Chapter 232: The Return of the Old Man
Gu Fengjin looked at Su Xinyan's somewhat smug expression, and couldn't help but smile helplessly.
"It's better to go back and rest early, the fright just now must have had some impact on your body, if there is nothing else to do in the past few days, you should recuperate for a while."
Also, Su Xinyan thought of the dangerous scene before, and couldn't help but nod thoughtfully, this time she really escaped by luck, if she hadn't met that mysterious man, she would have gotten an elixir by mistake, not only the child in her belly, but even herself might be in danger.
Thinking of this, she didn't linger too long, and quickly turned around and returned to Su Mansion.
When Su Xinyan entered the house safely and watched her fall asleep with her own eyes, Gu Fengjin put away her expression and turned out of the room.
As soon as he went out, his previously calm and breezy face shattered, and his body shook slightly, as if he also felt a little weak and powerless for the rest of his life.
General Xiao Pei saw his master's sad expression, and hurriedly helped him.
"Holy Lord, fortunately, it's all a false alarm."
"Yes...... Thanks to a false alarm. The fine sweat on Gu Fengjin's forehead kept bubbling out, and when he learned the news that Su Xinyan was trapped, the whole world almost dimmed, and it wasn't until he personally brought Su Xinyan out that the cold in his body gradually melted.
"Although there are no serious consequences, but none of those who started it can be spared, you will send people to search the whole city now, if there are still such pickled and filthy places, they will all be ruined by me!"
Gu Fengjin gritted his teeth and said, in view of Su Xinyan's temperament of liking to have fun in the city, instead of imprisoning the other party in the mansion all the time, it is better to clean up the outside environment and make it completely free of danger.
"Also, the boss behind the Colosseum will also be investigated."
General Xiao Pei received the order, and without the slightest delay, he turned around and walked out of the Su Mansion.
In the following month, the royal army dispatched the Imperial Forest Army to thoroughly search the whole of Kyoto, but all the dark places that violated laws and regulations were cleared, and not only that, but the local government also increased night patrols of the territory, and for a time the atmosphere in the city became clear and abnormal.
Beast fighting, which had been popular among the upper class, was banned, and the largest colosseum in Kyoto was empty, and the site became public territory in a short period of time, and it is said that it will become a bustling market in the future.
Su Xinyan recuperated for more than a month, and when he was released to allow ventilation, the weather began to gradually warm up.
At this time, she was sitting bored on the warm floor, bored playing with the newly made playing cards.
Before, she simply scoffed at this kind of entertainment, but after being held back for a long time, she realized that this kind of game that can be practiced alone and played in a group is simply the best weapon to pass the time.
It's a pity that this game has been around for many days, but no one dares to play with her, and so far she is the only one who has discovered the fun of this game.
The incident in the Colosseum seems to make Gu Fengjin more concerned about her safety, although this can't be said to be bad, but Gu Fengjin is more strict with her schedule, so she seems to be a little unbearable.
Fortunately, the time of delivery is getting closer and closer, and even the national teacher who has not returned for a long time has news, otherwise if she is allowed to continue to rest without a goal like this, she will definitely be the first person to uncover the uprising.
Throwing out the last card in his hand, Su Xinyan stood up and waved his hand at Zhang Yunhao, intending to enter the palace.
Although she hasn't gone out shopping again in the past few days, she has been to the palace more often.
After all, entering the palace now is the only behavior that she is still allowed to.
Because of other thoughts in his heart, Su Xinyan did not find Gu Fengjin directly after entering the palace as before, but directly took Zhang Yunhao into the imperial garden at will.
At this time, everything is waiting to be enjoyed, and the plants in the imperial garden have no ornamental value, Su Xinyan is thinking about his heart, and he does not care about the surrounding environment.
But at this moment, a child suddenly came out of the weeds next to him, and the child was about to bump into Su Xinyan recklessly.
The guard behind him was quick, raised his foot and kicked over, although the other party had subconsciously lightened his strength, but the kid was still kicked out of the way.
"What people!" Zhang Yunhao also hurriedly blocked Su Xinyan's front and asked sharply.
Now is the critical time, everyone treats Su Xinyan carefully, for fear that something will happen to the other party.
Su Xinyan turned his head sideways and saw the little boy lying on the ground who couldn't stand up for a while, so he hurriedly pushed the person next to him away and stepped forward to help the child up.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she stretched out her hand, the other hand opened it, and the child raised his head, revealing a pair of eyes full of horror and defense.
This man seems familiar......
Su Xinyan looked at the child's dirty little face and was a little puzzled.
I saw that the other party was wearing old clothes, his body was extremely thin, and he didn't look like he had a few taels of flesh on his body.
Could it be the child of a subordinate?
Su Xinyan frowned, "Whose child are you?" ”
The boy pursed his lips and did not answer, but he stood up on his own, stubbornly turning his head.
At this time, a slightly chubby old slave got the news out of nowhere, ran over quickly, and when he saw that it was Su Xinyan, he quickly knelt down and saluted, and hurriedly said, "Master Su is angry, this is the one in the partial palace, he is too young and ignorant of the rules, he collided with you, it was the small one who didn't take good care of it, and the small one took him away." ”
The one in the side palace?
Su Xinyan thought about it, and then remembered that someone seemed to have mentioned before that those children of the royal family who made mistakes, or the children of the royal nobles who lost their parents and had no one to take care of them, would be taken to the side hall and raised by someone sent by the palace.
This is regarded as the benevolence of the saints today, although these people's days cannot return to the preferential treatment of fine clothes and food before, but after all, they provide these people with warm food and a place to stay.
"Why did the people in the side hall let him run into the palace!" Zhang Yuanhao said with some dissatisfaction, "You hurry up and take him away!" ”
"Yes! The little one will take him away! The servant said cautiously.
After speaking, he pulled the child and walked back.
"Wait a minute," Seeing the man holding the child's arm tightly, and the sadness in the child's eyes, Su Xinyan suddenly couldn't bear it.
"I happened to have some food with me, so let him accompany me."
The mama stiffened, and after a long time said, "It's not good. ”
"I just say okay, how can you speak!" Su Xinyan couldn't help but take the child's hand and walked towards the pavilion.
The child flinched, not breaking away from her hand. His eyes flashed, and then he stiffened and followed behind Su Xinyan.
The child's hand was cold, that is, Su Xinyan clenched it all the way and did not warm it back.
Walking to the pavilion, Su Xinyan found a seat and sat down, asked his subordinates to put down the refreshments that had been prepared, and then looked at the little boy and asked.
"Hungry?"
The child sat stiffly on the stool, not eating what was in front of him.
Seeing this, Su Xinyan handed him a piece of pastry, "Why don't you eat it?" ”
The child was obviously very hungry, and after making sure that she had no ill intentions, she picked up the pastry and began to eat it in small bites.
It's really a child's heart.
Su Xinyan held her chin and hooked her lips a little helplessly.
Be wary at first, and it will be easy to take the bait as long as there is food.
As the child's arm was raised, the smile on Su Xinyan's lips gradually stiffened.
She frowned and reached out directly, rolling up the sleeve on the child's arm.
I saw that there were still red marks on the arm, which looked like the marks of being whipped by the whip.
There are old and new traces, and apparently this kind of treatment is not done once or twice.
Su Xinyan's eyes were cold, and he looked at the other party's arm with a condensed expression.
Although she had always known that it was impossible for every place in the palace to be full of light, it was not known how many places that this seemingly golden palace had hidden dirt and dirt.
However, this is the first time she has seen such a blatant abuse of children.
Su Xinyan subconsciously glanced at the other party, this kid had a blank face, and he didn't seem to feel that he had suffered everything that someone could stand up for him.
Su Xinyan lowered his expression and turned his head to look at Zhang Yunhao, "Go and help me check this child." ”
Seeing that his master was angry, Zhang Yunhao's movements were a little faster than usual, and it didn't take long to check everything about this kid.
"Master...... This child," Zhang Yunhao hesitated for a moment before saying, "This child is the orphan of the Third Prince. ”
"What did you say?" Su Xinyan was suddenly shocked.
Did she still think that this was just an unfavored child of the third prince?
Now that he said it, Zhang Yunhao no longer hid and choked, and hurriedly told him about this child.
It turned out that the child was sent to the people when the Three Princes rebelled, and due to the defeat of the Three Princes, the child was also hidden in a remote place.
After that, the saint spent a lot of effort to find him, but there was no news for a long time, but later he was found by chance when he was sheltering those innocent beggars in various places.
"You mean, he later became a beggar?" Su Xinyan asked thoughtfully.
"Yes."
At this moment, the grandmother who had left came back again, and said to Su Xinyan with an anxious expression, "Master Su, now it's time to go back, the old slave can only stay in this palace for an hour, and now it's time, can you let the old slave take him back?" ”
Su Xinyan glanced mockingly at the grandmother kneeling below.
If this person has been serving the child's grandmother, the whip marks on the child's body have been explained, and it should also be from the hands of this grandmother.
"Do you want to go back?" Su Xinyan turned her head to look at the child.
When they spoke, the child did not speak as if he could not defend himself.
Su Xinyan had seen this kid before, and his high-spirited appearance was obviously not his current state.