Shen Qing soon found out what they had given her. A sharp pain shot through her throat, and when she tried to open her mouth again, she found she couldn't speak.
"Don't worry."
As his men pushed his wheelchair, Prince Cheng glanced at Shen Qing, the corner of his mouth hooking into a sinister smile. "That was just a drug to keep you from speaking for a while. It's harmless and will wear off on its own in five days.
You're far too disobedient. Just breaking your right hand and left foot wasn't enough. I have to completely immobilize you.
Just be a good girl and come back to Daliang with me. I do wonder, though... when that man you so painstakingly chose finds out about this, will the shock make him utterly break down?
After all, he was despondent for a long time when you first disappeared ten years ago. If he hadn't been, I never would have escaped from right under his nose so easily."
