"Mrs. Xi?" Lan Ruo didn't expect that He Xi would also participate in this matter in the Heart Cultivation Palace, took the handkerchief handed over by Qiao'er, gently wiped her plain white hands, and said coldly: "It seems that this Mrs. Xi is really restless, and she really regards herself as the prince's own mother?" ”

"Since something happened to Li Zhong, let's find someone to replace him." Lan Ruo coldly ordered Qiao'er, and Qiao'er retreated.

Li Zhong's matter, just discussed in the palace for a few days, and then fell silent little by little, this is the deep palace, even if it is a big thing, as long as it is long enough, it will be forgotten, just like Mu Jin in the past.

During this period, He Xi once took Mama Yu to the Shen Criminal Division to visit Li Zhong, Li Zhong in prison, his face and body were all covered with hideous wounds, and the punishment of the Shen Criminal Division was indeed worthy of its reputation, and a little eunuch respectfully moved a chair and helped He Xi sit down.

Mama Yu looked at Li Zhong in front of her, only to feel a breath of evil in her chest, scattered, Li Zhong had long lost his former majesty, and now he was like a lost dog, curled up in a corner of the prison.

His eyes stared viciously in He Xi's direction, as if he was going to devour He Xi alive, and his spy voice became hoarse and ugly.

"Is Mrs. Xi here to see the joke?" It was like a rough grit rubbing against the ground, making an incomprehensible sound, and his throat was broken, and he was stuffed with hot carbon in his mouth, and his mouth was burned, and every word he spoke. There was blood mixed with pus flowing down the corners of the mouth, which was very disgusting.

The hands and feet were shackled, presumably to prevent them from committing suicide, after all, if they bear these punishments one by one, even if they don't die, they will go crazy.

"These things were all done by Father-in-law Li himself, why are you blaming me now?" He Xi's quiet voice echoed in the empty prison, becoming more and more ethereal.

"That's right, if you hadn't found out earlier, maybe your beautiful maid would have been lying naked in a corner at this time. Hehehehehe-" Li Zhong laughed as if he were a ghost.

Obviously, the spirit has been tense to the extreme, Ruyi's face turned red, her eyes were wide with anger, and she was speechless with anger, Mama Yu took Ruyi's hand and gently comforted her, Li Zhong only felt that the old woman in front of her was also very familiar, but he couldn't think of anything, until Mama Yu moved, he remembered that he didn't understand before, why He Xi would identify himself like this, it turned out to be this old slut.

He spat out a mouthful of blood and said to Mama Yu: "At that time, I shouldn't have just broken one of your legs, I should have directly separated your tongue, mistake, mistake,"

Mama Yu angrily reprimanded him: "You have done all the evil things and lost all your conscience, even if I don't say it, sooner or later you will be retributed." ”

Li Zhong was still about to say something, but he saw a person flash out of the door, it was the father-in-law of the Shen Criminal Division, with a flattering smile on his face, he bowed down to He Xi and said: "The little master is here, why don't you report it, it's all filth, the little master is golden and noble, or please ask the little master to move." ”

He Xi waved his hand and said with a smile: "We had some misunderstandings with Gonggong Li before, and we wanted to clarify today, but we didn't want Gonggong Li to be paranoid, and I even wanted to run out, I look at these legs, so don't keep them." ”

The sweat of the person opposite slid down his cheeks, he was in charge of punishment, and he was always used to seeing all kinds of cruel and bloody scenes, but in the face of the beauty in front of him, he only felt cold to the bone, she was obviously smiling, but in his eyes, he felt a strange and bewitching beauty.

couldn't help but swallow his saliva, he said in a trembling voice: "Come, didn't you hear Mrs. Xi's words?" Li Zhong rebelled and broke his leg for our family! ”

Someone immediately entered, holding an iron rod the thickness of a thumb in his hand, and there was a sound of chains colliding, Li Zhong's original bloodless face became even paler at this time, he knelt on the ground suddenly, and kept begging for mercy: "Little master, I was wrong, please spare me, it's my mouth, I shouldn't have said those words just now." ”

A slap slapped his face, the corners of his mouth that were already festering were torn apart, and he looked more and more hideous and terrifying, looking at those executioners, he couldn't stop trembling, as long as he wasn't punished, he could do anything.

He Xi just looked at Li Zhong's crying and pleading, silent, she was silent, and the father-in-law who was in charge of the punishment did not dare to withdraw the order, with a few screams echoing in the empty cell, Li Zhong's two legs were completely broken, and it seemed that only the flesh and skin were still connected.

He Xi smiled lightly and said to Mama Yu: "Mama, I said it, let you look at it, this is for you." ”

With tears in her eyes, Mama Yu nodded, no longer paying attention to the screams behind her, a few people went out of the Shen Penal Division, there was a continuous rain curtain outside, it had been raining for the past few days, Mama Yu held up an umbrella and said: "This summer, it seems that the rain is particularly diligent, and I don't know what's wrong, it seems to be going to make a hole in the sky." ”

He Xi listened to the sound of the rain hitting the umbrella in his ears, and it was rare to have a moment of tranquility, Ruyi took a navy blue water-patterned cloak and put it on He Xi, and advised: "The little master still don't stand in the rain for too long, be careful of leg disease again." ”

He Xi also felt a faint pain in recent days, and remembered that the medicine Gao Yuan gave him had not yet been taken, so he urged the soft sedan back to Lingxiu Palace.

For several days, the torrential rain was continuous, and there were few sunny days, and everyone slept with the sound of rain all day long. I woke up to the sound of rain.

It was stuffy for Tuoba Lin, he moved a small stool all day long, sat in front of the door, looked outside, his watery eyes were full of longing, He Xi simply sat with him, looking outside.

Ruyi came in from the outside with an umbrella, bypassed the screen, shook off the raindrops on his body, and then went around to the front.

"How's that going on with what I asked you to inquire about?" He Xi looked at the rain that was not about to stop at all, and there was an unknown emotion in his eyes.

"The flood in Shuzhong has affected several cities." Ruyi's voice was a little slow.

He Xi sighed: "Disasters have fallen from the sky, and the people are not able to make a living, and now it can be regarded as a troubled time." ”

If she saw that He Xi was a little emotional, she knew that she remembered some sad past, and couldn't help but divert the topic and said: "But the slave maid heard about an interesting thing again, Your Majesty today in the Taihe Hall to convene the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to raise disaster relief funds, although it is said to be fundraising, but it has set a different amount for everyone, up to a thousand taels of gold, down to a few taels of silver, everyone is different, I heard that Prime Minister Lan Cheng needs to raise seven hundred and fifty-one taels of gold." ”

This is also a strange news, when will there be forced fundraising, and it is accurate to such a number, He Xi just smiled and said nothing, Tuoba Chen really listened to his words that day, only by making these people pay a greater price, they will know the pain, they will know that they are wrong, the people of the Son of Heaven are the same.

Tuoba Chen, let them repay what they owe you first, and finally, you will repay what you owe me.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lan Zhili went down to the court, so he hurriedly mobilized the stewards of the house, and even the stewards of Zhuangzi were called, and they were locked in the study to discuss something.

When the Zheng family heard the news from the maidservant, she didn't know what was happening in the court, but it must not be a good thing to make Lan Zhili treat it so cautiously.

In her heart, there was a bad premonition, only to feel that the corners of her forehead were jumping suddenly, she couldn't help it anymore, and changed her clothes by the maidservant, and walked in the direction of the study, but she didn't want to meet Jiang on the road, Jiang was wearing a thin red gauze skirt, and he was middle-aged, but the charm still existed, Zheng glanced at Jiang coldly, and said in a weird manner: "Fox spirit." ”

Jiang Shi looked in the direction where Zheng Shi came from and asked modestly, "Sister, do you want to go to the study?" ”

Zheng ignored it and walked forward on his own, Jiang smiled slightly, followed behind and went in the direction of the study, and as soon as he arrived at the door of the study, he saw Rambo rushing back in a hurry. ”

Zheng thought that he hadn't seen Rambo for half a month, and when he saw Rambo walking in the rain, he didn't have an umbrella, but he was just wearing a simple coat, which inevitably made him feel a little distressed.

She took Rambo's hand and said softly: "You kid, why don't you even have an umbrella, if you get sick, how can it be good." Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the Jiang family following behind him, and couldn't help but raise his voice and said: "You are the only incense in our prime minister's house, if you get sick, your father and I will die of distress." ”

Jiang's hand curled up in his wide sleeve and clenched suddenly. The teeth also creaked, but they were covered by the rain, and Rambo now had no heart to follow his mother to embarrass Jiang.

He pushed Zheng's hand away indiscriminately, and asked repeatedly, "Father is in the study?" I have something important to ask my father. ”

Seeing the look on his face, Zheng didn't want to pretend, and connected with today's events, he faintly felt that his son might know something.

"Did something happen? Tell your mother. Zheng asked.

Where is Rambo in the mood to gossip with her here now, today he is leading the troops to practice in the barracks, but he doesn't want to hear the discussion below, and he only knows what happened in the court today after asking carefully.

He still remembered what the deputy general said to him: "Your Majesty got an account book from Zhang Minyuan a few days ago, which recorded in detail the amount and details of various bribes. The deputy general said with remorse: "Not only according to the account books, but everyone has to pay an extra thousand taels of silver, which is clearly a warning." ”