In the past few days in the East Palace, Tan Luo has also heard that the punishment in the palace is cruel, the light ones are beaten with a board two inches thick and five feet long, and the heavy ones are shackled, tongue cut, cane killing, poison, waist beheading, and even the ten major tortures such as the fairy bridge of Dali Temple and the eggplant nephew, the means are cruel, and people are tortured to death.

Nan Feng had only violated a trivial matter that seemed trivial to her, but she had to be imprisoned and tortured in the court, and although she had not been in the palace for much time, it was difficult for her companions to suffer from the flesh and skin.

"At the moment, it should be to solve Chai He's problem, why don't you let Nanfeng make up for his merits, what's the use of being punished, he is injured, won't the work of the hot water room be lost!"

"Brother Tan, there is never a shortage of manpower for errands in this palace, and it may not be long before a new handyman comes to replace Nanfeng." Lin Yuan sighed and said, if it weren't for the sake of Gongzi, he would not have entered the palace to suffer such a grievance.

"Then Nanfeng was sent to the court last night, and he will never return to the East Palace in the future?"

"Usually the palace people who make mistakes will be sent to the cold palace or other places that are not to be seen, and a hot errand like the East Palace, he will never have a chance in the future."

Tan Luo's hands and feet were as cold as being immersed in cold water at the moment, she walked out of the door without saying a word, now the sun is shining, the weather is suddenly warm, but the cold in her heart is difficult to melt.

She wanted to find Steward Cui to intercede for Nanfeng, but the other party was just a young man who had not yet been weakly crowned, and she had to fight to let him return to the palace regardless of whether she had the opportunity or not.

In the room in charge of the Bureau, Tan Luo pulled Steward Cui's sleeve and refused to let go.

"Uncle Beauty, who is unprecedentedly personable and bodhisattva-hearted, you can be merciful and let Nanfeng return to the palace!"

"You kid, what time is it now, you're still grinding here with me, believe it or not, I'll punish you together."

"Tan Luo is out of the horse, a top two, are you willing to do it?"

"Don't think that your innate divine power can spread wilderness in me, have you prepared the morning bath water for the masters, go back to work!" Steward Cui flicked his sleeves and shook Tan Luo hanging on his arm violently.

"These have been prepared for a long time, the palace maids come directly to get them, let's be serious, Nanfeng, you really don't plan to let people go back to the palace?" Tan Luo looked at him with blank eyes, "Now that the storage in the firewood room is insufficient, how does Steward Cui plan to solve these problems?" ”

"I've already arranged for other people to go out of the palace to collect it, so you're still worried about your own errands!"

"Steward Cui is sure that it can be solved in the next few days? His Royal Highness the King of Qin is now leading 200,000 heavy troops back to Beijing, and I heard that the batch of firewood requisitioned by Nanfeng was taken away by the Qin Palace's high price. ”

"It's—" It's a bit tricky.

"If Steward Cui can arrange for Nanfeng to continue to go back to the hot water room to work, I promise that I can bring back a cart of firewood today, and it won't cost a penny."

"Brother Tan, it will take a lot of time for the woodcutters to go up the mountain to chop wood, let's collect it back to the palace, how can it be done in one day, if you can't do this, how should you deal with it?"

"Leave it to your disposal!" Tan Luo thought to herself, the wood-chopping skills she had practiced in Guiyan Peak before happened to come in handy at this time, and it was also a merit to be able to save Nanfeng.

Steward Cui took out a token and handed it to Tan Luo: "This is a token for the palace people to go out of the palace to do business, remember to go back to the palace before the night watch!" ”

"Okay, Steward Cui also remembers your promise."

"Anyway, I'm also the steward of this hot water room, and I still have the right to transfer back to a palace person."

"With your words, the little one will rest assured." Tan Luo smiled flatteringly.

When she left with her front feet, Grandpa Liu walked in from outside.

Steward Cui got up to greet him, looking at the team of guards behind him waiting in battle, and a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

"Dare to ask Grandpa Liu, what's going on?"

"There is a female assassin in our palace, the prince was attacked last night, and now all the palace maids in the East Palace are ordered to go to Jingren Palace, and His Royal Highness will interrogate him personally!"

"The old slave understands, so let's go and arrange it."

"This matter is very important, if Steward Cui finds any suspicious person, report it immediately."

"Yes, congratulations to my father-in-law."

At noon, in the training hall of Jingren Palace, Jing Yao changed into a set of moon-white regular clothes after returning from Chao Shang, and frowned at the palace maids in front of him.

"This is all the palace maids in the East Palace?" Jing Yao looked at it carefully.

"Back to Your Highness, there are three thousand two hundred palace maids in our palace, and this is just a part of it." Gonggong Liu whispered, "His Royal Highness wants to find an assassin, and he won't be busy for a while, so the old slave asked the remaining palace maids to wait outside the palace." ”

Jing Yao bowed his head and turned to look at the man behind him.

"Commander Tian, from last night to now, have there been palace maids or suspicious characters out of the palace?"

"Your Highness, according to the doorman's report, except for a few miscellaneous servants who left the palace this morning, no suspicious characters were found."

"Pass the orphan order, from now on, block the palace gate, and no one will be allowed to leave the palace at will!"

"Subordinates listen to orders!"

Jing Yao immediately turned around, he looked at the hundreds of palace maids standing in the hall, the corners of his lips hooked up a gentle smile, and his voice was as smooth as a pearl of jade: "Lone invited you to come today, I want to confirm one thing, there are a few rolling pins here, if any palace maid can break them with her bare hands, you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!" ”

Gonggong Liu opened the tray in his hand, and one hundred taels of silver were neatly stacked, shining, and the palace maids all stared at each other.

"I don't believe that a woman's hand is stronger than a man's, and if anyone can break this rolling pin, the silver will be taken away." Jing Yao sat on the Taishi chair, his eyes narrowed, he naturally didn't believe that the female assassin last night would do her best for this hundred taels of silver, if any palace maid pretended to be in front of him, the truth was obvious.

"Let's get started!" Jing Yao picked up the teacup, drank the tea slowly, and on the long table in front of him, five palace maids stepped forward nervously, picked up the rolling pin and looked at it.

This is just a common thing in the kitchen, and although the palace ladies are accustomed to menial work, their hands are not strong enough to break the sticks that are arm thick here.

Jing Yao hooked his lips and eyes, the Biluochun in the tea cup exuded a light fragrance, he sat quietly and tasted tea, and seemed indifferent to the hectic surroundings.

After the five palace maids failed in their attempts, the next group of palace maids stepped forward.

"You guys are all quick to move, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have so much spare time to toss with you!" Gonggong Liu couldn't help urging beside him.

"It's okay, I don't care much." Jing Yao waved his hand gently, and his smile was kind and easy-going.

After an hour, Jing Yao's face gradually became solemn, and Gonggong Liu knew that His Royal Highness had not found anything abnormal from this group of palace maids. He has been in the palace for many years and knows the prince's thoughts, and seeing him silent at this moment, I am afraid that this matter really angered His Highness.

The prince was gentle and courteous, courteous and easy-going, and Gonggong Liu had never seen him deal with an assassin so persistently. Although the East Palace is strictly controlled, in the past few years, there are still assassins who are not afraid of death who have trespassed into the East Palace.

Those people are just remnants of the former dynasty, and His Highness has never taken them seriously, how can he personally censor them like now. Gonggong Liu was also curious, what kind of female assassin was it, how did she offend His Highness's bad head.

After the palace maids in the lobby tried one by one, the next group of palace maids were led in again.

Such a search is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, remembering that he was so humiliated by that woman last night, Jing Yao clenched the tea cup in his hand, he wanted to see who dared to be so bold!

You must know that he Jingren Palace has never had a palace maid who is close to him, and that woman not only intended to assassinate, but also took the opportunity to touch his body.

Either way, it's a big taboo for him.

He hates those women the most for trying to seduce him and take advantage of his beauty to get on top!

For more than twenty years, he seemed to have the same dream often. The woman in red who couldn't see her face clearly in the dream stood on the other side of the galaxy from afar, looking at it for ten thousand years.

Jing Yao didn't know what this dream meant, and in his impression, it seemed that he had never seen such a woman. As for the girl who was entrusted to take care of him, it would not be her.

When the next group of palace maids were already lined up in front of the long table, Jing Yao put down the teacup and looked ahead for a long time. If she wasn't among them, where would she be hiding?

However, as long as it is in Kyoto, he will search for this person after digging three feet into the ground!

After checking the last few palace maids, Jing Yao leaned back in his chair and slowly closed his eyes. That woman really escaped from the East Palace.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what should I do next?" Gonggong Liu asked to see him.

"Let them all go down, I'm tired, can the bath be ready?"

"This"

Jing Yao suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Gonggong Liu with a smile and a word.

"The old slave should die, the old slave should die!"

"Father-in-law Liu, what happened to you but it doesn't matter, Gu He once blamed you."

"Thank Your Highness for your grace, the old slave heard that a handyman in the hot water room had made a mistake when collecting firewood and was punished in the court. Originally, this matter was not a big problem, but in order to let him return to the East Palace, the handyman who had a good relationship with the criminal slave promised not to spend a penny or silver and to settle all the Chai He in one day. ”

"I can't imagine that there is still this friendship in the East Palace, Gonggong Liu, you can let that handyman return to the palace for the time being, now it is the time to employ people in the palace, King Qin has returned to Beijing, and he doesn't want to have another incident."

Gonggong Liu naturally understood what the prince meant, and His Royal Highness didn't want him to be caught in any way. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and obeying the will of the people is the foundation of governing the country.

"The old slave will urge the hot water room to prepare His Highness's soup bath."

Jing Yao bowed his head and got up to leave under the congratulations of everyone.

At night, Tan Luo finally dragged her cart back to the East Palace, and when she approached the city gate, she found that the number of guards tonight had increased several times compared to usual.

"Stop, what are you doing!" The doorman stopped Mir.

She took out the token and handed it to the doorman: "I am a handyman in the hot water room, and I was ordered to go out of the palace to collect these firewood." ”

The doorman walked up to the cart and looked through it carefully, and only waved it after making sure there was nothing suspicious.

"Dare to ask the eldest brother, what happened to the East Palace tonight, why is the access control so strict?" She whispered.

The doorman looked at the white-faced boy, frowned, and said, "It's not that damn assassin yet, I heard it's still a woman!" ”

"Female assassin?" Isn't that what she's talking about!

No, if she wants to save her life in the East Palace, she must not be discovered by her parents, the crown prince.