Chapter Fifty-two

  Ying nodded and walked to the dungeon, white powder drifting in the wind. After glancing at the people lying on the ground in a mess, he quietly retreated behind him.

  Except for the one who was unconscious, the other six were all frightened, and the internal force on their bodies was slowly recovering. However, just as they had been given an antidote by that person, they caught a glimpse of him looking at them, and they absolutely did not misread it... it was sorrow!

  After relying on each other, their courage also increased a bit, and they regained their inner strength. They all stood up, preparing to break out of the encirclement. Zi Ruoye was already sitting in the chair, waiting for them to fully recover their inner strength. Her clear eyes were surging with dark undercurrents, and she slightly curled her lips, asking again, "Who sent you to kill Yun Cong?"

  "Destroy our Seven Star Killer, Yun Qing deserves to die!" His internal strength had basically recovered. Currently, there were only Zi Ruoye and that shadowy figure. Even if they were more powerful, they would not be able to withstand the combined efforts of six people. As for the other comrade who was unconscious, she had already given up in her heart. At this point, she couldn't even protect her own life, let alone care about others.

  The purple-robed figure let out a listless sigh, "What passion?... I used to think that if you said it out loud, maybe I could die a little more comfortably, but now I don't even have the desire to know." Putting down the teacup, the bottom of the cup made a crisp sound as it hit the wooden table, which in the damp and gloomy dungeon sounded particularly eerie.

  As for who that person is, she has no interest at all. If someone comes to kill her, can't she just hide during the day and night? Living like this is too tiring.

  "Shadow, go catch one of them, and cripple her leg." Slouching against the table, he gave the order in a careless tone, his eyes half-closed, without a ripple.

  "Yes." The Shadow nodded, almost completely ignoring the six people who had already recovered their internal energy, and walked directly into the cell.

  "She's just two people, we have six people, kill our way out." Perhaps it was Zi Yue Ye's too careless attitude that made everyone present feel a strange sense of fear. After all, who would have thought that the prisoners would regain their strength? But she actually helped them recover their internal energy...

  After the dark shadow walked in, it started fighting with the six people, bang! The sound of bodies colliding with the hard wall echoed through the prison. All six people were simultaneously shocked by the dark shadow's internal force and slammed into the wall, instantly injuring them. With an expressionless face, he walked over, his sword flashed, and a heart-wrenching scream rang out! "Ah!"

  That person stared blankly at her maimed feet, intense pain had filled her brain, just one sword strike and her feet were crippled. Without giving her a chance to catch her breath, the figure grasped her and the dark shadow walked out of the dungeon.

  The remaining five people turned pale, their eyes wide with fear. Since the six of them combined couldn't defeat one person, then how deep was the martial arts skills of Zi Ruoye, who had been speaking from the beginning?

  "Your Highness, the person has been brought." The dark figure dragged the man in, his ankles leaving a long trail of blood.

  Zi Ruoye finally stood up, vacating her seat and placing the chair in front of the prison gate. "In this world, there are countless ways to kill someone. I've heard that people with hard lives can't die no matter what. Let's try it out now." She gestured for Anjing to put the person on the chair. "Go get that jar for me."

  "They've been gagged, one person's wail is music, a crowd of people crying out is just noise." Zi Ruoye stood in front of the dungeon, looking at the person injured by the dark shadow with a faint order.

  "What are you going to do! If you're going to kill me, then kill me!" The person who was placed on the chair had been acupunctured and could only speak but couldn't exert any strength, her legs were paralyzed, and the increasingly expanding fear in her heart made her speak loudly to dispel this terror.

  "I'm not doing anything. I just want to know if a person's blood can fill this jar or not." Zi Ruoye said with a smile, her words full of intense curiosity, as if she really only wanted to know the answer to this simple question.

  She actually wants her to bleed to death? Her eyes widened as she stared at the smiling Ziyue Ye in front of her, and that person began to tremble...

  Zi Ruoye still smiled with curved eyes, but the pupils were filled with a murderous intent that devoured everything. The person was tied up with ropes and had their eyes covered. On the person's arm, a thin line of blood was lightly drawn, and the blood dripped into the vat, making a clear and crisp sound.

  "Shh... be quiet." Zǐ Ruò Yè took out another jug and poured water into it, with the same flow rate and sound...

  In the dark, a person's senses are magnified several times, especially when one sense is emphasized, even if you want to ignore it. The only thing that can be felt is the sound of one's own blood dripping down, drop by drop, and the surrounding silence is so quiet that it's terrifying.

  "You... you won't speak, what's wrong with me? Tell me quickly!" The response was a deafening silence...

  Half an hour had passed and she even felt her whole body starting to feel cold, which was clearly a sign of excessive blood loss...

  "King Ye, I'll say anything, just let me go! I don't want to die, I don't want to die..." The man started shouting loudly, but still no sound came out, only the sound of his own blood slowly flowing away.

  Zi Ruoye didn't react no matter how the person shouted, she just quietly looked on. Two hours passed and the person completely lost his voice. The dark shadow walked over to check for breathing, then walked back to Zi Ruoye's side and said, "He's dead."

  The remaining five people were all staring with wide eyes, and they had seen the whole process. The person was literally scared to death! Although Zi Ruoye had cut the man's arm, the bleeding stopped after a while, proving that she hadn't used much force. However, just like the water droplets from the kettle continued to fall, the man had still died of fright!

  "Hmm... it seems that a person's wail is also not very pleasant to hear." After a while, Ziyue Ye said in a low and mournful tone, suddenly seeming to think of something, walking to the dungeon front, "I wonder what taking someone's heart looks like? To be honest, I've never seen a heart either."

  "De... devil..." The trembling voice, one of them couldn't bear it anymore and shouted out loud. The person standing in front of her was not the well-known Zi Ruoye that everyone knew, but a person they had never heard of!

  "Devil?" Zi Ruoye chuckled softly, hmm... how did she get another title? "I'm tired of playing, Dark Shadow. The remaining five are yours to deal with. Remember to dig out their hearts one by one while they're still awake... I really want to know what color their hearts are."

  She immediately walked out of the dungeon, ignoring the pleas for mercy inside. After walking out of the dungeon, Zi Ruoye was in a half-drunk and half-awake state. From the moment they wanted to kill Yun Cong, they would not have a good death! The person being tortured was scared to death by themselves, and she didn't feel any guilt or remorse for those who deserved to die.

  "How is Yun Cong doing?" Zi Ruoye asked the little servant standing in front of the door, who had just brought him back and was still unconscious at that time...

  "It seems like he's regained some consciousness, Your Highness, please go take a look." The little servant's eyes were red and his voice was trembling. He had just seen the wound on Yun Cong's body and couldn't bear to shed tears. Who could it be? How could they bear to draw their sword against Yun Cong, who was such a good person?

  "En, you can go down too. I'll take care of it." Zi Ruoye nodded slightly and pushed open the door to enter.

  Yun Ning didn't put on undergarments because of the injuries on his body. Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his lips were pale with obvious bite marks. Zi Ruo Ye stretched out her hand to outline the shape of his lips, "It must have hurt a lot..."

  "How silly you are, if you had come a little later, wouldn't you have really cut yourself off...?" Holding Yun Cong's small hand and pressing it to her cheek, Zi Ruoye said softly, "These past few days without seeing you, I was actually planning to give you a surprise... didn't expect that just as my surprise was complete, you gave me a fright."

  "Thinking back to when I saw Yun Cong's resolute expression, she regretted it afterwards. 'If you really left... perhaps I would have followed you in death...' Hurry up and wake up, if you don't wake up, how can I give you a surprise?"

  "You won't be able to leave me from now on, I've checked you inside and out... beauty." Still with a smiling tone, but with a heart full of pain in his eyes.

  He... seemed to have heard the voice of Wang Ye, how could that be? In the moment he fainted, he did hear it, but might it not be his mistake? At that time, Wang Ye had not yet returned to the mansion and should still be unaware of his departure.

  But the intermittent sound by his ear was so familiar, he might have been in a dream, because he heard Wang Ye say that he wasn't allowed to leave... Only in dreams would Wang Ye say such things.

  "Madam..." Officer Guan stood outside, biting his lip. He had just found out what happened and knew that Yun Gege was injured, so Madam must be very distressed, which is why he came over immediately.

  Upon hearing Shangguan Meng's voice, Ziyue Ye finally put down Yun Ning's hand, covered him with the quilt and walked out. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Shangguan Meng's worried eyes looking at her.

  "Madam, Cloud brother... how is he?" Is it very serious? Madam's eyes are red, has she been crying? She clenched her fists at the hem of her clothes, wanting to ask but not knowing how.

  "Want to see Yun Cong? He's not awake yet, when he wakes up, I'll let you see him, okay?" Zi Ruoye said softly, looking at the genuine concern in his eyes.

  "Really." The little man was somewhat disappointed, took out a small round box from his arms and handed it to Purple Leaf, soft and gentle voice with determination, "Wife, Cloud brother will definitely get better, this is the medicine paste that Master gave me before, Master said that this is a very magical medicine paste, apply it on the wound and it will heal, and it will disappear."

  Zi Ruoye was taken aback, looking at the small round box in Shangguan Meng's palm. Although she had applied medicine to Yun Cong, the deep and shallow scars would still remain. Now she really feared that when Yun Cong woke up, she would mind the wounds on her body. She gently hugged Shangguan Meng, "Thank you, Meng'er."

  Usually, he was the one who took the initiative to hug Ziyue Ye, but now that she was hugging him, Shangguan Meng's small face turned red like a ripe cherry. "T-then, I-I'll go first," he stuttered, his voice trembling with warmth.

  The sound of footsteps escaped from Zi Ruoye's courtyard in a flash.

  Meng Er is useless, how can he be hugged by his wife and then run away...

  Although he thought so, Upper Official Mochi's footsteps didn't stop, he just felt his small face was hot and wanted to put an ice cube on it.

  Zi Ruoye watched as the little person ran away quickly, and only then did she lightly smile, carrying the ointment into the room. As soon as she entered, she saw that Yun Cong seemed to be showing signs of regaining consciousness again.

  His long and slightly curled eyelashes trembled lightly, and Yun Cong slowly woke up. He remembered that after leaving the Wang Fu, he encountered assassins who said they were seeking revenge. After a fight, he was temporarily unable to move because he had been poisoned with Soft Tendon Powder. When he fainted again, it seemed like he heard the voice of the Prince...

  "Yun Ning... you're awake." Yun Ning, however, looked at Zi Ruoye with some surprise, her eyes filled with unhidden delight and a hint of heartache, along with a gentle love that he had never dared to hope for.

  "King... Your Majesty." Struggling to get up, he found that every movement pulled out a painful sensation all over his body. He slightly furrowed his brow but didn't let out a pained cry.

  "Stay still!" Zi Ruoye quickly changed her expression and gently pressed him back onto the bed. Having just woken up, what did he want to do now?

  "Prince Wang, you... " Isn't Yun Cong always hiding? How can... The bottom of his eyes were filled with struggling bitterness, Yun Cong quietly looked at Zi Ruo Ye, not knowing what to say.

  Zi Ruoye stood up, leaned in close to him, Yun Cong saw Zi Ruoye lean in, but habitually closed his eyes, a pale complexion revealing a faint flush.

  Gently kissing her forehead, Zi Ruoye said with a smile and a hint of anger, "When did I ever say let you leave? These past few days were just busy with some things, that's why you haven't seen me. If it wasn't for me rushing over, the one who would have abandoned me would be you."

  His eyes, which had been closed in an instant, slowly opened to reveal a gaze that was struggling to believe what it saw. The soft sensation on his forehead still lingered, making his heart unable to calm down. He bit his lip, wanting to speak, but felt only bitterness in his eyes.

  "If only I had arrived earlier." Zi Ruoye grasped Yun Cong's hand, deeply regretting her late arrival, and she could imagine the pain that Yun Cong had endured.

  "Prince Wang, you've arrived, that's all that matters." Just as he was about to get up, he discovered that his own... hadn't moved an inch, and in an instant, his expression became flustered.

  "King, King Ye... Yun Cong... how could Yun Cong...?" Not wearing clothes, this, what's going on? The panicked speech was all stuttering, a smiling face now only had a crimson color.

  "That's because when I carried you back, I had to treat your wounds..." Looking at his flustered appearance, Zi Ruoye's eyes had a faint smile, and she said mischievously, "This time, I saw it very clearly, so I've decided to hold you accountable."

  "What...what?" The king looked at his body, how could this be? The king was not...not...his brain was now a mess, even in the calm and peaceful Yun Cong, he panicked and didn't know what to do.

  Zi Ruoye took out the ointment given by Shangguan Meng and waved it in front of Yun Cong, "A beauty's body is beautiful indeed... Alright, now it's time to apply the medicine." In fact, at that time she was all worried about Yun Cong's injuries, even though Yun Cong was indeed naked, but she didn't appreciate his body at all.

  Yun Cong subconsciously grabbed the quilt and stupidly repeated Zi Ruoye's words, "Apply, apply medicine?"

  Zi Ruoye nodded slightly, ignoring his action of grabbing the quilt, and gently lifted the quilt. She took a deep breath, and indeed, her body was as white as jade, with skin as smooth and luminous as ivory, perfectly proportioned without a single flaw.

  The cloud solidified and he finally came to his senses, turning his eyes towards his own body. Seeing the big and small scars on himself, he panicked again. How could such a body be shown to the prince! He struggled and was about to grab the quilt, wanting to block the scars that even he didn't want to see.

  Zi Ruoye grasped his small hand and comfortingly said, "This is a medicine given by Master Meng, if you apply it the scar will heal."

  Ke Yun Cong thought that Zi Ruo Ye was comforting him, but how could such an ugly scar be good? "No, Your Highness, don't look. Don't look." With his eyes closed and his voice trembling, he didn't want the prince to see his current state, why not just die...

  Zi Ruoye's eyes sank slightly, "Yun Cong, you must believe me. Believe me!"

  Yun Ning's eyes, filled with tears, looked at Zi Ruoye, but she bit her lip and didn't speak. After a while, she nodded slightly. Only then did Zi Ruoye start applying the medicine.

  This person... this is no way to apply medicine!

  Zi Ruoye's fingertips lightly brushed over Yun Ning's wound, the cool ointment dissolving instantly as it was applied. However, the movement was too gentle, and it seemed more like a caress than applying medicine! Yun Ning closed his eyes, biting his lip, this person...this person...

  Zi Ru Ye carefully wiped every wound on Yun Ning's body, and with each wipe, her eyes sank a little. Looking at these wounds, Zi Ru Ye also felt that perhaps for those trash, letting them die like that was still too merciful. When she reached the chest area, she found that Yu Yu's body had actually turned a faint pink color. She lifted her head to see Yun Ning almost passing out.

  Zi Ruoye's eyes instantly took on a soft color, and her already gentle movements became even more gentle. The force that was neither light nor heavy made Yun Cong's body stiffen even more.

  "King... King Ye, are you done?" He had no idea his body was so sensitive, wherever that person's hand brushed past, it would bring up a wave of trembling and heat.

  Zi Ruoye, however, was not paying attention. Her fingers slowly slid down, and when they reached her navel, she saw a small red dot protruding two fingers below it. With curiosity, she lightly stroked over it.

  "Hmm..." An uncontrollable moan escaped, and Yun Cong grasped the brocade quilt in her hand again, asking once more, "Your Highness... is the medicine applied?" Even he didn't notice the tremble in his voice. Yun Cong's soft and gentle voice made one disbelieve, and it was enchanting to the point of letting one's imagination run wild. However, the person involved had a bright red face, with tightly closed eyes.

  "What is...?" Zi Ruoye didn't answer his words, her fingertips mischievously slid over that raised small red dot again. Could it be?

  "Hmm... don't... " That place was already very sensitive, how could it, how could it... Yun Cong hastily opened her eyes, but then closed them again in shyness, "That is... that is the symbol of a man's chastity." Never thought that she would see it there, now... now yet...

  Shougongsha? Zi Ruoye looked at it with slight curiosity, and indeed there was Shougongsha...

  "Condensation."

  Yun Cong suddenly lifted his head, what did the prince just call him? Such a familiar term of endearment, he had never thought of it before, and even the shyness from just now was gone, his mind full of the "Cong Er" that Zi Ruo Ye had just called him.

  Marry me.

  Yun Cong lost his voice again, his small body trembling slightly, thinking he had lost his hearing once more. Just now, the king said... let him marry her... was this real?

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