After sending away the drunk Cui Yingjie, Shen Ying and Gu Min rested in Minghua Pavilion.
But it is green after all.The sound insulation effect of the decoration of the ancient house is not so good. The two of them inevitably listened to the free erotic drama in the middle of the night.The ambiguous voice seemed to be a magic sound, rushing from all directions like a tide and drilling into people's ears, it couldn't be ignored at all.
Both of them drank wine at night, it was the time when the wine was intoxicating, and they were both fresh-blooded young men who had been driving meat. How could they stand up to such a long time of teasing? Think about that.
As soon as the picture in my mind came out, something was wrong with me, and the atmosphere in the room was also not right.
Shen Ying was lying flat on the bed, maintaining a motionless posture, pretending that she had fallen asleep, but she was complaining in her heart, this Qing.The bed in the building is too small, even if you move a little, you will bump into Gu Min next to you.
It was already almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, how could it be so hot to sleep at night, Shen Ying felt that sweat was protruding from her forehead, she really wanted to take off her clothes immediately, and go to sleep shirtless, at this time, it was inevitable that she would not miss being in the palace. In those days, he slept alone in a big bed, and he could do somersaults on it.
Shen Ying held his breath and focused, pretending to be asleep while paying attention to Gu Min's movements. Suddenly, he heard Gu Min seem to turn over, and then a heat source that cannot be ignored hit him——
Shen Ying immediately opened her eyes, and stared vigilantly at Gu Min who seemed to turn over and was about to press on him, "What are you doing?"
Gu Min looked at Shen Ying's staring round eyes, he didn't look like a person who fell asleep and was woken up, he was obviously very energetic, the corners of his mouth could not help but silently twitched, thinking he was really asleep, but he was pretending to be asleep .
Gu Min kept his hand propped beside Shen Ying's head, his upper body propped above Shen Ying still, lowered his head and scanned Shen Ying's face leisurely, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Do you think I'm going to do something?" Well?"
Shen Ying swallowed secretly, he used to be in the palace, maybe he would play tricks every now and then to win over Gu Min, but since he's out of the palace, there's no need to pretend anymore, right?
So Shen Ying raised her voice, and said solemnly: "I don't even look at when or where this is, we are avoiding arrests now, not traveling around the mountains and rivers, to put away those thoughts you shouldn't have, Go to bed early, don't delay the business."
"It's so noisy here, can you sleep? Otherwise, why would you wake up when I move this side?" Gu Min stretched out his hand to help Shen Ying brush up the few strands of hair sticking to his forehead, and sure enough, his hand was wet and hot. , "Sweating so much, it's very hot? Then why don't you take off your clothes and go to sleep?"
Gu Min suddenly addressed himself as a monarch and his subjects again, which gave Shen Ying the illusion that he had returned to the palace. Coupled with the interfering voices from the next door, he couldn't help but think of the time when he and Gu Min had sex together in the palace. The scene of Lun's ceremony.
...Help, if you keep thinking about it, he's going to fail first!
Shen Ying hurriedly grasped her neckline tightly, breathed steadily, and recovered her normal voice, "I... just like to cover it, you, don't worry about it, just sleep with you!"
Gu Min asked kindly: "The emperor really doesn't need ministers to serve him?"
"No need." Shen Ying deliberately said in a cold tone, "All I think about are national affairs, and I don't have that kind of thought."
Gu Min's eyes dimmed, did he not have that intention, or did he not want to continue acting?
It's really hard for the emperor, he obviously doesn't like him, but he still has to bear to sleep on the same bed with him, pretending to be asleep while working hard, while always being wary of what he will do to him.
So in the eyes of the emperor, he is such a frivolous and casual person, isn't he?
Gu Min pulled his lower lip in a self-deprecating manner. Although he was not an upright and upright gentleman, he didn't bother to force a person who had no intention of him, so he stretched out his hand across Shen Ying and pulled a quilt from the bed. , and then got out of bed holding the quilt.
Shen Ying didn't know what Gu Min was going to do, turned over and rolled to the side of the bed, opened the curtain and looked out, seeing Gu Min spread the quilt on a low couch against the wall, she was stunned for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "what are you doing?"
Gu Min simply made the bed out, and then lay down on it, "You sleep on the bed, I sleep on the couch, so it won't be crowded."
Shen Ying: "..."
The low couch was not spacious, and Gu Min, who was tall and burly, had to shrink his hands and feet to barely sleep on it. Don't even think about it, it would definitely not be comfortable to sleep on it for a night.
Looking at Gu Min's body curled up in the darkness, Shen Ying felt as if a needle had been pricked in her heart. She felt uncomfortable for some reason, and felt an urge to ask Gu Min to go back to bed and sleep.
But as soon as he opened his lips before he could speak, Gu Min turned inside out, facing the wall with his back to Shen Ying, with a posture of "I'm going to sleep, don't bother me", which made Shen Ying almost jump. The words on his lips were held back in his stomach again.
Shen Ying retracted her head, lay back on the bed, stared at the curtain above her head in a daze, obviously there was no one around her, and the sleeping place was more spacious, but for some reason, he couldn't fall asleep even more.
There seems to be a puff of air in his chest, he can't get up or down, it's obvious that Gu Min is going to sleep on the couch, and he didn't let Gu Min go, why does he have a feeling as if he kicked Gu Min out of bed ?
It's really inexplicable, I don't know who to be angry with if I want to be angry!
It's enough to make trouble until the middle of the night, Qing.The movement in the building gradually subsided, and Shen Ying finally stopped thinking about it, and fell asleep in a daze.
I don't know how long she slept, but Shen Ying was dreaming, when suddenly she heard someone shouting: "Miss Fangrui has hanged herself! Come quickly! Come help me!"
Hanged?Who hanged himself?How could someone hang himself?
Shen Ying listened half asleep, thinking she was in a dream, until Gu Min lifted the curtain and pushed him, Shen Ying woke up.
"Get up." Gu Minxu didn't sleep well at night, and his voice was a little hoarse.
Shen Ying sat up rubbing her eyes, and asked vaguely, "What's going on outside? Why is it so noisy?"
Gu Min said calmly: "Last night you helped redeem that prostitute named Fangrui. Girl, she committed suicide by throwing herself into the trap."
Shen Ying was so startled that she woke up completely, "What did you say?!" hurriedly rolled out of bed, grabbed Gu Min's arm to confirm again and again, "You said that Fangrui hanged herself ?Why?"
Gu Min held him down, took clothes from the chair next to him and gave him clothes on the boat, "I don't know why yet, calm down first, don't panic."
How can Shen Ying not be in a hurry, this is a human life, although I don't know why Fang Rui hanged himself, but if it is related to him, isn't it because he indirectly killed a human life?
He didn't want me not to kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.
Shen Ying dressed hastily and wanted to go out, "Go and see what's going on first."
When he got to the door, he was stopped by Gu Min, "Don't worry, let's listen to what's going on outside first. If Fangrui is really dead because of us, the brothel people probably won't let us go easily, maybe they will even report us. Officer, it will be bad if things get to the government."
Hearing this, Shen Ying's face became more serious. How could he have imagined that Fangrui would hang herself. If he really wanted to die because he redeemed her body, it would make him feel good about his conscience. I hope nothing will happen to her.
There was a lot of noise in the corridor outside, and suddenly someone faintly heard shouting: "Alive! Alive! Alive!"
Shen Ying felt relieved, and hurriedly opened the door to go out, looked around, pulled Gu Min to follow other people who were watching the excitement, and walked towards the direction where the sound came from.
Arriving outside the room where Fangrui hanged herself, Shen Ying stretched her head out of the crowd to look inside the room, and saw a severed white silk hanging on the beam of the room, and several girls surrounded a woman lying on the ground inside. , the woman's hair was in a mess, her pearl hairpin was crooked, her head was resting on a woman's arms, her eyes were closed and weeping, sobbing softly, she should be Fangrui who had hanged herself to death.
The bustard clapped her hands again and again.Legs, sighed and said: "I said daughter, why do you hang yourself when you are so good? You scared me to death, do you know? Fortunately, the servant girl found out early. If you really have something wrong, what can you tell me to do? What can't you worry about? Yesterday, a guest redeemed you, and this good day is about to come, why are you looking for death?"
Fangrui raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, as if she had gained strength suddenly, pushed away the person who was supporting her and sat up, spat hard on the ground, "Bah! Who asked him to redeem me? Who begged him Is he a good person? Then what is Cui Yingjie? A black-hearted bastard! Even if I die, I will never be his concubine! Rather than being tortured by him after I go out, I might as well die now, at least I can Get clean!"
The old bustard persuaded: "Daughter, you have to think about it. After all, Mr. Cui's family is also a family of officials. With our status, being able to be concubines for others is a blessing that has been cultivated for several generations. Look at us How many girls who went out from our building in [-] are as blessed as you? I said you should stop making trouble. "
"That can't be done!" Fangrui sneered, pulled out the pearl hairpin from her head and threw it on the ground, "I swore in front of my parents that I would never have anything to do with officials and dignitaries in this life. Prostitutes, I will never enter the door of that dog official! You let me accept my fate, but I will not! Even if you save me this time, there will be a next time! If you want me to enter his Cui’s house, yes, Just lift my body out of this building!"
"You, why are you here!" The old bustard stomped her feet, fearing that someone would spread Fangrui's rebellious words and cause disaster, so she turned around and coaxed away the onlookers, "Everyone, disperse and disperse." Well, it's all right here!"
When the old bustard rushed to Shen Ying and recognized Shen Ying, he slapped him big.Flicking his handkerchief, he complained, "My lord, you're here. Fortunately, I'm fine. Otherwise, my name is Huage, how can I do business?"
Shen Ying watched the excitement for a while, and roughly figured out what was going on.
It was probably because he redeemed Fangrui and gave Fangrui to Cui Yingjie as a concubine, but Fangrui didn't want to, so he committed suicide.
Just now listening to Fangrui's words, she seemed to have a lot of complaints against the officials, as if she had some deep hatred with the officials, which aroused Shen Ying's curiosity.
"I originally wanted to help Miss Fangrui redeem her body, but I didn't expect that Miss Fangrui didn't appreciate it, and turned into doing bad things with good intentions." Shen Ying said to the old bustard, "Can we have a private chat with Miss Fangrui?"
The old bustard nodded again and again, "All right, all right, please help me to persuade her, alas, what is this all about?"
The old bustard drove everyone else away, and only let Shen Ying and Gu Min enter the room. Fang Rui was already sitting on the bed supported by her maid, who saw the two young men walking in, and asked strangely: "Who are you?" ?”
Shen Ying saluted Fangrui's back and said apologetically, "Miss Fangrui is very polite, I was the one who redeemed you last night."
Fangrui immediately stood up when she heard this, originally she was full of anger and wanted to vent, but when she looked back and saw that Shen Ying had such a handsome and refined appearance, and her demeanor was extraordinary, she felt a little embarrassed to vent her anger on Shen Ying, and just used Pazi wiped his tears and cried: "My family is just a poor man who wanders in the wind and dust, why did you push me into the fire pit?"
Shen Ying explained: "Miss Fangrui misunderstood, I never really planned to give you to Cui Yingjie as a concubine."
Fangrui raised her head when she heard the words, and frowned suspiciously, "But mom told me..."
Shen Ying interrupted her with a warm smile, "What I said last night was just a stopgap measure, one is to appease Cui Yingjie and let him stop harassing you, and the other is that I want to use this to get in touch with him, but Don't worry, girl, I never meant to harm you, I can assure you of this."
Fangrui was dubious, "Although the young master said so, Cui Yingjie's family has the right and advantage. If you contradict your promise, how can he give up so easily."
"Girl don't have to worry about this. I have my own plans. I just need the girl to cooperate with me in acting for a few days. When the matter is over, I will definitely give the girl a free body." Shen Ying raised her right hand and put her fingers together The oath form, "I can swear to... the spirits of the ancestors of my Xu family, that everything I say is true!"
When Gu Min heard Shen Ying swearing to his ancestors so naturally, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Shen Ying in surprise, and Shen Ying also blinked at him quickly, signaling that he was so surprised, so as not to arouse suspicion.
At this time, he can't reveal his identity and swear to the spirits of the emperors of Daying, so he can only borrow the ancestors of the Xu family. Although he doesn't know which Xu family this Xu family is, anyway, as long as he said It's all true.
Gu Min lowered his eyes, for some reason, he got stuck last night.The heart of Ye suddenly seemed to be alive again.
Otherwise, why is it said that people are visual animals? Seeing that Shen Ying said it so swearingly, Fang Rui believed Shen Ying's words more or less in her heart because she didn't look like a villain who committed crimes.
Fangrui stopped crying, and asked curiously: "I don't know, my lord, what kind of drama do you want my slaves to cooperate with?"
"Let's talk about this later." Shen Ying waved her hand, then changed the subject and asked, "Miss Fangrui, in what I just heard from you, I seem to be very dissatisfied with the officials. I don't know if you are with the officials. Is there any grudge?"
"Sirs, please sit down." Fang Rui pointed to the chair beside her, and only after Shen Ying and Gu Min sat down did she talk about her rough life experience.
It turned out that Fangrui was originally the daughter of a small landlord family in Yongping Mansion. The family relied on the ancestral property of dozens of mu of land, and they lived a prosperous life.Unexpectedly, one day, King Xin seized the fields of Fangrui's family and the people's homes in the entire nearby village on the grounds of building the royal tomb, and drove all the villagers out of the village. Anyone who resisted would be arrested. After being put into prison and tortured, the villagers could only dare not speak out under the authority of the government, and had to leave their homes and homes.
Fangrui's father was a scholar when he was young, and he was a scholar. He couldn't be angry that King Xin was so arrogant and bullied the people, so he brought his wife and daughter to the capital to complain. But since ancient times, officials have been protecting each other. In the yamen, Fangrui's father was arrested and imprisoned by officials bribed by King Xin on trumped-up charges.
After entering the prison, it is inevitable to be beaten severely. Fangrui's father was already ill on the way to Beijing, and he died not long after entering the prison. After Fangrui's mother knew that her husband died unjustly in prison, she also died of grief and indignation. She died, leaving only the lonely Fangrui alone.
Fangrui is a weak woman, unable to compete with the government, and if she continues to sue, she may lose her own life.Lou buried his parents, and made an oath in front of their graves that he would never forget this blood debt in this life, and would never bow to the court and join the ranks of officials and dignitaries.
After Fangrui and Shen Ying talked about their life experiences, they were already sobbing. Shen Ying also felt sympathetic after hearing it. After he crossed over, he stayed in the palace, thinking all day about how to fight Du Qianren, Guo Jiuchen, and The Empress Dowager hadn't had time to think about the life of the people in the Great Ying Dynasty.
And the memorials handed over by the officials below are all praises and whitewashing of the peace, because the supervisor and the cabinet will never let those memorials that will affect their interests be placed in front of him.
So he was in the palace, his speech was blocked, his ears and eyes were blinded by treacherous men, he was deaf and blind, if it wasn't for this accident that he left the palace and came to the people, he would have no way of knowing that there are still many people living in the palace of the rich and powerful. Under oppression, they lived a miserable life. Like Fangrui, she left her hometown, her family was ruined, and she was in exile.Poor people in Lou, the world does not know how many there are.
Shen Ying was just an ordinary person before crossing, and worrying about the country and the people seemed far away from him, but after crossing, he suddenly became the emperor of the Great Ying Dynasty, and all the people of the Great Ying Dynasty were his subjects .
It is true that the emperor has the supreme power of a country, but the emperor also has to shoulder the burden of a country's prosperity and decline.
Shen Ying was not born in a powerful and ruthless emperor's family from the very beginning, so he did not pity Fangrui's misfortune from the perspective of a high-ranking ruler, but a sympathetic sympathy.
If he is just an ordinary person now, he is willing to help Fangrui and bring justice to her, not to mention that he is now the emperor with power in his hands.
Shen Ying looked at Fangrui, and the infinite pressure slowly accumulated in his heart. At that moment, he understood that he was the only person who could give Fangrui justice. He was the only one who could save someone like Fangrui who was bullied by the government. All the people are out of water and fire.
Leaving Fangrui's room and returning to the room where she stayed overnight, Shen Ying was silent for a long time without speaking.
Gu Min went out to ask for hot water and food, brought them back to the room, first poured a cup of tea for Shen Ying, put it in Shen Ying's hand, "Drink tea."
Shen Ying recovered from her contemplation, glanced at Gu Min, who looked normal, took a sip from her teacup, moistened her throat, and said casually, "I never saw you feel anything after hearing Miss Fangrui's life experience. .”
Gu Min used a silver needle to poison food, served Shen Ying with a bowl of porridge, and handed him the chopsticks, "She is not the only poor person in the world. The emperor has lived in the palace for a long time, and he doesn't often hear about these things, so he felt deeply for a while. .”
Shen Ying didn't pick up the chopsticks, and said with a cold face: "I don't know if it's because after you entered the officialdom, you also learned how officials protect each other, and you have been with corrupt officials for a long time, that's why you heard about their tragic life experience. If you don’t move, your heart will already be cold and hard.”
Gu Min put the chopsticks on the bowl, and said indifferently: "It's not that I'm hard-hearted, but that I have many stories of people whose lives are far worse than Fangrui's. If you hear too many stories, you will naturally become numb. There is a family Parents and couples hang themselves, some drown their children before throwing themselves into the river, and some sell their children for money, does the emperor want to continue listening to me?"
Just one Fangrui is enough to worry Shen Ying, if there are more, his heart will be heavy for several days, so he picked up the chopsticks and said, "Forget it." He took two mouthfuls of porridge Thinking about it, I still felt aggrieved for Fangrui, swallowed the porridge in my mouth, and said angrily, "This king Xin is really abominable! He dared to ignore the court's laws and regulations, and invaded the people's fertile land privately. When I take power in the future, I have to do it well." It is impossible to cure him."
"For three generations, King Xin has ruled Yongping. He has a strong foundation in Yongping, and he has quite a say in the clan. It is not easy for the emperor to want to move King Xin." Gu Min pulled his lips and sighed softly, "Besides , Things like land invasions don’t just happen in Yongping Mansion, it’s common for vassals everywhere. If the emperor touches King Xin, everyone in other vassals will be in danger. You won't raise troops to create chaos, so you've broken the foundation of Daying."
Of course, Shen Ying also knew that the king of Xin would not be the only one who encroached on the common people's fields. This kind of thing was repeatedly prohibited in every dynasty in ancient times. The large-scale rebellion was abolished in order to stabilize the rule.
And when he deliberately said that he wanted to punish King Xin, he actually wanted to hear Gu Min's attitude towards this matter.
Shen Ying pretended to be chatting and said: "Then according to you, I should have heard Fangrui's story as if I didn't hear it, and then I can't touch Wang Xin, right?"
Gu Min was silent for a moment, then said: "The emperor still remembers the abolition of the crown prince, Shen Zhaohuai?"
Shen Ying recalled it in her mind. According to the records in the palace, Shen Zhaohuai was born of the abolished Xu family, the eldest son of Emperor Gaozong, sensitive and intelligent. He was established as the crown prince at the age of three. , High prestige among the ministers.
It's just that later, I don't know why the ghost was obsessed with performing the technique of disgusting victory in the palace, which offended Gaozong, and was abolished as a concubine and imprisoned together with his mother, Empress Xu, and was bestowed to death by Gaozong soon after.
Shen Ying nodded, "Of course I remember, Brother Dahuang, why did you mention him all of a sudden?"
Gu Min looked at Shen Ying, his eyes suddenly lost focus, as if caught in a distant memory, "The emperor was still young when Prince Zhaohuai was deposed, so he may not remember what happened at that time. Prince Zhaohuai also asked Gao Emperor Zong proposed to cut down the vassal, but soon there was a case of disgust in the palace. After that, the prince and queen were abolished. , there are some things in the world, and you can’t do whatever you want, if you are not careful, you will eat yourself back.”
Shen Ying raised her eyebrows, slapped her chopsticks on the table indifferently, then looked straight into Gu Min's eyes, and asked coldly, "Are you saying this to remind me to be careful of the vassal king's rebellion, or are you warning me not to The idea of cutting down the feudal clan?"
Gu Min's eyes regained light, and he looked deeply into Shen Ying's eyes, as if he wanted to find a ray of dawn in Shen Ying's eyes that could break through the darkness, "If the emperor's will to cut the feudal domain is firm, it will be a reminder." , if the emperor just said it casually, it would be a warning."
But it is green after all.The sound insulation effect of the decoration of the ancient house is not so good. The two of them inevitably listened to the free erotic drama in the middle of the night.The ambiguous voice seemed to be a magic sound, rushing from all directions like a tide and drilling into people's ears, it couldn't be ignored at all.
Both of them drank wine at night, it was the time when the wine was intoxicating, and they were both fresh-blooded young men who had been driving meat. How could they stand up to such a long time of teasing? Think about that.
As soon as the picture in my mind came out, something was wrong with me, and the atmosphere in the room was also not right.
Shen Ying was lying flat on the bed, maintaining a motionless posture, pretending that she had fallen asleep, but she was complaining in her heart, this Qing.The bed in the building is too small, even if you move a little, you will bump into Gu Min next to you.
It was already almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, how could it be so hot to sleep at night, Shen Ying felt that sweat was protruding from her forehead, she really wanted to take off her clothes immediately, and go to sleep shirtless, at this time, it was inevitable that she would not miss being in the palace. In those days, he slept alone in a big bed, and he could do somersaults on it.
Shen Ying held his breath and focused, pretending to be asleep while paying attention to Gu Min's movements. Suddenly, he heard Gu Min seem to turn over, and then a heat source that cannot be ignored hit him——
Shen Ying immediately opened her eyes, and stared vigilantly at Gu Min who seemed to turn over and was about to press on him, "What are you doing?"
Gu Min looked at Shen Ying's staring round eyes, he didn't look like a person who fell asleep and was woken up, he was obviously very energetic, the corners of his mouth could not help but silently twitched, thinking he was really asleep, but he was pretending to be asleep .
Gu Min kept his hand propped beside Shen Ying's head, his upper body propped above Shen Ying still, lowered his head and scanned Shen Ying's face leisurely, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Do you think I'm going to do something?" Well?"
Shen Ying swallowed secretly, he used to be in the palace, maybe he would play tricks every now and then to win over Gu Min, but since he's out of the palace, there's no need to pretend anymore, right?
So Shen Ying raised her voice, and said solemnly: "I don't even look at when or where this is, we are avoiding arrests now, not traveling around the mountains and rivers, to put away those thoughts you shouldn't have, Go to bed early, don't delay the business."
"It's so noisy here, can you sleep? Otherwise, why would you wake up when I move this side?" Gu Min stretched out his hand to help Shen Ying brush up the few strands of hair sticking to his forehead, and sure enough, his hand was wet and hot. , "Sweating so much, it's very hot? Then why don't you take off your clothes and go to sleep?"
Gu Min suddenly addressed himself as a monarch and his subjects again, which gave Shen Ying the illusion that he had returned to the palace. Coupled with the interfering voices from the next door, he couldn't help but think of the time when he and Gu Min had sex together in the palace. The scene of Lun's ceremony.
...Help, if you keep thinking about it, he's going to fail first!
Shen Ying hurriedly grasped her neckline tightly, breathed steadily, and recovered her normal voice, "I... just like to cover it, you, don't worry about it, just sleep with you!"
Gu Min asked kindly: "The emperor really doesn't need ministers to serve him?"
"No need." Shen Ying deliberately said in a cold tone, "All I think about are national affairs, and I don't have that kind of thought."
Gu Min's eyes dimmed, did he not have that intention, or did he not want to continue acting?
It's really hard for the emperor, he obviously doesn't like him, but he still has to bear to sleep on the same bed with him, pretending to be asleep while working hard, while always being wary of what he will do to him.
So in the eyes of the emperor, he is such a frivolous and casual person, isn't he?
Gu Min pulled his lower lip in a self-deprecating manner. Although he was not an upright and upright gentleman, he didn't bother to force a person who had no intention of him, so he stretched out his hand across Shen Ying and pulled a quilt from the bed. , and then got out of bed holding the quilt.
Shen Ying didn't know what Gu Min was going to do, turned over and rolled to the side of the bed, opened the curtain and looked out, seeing Gu Min spread the quilt on a low couch against the wall, she was stunned for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "what are you doing?"
Gu Min simply made the bed out, and then lay down on it, "You sleep on the bed, I sleep on the couch, so it won't be crowded."
Shen Ying: "..."
The low couch was not spacious, and Gu Min, who was tall and burly, had to shrink his hands and feet to barely sleep on it. Don't even think about it, it would definitely not be comfortable to sleep on it for a night.
Looking at Gu Min's body curled up in the darkness, Shen Ying felt as if a needle had been pricked in her heart. She felt uncomfortable for some reason, and felt an urge to ask Gu Min to go back to bed and sleep.
But as soon as he opened his lips before he could speak, Gu Min turned inside out, facing the wall with his back to Shen Ying, with a posture of "I'm going to sleep, don't bother me", which made Shen Ying almost jump. The words on his lips were held back in his stomach again.
Shen Ying retracted her head, lay back on the bed, stared at the curtain above her head in a daze, obviously there was no one around her, and the sleeping place was more spacious, but for some reason, he couldn't fall asleep even more.
There seems to be a puff of air in his chest, he can't get up or down, it's obvious that Gu Min is going to sleep on the couch, and he didn't let Gu Min go, why does he have a feeling as if he kicked Gu Min out of bed ?
It's really inexplicable, I don't know who to be angry with if I want to be angry!
It's enough to make trouble until the middle of the night, Qing.The movement in the building gradually subsided, and Shen Ying finally stopped thinking about it, and fell asleep in a daze.
I don't know how long she slept, but Shen Ying was dreaming, when suddenly she heard someone shouting: "Miss Fangrui has hanged herself! Come quickly! Come help me!"
Hanged?Who hanged himself?How could someone hang himself?
Shen Ying listened half asleep, thinking she was in a dream, until Gu Min lifted the curtain and pushed him, Shen Ying woke up.
"Get up." Gu Minxu didn't sleep well at night, and his voice was a little hoarse.
Shen Ying sat up rubbing her eyes, and asked vaguely, "What's going on outside? Why is it so noisy?"
Gu Min said calmly: "Last night you helped redeem that prostitute named Fangrui. Girl, she committed suicide by throwing herself into the trap."
Shen Ying was so startled that she woke up completely, "What did you say?!" hurriedly rolled out of bed, grabbed Gu Min's arm to confirm again and again, "You said that Fangrui hanged herself ?Why?"
Gu Min held him down, took clothes from the chair next to him and gave him clothes on the boat, "I don't know why yet, calm down first, don't panic."
How can Shen Ying not be in a hurry, this is a human life, although I don't know why Fang Rui hanged himself, but if it is related to him, isn't it because he indirectly killed a human life?
He didn't want me not to kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.
Shen Ying dressed hastily and wanted to go out, "Go and see what's going on first."
When he got to the door, he was stopped by Gu Min, "Don't worry, let's listen to what's going on outside first. If Fangrui is really dead because of us, the brothel people probably won't let us go easily, maybe they will even report us. Officer, it will be bad if things get to the government."
Hearing this, Shen Ying's face became more serious. How could he have imagined that Fangrui would hang herself. If he really wanted to die because he redeemed her body, it would make him feel good about his conscience. I hope nothing will happen to her.
There was a lot of noise in the corridor outside, and suddenly someone faintly heard shouting: "Alive! Alive! Alive!"
Shen Ying felt relieved, and hurriedly opened the door to go out, looked around, pulled Gu Min to follow other people who were watching the excitement, and walked towards the direction where the sound came from.
Arriving outside the room where Fangrui hanged herself, Shen Ying stretched her head out of the crowd to look inside the room, and saw a severed white silk hanging on the beam of the room, and several girls surrounded a woman lying on the ground inside. , the woman's hair was in a mess, her pearl hairpin was crooked, her head was resting on a woman's arms, her eyes were closed and weeping, sobbing softly, she should be Fangrui who had hanged herself to death.
The bustard clapped her hands again and again.Legs, sighed and said: "I said daughter, why do you hang yourself when you are so good? You scared me to death, do you know? Fortunately, the servant girl found out early. If you really have something wrong, what can you tell me to do? What can't you worry about? Yesterday, a guest redeemed you, and this good day is about to come, why are you looking for death?"
Fangrui raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, as if she had gained strength suddenly, pushed away the person who was supporting her and sat up, spat hard on the ground, "Bah! Who asked him to redeem me? Who begged him Is he a good person? Then what is Cui Yingjie? A black-hearted bastard! Even if I die, I will never be his concubine! Rather than being tortured by him after I go out, I might as well die now, at least I can Get clean!"
The old bustard persuaded: "Daughter, you have to think about it. After all, Mr. Cui's family is also a family of officials. With our status, being able to be concubines for others is a blessing that has been cultivated for several generations. Look at us How many girls who went out from our building in [-] are as blessed as you? I said you should stop making trouble. "
"That can't be done!" Fangrui sneered, pulled out the pearl hairpin from her head and threw it on the ground, "I swore in front of my parents that I would never have anything to do with officials and dignitaries in this life. Prostitutes, I will never enter the door of that dog official! You let me accept my fate, but I will not! Even if you save me this time, there will be a next time! If you want me to enter his Cui’s house, yes, Just lift my body out of this building!"
"You, why are you here!" The old bustard stomped her feet, fearing that someone would spread Fangrui's rebellious words and cause disaster, so she turned around and coaxed away the onlookers, "Everyone, disperse and disperse." Well, it's all right here!"
When the old bustard rushed to Shen Ying and recognized Shen Ying, he slapped him big.Flicking his handkerchief, he complained, "My lord, you're here. Fortunately, I'm fine. Otherwise, my name is Huage, how can I do business?"
Shen Ying watched the excitement for a while, and roughly figured out what was going on.
It was probably because he redeemed Fangrui and gave Fangrui to Cui Yingjie as a concubine, but Fangrui didn't want to, so he committed suicide.
Just now listening to Fangrui's words, she seemed to have a lot of complaints against the officials, as if she had some deep hatred with the officials, which aroused Shen Ying's curiosity.
"I originally wanted to help Miss Fangrui redeem her body, but I didn't expect that Miss Fangrui didn't appreciate it, and turned into doing bad things with good intentions." Shen Ying said to the old bustard, "Can we have a private chat with Miss Fangrui?"
The old bustard nodded again and again, "All right, all right, please help me to persuade her, alas, what is this all about?"
The old bustard drove everyone else away, and only let Shen Ying and Gu Min enter the room. Fang Rui was already sitting on the bed supported by her maid, who saw the two young men walking in, and asked strangely: "Who are you?" ?”
Shen Ying saluted Fangrui's back and said apologetically, "Miss Fangrui is very polite, I was the one who redeemed you last night."
Fangrui immediately stood up when she heard this, originally she was full of anger and wanted to vent, but when she looked back and saw that Shen Ying had such a handsome and refined appearance, and her demeanor was extraordinary, she felt a little embarrassed to vent her anger on Shen Ying, and just used Pazi wiped his tears and cried: "My family is just a poor man who wanders in the wind and dust, why did you push me into the fire pit?"
Shen Ying explained: "Miss Fangrui misunderstood, I never really planned to give you to Cui Yingjie as a concubine."
Fangrui raised her head when she heard the words, and frowned suspiciously, "But mom told me..."
Shen Ying interrupted her with a warm smile, "What I said last night was just a stopgap measure, one is to appease Cui Yingjie and let him stop harassing you, and the other is that I want to use this to get in touch with him, but Don't worry, girl, I never meant to harm you, I can assure you of this."
Fangrui was dubious, "Although the young master said so, Cui Yingjie's family has the right and advantage. If you contradict your promise, how can he give up so easily."
"Girl don't have to worry about this. I have my own plans. I just need the girl to cooperate with me in acting for a few days. When the matter is over, I will definitely give the girl a free body." Shen Ying raised her right hand and put her fingers together The oath form, "I can swear to... the spirits of the ancestors of my Xu family, that everything I say is true!"
When Gu Min heard Shen Ying swearing to his ancestors so naturally, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Shen Ying in surprise, and Shen Ying also blinked at him quickly, signaling that he was so surprised, so as not to arouse suspicion.
At this time, he can't reveal his identity and swear to the spirits of the emperors of Daying, so he can only borrow the ancestors of the Xu family. Although he doesn't know which Xu family this Xu family is, anyway, as long as he said It's all true.
Gu Min lowered his eyes, for some reason, he got stuck last night.The heart of Ye suddenly seemed to be alive again.
Otherwise, why is it said that people are visual animals? Seeing that Shen Ying said it so swearingly, Fang Rui believed Shen Ying's words more or less in her heart because she didn't look like a villain who committed crimes.
Fangrui stopped crying, and asked curiously: "I don't know, my lord, what kind of drama do you want my slaves to cooperate with?"
"Let's talk about this later." Shen Ying waved her hand, then changed the subject and asked, "Miss Fangrui, in what I just heard from you, I seem to be very dissatisfied with the officials. I don't know if you are with the officials. Is there any grudge?"
"Sirs, please sit down." Fang Rui pointed to the chair beside her, and only after Shen Ying and Gu Min sat down did she talk about her rough life experience.
It turned out that Fangrui was originally the daughter of a small landlord family in Yongping Mansion. The family relied on the ancestral property of dozens of mu of land, and they lived a prosperous life.Unexpectedly, one day, King Xin seized the fields of Fangrui's family and the people's homes in the entire nearby village on the grounds of building the royal tomb, and drove all the villagers out of the village. Anyone who resisted would be arrested. After being put into prison and tortured, the villagers could only dare not speak out under the authority of the government, and had to leave their homes and homes.
Fangrui's father was a scholar when he was young, and he was a scholar. He couldn't be angry that King Xin was so arrogant and bullied the people, so he brought his wife and daughter to the capital to complain. But since ancient times, officials have been protecting each other. In the yamen, Fangrui's father was arrested and imprisoned by officials bribed by King Xin on trumped-up charges.
After entering the prison, it is inevitable to be beaten severely. Fangrui's father was already ill on the way to Beijing, and he died not long after entering the prison. After Fangrui's mother knew that her husband died unjustly in prison, she also died of grief and indignation. She died, leaving only the lonely Fangrui alone.
Fangrui is a weak woman, unable to compete with the government, and if she continues to sue, she may lose her own life.Lou buried his parents, and made an oath in front of their graves that he would never forget this blood debt in this life, and would never bow to the court and join the ranks of officials and dignitaries.
After Fangrui and Shen Ying talked about their life experiences, they were already sobbing. Shen Ying also felt sympathetic after hearing it. After he crossed over, he stayed in the palace, thinking all day about how to fight Du Qianren, Guo Jiuchen, and The Empress Dowager hadn't had time to think about the life of the people in the Great Ying Dynasty.
And the memorials handed over by the officials below are all praises and whitewashing of the peace, because the supervisor and the cabinet will never let those memorials that will affect their interests be placed in front of him.
So he was in the palace, his speech was blocked, his ears and eyes were blinded by treacherous men, he was deaf and blind, if it wasn't for this accident that he left the palace and came to the people, he would have no way of knowing that there are still many people living in the palace of the rich and powerful. Under oppression, they lived a miserable life. Like Fangrui, she left her hometown, her family was ruined, and she was in exile.Poor people in Lou, the world does not know how many there are.
Shen Ying was just an ordinary person before crossing, and worrying about the country and the people seemed far away from him, but after crossing, he suddenly became the emperor of the Great Ying Dynasty, and all the people of the Great Ying Dynasty were his subjects .
It is true that the emperor has the supreme power of a country, but the emperor also has to shoulder the burden of a country's prosperity and decline.
Shen Ying was not born in a powerful and ruthless emperor's family from the very beginning, so he did not pity Fangrui's misfortune from the perspective of a high-ranking ruler, but a sympathetic sympathy.
If he is just an ordinary person now, he is willing to help Fangrui and bring justice to her, not to mention that he is now the emperor with power in his hands.
Shen Ying looked at Fangrui, and the infinite pressure slowly accumulated in his heart. At that moment, he understood that he was the only person who could give Fangrui justice. He was the only one who could save someone like Fangrui who was bullied by the government. All the people are out of water and fire.
Leaving Fangrui's room and returning to the room where she stayed overnight, Shen Ying was silent for a long time without speaking.
Gu Min went out to ask for hot water and food, brought them back to the room, first poured a cup of tea for Shen Ying, put it in Shen Ying's hand, "Drink tea."
Shen Ying recovered from her contemplation, glanced at Gu Min, who looked normal, took a sip from her teacup, moistened her throat, and said casually, "I never saw you feel anything after hearing Miss Fangrui's life experience. .”
Gu Min used a silver needle to poison food, served Shen Ying with a bowl of porridge, and handed him the chopsticks, "She is not the only poor person in the world. The emperor has lived in the palace for a long time, and he doesn't often hear about these things, so he felt deeply for a while. .”
Shen Ying didn't pick up the chopsticks, and said with a cold face: "I don't know if it's because after you entered the officialdom, you also learned how officials protect each other, and you have been with corrupt officials for a long time, that's why you heard about their tragic life experience. If you don’t move, your heart will already be cold and hard.”
Gu Min put the chopsticks on the bowl, and said indifferently: "It's not that I'm hard-hearted, but that I have many stories of people whose lives are far worse than Fangrui's. If you hear too many stories, you will naturally become numb. There is a family Parents and couples hang themselves, some drown their children before throwing themselves into the river, and some sell their children for money, does the emperor want to continue listening to me?"
Just one Fangrui is enough to worry Shen Ying, if there are more, his heart will be heavy for several days, so he picked up the chopsticks and said, "Forget it." He took two mouthfuls of porridge Thinking about it, I still felt aggrieved for Fangrui, swallowed the porridge in my mouth, and said angrily, "This king Xin is really abominable! He dared to ignore the court's laws and regulations, and invaded the people's fertile land privately. When I take power in the future, I have to do it well." It is impossible to cure him."
"For three generations, King Xin has ruled Yongping. He has a strong foundation in Yongping, and he has quite a say in the clan. It is not easy for the emperor to want to move King Xin." Gu Min pulled his lips and sighed softly, "Besides , Things like land invasions don’t just happen in Yongping Mansion, it’s common for vassals everywhere. If the emperor touches King Xin, everyone in other vassals will be in danger. You won't raise troops to create chaos, so you've broken the foundation of Daying."
Of course, Shen Ying also knew that the king of Xin would not be the only one who encroached on the common people's fields. This kind of thing was repeatedly prohibited in every dynasty in ancient times. The large-scale rebellion was abolished in order to stabilize the rule.
And when he deliberately said that he wanted to punish King Xin, he actually wanted to hear Gu Min's attitude towards this matter.
Shen Ying pretended to be chatting and said: "Then according to you, I should have heard Fangrui's story as if I didn't hear it, and then I can't touch Wang Xin, right?"
Gu Min was silent for a moment, then said: "The emperor still remembers the abolition of the crown prince, Shen Zhaohuai?"
Shen Ying recalled it in her mind. According to the records in the palace, Shen Zhaohuai was born of the abolished Xu family, the eldest son of Emperor Gaozong, sensitive and intelligent. He was established as the crown prince at the age of three. , High prestige among the ministers.
It's just that later, I don't know why the ghost was obsessed with performing the technique of disgusting victory in the palace, which offended Gaozong, and was abolished as a concubine and imprisoned together with his mother, Empress Xu, and was bestowed to death by Gaozong soon after.
Shen Ying nodded, "Of course I remember, Brother Dahuang, why did you mention him all of a sudden?"
Gu Min looked at Shen Ying, his eyes suddenly lost focus, as if caught in a distant memory, "The emperor was still young when Prince Zhaohuai was deposed, so he may not remember what happened at that time. Prince Zhaohuai also asked Gao Emperor Zong proposed to cut down the vassal, but soon there was a case of disgust in the palace. After that, the prince and queen were abolished. , there are some things in the world, and you can’t do whatever you want, if you are not careful, you will eat yourself back.”
Shen Ying raised her eyebrows, slapped her chopsticks on the table indifferently, then looked straight into Gu Min's eyes, and asked coldly, "Are you saying this to remind me to be careful of the vassal king's rebellion, or are you warning me not to The idea of cutting down the feudal clan?"
Gu Min's eyes regained light, and he looked deeply into Shen Ying's eyes, as if he wanted to find a ray of dawn in Shen Ying's eyes that could break through the darkness, "If the emperor's will to cut the feudal domain is firm, it will be a reminder." , if the emperor just said it casually, it would be a warning."
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