Chapter XXXII: Punishment
After Xiaolian left the Easy House, she went directly to the city.
The guards at the city gate were much lax today, and she casually wiped two handfuls of ash on her face and blended in.
After entering the city, she went straight to the Rui Wang's Mansion.
Sister Ami left with King Rui that day, and when she came back, she must have been with King Rui, so I'm afraid no one knows better than him what the situation is.
She stood at the door of King Rui's mansion and knocked on the door, and after a while, the butler came and opened the door.
Looking at the girl in front of him, the housekeeper didn't have any impression, just came to beg for food.
Thinking so, he said to Xiaolian, "Girl, wait a minute, I'll go into the dining room to see if there is anything to eat." ”
As he spoke, he decided to close the door.
Xiaolian also knew that the housekeeper would not recognize her at this time, so she said anxiously, "Housekeeper housekeeper...... Don't close the door! It's me! ”
As she spoke, she pushed the door with one hand to prevent the butler from closing it, and with the other hand she lifted up, wiping the dust off her face with her sleeve.
The housekeeper looked at it carefully, and although he felt a little familiar, he really couldn't remember the identity of the woman in front of him, so he had to ask, "...... girl?"
Xiaolian lowered her voice, "I'm the little girl next to the county lord of Jiahe. ”
With that, the housekeeper remembered.
Although this little girl had never been to the palace, he had indeed seen her when he passed by Xiyunxuan a few times.
The housekeeper thought about it, then opened the door and let Xiaolian in, took her to the front hall, and asked her to wait first, while he went to make a sound.
After a while, there was a sound of footsteps outside.
Xiaolian was already a little nervous thinking about Ami, and when she heard the footsteps, she stared at the door even more closely.
The person who came was Liuyun.
When Xiaolian saw him come in, she hurriedly walked up to him, her eyes reddened, "My lord, I heard that Sister Ami has been pressed into the prison of the Criminal Department, is it true?" ”
Liuyun knew that Xiaolian was going to ask about this before he came, and he had already thought about how to answer.
He nodded, seeing that Xiaolian was about to cry urgently, before he continued to add, "Although it has been suppressed, nothing will happen, the queen mother's side has already been there, as long as the queen mother does not pursue it, there should be no big deal." ”
Xiaolian relaxed a little, "Then when will she come back?" ”
Liuyun was silent for a moment, "I don't know this yet, Your Majesty is still angry, even if you don't dig deeper, there should be other punishments, and wait patiently." ”
"What about Aunt Xu? Aunt Xu was also arrested that day. ”
Liuyun said with a smile, "As long as your master is fine, Mama Xu will naturally be much easier." ”
As soon as she said this, Xiaolian's hanging heart let go of most of it.
Knowing that there would be no big deal, Xiaolian didn't stay long and left.
Now that Xiyunxuan can't go back, Xiaolian has no choice but to sneak in through the back door of the drunkard's house, and then have a place to settle down.
Three days later, there was still no news from the palace.
Xiaolian was in a hurry at home, but there was nothing she could do.
At the same time, a group of people went to the prison of the Criminal Department.
The light in the prison was dim, and Ami counted the days and nights outside the window, barely counting how long she had been locked up.
Listening to the sound of footsteps approaching outside the cell, Ami tilted her head slightly and looked outside.
Shortly after, a dark blue corner came into view.
Ami raised her head and saw a leading father-in-law followed by a few younger fathers-in-law.
The chief justice was the one who went to the drunkard's house that day to read the decree.
When Ami saw them, she stood up and stood still.
A small jailer came and opened the door, and the leading father-in-law came in with someone.
A few people stood still, and the father-in-law took out a bright yellow scroll and held it up in front of him, "Bai Ge listens to the order-"
Ami knew in her heart that it was time for the palace to make a decision.
She bowed respectfully and knelt down, feeling a little apprehensive.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said. Bai Ge, the lord of Jiahe County, pawned and sold the items in the palace without authorization, with a contemptuous attitude, contempt for the imperial power, the crime is unforgivable, Your Majesty is lenient, and he is punished lightly, and the cane is punished fifty, and he will be executed immediately, and he will be executed immediately.
After the leading father-in-law finished reading it in his throat, he handed the holy decree to Ami, "County Lord, take the decree." ”
With cold sweat on her palms, Ami took the decree and said in a soft voice, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”
Fifty rods.
On the surface, the death penalty was waived, but when fifty rods fell, there was no life, so it was not necessarily.
The leading father-in-law walked out towards the door, but when he turned around, he found Ami still stunned, and reminded, "County Lord, fifty rods will be executed immediately, don't delay any longer." ”
Ami stood up and followed behind slowly, the hand in her sleeve clenched into a fist, cold sweat sticky.
On the other side, Rui Wangfu.
After Changli received the news, he asked Liuyun to rush to the Criminal Department.
When Liuyun arrived, the execution had already begun.
Ami was pressed on a bench by several big men, with two soldiers on her side, and she was so hard that her stick was stained with a lot of blood.
Ami gritted her teeth, let out a miserable scream from time to time, her face was flushed, and a circle of tooth marks appeared around her lips, oozing blood, her fingers were scratched on the wood, the green tendons burst out, and her fingertips were bruised and bloodstained.
Liuyun saw it in his eyes, and he couldn't do anything, so he simply went to the door to guard, but he was very anxious in his heart.
After all, it is a holy decree, and who can resist it.
After about a quarter of an hour, several people came out of it, carrying a shelf.
Liuyun stepped forward to see that it was Ami.
At this time, Ami was not as radiant as usual, the whole person was lifeless, her face was pale, her lips were chapped, her hair was messily attached to her forehead and sideburns, and the dress on her body was also soaked, sticking to her body, her plain clothes were stained with blood, her hands were hanging weakly, and there were blood stains sliding down her arms and dripping all the way.
Liuyun's heart sank, and he hurriedly ordered a few people to put Ami in the carriage, and then rushed to the palace.
Along the way, he didn't dare to go too fast, worried that Ami wouldn't be able to stand the bumps.
When he arrived at the palace, he immediately ordered a few people to carry Ami to the room that had just been cleaned up in the mansion.
Considering that Xiyunxuan is all female dependents, if he is chased and killed, he has no power to fight back, so Changli ordered someone to pack up a side room and let Ami live for the time being.
At this time, Xiaolian was already in the room, and another medical woman was also waiting.
Seeing Ami being carried in bloodstained, Xiaolian's eyes turned red and tears couldn't stop falling.
"Sister Ami! What happened to Sister Ami? Don't scare me...... It's all my fault, I didn't find you ......"
The men put Ami on the bed, still lying on her stomach.
Xiaolian threw herself in front of the bed and couldn't cry.
When the doctor saw the person being carried in, she hurriedly picked up the medicine box and rushed to the bed.
After just one glance, he frowned.
She rolled Ami's eyelids and hurriedly opened the medicine box.
At this time, Changli walked in from outside the door, and Liuyun followed.
As soon as Changli entered the door, he walked quickly to the bed.
Seeing Ami's appearance, his eyes sank, and a trace of anger quietly crossed his eyes.
He asked in a deep voice, "How's it going?" ”
The doctor's face was sad, "Back to the prince, the situation is not optimistic, the little girl will do her best to save it." ”
Xiaolian stopped a little, but when she heard the doctor girl say this, she couldn't help it anymore.
The medicine woman reminded while holding something in the medicine box, "This girl needs to recuperate, so don't disturb others." ”
Changli squinted, but he said to Liuyun behind him, "In the past few days, this wing room has sent more people to keep an eye on it, and there is no room for error." ”
Liuyun answered, glanced at Ami very worriedly, and went out.