Domineering

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, there is plenty of sunshine in the afternoon. You see, the winter jasmine flowers in Houxinting are in full bloom. Although their flowers are small, nothing can be brighter than their colors.After passing through the flowers of winter jasmine, a large peach forest will emerge in front of you, with countless pink and tender flowers, all of which are delicate and charming.Until you pass through the peach forest at the end, you will find a tree that is much taller and lonely than the peach tree. Its branches have small and exquisite white flowers, and the fragrance is equal to ten. It stands alone at the end of the garden.

This is the end point. Under this apricot tree, the empress buried all the damp, turbid, invisible secrets—Ji Yin was locked here—in the coldest corner of the palace.

The emperor came here in a low-key manner, but unexpectedly the jailer received the news early, and knelt in a row outside the cold palace tremblingly, only to see the warden kneeling at the very front, almost kneeling up to receive him: "Your Majesty! Already!"

Murong Xing was wearing a bright Luo Yi, with a clear pendant on his waist, and adorned with shining pearls all over his body. His high temples were like flying clouds, his eyebrows and eyes were like distant mountains, and he calmly asked, "What happened?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, two jailors died this morning!" Murong Xing frowned slightly, and the warden burst into tears on the spot. Your Majesty, never dare to be negligent, who would have thought that the young master would trespass on this place...Your Majesty, you must be the master of this old slave!"

Murong Xing turned cold: "Come here! Call Zhong...call Zhong Shiyao here!" The more indulgences, the more troubles.Murong Xing became ruthless, the Ji family wanted to punish her, and Ji Yanlan wanted to be punished even more!

As for Ji Yin, she would be a very good bargaining chip - when Murong Xing walked into a familiar corner of his memory and saw the flower of hope that he once held in one hand fell to the dust, he was even more convinced of this.

"Gu gave you a whole morning, have you thought about what to say to Gu?"

Ji Yin bowed silently to the person in front of her, and didn't say a word for a while.

"If you deceive the king, I will spare your life. If you enter the palace to assassinate, I will spare your life. But you must know that I am not Yama, and I don't have so many lives for you to squander."

Ji Yin knelt down to salute, her forehead made a dull sound when it touched the ground, and there was no other sound.

"Speak to Gu!"

Ji Yin paused, and stopped at the kowtow position, as if she no longer planned to get up or speak.

Murong Xing sneered: "Use torture."

The jailers were apprehensive at the execution, but seeing that Murong Xing did not stop her, they gradually became very rude to Ji Yin. They pushed her to the ground and held up the sticks in their hands.

Murong Xing: "Your sister killed someone under Gu's eyes. As the eldest sister, you should be punished. Continue."

The wooden stick fell on the skin and made no sound, but it hurt to the bone. Ji Yin bit her lips tightly and closed her eyes tightly.

"The Ji family colluded with the Xunlong Army with bad intentions and should be punished. Continue."

With her butt blooming, Ji Yin snorted, but still didn't intend to defend herself.

"You let people into the palace to assassinate, and Gu almost died. If you were not severely punished, where would the emperor be?... She broke her hand."

This pair of soft and white jade hands, with its master, caressed thousands of musical instruments in the world, played thousands of sounds in the world, Murong Xing didn't believe it, she was really willing.

"Your Majesty!" Ji Yin spoke suddenly, her voice was indistinct, but she paused every word, "Ji Yin pleaded guilty, but begged to die."

"Okay!" Murong Xing immediately responded. She approached Ji Yin, looked down at the lovely and pitiful face at her feet, and asked again: "Since you have opened your mouth, you have recognized the four words of 'Deceitful King'. Big crime, killing you alone, you must not complain!"

"Ji Yin...don't complain."

Ji Yin had long wished to die in order to protect Ji Qinglan, Murong Xing no longer planned to torture her, and ordered the jailers to prepare white silk, poisoned wine, and daggers, and place them in front of her one by one.

Ji Yin chose the wine without hesitation: "Brother, if you know that sister-in-law's heart is so cruel, you should rest in peace." After finishing speaking, she raised her glass and drank it down.

……

Zhong Li woke up from her afternoon nap, and when she lifted the robe that Murong Xing had covered her body, she panicked for no reason.

"How long have I been asleep? What time?"

A maid said: "Return to your lord, it's three quarters in the afternoon."

……

Zhong Li just fell asleep, and things seemed to have changed. She hurried back to the cabinet, but couldn't find Shiyao's figure, and heard people mention that Shiyao had already gone to Hou Xinting, so she hurriedly ordered people to drive away past.

Sure enough, Zhong Shiyao was waiting outside Houxin Court, and when she saw Zhong Li's car coming, she went to meet him early in the morning, but before Zhong Li could ask any questions, she said: "Your Majesty has an order not to disturb your lunch break."

Zhong Li didn't intend to blame Shi Yao, and asked directly about the situation inside: "How long has Your Majesty been in?"

"Your Majesty has been in for a quarter of an hour." Shi Yao carefully helped Zhong Li get out of the car and drove him out, "My lord, the young master killed two jailers this morning, and the warden just brought someone to discuss with His Majesty, Your Majesty told me to deal with this..."

"In this case, you should give them an explanation and quickly calm down the matter."

Zhong Li gave Shiyao a few simple instructions, and then went to the depths of Xinting. She was familiar with this place, and even in a sea of ​​flowers, she found the apricot tree accurately.

Coincidentally at this time, the door of the secret passage opened from the ground, and a field of apricot blossoms fell in instantly. Murong Xing saw Zhong Li with his head full of apricot blossoms, and stretched out his hand to her, although he smiled, but the smile was far-fetched.Zhong Li held Murong Xing's hand and helped him out, quite worried: "Your Majesty, what did you ask?"

Murong Xing shook his head feebly and sighed.

"Ji Yin, she..." Zhong Li was about to ask, when he glanced at the two jailers coming up from the secret passage, and saw the things they were carrying, he was shocked: "Stop!" She couldn't believe what was going on inside, and waited. She saw clearly that the wine in the glass was empty, and her heart turned cold in an instant, "Your Majesty?!"

Murong Xing rubbed his temples, and waved his hand feebly, but Zhong Li didn't move, standing there in a stalemate with the jailer.

A jailer looked at the faces of the two, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, my lord, there is no poison in the wine, it is a drug." After speaking, taking advantage of Zhong Li's trance, the two guards fled with the deadly thing.

Zhong Li wanted to confirm Ji Yin's safety with her own eyes, so she lifted her skirt and ran in. When she found Ji Yin in the corner, the latter was already unconscious.Ji Yin's buttocks were bloodied by the thin wooden branches, and Zhong Li's heart that had just let go hung up again, "Ji Yin? Wake up?" After calling a few times and seeing no response, Zhong Li turned around and ran back to the ground, standing still. Murong who was on the spot passed by fortunately.

"Where are you going?"

"Go and call the imperial doctor."

"Gu has already called." Murong Xing took a few steps forward and grabbed Zhong Li's sleeve, "Don't worry, Gu has his own measure."

Although Zhong Li's footsteps stopped, he was still angry, and immediately pulled back his sleeves, "Ji Yin pretended to be deaf and dumb for more than [-] years, how could she speak so easily, how could His Majesty force her like this?" Zhong Liyue The more I felt scared after speaking, "Your Majesty is not afraid of really forcing her to death?"

"She refuses to say anything, she is helpless." What should I do, so that someone will understand her painstaking efforts and let her live, "Can you listen to my explanation."

Zhong Li was dizzy with anger and spoke rudely. When he found out that Murong Xing no longer called himself "Gu", he calmed down instantly, and said angrily, "I am... stupid."

Murong Xing tugged at the corner of his mouth, and pulled Zhong Li's sleeve again, this time Zhong Li didn't refuse, obediently followed Murong Xing, and sat on the ground under the apricot tree together.

Murong Xing stared into the distance and fell into the memory: "The Ji family has treasure-gathering methods since their ancestors. Ah Wen told me that the eight treasure maps of the Ji family correspond to the eight treasures. I think that if Xuanyuan has Their power will surely rebuild the prosperity of southern Xuanyuan, and maybe there will be no famine again... Gu is not trying to force Ji Yin, but Ji Yanlan is trying to force Ji Yanlan into a corner, and hand over the eight pictures to Gu with his own hands!"

"Excuse me, I'm going to say bluntly, money is not something you can eat, the most urgent thing..."

"Gu understands that the top priority is the food problem in the south. When Ah Wen shared this secret with Gu, he didn't specify money." Murong Xing held Zhong Li's hand, emotionally, "He said that this gift is enough to establish another country , so I just want to take a gamble."

Zhong Li didn't want to affirm this kind of adventure, but she couldn't deny the great rewards brought by this kind of adventure. Facing Murong Xing's fiery gaze, she slowly approached, and finally raised her hand to pick off a few failed apricot flowers in her hair. Petals, because of the wide sleeves of the official uniform, she almost seemed to be pulling Murong Xing into her arms.

"Your Majesty has made a decision, don't regret it." Zhong Li whispered softly, all the accusations turned into distress.

"I don't regret it."

"..."

Halfway through the conversation, someone broke in suddenly, "I have seen Your Majesty, and I have seen the Lord of the Cabinet." An imperial doctor accidentally bumped in and saluted hastily. Zhong Shiyao followed the imperial doctor and bumped into Jing Xiao She blushed, lowered her head, and pushed the imperial doctor into a secret passage to avoid it.

"I'll go and have a look." Zhong Li was worried.

"Wait a minute." Murong Xing wrapped her arms around Zhong Li's slender waist, preventing her from standing up, instead she puffed her chest out closer, revealing fair skin under her beautiful neck, facing the doubts of the person in front of her, her bright eyes were kind , took the upper hand: "I don't regret it, but you regret it?"

Although this face was neither painted nor powdered, it made the red lips more moist and the teeth whiter.Zhong Li blinked, gave up the last bit of struggle, lowered his head and kissed.

"I...don't regret it."

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, no matter how high the palace wall is, people can always catch wind and shadow.On that day, Imperial Physician Wu saw the empress and the cabinet having a secret meeting in Houxin court. The next day, rumors and rumors spread in the palace. One stone caused a thousand waves. Everyone in the palace said that the empress had a story with the cabinet, and there was an ambiguous atmosphere everywhere. .

And how could our Lord Ji Xiaohou miss such an explosive story?She sent someone to inquire a little bit, and she could get a palace secret text with dozens of different versions.It's just to pass the boredom and flip through it randomly, but who knows that the first page turns out Wu Yuyi's version. In the story, the words "Hou Xinting's mysterious female slave" deeply hurt her self-esteem. If she is as smart as her, how could she Can't think of who it is.

"Ah ah ah ah Murong Xing! You are deceiving people too much!" Ji Yanlan was furious, and the silk as thin as a cicada's wing was torn into pieces of snowflakes in an instant. You don't want to sit still!"