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Xu Yiren walked into the side hall of Xihe Palace with lowered eyebrows, looking very reserved.

After leading her in, Yuan Xiang withdrew.

Jiang Zhao was sitting under the window, holding a book in his hand, reading it casually, and looked over when he heard the movement.

Xu Yiren knelt down and kowtowed, and said in his mouth: "Servant Xu Yiren, please greet Your Majesty."

Jiang Zhao got up, put the book in his hand aside, walked over and helped her up with his own hands.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xu Yiren nodded in gratitude, not daring to look directly at Tianyan.

"Sister Yiren." Jiang Zhao called her.

Xu Yiren raised his head, glanced at her quickly, and returned to his low-browed and compliant look.

She said: "I dare not be a servant."

Jiang Zhao sighed lightly, with a calm expression on his face, he didn't think about trying to persuade her, he just said: "I have already found out all the witnesses who reported to Concubine Zhao on that day, as well as the witnesses in the Palace Zhengsi."

With an ordinary tone, she asked Xu Yiren: "Xu Sizheng thinks, how should those people be dealt with?"

Xu Yiren was silent for a while, and Jiang Zhao was not in a hurry, so he quietly waited for her to answer, until he heard Xu Yiren say: "Your Majesty, according to the law, all of you are innocent when you testify and report."

"You think so?" Jiang Zhao's eyes became dark.

Xu Yiren said: "This is not what the servants think, but what Xie Sizheng thinks."

Did not hear Jiang Zhao speak again, Xu Yiren sighed, and continued: "I know that His Majesty is angry, but it is true that Jinniang had something to do with Yuan Shiwei. Even if she was here, she would not feel that People are guilty, what do you think, Your Majesty?"

With Xie Jin's temperament, Jiang Zhao had to stand behind him if he wanted to say who knew best.

Xu Yiren gets along with her day and night, and lives next to her, so he understands Xie Jin's character best.

She is gentle and peaceful, understanding, and abides by etiquette.

During those days when he was Zuo Sizheng, Xie Jin had to follow the palace rules in every matter he handled.If you say she is harsh, she is the most kind to others, if you say she is soft, she is the most serious.

So Liu Gong was thinking highly of her, not only because of her ability, but also because of her character.

Yuan Qi could only be regarded as an accident. Although Xie Jin suffered great misfortune because of this, according to her personality, she probably would not bear any grudges about who reported on her and who testified against her.

But Jiang Zhao obviously didn't think so.

She is not an extremely protective emperor, but Xie Jin is obviously an exception to her.

So Xu Yiren looked up at the young empress, and asked her, "What about your majesty, how do you want to deal with those people?"

Jiang Zhao said nothing.

Xu Yiren guessed: "Stick punishment? Imprisonment? Beheading? Or exterminate the nine clans?"

The corner of Jiang Zhao's eyes twitched. Although she didn't want to admit it, at a certain moment, she did have this increasingly terrifying thought.

When she saw Xie Jin's wounds, she not only thought of killing someone, but she also felt ashamed.

But she also knew that those people were not guilty of this.

Xu Yiren sighed again and said, "Your Majesty, ever since I found out about your identity, I have been thinking about whether it is good or bad for Jin Niang to receive this kindness?"

"She doesn't know His Majesty's thoughts, and may even blame His Majesty for lying to her. The slaves speculate that His Majesty may have gotten her cold eyes. So, will His Majesty think that she doesn't know what is good or bad?"

"Of course I won't."

Jiang Zhao retorted subconsciously, frowned and said: "I did lie to her, and she should blame me. She doesn't want to talk to me and treats me coldly, so I have nothing to say."

Even so, her tone and expression still carried a hint of grievance.

"Then His Majesty summoned the servants, did you just want to ask the servants how to deal with those people?"

Xu Yiren asked again: "Your Majesty arrested those people, but he didn't hand them over to Gong Zhengsi. He wanted to vent his anger on Jinniang, but he was afraid that Jinniang would be angry if he found out, right?"

Jiang Zhao didn't say anything, it was a tacit agreement.

Xu Yiren knew Xie Jin's temperament, and Jiang Zhao naturally knew it too.

Although she was angry with those people for harming Xie Jin, but as Xu Yiren said, all of them are innocent when they testify and report.

But in any case, Jiang Zhao could not let them be released without charge.

"Yeting Bureau, how is it?"

Jiang Zhao looked at Xu Yiren and asked tentatively.

The Yeting Bureau is a workplace, and court ladies and eunuchs who make mistakes are often punished to do hard work. Because the place is remote, there are few masters to intervene, there are many unspoken rules, and there are often bullying incidents, it is really not a good place.

When Xie Jin first entered the palace, he worked in the Ye Ting Bureau, and his health was damaged due to this.

This is the biggest concession Jiang Zhao can make.

Xu Yiren nodded and said, "Your Majesty is merciful."

Jiang Zhao was tired of hearing this sentence, but since it came from Xu Yiren's mouth, he didn't say anything.

She turned around and sat down, changed the subject and said: "Sister was slapped by Concubine Zhao's dog servant, the wound has not healed, I left her to recuperate in Xihe Palace, and let the imperial doctor take care of her body by the way.

I had promised to let her leave the palace next month, but now I'm afraid it will take some time, she doesn't want to see me now, and she doesn't want to listen to me, I still need Sister Yiren to convey these things to me. "

After finishing speaking, she added a bit sourly: "After all, Sister A and Sister Yiren have the best relationship."

Xu Yiren was a little dumbfounded, but he really missed Xie Jin in his heart, so he immediately agreed to help her with the message.

Jiang Zhao glanced at her, hesitated to speak.

Xu Yi said humanely: "My maidservant knows what His Majesty wants to say, but Jin Niang is a person who is gentle on the outside and stubborn in her heart. She is awkward at this moment. If I speak for Your Majesty, she may even resist me."

These words are merciless, but they are also words from the heart.

Jiang Zhao could only sigh: "I asked Xiao Yuanzi to take you to see her."

Xu Yirenfu saluted, then nodded and said: "The servant girl will leave first."

When she reached the gate of the hall, she suddenly turned her head again, looked at the worried empress, and said comfortingly: "Your Majesty is the person Jinniang cares about. She has softened her heart countless times for you, and this time will be no exception."

Seeing that His Majesty's eyes lit up, Xu Yiren didn't say much, and walked out of the palace gate slowly.

Yuan Xiang stood guard outside the hall, and when he saw Xu Yiren come out, he led him to the emperor's bedroom without her asking.

It was only in the side hall to meet His Majesty just now, but it was in the bedroom hall to visit Xie Jin. After thinking about it for a while, Xu Yiren understood the key point, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

I thought that Jiang Zhao was just too dependent on Xie Jin, giving rise to ambiguity.

But it turned out that Mu Ai was very affectionate when he was young.

The door of the sleeping hall was closed, Yuan Xiang knocked on his fingers, and said loudly: "Xie Sizheng, it's Xu Sizheng who came to visit you."

After speaking, he retreated to one side and signaled Xu Yiren to go in by himself.

Xu Yiren thanked him, stretched out his hand and pushed open the heavy palace door, and stepped in.

This was her first visit to the emperor's bedroom. Although she was a little curious, the sense of awe engraved in her bones made her not dare to look at the place without authorization. She just glanced at it and walked further inside.

There was a person sitting under the window, with his back to the door, and he didn't turn his head when he heard the movement.

Xu Yiren was quite familiar with that figure, she stopped not far away, and called, "Jin Niang."

Xie Jin responded, but still didn't look back, but said flatly, "You're here."

"Master is very worried about you, but His Majesty only summoned me. Now that you are well, I can go back and explain to Master."

Xu Yiren took another step forward, and said, "Your Majesty said that Concubine Zhao's people have moved against you."

There was worry in her eyes.

Xie Jin said, "It's nothing serious, it's just a few slaps, it's a blessing."

But the more flat her tone was, the more startled Xu Yiren felt.

"Let me see your wound."

Xu Yiren finally couldn't help it, and walked up to Xie Jin, thinking that Xie Jin didn't want her to see it, but unexpectedly, he was not blocked by half, and let her see it clearly.

Although I have used the best plaster in the palace, it will not be able to recover in a day or two.

The woman's delicate skin, which was originally soft and creamy, was marked with red and swollen fingerprints, which was even more shocking.

Xu Yiren's eyes turned red all of a sudden, she stretched out her hand tremblingly, but she didn't dare to touch Xie Jin's wound, tears fell down, and she choked up and said, "No wonder, no wonder..."

No wonder His Majesty was angry, even she couldn't help but want those people to pay the price.

Seeing that she was crying like a lord, Xie Jin said helplessly, "Okay, I haven't cried yet, why did you get wronged first?"

"I'm not wronged for you." Xu Yiren said with tears.

She pushed away Xie Jin's hand that was about to wipe her tears, took out a handkerchief to wipe away the tears, and looked at Xie Jin with red eyes.

"Damn Yuan Qi, it was clearly caused by him, why should you suffer all by yourself?"

Regarding the matter with Yuan Qi, Xie Jin did not hide it from Xu Yiren. After explaining it clearly to him that day, he told Xu Yiren when he got back. Therefore, Xu Yiren probably knew why Xie Jin was denounced.

He wanted to marry another woman, but still pestered Xie Jin, and was found to have sued in front of Concubine Zhao, then Concubine Zhao didn't know what she had to do with Yuan Qi, so she only summoned Xie Jin to interrogate her.

Now that Xie Jin's reputation has been damaged and he has been beaten like this, Yuan Qi is safe and sound.

I'm afraid I still don't know what happened.

The more Xu Yiren thought about it, the angrier he became, he wished he could find Yuan Qiye and give him a few slaps, so that he could taste the slap in the face.

She thought so, and said so.

Xie Jin only smiled slightly when she heard the words, and accidentally touched the wound, she frowned, and said a little sadly: "I have had nothing to do with him since that day, and I don't want to have any more in the future. .”

As Gong Zhengsi Zuo Sizheng, she should lead by example, this slap was not wronged.

But having said that, I feel somewhat wronged in my heart.

The scene of that day is vivid in my memory, Concubine Zhao obviously would not let her go easily, if Jiang Zhao hadn't arrived in time, how could she be recuperating here so peacefully now.

Thinking of Jiang Zhao, Xie Jin's eyes dimmed, and his thoughts were full of thoughts.

The two sat under the window talking to each other, and Xie Jin listened to Xu Yiren talk about many things she didn't know.

The emperor sent people to thoroughly investigate Gong Zhengsi and took away several palace servants, causing panic, but everyone thought that the matter of Xie Jin and Yuan Qi was known by the emperor and made her furious, but they didn't know the real reason.

Xu Yiren pretended not to know that the relationship between Xie Jin and Jiang Zhao was tense now, and deliberately said: "Of course they don't know that the current Holy Majesty is actually your good sister, and all she wants is to make decisions for you, so how can they be willing to punish you?"

Xie Jin said nothing, apparently not intending to answer.

Xu Yiren didn't feel that the atmosphere was embarrassing, so he directly changed the subject and said, "By the way, when I came, His Majesty asked me to tell you that I originally planned to let you leave the palace next month, but now that your injuries have not healed and you have old illnesses on your body, she I want to take good care of your body, so it may take a while for you to go out of the palace."

After speaking, Xu Yiren was afraid that Xie Jin would not want it, and Xu Yiren said in relief: "Jin Niang, you have been waiting for so long, and you don't care about these few months. The imperial doctor in the palace is naturally far better than the doctor outside the palace. Your Majesty It's also for your own good."

"I know." Xie Jin responded lightly.

Xu Yiren couldn't figure out what she was thinking, and asked tentatively, "Are you angry with Ah Zhao?"

Xie Jin glanced at her, and said calmly: "Yiren, her status is precious, and her name is not something we can call her."

Her gaze was a little cold, Xu Yiren knew that she had already had a estrangement from Jiang Zhao in her heart, and she would never listen to Jiang Zhao if she wanted to speak for Jiang Zhao at this time, on the contrary, she might feel even more disgusted.

So she could only follow her and change her words: "Yes, it's Your Majesty."

But there was no further topic, Xu Yiren talked with Xie Jin for a while, thinking that Liu Xifeng was still waiting for her news, so he made an appointment with her to visit again in a few days.