Her slender body was roughly turned over, and the jailer's lewd face was inches away. She could clearly see the shiny grease on his face and the many pockmarks. A stench of sweat mixed with a sour smell wafted into her nose, making her chest churn and almost causing her to vomit up what she had eaten the night before.
"I am the Emperor's prisoner. If anything happens to me, how will you explain it to him?"
The jailer sneered disdainfully, "Who are you trying to scare? The whole capital knows you're going to be executed tomorrow at noon. As long as we spare your breath and let you go to the execution ground to be beheaded tomorrow, the higher-ups won't blame us..."
"Hiss!" With a forceful tug, the jailer tore off a large piece of Shen Yingxue's white prison uniform, revealing her snow-white skin, delicate collarbone, and rounded shoulders.
The jailer's blood boiled instantly, his lecherous eyes fixed on her, drooling: "So fair and tender, no wonder she's the number one beauty of Qingyan, a top-quality product, a truly top-quality product!"
"Hiss hiss hiss!" The jailer stared greedily at Shen Yingxue's delicate skin, swallowing his saliva unconsciously, wanting to see more. He tore at her clothes with force, and Shen Yingxue's white prison clothes turned into pieces in their hands.
"Help! Help! Help me!" Shen Yingxue pounded on the jailer, wailing and screaming in pain.
"Go ahead and scream as loud as you want! The more pitiful your screams, the more excited we brothers will be!" The jailer's arrogant laughter echoed throughout the prison. He quickly tore off the rest of her clothes and impatiently pressed himself against her.
In an instant, Shen Yingxue felt as if her body had been torn into countless pieces. The pain was so intense that she almost suffocated and wished she could bite her tongue and commit suicide immediately. However, all the strength in her body seemed to have been drained away, leaving her weak and unable to exert any strength at all.
Looking at the jailer's fat and disgusting body, Shen Yingxue felt immense pain in her heart and screamed wildly. She was the number one beauty in Qingyan! How could she be defiled by a jailer who was worse than a pig or a dog? She was not reconciled! She was not reconciled!
Shen Yingxue wailed inwardly, her mouth opening and closing, but instead of screaming in pain, she let out ambiguous moans. A sour, foul smell lingered around her, refusing to dissipate. She felt waves of nausea, wanting to vomit but unable to, over and over again. Her facial muscles twitched incessantly, her expression was extremely stiff, and her body trembled uncontrollably.
The two jailers completely ignored her, lost in her beauty, their eyes half-closed as they indulged their desires with great pleasure.
"What are you two doing?" A furious shout rang out, but to Shen Yingxue it sounded like heavenly music.
"Boss...boss..." The two jailers were startled and quickly stood up, hastily putting on their clothes and anxiously explaining, "Boss...we...we just..."
"Get out!" the jailer roared, his voice shaking the heavens.
"Yes, yes, yes!" the jailer replied repeatedly, pulling up his trousers, grabbing his coat, and quickly running out of the prison.
I sneaked in to try it out, but I got caught by the jailer. What bad luck!
Shen Yingxue snapped out of her dazed thoughts, feeling as if her whole body had fallen apart, wracked with pain. She struggled to sit up, hugged herself tightly, and burst into tears. She, the most beautiful woman in Qingyan, had been violated by two inhuman prison guards. Disgusting, disgusting.
Her clothes had long been torn to shreds and scattered haphazardly on the filthy ground. Her delicate skin was also covered in several bloody scratches from rolling around on the dirty, smelly, and rough weeds of the prison. The sight was terrifying and made one's scalp crawl.
If those two jailers saw her like this, they would definitely have no mood or interest in doing that kind of thing.
A figure in the deep purple of a concubine's robe appeared at the prison gate, its embroidered gold threads shimmering. Below it were a pair of embroidered shoes of the same color, inlaid with large, sparkling pearls that were spotless and dazzling.
Shen Yingxue slowly raised her head with difficulty and saw Shen Lixue's beautiful face, noble and pure. Her immaculate purple dress contrasted sharply with her filth and dishevelment. A surge of anger and resentment welled up in her heart, and she roared with all her might: "Shen Lixue, did you come here to laugh at me?"
"I came to save you, but judging from your attitude, it seems you don't want me to save you. Fine, forget it!" Shen Lixue coldly tossed out these words, then turned and walked away. She had indeed come to the prison for Shen Yingxue's sake, but she hadn't expected to witness such a dramatic scene—Shen Yingxue and two prison guards…
What? They've come to rescue her? Shen Yingxue was stunned for a moment, then realized what they meant. Her beautiful eyes filled with tears, and she shouted with all her might, "Chen Lixue, wait for me!"
"Is there anything else?" Shen Lixue stopped in her tracks but did not turn around.
"You really came to save me?" Shen Yingxue's trembling voice held a hint of hope.
"Of course!" Shen Lixue turned around, looked at Shen Yingxue, who was staring with hope but was completely naked and disheveled, raised an eyebrow, and glanced at Qiu He beside her: "Go get her a set of clothes!"
"Yes!" Qiuhe replied and quickly ran out of the prison. A moment later, she ran back, holding a set of green maid's clothes. Although they were not made of silk, the material was quite good. She handed them to Shen Yingxue.
Shen Yingxue slowly put on her clothes, her hair disheveled, her face haggard. She leaned on the cell door, slowly stood up, and with all her might, pulled the cell door open. She took a step out, and the cell boss standing behind her watched her calmly without stopping her.
She was overjoyed; Shen Lixue had really come to save her.
"Let's go!" Shen Lixue called out, turned around, and walked slowly forward.
Shen Yingxue was taken aback. They were letting her leave so easily? In the prison cells on both sides, many death row inmates stared at her fiercely. She felt a chill seep into her back and instantly spread to her limbs. She subconsciously tightened her clothes and quickened her pace to keep up with Shen Lixue.
"Shen Lixue, why did you save me?" Shen Yingxue asked, puzzled. The two of them had always been mortal enemies, wishing they could tear each other to pieces, hadn't they?
Shen Lixue's cold gaze swept over the nearby male prisoners indifferently, and she said casually, "If I said it was just a spur-of-the-moment decision, a sudden urge to save someone, would you believe me?"
Shen Yingxue pursed her lips: "I believe you!" Shen Lixue was strange in her actions. If she gave some high-sounding reasons, Shen Yingxue would never believe her. But she believed this unpleasant reason without a doubt.
"Here you go!" Shen Lixue turned around and handed Shen Yingxue a gray cloth bag.
Shen Yingxue opened it with a puzzled look. Inside were ingots of snowflake silver, at least five or six hundred taels. She was stunned for a long time before she finally found her voice: "Why are you giving me silver?"
Shen Lixue smiled slightly: "When I help people, I like to help them all the way. The Prime Minister's mansion has been sealed off and the Grand Commandant's mansion has been confiscated. After you are released from prison, you will be destitute and helpless. This money can allow you to live a relatively wealthy life!"
"Thank you!" Shen Yingxue lowered her eyelids, her expression dark and uncertain.
"Shen Lixue, I'll kill you!" With a roar, two furious and ferocious faces appeared in a nearby men's cell. Their hands reached out through the gaps in the iron bars and waved wildly, their eyes flashing with a fierce light, as if they wanted to devour Shen Lixue alive.
"Grand Commandant Lei, Vice Minister Lei!" Shen Lixue raised an eyebrow at the two men, feigning helplessness as she sighed, "You two are guilty of heinous crimes, and the Emperor himself has ordered your execution. There's nothing I can do to help!"
"Shen Lixue, stop pretending. You're giving Yingxue so much money so that she can abort our Lei family's child after she gets out of prison and marry a new man!"
After Shen Yingxue was released from prison, she became an orphan. To survive, she had to find a man to rely on. She was pregnant, and no one was willing to marry her and raise someone else's son. On the contrary, if she aborted the child, with her looks and figure, she could marry into a good family.
"Shen Lixue, is this really what you're planning?" Shen Yingxue's beautiful eyes held a hint of anger. Shen Yingxue's rescue of her from prison was indeed for another purpose.
"If you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten that Yingxue is pregnant!"
Shen Lixue really did intend to do just that. Aunt Bai's eagerness to have a child reminded her that the ancients valued offspring very much, and Grand Commandant Lei also placed many hopes on his unborn child. She was going to destroy all of Grand Commandant Lei's hopes in front of him and make him taste the pain and torment that Duke Wu had suffered back then.
"Shen Lixue, stop pretending! Yingxue is pregnant. According to the Qingyan Law, she can be exempted from the death penalty. Even if you don't save her, she won't be beheaded!" Grand Commandant Lei roared, his eyes blazing with anger as he looked at Shen Lixue. He was determined to persuade Shen Yingxue to stay in prison and give birth to the Lei family's offspring.
"Grand Commandant Lei, Yingxue should be spared from beheading for now. After giving birth to her child, she will go to the Yellow Springs to reunite with you!" Shen Lixue raised an eyebrow at Grand Commandant Lei, her eyes filled with a hint of provocation.
"The jailer of the prison once received favors from me. If I discuss it with him, he will surely release Yingxue!" Grand Commandant Lei's eyes were sharp, and his words were righteous and stern.
"Grand Commandant Lei, you are now a prisoner about to be beheaded, no longer the high and mighty Grand Commandant Qingyan. Do you think the jailer will still listen to you?" Shen Lixue sneered, her lips slightly raised, a smile that was not quite a smile, her beautiful eyes filled with mockery: "Shen Yingxue will surely die after giving birth to the child. It will be a problem whether anyone can support the descendants of your Lei family!"