Chapter 43: Punishment
Tuoba Yue seemed to be disappointed, let go of the hands holding He Xi's shoulders, turned around and strode away, only throwing down a fluttering sentence: "A sharp blade that is not willing to be stained with blood, no matter how sharp it is, it can only be a piece of scrap metal." β
He Xi couldn't come back to his senses for a long time in the same place, sharp blade? Don't you want a blade stained with blood? I'm just a knife, so what qualifications do I have? Ruyi came in with broken steps and said: "Little master, the prince said, this house is unlucky, and the little master has not eaten at noon, so go back with the slave and maid." β
He Xi nodded, shook his head again, and the beads on his temples swayed a few times with the movements, trembling like He Xi's mood at this moment.
"I'm right here, calling someone to call Cai Wei." He Xi found a place to sit down, and there were already Praetorian Guards on the side who came in to carry out Fu'an, no, Fuping's corpse, such palace people, not doing things well, most of them were casually transported out of the palace, and found which wilderness for jackals.
I couldn't bear to think about it anymore, He Xi's fingers tightened and tightened, Ruyi wiped the wooden chair on the side with a silk handkerchief, helped He Xi sit down, and then quietly persuaded: "Little master, if you want to be tried, you will also change the place to judge, and besides, it's time for lunch, don't be tired because of this matter, don't you get tired because of this matter, we still have the prince above, what's going on, isn't the prince on top?" β
Ruyi said while carefully looking at He Xi's expression, He Xi's face was like a brilliant pear blossom, not to say colorful, but pale, as if the winter sun had fallen snow.
"I know, you go first." The forehead began to ache faintly, and the figures of A-Niang, father, and brother kept appearing in my mind, I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me, He Xi, do you really think you have escaped this karmic fire?
The cold breath inside the room made He Xi shiver involuntarily, but what was even colder was in his heart, and he remembered two footsteps outside the door. The light and dexterity is obviously the woman's pace.
When I raised my eyes, I saw Dao Ruyi come in with a woman dressed as a pink palace maid, her sideburns were a little scattered, her eyes were red and swollen like walnuts, and the whole person had a cowardly look.
"Slaves and maids see Xiao Master Xi, Xiao Master Xi Jin An." With a trembling voice, He Xi glanced at Cai Wei coldly and said, "Who is the person behind it?" β
"The slave doesn't know what the little master's words mean." Hardly for a moment, Cai Wei replied sluggishly.
With a sneer, Cai Wei didn't look up, if she looked up, she would be able to see the pain in He Xi's eyes.
"I don't know? Don't you know the lotus that died before? Don't you know Fu'an, who was lying here just now? Don't you know the duckweed in despair in the slave camp? A few rhetorical questions, one by one, rose in tone one after another, and the ethereal voice almost crashed into everyone's hearts in the already dark room.
Cai Wei's face directly retreated into snow, she fell to the ground, the pain in her heart made her tremble uncontrollably, her teeth were almost bitten apart, her head kept knocking on the ground, once and twice, each time there was a heavy impact sound, Cai Wei cried: "The slave doesn't know." The slave doesn't know. β
Just repeating such a sentence in his mouth, He Xi sat upright, and his rounded fingertips almost slammed into the wooden chair.
She got up and pulled Cai Wei up, snap-
Ruyi rarely saw He Xi so angry, with a little compassionate determination, Cai Wei still repeated this sentence: "The slave doesn't know, I don't know-"
As he spoke, he actually laughed, and He Xi's palm ached faintly. She motioned Ruyi to close the doors and windows, and the room suddenly became dark.
"Do you really think that you want to turn over this earth-shattering case by leaning over this leaning over? Who was the first queen? Mu Wangfu, now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, the queen is the daughter of Prime Minister Lan, just a few of you, you want to redress the grievances of the first queen, it is too naΓ―ve. He Xi sneered, how could he not survive with such a goal.
This is her hope to live, and it is also the reason why she can't live, living in nightmares all day long, He Xi took a sharp breath and continued: "I still don't know if the first queen set the fire herself, even if it was set by someone else, do you really not know the truth of the matter when our majesty is our majesty?" He didn't check many years ago, do you think you can make trouble, why can you make trouble? Almost cruelly pointed out the truth of the matter, Cai Wei sat on the ground limply.
The originally dark eyes seemed to be pearls that had lost their brilliance at this time, and only the dullness of fish eyes remained.
"Hahahaha-ah-" Cai Wei looked up to the sky and smiled, her voice was full of unwillingness and despair, she almost used all her strength to shout: "Heaven, open your eyes and see!" What kind of world is this, why are innocent people being killed, and why are people who have done all the evil things still sitting back and quiet in Weiyang Palace! Why! β
Yes, why, once, He Xi also asked like this.
"Cai Wei, you tell me who is behind this, and how many people are involved, you see, these people died tragically, except for the emperor who sent an idle prince and a very low-ranking promise, there was a trace of turmoil, and the person you resented is still in Weiyang Palace, and has not been affected in the slightest." Squatting on the ground and looking at Cai Wei, Cai Wei was almost stunned when she saw He Xi's eyes, but she didn't come back to her senses until she saw He Xi's elegant and beautiful face, this was not someone she knew.
"Cai Wei, thank you little master for talking to the slave and maid today, the slave and maid can only say, I am the only one involved in this, and the little master has caught the slave and maid to go on an errand." There was a hint of pity in Cai Wei's eyes.
Before he could speak, he heard someone outside hurriedly running in and saying, "Little master, it's not good, the queen mother has gone to the sin slave house to arrest someone!" The chamberlain was panting, sweat sliding down his cheeks, apparently running all the way.
He Xi's heart froze, and he asked urgently, "What's the matter?" β
The attendant shook his head in a panic and said: "The slave doesn't know what is going on, the person who came to report the news just said that the mother said that the people of the slave house are bewitching the people, and they should be severely punished to set an example!" β
Cai Wei's face turned pale suddenly, she knelt a few steps towards He Xi, pulled He Xi's wide hem and said: "Little master slave and maid, please, these things are planned by slaves and maids, and they have nothing to do with them, they don't know, little master, please save them, slave and maid kowtow to the little master." If there is an afterlife, the slave and the maid will be a cow and a horse, and they will definitely repay the little master, and the slave and the maid will beg the little master! β
The hem of the skirt was wrinkled by Caihe's grasp, just like He Xi's heart, and hurriedly persuaded him like an opinion: "The little master has to think twice, now and in the past, I'm afraid it's ......."
Before he finished speaking, He Xi had already walked out quickly, and He Xi said loudly: "The criminal slave Caiwei, the main culprit in this case, take strict care and wait for Your Majesty to fall." β
"Yes!" The uniform answer was the Praetorian Guards in Beijing.
Ruyi hurriedly followed, and before he could speak, He Xi handed over the dragon-patterned jade pendant to Ruyi and hurriedly said: "You go to the Heart Cultivation Palace to invite Your Majesty, just say, just say that I was punished by the queen's mother." Don't say a word about the rest, do you hear? β
If he saw that He Xi's mind had been decided, he could only lean over and take orders to walk towards the Heart Cultivation Palace, the emperor's sedan chair had already gone back, He Xi didn't want to think about it, he walked quickly, and there was a faint pain under his feet, but it was too late at this moment, almost all the way around the path, half an hour had passed, and he had only walked half the way.
At this time, a delicate voice suddenly said, "Why is Sister Xi so anxious, what is this going to do?" β
He Xi turned his head suddenly, because he was in a hurry, his face was full of ruddy color, and layers of fine sweat appeared.
He Xi saw Xu Qing'er sitting on the sedan chair, she gritted her teeth, leaned over, and said softly: "The concubine sees Xu Shu'er Niangniang, Niangniang Wanfu Jin'an." β
Xu Qing'er got off the sedan chair with the help of the pothos, hurriedly helped He Xi up, and said softly: "Sister, where are you going, why are you in such a hurry, what about Ruyi around you?" β
Green pothos said on the side: "The people around the little master are becoming more and more distracted, how can you let the little master himself be here, if there is a loss, how can this be good?" There was inevitably a hint of pride and joy in his words.
Xu Qing'er glanced at the pothos lightly, the pothos slumped her mouth and stood aside, but He Xi didn't care, she looked at the sedan chair behind Xu Qing'er, only when she reached Xu Qing'er's position, she went out to have a sedan chair to ride, her eyes flashed, and she said in a deep voice: "Concubine Xu Shu must also know that the concubine is investigating the matter of Chuxiu Palace, but the person in charge behind the scenes has confessed, but she heard that the queen mother went to the criminal slave house and tried to punish innocent people, and the concubine was in a hurry, so she hurried over there." β
When Xu Qing'er heard this, she lowered her head and looked at He Xi's feet, the original plain white satin-patterned boots had already been dyed by the dust and changed color, and the corners of her skirt were also a little dark, very embarrassed.
"Sister, it just so happens that the concubine is also going to the sin slave house, so let's go together." Xu Qing'er only thought for a long time, then stretched her brows and said.
"Isn't Niangniang going to His Majesty's Heart Cultivation Palace?" Pothos muttered dissatisfied.
He Xi's eyes turned, and he suddenly knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "If the concubine goes, she will inevitably be punished by the queen's mother, and she doesn't dare to implicate Concubine Xu Shu, but the concubine has something to ask for......"
After saying that, he looked at the sedan chair behind Xu Qing'er, Xu Qing'er understood, waved his hand and said: "This palace is a little tired, I want to go, you first send Xi to promise to go to the sin slave." β
"!" The pothos almost said urgently, even if Xu Qing'er didn't go, but this sedan chair belonged to Xu Qing'er, I was afraid that my own mother would touch the queen's mother's head.
"Pothos, it seems that Bengong really pampers you on weekdays, when will you be able to dictate Bengong's decision?" With majestic words, He Xi looked at the anger in Xu Qing'er's eyebrows, and there was a trace of trance.