Chapter 1115 - 323: Feng Zhaoyang Arc (6)_6
"Wait for an opportunity later, let me discuss face-to-face with her." With a slightly strange expression, Qin Xiu feigned a fragile demeanor before being led away.
The Prison Guards looked at Qin Xiu mockingly. Their gazes already considered Qin Xiu a dead person.
With the Empress arriving personally, Qin Xiu is doomed!
The sky was slightly dim, with dark clouds covering the entire prison, seemingly ready to rain again. Outside the solid brick prison rooms were various guards, probably over two hundred of them. They were very strong, capable of easily defeating several grown men, serving as the backbone of the prison.
Inside the room, Lu Yi had already arrived. She was tall and dressed in a gold-embroidered phoenix robe, with vibrant red stitches gathering the robe. Her dignified hairstyle was adorned with a golden crown, incomparably luxurious, which, set against her fair and delicate complexion, made her appear holy and authoritative!
As for Qin Xiu? She was pressed onto the ground by female guards, kneeling, with various shackles on her hands. She had already employed some tricks, making her appear even more gaunt than one or two months ago, showing a semblance of a hopeless visage, indeed resembling one close to death.
"Still acting in front of me? Does she still intend to assist me?" Satisfaction emerged in Lu Yi’s charming eyes as she pondered steadily.
Outside the door, the other guards turned their heads away, not even daring to gaze directly at Lu Yi, facing away from the entire room, exchanging sneering glances amongst themselves.
"That woman named Qin Xiu is so unlucky, did she really think hiding in prison without leaving would suffice?"
"Does she really think she’s still a chief guard?"
"Now the Empress has personally arrived. If she responds incorrectly later, she’ll likely receive a brutal beating immediately!"
The guards whispered their cold jests.
They loved seeing people like Qin Xiu in despair. It was truly joyful. Every time they changed shifts and returned home, they could mock this so-called fallen chief guard with their families. Now this chief guard was like a pig trapped in a seemingly ornate cage!
While other guards outside mocked Qin Xiu, inside, Lu Yi calmly started speaking.
"I want you to become my subordinate, and I can spare your life." She spoke coldly.
Lu Yi had returned to her usual indifferent, exquisite manner, standing quietly with her long, smooth golden robe, looking extremely noble, with an inherent regal feminine authority.
Qin Xiu was already prepared, pretending to be injured, curled up in the corner without moving.
"Majesty, is this how you enlist talents? I’m such a fragile woman, still bound hand and foot, do you really need to make me so humble, or are you afraid of something?"
After speaking, Qin Xiu groaned in a low voice, "It hurts," and feigned vomiting, spitting out pre-prepared food: bloody rat meat. She pretended to retch! Immediately, "vomit" covered the ground, causing two nearby female guards to furrow their brows tightly.
She even vomited directly?!
Zhou Zhiwen was extremely satisfied, having long been discomfited by Qin Xiu. Now seeing Qin Xiu tortured by the prison, she believed people like Qin Xiu should be locked in the dungeon until death! She didn’t understand why Lu Yi would seek help from Qin Xiu; it was truly puzzling!
"Untie her; as she said, are we afraid of a prisoner?"
Lu Yi lightly covered her nose with her delicate hand, slightly furrowing her elegant brows.
"Yes."
Zhou Zhiwen was certainly suspicious of Qin Xiu’s capability. Was it true that she had just exploited Xu Dingsheng’s arrogance and accidentally killed him?
If that were true, there’s nothing more to discuss. She disdained looking at Qin Xiu until the chains were removed, crashing onto the ground!
Her Majesty should realize Qin Xiu’s weakness!
And Qin Xiu was pressed before Lu Yi again, with two blades directly at her throat.
"Look up and face me." Lu Yi commanded calmly.
Qin Xiu squinted her eyes, feigned illness, and analyzed Lu Yi’s appearance.
"Majesty, I was wrong... I was wrong..."
She cried repeatedly, crawling toward Lu Yi while crying.
The situation unfolded very suddenly! The nearby guards rushed over to intervene, with even knife blades drawing two lines of blood on her neck!
Zhou Zhiwen was speechless, realizing Qin Xiu truly killed Xu Dingsheng by sheer luck! Such a person had no dignity whatsoever! Lu Yi simply waved her arm lightly. How could she fear a prisoner within the prison, especially one locked up for so many days? How could she have the strength to overthrow anything?
She had this planned all along.
The reason for bringing Qin Xiu to the prison was to suppress her rampant arrogance, and it seemed to be working well! Then Zhou Zhiwen and the others were told to leave the room, letting Qin Xiu directly face herself. Zhou Zhiwen was certainly anxious, but seeing her monarch’s gaze, they were forced to comply.
Not long after, the room housed only Qin Xiu and Lu Yi.
"She has already left the Sixth State, but are you sure she can survive such a calamity?" Lu Yi asked indifferently, her beautiful eyes falling on Qin Xiu.
"Qingyi surely has no problem; she’s always been lucky." Qin Xiu now reassures she can directly kill Lu Yi, but it’s pointless.
"Is that so? You think she can bring people back to the Sixth State?" Lu Yi scoffed, robed in yellow, laughing enchantingly.
"She will."
"She will find reliable people; she will return."
"Then she will seek revenge, can you Lu Yi stand against her?" Qin Xiu spoke carelessly.
Lu Yi waved her hand: "What if I offer to make you my subordinate, would you be willing?"
She stared at Qin Xiu.
What she wanted was Qin Xiu, and Qingyi was just a bonus; she couldn’t believe Qingyi could truly find friends outside who’d help her return?
Impossible.
Now the question remained, would you be willing to become my hound?
Lu Yi walked gracefully, her skirt unable to hinder her long legs, as if to step upon with her noble stature. So would you? Would you be willing to become my hound?! To serve me!
"I would!" In the State Capital, Yuchi smiled and said.