After learning that Fu Huaiyu was about to be beheaded, Shen Qingwan decided to go to the dungeon as she had something else to do.
"Empress Xianfei." The guards in the dungeon bowed and saluted when they saw Shen Qingwan, raising their spears and swords to make way for her.
"Where is that person?" Shen Qingwan asked calmly, looking at the guard on duty.
"I have been locked up in the big cell next door as ordered, waiting for the queen to come."
"Bring it out." Shen Qingwan said in a flat tone. After giving the order, she turned around and continued walking forward.
"Yes." The guard took out the key from his waist, opened the door of a large cell next to him, and brought out a death row prisoner. This person was part of her plan today, and she would use this person to replace Wen Ling in a while.
The prison path was dirty and damp. Shen Qingwan took out a handkerchief and gently covered her mouth and nose, then slowly walked to the front of Wenling's cell. Before she could speak, the guard opened the cell door.
The cell door creaked open, startling the woman sitting in the corner. The light in the cell was dim. Wen Ling slowly stood up and looked towards the door. When she saw that it was her, her eyes suddenly lit up. Unable to contain her excitement, she ran to her and shouted, "My Queen!"
After shouting this, Wen Ling paused, looked at his clothes which were dirty and messy because of being in prison, hurriedly stepped back a few steps, and bowed with a look of joy, and continued, "Madam, you are finally here."
"Come out." Shen Qingwan opened her lips calmly, forming a sharp contrast with the excited woman at the moment.
"Your Majesty, are you going to rescue me?" Wen Ling raised her eyebrows happily and looked at the guards behind her and a man in prison clothes and heavy shackles. She didn't react for a moment.
"Yes, this is a death row prisoner, here to replace you." After saying that, Shen Qingwan turned to look at the guard. The guard immediately understood what she meant, brought the death row prisoner into the cell in front of him, and changed the prisoner into clothes prepared in advance.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." She looked at her with gratitude, walked up to her and bowed to her.
"No need to thank me anymore. This is just a deal between you and me." Shen Qingwan's eyes were as dark as ink, and her cold voice seemed to immediately extinguish the enthusiasm of the person in front of her.
Wen Ling, who was lying on the ground, was stunned after hearing her words. The corners of his mouth, which had just risen with joy, froze. He didn't know whether to continue smiling or not.
"Get up quickly and follow the guards out, otherwise there might be trouble." Shen Qingwan lowered her voice and didn't say much. After all, there were other things to do today.
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." He stood up slowly, but his steps, which were originally intended to leave with the guards, suddenly stopped, "Your Majesty..."
Shen Qingwan frowned slightly, "But do you have anything else to say?" Obviously her expression seemed to be hesitant to speak, which made her interested.
"That's right. The night before I was brought here, I saw the man in black who wanted to kill me climb over the wall and leave." Wen Ling whispered in her ear. But in an instant, Shen Qingwan's face changed.
Unexpectedly, her guess turned out to be right. After Wen Ling left, she continued walking along the path with an unclear expression. She stopped in front of a slightly empty cell. A ray of light from the small window of the cell just happened to shine on the thin figure in the center of the cell.
"Heh, I didn't expect that Her Majesty would come here in your busy schedule." A voice as cold as an ice cellar rang out in the cell, making the already chilly cell even more creepy.
Shen Qingwan's hand, which had just picked up the key, froze in the air awkwardly, and she looked at the man in the cell calmly.
"I brought some food, eat it while it's hot." He raised his other hand and handed the food box he had been holding into the cell.
"Why be so hypocritical? We are all dying, who would care about your meal?" Fu Huaiyu turned his back to her, his pair of dark eyes emitting a faint cold light, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"After all... you should eat a little." She pursed her lips, pretending not to hear the coldness in his words, and silently bent down, opened the wooden box, and took out the food inside.
"You must be very happy to see me like this. Are you finally satisfied?" Fu Huaiyu opened his lips coldly, staring at her every move with a gloomy face.
"No, if possible, I don't want to be your enemy at all, not in this life." Shen Qingwan narrowed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, there was a shadow under her eyes, the light in the cell was not good, he did not notice that she was not as indifferent as before.
Shen Qingwan's mind replayed the scene of him coming to save her. He was so high-spirited at that time, and the lonely and cold figure in front of her now was completely different from the same person.
Whose fault was it? How did it come to this? She saved his life, but she could only push him to death step by step.
"Really?" Fu Huaiyu's mouth curled up in a strange arc, and he returned to his cold tone, and continued with some sarcasm, "If it is really as you said, your cold-bloodedness today is not fake at all."
Shen Qingwan set the table and slowly stood up. She said nothing and just looked at him quietly.
Who could be blamed for all this? She didn't know. If he didn't have such rebellious thoughts, it wouldn't have come to this. After a moment of silence, she left without any more hesitation.
However, just as she was about to walk out of the prison, a sharp voice came from the corner, "You bitch! Don't go!" She didn't even need to look back to know that the source of the voice was Liu Churong.
"Okay, I'll obey you this time." Shen Qingwan paused and walked to her cell.
Liu Churong's originally neat hair was now disheveled, her clothes were covered with dust, and her originally bright eyes were now filled with endless hatred towards her.
"Don't be so complacent! You've framed me. I'm in this state because of you!" Liu Churong screamed in a shrill voice. She stretched out her arms from the bars of the cell and waved them around, trying to catch her. However, there was no way she could break free from the confinement of this prison.
She stood a few steps away from her cell, watching her struggle in vain, her eyes burning, her voice rising slightly, "You are like this now, but it's all your own fault! You can't blame anyone else, and you can't blame me either."
"Nonsense! You're talking nonsense! It's not enough that you've harmed me, you've also dragged my entire Liu family down with you, you vicious woman! I will never let you go!"
Shen Qingwan lowered her eyes and sneered, "Whatever you want, it's up to you. But my last advice to you is not to waste your efforts."
After saying this, she no longer paid attention to her curses and walked out of the prison, leaving Liu Churong crying.