nucmednet Chapter 315 isn't right, is it?
Chapter 315 isn't right, is it?
Qing An's face was pale, her eyes filled with panic, her gaze darting around like a startled rabbit. Hearing Yi Yun Kui's question, she trembled even more, then took a deep breath, seemingly trying her best to control her shaking, but her voice still trembled slightly: "This subject, this subject doesn't know why I was in Yunhua Palace..."
"Previously... previously, the Sixth Prince brought my younger brother into the palace. I originally wanted to come to the palace to explain to His Majesty what happened in the bustling city earlier."
"I had just arrived at the palace gate and was talking to the steward of the manor when several eunuchs came out of the palace. The eunuchs said that His Majesty had summoned me for questioning."
“At the time, I didn’t think much of it and just followed the eunuch into the palace. Halfway there, a guard suddenly drew his sword and threatened me, saying he would interrogate me. Then he took me into a dark dungeon.”
Ye Qing'an noticed that Gu Ya Yun was staring intently at her, but she kept her head down, her voice already tinged with a sob: "At the time, I was actually very scared, but I thought I hadn't done anything wrong, and that His Majesty was wise enough to only ask someone to question me. Later..."
"After the eunuch who led me to the dark dungeon left, a short while later, a person suddenly walked in. That person... that person was dressed in all black, wearing a black cloak and a mask."
Upon hearing this, Yi Yun Kui frowned: "You're saying that the people who came to interrogate you were dressed in all black, and even their faces were covered?"
"Yes." Ye Qing'an nodded quickly: "This subject is absolutely certain that I am not mistaken. It's just that I was also quite surprised at the time, wondering why the officials in the palace would be dressed like that. However, I was brought into the palace by palace servants, and the place I was in was indeed the palace. Although I was puzzled, I didn't think much of it..."
"What did that person ask you?"
Ye Qing paused for a moment, then answered honestly, "At first, that lord only asked me about some things that happened in the bustling city, and I answered him in detail."
"But after asking three or four questions, that official suddenly asked about my attendance at the small banquet before Miss Gu's wedding some time ago. He then asked me if I had been tricked by Miss Li that day and entered an illusion where I saw the ancient magical beast, the Water Qilin. Before I could answer, he asked me again, 'The Water Qilin only obeys the orders of the Gu family. How come I was able to make it submit and obey me?'"
A look of confusion appeared in Ye Qing'an's eyes: "I did hear Miss Gu mention the water unicorn at the banquet that day, because the mist on Xiaoyan Lake that day was created by the water unicorn. But the illusion, the idea of making the water unicorn obey me, none of these are true."
"I had no idea why he asked that, so I honestly answered that I didn't know."
"At that time..." Ye Qing'an seemed to recall something terrible, and couldn't help but shudder again: "He said I was lying, and asked me if Gu Duo was in the Ye residence, if I had seen Gu Duo, and what my relationship with Gu Duo was?"
Tears welled up in Ye Qing'an's eyes and rolled down her cheeks instantly: "I don't know any Gu Duo at all. I've only heard of Gu Duo, and I've never heard of him being in the Ye residence, let alone seen him. I was completely bewildered at the time, so I answered truthfully, but... but that man in black..."
Ye Qing'an trembled all over: "That man in black seemed to have gone mad. He wouldn't listen to my explanation at all and only believed that I was lying. Then he drew his sword, a white sword that was still gleaming. He drew the sword and stabbed it directly into my stomach. He was so fast that I was completely unprepared and couldn't dodge. I could only take the sword head-on."
"After he stabbed me, he asked me several more times, but I hadn't seen him, and that was my answer even if he killed me. Seeing that he seemed about to attack me again, I ran around frantically, but I still couldn't dodge his sword..."
"After stabbing me a few times, he stopped and told me to think it over carefully in the dark dungeon. He said he would see me again tomorrow morning and interrogate me. He hoped I could give him a satisfactory answer by tomorrow morning."
After Ye Qing'an finished speaking, the people in the hall had different expressions. Yi Yun Kui narrowed his eyes and pondered for a long time before speaking: "He asked you about Gu Duo?"
"Yes, I remember it very clearly. He kept asking me about the Gu family and about Gu Duo, and he kept saying that Gu Duo was at the Ye residence."
Yi Yunkui stroked the armrest of the chair for a long while before asking again, "And then? What happened next?"
"Then he left. After he left, I walked back and forth in that dark cell for a while. I don't know how much time passed, but the pain from my wounds became too much for me to bear, so I collapsed to the ground. I don't know what happened. I just felt a lot of pain and then I passed out."
"When I woke up again, I was already in Yunhua Palace. When I woke up, everything was pitch black. I didn't know where I was, so I used my spiritual power to look around and figured out that I was under a bed. Just as I was about to crawl out, I heard people talking outside."
"I was terrified at the time. I didn't know where I was or who was talking, so I just lay down and listened silently, not daring to make a sound."
"After listening for a while, I realized that I was still in the palace, specifically in Consort Yun's bedchamber. The person who was talking to Consort Yun, General He of the Imperial Guard, was ordered to search for my whereabouts."
Ye Qing'an lowered her head, her expression pitiful and sorrowful: "I thought that if General He could find me and take me to the Emperor, I would be safe."
"But General He searched for a long time before finally lying down to look under the bed."
"But General He saw me and made eye contact with me. He also told Consort Yun that there was someone under her bed, but it seemed that he did not intend to take me out. In a moment of panic, I grabbed General He's arm, and only then did General He pull me out."
Gu Ya Yun secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Ye Qing An hadn't revealed her harassment of He Yi. She quickly said, "Your Majesty, I truly don't know why Miss Ye was under my bed. I'm completely innocent..."
"That's not right, is it?" Ye Qing'an blinked. "You clearly told General He that there was indeed someone under your bed and hoped that General He would keep it a secret for you, right?"