Acacia, don't be negative

Chapter 349 The Truth About the Past

The aunt tried her best to recall, and said: "I really don't know who it is, but they are dressed in black, and they are all in uniform, like the guards in the government. But one of the people in charge spoke with a high-pitched voice. It's thin, like a eunuch in the palace."

As soon as the words were finished, the glutinous rice balls had already been put into the bowl. Although the aunt was a little scared, she turned around and sent the glutinous rice balls.Unexpectedly, when I looked up, I saw that there was no one in the shed, as if what had just come was a phantom.Only a broken piece of silver on the table showed that Su Ruoqing had really been here just now.

The first thing Su Ruoqing ordered after returning to the palace was to inquire about the entry and exit of the harem in the palace this summer.As long as the eunuchs in the palace leave the palace, even if they go quietly, there will be clues.Guiji's work efficiency is very high, and the results will be presented soon.

It just so happened that Su Chen had sorted out the files of Ye Xiu's case, and gave Su Ruoqing a personal interview. Hearing that Su Ruoqing was investigating this matter, he couldn't help but let out a deep smile, and said, "It's been so long since this matter , I don’t know what else the emperor can find out. Even if it is found out, I believe it will be useless.”

Su Ruoqing put down the travel records of various palaces in his hand, looked up at him, his eyes were as calm as stagnant water, and said, "Why, do you know about this?" He examined Su Chen's expression, and he could see every slight change in his eyes, even though the words on his lips I asked him that, but I already had a firm conclusion in my heart.He suddenly remembered that it was during that time that Su Chen frequently walked around the palace, and he was always quite suspicious.

In the end, Su Chen bowed and said: "Go back to the emperor, I don't know."

Su Ruoqing squinted his eyes, slowly put his arms on his knees, and leaned forward slightly, followed by a forceful aura, he said: "I ordered you to say it. Come here, and serve tea to the prince. "

If he doesn't say anything today, it's obvious that he can't leave.

Su Ruoqing raised his hand and made a gesture, and said calmly, "Sit."

Su Chen said speechlessly: "The emperor sees everything clearly, if you look through the records that Gui has sent, even if you don't tell the emperor, you can see the clue, right? Why bother to ask me?"

Su Ruoqing was indeed looking through the records. In fact, even if he didn't want these things, he could probably guess that the people in the harem did it. It's just that he is used to paying attention to the exact evidence. Such eating will make those people speechless Said, he said again: "I want to know why you know?"

Su Chen didn't panic, sat down slowly, took the tea cup on one side and opened the tea leaves floating on it, took a sip, and said: "If you really care about Ye Song so much, why did Ye Song disappear for several days, Your Majesty? But you don't know? Presumably the emperor is busy dealing with the court and the harem, so he can't take care of her, or even forgot about her."

Why don't you know?Because Ye Songgang and Su Ruoqing had a quarrel at that time.Su Ruoqing wanted to give her and himself some time to think about it, so he didn't bother.He didn't hear any news about Ye Song in those few days. He actually thought that Ye Song stayed behind closed doors and that's why there was no news.How did they know that there was such an entanglement in the middle.

"What's going on?" Su Ruoqing asked.

Su Chen restrained his expression, and said: "Ye Song won't let me tell you about this matter, even her own father, elder brother and sister in the general's mansion don't know, only me knows. Now the emperor wants to ask about this matter, although it is only now Wanting to make amends is useless, but there is no reason why the emperor should not know for the rest of his life, at least he should know how Ye Song was completely disheartened."

Su Ruoqing's expression was inscrutable, but he didn't say anything.

Su Chen raised his head, his facial features were very cold and handsome, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if gossiping, he said to Su Ruoqing: "I heard that Ye Song and Brother Huang are completely over?" This is obviously a relationship between brothers It's commonplace, I haven't seen Su Chen gossip like this before.

Su Ruoqing looked at him and said, "Where did you hear that?"

Su Chen said: "I heard it from Brother Huang. The word 'Broken Love' is clearly written on Brother Huang's face."

Su Ruoqing squinted her eyes, and there was a trace of coldness in her eyes: "Do you think I will lose love?"

"Looking at the world, what kind of woman is what the emperor wants but can't get, I'm afraid there is no one else except Ye Song. The more you design her to get her, the further she will go." Su Ruoqing said coldly When the glow was mixed with a little anger, Su Chen raised his eyebrows and turned to say, "Come back to business, Brother Huang wants to know who captured Ye Song, I think it should not be difficult to find out that it is the Ruyi Empress from Ruyi Palace. At that time I don't think it's right, I often go to Ruyi Palace to see if Ye Song is imprisoned in Ruyi Palace by her."

"And then?" Su Ruoqing's heart sank gradually.

"She suffered a lot from Li Ruyi, she must have been beaten severely, and there are many scars all over her body." Su Chen looked at Su Ruoqing and said, "Although it hurts, it's not enough to knock Ye Song down. What really knocked her down was the pain in her heart that was a hundred times worse than the pain in her body."

"She set fire to Ruyi Palace..." Su Ruoqing put her hand on her forehead, trying to recall the situation of those two days.

"The night the Ruyi Palace was on fire, the emperor must have been to the Ruyi Palace. I also helped her jump out of the fire that night. She wanted to burn Li Ruyi to death, and almost burned herself to death at the same time. Why does she hate it so much? Li Ruyi, and the time when she entered the palace later designed to frame Li Ruyi, the reason was not how Li Ruyi beat her, but what happened to the imperial brother and Li Ruyi in the palace that night. I still understand her Yes, no matter how others poke a knife into her heart, she will fight back and make others' lives worse than death."

Su Ruoqing's eyes were wide open, in disbelief.It turned out that he was unknowingly put on by Li Ruyi.

"Brother Huang should understand Ye Song's character better than me."

Later, Su Chen got up to leave, and Su Ruoqing sat quietly in the study for a long time.Until it was dark outside, the palace servants came in to light the lamps.

He really knows Ye Song's temperament better than anyone else.She has always determined one thing only by herself, whether she has seen it with her own eyes or heard it with her own ears.She never looked back.

It turned out...it was him who pushed himself step by step to the current situation.How could he not understand that Ye Song is a person who regards love and desire as one, and after that night in Ruyi Palace, he will never return to the way he was before.

In fact, this is also good.Because he is destined to be a man who treats love and desire separately.Such a him, for Ye Song, brought her much more pain than happiness.He finally understood a little bit, perhaps watching Ye Song leave like this might not be a bad thing.

He was already in the quagmire, why bother to drag Ye Song into the quagmire.

Li Ruyi spent her days in a groggy state in the Ruyi Palace. Although her body was getting better day by day after the imperial physician's intensive care, her spirit was still sluggish and her heart knots were getting worse.She would often sit by the window and start sewing baby clothes with a needle and thread. She would spend a whole day without eating or drinking, and no one could persuade her.

That night, Su Ruoqing, who hadn't seen her for many days, came. Li Ruyi was still sitting by the window with the lamp on, busy with her hands.

Seeing Su Ruoqing coming, her thin face finally showed a smile that she hadn't seen for a long time, like a loving mother and virtuous wife of an ordinary family, she raised her head and held the small belly bag in her hand to Su Ruoqing's eyes, and asked: "The emperor thinks that the concubine is How about this apron?" Privately, people in the palace secretly said that she was insane, as if she had gone crazy, but she spoke clearly and rationally. Still pregnant with a child.

Su Ruoqing looked down at the apron. The bright red brocade fabric was soft and silky, with a golden dragon embroidered on it, writhing freely in the clouds.Although the pattern is inferior to that of the embroiderers in the palace, it is also very delicate and pleasant, and it can vaguely see the style of Li Ruyi's former Xiaojiabiyu.

Before entering the palace, she was also a well-educated young lady of a rich family, but her youth was spent in this endless deep palace.

Su Ruoqing shifted his gaze from the bellyband to Li Ruyi's face expressionlessly, and said lightly, "How good is the embroidery? No child will have the chance to wear it."

If someone else said that, Li Ruyi would definitely be furious.But what Su Ruoqing said could only bring her back to the cruel reality in an instant, and wake her up from her dream.Her face turned pale all of a sudden, she looked at Su Ruoqing with trembling eyes, and asked, "Why are you doing this? Why..."

Su Ruoqing squatted down slowly in front of her, reached out and pinched Li Ruyi's chin, her eyes were colder than usual, and said: "Forget it, I will let you live like this for the rest of your life. At first I felt a little guilty towards you, But now I feel that even the only guilt is gone. You should live like this, and I can give you all the glory, wealth and status in your life, but I will definitely not give you love, not even a sliver."

Li Ruyi's pupils shrank sharply, lost focus, and looked extremely empty, "Why are you doing this to me..." She once again tasted the taste of despair deeply.

Su Ruoqing got up and said, "You still have a lifetime to slowly reflect on what you have done." In the end, he only left Li Ruyi with a clear and long back, no matter how Li Ruyi called him, he would never look back.

To go west from the border of Beixia and enter Rongdi's territory, you have to go through a desert.Crossing the desert in winter is easier than in summer, without the scorching heat that seems to bake eggs to seven ripeness.Therefore, compared with summer, there are more caravans crossing the desert in winter.

But it does not mean that crossing the desert in winter is an easy task.The desert is extremely windy and sandy, the weather is extremely cold, and the air is very dry. If you don’t wear a turban to cover your entire face, your skin will be severely dehydrated and dry in less than a day.

(End of this chapter)