"Hehe, I wonder what the Empress Dowager saw in her dream after taking my Nine - Revolving Dream - Returning Pill?" It was still that woman, but there were a few more women beside her who looked like maids.
"Who on earth are you?" Su Wan'er found that she couldn't move her hands and feet. She was tied to this pillar, and beside her was none other than Si Junlin, who had fainted just now.
"Who am I? Hehehaha... Why don't you guess, Your Majesty, who I am?" As the woman spoke, her hands didn't stop. Apparently, she was doing something in a jar.
"Are you practicing witchcraft?" Su Wan'er's exclamation woke up Si Junlin beside her.
"Wan'er..." As soon as Si Junlin woke up, he searched for Su Wan'er in the whole room.
The southern border woman suddenly let out a cold laugh again. "Unexpectedly, the Emperor and Empress of the Jin Kingdom are quite harmonious. However, it has been widely rumored outside that the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom always chooses his empress for the convenience of the country. It seems that the rumors are not trustworthy." The woman took off the thick black hood on her head, revealing her originally quite good - looking face. If it weren't for that venomous voice, she really resembled Long Jiuer with the unique facial features of the southern border people.
"You're extremely bold. The secret agents will come looking for us soon. I advise you to let us go, and I'll spare your life." Seeing that both he and Su Wan'er were tied up, Si Junlin could only intimidate her verbally.
At this time, Su Wan'er didn't seem to think the situation was very urgent. She even cracked a joke. "How do you know that the Emperor and Empress of our Jin Kingdom aren't in love? Usually, the empress is the most favored in the harem, and she must be the mother of the crown prince."
"..." Si Junlin watched her say these words without blushing or getting flustered. She was nothing like the usually naive Su Wan'er. He even thought that being tied up here at this moment was a good thing.
"In love? Hehe... How naive!"
It seemed that these two words had caught the woman's interest. She actually stopped what she was doing, looked up at Su Wan'er seriously, and really seemed to think this woman was naive.
"How old are you? Why do you say I'm naive?" What Su Wan'er wanted was for her to stop. She didn't know what kind of witchcraft bugs were in that jar, and there were all kinds of strange witchcraft bugs in the southern border. What if they were the kind that could bewitch people's minds and leak the secrets of the Jin Kingdom? Even worse, what if they were the kind that could kill people...
"I say you're naive because you don't understand things. In this world, there's no man you can trust! You're so stupid, yet you've even become the empress." The woman looked at Su Wan'er with disdain.
"Ah..." Su Wan'er was punched hard in the stomach. As if still not satisfied, the woman clenched her fist and wanted to punch a second time.
"Stop! How dare you touch her?!" Si Junlin roared with bloodshot eyes. If it weren't for the pain, Su Wan'er really would have turned to see what strange look he had on his face now.
"Yo, you're really in love. Since that's the case, do you want to take the punches for her?" After saying that, she really went to hit Si Junlin.
"Ugh!" With one palm strike, there was immediately blood at the corner of Si Junlin's mouth.
"You'd better think clearly. I'm the master of the Jin Kingdom. How about you tell me who sent you and what conditions they offered? I can definitely offer you better conditions."
Si Junlin endured the pain and thought he couldn't just sit there waiting for death.
"Hehe, since you're not going to live much longer, I'll tell you the truth. I'm the Holy Maiden of the southern border. Who could possibly order me around? It's just that you and I are naturally sworn enemies. Hahaha..."
As soon as the woman said this, Su Wan'er immediately thought of her identity. Presumably, she was the youngest daughter chosen by the Yuwen family: Yuwen Shan! But she was already claiming to be the Holy Maiden now... Could it be that... Xiao Jiu had already met with misfortune?!
"You're the Holy Maiden of the southern border?" Su Wan'er blurted out subconsciously. This instead shifted Yuwen Shan's attention back to her.
"What? Do you dare to doubt me?"
"Why should I believe you? The Holy Maiden... should have a token to prove her identity. Why don't I see you wearing it?" Su Wan'er originally thought that since she thought she was naive, she would act even more naive and try to trick her.
But unexpectedly, Yuwen Shan got angry and punched, kicked, and beat her.
"Stop! Whatever conditions you want, I'll agree to them!" Si Junlin roared from behind.
"You dare to deceive me? Do you know something? Hmm?" Yuwen Shan completely ignored Si Junlin. At this moment, she was like a crazy woman, holding Su Wan'er's chin and forcing her to look up.
"Tell me, do you know the whereabouts of that low - born slave from the Long family?"
"What low - born slave from the Long family? She's just a woman in the deep palace. Naturally, she doesn't know anything." Si Junlin immediately realized Yuwen Shan's intention. This Su Wan'er, at a time like this, didn't she think about saving her own life first?
"Don't worry about you not opening your mouths. Later... Once my king of witchcraft bugs makes an appearance, you'll have to say whatever I want you to say." Such a person was simply worlds apart from Long Xiaojiu. Although in the southern border, maybe the means they were trained with by the two families since childhood were quite similar. Although Xiaojiu was also very good at using witchcraft on people, compared with Yuwen Shan's madness and even a bit of mental confusion, Xiaojiu had some... unpolished malice.
"Wait. I've said that whatever conditions you propose, I'll agree. Don't touch her!" Si Junlin didn't know what was the right thing to do now. He was the lord of a country. In the first half of his life, he had always put the country and imperial power first. But now, no matter what, even if the price was the Jin Kingdom, he absolutely couldn't bear to see this vicious woman touch Su Wan'er.
"It's a bit too late to be panicked now, isn't it?" Yuwen Shan turned her head and looked at Si Junlin contemptuously. It was really a blessing from heaven for the southern border and the Yuwen clan. At the time when the two countries were at war, the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom was so careless that he went out without even a single attendant.
"The things I want, you'll obediently tell me later."
Yuwen Shan didn't waste any more time. She picked up the witchcraft jar and started to act again. The two witchcraft bugs were indeed bigger and more ferocious than the ones they had seen before.
"I know the whereabouts of... Xiao Jiu from the Long family. How about you use it on me first?"
At this moment, Su Wan'er suddenly blurted out such an irrelevant sentence. Si Junlin was so anxious that his eyes were blood - red. "Su Wan'er, what nonsense are you talking about! Are you crazy?"
"Hehe, okay." Yuwen Shan walked over slowly with the witchcraft jar in her hand.
"However, I'm going to deal with you first, not because of this stupid thing you said, but because" Yuwen Shan suddenly bit her finger and led a king of witchcraft bugs out. "You're still thinking about saving this man at this time. You deserve to die!" The king of witchcraft bugs rushed straight towards Su Wan'er.
"Wan'er!" Si Junlin struggled, but the witchcraft bug still gradually got into Su Wan'er's body.
Su Wan'er instantly fainted limply just like before. Then she gradually woke up and mumbled some nonsense in a slurred voice.