The sound of iron chains continued to whip He Xi's heart, He Xi only felt her fingers trembling slightly, she looked up, only to see that the ugly child was wearing two long chains on each of the pipa bones, and with the rough movements of those people, the wounds were touched, and even blood flowed out.

It flowed onto the placket of the clothes, on the iron chain, mixed with the previous bloodstains, stinging He Xi and Ruyi's eyes.

"Ugly-ugly-" Ruyi called cautiously, and He Xi reacted, it turned out that this was ugly, it was her ugly, Mu Jin's summer and winter.

She stood up suddenly, and when the grandmother on the side saw it, she kicked her knee viciously, and said angrily: "The queen didn't scream, she actually got up, do you still have our queen mother in your eyes?" ”

He Xi's legs bent and fell to the ground suddenly, but the pain of the knee impact could never suppress the dull pain in her heart, she got up almost stubbornly, knelt down, got up, knelt down, just to walk towards the ugly child step by step.

Those few people walked in front of He Xi and looked at Lan Ruo, Lan Ruo nodded lightly, which was considered a promise, and the little eunuchs would be aware and put down the ugly child.

Chou'er lost her support, and the whole person fell into He Xi's arms, her sideburns were unkempt, and her face was pale without a trace of blood, He Xi trembled and stroked Chou'er's face, and said softly: "Chou'er-Chou'er-I'm here, let you suffer, I'll take you away-let's go-"

"Let's go? You yourself ignore the palace rules in vain, when this palace is the Weiyang Palace, what kind of place, you can come when you want, and leave when you want? Someone—"

"Your Majesty has arrived—"

Lan Ruo's words were interrupted, her expression changed, and she looked at Qiao'er, Qiao'er shook her head and said that she didn't know, just in such a kung fu, Tuoba Chen had already entered the hall.

Lan Ruo hurriedly got up to meet him, and Tuoba Chen's afterglow roamed around He Xi's body, and then he helped Lan Ruo up as if unintentionally and made it to the chair.

Lan Ruo's eyes softened and said, "Why is Your Majesty here?" ”

Tuoba Chen picked up the teacup in his hand, only felt that the tentacles were warm, so he put it down again, and said in a deep voice: "I thought that the teacup in the queen's palace would always be hot, but I didn't want to have such a time when the tea was cold. ”

The smile on Lan Ruo's face froze, and Tuoba Chen was blaming himself.

She hurriedly knelt down and said, "Is it the concubine's dereliction of duty, Qiao'er, why don't you quickly change the hot tea?" Tuoba Chen waved his hand and said, "That's it, I didn't come here to drink tea, tell me what is going on——"

Tuoba Chen raised her hand lazily and pointed in the direction of He Xi, Lan Ruo turned her eyes to look, her eyes flashed with cruelty, she turned her head again, and said infinitely aggrieved: "Your Majesty, this girl's hands and feet are not clean, she stole the things in the palace, but she didn't say where she hid them, concubine——"

As she was talking, she saw He Xi hand over the ugly child to Ruyi on the side, slowly got up, and walked towards Lan Ruo step by step, Tuoba Chen frowned unhappily, looked at Fuqing on the side, Fuqing understood, and hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to stop He Xi, and persuaded in his mouth: "Little master, in front of Your Majesty and the queen, you must not be rude." ”

A smile rose at the corner of He Xi's lips and asked, "Rude?" Is it true that in your hearts, the number of courtesies is to bow down to your ears and be at your mercy? Or is it that the number of rites is to wronged innocent people and bend them into tricks? ”

She looked at Lan Ruo with a look in her eyes as if she was going to eat Lan Ruo alive here. Lan Ruo wanted to refute, but when she saw Tuoba Chen looking at He Xi steadily, she couldn't help but ease her tone, and said in a more gentle tone: "Your Majesty, the concubine is the queen, and she is the model of the harem. Preventing the next ugly slave from appearing is. ”

He Xi clenched her fists tightly, her round nails embedded in her palms, and she said, "So, what did the ugly er steal?" Can there be witnesses? Evidence? Or is there no human or material evidence, and the mother can't bend it directly! ”

Every word she said, it seemed that she was crying blood, Lan Ruo stopped talking, she didn't expect Tuoba Chen to meddle in this matter, she thought that Chou'er would definitely not be able to endure the punishment and tell her identity, in this way, not only her, even if He Xi had nothing to do with Mu Wangfu, but covering up the matter of the ugly slave, it was enough for her to die without a place to be buried.

"Little Lord-Little Lord, look at the ugly-" Ruyi cried out in panic, He Xi turned around, and saw the ugly child lying in her arms, blood constantly gushing out of her mouth, and her body twitched as if it was spasmodic.

He Xi pounced, his fingers touched the warm blood, and He Xi said, "Ugly, ugly-how are you?" Don't scare me—yes, Lu Chuan, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please, please ask Imperial Physician Lu to come and see—"

He Xi said to Tuoba Chen, Tuoba Chen looked at the crystal in He Xi's eyes, and for a moment, he felt as if he had never understood He Xi, he waved his hand at Fuqing, and Fuqing immediately trotted down.

He Xi felt that someone was pulling her skirt, she turned her head and saw that Chou'er was struggling and seemed to want to pull herself up, He Xi took Chou'er's hand, didn't care about the blood stains on her hands, as if she was a child, buried her face in Chou'er's palm, and said in a muffled voice: "Don't worry, Imperial Doctor Lu is the holy hand of Chinese medicine, with her, she will definitely be able to protect you, Chou'er, you hold on, we still have a lot of things to do, you must persevere." ”

The ugly child's lips pursed, and her voice was extremely low, as if the sound had been blown away by the wind when it came from between her lips and teeth.

He Xi leaned closer, and heard the ugly child say intermittently: "Little - little master - you are finally back, I- I'm afraid that it will be - I'm afraid that it will persist - I can't stop - cough cough cough - "

As she spoke, Chou'er coughed violently again, as if just a few words would consume all her strength.

He Xi hurriedly helped Chou'er stroke his chest, and at this time, he heard hurried footsteps, and Lu Chuan came. As soon as Lu Chuan entered Weiyang Palace, he saw He Xi who was embarrassed, he frowned, hurriedly saluted the emperor and queen above, and walked to He Xi's side, He Xi hugged the ugly child and raised his face, the moment she and Lu Chuan's eyes intertwined, Lu Chuan actually saw the fragility in her eyes, she opened her mouth and called silently: "Uncle Lu-"

But the voice was extremely low, no one heard her words, Lu Chuan squatted down, saw the iron chain locked on the ugly pipa bone, and couldn't help but change his face and said, "What's going on?" ”

He has always been a benevolent healer, and he has not seen the methods in the palace for so many years, but it is the first time he has seen such a vicious one. Chou'er's breathing was already weak, Lu Chuan pulled Chou'er's wrist, put his fingers on it, only to feel that the pulse was close to nothing, he groaned for a moment, sighed and said: "Xi Cairen, Chou'er girl, she-" The following words couldn't be spoken, as if as long as he told the truth, he would cut a bloody wound on He Xi's body. He Xi didn't hear Lu Chuan's words, she just grabbed Chou'er's hand tightly, Ruyi had already cried silently, Chou'er's consciousness was already a little blurred, she let He Xi pull herself, seeing He Xi crying, she raised her hand with some effort, as if to help He Xi wipe away the tears on her face, but the strength on her body was pulling away bit by bit, she smiled helplessly, and said, "Miss, don't cry - Chou'er - I didn't take care of you - I'm sorry -"

He Xi shook her head desperately and said, "Ugly, it's me who came back late, it's me, it's all me-" Suddenly she seemed to remember something, and said, "By the way, there is someone who can save you, I-"

"Little Lord! Calm down! A pair of hands grabbed He Xi's wrist hard, it was Lu Chuan, he naturally knew who the person in He Xi's mouth was, but if she said it today, she would die because of it.

"Uncle Lu—" He Xi subconsciously called.

Lu Chuan's expression was in a big array, her voice was extremely fast, and Lu Chuan, who was beside He Xi, also wondered if he had heard it wrong. He subconsciously looked at He Xi, but He Xi no longer looked at himself. She was hanging her head, and Tuoba Chen said in a deep voice: "Okay, Fuqing will send Xicai back to the Autumn Dew Palace." Lan Ruo was stunned for a moment, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, Xicai people have blatantly violated your will, can you just let it go?" Later-" She looked like she was arguing with reason, and Tuoba Chen said coldly: "The queen is very clear about public and private, but I remember that the palace system abuses lynching, not to mention the cruel trick of wearing pipa bones, the queen really opened my eyes, besides, Xi Cairen has my word, it is not considered a protest, what else does the queen have to say?" Lan Ruo pursed her lower lip stubbornly, looked in the direction of He Xi unwillingly, and happened to look at He Xi, only to see that He Xi's eyes seemed to be sudden.

Back to the Autumn Dew Palace, He Xi asked Ruyi to prepare hot water, and then let Ruyi retreat. Ruyi glanced at the two of them deeply, answered, and retreated silently.

He Xi rolled up her sleeves, wrung the clean handkerchief, and took off the mask on the ugly child's face, the ugly coughed lightly, He Xi said softly: "Let's just wipe it off-" Her voice choked, she couldn't continue, but the ugly raised a smile, let He Xi help him wipe it, He Xi wiped it very carefully, and his fingers stroked the wrinkled scar on the ugly cheek, and the ugly said: "Isn't it-isn't it ugly-"

He Xi shook his head and said gently: "It's not ugly, the name Chou'er was obtained by yourself, you said it this way, you can remind you and remember what happened, but in my eyes, you will always be my good Xia Dong." Chou'er said with some concern: "The queen doubts my identity-little master-little lord must be careful-" He Xi nodded vigorously, tears couldn't stop sliding down, as if remembering that Chou'er didn't want to see herself crying, so she hurriedly got up and turned around by changing the handkerchief.