Deep ice

The pressure of the lamp flower is extremely low, and the occasional dripping of wax oil is like blood.

A pair of light-white hands took the lampshade outside, and the little maid fiddled with the wick of the candle twice with her hairpin, and the lamp was brightened again.

Xi Lian handed over the thin sheet of paper, took a few steps back, and stood quietly where he usually stayed.

Yuan Jing temporarily put down the memorial in his hand, glanced at the thin paper,

"All recruited?"

Xi Lian Gong said: "Back to the emperor, all recruited."

Yuan Jing didn't raise his head, "Punish and wash."

Xi Lian couldn't help shivering when he heard the word 'clean up'.

It is said that this grooming is not the usual dressing up of the daughter's house, but pouring boiling water on the prisoner's body twice, and brushing off the cooked meat with an iron brush, until the flesh and flesh are brushed away, and the bones are exposed. Unable to bear it, he died of anger.

After concentrating for a while, Xi Lian continued: "Except for this time, Li Desheng also recruited other things."

Yuan Jing frowned slightly, looked at the densely packed small characters on the memorial, "Speak."

Xi Lian said: "Earlier, the emperor handed over to the servant to find out about the murder of the eunuch Xiuxiu, the chief eunuch of Huayu Palace. Li Desheng poured the medicine. The reason for the incident was that Xiuxiu was ordered by Concubine Ning to put a few flavors of nuxe into Huaihuai's medicine. Who knew that after the Dongchuang incident happened, Concubine Ning was afraid that the matter would be revealed, so she ordered Li Desheng to deal with Xiuxiu. Li Desheng is soft-boned, and after a short period of torture, all of them were recruited."

Yuan Jing looked dull, and raised his hand to turn over a page.

Xi Lian raised his head slightly, "Your Majesty, Concubine Ning is still five months pregnant..."

Picking up a pen and writing a few lines on the memorial, Yuan Jing's expression remained as cold as ever, and he opened his mouth, but murmured to himself, "Ningyue Pass is guarding the southeast, but I'm doing my best..."

Hearing this, Xi Lian seemed to have a clear mind, "I understand."

Although Concubine Ning's crime is unforgivable, but the overall situation is the most important right now, in order to stabilize Ning Yueguan, the emperor will definitely not kill Concubine Ning.

Yuan Jing said: "Concubine Ning is forbidden to enter Jingxuan Palace. No one is allowed to enter without my will."

Xi Lian bowed, "The emperor is merciful."

Yuan Jing raised his hand, "Go down and declare the decree."

-

When He Yan woke up, it was already morning.

Yingying happened to bring a bowl of porridge over.

After placing it on the dining table, he turned around and met He Yan's eyes, Yingying couldn't help trembling in horror, "You're awake..."

He Yan sat up from the bed, feeling a little cramped in his stomach, "Where's Shun Shun?"

Yingying was very respectful, "Eunuch Shun was taken to the violence room for questioning last night, and he was sent back this morning. He was whipped a few times, but fortunately his injuries were not serious. He is rubbing medicine in the side hall."

He Yan glanced at the porridge on the table, "What happened last night?"

Yingying said: "You vomited a mouthful of blood, which frightened the emperor enough. Later, the imperial physician Xu came over and said that there was an extra dose of poison in the medicine. Eunuch Li was arrested and interrogated, and Eunuch just came back, and slaves will not have time to ask more questions in the future."

He Yan said: "When he finishes applying the medicine, you call him over."

Yingying Fuyi blessed her body, "Your servant obeys."

He Yan got up and cleansed his face for two palace servants, just sat down and had two mouthfuls of porridge when he saw Shun Shun come in from the outer hall with a white face.

The cracked whip marks on the side of the neck were covered with a layer of purple herbal medicine, and the wounds hung like centipedes on the withered and yellow skin, which was truly wicked.

He Yan put down the porcelain spoon and immediately lost his appetite.

Shun Shun cautiously bowed, "The slave heard that the master is looking for a slave."

He Yan waved back the palace servant beside him, "Thank you for your hard work."

Shun Shun forced a smile, "Master Lao is worried, but it's just a few whips, the servant can still bear it."

Then he said: "It's Li Desheng who was beaten a little bit worse, his whole body was out of shape, but this whip can't be wronged at all, he even brought out the previous bad things."

He Yan said: "How should Concubine Ning deal with it?"

Shun Shun took a slight breath, "I heard it was grounded, but Li Desheng shaved it last night."

He Yan's voice was flat, "Ning Yueguan fought on the battlefield, he is careful in handling things..."

Shun Shun said: "The slave is stupid, I really can't figure out why the master suddenly wants to blame Concubine Ning?"

He Yan was about to speak, when suddenly his face turned blue, he got up trembling and left the hall, when Shun Shun came back to his senses, there was no one in the room.

Dr. Xu Tai of the imperial hospital is drinking tea leisurely at the moment, feeling very happy.

The young imperial physician who was grinding the medicine smiled and turned his head, "Physician Xu, what is it that makes you so happy?"

The tea mist was dense, and the creases at the corners of the old doctor's eyes became deeper and deeper.

"You son of a bitch, I told you to bully this old man all day long, you were able to hide once, and if you don't see it, you can hide the second time..."

He Yan ran three or four times in the morning, and his legs and feet were a little weak. After he energized himself and had some lunch, he took the prescription prescribed by Dr. Xu last night, and started running around the latrine again.

Until the sun went down, even a man as thick as He Yan couldn't hold on, fell on the dragon bed and couldn't speak, and let everyone serve tea and water, but he just waved his hand and waved away.

-

Royal study.

Tian Chongguang entered the inner hall, bowed down and bowed, "My humble servant kowtows to the emperor."

Yuan Jing was busy approving the memorials calmly.

Seeing that Yuan Jing was silent, Tian Chongguang knelt on the ground and waited as if he was used to it.

Not long after, he heard the footsteps slow, a pair of black boots stopped in front of his eyes, and when he raised his head, Xi Lian's tense face appeared, "Lord Tian, ​​the emperor gave it to you."

Tian Chongguang took the memorial with both hands, opened it and glanced at it, and it was not about anything else, it was Lin Chang's request for payment again in Northern Xinjiang.

Yuan Jing didn't even raise his head, "The last time the money was escorted by the garrison in the capital?"

Tian Chongguang speculated for a moment, "Go back to the emperor, that's right."

Yuan Jing said again: "How do you plan to escort this time?"

Tian Chongguang raised his head slightly, and saw Yuan Jingfeng's eyes drooping, his eyebrows lingering with hostility, and his palms were a little sweaty, "Going back to the emperor, it's the same as last time, embezzling five thousand from the capital..."

Yuan Jing raised his eyes, a cold light flashed in his black eyes, "Confused!"

Tian Chongguang shook his hand, and the memorial fell to the ground with a bang.

"I hope the emperor will make it clear."

Yuan Jing said angrily: "The capital is the foundation of the country, the country is in turmoil, and you have transferred all the troops to stabilize the capital to transport silver. What is your intention?"

Tian Chongguang's face was sweating, "The emperor atones for his crimes, and the criminals are stupid. Right now, the country's military strength is tight. Apart from embezzling the capital, I really can't think of any other way..."

Yuan Jing said: "Wait for the 5000 people who paid the wages last time to come back and send them a second time."

Tian Chongguang's heart sank, he thought it would be easy to fool the emperor, but he couldn't think of an excuse in front of him, so he could only answer: "The guilty minister obeys the order."

Yuan Jing picked up his pen, "Go down."

Only then did Tian Chongguang get up from the ground, his knees were numb, "I will take my leave."

Seeing Tian Chongguang retreat, Xi Lian thought that there were not many spices in the incense burner, and was about to turn around and send someone to get some in, but Yuan Jing stopped him, "How is Weiyang Palace going?"

Xi Lian hurriedly turned around when she heard the words, and replied respectfully, "Go back to the emperor, I went to see it this afternoon, and the dying person said that he had been lying on the bed for a whole day without dripping in."

Yuan Jing put down his pen, "Why isn't it better yet?"

Xi Lian said: "In the afternoon, the imperial doctor Xu was informed again that the matter of Taoism is no longer a serious problem, and he will recover after two more days of care."

Yuan Jing stood up, "Go to Weiyang Palace."

-

The inner hall of Weiyang Palace was extremely dark.

Shun Shun lit the red candle in the Linglong lampshade, clutched the sachet tightly and looked towards the dragon couch.

The dark figure inside was curled up and sleeping deadly, and there was no clue.

Shun Shun put the sachet on the side of the bed, and was about to wake He Yan up when he heard the sound of "the emperor is coming" at the gate of the palace.

The eyelashes of the sleeping person trembled, but they still did not wake up.

Shunshun hurried out of the hall to greet her.

Yuan Jing entered the hall, saw the lonely lamp inside, frowned slightly,

"Why is it so dark?"

Shunshun hurriedly said: "Go back to the emperor, the master has fallen asleep, do you want the slave to wake him up?"

Yuan Jing said: "No need, I just have a look."

The person in the dragon bed turned over slowly, and the sachet that had been dropped on the bed by Shun Shun just happened to fall to the ground.

Slender fingers lightly picked up the curtain, Yuan Jing bent slightly, but instead of sitting down, he picked up the sachet on the ground.

With her heart in her throat, Shun Shun bowed her waist and tried to pretend nothing happened, but her eyeballs couldn't bear it, she stared straight at the sachet.

Yuan Jing only put the sachet on the side of the bed, and was about to turn around, when he heard the voice of the person on the dragon bed intermittently, as if dreaming, "The palace... can't stay anymore..."

Yuan Jing slowly turned his face away, and lowered his eyes to look at He Yan.

He Yan frowned slightly, like a nightmare, "...can't wait..."

Seeing this, Shun Shun immediately understood in his heart that he was inseparable, so he said casually: "Master is having a nightmare again, and I have been chanting this sentence all day."

Yuan Jing lowered the curtain lightly, turned to look at Xi Lian, his voice was extremely low,

"This harem... is indeed not a place for him to stay."

Xi Lian said: "Your Majesty, this servant will go out and find a house for you, and then send troops to guard it, but it will be much cleaner than staying in the palace."

Yuan Jing was silent for a while, "Let's do it."

After speaking, he drove back to the palace.

A group of people from Weiyang Palace kowtowed to send them off, seeing that the dragon chariot was gone, they got up and went about their work.

Shun Shun went back to the hall, stepped forward with a smile,

"Master, the emperor is gone."

The figure behind the bright yellow brocade tent sat up, took the sachet beside the dragon's couch, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "How do you know I'm awake?"

Shun Shun said: "Although the slave has not served the master for a long time, but he has been on duty several times, and he has never heard the master talk in his sleep."

He Yan smiled, "This time, let me explain to you, why did I sing such a bitter trick?"

Shun Shun passed the scissors over, "I understand."

He Yan took the scissors, cut open the sachet,

"When the time comes to leave the palace, and ask Tian Chongguang to change the soldiers guarding outside, then there is really no restraint."