Chapter 36: The Dust Has Settled
Jiang Wan returned to Luoyunxuan alone, and the palace people of Luoyunxuan did not dare to approach her because she had regained her innocence, probably out of guilt or out of fear of her revenge.
Jiang Wan didn't want to have anything to do with those people in Luoyunxuan, her mind was full of the palace maid's desperate and disheartened eyes, and her soft admonition with guilt was in her ears.
Lin Yao's secretly smug expression made Jiang Wan clench the hand under his sleeve. Concubine Xi's body is still parked in the righteous house, and now that the truth is revealed, the murderer has been caught, and she will be buried in the next few days.
"Master, why is your face so ugly, is there something uncomfortable?"
Ping'er walked towards her, and she saw Jiang Wan hanging her head, and her whole person exuded a gloomy atmosphere. Jiang Wan seemed to come back to her senses because of Ping'er's voice, she seemed to be whispering, "Why is it?" ”
Ping'er already knew what had happened, and she thought that Jiang Wan was wondering why the palace maid was to blame her, so she said with some indignation, "What good people can there be around the noble concubine." ”
Jiang Wan shook his head, "It's just a poor person." ”
Then Jiang Wan returned to the room by herself, signaling that Ping'er didn't need to follow up. Ping'er didn't understand why she survived the catastrophe, but Jiang Wan was this deeply shocked.
Jiang Wan and Yi were lying on the bed, the appearance of Concubine Xi dead, the appearance of the palace maid taking the blame for Lin Yao, and the appearance of Lin Yao framing the original owner at the beginning, all lingered in her mind at this moment, making her feel so helpless for the first time.
In this palace, black and white are never distinct, some people survive in the gray area, and some people use power to wreak havoc there. Lin Yao killed Concubine Xi out of jealousy, but the palace maid had to pay the price with her life.
"I'm getting out of here, I can't be here anymore."
Without the strict laws of the 21st century, no one's life can be guaranteed, I will eat you if you are weak, and she will eat me if she is strong, which is completely different from her experience in the business field, at least she has not been tainted with life.
The palace maid confessed everything in the prison, and Concubine Xi's case was completely closed. On the day of the execution, Jiang Wan, as a member of the case, also needed to be present.
Jiang Wan watched the palace maid being put on a black hood in front of the public, she knelt on the guillotine, and no one knew what she looked like before she died.
Jiang Wan looked at it clearly, the palace maid's body was shaking, it was also a young girl, but at this time she had to pay for another person's sins. However, Jiang Wan has already figured it out, no matter what the reason is, she is the one who directly killed Concubine Xi, she is helpless but not innocent.
"The hour has come, execution!"
The warden's shrill voice rang out, and the moment the arrow that symbolized the end of life fell to the ground, the flickering guillotine fell.
Blood splattered, heads separated, and the women present turned their faces away from watching the scene. Jiang Wan was different from them, she looked at the black bag that had rolled a few times, and looked at the stickiness spreading on the ground.
Lu Zhixing noticed her, and he was surprised by Jiang Wan's overly flat expression and upright posture. At this moment, the sky suddenly darkened, dark clouds gathered, and the wind suddenly came at this moment.
At the end of the execution, the people dispersed, and General Wang finally sought justice for his daughter, and the back of the departing figure seemed to be sobbing. The body of the palace maid was disposed of, and the rain came quickly, washing away the liquid that was still flowing on the ground, and a bloody smell dispersed with the help of the rain.
"Master, what's wrong with you?!"
"Bang."
Jiang Wan fell straight to the ground without warning, her heavy body stirred up pieces of water, and a second before the heavens and the earth disappeared in her eyes, she could only hear Ping'er's anxious cry.
When Jiang Wan woke up again, he only felt that his body was very heavy, and his head was also aching faintly. She wanted to get up, but she didn't have the strength, so she could only turn her head and look around. Ping'er was not in the room, and her body was covered with a thick quilt, which added another layer of burden to her who already felt heavy.
"Hire?"
Jiang Wan called out for Hiren'er, but found that his voice was also dry and unbearable, and his voice was rough and small, and it was difficult for people outside the room to hear it.
Fortunately, Ping'er happened to come over with medicine at this time, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the pale Jiang Wan wake up.
Ping'er stepped forward to help Jiang Wan up, and brought her hot water to drink. Jiang Wan felt that his throat was soothed a lot, "What's wrong with me?" ”
She only remembered that on the day she was executed by the palace maid, it seemed to fall in the heavy rain, and then she remembered nothing. Ping'er sat on the edge of the bed, her face full of worry.
"Master, the imperial doctor said that you were too tired, plus you had been injured before and your body was weak, so you were taken advantage of by the wind and cold."
Ping'er said this with a little distress, and Jiang Wan fell in front of her without warning that day, but she was scared a lot.
"How can I, an official woman, ask for a doctor." Jiang Wan sneered.
"The master fell that day and His Majesty saw it, and His Majesty immediately asked people to send you back, and also sent a doctor to come and treat you."
"Your Majesty has pity on me."
Jiang Wan stopped talking, the impact on himself that day was not small, and it took a few days to slow down.
"Don't say anything else first, the medicine is almost ready to be eaten, master, drink it quickly."
Ping'er brought the bowl on the table to Jiang Wan, Jiang Wan looked at the black-brown decoction in the bowl, and was a little resistant, she didn't like to drink Chinese medicine the most, the bitter taste was too hard.
"Knock knock."
But the discomfort caused by the infection and cold borered her, and in order to recover as soon as possible, she had to take it and drink it all.
"It's bitter."
"I know that you are afraid of hardship, master, come and eat this."
As if playing a trick, Ping'er took out a few candied fruits out of nowhere and put them on Jiang Wan's hands. Jiang Wan was curious, "Where did this come from?" ”
"Ju Chang was giving to Hiren'er, Ju Changzai knew that you were sick and wanted to visit, but he was persuaded by Hira'er to go back, Ju Chang was afraid that you would be too uncomfortable to drink medicine, so he gave Hira'er a bag of candied fruit."
Jiang Wan looked at the candied fruit in her hand, Yahan must be very anxious. She put one in her mouth, and the sweetness spread in her mouth, suppressing the bitterness of the decoction.
Jiang Wan had just finished drinking the medicine and was about to lie down when he heard a voice outside. Ping'er packed up the bowl and walked out. Jiang Wan heard Ping'er's voice sound, "Slave and maid see Your Majesty." ”
"Why is he here?"
Jiang Wan lay on the bed and didn't plan to get up and go out to greet her, she didn't want to go out to salute others anymore with her sick body dragging her sick body.
"How is Officer Xin?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Master, she just woke up today, just drank medicine and fell asleep, but Your Majesty came to visit?"
"Exactly, presumably the impact on her that day was not small, and she contributed a lot to catching the real murderer this time."
"Your Majesty is better to go back, now the master is infected with the wind and cold and it is inconvenient to see people, and besides, it will not be good if Your Majesty is infected."
Ping'er seemed to understand Jiang Wan's attitude towards Lu Zhixing, so she took it upon herself to persuade Lu Zhixing to go back.
Lu Zhixing looked at the closed door and didn't move for a long time, and finally the chief manager spoke, and Lu Zhixing turned around and left.
"Take care of her."
"It's the duty of a slave."
After Lu Zhi walked, Ping'er returned to the room, Jiang Wan had closed his eyes, and his breathing had stabilized.
"Master, I hope Ping'er didn't guess what you meant."
Jiang Wan's wind chill took seven days to completely improve, and at this time, Spring was ready to leave, and Summer was already waiting outside the door. Jiang Wan's body weakened a lot after falling ill, but fortunately, his spirit was still sufficient. Xia Yahan came to Luoyunxuan as soon as she learned that Jiang Wan had recovered, and when she saw Jiang Wan sitting by the window again, she looked a little unhappy.
"You, you, why is the wind just blowing here?"
Jiang Wan saw Xia Yahan coming, and showed a rare smile, "Where is the wind today, the willows in the yard don't see it swaying, don't worry too much about me." ”
"What you said, I don't worry about you, who is worried about you, I haven't seen you for the past few days, I sent Mo'er to inquire about the situation every day, and I will come to see you immediately when I know that you are well."
Xia Yahan pursed the corners of her mouth because of Jiang Wan's "unappreciation", Jiang Wan patted her hand with some amusement, "I know, I know, don't be angry with me." ”
On the day of the execution, because the case had nothing to do with Xia Yahan, she had no reason to wait and see, and she didn't want to see that scene. Although the real murderer was punished very happily, the harem lost two lives after all.
After learning that Jiang Wan was ill, Xia Yahan couldn't stop worrying and regretting that she should have stayed with Jiang Wan for a few more days, it must have been because her previous injuries had not completely healed.
"Your body is like a paper kite in the wind, but you have to pay attention to it, don't worry about getting sick again."
After saying that, Xia Yahan stood up and was about to close the window, but Jiang Wan stretched out his hand to stop him.
"This house has been stuffy for many days, and it was raining and damp a few days ago and it was inconvenient to open the windows, but now the weather is fine, so you have to ventilate, otherwise you will fall ill."
Xia Yahan saw that she couldn't talk about her, and she also felt that Jiang Wan's words were reasonable, so she sat down and stopped paying attention to the window. Xia Yahan and Jiang Wan chatted, Xia Yahan deliberately avoided the previous case, she knew that this was already an extremely sensitive topic. For Jiang Wan, it is also for the entire harem.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the palace maid is just a victim of a substitute for someone, and as for who the real mastermind behind it is, everyone in the harem can guess it.
"Yahan, if I leave this palace one day, how can you protect yourself in this harem."
Jiang Wan looked at the big white clouds floating in the sky outside the window, as well as a few birds that occasionally flew by, and said suddenly.
Xia Yahan was stunned when she heard this, she didn't know why Jiang Wan said this, and how could she have a chance to leave easily after entering the harem. Jiang Wan turned her head to look at Xia Yahan, her face was against the light, making Xia Yahan look inrecent.
"Yahan, don't you think this harem is too terrifying, anyone may become the next Xi concubine, or the palace maid who was executed."
Jiang Wan's voice couldn't hear the emotion, but it knocked on Xia Yahan's heart word by word.