CHAPTER XIII

Liu Xi and Gu Yong are not only Jiang You's internal servants, but also hold the power of the East Palace, and they have also been serving Jiang You since they were young.

Xue Yuan sat on the Taishi chair, separated by the faint water vapor, straight and soft eyelashes, and slightly raised eyes.

Jiang Youxing rushed out messily, Liu Xi and Gu Yong were tied and knelt in front of him, their faces swollen, soaked from head to toe, and they knelt on the snowy green bricks and shivered.

Jiang You stood under the eaves with the pillars of the porch, his fingers pinched white, and he restrained himself from shouting out for a while, but he still asked with a face full of indignation: "What do you want to do with palm prints?" ”

Xue Yuan put one hand on the Taishi's chair, turned his gaze, and looked at her for a long time: "The ministers have said, now is an eventful time, and the most taboo is that the hands and feet of the people around them are not clean, and these two whereabouts are sneaky, so naturally they can't stay." He stood up and walked in front of her, leaned down slightly, and said softly, "You forgot what the minister said yesterday?" Why do something behind your backs to embarrass both sides? ”

Jiang You's lips moved, and he raised his head and said: "Paper can't hold the fire, you can hide it for a while, can you hide it for a lifetime?" She clenched her fists and took a step back: "At the beginning, in front of my father's bed, the palm print was also a minister of Tuogu, is this how the new lord is treated now?" Where is your loyalty and righteousness, are you not afraid of being denounced as unrighteous by the people of the world?! ”

Da Yu's tassel was only half tied, she tilted her head to reveal her snow-white neck, and Xue Yuan smiled silently: "You don't have to use your reputation to block the minister, the minister will not be a good person in this life." He turned his head and said lightly: "Since you are here, then you don't need to go to great lengths to drag people to the noon gate for execution, just be tortured here." ”

A few fans pressed the two of them to the ground, lifted the board in his hand and hit it down, Jiang You couldn't help but want to rush out, but Xue Yuan pressed his shoulders and stood in place.

Jiang You Huoran turned his head and stared at him hatefully, Xue Yuan calmly, and suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Cheng Bei, who was following him: "What is the trouble of adding to the crime?" Don't you want to tease people, I see that this person has bad eyebrows and rat eyes, and he has always been sneaky, maybe he has a ghost in his heart, since you want to clear people, you might as well clean it up at once! ”

Seeing that Xue Yuan was silent, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and continued to say crooked reasoning in her mouth: "You can dispose of the people around me casually, but the people around you are not touchable, and the palm prints are not treated equally, how can you convince the public?" She raised her chin: "If the palm print insists on execution, please kill these three people together." ”

Cheng Bei was originally standing respectfully behind Xue Yuan, but he didn't expect to suddenly set himself on fire, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Highness, this slave was born like this, how did the face given by his parents become a ghost?" ”

Xue Yuan wanted to take care of someone when he heard that she made up a crime at random, and suddenly frowned: "What you said also has some truth" He looked at Jiang You, who looked slightly relieved, and changed his voice: "But since Chengbei is in the way of your eyes, it is not too much to die many times, and you insist on killing him with a cane, so the minister has no choice but to allow it." ”

Cheng Bei was also stunned, and immediately knelt down and said: "What the overseer said is that the slave obstructed His Highness's eyes, and that was the slave's fault, and the slave was punished voluntarily." There was a few more bangs.

Jiang You originally wanted to block him with words, so as to save the lives of Liu Xi and Gu Yong, but he didn't expect him to be so hot, he didn't even argue, and he was going to give away his own people's lives directly, she looked up at Xue Yuan, and her eyes still showed a little helplessness after all.

The sound of the bottom board knocking on the back and hips is muffled, and the miserable howls of these people are also higher than a sound, the fans are very skilled in execution, sometimes they look at the flesh and blood flying, but they don't hurt the muscles and bones, sometimes they look at the light and fluttering without strength, in fact, a board goes down, the meridian bones under the bottom are broken, and after the beating, they are immortal and crippled.

Jiang You watched Cheng Bei's long clothes quickly become bloodstained, his lips couldn't help but tremble, and he turned his head to look at Xue Yuan in disbelief: "You just watched him being beaten to death?" ”

Xue Yuan helped her straighten the Yingluo on the Zhengda Pavilion, her expression was gentle, but her eyebrows and eyes were still faint: "You wanted him to die, did you forget?" He raised his lips casually: "He has offended you, even if he dies ten thousand times, it is not a pity." ”

Jiang You forgot to hide for a while, and looked at him in a daze as if he had seen him for the first time.

The screams in the main courtyard were louder than one, Liu Xi wanted to be tougher, but he just hummed sullenly, but Gu Yong couldn't stand it and howled one after another, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he raised his voice to give himself courage: "Your Highness, the slave didn't do it well, the slave is ashamed, I have followed you for so many years and I still do the thing of sweeping your face, it is not a pity for the slave to die, please also ask the master to do well, give the slave a good time!" ”

Xue Yuan snorted, looked at Jiang You noncommittally, saw her covering her mouth, her eyes were covered with some mist, and she couldn't bear to let it flow down.

These two people also followed her since they were young, and their affection was extraordinary, Xue Yuan's eyes were slightly rippling, and then he was uneasy, Jiang You pulled his sleeve hard: "What do you want to do with the palm print?" What's in it for you to take both of their lives?! She said with red eyes: "You let them out of the palace and change your people in, I just don't stop them." ”

Xue Yuan looked down at her, gently held her hand, and closed it softly in his palm: "If you want to save them, in your absence, you forgot what you promised your ministers?" ”

Jiang You's face turned pale, his eyes seemed to be cold for a moment, and he turned his head to look at Liu Xi and Gu Yong, who were beaten and couldn't scream, and finally lowered his head: "I, I promise to palm prints, and I will listen to you in the future." ”

Xue Yuan's eyes showed a little satisfaction, but he also had to take care of the feelings on his face: "Your Highness, don't resent the minister, now is the time for many events, in order to protect you, the minister's actions are a last resort, and it is also based on the former emperor's affection for the minister." ”

Jiang You's lips moved: "What about the incense seal?" Where is she now? ”

Xue Yuan said: "Miss Yin is okay now, you just have to rest assured." He lowered his head and thought about it again: "Sun Henian wants to ask her to make the right food, I think she is the person who needs to be employed by your side, you can't just let it out so hastily, what do you say?" ”

She seemed to want to say something, but she couldn't help it, pursed her lips and said, "You bothered", turned around and was about to go back to the house, but was taken by him, he raised his hand to let the people around him retreat, and in a blink of an eye, there were only three blood marks left on the carved blue bricks, and she looked at him coldly: "What do you think about palm prints?" ”

A strand of her forehead hair drooped down, and a slender strand swayed in the center of her eyebrows, and he raised his hand to hook it on his fingertips: "Do you hate me very much?" ”

Jiang You was confused for a moment, and then replied stiffly: "Should I still thank you?" ”

Xue Yuan rubbed this strand of long hair on his fingertips and played with it, the cold touch was like a stream: "Why don't you want to think about it, I also saved you." ”

Jiang You was speechless, he raised his hand to help her hook her hair: "Actually, I still like what you used to do, holding my hand and gossiping next to me." ”

Jiang You turned his head sideways with a calm face, he straightened up, his eyes were slightly compassionate; "Your Highness, the sky has changed."

With a 'dang', the blue and white tea cup rolled on the ground a few times, and the brown tea inside splashed out, wetting the blanket of flowers and wealth, and Mrs. Zhang's body shook: "What did you say?" Something happened to Your Highness? ”

Zhang Tingyue, the prince of Zhenguo, hurriedly stepped forward a few steps to support her; "Mother, don't be impatient, listen to your son first." He frowned and stood on the spot: "First of all, a few days ago, I saw that His Highness suddenly had a soul loss disorder, and I already felt strange, but recently, King Ning has made frequent moves, first wooing ministers everywhere, and then sending several of his daughters out to marry, and then my son felt that it was inappropriate." ”

Old Madam Zhang has seen many winds and waves with the ups and downs of the former Zhenguo officialdom for many years, and her expression has calmed down at this time, but her heart is still anxious: "What about Your Highness?" How is Your Highness doing now? ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Tingyue's face sank again: "Your Highness has now said that he is sick and has returned to the East Palace, and even I wanted to see him was stopped." He slammed the table with his hand, and the teacup and teapot on the table jumped a few times: "Xue Yuan is now guarding the inside and outside of the palace, except for the time when he is guarding the spirit, he can't enter the palace at all at other times, and even if he does, he can't move around at will." His face sank like water: "I vaguely heard the news that Xue Yuan had a seizure in the East Palace this morning, and he wanted to change the hands of the people in the East Palace, and even the people in the Prince Zhan Mansion were locked up a lot, and now the rest dare not come forward!" ”

Mrs. Zhang's face also changed: "You mean that the Dongchang side also has a side mind, and they also want to compete for power?" ”

Zhang Tingyue nodded with a cold face: "I'm afraid that if it's true, Xue Yuan saved His Highness, not necessarily because he had any good intentions." ”

Old Madam Zhang slammed her cane, her eyes were slightly wet: "The queen's life is not good, I thought that this child would at least have a smooth life, but I didn't expect it to be so bad." ”

Zhang Tingyue hurriedly comforted her a few words, and said solemnly: "My son plans to enter the palace at noon to see if he can meet His Royal Highness, but now he knows how she is doing." He suddenly sighed again: "Our family has been watching Xuanhe in the past few years, but in fact, it is the scenery on the face, the military power army. The power has long been unloaded, if it was the same year, why be so timid? ”

Mrs. Zhang was about to nod, when suddenly the curtain moved, and a woman in a beautiful dress rushed out, knelt down at the feet of Mrs. Zhang, and cried sadly: "Mother, can you let the uncle go." She covered her face with a handkerchief and howled: "Who is Xue Yuan?" The No. 1 minister in the sky, as the saying goes, would rather offend the gentleman than the villain, if there is nothing to do, if something really happens, then what about the future of our family? ”