Imperial City

I was right, I did nothing wrong, what was wrong was the Forbidden City, I just did what I should do.If you don't get rid of him, you will be like mermaid like before.

Although Wei Qi comforted himself repeatedly, he had nightmares and couldn't sleep peacefully at night.This is the first time he has harmed someone's life, although he has been bullied before, but none of them are as lowly as Bai Lian, and no one was killed.

In fact, he didn't want to take Bai Lian's life, he thought that his superiors would send him to Yeyouting, but he didn't want this to exceed his expectations.

After all, Wei Qi had a disturbed conscience. He tossed and turned at night and finally fell asleep, but he always dreamed of Bai Lian looking at him with resentment before he died. Eat it alive.

Sometimes he dreamed that his father taught him to be a gentleman in the study at home, or his mother held him in her arms and asked him to have kind thoughts.

I'm wrong.

Wei Qi woke up from the nightmare, sweating all over his head, staring blankly at the darkness with his eyes wide open, and muttering in his mouth.

I was wrong, mother.

He shrunk into a small ball and wrapped himself in the quilt, with his arms wrapped around his shoulders, as if there was nowhere to rely on.

The boy was wrong.

Wei Qi bit his cuff and sobbed softly, his face was wet with tears.

Today is the seventh day of Bailian, and Wei Qi can't stand it anymore.

There was an inaudible sound of father and mother floating in the room, and no one answered, it was covered by the snoring of Liang Xing and his sleeping sound not far away.

I want to go home.

But Chen Xiaoyi no longer has a home.

Wei Qi was like a walking corpse, and he lost weight in just a few days.

Liang Guiji only thought that he was bullied by Bai Lian, now the sudden death of that man was a big change, and she was frightened when she saw him being beaten to death alive in front of her that day, so she didn't blame her.

Liang Ju is the only one who knows the ins and outs of this matter, but he is used to being alone and not good at comforting others.

But when he saw Wei Qi like this, he was also worried that before he got the money, this man would follow Bai Lian, that adulterer, to Huangquan Road as a companion.

Wei Qi was one of the few people who went to the imperial dining room for business and came back with a smile on his face.

Liang Ju had guessed that there was his close companion at the other end of the imperial dining room, so today he specially sent him to the imperial dining room to pick up a few plates of snacks and prepare them.

When the latter heard that he was being sent to the imperial dining room, at least he raised his spirits and left in a low voice.

He is young, not suitable for walking in the palace and dealing with servants everywhere, and he cannot suppress others.

So the master seldom sends him around, and the few occasional errands are also to pick up the loopholes of good habits.Even though Wei Qi liked to go to the imperial dining room to do business, he never asked too much.

Why Xi went to the imperial dining room because Wu Jiacai worked in the dim sum room there.

If you're lucky, the two of you will be able to meet each other and exchange some food.For example, Wu Jiacai would give him a small package of oiled paper snacks, and he would give back those inconspicuous and exquisite gadgets in the rewards he got.

If the heavens favored them, and luck would be even better, when the father-in-law in charge was away, the Wu family would be able to have some free ideas, and the two of them could still have a few words.

The two of them were lucky today, the father-in-law went to rest in the anteroom by himself, and everyone had already had lunch at the moment, so in the dim sum room of the imperial dining room, there was only a foreman eunuch and a few servants guarding there.

Wei Qitong, the foreman eunuch explained his purpose, and took out a silver bag to give him. The eunuch smiled, and brought a few plates of hot snacks from the stove to the rosewood four-layer suitcase that Wei Qi had brought.

The latter thanked him and looked around with dull eyes, hoping to see Wu Jiacai.

Looking around in a hurry, he was no longer inside the house, lowered his eyes in disappointment, and said goodbye to the head eunuch.

Unexpectedly, he turned around and met Wu Jiacai's eyes.

He has also lost weight, but he seems to be taller again, and his complexion is not bad.Wei Qi stared blankly at the people not far away, and almost couldn't help shedding tears in front of everyone in the room.

Wu Jiacai cast a questioning look at the head eunuch behind him.

The man had just accepted Wei Qi's favor, and he knew that the two were on good terms, so he had no reason not to agree, so he nodded slightly and agreed.

Wu Jiacai turned and went out, Wei Qi took a deep breath and followed with a suitcase.

The events of that day in Chuxiu Palace had already been blown up and down the Forbidden City like the wind, and as soon as Wei Qi left, there were discussions everywhere behind him.

The two of them stood still under the corridor in front of the side room, Wu Jiacai's eyes showed worry, he hadn't seen Wei Qi come to the imperial dining room for three months, and he got the news from Chuxiu Palace, knowing that Wei Qi and his master had been executed, he was very worried , I can only do it in a hurry.

"Xiao Qi..." He hesitated to speak, Wei Qi only said that his master was Bai Lian, and did not tell the rest.

So Wu Jiacai didn't know what was going on with him now, but that day the old ancestor ordered Chuxiu Palace to close the palace to watch the torture, and everyone knew about it.

Beating people to death, this scene is horrifying, Xiao Qi must be scared, otherwise how could he become so thin as he is now.

Wu Jiacai looked at the thick dark circles under his eyes, the drooping heavy eyelids, the thin chin and the thin body covered by the empty palace clothes, his heart seemed to be soaked in salt water, sour.

"Don't be too sad." He looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he moved closer and stroked Wei Qi's drooping head.

Wei Qi was comforted and wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry. This is not a place where we can cry.

"Yeah." He responded lowly, his appearance was really not very good.

Wu Jiacai was very worried, but there was not much time left for them to reminisce about the past.

He took out a small oiled paper bag from his pocket.

"The sour orange and hawthorn cake I learned from the master has been hidden in my arms for several days, and I am waiting for you to taste it sometime. Your dog brother is now rich, and he has good things to use every day, and he I don’t like sour food. We won’t keep this snack with him, it’s all yours.”

Wei Qi raised his head and grinned, took the oiled paper bag and hid it in his arms, but still did not respond.

The eunuch in the neighboring class tapped three times with a dust whisk on the outer wall of the dim sum room door.

There can be no further delay.

Wei Qi said goodbye.

"Xiaoqi, take care of yourself. We agreed that after leaving the palace, we will rent a big courtyard for the three of us to live together for the elderly." The Wu family treasurer kept his words short and only picked good words to comfort him.

Wei Qi smiled more genuinely this time, opened and closed his lips a few times, and said in a low voice, "Brother Jiacai, I remembered, you also take care of yourself."

The two looked at each other for the last time, Wei Qiruthlessly turned around and left, Wu Jiacai watched him go away.

Returning to the Xufu Hall to return to work, Liangju saw that he was obviously a little angry, not as listless as before, knowing that he got comfort from elsewhere, took the suitcase, and told him to go back and rest.

Because of Bailian's incident, Chuxiu Palace was fined from top to bottom, three months' routine money was deducted, and all food and clothing expenses were halved. It's been a rough few days for everyone.

Wei Qi returned to himself, he Tanli took out the oiled paper bag from his arms and carefully opened it.

The sour orange and hawthorn jelly has long been shattered and scattered, and the original delicate shape cannot be seen.The weather was very cold, the cake passed through Wu Jiacai's arms and then transferred to Wei Qi, holding it in the cold palm was warmer for a while.

Wei Qi took a small piece and put it in his mouth to taste it slowly. The sour and soft taste spread from the tip of his tongue, and the irritating saliva was secreted in an instant.

In the past few days, I finally tasted it, and I can cry.

He wept with peace of mind, tightly clutching the paper parcel in his arms, as if holding a rare treasure.

Eat good things slowly, because you don't know when you will eat them next time.

Concubine Lianggui is fond of sweets and doesn't like sour. She is afraid that her teeth will be damaged, but she is also afraid that she will gain weight if she uses too much sweet.

In addition, few people in Xufu Palace come to the door. After all, the big Buddha on the main seat is placed in the middle, and no one will wink at a noble concubine first, that is, when the princess comes, one or two should be prepared, so there are very few people in Xufu Palace. Use less snacks.

Sweet ones are rare, not to mention sour ones.

Wu Jiacai loves Wei Qi very much, knowing that he must have not tasted sour taste for a long time, Tete learned this dessert from his master to comfort him.

How can Wei Qi not understand his intentions, more than a year has passed in a hurry, and there are schemes hidden everywhere in the Forbidden City. If the three of them hadn't supported each other and relied on each other, he would have given up already.

Maybe it wasn't so stupid back then, delaying the opportunity to go to Shoukang Palace, life is much easier now, or maybe everything is already predestined, no matter where you are, as long as you are still trapped here, you will be hard to be at ease.

In the evening, Wei Qi got up from the slump, took out the incense that he had spent a lot of money and made several trips three days ago, and went to the courtyard to light it.

With a creak, the wooden door opened lightly, and the cold wind outside was howling, but Wei Qi couldn't feel the cold.

He looked towards the main hall from the southeast corner of the walking courtyard.He took out flint from his sleeve and lit incense.

It was I who harmed you. Light the incense tonight, and you will not be a wandering soul. I hope you will be reborn as soon as possible, and be a complete and kind person in the next life.

He silently recited two ancient scriptures in his heart, and placed the incense in an inconspicuous corner of the courtyard, facing the main hall of Chuxiu Palace.

After returning to the house, he still had nightmares all night, but Wei Qi never woke up.

In the early morning of the second day, he got up early and buried a small thin stick in the corner of the wall in the soil.

Wei Qi survived by relying on a little bitterness every day and unrealistic hopes for the future.

Inside the East Nuan Pavilion of Shoukang Palace.

Ruinao was burning in the open lotus furnace, twelve carved cranes celebrating birthday, and on the other side of the red sandalwood and vermilion screen, a young court lady in light blue palace attire was kneeling on the footstool of the Arhat bed, beating the queen mother's legs.

The dark red felt carpet embroidered with rich and noble peonies was spread on the blue and black marble floor tiles, and Wan Renxiang stood under the ancestors and spoke first.

"You said that Wei Qi was the one that that dog slave bullied?" The Queen Mother asked softly with her eyes closed. "Wei Qi?"

"Oh, Wei Qi." She pondered for a while before remembering who Wei Qi was.

"Back to my ancestors, it's true. Bai Lian is Wei Qi's master. The slave once carefully interrogated the slave who served Bai Lian personally. That person said that Bai Lian had hidden dirty thoughts about Wei Qi as early as a year ago. These days I want to do something a few times."

Wan Renxiang remembered clearly that the matter of Bai Lian was settled, and when he learned that it was related to Wei Qi, he reported it to his ancestors.

"Hmm." The Queen Mother pondered.

A year ago, she wanted to ask that boy from the Chen family to watch from her side, but who would have expected him to fall ill in bed and miss the opportunity.

When the person is well-raised, I can't ask for it on purpose, for fear of arousing suspicion from everyone, so I have to transfer him to Liang Guiji.

Concubine Lianggui is pure and kind by nature, and the people in the palace are also honest and responsible. If she is low in status, she is not very favored, so she is inconspicuous. In addition, she gave birth to a daughter for the Holy Majesty. At least she will not be bullied. Wei Qi can follow Concubine Lianggui. Protect food and clothing without worrying about life.

The Empress Dowager thought that she had spent a lot of effort on this matter, and after a long time, she forgot that there was such a son entrusted by an old friend in the palace.

"According to reports from the servants placed in the main hall of the Chuxiu Palace, Wei Qi once begged Master Liangguiji for this matter, but Master Guiji never agreed."

Concubine Lianggui will be promoted to the throne soon, so it is understandable not to agree.If Qing Yuan hadn't stumbled across this incident by accident, Wei Qi would have just endured it secretly.

No one saw about Bai Lian except the princess, but his reputation in Chuxiu Palace had already been bad, so the Empress Dowager thought everything was just a coincidence, after all, how could the princess lie?

Besides, Wei Qi is only a nineteen-year-old child, it is normal to ask the master for help when encountering such a thing, she would never have thought that this matter was planned by Wei Qi alone, blindfolded everyone, and put Bai Lian to death with his own hands.

Still have to find a reason to transfer people to their side.The queen mother thought to herself, it's fine if you don't know about this matter, once you know it, there is absolutely no reason to turn a blind eye.