
Si Que looked down and said lazily, "Why haven't the two newlyweds put on their wedding clothes yet?"
Chen Lu then raised his head and noticed the person sitting at the top. He glanced at Si Que, and his eyes were quickly attracted to You Yuji who was sitting next to Si Que.
"Yu Ji!" He called out subconsciously.
The smile on Si Que's face froze for a moment. His gloomy eyes fell and he ordered: "Cut off his tongue."
Chen Lu barely had time to react before the two men beside him lifted his face and pried open his mouth. After a burst of excruciating pain, blood immediately gushed out of his mouth.
Si Que glanced at the blood that Chen Lu vomited out, and his cold expression finally eased. He slowed down his tone and said, "Reward, hemostatic powder."
This is to prevent Chen Lu from bleeding to death.
Soon someone poured the hemostatic powder into Chen Lu's mouth. Chen Lu whimpered in pain, but could no longer utter a word. The pain almost made him faint, but his consciousness was clearer than ever before. Beads of cold sweat rolled down his body, and his clothes on his back were gradually soaked by cold sweat. He curled up on the ground, trembling as he endured the huge pain.
Then, his outer coat was stripped off and a bright red robe was given to him to wear.
Chen Lu was in so much pain that he didn't even try to resist. He was confused and found that these people were putting on his wedding clothes.
Wedding dress
Is today's wedding banquet for him? Is he going to get married? Who is he going to marry
Chen Lu subconsciously raised his head and looked at You Yuji who was sitting next to Si Que. In this strange and dark place, her figure sitting there quietly seemed to be coated with a layer of soft light.
Si Que noticed Chen Lu's gaze.
"Ha." He laughed, raised his hand on the armrest lightly, and then dropped it heavily.
The sound of a pig squealing interrupted Chen Lu's thoughts. He looked in the direction of the sound and was shocked to see several people putting a wedding robe on the smelly black pig.
Chen Lu stood there in a daze for a moment.
An absurd thought came to his mind, and Chen Lu shuddered in waves of great pain. He quickly overturned his idea. No, this is impossible! This is too absurd!
You Yuji was also in shock. She kept asking herself in her heart, "Is this really okay?" Many times, she wanted to ask Si Que this question. But she always swallowed her words back. She asked herself first, and clearly understood that she was not worried about the absurdity of this behavior, but was worried about Chen Lu's identity and worried that Si Que was taking too much risk.
You Yuji pursed her lips and didn't ask.
If Si Que wanted to do this to help her vent her anger, he must want her to be happy, so why should she spoil her fun
As for the consequences
Never mind, life is short and the future is unknown, so enjoy the present moment.
Si Que turned his head and carefully looked at You Yuji's expression, but he didn't see any displeasure. He turned his gaze back and looked down, watching the clumsy old sow finally put on her wedding dress, and said, "I bow to heaven and earth."
No!
How could he, a prince, bow to the heaven and earth with a pig! It would be better to kill him than to be humiliated! Chen Lu wanted to scream and refuse, but he could no longer speak after his tongue was cut off, and only a humming sound came out of his mouth.
He was held down on the neck and kicked on the knees, and was forced to kneel down and worship heaven and earth with the howling sow beside him.
The black-skinned sow was also unwilling to accept this marriage. She howled loudly to express her unwillingness, but Chen Lu couldn't even howl loudly.
"Bow to your parents."
Chen Lu and the pig were turned around again and kowtowed again in the direction of Si Que and You Yuzhi.
"Husband and wife bow to each other."
Chen Lu was forced to kneel and kowtow again. His head touched the pig's head. The pig howled loudly and blew a stream of hot air from its nose onto his face.
Tears mixed with blood on Chen Lu's face, he sobbed and almost collapsed. He couldn't understand how a prince like him could end up in this situation. Who wanted to harm him like this? He was usually kind to others and had never offended anyone!
No, he didn't accept this fact! This must be a dream! When he woke up, he would find himself still lying on the bed in the East Palace...
His hand was lifted up, and a wine bottle was stuffed into his hand. Then, a pig's trotter appeared in his sight and was entangled with his arm. His bloodstained face was pressed against the pig's head, and he was forced to drink the wine in the wine bottle.
"The ceremony is over."
Si Que's joyful laughter came from the upper seat.
Chen Lu was finally released. He hunched over on the ground, his whole body shaking. He sobbed, out of pain and fear.
He wanted to protest, he wanted to ask why he was treated like this. But he had just had his tongue cut off, so he could no longer speak nonsense. He used his blood-stained hands to write on the ground beside him, stroke by stroke.
Si Que saw his movements and waited leisurely. When he finished writing, he asked, "What is he writing?"
Tingyun glanced at it and read out loud: "It's better to kill me than to do this."
"Heh." Si Que sneered, "You are not a responsible husband if you seek death right after getting married. From today on, take good care of your wife. Accompany her until she grows old, and then I will allow you, a dog, to die."
The huge humiliation almost overwhelmed Chen Lu, but the sow's wailing was right next to his ears, accompanied by a huge stench.
Si Que looked at Chen Lu, who was hunched over like mud, and the anger that had been suppressed in his chest for many days finally eased a little.
A soft yawn from the side interrupted Si Que's thoughts, and he immediately turned his head to look at You Yuji. The cold and gloomy tone of his voice was gone, replaced by a gentle tone: "Are you sleepy?"
You Yuji nodded: "Yes, I am a little sleepy."
It was the first time she came out of her room today. She had walked for a long time and felt weak. She sat here and persisted in doing many things, but now she was beginning to feel sleepy again.
"Okay, let's go back." Si Que smiled. He stood up, held the hand that You Yuji handed over, bent down, put his arm under You Yuji's knees, and picked her up.
The moment before You Yuji closed her eyes, she was still thinking about how many people were watching her in the Poison Tower. This didn't seem right, right? But she was too tired. Si Que's embrace with the scent of medicine made her feel comfortable and at ease. She leaned against him and closed her eyes in relaxation.
Si Que held You Yujie in his arms, walked down from the upper seat, and walked step by step through the wedding hall that was packed with thousands of people.
The people in the Poison Tower kept silent and lowered their heads. Only after Si Que passed by holding You Yujie, they couldn't help but look up secretly, watching the two people leave with complicated eyes.
This is quite different from the impression they had of the host who threw people into the poison pool with a cold face and said something stupid...
It's true that lust can blind one's mind.
The author has something to say: There will be no second update today, good night