Chapter 69: patience

As the interrogation and punishment department in the palace, the Shen Xing Department is the most insidious place in the palace. Not to mention the concubines, even the slightly decent court ladies and eunuchs will not come here if nothing is wrong. The coldness of the door is comparable. Cold palace.
It is really strange that a lady Jieyu came to the door in person. just……
"The empress is a concubine, but she visits foreign ministers. I'm afraid that this matter is not in compliance with the palace rules.
Listening to the yin and yang of the at the gate, Yuan Luo said coldly: "The palace is instructed to assist Liu Cairen's memorial service behind him, and is checking the number of details. On that day, foreman Gu interrogated Xiangming and other auspicious palace palaces. ask."
The had nothing to say.
Yuan Luo and his party entered the gate.
The premises of the Shen Xing Division were neat and quiet, and it didn't look as dark as the rumors. It's just that occasionally a little bit of whine and scream from an unknown room, smearing a gloomy atmosphere on the plain courtyard.
Cai Yunheng said in a low voice anxiously next to him: "I have been arrested for most of the day, and it is said that it has been ordered by Kunning Palace."
Yuan Luo was not surprised. Wei Xi, a foreign minister, could not directly order the Department of Penalty. It must be through the order of Queen Wei.
Queen Wei, you are pitting your future husband!
After a few turns, I quickly reached the depths of the inner prison, in a single room, and saw Gu Yi sitting in the corner.
Seeing them coming in, the leader was Yuan Luo, and the boy showed an unexpected expression. Soon his eyes fell on Cai Yunheng, full of disapproval.
Yuan Luo looked at him and asked, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's just that I have been detained for most of the day, without water, and my stomach is panicking." Gu Yi said flatly, "Thank you for your concern."
What he actually wanted to ask more was that he was a foreign minister after all. Yuan Luo, as a concubine, would not cause gossip when visiting him?
He glanced over Yuan Luo, paused on the bruise on her throat, and then over Cai Yunheng behind him. Although the two of them had arranged their clothes, the scars could not be erased.
Gu Yi's eyes tightened: "Someone is rude to the empress."
He used affirmative sentences. Yuan Luo nodded, "There was a little disturbance on the road. This is a trivial matter, so don't worry."
Gu Yi's clear eyes were full of haze, and he lowered his gaze: "Because of me, it was my guilt and Yunheng's troublesome to disturb my mother."
"What's going on this half day, but what is someone forced to ask you?" Yuan Luo stared at his stiff figure.
I have seen Gu Yi several times. The young boy’s sitting posture is always as straight as a sword, with bright eyesight. There was a bit of stiffness in front of him, and he hadn't changed since he came in, and if there was a smell floating in the air, he must have been tortured.
"This is a trivial matter, you don't have to worry about it." This guy used the same words to prevaricate Yuan Luo's worries. He lowered his eyes, "I and Jie Yu are not related to each other, because of my business, it has been a lot tired. Yun Heng, you send your empress out first."
Cai Yunheng is anxious: "Ayi, you..."
Yuan Luo felt distressed and helpless again, "Do you know why you were locked up?"
Gu Yi laughed: "I know a thing or two, but there is nothing wrong with it."
Cai Yunheng lowered his voice: "Wang Ba Lao of Jin Wuwei, Wei Xi's conscientious thing, can't be found out in the investigation, but I want to find you to blame."
"Don't worry about it. My life and death are not in your own hands. The one who wanted me to die would have killed him without a charge. If he didn't want me to die, he would have committed a heinous crime. It can pass successfully."
Yuan Luo was stunned before realizing that the "that one" here refers to who. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly. It turned out that this guy was so calm, his confidence was actually in him.
Out of a subtle curiosity, Yuan Luo blurted out and asked: "Why do you think the imperial concubine will protect you from death?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's to win people's hearts. After all, the rest of the Gu family has been treated leniently. Even if she wants to kill me, she will have to completely control the Gu family's soldiers and horses." Gu Yi hangs down. Sight.
Yuan Luo was speechless, she was thinking of the elite soldiers left by the Gu family. Gu Liangyong suffered a terrible defeat at the border, leaving behind 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers, who are all elites who have experienced many battles.
Cai Yunheng also relaxed a little, and immediately regained his humble nature.
"Maybe it depends on you being handsome, haha."
Yuan Luo was speechless, this kid should have been taken by Wei Xi's people.
"I heard that the imperial concubine and the two commanders have made a three-day agreement. Tomorrow is the time to come to the end. As long as I don't recognize it, I don't believe they can get out of the sky." Gu Yi said calmly, "You leave as soon as possible. This is not a place to stay for a long time."
Cai Yunheng lowered his head, took out a white porcelain bottle from his arms, and rolled in through the gap in the cell. "This is a wound medicine, you can use it first, don't leave the root of the disease."
Gu Yi smiled relaxedly, and joked: "It's a minor injury. The punishments in the palace are all idiots. The injuries in the army are heavier than this."
He spoke contemptuously, but the medicine bottle rolled to his feet, but he didn't pick it up.
Yuan Luo was in a heavy mood, and the punishment of the Department of Sentences might not be as good as external torture that would make people bloody, but its sinisterness and viciousness were even worse.
This day and night, the teenager suffered a lot, especially when he rejected Wei Xi's offer of perjury. For the rest of the time, I was afraid that the methods of torture would be even more vicious.
Yuan Luo thought for a while, and could only draw a salary. She comforted: "You can bear with me for the time being, you can go out soon."
Gu Yi nodded slightly and urged them to leave again.

After leaving the Shen Xing Division, Yuan Luo returned to the Zichen Hall, quickly packed her makeup, and deliberately added a fox fur collar to her neck to cover the bruises that Wei Xi pinched. Then took people to Kunning Palace.
For her visit at this hour, Queen Wei was surprised.
Concubine Zhuo Shu and Du Zhaoyi stood up and said, "The empress and concubine have important matters to discuss, so the concubines will not be disturbed." They just came to discuss with Queen Wei because of the banquet the day after.
"It's okay, within the palace, what can be important." Empress Wei raised her hand to block.
Yuan Luo ignored the concubine Zhuo Shu and Du Zhaoyi who were saluting, her eyes fell on Queen Wei's pretty face, and she asked straightforwardly: "I already know about Liu Cairen, right?"
"This..." Unexpectedly, Yuan Luo would bring up this matter, and Queen Wei was caught off guard and hesitated.
Concubine Zhuo Shu and Du Zhaoyi beside them couldn't help showing different colors. The things about Liu Cairen had already been heard by high-ranking concubines like them. The inner courtyard of the deep palace was tarnished, which was unheard of.
Queen Wei quickly turned her thoughts. Why did the imperial concubine bring up this matter? She takes care of all the affairs of the harem, and her own queen has no power except for her concubine's morning and evening greetings and banquets in her spare time. Was it because you suspected that you had interfered and came to ask the crime?
Yuan Luo smiled: "Since Niang Niang intervened in this matter, do you still pretend not to know?"
Stimulated by these words, Queen Wei's cheeks flushed, "Such a major event is related to the safety of the harem. If these villains are not brought to justice as soon as possible, who can rest in the harem?"
Even if Yuan Luo came to ask the crime, she was not afraid. She was a righteous queen, and behind her was a high-ranking nobleman. How could she not be able to compete with the imperial concubine from a poor family, but her father told her to avoid her edge. At this time, the queen's money came out. Although young, it was also very majestic.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Luo laughed instead of anger, "It's very good for my mother to have this idea."
auzw.com "Since the empress also feels that this villain should be brought to justice as soon as possible, it's better to recruit people to interrogate the truth."
Queen Wei was startled, "I heard that the imperial concubine and the two guards had agreed to see the difference in three days."
"The three-day period is just to allow the people of the two guards to investigate the case in detail. Now I heard that Jin Wuwei has made great progress in the case, and he has also discussed the arrest from the empress. Early or late, you can also ask in advance. The Sixth Palace is at ease." Turning his eyes, he fell on Concubine Zhuo Shu and Zhaoyi Du, "What do Concubine Shu and Zhaoyi think?"
Where did the two dare to say no words, they continued to say: "Niang Niang wise."
Queen Wei thought for a while, her brother had already caught the suspect before, and he nodded as soon as he gritted his teeth.
The grievances suffered by the family, the tragic death of his father and brother, and countless comrades who shared the same ups and downs... His eyes are full of red blood. He clearly remembers that day, he led two thousand elites, and waited for the orders from the front to step into the battlefield to support. For three full days, only a messenger covered in blood was seen, sending news that the main force was in an ambush and the entire army was wiped out.
He was full of energy and blood, and was anxious, wishing to take the soldiers and horses to the front immediately to pick up his father and brother. But what followed was the Northern Rong cavalry over the mountains and plains.
In that battle, they fought so hard that he finally broke through with less than a hundred elite riders, and several cities in the north fell.
Soldiers and horses were urgently transferred from the rear to take over the defense. As a general of the defeated army, he could only leave the border non-stop, head south to return to the capital, waiting for his defeat.
He was unwilling to die like this, bearing the grievances of his father and brother and the blood of his comrades-in-arms.
If he were to die, he would rather die on the border with his father and brother in a grand battle that day. Rather than exhausting the last ray of life in this aggrieved place.
That woman... can only be hateful. She had a chance to start that day, but she fell short in the end.
The high fever made his mind confused, as if the door was open and someone came in. In the confusion, a hand fell on his forehead and then on his neck. It was cool and comfortable. He groaned reflexively.
Yuan Luo feels complicated.
The place where Gu Yi was placed was in a hut at the far northwest corner of the Zichen Palace. It was originally the residence of the sweeping servants, but it looked like it had long been abandoned.
Fortunately, the room is quite spacious, but the internal facilities are a bit rudimentary.
Seeing the young man lying on the bare wooden bed, there was not even a bedding in the cold weather, Yuan Luo felt a little sad.
She reached out and tried Gu Yi's forehead, which was terribly hot. Putting down his hand, thinking of the goodwill degree again, he touched his neck again.
Favorability -54.
Haha, it really dropped again. Yuan Luo was speechless and put her hand down.
But she didn't know how much she shocked Sixi and Tian Pan with a few simple actions.
Concubine, this is...
Yuan Luo was self-contained and rarely had contact with others, but he touched the little General Gu on the bed.
The two of them felt as if they had an insight into an incredible secret, and they bowed their heads at the same time.
Yuan Luo didn't notice the little Jiujiu in the two of them, and turned around and said sharply: "Take care of the injury, I don't want to see people killed in the Zichen Palace. If he has a long life and two shortcomings, you only ask!"
Out of a subtle mentality, Tian Pan said that this time he accurately understood the spirit of instructions from the superiors.
The next day, when Yuan Luo came to visit the sick number again, she found that the simple hut was greatly changed.
The whole room was cleaned spotlessly, the bed was covered with clean and refreshing bedding, and the corner of the room was burned with a copper stove. It was finally a suitable place for healing.
Even the teenager who was half dead on the bed yesterday still has energy today.
Tian Pan's medical skills and abilities are worthy of recognition. Yuan Luo nodded again and again.
At this time, she saw Gu Yi's face clearly for the first time. She was an extremely beautiful young man with fair skin and delicate features. When she lowered her eyelashes and didn't speak, she was as cute as a doll. Yuan Luo vaguely remembered that Gu Liangyong was a poor fellow from the border regions, and he was of Western descent, and Gu Yi was also considered a mixed-race. No wonder he was so beautiful.
About she had been staring for too long, Gu Yi's whole body was tense, like a small animal in a territory invaded by wild beasts, he raised his head and stared back at her. His eyes are alert, with determination, or the killing intent is more appropriate.
Yuan Luo had no doubt that if it hadn't been for this kid to be dying of illness, she would definitely rush to bite her neck.
"How is the injury?" She turned to ask Tian Pan.
However, when he turned his head, he found that Tian Pan had actually retreated. Even Sixi, who originally followed her, automatically stayed outside the door.
what's the situation?
Yuan Luo was dazed, and a hoarse tone came from before him.
"You can't die after all."
Yuan Luo turned his head, this kid thought he was asking him about the sentence just now.
Well, who is not asking.
She shrugged: "It's fine if you can't die, otherwise this palace will be wasted." For fear that this kid was really dead under torture, after Yuan Luo returned to the bedroom yesterday, she ordered Si Xi to open the warehouse and take a few samples. The precious medicinal materials are here.
Gu Yi bit her lip and stared coldly at the woman in beautiful dress. This woman tried to frame their Gu family, cruel, and now she ordered someone to hang her for a lifetime without knowing how to torture her.
"You don't have to be suspicious. You can recover from your illness with peace of mind. The frontier wars. This palace has other considerations. Since it saved your life, it won't kill you. This time it can be considered as spared by the palace." Yuan Luo simply was in the middle of the room. Sit down on the stool.
She thinks it's better to speak up, and how to spare him by herself is a favor.
Favor?
There was a mocking smile on Gu Yi's face. A teenager of this age could not completely conceal his emotions.
Yuan Luo sighed: "Do you think that the Gu family was brutally slandered and the entire family was extinct, and it was all caused by this palace. But have you ever thought that your father, as a foreign minister, repeatedly instigated the emperor and abolished my position as a noble concubine? Isn't it just killing me?"
Yuan Luo said plainly, Gu Liangyong was a general from a poor family who was hand-drawn by Emperor Xianning. He was loyal to the first emperor, and he was considered a imperial party that supported Si Konglin, the orthodox bloodline of the first emperor. To draw a clear line between the powerful family of the court and the king of East China Sea. From this perspective, he and Yuan Luo should be of the same school. So the original owner vigorously wooed him at first, wanting to rely on each other. Unexpectedly, he was beaten in the face and finally came to this point.
"The palace is calculating, and the courtesy exchanges, and now I have a good game to save my life. If I am a noble concubine, can I still have my life?" Yuan Luo is telling the truth. She is in the palace. Enemies are everywhere. Once you lose your position, you will die without bones.
Gu Yi was stunned. No matter how sinister and insidious the Gong Wei conspired, it was a private matter, and there was always a fig leaf on it. The woman in front of her said these private things in a grand manner. And it seems to make sense...Bah! how is this possible. My family is very loyal to the court, and my father wrote a letter just because this treacherous concubine acted viciously and interfered with the government, and was absolutely selfless.
He bit his lip: "If you keep your duty, how can your father impeach you for no reason?"
"What is duty?" Yuan Luo sneered. With the origin of the original owner, if you don't form a party for personal gains and domineering in power, how can you keep your position among the concubines from the rich and powerful? I was trampled to death by those concubines.
Anyway, she didn't expect to resolve the youth's hatred with a few words anyway.
And one more thing. Yuan Luo stepped forward and grabbed Gu Yi's right wrist.
Before she had time to take a closer look, she was stunned by the sound of the +1 prompt sound.
How can you increase your favorability? Does this make sense to what she said? This boy is literally inhuman. Even if normal people are persuaded, as a victim, it is impossible to resolve their hatred.