On the way back, Ji Qingzhou was in a daze.

For a while, he thought about the scene of the tragic death of the man killed by the cup stick, for a while he thought of the reactions of the ministers, and for a while he couldn't help but think of Qin Zheng's words, his whole mood was on the verge of collapse.

In his two lifetimes, this was the first time he saw someone being beaten to death in person, and that scene was too shocking for him.A living person was silent within less than a stick of incense. If it weren't for the blood-stained clothes, Ji Qingzhou even suspected that the flesh and blood of that person had been smashed to pieces.

This strong visual impact brought him a huge stimulus, while the screams of the crying blood brought a suffocating sense of fear.This kind of impact was too great, but made Ji Qingzhou fall into an unreal experience, as if he was in a dream, and he couldn't tell whether he was awake or not for a while.

"Qingzhou?" When Tu Dayou saw Ji Qingzhou in the alley outside the small courtyard, he was taken aback.

I saw the young man's face was pale, his expression was like he had seen a ghost, he was so frightened that he was out of his mind.

Tu Dayou reached out to hold Ji Qingzhou's arm, and found that the cold sweat on his body had already soaked his clothes. He couldn't help but asked worriedly: "What's the matter? Why do you look so ugly?"

The incident happened just now, obviously it has not been heard by Tu Dayou yet.

Ji Qingzhou was supported by Tu Dayou into the room, his expression was still very disturbed, and he murmured: "I saw... a person was killed with a stick... It took a whole stick of incense... Blood flew all over the ground, and the floor tiles were stained red..."

"Who's dead?" Tu Da was taken aback, and asked, "Is it...Xiao Shan?"

"Xiaoshan?" Ji Qingzhou turned to look at him, shook his head and said, "It's not Xiaoshan, it's Tang Yi!"

Tu Dayou was at a loss when he heard the words, and asked, "How could Tang Yi be beaten to death? Who gave the order?"

"Department of Punishment?" Ji Qingzhou said, "Maybe it's... the prince? I don't know..."

Ji Qingzhou sat for a while, and Tu Dayou poured him a cup of hot tea, and he poured it down in one gulp until his throat became numb, and finally regained his sanity.After a long time, Tu Dayou saw that his complexion was slightly relaxed, and reached out to pat the back of his hand lightly, as if to comfort him.

Ji Qingzhou took a deep breath, his senses finally came back gradually, and the sense of reality of being in a dream gradually faded away.At the same time, the many feelings that had been blocked by him finally recovered. He belatedly remembered the bloody smell, his stomach churned, he got up and walked out quickly, holding the porch and vomited it out.

When the ministers were so frightened that they vomited, Ji Qingzhou didn't respond.

Now that he reacted, he vomited out the contents of his stomach. Finally, when there was nothing to vomit, he leaned over and retched, almost vomiting out bile together!

When Qin Zheng went to the small courtyard to pass on Li Zhan's oral instructions, what he saw was this scene: a pale young man crouched beside the porch pillar and couldn't stop retching, while Tu Da beside him beat his back with a worried expression.

"Master Qin..." Ji Qingzhou waved his hand weakly.

Qin Zheng frowned in amazement, "It's too late for you to vomit, but it saved a lot of trouble for the palace people cleaning in front of the Golden Luan Hall."

Ji Qingzhou retched for a while, but couldn't vomit anything, so he went to rinse his mouth.

Qin Zheng helped him into the room and sat down, looking around his room.

"Are you familiar with Tang Yi?" Qin Zheng asked.

"Unfamiliar." Ji Qingzhou's voice was a little hoarse, "It's just on duty together."

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "You're quite a clever kid, but it's a pity that your thoughts are not on the right track."

"What happened to him?" Ji Qingzhou asked.

"Do you still remember the rabbit that His Majesty lost?" Qin Zheng said: "The corpse was found in the place where he lived. The rabbit's head was smashed, lime was sprinkled on its body, and it was buried under the floor tiles."

Ji Qingzhou was startled when he heard the words, thinking of the day when Tang Yi took the little emperor to find the rabbit. At that time, he had suspected that Tang Yi was acting improperly, but now it has been confirmed.

"It's not a big deal, but it's not a small thing. It's a crime of deceiving the emperor." Qin Zheng said.

Among the crimes that the Punishment Division can adjudicate, the biggest one is betrayal of the master. Tang Yi's move is undoubtedly a big taboo.

"But... who found that rabbit?" Ji Qingzhou said.

"The prince has an order." Qin Zheng said: "I told the prince about the day we met Tang Yi. The prince thought for a while and asked Dong Dong to take people to search directly for Tang Yi's place."

Ji Qingzhou was stunned, and asked, "How could the prince know?"

Qin Zheng shook his head, but he didn't know what that meant.

A fleeting thought flashed across Ji Qingzhou's mind, and he felt a chill down his spine.

But he quickly suppressed this thought, secretly thinking it must be a coincidence.

"It turns out that the people in the Punishment Department have always been loyal to the prince..." Ji Qingzhou whispered.

He originally wanted to ask about Xiao Shan, but held back.With Qin Zheng's behavior, if he knew, he would definitely tell him. If he didn't say anything, he either didn't know or concealed it on purpose.

But he remembered that Qin Zheng told him to reassure him, so he temporarily suppressed the anxiety in his heart.

"I'll tell you about the Punishment Division later..." Qin Zheng's expression looked a little unnatural, and he said after a while, "The prince asked me to come here today to tell you to move to Yinghui Pavilion today. .”

Ji Qingzhou was stunned and asked, "Why?"

"It's close, it's convenient." Qin Zheng said.

Ji Qingzhou: ...

Regarding the move to Yinghui Pavilion, Ji Qingzhou had long been prepared, and Tu Dayou also reminded him, so he was not too surprised.

Now that there is such a commotion in the previous court, everyone knows about Yinghui Pavilion, and naturally they also know that everyone in Yinghui Pavilion is personally selected by the regent.Today's Yinghui Pavilion is about to become the most eye-catching place in the entire palace, and as the chief eunuch of Yinghui Pavilion, Ji Qingzhou has to accompany Li Zhan to stand on the cusp of the storm.

On that day, Ji Qingzhou went to kowtow to Yao Chang'an, thanking him for his promotion.

Yao Chang'an has always been critical of Ji Qingzhou, but now he is not reluctant to see him leaving, but heaves a sigh of relief.

On the contrary, Tu Dayou was not very happy, and kept silently sending Ji Qingzhou outside Yinghui Pavilion before stopping.

"You have always been cautious in doing things, but I don't need to tell you anything." Tu Dayou said a little lonely.

"Brother Dayou..." Ji Qingzhou hesitated to speak.

Tu Dayou seemed to know what he was worried about, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, your brother Dayou cherishes his life very much, there won't be a day when you worry about it."

Ji Qingzhou nodded when he heard the words, but he was a little bit reluctant.

Tu Dayou was his first friend after coming to this world, and also the person he trusted the most.

"Don't be like this, we can see each other every day, what are you doing with such a birth?" Tuda smiled and hammered Ji Qingzhou's shoulder, then turned around and waved to him, and walked away without looking back.

Ji Qingzhou watched him walk away, and then stepped into the Yinghui Pavilion.

A waiter in blue robe named Wei Yuanfeng led Ji Qingzhou to a side room. Ji Qingzhou went in and saw that the side room was more spacious than the place where he lived in the small courtyard, and the furnishings inside were more exquisite.

"This side room is the closest to the prince's bedroom, so it will be convenient for Eunuch Ji to serve the prince back and forth in the future." Wei Yuanfeng said.

Ji Qingzhou frowned when he heard the words, always felt that these words sounded weird and easily misunderstood.

"The room opposite is lived by Mr. Qin. Although he has no official position now, he is still a guest of the prince." Wei Yuanfeng Chao Ji Qingzhou said: "The bathroom and the small kitchen are at the back. Eunuch Ji, please rest first, the prince said You don't need to go to serve today, if you have orders, you can call the younger one at any time."

Ji Qingzhou nodded upon hearing this, and looked towards Qin Zheng's room.He thought to himself that the ministers in the previous court were still trying to force Li Zhan to move back, but he didn't expect that Li Zhan even brought his retainers into the palace to live, obviously he didn't intend to reconcile with those ministers.

But today it was done outside the Golden Luan Hall, so it probably won't be useless.

Ji Qingzhou is curious about whether someone will risk their lives to drive the regent out of the palace tomorrow morning.

After being frightened like that, Ji Qingzhou vomited again in a shocking way. She slept all afternoon in the wing room of Yinghui Pavilion before waking up.The food in Yinghui Pavilion is not bad. I don’t know who ordered it or it was a coincidence. Wei Yuanfeng prepared light vegetable porridge for him. Ji Qingzhou drank two bowls at night, and then he felt that the soul had returned.

In the early morning of the second day, as soon as Ji Qingzhou entered the main hall, he felt that the atmosphere in the hall was a little different.

He couldn't tell the specific difference, but he just vaguely felt that everyone seemed a little nervous, and there were no more whispers.

The little emperor still didn't come to court today, and no one asked.

Ji Qingzhou looked at the courtiers for a while, and finally realized that they were all restless today.

From the beginning of the early court, the ministers still reported their work routinely, and this part was quite natural.

Later, when Li Zhan took the initiative to ask questions, everyone's attitude became more cautious, and sure enough, no one mentioned Yinghui Pavilion again.

Ji Qingzhou secretly thought, what Li Zhan did yesterday really frightened these people.

"Say what you have to say, you don't have to hide it." Li Zhan looked up at the crowd and said coldly.

As soon as he finished speaking, an elderly speaker finally stood up and cupped his hands: "My lord, I have something to say."

Li Zhan looked at the other party noncommittally, and the man said again: "Yesterday, my lord ordered the Department of Punishment to stick the palace guards outside the main hall. That scene really made us all terrified. May I ask what your lord's intention is for this move?"

This person has always been straightforward, and when he said this, everyone couldn't help but sweat secretly, saying that what he said was too straightforward, and they didn't know how to turn a corner.Li Zhan didn't change his expression when he heard the words, he just said: "This king also heard about this matter, I asked someone from the Punishment Department yesterday, and said that it was the person who was executed with the stick, and he committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. If you have any objections, you can submit an impeachment to the Department of Punishment."

"This..." The official said: "The crime of deceiving the emperor deserves ten thousand deaths, but why did he choose to be in front of the palace?"

Li Zhan raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, his eyes fell on Ji Qingzhou, and he said: "Ji Qingzhou, you also saw the execution scene yesterday, so why did the Punishment Department choose the place of execution in front of the hall?"

As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes fell on Ji Qingzhou.

Ji Qingzhou didn't expect that the regent would question him in front of the courtiers, so he was startled immediately, and hurriedly restrained his mind and said: "I don't understand the criminal law, I don't know why the Punishment Division did this, but the slave yesterday Seeing that scene, I dare to guess that the Department of Punishment probably wanted us to learn a lesson? Only if the servants are faithful to serve His Majesty, this matter will not happen again."

Li Zhan nodded and said, "What do you guys think?"

All the ministers didn't dare to answer for a while, but they also knew that they shouldn't continue to question this matter.

"My king heard that many people were so frightened that they almost fell ill yesterday. After thinking about it, I felt that this punishment seemed too harsh." Li Zhan said, "A person who served His Majesty after all, even if he committed a taboo , but outside the law, we should be merciful..."

Everyone was startled, they never expected Li Zhan to have such an attitude.

I thought he would make use of the topic and say that if anyone followed suit, they would all end up like this to calm down the situation!

When Li Zhan said that, everyone was a little confused.

Why is it different from what they thought?

"The Empress Dowager's birthday has just passed. There shouldn't be blood in the palace. This king and His Majesty should follow the example of the late emperor's benevolence." Li Zhan took a deep breath and said, "What do you think?"

Only then did the ministers come to their senses, and hurriedly said in unison: "Your Highness is wise."

Li Zhan nodded, and said lightly: "Follow what you want, if the people in the harem commit something that is not a big treason, they will be taught a lesson and fined some salary, don't beat and kill at every turn, and hurt your majesty." in the name of generosity."

Everyone immediately said in unison: "Your Highness is wise."

Ji Qingzhou was listening on the sidelines with a puzzled look on his face. He didn't understand why Li Zhan came out for a moment.

After the court, the courtiers suddenly seemed to be in a frying pan.

Before they came to the court today, they were all full of resentment, thinking that yesterday's action by the regent was to scare the chickens and monkeys, and today they might completely tear their face apart, and took the opportunity to frighten the courtiers and establish their prestige.

But the attitude of the regent was beyond everyone's expectations.

"My lord, what does this mean?"

"Slap me, give me a sweet date?"

"My lord today means that this kind of torture will not be used easily, and I don't have to be afraid..."

Everyone said something to each other, obviously none of them could understand the regent's mind.

However, they all reached a consensus on one point. The current Prince Regent is no longer the kind and forbearing character he used to be. It shows that he is not afraid of the advice of the officials, nor does he take the criticisms of the ministers into consideration.

As a result, everyone has nothing to do with him.

"It's like this with speech officials. The more you care about their advice, the more enthusiastic they will be. If you just say that I don't listen to them and throw them in the face, they will have nothing to do." Qin Zheng laughed: "So sometimes in the They can't act like a gentleman in front of them, it's better to be a rascal."

Hearing this, Li Zhan glanced at him coldly, but ignored him.

"Zhouzhou, do you think it makes sense?" Qin Zheng asked with his head on Ji Qingzhou's shoulder.

Ji Qingzhou was speechless and didn't want to talk to him.

After leaving court, Li Zhan did not return to Yinghui Pavilion, but went to Fu'an Palace.

The little emperor was lying on the couch and refused to get up. Whenever he saw Li Zhan, he reached out to hug him.

Li Zhan picked up the little emperor, weighed it, and said, "From tomorrow onwards, you can't stay in bed anymore, you have to go to court early."

"Can't you go?" The little emperor said aggrievedly with his mouth pursed.

Having not gone to the morning court for two days, the little emperor has tasted the sweetness of staying in bed, and the feeling of not having to get up early every day is simply great.At his age, when he doesn't get enough sleep, he wakes up before dawn every day, which is really embarrassing for him.

"No." Li Zhan said.

The little emperor turned his head to look at Ji Qingzhou, and extended his hand towards Ji Qingzhou.

Ji Qingzhou stepped forward to pick him up, and the little emperor held his neck and said: "Grandpa Ji, please persuade the emperor uncle, he listens to you the most."

"This..." Ji Qingzhou was embarrassed when he heard the words, and thought to himself that your emperor's uncle is now in a good position, and he is so angry that he is so angry that he dare not speak out. I dare not even fart in front of him. Aren't you embarrassing me?

"Say it quickly!" the little emperor begged, "I don't want to get up early."

Ji Qingzhou smiled wryly, and could only perfunctorily say to Li Zhan: "My lord, your majesty is young, so it's human nature not to get up in the morning."

Li Zhan looked at Ji Qingzhou when he heard the words, and then said lightly: "Then let him rest for another day."

Ji Qingzhou: ...

"Wow... I like you so much!" The little emperor rubbed Ji Qingzhou's face, smiling happily.

The palace servants waited on the little emperor to wash and change his clothes, and then Li Zhan accompanied him to have breakfast.After breakfast, the little emperor refused to go to the palace school and insisted on letting Ji Qingzhou follow him, Li Zhan agreed upon seeing this.The little emperor was overjoyed immediately, as if he had gotten a huge advantage.

"Eunuch Ji, they said that you went to serve the emperor's uncle, and I thought you didn't want me anymore." The little emperor said aggrievedly while being held by Ji Qingzhou.

Ji Qingzhou's nose was a little sour when he heard the words. The little emperor was five years old, but in fact he was only a little over four years old.If it were placed in the modern society, he had just reached the age of kindergarten, but the little emperor would get up before dawn all day long, sitting on the dragon chair and dozing off sleepily.

In fact, since having Ji Qingzhou, he has been much more relaxed than before.

It is precisely for this reason that he likes Ji Qingzhou very much and is willing to get close to Ji Qingzhou.

The little guy doesn't know the ways of the world, but he has an amazing intuition. He knows who is good to him and who is not good to him.

"Then how about... After class, I will take your Majesty to the Yinghui Pavilion?" Ji Qingzhou said.

"Okay, okay!" The little emperor was immediately happy when he heard that, and said, "I don't want to go to the Imperial Study Room anymore. If the emperor's uncle is not here, neither will you. No one will eat the candy I hid."

That day, when the little emperor finished class, Ji Qingzhou took him to Yinghui Pavilion on his own initiative.

Li Zhan seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and his expression was not even a bit surprised.

The little emperor was very happy today, crawling up and down in the yard covered in dirt, and finally ran to sit on Li Zhan's lap, and got all over Li Zhan.

It wasn't until the afternoon when the little emperor was tired from playing and fell asleep on the couch that Li Zhan finally freed himself.

Ji Qingzhou saw that he was rubbed all over by the little emperor, so he asked him if he wanted to take a bath and change clothes.

Li Zhan hesitated when he heard the words, nodded, and then said to Ji Qingzhou: "In a while, you go in and serve the king to take a bath."

Ji Qingzhou: ...

Qin Zheng was sorting out the paperwork at first, when he heard the words, he leaned into Ji Qingzhou's ear and whispered Li Zhan's voice, "You go in and wait for me to take a bath in a while." A very obscene smile.

Ji Qingzhou: ...

It's not the first time that Ji Qingzhou and Li Zhan met in the bathroom. The last time was in the other garden, but Qin Zheng was there at that time, and this time there were only the two of them in the bathroom.

"Why, haven't you served?" Li Zhanli stretched out his hands in front of him, which meant that Ji Qingzhou would undress him.

Ji Qingzhou had never served him before, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to step forward and take off Li Zhan's clothes one by one.

Li Zhan's complexion is slightly dark, his figure is slender and straight, and his muscles are strong like a man's.He is nearly half a head taller than Ji Qingzhou. When the two stand facing each other, Ji Qingzhou's eyes will droop slightly and then fall on Li Zhan's chest.

Ji Qingzhou found that there was a knife wound on Li Zhan's left chest. Although the scar had scabbed over, it seemed to be very new, and it didn't take long to leave it.Ji Qingzhou couldn't help but feel a twitch in his heart, secretly thinking that if the wound was deeper, it would pierce into the heart, but he didn't know who did it...

"Do you know why the king didn't let his servants serve you before?" Li Zhan asked.

Ji Qingzhou was taken aback, and said, "Is it because... you don't trust me?"

Li Zhan turned around and walked into the bathing pool. Ji Qingzhou's gaze stayed on his back for a moment, and the scene of Fengxian Pavilion that night suddenly came to mind in his mind.He was also a little crazy that night, and scratched many wounds on Li Zhan's back. When he went back to take a bath, he found that his fingernails were full of blood.

Now the scar on Li Zhan's back is almost invisible, and I don't know if Li Zhan still remembers what happened that night.

"Qin Zheng said that you are not afraid of people having desires and demands, but most of all that people have no desires and desires." Li Zhan sat in the bath with his back to Ji Qingzhou, and said lightly: "I used to think that the servants are all desires and desires." Since a person has nothing to ask for, he has no weaknesses, and naturally he has nothing to control..."

Ji Qingzhou was startled, not knowing why he said this to himself.

"Are you really never served?" Li Zhan turned his head slightly and asked him.

Ji Qingzhou reacted, quickly took a clean cloth towel, went to the pool and squatted to wipe his back.

Li Zhan breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued: "You have never told me what exactly you want."

"I..." Ji Qingzhou's hands paused, and he felt a little nervous.

The bathroom was steamy, and the temperature was much higher than outside. Ji Qingzhou was wearing a maid, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his body for a while, but he couldn't tell whether it was cold sweat or hot sweat.

"It's not necessarily a bad thing for people to ask for something." Li Zhan said, "As long as the request doesn't fall in a place that shouldn't be thought about, naturally everything will be fine."

At that moment, although Li Zhan didn't say it clearly, Ji Qingzhou understood what he meant.What Li Zhan said was referring to Tang Yi... The reason why Tang Yi was executed with a stick was because he set his mind on the little emperor.

Is this Li Zhan's warning to him not to hit the little emperor?

Why did Li Zhan warn him about this?

He has always been loyal to the little emperor, and never has any bad intentions...

Ji Qingzhou only felt that the idea in his mind was about to come out, but he couldn't grasp it for a while.

After a long while, Li Zhan said: "It seems that you really have never served anyone, that's all... you shouldn't have been allowed..."

Li Zhan suddenly got up and turned to Ji Qingzhou. Ji Qingzhou was distracted and hadn't had time to stand up, so he was caught off guard while squatting by the pool and almost bumped into Li Zhan's... on! !

Ji Qingzhou:!

So big... no wonder it hurt so much that night!

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