Chapter 228: Joy in Suffering

In the cell of the Nine Hidden Terraces, the dice fell on the bowl and made a crisp jingle sound, which was particularly ethereal and loud in this empty and quiet environment. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Cheng Jinzhi was wearing a prison uniform, nibbling on an apple in his hand, and was watching a few guards throwing dice on the table to gamble with interest, and he couldn't help shouting when he saw excitement, so he almost rolled up his sleeves and went up to join in a few rounds.

If others saw it, no one would believe that this free and easy person was actually a prisoner who was ordered by Emperor Zhou to be locked up here.

Now that Concubine Hui has been cleared of suspicion and the queen has been dealt with accordingly, it stands to reason that Cheng Jinzhi should be acquitted, swaggering out of the Jiuyou Terrace, grabbing the tail of the first day of the New Year and going home to celebrate the New Year, and setting off fireworks.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhou insisted on imprisoning her for two more days on the grounds that Cheng Jinzhi was trying to deceive the king on behalf of others, saying that he wanted to change her temper that did not know the height of the sky, and by the way, to grow her memory, it could be regarded as a small punishment and a big warning.

In this way, Cheng Jinzhi was originally taken care of under the care of Gao Heng and Gao Xun, the two princes, and his life in prison was also comfortable and comfortable, he was well fed and warmly dressed, and he could still give orders to people when he had something, and he really didn't suffer any grievances.

Now that I heard that the suspicion on her body has been eliminated, the day of release from prison is just around the corner, and the stewards and guards of Jiuyoutai have taken advantage of her, knowing that she has a strong backing behind her, so they are even more polite to her.

This back and forth also made Cheng Jinzhi more unscrupulous, so he took advantage of the lunch break when the guards were weakest, and simply bribed the female officer in charge with the silver bracelet in his hand, and let him leave the cell and walk around.

Jiuyoutai is a forbidden place that no one cares about on weekdays, and it is the lunch break at this time, and it is common for those guards to steal a bet here, which is just right for Cheng Jinzhi, who is idle and bored, to spend some time.

It's not that in addition to sleeping, it is eating, in addition to eating is sleeping, and going to prison has forced itself to raise a body of fat.

At the moment, I was looking at people gambling and looking hard, but at this time, I heard a faint but extremely bleak song from the depths of the cell.

Cheng Jinzhi was naturally familiar with this voice, and she could guess that the owner of this voice should be a concubine who had committed a serious crime, and was locked in another cell not far from her cell.

In fact, in the past few days since she entered the Nine Hidden Terrace, she has always been full of curiosity about the woman who sometimes talks crazy and sometimes sings.

It's just that every time I ask the female officer in charge here, I always get the same threatening statement or a threatening expression that I don't talk about, and I am wary not to ask too many questions, so as not to get into trouble or provoke bad luck.

But Cheng Jinzhi believes that he is full of fearless spirit of exploration and research for unknown things.

Taking advantage of the fact that she was able to move freely at this moment, and seeing that these guards were busy gambling and had no time to take care of it, she was about to take the opportunity to sneak in to find out, but saw a figure suddenly cast at the entrance of the stone staircase leading to the cell, followed by a steady footstep. There were very few people at this hour, and the guards were gambling so hard that they didn't even notice anyone approaching.

It wasn't until Cheng Jinzhi slapped the table vigorously a few times to remind them that they were all shocked, and they were hurriedly cleaning up, and as the song stopped abruptly, the figure had already stepped down the steps.

In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Cheng Jinzhi immediately lowered his body and squatted on the corner of the table.

Gao Xun had just left some time ago, and she was definitely not going to turn back, and she was wondering who would come at this hour, but she heard those guards standing in a row respectfully, and shouted in unison: "See His Royal Highness King Yan." ”

"What?, His Royal Highness King Yan?"

Cheng Jinzhi was stunned for a moment, then he realized that it was Gao Heng, he was excited, and was about to stand up to greet him, but he heard Gao Heng's cold voice drifting into his eardrums.

"In which cell is Princess Yan locked in?"

So, I saw these guards look at each other for a while, and then get out of the way, and their eyes all fell on the position where Cheng Jinzhi was squatting, and the expressions on everyone's faces were even more embarrassed in addition to the fear of being punished by Gao Heng.

Feeling that many eyes converged on him, Cheng Jinzhi's back stiffened, and he had to stand up and turn around with some twists, scratch his hair embarrassedly, and beckoned to Gao Heng in the same embarrassment, and spit out a sentence that was jerky and mentally retarded.

"His Royal Highness King Yan, it's been a long time, but the weather is really good today. ”

"Why, you're here?"

Gao Hengjian's eyebrows were slightly raised, the corners of his mouth were smiling, and he looked at her kindly, but it made Cheng Jinzhi's heart tremble, and he couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth twice.

"I... I... Sleepwalking, yes, sleepwalking during naptime, and swimming here by yourself. Cheng Jinzhi smiled far-fetched, and hurriedly asked the guards beside him, "Are you right?"

These guards were afraid of Cheng Jinzhi's identity, and they were even more afraid of being punished by Gao Heng, so they could only nod their heads in confusion, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that this Princess Yan's kung fu of opening her eyes and telling nonsense was really beyond people's reach.

Cheng Jinzhi has always been bold, and the reason why she was a little overwhelmed in front of Gao Heng at the moment was actually because she was afraid of being blamed by Gao Heng.

After all, this is a secluded place in the courtyard of the deep palace, and Gao Heng is now finally able to rescue himself, so that Emperor Zhou can be exempted from his sins, and in addition to teaching Empress Zhao a lesson, he also spoke out for her.

If you act arbitrarily here at this time and be seized by those who have a heart, and then go to Emperor Zhou to say it casually, you may have some kind of unnecessary incidents.

"I don't know, you're so good. ”

Gao Heng still had a faint smile on her lips, and a pair of meaningful eyes looked at Cheng Jinzhi deeply, staring at her uncomfortable. Of course, Gao Heng was not really angry, and he didn't want to blame Cheng Jinzhi.

He had always been worried that Cheng Jinzhi would suffer from prison because of himself, but now seeing that she was safe and sound, in good spirits, and still in this cell, "acting as a prestige and blessing, and the monkey is called the king", the guilt in his heart inevitably dissipated a lot.

It's just that I can't help but feel funny when I see her anxious and speechless at this moment, so I can't help but want to tease her.

Seeing that Gao Heng was unrelenting, and the guards beside him had strange expressions, Cheng Jinzhi pursed his lips, and finally had to raise his hand to surrender.

"Okay, okay, I'll go back and squat in my small black house with four walls. ”

Cheng Jinzhi said and turned around and walked to his cell familiarly, Gao Heng smiled helplessly when he saw this, and also turned his face and followed.

As a result, as soon as he arrived at the door of the prison cell, he caught a glimpse of the facilities in the cell, and the muscles in Cheng Jinzhi's cheeks suddenly stiffened.

I saw that she subconsciously withdrew in front of the cell door, turned around and showed a flattering smile to Gao Heng.