This is a cell nine feet wide and two feet long.

It is not considered small. It has high walls and is separated from other cells so that it can be protected from intrusion.

Someone delivers meals on time every day and the meals are clean.

This place provides extremely high treatment for prisoners.

But……

Xue Qinghe was curled up in the corner, her hair disheveled. She slowly raised her head and looked at the window on the wall for the first time——

The window opened very high and was extremely narrow. It was only used for ventilation, but it didn't allow much air, and even the excretion breath couldn't be completely dissipated.

It can let in a little light, not much. The light can only fall where Xue Qinghe raises his head and can see it.

It couldn't fall on her body and couldn't dispel her chill.

"Today's meal." The visitor said coldly, opened the railing and pushed in the food box.

The food box collides with something and makes a "snap" sound.

The guard looked down and said, "Did you eat yesterday's food?"

The two food boxes were piled together.

Xue Qinghe murmured: "Starve me to death."

It's better to starve her to death.

The same food is eaten every day, which is too rough to eat.

She lived and excreted in the same room, which trampled her shame repeatedly.

It was actually even sadder than when she was in the Xue family without the care of her eldest brother!

At least she was free at that time. She had books to comfort her every day. She didn't have to be trapped in such darkness. She had maids and servants by her side.

At least... there was someone to talk to.

She didn't know how King Xuan wanted to punish her.

But now she was in even more pain than being in hell...

He made her feel like she wasn't living as a human being in this world.

"Can't you bear this little pain?" the guard sneered.

Is this... painful?

Xue Qinghe raised his head in a daze.

In their eyes, does her suffering mean nothing?

"You have clean food to eat, clothes to cover your body, and a place to rest... You are better than many people in the world, but you are still not satisfied." The guard said coldly and sarcastically.

"I know you are resentful of me because of Princess Xuan. But my sister, your Princess Xuan, is extremely delicate now. Am I born to be like this? Am I only worthy of competing with slaves?" Xue Qinghe smiled bitterly.

"Did you know when the princess was suffering from illness? Did you know when the Wei Palace was looking at her with eager eyes? During the war with the Men, the Men tried to coerce the princess and threaten His Highness Prince Xuan. Did you know?

"Isn't your life good enough? I heard that Young Master Xue took care of you in the past, but now that the war has ended, why have you given the slightest bit of effort? But you have to be named the county lord, and you will marry to the Mon clan to become the queen.

"And what the princess has gained today is all due to the pain she endured. She deserves it. How do you have the dignity to compare with her?"

The guard looked cold and stern, and his words became more intense every time.

Xue Qinghe was slightly stunned.

Did they misunderstand something?

The eldest brother's words once hinted that the king of the Meng clan was interested in Xue Qingyin.

In this case, what kind of suffering did Xue Qingyin suffer from the Mon people? The King of Wei died, the Palace of the Prince of Wei had long lost its former glory, the Xu family fell, and Liu Yuerong became a turtle...who could compare to her glory?

Even the position of queen was obtained because of Xue Qingyin.

What kind of county head... King Xuan said he would take care of her, didn't he do the same thing?

At this time, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded in the prison.

The prison in Yizhou is wide, and the sound of footsteps echoed between the high walls.

"Here comes someone." The guard turned around, "Maybe it's what you expected, to send you to death."

Xue Qinghe's heart tightened, and all thoughts disappeared in an instant.

She leaned against the cold wall.

Cold sweat covered his back and slowly slid down his forehead.

How...will she die?

The footsteps moved slowly.

The slower it went, the more breathless it became.

I don't know if I'm hungry or scared.

Xue Qinghe felt dizzy and almost fell down.

But at this time, the footsteps stopped.

The visitor stood in front of the prison.

Xue Qinghe raised his head in a daze, but only saw a vague outline.

She couldn't see clearly the person outside the door, but Xue Qingyin could clearly see her current appearance.

Xue Qinghe broke out in a rash, covering her face and body.

Xue Qinghe felt that living in the Xue family was already very difficult, and being abandoned by He Songning was even more miserable. But he didn't know that there was something even more miserable in this world...

In a place like this...

Xue Qingyin raised her eyes and glanced around, then took half a step back.

She is really extremely fragile now, but don't let her get into trouble.

"Open the door." Xue Qingyin's voice sounded.

Xue Qinghe shuddered and suddenly recovered from the chaos.

The iron door was opened, making a heartbreaking sound.

Her eyes passed past the guards and finally landed on Xue Qingyin.

She still couldn't see Xue Qingyin's appearance clearly at this moment, and could only catch a glimpse of her gorgeous clothes, which were embroidered with birds and animals, and their feathers glowed with golden light.

She heard Xue Qingyin ask: "Are you sick?"

Xue Qinghe did not answer her question.

She thought she had missed her last chance.

She woke up from her dreams countless times, hoping that her elder brother would come to save her.

I hoped that the Meng people would be aware of her situation, and that someone from the marriage team sent by the Liang Dynasty would notice her disappearance, but nothing... nothing...

It seems like she has been forgotten by everyone.

She didn't know how much time had passed on this day, but she finally saw the first person besides the guards.

But it was...Xue Qingyin.

Xue Qinghe murmured: "King Xuan actually allowed you to come here. I thought I would never see you again..."

"Listen to what you said, do you really want to see me?" Xue Qingyin raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"I...I don't know." Xue Qinghe trembled slightly.

Xue Qingyin turned to Azhuo and Yunduo who were following behind and ordered: "Bring her out first."

It's hard for her to talk here.

She also kept in mind what King Xuan said, there was too much cold in the prison and she couldn't stay there for long.

Azhuo responded, stepped in first, and reached out to grab Xue Qinghe.

Xue Qinghe suddenly retracted his hand.

Xue Qingyin couldn't help but tilted her head: "Do you want to continue living here?"

Xue Qinghe shivered, but she still didn't come out.

She squeezed out a suppressed cry: "Why...why is it so difficult? Why is it so difficult to keep the people around you? Why...is it so difficult to go far away? Why is it so difficult to live..."

Xue Qingyin looked at her with a really sad expression.

She remembered the night before she traveled through time, watching the heroine in the original novel being let down by He Songning again and again. She kept looking down, wanting to see when the heroine would be able to become strong-willed and abuse others...

As a result, she couldn't see it until she traveled through time.

"Big brother told me not to place my hopes on others, not to rely on others..." Xue Qinghe cried heartbrokenly.

Xue Qingyin wondered: "Yes, that's right."
To be continued...