Chapter 188 Resonance: Imminent Peril (1/2)

This day, two events were about to take place in the Xuan Kingdom, at Chang'an City. One of them was that Chamberlain Feng's eldest daughter, Feng Luodi, would be decapitated at noon. The execution would directly be carried out outside the court prison and commoners weren't permitted to get close. The second event was that the General-in-Chief of the Northern Army, Situ Muye, would leave Chang'an for the deserts of the North to patrol the borders under imperial order.

However, it was totally unexpected that something else would happen in this day.

A day later, the Xuan Kingdom's court would appoint the First Prince as the heir to the throne. The commoners only knew some rumours so they naturally weren't aware of the surging undercurrents in court. The people involved were able to discern the situation clearly, but they were powerless, not able to do anything about it.

Feng Luodi stood in the prison cell spread with rice straws and indifferently looked at the prison guards bustling about outside the prison.

She wasn't foolish, so she could naturally tell that ever since the day she'd entered the court prison, the security laid out had been extremely lax. She even suspected that if she were to find a way to break through the fence locked with chains, she could directly escape by herself.

But, she couldn't escape. If she obediently allowed herself to be arrested without putting up any resistance, she wouldn't implicate her family members. But if she escaped, the consequence would be the nine familial exterminations[1].

She didn't wish for Situ to come to save her. If he came to rescue her, he would fall into the Emperor's trap. Then, the Feng Residence and the Situ Family would be implicated. Then, this wouldn't be simply an issue of reclaiming Situ's military power.

She knew that Situ would return to save her. Ever since Jiang Moyin came the last time, she had been having this premonition. Situ wouldn't give up on her. He wouldn't abandon her. She, on the other hand, thought of abandoning Situ…

“How foolish…”

Feng Luodi shut her eyes and concealed the painful expression in her eyes.

The prison guards were still putting on an act and there were soldiers going in and out of the court prison continuously.

The court prison was originally dingy and damp. Light wasn't able to penetrate that place all year round, as if it was to create some kind of desolate miasma before one's death.

Ten days was sufficient to let that dampness bite into her bones. Feng Luodi would occasionally feel her fingers stiffen and she would feel her blood not circulating as freely. She had to endure. She couldn't make any sound and give those people a chance to spread rumours out, troubling the people outside.

Even if sunlight could not stream into the court prison all year round, the idle Feng Luodi could still count the days in her heart. She knew exactly what time it was and which hour it was.

And, as she counted to this day, she knew that it was about to be noon soon.

“According to conventions, you should eat your last meal in this world before departure.”

A prison guard brought a food box[2] and took out the dishes one by one. It indeed looked like a sumptuous meal.

Feng Luodi cast a sidelong glance at the dishes, but she didn't walk over.

The third day she was confined in the court prison, Jiang Moyin came to pay her a visit and brought her food. Ever since then, she only ate the food sent by the people from the Jiang Residence. As for the food provided by the prison guards, she didn't dare to touch them.

She had no choice but to guard against the vile schemes of that insane and unscrupulous Emperor.

However, even if she was careful and took precautions, it didn't mean that she could solve the problem at hand.

The past few days, Feng Luodi didn't eat the food sent over by the prison guards, and no one bothered with her. However, today was different.

Feng Luodi suddenly saw that prison guard open the door and take out a small wine pot as he walked towards her.

As far as she could recall, she had never seen him before amongst the prison guards working in s.h.i.+fts.

“Who are you?”

Feng Luodi took a few steps back. However, the cell was very narrow and small. She already reached the mossy wall after taking a few steps back.

“You will drink this wine whether you like it or not.”

The prison guard's expression turned sinister as he said this. At this instant, Feng Luodi suddenly thought that his tone sounded very familiar. Someone had used this same kind of tone to talk to her before.

“You're someone dispatched by the Emperor?”

Feng Luodi continued to struggle and push, while that prison guard didn't dare to attract attention by making too much noise. Feng Luodi then used a little trick and exerted strength to push that prison guard away. At that split moment, his wrist was accidentally revealed and she saw a tattoo on it.

Feng Luodi was taken aback. She recognised this tattoo. This person wasn't dispatched by the Emperor.

As Feng Luodi glared at the prison guard, her expression instantly turned fierce. She caught him unprepared and smashed that wine pot. The sound of fragments. .h.i.tting the ground successfully attracted the attention of the people outside.

“What happened here?” Someone immediately came over to check.

That prison guard hastily retreated a little and spoke in a low m.u.f.fled voice, “It's the departure meal. I accidentally let a plate fall when I took it out.”

“Oh, I see.”

The prison guard outside nodded and waved his hand.

“She doesn't need to eat anymore. It's already time. Bring her out.”

“Alright.”

The prison guard in the cell wanted to approach Feng Luodi again but she quickly evaded him and walked out by herself.

The dazzling sunlight she hadn't seen for a long time stung her eyes. Feng Luodi lifted her sleeve slightly to block the light. It was so dazzling that tears were about to seep out from the corner of her eyes.

As for that person, he was dressed in martial attire and carried a Hong Ming Scimitar at his waist. Under the brilliant sunlight, his whole body was covered with a layer of warm radiance. He's so dazzling yet no longer considers himself unexcelled in the world. He's the one she should have loved with all her heart. How is she deserving to have met this person?

The covert guards behind him were similarly dressed in armour and carrying weapons. She was used to seeing them wear various simple-coloured clothes with a shawl covering their faces so she was a bit unused to their current get-up.

“You came anyway.”

Feng Luodi's voice sounded almost inaudible as she uttered those words, but she was unable to say any more.

That yearning gaze that landed on her represented everything. She had longed to see him again so much, such that she was fine with dying just to do so.

She knew that he had longed to see her too so that they could reunite and be together forever.

The promise back then. He remembered; she also remembered.

Situ and the others were clearly only standing a few hundred feet away, not striking and not speaking while the prison guard beside Feng Luodi had long been unable to suppress his emotions and hollered loudly, “Someone come, there are people breaking into jail!”

“Where is the Imperial Army?”

“Quickly go and inform the Emperor!”

“Keep a watch on the prisoner properly!”