Ji Yuyan's cries echoed throughout the dungeon, but the veiled figure remained silent.
She gradually realized that this person might not really save her. In their eyes, she was no longer of any value.
"Please, save me. I don't want to die. I really don't want to die!" Ji Yuyan wept bitterly, reaching out her hand to grab the person's robe, but the person calmly took a step back.
Madam Qiao seemed to hear someone wailing. She forced her eyes open. At first, all she saw was a blur of scarlet, and then her vision slowly cleared.
She saw her daughter kneeling by the door railing, constantly reaching out to plead with a veiled person.
"Yanyan..."
Madam Qiao wanted to call her back. She was a person with backbone. Even when she killed the first wife back then, she never thought she was wrong. After all, self - preservation was only natural.
But now, seeing her daughter begging others like a dog, Madam Qiao felt a indescribable ache in her heart. She even began to wonder if things would have been different if she hadn't done those things from the very beginning.
Ji Yuyan turned around and saw her slightly trembling mother. Finally, her rationality returned. If she wanted to live, she had to make the person in front of her think she was still useful.
With a flicker in her eyes, she wiped away her tears: "I have information about Ji Yunxi. If you save me and my mother, I'll tell you."
The veiled person seemed to be waiting for this very sentence. As soon as she finished speaking, they nodded.
"Ji Yunxi seems to have lost her memory," Ji Yuyan wiped away her tears and slowly stood up. "She should be looking for her memories, or rather, a way to recover them. And! Her spiritual power suddenly skyrocketed. Just now, she actually used her spiritual power to choke me from a distance. She really wanted to strangle me!"
As she spoke, she seemed to feel the pressure on her neck again. She tightly covered her neck and shook her head frantically, as if someone was choking her again.
Soon, cold sweat streamed down her blood - smeared forehead, leaving a trail.
Under the veil, the person pursed their lips slightly, as if considering how much of this was believable.
Their silence made Ji Yuyan's heart pound with anxiety. She didn't know what the person's attitude was.
She carefully reached out her hand, trying to grab the person's corner of the robe, as if this was her last straw.
"Can you save us..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the person disgustedly shook off her hand and then turned away.
Ji Yuyan's eyes widened instantly. She screamed at the top of her lungs: "Don't go! Don't! Save me, save me!"
"You crazy woman! It's all because of you! It's all you've taught me! If I expose you, you'll be found out sooner or later!"
Like a crazy woman, she suddenly slumped to the ground. The courage that had just made her stand up seemed to have been completely drained from her body, leaving only despair tightly shrouding her.
"Don't go, don't go... Wuwu, save me. I don't want to die..."
"I'm wrong. I shouldn't have threatened you. I don't want anything. Please save me and my mother..."
The veiled person never once looked back at her. They simply disappeared quietly at the end of the dungeon until they were out of sight.
In the Yangxin Hall.
Feng Jiangming rubbed his forehead. Before his hand dropped, the chief eunuch rushed in.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Ji is here."
In recent days, Ji Yuchen had come to the palace repeatedly, asking for one favor after another, which really annoyed Feng Jiangming. He didn't want to see him at first, but seeing the person sitting below, he could only wave his hand: "Let him in."
The chief eunuch looked at Prince Feng and thought it was funny. If there was anyone in the world who could control the emperor, it must be Feng Xingzhi, the emperor's younger brother.
Ji Yuchen entered with a solemn face and knelt down with a thud: "Your Majesty."
When Feng Jiangming saw him kneeling, he knew something was wrong. Sure enough, the next second he heard him say: "Your Majesty, I'm here to ask Your Majesty to allow my younger sister to execute the punishment when Ji Yuyan and her mother are put to death."
With a frown, Feng Jiangming thought Ji Yuchen was being rather insensible.
As a high - ranking official of the state, it was already inappropriate for him to come and ask for personal favors again and again. Now he even wanted to interfere in the execution of the punishment?
This was the court, not the martial world. There were national laws. How could the Ji family do whatever they wanted?
Ji Yuchen had served as an official with Ji Qilin for several years. He knew the emperor was unhappy, but thinking of Ji Yunxi's rare request and also wanting to personally avenge the hatred, he summoned up the courage to come.
The emperor and the official stared at each other.
After a while, Feng Jiangming suddenly said: "This doesn't conform to the rules. There is no such precedent..."
But before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly felt a gaze fixed on him, and a chill ran down his back.
He slowly turned his head and saw his younger brother looking at him with a pouty face, as if he had done something terribly wrong.
That pitiful look was both annoying and amusing.
Feng Jiangming supported his forehead and let out a deep sigh: "Fine. If there is no precedent, then create one."
Ji Yuchen understood what the emperor meant and immediately kowtowed several times to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Pass on my oral order. Let Ji Yunxi, the younger sister of the prime minister, execute the punishment tomorrow."
With the chief eunuch's "Yes", Ji Yuchen was unceremoniously kicked out.
As soon as he left, Feng Xingzhi stood up and clasped his fists: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Get out! You're so good at pretending. You just know I can't do anything to you!"
Feng Xingzhi remained calm and thanked him again: "Your Majesty is so kind. I'll always remember it."
After saying that, he chased after Ji Yuchen. Feng Jiangming suddenly felt that his younger brother's thanks just now didn't seem sincere.
"Prime Minister, wait!"
Ji Yuchen vaguely seemed to hear the voice of the person who wanted to abduct his younger sister. Without a second thought, he wanted to quicken his pace.
Unexpectedly, Feng Xingzhi was even faster. He reached out and pressed on his shoulder: "Brother."
A real man knows when to yield. Ji Yuchen knew that the emperor had agreed only because of Feng Xingzhi. He had no choice but to turn his head: "Your Highness, Prince Feng."
"Brother, how is Yunxi?"
When it came to his younger sister, Ji Yuchen became serious: "Yunxi is fine. Now that she has avenged her hatred, she feels more at ease."
Feng Xingzhi nodded slightly: "Thank you for your hard work, brother. I've prepared some things. Please take them back."
Hearing this, Ji Yuchen looked at him suspiciously, thinking that this guy even climbed over the wall of his Ji Mansion at night, but now he knew to be reserved?
Feng Xingzhi understood the look in his eyes and felt a bit embarrassed: "Although we're engaged, it's not appropriate for me to go there every day."
"You still want to go there every day?!" Ji Yuchen couldn't help but exclaimed angrily.
Feng Xingzhi nodded: "We'll be a family sooner or later."
After saying that, he walked away with long strides, leaving Ji Yuchen alone, fuming with anger.