Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 551

Yun Shang squinted her eyes for a long time before she carefully crouched down and put her hands on the quilt. She also did not find anything unusual. Then someone started to walk towards her. It seemed that the person was coming this way. Yun Shang paused for a second and made sure that it was not Luo Qingyan. She thought about it for a while and then sat down again to pretend to take a nap. Then she walked away from the quilt, but with a little more distance away, she looked as if she was leaning on the quilt.

The footsteps drew closer but were more light. Yun Shang had a sensitive ear, so she could hear it clearly. The footsteps stopped next to her cell and were about three steps from it.

Yun Shang thought about it for a while. She had also checked her surroundings before coming here. It was empty, and Luo Qingyan had swaggered in just now. If there was anyone, he wouldn't have said those words.

It was just then that Yun Shang smelled a faint peach blossom fragrance. She held her breath, but she kept listening around. She heard that the man seemed to move two steps towards her prison. After a long time, the person finally left.

After the man left, Yun Shang quickly opened her eyes and took out a small bottle from her waist. She poured some pills from the bottle and took a quick breath. The air was still filled with a faint peach blossom fragrance. Yun Shang walked to the iron bar and looked over, and saw a few incenses on the ground, rising smoke.

It seemed what Luo Qingyan worried about was not groundless worry. Someone really wanted to take advantage of her being still in jail to put her to death.

Yun Shang stood up and pondered for a moment. Then she lifted the quilt and ripped a hole open in it. She grabbed the cotton pad inside. Then she suddenly froze and quickly moved two steps back.

A small grey green bug emerged from the thick batt, but it only stuck its head out and went back. A feeling of nausea overwhelmed Yun Shang. She frowned, and thought for a long time. Then she raised her hand and put her finger in her mouth. She bit it hard, and the blood came out. In a hurry, she dropped the blood on the quilt, five or six drops in succession.

After that, Yun Shang took a few steps back and her eyes tightly locked on the quilt. After a while, she saw several gray green insects emerged from the bloody place on the quilt and spiraled around the blood stains. Soon, more and more insects climbed up. They looked about thirty to forty of them and covered the quilt.

Yun Shang took two steps back, her hairs standing on end.

She knew it because it was called leech. It was commonly seen in the lake and in the pond. Even though it didn't look very impressive, it was also extremely ferocious, which would suck people's blood. Every time it absorbed blood, it would enter human body and scurried back and forth. It was extremely difficult to get it out.

One or two would not have killed her, but there were so many leeches on the quilt, and if all of them had crawled into her body, she would probably lose blood and die before long.

There was nothing but a quilt in the prison. Yun Shang had to rest. The only thing that had been lit outside her room was the incense. If she had inhaled the incense, she would always fall asleep, and these bugs would enter her body without making a sound when she was asleep. If she hadn't found it in time, she would not have been able to wake up.

Yun Shang gave a grim smile. Someone wanted to kill her, but she wouldn't let the person do as she expected. She wondered what expression the man would wear when he saw the culprit standing there safe and sound.

Yun Shang looked at the blood which was still being soaked by the leeches and thought for a while. Then she took out a small white bottle from her waist. There was some powder in the bottle. Yun Shang walked slowly and poured the powder onto the quilt. The bugs were also poured out, struggling for a while before they stopped.

Yun Shang twisted a corner of the quilt, and shook the quilt. She shook off the bugs' corpses on the ground, and examined them thoroughly. After making sure that they were all dead, she folded the quilt again, and placed it in its original position.

Yun Shang stared at the quilt for a long time. Then she straightened her clothes and sat down slowly, closing her eyes and pretending to be asleep.

About six hours later, Yun Shang heard footsteps coming, more than one of them. Yun Shang smiled. It was time to confront her.

Footsteps stopped outside the door. Yun Shang heard the door opened, and then someone whispered, "Lady Rui? Lady Rui?"

Yun Shang kept silent. After a while, she heard someone push her arms, "Lady Rui, get up."

Yun Shang still didn't open her eyes as if someone said, "let me have a look."

Then there was footsteps. It seemed they were in exchange position. Yun Shang felt someone was putting a hand close to her nose. She held her breath immediately. After the finger stopped for a long time, Yun Shang heard a voice full of panic. "Oh no, Lady Rui seems to have lost her breath."