Chapter 704 - Trapped? (1/2)

” Ah...arghh…” Zhao Ming groaned in pain and raised her hand to clutch her head that was throbbing as if someone had punched her badly. She whimpers in pain and slowly opens her eyes only to see the pitch-black darkness.

She furrowed her brows to look clearly and thought it must be temporary darkness but she couldn't see anything except darkness. Her body felt so light that she couldn't feel anything, except the sharp pain in her joints and head.

She panicked and looked around while lying on the cold surface and realized that she was in some large enclosed room that was pitch black. There was not a single ray of light. Her body shivered upon finding herself in this icy cold dark room. It was not like her chamber at the palace nor like her room at Jin Villa. It was just a simple empty room where she couldn't even find a single window.

”What...what is this place? Ah...and that dream...it was a dream, right?” she murmured weakly while supporting her body up from the cold floor. She wasn't aware of where she was and what's happening.

All she remembers was that she went to sleep by holding onto that cursed hairpin and after that...all she remembered was seeing a dream...a very dark and bloody dream.

Her body shivers upon remembering the l.u.s.ty and dangerous gaze of Yang Hanying. However, the last thing she remembered was seeing Tan Xiu who jumped into the well and how Yang Hanying was crying while holding her body after rescuing her,

The strange thing was...she remembers everything so clearly as if she had witnessed everything herself. The pain when she saw Yuan Song's body covered in blood, her parent's bloodied hands, and...the fear of being taken advantage of. She remembers everything, very clearly.

She shivered and wondered while trying to find anything when she heard Ji Cheng's voice, ” Zhao Ming...why are you sleeping like this? It's been days since I heard your voice. Please wake up. You're now scaring me by being like this.” she heard his voice and pursed her lips.

” Ji Cheng?” she called out in worry but she didn't get any response from him. As if she can listen to him, but he can't.

” Ji Cheng? I am awake Ji Cheng. I am here, in this dark room, but where are you?” She shouted, trying to make him hear her words.

” Zhao Ming, do you know that I haven't slept for days properly. How can I? My Empress is in this condition then how can I sleep peacefully.” she heard.

Her eyes widened in shock and panic grew inside her realizing that he can't hear her. Condition? What condition? She is in this cold dark room but where is he? She looked around and started to get panic and the suffocation started making her breathless.

If she has woken up like usual in her chamber, then she would have believed that it was a dream. But now finding herself in this dark chamber, she realized it was not a...dream. There was something strange that she didn't notice earlier but now she understands it.

”What is this...place?” she panted while clutching her chest tightly as fear started to envelop her.

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Ji Dynasty

A pale sickly figure was lying on the bed, with her long black hair spread over the pillow. The window was closed and curtains were covering them to prevent any cold wind from coming inside the room.

Ji Cheng was lying beside Zhao Ming who was sleeping with her eyes closed and her hands were placed on her abdomen. He has put her head on his arm and has pulled her in his embrace, while she slept peacefully.