Returning after a three-year escape from death, the tyrant has turned evil.

Chapter 54 The Bird in the Cage

Song Yi stumbled and fell into his arms, immediately struggling angrily.

"what are you doing!"

Jiang Lanye easily wrapped one arm around her slender waist, forcing her to press herself tightly against him.

"It was you who spilled the ink while I was changing my clothes."

"So what?"

Song Yi was in his arms, looking up at him angrily.

Her eyes were exceptionally bright, whether she was angry or happy, as if she had captured the entire spring in her dark pupils, making them exceptionally vivid.

"Song Yi, have you not learned your lesson? Now that I've locked you up, are you really going to treat me like this?"

Song Yi gave a cold laugh.

"You've locked me up, why should I serve you?"

Jiang Lanye raised an eyebrow, released her, and then said, "If you refuse, I have a thousand ways to deal with you. Didn't I just ask you, how about tying me up?"

"Or do you think you can stand against me with your own strength alone?"

With each additional word he spoke, Song Yi's face grew paler.

"So, behave yourself and don't anger me."

When he said those words, his voice was very soft and calm, his eyes were deep and he looked at her intently.

Song Yi was startled by his gaze and suddenly realized that he really could do what he said he would do.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Lanye raised both arms and commanded, "Come here."

Song Yi took another step forward, her hands trembling, and touched the belt around his waist, then untied it.

The dark red dragon robe fell to the ground. Song Yi glanced at it and deliberately stepped on it.

The emperor's dragon robe also symbolizes power and status, and should not be left lying on the ground. Anyone who dares to step on it would be a great disrespect.

After stepping on it, Song Yi deliberately gave Jiang Lanye a provocative look.

Jiang Lanye smiled faintly, not bothering to argue with her about such childish behavior.

Song Yi turned around, took the clean dragon robe, and helped Jiang Lanye put it on.

After tying the ribbon, she hung the jade pendant back on.

Jiang Lanye looked down at her and deliberately asked, "Why don't you want this jade pendant anymore?"

Recalling her attempt to escape that night, she gritted her teeth and said, "Jiang Lanye, if I hadn't softened my heart for a moment and thought it was a relic left by the late Empress, I would have already..."

She has already returned to her world.

Upon hearing her words, Jiang Lanye suddenly reached out, cupped the back of her head with his large hand, bent down slightly, and leaned in close.

His sudden action startled Song Yi, who quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth.

Jiang Lanye chuckled softly.

"Even now, you still believe that the jade pendant was real."

"you"

Song Yi stared wide-eyed in surprise.

“I did want to give you the real one, but you were too focused on that jade pendant, which was not normal. So that day I specially changed to a fake jade pendant to wear.”

"Actually, that fake one is very light, didn't you notice?"

Song Yi's mind went completely blank.

It was fake.
His reminder made Song Yi suddenly realize what he meant.

It did seem very light, but she was too nervous that night and couldn't care less about anything else. After getting the jade pendant, she was only excited and thinking wildly about escaping, so she didn't examine it carefully at all.

"you"

She took a step back.

Jiang Lanye was very satisfied with her reaction and said quietly, "So, you are destined to be unable to escape my grasp."

how so.

In an instant, a profound sense of powerlessness enveloped her.

She walked listlessly to the low couch by the window and sat down.

Jiang Lanye glanced at her, then turned and went back to continue reviewing the memorials. Whatever she thought, he was absolutely not going to give her another chance to leave.

An hour later.

Jiang Lanye had just finished reviewing the memorials when he looked up and saw that Song Yi was still sitting there, maintaining the same posture, completely still.

He walked over.

Noticing Jiang Lanye's arrival, Song Yi's eyelashes trembled, and she managed a forced smile.

"Jiang Lanye, have you ever seen a bird with broken wings?"

Jiang Lanye remained silent.

She continued, "Sparrows aren't precious birds, so they can't adapt to golden cages. Once caught and forcibly locked up, they won't eat or drink, and they'll frantically bang their heads against the cage."

"In the end, they will either starve to death or die by crashing."

"Moreover, the bird's wings have been broken, and it has lost its soul."

Jiang Lanye sighed softly.

"Song Yi, all of this is what you owe me."

"What's wrong with staying by my side? Why do you insist on leaving?"

"If you think the Golden Palace is too small, then I will order people to build an even bigger palace, so that even if you, this bird, want to crash into a wall, you won't be able to find your head, how about that?"

Song Yi's eyes were bloodshot.

"But I am not a bird, I am a living, breathing human being."

Seeing that she was unmoved by his words, Jiang Lanye's eyes also turned cold.

"I will give you status and position. You are Consort Yun. Everyone must kneel and pay their respects when they see you. As long as you behave, I will give you whatever you want."

Song Yi's lips were dry. He sat there thinking for an hour without drinking a drop of water.

He gave Song Yi a deep look and said, "A hunger strike won't work. You know I have a way."

Song Yi asked in a hoarse voice, "Then, can I go out just this once?"

"Where are you going?"

Song Yi shook her head and said, "Anywhere is fine, even the Imperial Garden. I just want to get some fresh air and don't want to stay in the Golden Palace all the time."

Jiang Lanye suddenly squatted down and looked at her at eye level.

"You're trying to run away again, aren't you?"

"No, I just wanted to go out and get some sun."

"How can I trust you? After all, you were deceiving me all along when you were Consort Song."

Song Yi looked dejected. "If you don't believe me, you can follow me yourself, or send a guard to follow me."

Jiang Lanye pondered for a moment, then stood up and said, "These past two days, depending on your behavior, if you behave well, I will allow you to leave the Golden Palace once."

Song Yi asked, "What constitutes being well-behaved?"

"Eat properly, rest well, don't cause trouble, and don't think about running away."

Song Yi immediately replied, "I can do all of that."

"besides."

Jiang Lanye paused, then suddenly leaned down and whispered something in her ear.

Song Yi immediately became agitated.

"Don't even think about it!"

After her failed escape attempt and was forcibly brought back that day, she had already suffered enough.

She still has bruises and red marks on her body that haven't faded.

Seeing Jiang Lanye's face immediately darken, Song Yi swallowed hard, determined to appease him first. She softened her voice and said:

"I'm still in pain all over my body, I'm very weak, and I haven't rested well yet."

Jiang Lanye relented and said, "I'll owe you for now, after you've recovered."

Song Yi gritted her teeth and said, "Okay."

Jiang Lanye finally smiled with satisfaction and continued, "Tonight, you will sleep with me."

(End of this chapter)