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Kneeling respectfully and saluting, "Concubine Zhen."

"You slaves who eat dry food, don't you understand what I said? I told you to go to the imperial doctor to treat the emperor's illness, but why did you find a quack doctor from the countryside? You don't want your head anymore, right? no?"

"Mother, empress---" The guard kneeling on the left replied with hesitation: "This, Mr. Shi is actually an old friend of the emperor, and he has excellent medical skills, so-so---"

"So why, I don't care whether he is the emperor's old friend or not. Now, drag him out immediately and give him the imperial physician."

"Hui, Mrs. Hui, in fact, those imperial physicians have already knelt outside the door, but, but once they saw Mr. Shi coming, they dared not come in again."

"Don't you dare to come in?" Concubine Zhen raised her eyebrows and glared at Shi Luoying, who was in front of her with a relaxed face, and said angrily, "Why?"

"This, this—" the guard hesitated and couldn't tell what the reason was.

"What a bunch of trash!" Concubine Zhen turned pale with anger, her right hand holding the brocade handkerchief trembled uncontrollably.

"Concubine Zhen, please go out now, I'm going to treat the emperor." Shi Luoying walked gracefully to Concubine Zhen, pressed her lips to her ear, and said in a low voice: "I heard that the emperor It was poisoned, how could those old things outside be cured? If you don’t want to make things worse, ma'am, let the grassroots come to treat you, otherwise—" He paused, and continued: "If the emperor comes out When things go wrong, no matter how noble your empress is, she can't bear this responsibility, right?"

"You—" Concubine Zhen stared at him fiercely, and after a long time, she let out a cold snort, "You'd better save the emperor for me, otherwise—"

"You don't have to worry about this, my lady. Caomin understands it well, then—please go back, lady! Caomin has a habit of not liking to have other people around when heals the sick."

Concubine Zhen was so angry that she wished to kill the person in front of her right away, but considering her own identity, she just gave him a vicious look and strode away.

Seeing that everyone had left the bedroom, Shi Luoying quickly walked to the dragon couch and put the medicine box she was carrying aside.If he hadn't been so bored to wander around the palace tonight, he probably wouldn't have met those guards who were in a hurry to find the imperial physician, let alone know that Xiao Yan had been poisoned.

He first carefully observed Xiao Yan's pale face, then put his nose to his lips, smelled the scent, and then took his pulse.

After a while, his nervous expression eased, but his brows were furrowed a little more.He first took off the clothes on Xiao Yan's upper body, then opened the medicine box, took a cloth bag and unfolded it.

Immediately, silver needles of different thicknesses came into view.

Shi Luoying took out a silver needle from it, carefully pierced it into the acupuncture point three fingers below his chest, then slowly turned the silver needle, carefully adjusting the penetration of the air into the flesh, until he saw beads of sweat gradually oozing from his forehead , and then slowly left his hand.

He pulled the brocade quilt beside him to cover Xiao Yan, and then walked quickly towards the door.

"You two, stay here carefully, I'll come as soon as I go!" Shi Luoying whispered to the guards guarding both sides of the door.These two guards were sent by Xiao Yan to protect his safety. Presumably Xiao Yan also trusted them very much, so Shi Luoying sent them to guard here, so he was at ease.

"Yes, Mr. Shi!"

Shi Luoying nodded slightly towards them, then walked towards the gate of the courtyard.Just now he roughly heard from the guards that the poison was poisoned by Bao Rong, and that the concubine Zhen had already ordered him to be thrown into the dungeon, waiting to be punished.As soon as he heard it, he knew that Baorong must have been framed by the concubine Zhen, but right now, it was urgent to rescue Baorong from prison first.

He subconsciously pressed the token pinned to his waist.Fortunately, with this, saving people—should not be a problem.The difficulty is - how to shut up that concubine Zhen's mouth, so as not to make this matter a big deal.

(0.48 coins) Interrogation in the Dungeon

In the gloomy and damp dungeon, there was a pungent musty smell.The walls are covered with all kinds of instruments of torture covered with rust and blood, many of which are cruel and frightening things that cannot be named, and the only source of light in this not-so-large cell is the burning That waist-high brazier in the corner.

As soon as Bao Rong was sent here, he was immediately bound by a group of rude guards to a large-character torture frame. There was obvious fear in his eyes dancing with little flames, and his rapid breathing made his chest tight. violent ups and downs.

He is afraid, he is really afraid, this kind of fear comes from the instinct of the human body, and it cannot be suppressed by saying that he doesn't care.Every shocking instrument of torture hung on the wall, like a sharp knife slowly torturing his patience.

"Look at this face, it looks a bit like the young emperor who died before! I heard that your name is also Bao Rong, but your surname is Xue, not Xiao! Hehe, but even if your surname is Xiao It's nothing, now it's in my hands, it's all the same, a prisoner who is worse than an animal!" A turbaned, wretched-looking man with a thick black whip in his hand came to the door. In front of him, Bao Rong raised his chin violently with the handle of the whip, and asked sharply, "I heard from the guard who arrested you that you poisoned the lotus seed soup that the emperor ate, is this true? "

The hard whip handle hurt the mandible, Bao Rong frowned, and glanced at the direction of the burning brazier, but there was endless uneasiness and fear hidden on the seemingly calm and calm handsome face.

"Don't talk?" The big man waited for a long time, but he didn't see any sign of answering. He suddenly became angry, raised the handle of the whip a little bit, and warned viciously: "To tell you the truth, come here. There are many people like you in this kind of place. No matter what I ask, he just refuses to say anything. So, I warned him that if he doesn't say anything, all the instruments of torture here will be in his hands. Use it on your body once, hahaha—do you know what happened afterwards?"

Bao Rong didn't seem to be listening to him, his eyes were still fixed on the brazier, watching the flames that were constantly moving into the air, his hands could not help but slowly clenched into fists.

"I haven't even used half of the instruments of torture, so that person recruited, hahaha—" After another burst of wild laughter, the strong man stared fiercely at Bao Rong's face, "Boy, if you behave yourself Be obedient, you can answer whatever the officer asks, maybe in the end, if the officer is happy, he will let you die more quickly. But——if you are still so tough, blame the officer for being cruel!"

Bao Rong pursed his lips tightly, beads of sweat were already seeping from the tip of his nose.

"Say—why do you want to poison the emperor?" The big man shouted again, raising his voice.

To poison Xiao Yan?How could he poison Xiao Yan?It was too late for him to love him, so how could he poison him?However, the last few words Xiao Yan said to him clearly indicated that there was a problem in the soup, and he seemed to believe that he had tampered with the soup.But if he knew the soup was poisonous, why would he drink it?

"Still talking?" The big man was so angry that he even trembled when he spoke, and the patience on his face seemed to have disappeared. He sneered, stepped back a few steps, raised his arms high, and then quickly exerted force Swinging the whip.

clap──

The soft whip pierced through the resistance in the air, and swept across Bao Rong's thin chest with a more rapid and cruel force, making a heartbreaking crisp sound.

"Hmm..." Bao Rong straightened his body forward, his delicate eyebrows were furrowed instantly, and his smooth forehead was soon covered with sweat.It was so painful, as if his heart had been pierced by something, he clenched his fist tightly, even until his knuckles turned white, and the sharp nails pierced his palm and bled, but he didn't notice it.

Where the whip was whipped, the skirt was torn in a jagged shape, revealing a long blood-colored gully, and drops of blood instantly soaked the skirt around it.

But Baorong's thoughts were no longer here.He shook his head slightly, as if he suddenly thought of something, his blurred eyes suddenly lit up.

"In this world, you are the only one who can kill me. If one day, you really want my life, you can come to me and take it from me. I will give it to you without hesitation."

What did he mean by that?Why does he think I'm going to kill him?And why did you say you would give it to me without hesitation?No, no, his mind has become a mess.

"Tell me, who exactly ordered you to murder the emperor?"

clap──

There was another ear-piercing sound of whipping, and another long gash appeared on Baorong's chest, which was exactly parallel to the previous one.

"Ah──" He quickly bit his upper lip, and swallowed the moan that was about to blurt out again.

clap clap──

The big man flicked his whip wildly, and saw that the whip body was like a rampant dragon, constantly churning its body in the hot and cold air, destroying everything that hindered it.At this time, Baorong's shirt on the chest was torn apart, revealing the fair and tight skin, but the bloody cuts on the skin and flesh spoiled the scene.

It was as if the bones had been taken out of Bao Rong's body, and he gave all the weight of his body to the limp and bound limbs.He lowered his head, half-opened his misty eyes, his eyes were full of persistence and firmness, as if he was waiting for something.

Just when the big man raised the long whip in his hand again, there was a cold shout from behind.

"Stop—"

The big man's hand froze suddenly, he turned around and cast his eyes full of anger on the speaker