Xiao Jinghuai paused and then asked, "Who is in charge here? I an, who is your ruler?"
Xiaoqi shook his head, "We haven’t had a ruler for a long ti. I heard the last ruler died without anyone succeeding them, but a few years ago, they said... the new ruler has returned and will soon inherit the throne. At that ti, so prisoners will be pardoned. But it seems like it’s just a rumor and has not happened."
"We have been waiting for a long ti, and yet nothing has changed. This place is truly disgusting. We want to leave, but we can’t get out. Are you... people from outside?"
Xiao Jinghuai’s eyes narrowed slightly, "Yes, if you want to get out, you can only rely on us, which ans you need to know how to cooperate with us. Do you understand, kid?"
Perhaps this word "kid" really gave Xiaoqi a trace of warmth.
His parents were prisoners on death row, long executed, and it had been many years since anyone had given him warmth, really a long ti.
So long that he thought this world was endless darkness, and he could only live like an ant, struggling to survive.
"I understand—" Xiaoqi said firmly, "I am willing to help you. I can tell you anything you need to know. But, I have a condition..."
Xiao Jinghuai raised an eyebrow slightly, "What’s your condition?"
"I want to, I want to marry Zhaozhao."
"What?" Xiao Jinghuai’s eyes turned fierce, a stark contrast to his previously gentle deanor, as if he were a different person. A dangerous aura surrounded him, "Say that again?"
Xiaoqi didn’t realize that the man in front of him was Zhaozhao’s husband. Naively, he thought he hadn’t made himself clear enough before.
So, he shouted loudly again, "I said I can help you, but I must marry Zhaozhao. I like her, she is very cute, she is my ideal type."
"..." Xiao Jinghuai almost went mad with anger on the spot. If there weren’t so many people around, he would have shattered this brat’s throat to make him understand the severe consequences of coveting soone else’s wife.
But he was, after all, a high-ranking man, and quickly regained his composure. The angrier he got, the more calm and gentle he appeared, "How old are you to think about getting married? That Zhaozhao must be much older than you, right?"
"I am an adult, just... not well-nourished for a long ti, so I look a little small. Zhaozhao, Zhaozhao is indeed quite old, but she looks about the sa age as , not old, really young. She is the next empress of Taohuawu, with a very noble status, soone beyond my reach."
Precisely because she was unattainable, he wanted her all the more. It actually had little to do with love.
Just because she was so distant, he wanted to touch her once.
Jiang Yixiu hid his laughter painfully, and eventually couldn’t hold it anymore, bursting out, "Old Xiao, you’re so aggrieved, having such a young rival in love. Bla it on Song Song looking like a high schooler, hahahaha—"
Xiao Jinghuai could have punched him, "If you don’t speak, no one will think you’re mute. Shut up for !"
"Oh."
Jiang Yixiu could only agree helplessly, though in his heart he was still grinning.
Xiao Jinghuai turned to look at the boy again, "Xiaoqi, I’m afraid I can’t agree to that because you and she are not suitable for each other. Do you want anything else? Like a lot of wealth and freedom, do you want that?"
"I do—" Xiaoqi suddenly beca excited, "I want everything."
"Then we have a deal. Can you tell us what you know now?"
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