Chapter 139: Confinement PLAY
Xiao Yi was locked up in the Crown Prince's Residence's water prison.
The Crown Prince had campaigned for many years and had countless methods for torturing enemies. Just in the Crown Prince's Residence alone, hidden underground, there were many different types of dungeons. If he said he'd give the adulterer a fate worse than death, he could definitely give him a fate worse than death...
However, the Crown Prince only targeted the adulterer, not the Crown Princess, Sun Jiaojiao. He merely put her under house arrest, which greatly surprised everyone.
In a sense, the Crown Princess represented Minister Sun's faction. Everyone speculated that perhaps the Crown Prince had his political considerations?!
"This Prince must go to the south to manage the flood. I have no mind to control you. You will reflect on your misdeeds behind closed doors. When This Prince returns, I will punish you severely." The Crown Prince shot Sun Jiaojiao a glare, not even giving her a chance to speak, before stepping out of the room, having people lock the door, and turning to leave.
Sun Jiaojiao was locked in the room alone, stunned...
He wasn't going to kill her?
This stinking man... just because his affair was discovered, making him lose face, did he have to be so cruel and slowly play them to death?
Wait... floods in the south?!
Ah!
As is customary in transmigrations, this should be a good opportunity to atone for her crimes?!
Sun Jiaojiao rubbed her head. Although it was an opportunity, she didn't know how to manage floods...
Forget it, a dead horse as a living horse doctor (try anything in a desperate situation)!
Trying to make a show of it was better than sitting and waiting for death!
Before the Crown Prince left, he only instructed them to lock the Crown Princess up and report daily. He didn't order her daily necessities to be cut off. Therefore, when Sun Jiaojiao knocked on the door asking for paper and brush, a servant quickly sent in high-quality ink and paper.
Sun Jiaojiao wracked her brains but couldn't write any suggestions for flood control. Instead, she wrote a pile of confession letters to the Crown Prince—though not a single one was sent out.
However, as she wished, her daily movements, even how many bites of food she ate, were reported in detail to the Crown Prince via carrier pigeon.
The Crown Prince was busy managing the flood and fighting wits with that group of corrupt officials in the south. He was exhausted every day. On the contrary, only when he heard the servant's report on what the Crown Princess was wailing about, or what she had written, would a cold, ambiguous smile appear on his face.
Servants were adept at observing expressions. Seeing that the Crown Prince liked to hear it, they reported in even greater detail.
Later on, they even reported how many hours the Crown Princess slept, and what she said in her sleep, not finding it troublesome at all.
By the time the Crown Prince had settled the flood in the south, captured and cleaned up a pile of corrupt officials, and returned to court, the anger in his heart had mostly dissipated.
He had figured something out.
A man like him, who spent all year either fighting in the north or providing disaster relief in the south, really didn't have much time to take care of his backyard. His wife, guarding an empty room alone, would inevitably feel lonely and lustful.
Among the high-ranking officials and noble ladies in this capital circle, there were too many unspeakable romantic secrets.
As far as he knew, many of the powerful and noble in the court liked to sleep with other men's wives, and often used their power to have illicit affairs with the wives of their colleagues or subordinates.
Sun Jiaojiao had a point in one thing she said: rather than having secret affairs outside, it was better to "eat" the clean, "home-raised" guards whose backgrounds were known...
Although Sun Jiaojiao was only confined to her room under house arrest, that Xiao Yi had truly suffered a "water torture" worse than death in the water prison for the better part of a month.
That water torture was formidable. The person was tied up in a pool, and the water would slowly rise past their mouth and nose. Just as the person was about to drown, the water would be slowly released, receding to their neck. This was repeated countless times.
A normal person would be swollen and horrifying after soaking for just one day, unable to live and unable to die. This Xiao Yi had been soaking continuously for the better part of a month. The cruelty was evident.
After the Crown Prince returned to the residence, he stood outside the water prison, observing the already-swollen-into-a-giant-radish Xiao Yi from afar. He didn't feel at all that this male guard, whose body and status were inferior to his own, posed any threat to him.
He snorted coldly and went back to find Sun Jiaojiao.
Sun Jiaojiao, having been locked up for several days, suddenly saw His Highness the Crown Prince. Snot and tears flowed—after being locked up for so long, she finally saw a living person!
If she was going to be locked up like this, it would be better to just kill her!
But the Crown Prince saw her reaction and misunderstood, thinking Sun Jiaojiao was crying because she missed him...
"So weak and tearful, how can you be the Crown Princess?"
Sun Jiaojiao originally wanted to say, "Just kill me and let me die a quick death." But after hearing his words, which seemed arrogant but were actually somewhat lenient, she was pleasantly surprised.
Could it be...
She tentatively tugged on the Crown Prince's sleeve. "Your Highness..."
Her soft, sweet "Your Highness" touched the most tender spot in the Crown Prince's heart. He wrestled with his pride for a long moment, but in the end, it was a losing battle. With a sigh, he pulled Sun Jiaojiao into his arms. "What am I to do with you?"
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