91. Liwei
I stayed on the ground for a while, before I got up to look in the mirror, fortunately Wei Huan was still sensible, and did not hurt my face, I hurriedly walked to the door, and there was no one in sight, and I shouted for a long time, and only then did the little palace people run over in a panic to obey the order. I asked her, "What about the night watchman?"
She knelt down and said: "After the lady came in, Mrs. Song said that Mrs. Wei was there, and told us to wait outside, and we were not allowed to disturb the lady." β
I nodded, told her to fetch water at the door, brought it in myself, and ordered them not to come close.
When I returned to the house, I took off my clothes, only to see that the whole body was blue or red, there were more than ten traces, large and small, most of them were beaten, and a few were pinched, the strangest thing was that there was a bite mark on the shoulder, which was fierce, and I forgot when Wei Huan bit it, only to know that the bite was extremely ruthless, even several layers of clothes were bitten, and there were still some blood stains on the wound. And he threw his garments into an empty basin and burned them with fire, so that he might make a mess of the land, and he did his best to keep it in order, that no one might know it.
It's been a long time since I was pampered, and I had a lot of hard time doing these trivial things, and I was busy in the middle of the night to clean up, my whole body was sore, and I fell on the bed, but I felt comfortable - this is the first time since I crossed over, and this is also the first time that Wei Huan has completely forgotten her and my identity since entering the palace. Whether it is a princess or a daughter of a family, this night, the two of us are like two ordinary children, forgetting the shackles of the world, and venting and "communicating" in the most primitive and brutal way. In this fight, the two of us are completely equal, each with his own body and skill, tearing and biting, and distinguishing the superior. In the past, no matter how close we were, it was always like a thin layer of paper, but now this paper seems to have been pierced, and I glimpsed a more real and complete Wei Huan through this hole, and Wei Huan also glimpsed me from this hole.
Perhaps one day, the hole will grow bigger and bigger, until the paper-like barrier disappears completelyβI was convinced, and I fell asleep with exhaustion.
When I got up early the next morning, I ordered all the men to come in and set themselves before the court. Wei Huan still got up early, and stood in front of me with Song Fuyou left and right, both of them expressionless, and their bodies were extremely straight. I smiled at the two of them and waited until everyone was here and standing before I got up.
At first, there were small voices in the crowd, some whispering, some smiling, some turning their heads around nervously, and some looking at me blankly. Song Fuyou couldn't see this, so he wanted to reprimand, but I stopped him. I stood barefoot on the porch, with my hands behind my back, with a deliberate smile on my face.
This is a method learned from her mother, whenever she stares at someone with such a smile, the other person will always be frightened by her and his face will change color. Although I can't be a mother, intimidating these palace attendants is enough.
Sure enough, after a few breaths, it gradually became quiet below, and everyone looked at me intently, waiting for me to speak.
I specially waited for a while before I said slowly: "Ah Yang stole the treasures in the palace and was taken by Jin Wu, I think you already know. β
Most of these people already knew about Ah Yang, and their faces were numb, I looked at everyone's faces from top to bottom, raised my chin, and said lightly: "Your Majesty doesn't want to publicize this matter, so leave it to me to deal with." I saw a few people's numb faces showing indignation, and a few people showing "expected" expressions, the corners of their mouths twitched, and said: "Ah Yang is my nurse, she has always been trusted by me, and all matters in the palace are handed over to her to deal with." She does not need to ask me what she asks, but she must ask her what I decide. Your promotion and denigration will also go through her hands. I respected her for this, but I didn't expect her to turn her back on the Lord and abandon her, and do such unscrupulous things, for the public, for disloyalty, disrespect, for selfishness, for injustice and unkindness, and if she is not severely punished, it will be difficult to convince the public. β
I paused for a moment to look at the faces of the people below, and although they heard me say such a serious crime, they were still numb, as if Ah Yang's matter had nothing to do with them. I know what they think, but they are convinced of my kindness, and they think that I will definitely not be heavy on Yang. If my mother hadn't intervened in this, I really wouldn't have taken anything seriously to Ah Yang. That's it. It's just money. In my opinion, these things are not worth a human life at all.
It's a pity that Yang's ending has been determined by his mother. All I can do is make good use of her death and seek some benefit for myself. Wei Huan is right, I am indeed a hypocritical person, I obviously rely on my identity to take up a lot of convenience, but I keep shouting that everyone is equal, and I can't even take care of my own affairs, but I still pretend to care about the homeless people who have nothing to do with me. The greenhouse is long gone, but I still hide in it wishfully, refusing to face the many terrible winds and rains outside. As everyone knows, dodging is not without cost.
Wei Huan trembled her chin and took a deep breath, this was her usual small action when she was sleepy, it seemed that she was just inhaling, but in fact, she pursed her mouth and held a yawn in her mouth. I couldn't help but smile a little, and turned my head to look at the crowd, these people were a little panicked by my pause, and several of them showed anxious expressions, stretched their necks to look, and saw that I was smiling, as if relieved, I took advantage of their relaxation and said: "Even so, Ah Yang served me after all, if it is really dealt with by the law of the country, it will be unseemly, nor is it my benevolent heart as a lord and king, so I decided to give her a whole corpse." β
Before the last sentence came out, everyone was relaxed and slack, only a few people frowned, and Wei Huan was also included in these people. When I said the last sentence, the faces of the two groups suddenly reversed, and most of them were stunned, and very few showed expressions of "this is how it should be". Wei Huan rolled his eyes slightly to look at me, I pretended not to see her, and said in a loud voice: "I have written a warrant to move the book to the court, and the people involved this time, from Ah Yang down, will all be killed with canes to set an example." β
For a long time after this sentence was finished, no one in the crowd spoke, and the courtyard was as silent as death. There were people who were stunned, some were pitiful, some were frightened, and after a while, these expressions all turned to fear of me. Gradually, some knelt down and kowtowed to me, some shouted "Princess", some began to denounce Yang, and some began to gush about their loyalty to me.
I kept smiling at them with my hands behind my back, and the crowd soon fell silent again, and everyone looked at me in awe, waiting for me to speak again. I called Wang Xu's name: "Wang Zhongcheng, do you think this is appropriate?"
Wang Xu stepped out and bowed his head and said: "The princess is wise and wise, and the villain is not convinced." β
I stared at him. He has been with me since I was three or four years old, and he has been for many years now. I have always disliked the use of chamberlains, and I have not used him very much. He has always been cold and indifferent to me, like a ghost, and only today did he suddenly realize that I was his master, and suddenly surrendered to me.
I smiled faintly, turned my head to find two chamberlains from the crowd, told them to step forward, pointed to one of them and said, "Last year, Wei Huan bought a bowl of cold tao outside the palace and gave it to me, you sue me, this cold tao is bad, so it was poured out?"
The man was so frightened that he crawled forward, and I looked at the younger one again: "At that time, I said to go back and see for myself, but you secretly ran away, and when you stopped you, you said that you were in a hurry?"
So this one was so frightened that he fell to his knees, crawled up to me, and wept bitterly.
Wei Huan turned his head to look at me, I smiled at her, and said, "Ah Huan, they said that the cold tao you gave was bad." I think a bowl of cold tao, just put it for a long day and it won't go bad? If it suddenly goes bad, either someone is making trouble, or, or what you offer is a bowl of bad cold tao, what do you think?"
Wei Huan immediately understood what I meant, and said without hesitation: "It's someone who is making trouble." β
Her temperament is like this, she seems to be calm on the outside, but in fact, she is the most intense inside, such as the opportunity to be able to stand up and be kind to the city, and she always chooses Liwei without hesitation.
I smiled and said, "Who do you think is the troublemaker?"
Wei Huan lowered his eyelids and said, "There are already a lot of secret reports accumulated in the wooden box, open it and take a look, maybe you will know." β