Er Zhurong, who had already returned to Yecheng, knew that his daughter was being detained in the Criminal Department as early as the road, and he also guessed that this was just a trick made by Yuan Yi and Liu Teng to fight cattle across the mountains, and their purpose was to force him to hand over his military power, so that he could sit back and relax. Er Zhu Zhao was still hiding outside Luoyang City, waiting for Er Zhu Rong's order, Murong Shaozong was worried about Ying'e's safety, and took the initiative to ask for orders to go to Luoyang first.

Er Zhurong's expression was solemn, and he looked at the military map hanging in the camp silently, as if he was thinking about something. Fei Mu, who was observing from the side, looked at Er Zhurong's eyes staying in Huaishuo, he unconsciously shook his right index finger and thought for a while, then guessed Er Zhurong's thoughts, stepped forward and pointed at Huaishuo and said, "General, now Huaishuo town guard Yang Jun is the younger brother of Yang Bo, the general of Zhenxi, this Yang Bo's mother, Mrs. Wang, is the grandmother of Empress Dowager Feng of Wencheng Wenming, because she is loyal and humble, and she is good friends with Pengcheng Wang Yuanxian. Helpless in the Huazhou Assassin History, was impeached by the imperial history Wang Ji for encroaching on the people's land, depressed at home and ended, his son Yang Kan did not send a spirit, appealed for many years, and then came to the Xiping period, only to be found out by the Empress Dowager Hu is Gao Zhao framed, returned his innocence, and posthumously presented as the general of Zhenxi, Yongzhou Assassin History, and restored his title, given the title of Zhuang. ”

Er Zhu Shilong was puzzled, and shouted in a thick voice, "A person who marches and fights, this gossip is clear, can you save my little Ying'e by telling a story?" ”

Fei Mu ignored Er Zhu Shilong's disdain, he naturally knew that Er Zhu Rong wanted to hear this story, and sure enough, he received Er Zhu Rong's approving gaze and an order, "Fei Mu, this matter will be left to you, so as to be foolproof." ”

Er Zhu Shilong didn't know what to do, why didn't he let him participate, but the reply he got was that Er Zhurong patted him on the shoulder with deep meaning, and continued to look at the map without saying a word, but his eyes were no longer looking at the northern border in front of him, but admiring the entire territory of Great Wei like a monarch inspecting, his eyes flashed with desire and firmness, and he made an oath when he looked back at Luoyang City for Empress Dowager Hu not to follow, he would do whatever it took to fulfill, The premise is that he wants Empress Dowager Hu to live well and see the day when she rides back to Beijing, she will be his daughter at that time.

The early winter of Luoyang this year is snowless, but the dark sky and the howling north wind are full of violence and brutality, whipping the last remnant cloud of autumn, and all things hide the splendor of life, and the unity shows submission and surrender, just to leave the green of life when spring comes. Ying'e couldn't help but shiver from the wind, she pulled the thin palace clothes on her body, stroked the scattered hair, and looked coldly at the fat Yuan Yi in front of her, only to see that he was already wrapped in a tiger skin coat before the deep winter, sitting on a pear blossom mahogany Taishi chair, leaning close to the fire in the execution room.

Yuan Yi tugged at the soldering iron in the furnace, provoking the sparks to crackle, he was testing Ying'e's level of fear, and thinking about his next move. It's just that he didn't expect the teenage girl in front of him to behave so calmly, and there was no trace of waves on his face, he asked unwillingly, "Concubine Ying has really seen a big scene, and her face will not change when she comes to this torture room." That's simple, explain clearly how your father colluded with Xi Kangsheng to assassinate the emperor and rebel, and save the pain of flesh and skin. ”

Ying'e smiled faintly, walked to the execution chair and sat down, "This palace is a Qihu person, not good at your Central Plains culture, I have only heard "Shangshu Taijia (middle)" Youyun: 'Yu Xiaozi does not know virtue. Self-inflicted. Lust for defeat. Defeat salute. Swift and swift. Heaven is evil. It's still violated. Self-inflicted. Don't be ashamed. But I don't know what it means, I don't know if the hussar general can solve it? ”

Yuan Yi's face twitched faintly, but he didn't have a seizure, he smiled, pointed at Ying'e and said, "This sentence is about people like you who are rebelling, you have to reap the consequences, and you deserve it." ”

Ying'e nodded as if she pretended to understand, "It turns out that Lord Yuan doesn't know that he can't escape his sins, but he asked the palace to admit something, that day at the palace banquet, as long as you are not blind, you can see that Xi Kangsheng is going to kill you, but I heard that this Xi Kangsheng has a very close past with you, why is it not ridiculous to turn against you now, the reason for this is that Lord Yuan does not ask himself, but asks the palace, isn't it ridiculous?" Besides, this Xi Kangsheng can be the grandfather of the palace, when he conquered Rouran, the father of the palace was not yet born, and then he has been doing the history of assassination in Jingzhou, and his father is not a person who entered the court, the two have never intersected, how to meet? Lord Yuan, your fabrication must at least be reasonable. ”

Yuan Yiyi smiled and approached Ying'e step by step, "I often hear people say that Ying Concubine can speak well, but today I saw it." It's just that here, few people's mouths can be hard to the end, aren't Ying concubines afraid? ”

Ying'e looked around, in the dim torture room, the dilapidated walls were stained with mottled bloodstains, the binding rope on a torture pillar could no longer see the original color, but it was dark and made people feel trembling, the soldering iron in the furnace was needless to say, and there were also various torture instruments on the table in front of her, which was terrifying to smell and cold to see, and even the handcuffs placed in the corner of the table were varied, but as stated in "Zhou Li, Qiu Guan, and Prisoner": All prisoners are shackled by sin, shackled by sin, and shackled by sin. Ying'e felt a chill when she saw it, and she admitted that she was also afraid, especially the spiked collar placed on the top of her head, the rusty cast iron made into a collar, and the circle was a spiked cone, as long as the prisoner moved, it would pierce the neck bone, and I don't know how many resentful spirits were contained.

Although Ying'e was flustered, she still pretended to be calm and asked, "Although this palace is in prison, there is no edict to abolish the throne, no matter how bad this palace is, it is still ranked as the third concubine, and it is regarded as the third secretary, Lord Yuan does not seem to be qualified to use me to torture, why is this palace afraid?" ”

Yuan Yi squinted at the pair of round eyes, and was silent for a long time, at this time Liu Teng came in from outside, "The harem affairs are all in charge of the queen, our family is here to announce the queen's oral message, Er Zhu Ying'e colluded with the chaotic party to plot the assassination, and the Dali Temple was tried. Ying Concubine Niangniang, in order to avoid the suffering of these flesh and skin, what Lord Yuan asks, you will do it one by one. ”

Yuan Yi and Liu Teng looked at each other and smiled, Yuan Yi twisted his fat body and selected the torture equipment, and said with a weird smile, "So this official is qualified to punish Ying Concubine Niangniang?" It's just that these torture instruments, I'm afraid that Niangniang doesn't even know their names, and the official can show them to Niangniang one by one. ”

Saying that, Yuan Yi picked up a bronze clip made of an ao, and when the slender tail was raised, you could see that there were four shallow grooves at the tortoise shell in the middle. Ying'e's fingers unconsciously bent back, it was a broken finger clip, and a strong squeeze could break the finger bone, and no one could bear the heartache.

Ying'e tried her best to control her fear, and shouted loudly, "Are you trying to bend into a move? No matter what you do, Bengong's father has never participated in the rebellion, and he has never had anything to do with Xi Kangsheng. ”

Liu Teng squinted his eyes, took the broken finger clip from Yuan Yi's hand, and handed it over to Hu Xuandu, "Let the subordinates do this kind of rough work, Master Yuan might as well go out for a drink with me." ”

Yuan Yi naturally agreed, and pulled Liu Teng to leave, but Liu Teng was not in a hurry, turned to Ying'e and said, "Niangniang is afraid that she will have to explain the adultery with Yuan Shi, and now that the emperor knows, Thunder is furious." Although there are a few broken sticks on the girl's clamp that Niangniang trained, there is still not a word, but Yuan Shiyu has already admitted that he has a good personal relationship with Niangniang in Yaoguang Temple, and this crime is a certainty. If the mother really cherishes this girl, she should admit it first, and then fight it, I'm afraid that the girl's leg will be broken. ”

Ying'e didn't expect that after they sent her to the torture room, they would also torture Qihua, she roared with tears in her eyes, "There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, you have worked so hard, and the palace you want to get will never let you succeed, and you would rather die than admit what you haven't done." ”

Liu Teng smiled gloomily and instructed Hu Xuandu, "In the past, Master Li Biao brought a wooden hand, and let the prisoner recruit all the prisoners, you have seen his might, tomorrow's confession will be put on our table, and you can do the rest yourself." ”

Hu Xuandu, a traitorous villain, got Liu Tengyuanyi's instructions, and that night he cut off his finger and gave it to Ying'e over and over again, and Ying'e broke out in a cold sweat, tearing her heart and lungs, fainting again and again, and being woken up by cold water again and again, but she refused to admit her guilt. Hu Xuandu couldn't get the testimony in the end, so he took advantage of Ying'e's coma and used the painting in her hand to charge, and with this forged testimony, Hu Xuandu happily went to Liu Teng to ask for a reward.

In the cell, Qihua, who was covered in blood, forced herself to tear off the strip of cloth on her body to bandage the broken bones of her hand for the unconscious Ying'e, she looked at the snowflakes that began to float outside the window in confusion, and her chapped lips trembled and said, "Mother, Qihua misses you." ”

The night was cold and cold, Ying'e, who had been asleep for a long time, felt that her fingers were a little cool, and she no longer had the same hot pain as before, she barely opened her heavy eyes, and saw Gao Yuanyi dressed as a jailer, lowering her head and carefully medicating herself, she asked weakly, "How did you get in, you go quickly, don't bother you." ”

Seeing that she was awake, Gao Yuanyi hurriedly put down the ointment, took out a bowl of chicken soup from the food box next to her, lifted Ying'e's head and said softly, "Save some strength, look at your injury, drink some chicken soup to recover some vitality." ”

Ying'e gratefully let Gao Yuanyi feed herself spoonful by spoonful, and when she was halfway through drinking, she looked at Qihua who was supported by Gao Yuanyi's palace maid Lian Jin, and said, "Thank you, sister, I'm much better, let's drink the rest for Qiyi." ”

Gao Yuanyi brought the soup spoon in his hand to Ying'e's mouth and said, "Am I such a stingy person, you pity your palace maid, how could I not know that Lian Jin has already fed her and drank." You're seriously injured, you're waking up slowly, this chicken soup is getting cold, you drink it quickly, I can't delay too long here. ”

Qi Wan nodded to Ying'e, "Yes, Niangniang, Sister Lian Jin has already fed me just now, you should drink it while it's hot." ”

Ying'e's eyes were moist, and she drank the chicken soup with tears, "This prison is not clean, it is dirty everywhere, and your clothes are carefully stained." Besides, I am guilty again, you are not afraid of risks and can send charcoal in the snow, this kindness Ying'e remembers in her heart, if there is him, he will definitely tie the grass ring. ”

"If it is okay to say that my clothes are stained in this cell, you can see that this is mine, but I took it off from a jailer before I came in, and the sour smell has already made my nose weak. I came to see you today, and I was also terrified, because my aunt knew that you were being tortured, and it was inconvenient for me to come in person, so I came to see you on her behalf. Gao Yuanyi said as he took out a medicine bottle from his arms, "This is snow gel cream, which can reduce swelling and muscles, remove scars, and wipe your wound is the best, looking at your hands, it is really distressing." ”

"Thank you Concubine Sima for your mercy, who doesn't want to leave it alone at this moment, she still remembers my injury, Ying'e thanked me." Ying'e didn't expect that Concubine Sima, who had never met before, would dare to lend a helping hand to her at this time and arrange for Gao Yuanyi to visit her in prison, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.

Gao Yuanyi comforted, "We are soft-spoken, we don't dare to help you argue anything, my aunt knows that you are bent on the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has always treated her aunt with courtesy, knowing that she is lonely and will raise Princess Jiande of Gao Ying to her." My aunt is grateful in her heart, when the Queen Mother was in trouble, she was really powerless, and now I see you disregarding life and death to help the Queen Mother set things right, and I admire and love you in my heart. Not to mention anything else, these days I saw you not hesitate to enter the cold palace and become a monk, I think there is no harem like ours with such ups and downs, but it is not to compete for favor. ”

"Concubine Sima praised it falsely, where am I so bold, and I am also afraid of death, but I am just confused, and I haven't thought about it so much. Speaking of competing for favor, I'm afraid there are not many of us who have this heart. ”

Gao Yuanyi said indifferently, "It's just that you and Sister Wang don't have the heart to compete for favor, and they can't compare to those foolish people, and it's not interesting to look for them like black-eyed chickens." I also have a weak temperament, so I just want to live this life without wind and waves like my aunt, and that's enough. ”

"In the end, my sister can see it clearly, but it is also a lot less troublesome." After Ying'e finished speaking, she looked at Lian Jin, "Why didn't Hexiang accompany you today?" ”

Gao Yuanyi explained, "This is the girl who grew up with me since I was a child, and the lotus fragrance was given to me after entering the palace, and it is not righteous and bright to come here today, and the less people know, the better." Now that I've been in for some hours, I don't dare to delay any longer, you take care of yourself, and I hope to have tea with you again in Pujia Palace soon. ”

Ying'e wanted to get up to send off, but was pressed down by Gao Yuanyi, "There is no shortage of these false gifts, and it is not your dormitory, but also ushered in the send-off, I will get it by myself, Lian Jin, let's go back." ”

After watching the master and servant leave, Ying'e sighed, "Su Riwei said a few words to her, that is, I met the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother a few times, but I didn't expect her to take the risk of coming." ”

Qihua helped Ying'e and let her lie down to rest, "That is also the kindness of the Queen Mother, and your good fate." This body is not good, Niangniang should rest again, this day is getting colder and colder, if Niangniang does not dislike it, let Qihua protect Niangniang to sleep, and give Niangniang some warmth. ”

"It's all sisters, what do you dislike, come and sleep with me, I can't do without your little stove." Ying'e smiled and got into Qiwan's arms and slept peacefully.