After saying that, no one knew what he had done, but a trickle of blood ran out of the corner of his mouth. Then he tilted his head and passed out.
"He's dead," a guard said after going over to check his breath.
The remaining soldiers from the Southern Neighboring Country nearby all let out pained cries. Suddenly, the water dungeon was filled with wails.
Helian Qi ordered the guards to lock them up again. Then he left the palace and rushed to Jingdong Road.
When he arrived, the guards had already surrounded the Yue Lai Inn. At that moment, Ru Yi was on the second floor of the inn. The sounds of fighting could be heard from above.
Shortly after, a man fell from above. It was the eldest prince Shun, his face covered in blood. Then Ru Yi jumped down.
After seeing Helian Qi, he bowed respectfully and said, "He was already injured. Now with this additional injury, there's no way he can escape."
Helian Qi gave a cold look at the man rolling on the ground. Then he waved his hand and headed back to the palace.
When they returned to the Qianqing Palace, Shun was pressed to the ground. He tried to struggle but couldn't break free. He could only open his eyes wide and glare at the man sitting high up and say, "How did you find me?!"
"Hehe, you should ask your good subordinate about that!" Helian Qi sneered.
Shun spat on the ground vulgarly. Then he cursed angrily, "Traitor, old Sima! He won't die a good death!"
"Don't worry. He's already dead," Helian Qi said in a deep voice.
Then he narrowed his eyes dangerously and asked, "Where on earth is Ye?!"
The main reason Helian Qi had gone to capture Shun was to find out Ye's whereabouts so that he could rescue Dongfang Yi.
But Shun was startled by the question, and his facial expression froze slightly.
After all that had happened, he still couldn't figure out what had actually taken place. He didn't understand why his younger brother had suddenly changed the plan. It was because he had captured the queen that Yaoji had failed in her assassination attempt.
And Shun and his men who were secretly lying in ambush outside the palace had also been captured by Ru Yi and his men one by one because they hadn't heard any signal. He had only managed to escape by a fluke but was still seriously injured.
"I don't know!" he replied angrily.
He was telling the truth. He really didn't know anything.
Helian Qi sneered after hearing this and asked again, "Oh? Really?"
"I have my own way of luring him out!" After saying that, he waved to Ru Yi. Ru Yi walked over and knocked out the man kneeling on the ground with a chop of his hand.
The way Shun said he didn't know didn't seem like he was lying, but it didn't matter. Helian Qi hadn't really expected him to tell him anyway, because there was a second method.
.........
The sky gradually brightened, and the sun rose from the east. Some peddlers gradually appeared on the street, and the atmosphere became lively.
But today seemed special because there was a large execution platform set up at the foot of the imperial city. It seemed that there was some important criminal to be executed today.
And that criminal was none other than Shun, the eldest prince of the Southern Neighboring Country!
This was the reason why Ye's expression was so abnormal today. He was out of breath because he had just run over from there.
He never expected that Helian Qi would use his elder brother as a threat. So he couldn't act calmly at all.
"What on earth is going on outside?!" Dongfang Yi asked again, staring intently at the man in front of her.
The man loosened his grip on her chin and suddenly threw her onto the bed beside him.
Then he said self - deprecatingly, "I didn't expect you to be so special. That Helian Qi actually stayed up all night to save you."
When Dongfang Yi heard his words, it was like hearing the news of winning the lottery. The excited feeling instantly spread throughout her body.
She just knew that Helian Qi would find a way to save her!
"I've already told you not to provoke me!" she said angrily to the man in front of her.
"He's using my elder brother to threaten me," he lowered his head and continued in a dull voice.
"You've also used me to threaten him," Dongfang Yi replied, with disdain in her eyes.
It was as if she was saying that a thief like him was also afraid of being stolen from.
But Ye, who was sitting there, just lowered his head and remained silent for a while. Then he raised his head and burst out laughing maniacally. He said in an almost perverted tone, "Hahaha, do you think I'm the kind of person who would save his brother?!"
His expression made Dongfang Yi shiver. Then her heart began to pound wildly.
This was not what she had expected. Could it be that Ye was a cold - blooded and heartless person who didn't care about his brother's life or death at all?
The more Dongfang Yi thought about it, the more she felt that this kind of persona seemed to match the man in front of her very well. A cold sweat involuntarily broke out on her back.
It seemed that Helian Qi's plan might have a problem. Was she really going to be killed by this man?
After thinking about it, she forced herself to calm down. She knew that no matter how nervous she was, it wouldn't have the slightest effect on the current situation.
"What on earth do you want to do?!" she asked.
When she spoke, she found that even her voice was a bit hoarse.
"What do I want to do?"
Ye stood up and walked step by step in her direction until he forced her to the edge of the bed. Their faces were only a millimeter apart.
His pair of blue eyes made her feel sick.
"I'm going to see how important you are to that emperor."
After saying that, he got out of bed and left the room. The door was locked again.
Dongfang Yi watched as the environment around her darkened again. She gasped for breath in the darkness, as if trying to calm her uncontrollable nervousness and fear.
After all, she was a woman, and she still couldn't help being afraid in this situation.
After she had completely calmed down, she began to recall what Ye had said just now. Presumably, Helian Qi had already captured the eldest prince Shun and was using him to force Ye to hand her over.
But judging from Ye's attitude, he didn't seem to care about his elder brother's life or death at all. This was quite a difficult situation.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help scratching her head and began to think about what she could do.
Suddenly, her eyes fell on the candlestick not far away. So she walked over, picked it up, and weighed it in her hand.
It felt very hard. It should be made of pure copper.
After seeing this, an idea germinated in her mind.
So she tiptoed to the door and began to call out, "Brother guard?!"
Then she heard a rough male voice, "Stop shouting!"
Dongfang Yi didn't expect that there would be only one guard left outside. She couldn't help but think excitedly that it was really a stroke of luck.
So she said in a coquettish voice to the outside, "Brother guard, it's too dark in here. Could you give me a candle to light?"