Chapter 110: Guardian (4)
When it was dawn.
The sky prison in the palace.
The layers of protection were airtight, and the number of guards was unprecedented, not because they were holding important criminals of the imperial court, but because a special prisoner had just been sent in. There seemed to be no jailers inside the prison, which made the prison without sunlight even more eerie, and the prisoners were almost all in dreams at this time.
Deep inside the prison, a faint light shone from a closed cell, and voices could be vaguely heard...
"What's going on? Why is it so hot?"
The worried tone could not conceal the anxiety of the owner of the voice.
In the cell, Zhao Ziheng sat on the edge of the stone bed, holding the hand of the person lying on the bed with one hand and stroking her face with the other hand. He looked at Wang Ye who was standing beside him with an anxious and panicked expression; and the person lying on the cold stone bed, covered with a thin and worn quilt, was none other than Yin Yin. She closed her eyes tightly, her face was pale, beads of sweat of varying sizes seeped out of her forehead, and her brows were furrowed. It was not difficult to see what kind of torture she was enduring at the moment.
"I heard from the jailer that she was unconscious . Later, I learned that she had a fever all over her body, so she rushed to find me. She was already like this when I came, and her temperature seemed to be continuing to rise. Judging from the situation, it should be caused by a great stimulus."
Wang Ye calmly told what he knew. His expression seemed calm at first glance, but his eyes could not hide his worry at all.
Staring at Wang Ye in a daze, Zhao Ziheng felt like something was stuck in his throat and couldn't say anything. Then he shifted his gaze back to Yin Yin lying on the bed, and stroked Yin Yin's face with one trembling hand, his eyes feeling a little hot.
"Why, why is this happening?"
Zhao Ziheng's trembling voice was choked with sobs. He rushed over as soon as he had dealt with the matter between him and King Lian. When he arrived, he saw the situation in front of him. Yin Yin was sleeping. It would be more accurate to say that she was unconscious rather than sleeping. All this happened too suddenly, so suddenly that Zhao Ziheng had no time to react. What he didn't expect was that this was the second time this happened. The degree of similarity could not be described as the same, but the fact was such a coincidence, so coincidental that Zhao Ziheng couldn't believe it.
As he recalled, after Zhao Ziheng knew that the people he sent out had lost Yin Yin, something happened soon after. Zhao Ziheng rushed to the scene as soon as possible. The first thing that caught his eye was Yin Yin, who was covered in blood and sitting in a pool of blood, holding a bloody dagger in her hand. Only then did Zhao Ziheng realize that the dead person lying next to Yin Yin was Dongfang Xiyuan. He was shocked and quickly stepped forward, only to find that Yin Yin had an expressionless face and empty eyes without any life. The first time, Zhao Ziheng clearly remembered that Yin Yin was filled with fear, but this time, what Zhao Ziheng saw was a lifeless Yin Yin, who was like a body without a soul. Until now, Zhao Ziheng still has lingering fears.
"To be honest, as it stands now, if her condition continues to deteriorate, it's hard to guarantee that nothing will happen to her. I can't be sure when she will wake up."
Wang Ye unintentionally interrupted Zhao Ziheng's grief and roughly Yin Yin's situation was beyond his control. After all, no one had expected this situation to happen.
After hearing this, Zhao Ziheng slowly turned his head and glanced at Wang Ye. Wang Ye clearly saw the mist in Zhao Ziheng's eyes, but could only feel helpless. Then Zhao Ziheng turned his gaze back to Yin Yin. The hand that was caressing Yin Yin could not stop trembling. He leaned down and gently kissed Yin Yin on the forehead...
"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you—"
It was just such a plain sentence, but Wang Ye understood it more than a thousand words. However, he still couldn't help but worried: "Your Majesty!!"
"Are you going to stop me?"
"No, I just want to say that if we want to leave, we should leave now. If we leave any later, it will be dawn."
As if he knew everything about Zhao Ziheng, Wang Ye reminded him, because he knew that no matter what he said, Zhao Ziheng would not listen, let alone in this situation; Wang Ye knew very well that Zhao Ziheng only had and was thinking about Yin Yin in his mind, so there was no need to waste words and he might as well just go along with Zhao Ziheng's wishes. Otherwise, he couldn't guarantee that if he continued to force Zhao Ziheng, he would not reach the brink of collapse. He was not sure; moreover, Wang Ye thought that if he hadn't escaped, perhaps all this would not have happened, and even if it had happened, it would not be like this now. Moreover, Wang Ye also felt that if he hadn't explained the situation a little during the day, perhaps Yin Yin would not have become like this. When he saw Yin Yin at the crime scene, Wang Ye had this idea. Even if he denied it, it would not change the fact that Yin Yin's situation had deviated from the original expectation.
"I'll leave the matter here to you. Don't tell me you can't do it. Come to my bedroom when you're done."
Just as Wang Ye was deep in thought, Zhao Ziheng had already picked up Yin Yin and stood at the door of the cell. He turned his head slightly to tell Wang Ye about his affairs, then left without looking back.
Looking at Zhao Ziheng's gradually leaving figure, and the figure in Zhao Ziheng's arms, Wang Ye's mouth curled up slightly. He had no need to stop Zhao Ziheng's behavior, because Zhao Ziheng's words had already given him the best answer. Of course, Wang Ye knew that he would not let Zhao Ziheng down, so he took a step and walked out of the cell...
