cold clothes

The maids obeyed the order, but their movements were extremely rough, and Lingcao's blood gushed out again. Yunqiu's face turned ashen, and she scolded, "Stop making her bleed, or your throats will be pierced like hers." The maids turned pale, and their movements became gentler. They even used scraps of cloth to plug Lingcao's wounds and dragged her into the dungeon.

Leng Yi breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that even if Yun Qiu's attitude was bad, it was because he wanted to save Ling Cao.

Then Yunqiu sighed and said, "You all go down. I can hardly breathe from the smell of blood. Of course, I have to bear with this little brat who's the smelliest here. I want to finish this quickly so I can go back and have some drinks." Only when she mentioned the little brat did Yunqiu finally look at Lengyi properly, and Lengyi immediately rolled her eyes at her.

"There's no need to dirty Yunqiu's hands. I can do it," Qingchun's personal maid, Xiaoping, said in a low voice, without leaving.

Yun Qiu waved her hand: "No, no, no, you're still too green to torture people. Leave the poison and antidote behind and go serve your young lady."

Xiao Ping hesitated for a moment, then obeyed and left. Now only Leng Yi, Yun Qiu, and Yi Lian remained in the torture chamber.

"Phew, I'm exhausted." After the area was cleared, Yun Qiu stopped pretending and plopped down in a chair, abandoning even the elegance and poise of a courtesan. At this moment, she revealed a rare side of an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl. She lazily looked at Leng Yi: "I never thought I would come all the way here for a girl like you."

"Luckily you arrived in time, otherwise I would have told you everything to save my life." Leng Yi's tone was cold and hard.

“That way, it will be more believable if you implicate Sister Nuandong. She’s the prime suspect right now,” Yun Qiu said with a smile.

Leng Yi frowned: "Aren't you going to untie me? I'm in a lot of pain right now!"

Yun Qiu smiled and said, "Alright, alright, Yi Lian."

Yilian sensibly unlocked Lengyi's chains, and the pain of the sharp spikes leaving her body made Lengyi grimace. The wound on her wrist was the most severe, still bleeding, but Lengyi surprisingly felt that this injury was nothing.

Yun Qiu toned down her usual girlish laziness and casualness, donning a new layer of poise and allure. "There's no time for pleasantries now. You've been blind for a while, so let's get this over with, shall we?"

Listen to what you're saying...

Leng Yi stood there, panting, feeling the cold, blood-tinged air fill her nostrils and lungs, feeling the pain from her deep and shallow wounds. Looking at Yun Qiu's youthful yet mature beauty, she felt a profound sense of absurdity. From a modern perspective, Yun Qiu was only sixteen, yet this sixteen-year-old girl was cunning and ruthless. Even more absurd was that she wasn't the only one here who seemed so absurd.

"You and Qingchun are really like monsters, so beautiful yet so indifferent, so nonchalant, maiming or killing others without a care, blinding me as casually as discussing what color dress to wear..." Lengyi said softly, puzzled, then laughed sadly. Sunlight streamed into the torture chamber through the window, but she felt it was incredibly gloomy. Finally, she gave her assessment: "Madmen."

Yun Qiu nodded in agreement with her assessment. "Finished with your reflections? Little girl, I regret that you've only learned this much after being locked up in the dungeon for over twenty days. Your knowledge is still limited, and there are many more crazy things to do." Yun Qiu took the medicine bottle and walked to Leng Yi, whispering, "You must go blind, then I'll be gentler."

"You told me you would protect me!" Leng Yi couldn't help but scream.

"I did say that, so you're not dead yet." Yun Qiu said calmly.

Leng Yi's teeth chattered. Yun Qiu saw Leng Yi's anger and then laughed. She even reached out to stroke Leng Yi's head, but Leng Yi ruthlessly brushed her hand away.

"Blindness is good for you. Believe me, do you want to avenge Yunmei? I'll give you a chance."