Chapter 42: Yun An is shy
Yun An couldn't imagine how he picked up a kitchen knife to cook.
He has been in the Thousand Spirits Palace for many years, but he practices in the courtyard every day, rain or shine.
Thinking about it carefully, apart from practicing and fighting, she has never seen Yun An do anything else.
Sure enough, Yun An looked at her in surprise and tried to refuse, Xiao Ling pointed to the small kitchen of Yusheng Courtyard.
"Everything should be quite complete, if you need ingredients, you can ask the chef in the house to send them."
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A mourning flag was hung at the door of the Liang Mansion, and the top and bottom of the house were dressed in plain clothes.
According to Ye Sili's instructions, Twilight Chun gave Liang Caicai the best ginseng as a gift, but Liang Caicai's door was closed and had to be handed over to her maid.
"Thank you to the county lord, the county lord has a heart." The maid replied.
Ye Sili saw the doctor open the door and came out, and listened to the doctor explain that Liang Caicai was just overly sad and depressed, as long as he was healthy and recuperated, there was no big problem.
Ye Sili pushed the door into the house alone.
It turns out that a person is so sad that he can lose weight and exhaust so quickly.
I haven't seen it for a few days, Liang Caicai's face is bloodless, and the whole person can be seen to be a lot thinner, and there is a sad and tired state between his eyebrows, and even his hair is dull.
Ye Sili stood at the door like this and looked at it, only to feel that Liang Caicai's whole person was lifeless.
The two have known each other since childhood, and they have been fighting for nearly ten years, but now seeing her lying on the bed so lifeless, Ye Sili felt like a big stone in her heart.
Over the years, the two have not had a very good relationship, but now Ye Sili is depressed as if she empathizes.
"Caicai ......" Ye Sili walked to the side of the bed and called softly.
Liang Caicai didn't respond, she didn't even look at the visitor, her eyes were dilated, and her eyes were blank.
Ye Sili sat down on the edge of the bed, noticed the obvious strangulation marks on Liang Caicai's neck, and reached out to caress it lightly in distress.
She looked at the ointment next to the bed, thinking that it was prescribed by the doctor, Ye Sili opened the ointment, wiped it a little with her hand, and gently rubbed it on Liang Caicai's injury.
As soon as Ye Sili's hand touched the wound on Liang Caicai's neck, she turned her head away.
"Caicai, this happened too suddenly, I know you can't accept it for a while."
"These days, you can choose to be depressed and choose to escape, but don't give up your life easily, okay?"
"Lord Liang has always loved you, and his greatest wish is to hope that you can live happily."
Hearing Liang Hai, tears fell from the corners of Liang Caicai's eyes.
"Caicai, I know you're listening to me, this has happened, Lord Liang can't die in vain, we will try our best to give Lord Liang justice, but you must not have anything to do."
"The huge Liang Mansion, more than 100 people are waiting for you."
Tears kept falling, wetting the pillow.
Ye Sili carefully gave her medicine, and Liang Caicai did not refuse again.
"County Lord......" Liang Caicai's voice was hoarse and trembled slightly.
"I'm here." Ye Sili was naturally happy when she saw that Liang Caicai was finally willing to speak, and quickly got up and poured a glass of warm water and slowly fed her to drink.
However, Liang Caicai couldn't drink anything, so he could barely moisten his dry and sore throat.
Liang Caicai's voice trembled, and it took courage to dare to look at Ye Sili, and cried almost in despair:
"Liang Mansion...... I probably won't be able to make it out......"
Hearing this, Ye Sili's heart was sour, and his eyes were red, he put the plaster away, held Liang Caicai's cold and thin hand, and comforted:
"What kind of stupid thing are you talking about, do you want to watch more than 100 people in the Liang Mansion starve to death?"
Most of the slaves in the mansion grew up in the Liang Mansion with the previous generation, or Liang Hai's cronies also followed Liang Hai's friendship from birth to death.
"Moreover, although this Liang Mansion is big, it is not taken care of by you alone." Ye Sili squeezed out a smile and quipped: "Liang Shilang has put a lot of effort into finding out Lord Liang's case these days, and he has been running around and working hard, but he still rushes back to Liang's mansion when he has spare time, hoping to accompany you for a while." β
"Although you have been in a coma for a long time these days, I want to ...... Liang Shilang's intentions, you should be able to feel it, right? β
Liang Caicai has been in a state of nightmares these days, often having nightmares, but she can always feel that someone is helping her cover the quilt and help her light the candles that have been blown out by the wind, so that she is not so afraid in the middle of the night.
It turned out that it was really him.
"Externally, he is the nephew of Lord Liang; Internally, he is your only relative. β
"Yu Gong, he is a subordinate of Lord Liang; Privately, he is your sweetheart. β
"With the existence of such a person, this world should not be useless, right?"
Liang Yi has been trying Liang Hai's case for the past few days, and this Liang Caicai knows it.
Liang Hai raised him, and his feelings for Liang Hai may not be as strong as Liang Caicai, but now he is desperately trying to find out the truth for him, but she only cries and escapes.
"Brother Yi......" Liang Caicai finally couldn't hold back the sadness in his heart and cried bitterly.
Liang Caicai was tired of crying and fell asleep again, Ye Sili saw her venting, and her heart should be much better, so she prepared to go home, and just out of Liang Caicai's boudoir, she saw Liang Yi coming out of the palace.
"County Lord, how is Caicai?"
As soon as Liang Yi left the palace, he received news from his subordinates that Liang Caicai had hanged himself, and he immediately rushed back.
"The doctor has seen it, it's fine, I've just fallen asleep at this time." Ye Sili saw that Liang Yi had not had time to change into the official uniform, so he remembered the Zhou family.
"What does the emperor say about the Zhou family?"
"Zhou De, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was fined Lu for two years, and his daughter Zhou Jiu'er was sentenced at a later date."
Zhou De is an honest official, and he is poor in Japan, and now he has been fined for two years, and the Zhou government needs to make a living, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to maintain this day.
Zhou Jiu'er intimidated the family members of important ministers, murdered the court officials, and was beheaded according to the rules.
However, the emperor did not suppress the Zhou family too much, and it seems that he still cares about the power of the DPRK and China.
Zhou Ziyu is quite respected in the younger generation, although he is currently reluctant to enter the court, but Zhou De has many protΓ©gΓ©s, coupled with the influence of Zhou Ziyu's reputation, the stakes should not be underestimated.
"Wow Saiyun'an, you really know how to make dumplings." Xiao Ling looked at the hot dumplings in front of him and couldn't help but be surprised.
Yun An is obviously not confident in his craft, "I can just be satisfied." β
"Just eat your stomach." Xiao Ling didn't dislike it, thinking about how long she had been a guinea pig when Sili learned to cook.
Yun An watched expectantly as Xiao Ling bit down half of the dumpling.
"It's a good taste." Xiao Ling praised.
"If the princess likes it, it's fine." Yun An breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Ling raised his eyes and glanced at Yun An.
"Don't move."
Yun An didn't move, looking at her suspiciously.
"Squat down."
Xiao Ling stretched out her hand and found that Yun An was too tall for her to reach.
Yun An crouched down and looked up at her.
Xiao Ling took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the flour off his face for him.
"It seems that you are not very good at cooking." Xiao Ling quipped.
Yun An didn't respond, Xiao Ling's handkerchief had a refreshing fragrance, and her movements were very light, little by little, little by little, to wipe off the dirt on his face for him.
"Yun'an, why is your face red?" Xiao Ling curiously leaned closer to look at his face.
Yun An stood up suddenly, hurriedly took a few steps back, his face showed a shy look that Xiao Ling had never seen before, lowered his eyes and no longer looked at her, and said in a somewhat flustered tone:
"Princess, please eat, and the subordinates will clean up the kitchen."
The flour on his face has not yet been wiped off, what is he in a hurry to run?
Xiao Ling looked at Yun An's figure fleeing in confusion.
That's it, Yun An always does things so mysteriously.
Xiao Ling continued to pick up chopsticks and eat dumplings.
At dinnertime, Xiao Ling curiously asked about the affairs of Zhou and Liang's mansions, and listened to the emperor's punishment of the Zhou family, and was a little puzzled.
"Zhou Jiu'er made such a big mistake, but only punished Lord Zhou for two years?"
Killing the court officials, plus Zhou Jiu'er still does not admit his guilt, he has no remorse, not to mention the nine clans, at least he should be dismissed or moved to the left, right?
What kind of punishment is it to withhold only a few dollars now?
Gu Liwei pondered:
"Now that Lord Liang of the Criminal Department has been killed, the Criminal Department is temporarily taken over by Liang Shilang, barely supporting the Criminal Department, if Lord Zhou of the Ministry of Rites is dismissed at this time, how can the six departments contain each other?"
It's inconvenient to say the rest, but they all understand it.
Xiao Ling didn't dare to be interested in the affairs of the court, so he just chatted a few words.
"But although Zhou Jiu'er has a domineering personality, I can't believe that she can do such a bold thing, it's a pity to have a good life."
"County Lord." Chuan Xia came to say goodbye.
"The Criminal Department sent someone to spread the word that Miss Zhou wants to see you."
Ye Sili looked at Gu Liwu and Xiao Ling, and didn't know what Zhou Jiu'er was going to do for a while.
Gu Liwu opened his mouth and asked, "What do you have to explain?" β
"Never."
Zhou Jiu'er's arrogance and unreasonableness have also been seen by Xiao Ling.
Now that Zhou Jiu'er is in prison, according to her temperament, she should be very proud, how can she ask to see others like this?
"Si Li, are you going?" Xiao Ling asked.
Ye Sili pondered for a moment and said, "Now that the entire Zhou family is implicated by her, I am afraid that she will find me at this time." β
"I'll go and see what she wants to do when she is in trouble."
The next day, Gu Liwei accompanied Ye Sili to the prison of the Criminal Department.
The prison was damp and dark, insects and ants were everywhere, and the people in the cell looked up one after another when they saw a newcomer coming in, their eyes were dark and terrifying, staring at Ye Sili uncomfortable.
"Don't be afraid." Gu Liwu supported Ye Sili's shoulders, and the wide robe covered most of her.
The jailer led the way for the two of them, walked to a cell door, and wanted to open the door, but was stopped by Ye Sili and said:
"You don't have to open the door."
Hearing the sound, the person who had been huddled on the tattered straw mat with his knees huddled suddenly looked up.
"The county lord, please." The jailer departed.
Ye Sili looked at the person who rushed towards the prison door, and almost thought that he was dazzled.
Zhou Jiu'er was wearing an unclean prison uniform with injuries on her body, presumably because she refused to admit her guilt and was punished, and the gauze that bandaged her index finger had turned black, but no one helped her change it.