imperial psychologist

Chapter 271 Meeting in the rainy night
In the Punishment Department, Bo Ling was leaning against the side of the stone wall, waiting for Emperor Jianxi to summon him.

The cell where she was held was on the basement floor, not completely below the ground. Through the high window on the south side of the cell, Berlin could see the lightning outside.

The heavy rain that night seeped into the dungeon along the window, and then flowed deeper into the ground through the drains at the bottom of the four walls. The water flow seemed to lower the temperature of the entire dungeon. She saw the prisoner in the opposite cell buried his entire body in the In the corner of the straw stack, to warm sleep.

Bo Ling glanced at the wet straw in the corner, but gave up the attempt.She was indeed a little cold, but it was far from unbearable.What's more, even if the straw here is not wet, it is also loved by mice, cockroaches and some strange multi-legged reptiles.

Before it rained, she took some dry straw and laid a thin layer on the side of the corridor of the dungeon, and now it is still dry——when she was bored, she took out three or four straws and spread them all over the grasshoppers. , to pass the time in the dungeon.

The patrolling eunuch held up a lantern and patrolled the corridors of the dungeon from time to time to see what the prisoners in each room were doing.When passing by Bo Ling, Bo Ling heard a slightly surprised "Yo" from the other party.

——Most of the palace servants who were sent to the Punishment Department would go through a round of torture when they first came in.No matter how beautiful this person is outside, after getting off the torture rack, he has become half human and half ghost.

Like Bo Ling, he still has time to make things out of straw when he enters the dungeon. This is the first time he has seen him after staying in the Department of Punishment for so long.

Bo Ling raised his head and smiled, the man hastily averted his gaze, flung off his sleeves in a pretentious manner and left.

In this dark and damp dungeon, Bai Ling was a little bored waiting, but not very scared.

Although it is still unknown how many things Emperor Jianxi will ask from Fourteen, even if all the things that have happened in the past month or so are known to the emperor, she still has a way to save her life for the time being—not counting her being in the Queen Mother. She and the imperial concubine have the same weight, and she and Emperor Jianxi have the same standpoint if she only singles out certain things, such as the search for the real body of the Duke Ming.

Even Jiang San couldn't tolerate Emperor Jianxi flattering King Gong secretly, so how could he allow an unknown behind-the-scenes person to extend his tentacles into his harem and former court?
As long as the emperor puts her on trial, she will have a way to prove to Emperor Jianxi that she is more useful alive than dead.

Bai Ling closed his eyes, once again passing everything that had happened in his mind.

Yes, no problem.

The only variable at present is the father and elder brother. If they lose their composure at this time and go to the Song family, Prince Gong or anyone else to intercede, they may be deceived by others and fall into other people's traps .

Bo Ling sighed with some concern... Fourteen should have given that note to Bai Yi, although the meaning of her note was cryptic, but Bai Yi should be able to understand it.

——You two must be so calm.

Just as Bo Ling remembered his father and brother at home, there was a sound of iron chains rubbing against the dungeon gate not far away—someone pushed open the heavy prison door of the Department of Punishment.

Bo Ling opened his eyes with some concern, and looked in the direction of the sound.

Coming here at this time... Could it be that Emperor Jianxi has finished his court affairs and is coming for interrogation?
Soon, Bo Ling saw a jailer quickly walking down the stairs with a lantern, and then stood in the corner to light up. After a while, a palace man in red appeared...as expected, he was walking towards him.

Bo Ling stood up and patted the straw sticking to his clothes—but she didn't know the father-in-law in front of her, and he wasn't any of Qiu Shi, Yuan Zhen, Huang Chongde.

"Open the door." The father-in-law said softly.

The person from the Punishment Division quickly stepped forward and opened the cell door where Bo Ling was. The man smiled at Bo Ling through the iron fence, "Bo Siyao, please."

Bai Ling didn't move, she looked at the person with a bit of vigilance, "...Is it the emperor who wants to see me?"

"Yes." The man said respectfully, "The emperor is waiting in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

"That--"

"If Siyao still has any questions, you might as well come out with your maid first." The man's voice was soft and gentle, "Master Shizi is waiting for you outside. It's raining heavily outside, so don't keep him waiting."

For a moment, Bo Ling thought he had heard wrong.

Son...?
Why did he come here?

Bo Ling stretched out his hand with some doubts, and asked the palace man in front of him to release the shackles on his hands and feet.While rubbing her wrists that were scratched by the shackles, she followed the visitor out of the cell and headed for the gate.

It was raining heavily outside.

The palace people opened their umbrellas ahead of time and led Bai Ling into the rainy alley outside the Department of Punishment.There are shallow puddles on the road here, but the palace people have already laid bricks on them in advance, and the eunuch who led the way stepped directly in the water, but asked her to help him Keeping your own arms, take each step on solid ground or bricks.

In the distance, Bai Ling heard someone in front of her saying, "Someone is coming!", she followed the sound and looked up, and sure enough, she saw someone holding a lantern in the heavy rain, waiting outside the gate of the Department of Punishment.

Chen Yicong also saw Bai Ling—she was still wearing the men's clothes she wore when she left the palace yesterday, but her long hair had fallen to her waist. Although she looked more haggard than before, she was still as good-looking.

He took a deep breath, moved his throat slightly, and then strode forward.

In the rain curtain, everything in the world is small, and the pouring rain curtain seems to separate everything - what Song family and Qu family, what noble concubine and prince... All the noisy voices in ordinary times have become insignificant , only the lantern in his hand flickered on and off.

The pace of Chen Yicong's feet became faster and faster, and the two umbrellas in the heavy rain got closer and closer. Thin rain and mist splashed on the umbrella surface, and finally overlapped together.

Bo Ling walked from one umbrella to another, and was immediately covered with a layer of tung oil raincoat.

She looked at the young man in front of her, hesitated for a while, "Cheng..."

"My surname is not Cheng, but my surname is Chen." Holding an umbrella, Chen Yicong looked seriously into the eyes of the girl in front of him, "I am the son of Prince Gong, Chen Yicong. I should have told you earlier."

Bai Ling lowered his head and smiled, then raised his eyes again, "... so it's the son of the world."

Bai Ling smiled, and Chen Yicong looked away shyly. He stared at the lantern in his hand, and said softly, "Don't worry, I have explained everything to Grandpa Huang clearly."

Bai Ling was stunned there.

He ran to the palace so late, was it for this matter?
The umbrella in Shizi's hand leaned towards Bo Ling, "I'm here to pick you up to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he still has something to ask you."

"...Okay." Bo Ling also stretched out his hand, and pushed the handle of the umbrella towards Chen Yicong, "Be careful, son, don't get caught in the rain."

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