Acacia, don't be negative

Chapter 63 Prison Reform
Ye Song sat in Su Ruoqing's arms, nose to nose with him, breathing each other's breath, slightly panting for a long time without stopping.There were tears in Ye Song's eyes, but she didn't want Su Ruoqing to see it, so she closed her eyes, kissed the corner of Su Ruoqing's lips several times, and said, "If you don't mind, we can be friends."

Su Ruoqing smiled, and said very lightly, "You said, when you marry someone, you should marry Su Ruoqing."

"If you need it in the future, I, Ye Song, will go through fire and water for Su Ruoqing." Ye Song leaned on Su Ruoqing's shoulder, bit him hard, and fell silent for a while, "People are very greedy, and having a heart is not enough. I also want a completeness. What I want is all of you, but since I can't get it, I can still protect all of you. Ye Song likes you."

When leaving Su Ruoqing's embrace, Ye Song restrained all his emotions, smiled heartlessly and his eyes were bent, as if everything just now was just an illusion.She stretched her waist, took a deep breath with a smile, and said: "This sandalwood is really effective and smells good. Please come back, Your Majesty. If you delay, it will be dawn, and I won't be able to sleep."

Su Ruoqing stood up, and she lay down lazily, with her hands behind her head, raised her legs and shook her feet, and said, "Remember to lock the door. Be careful when you go back, and let the wooden face protect you."

Su Ruoqing walked out of the cell, locked the door, and stood there for a while, until Ye Song closed his eyes and breathed evenly as if he had fallen asleep, then he turned around lonely.After Su Ruoqing walked away, Ye Song opened his eyes, his eyes were clear all his life.

The jailer came back to continue guarding the prison. Su Ruoqing walked out of Dali Temple, and Gui Ji followed him silently.As soon as the wind blew after he came out, he felt that the shoulder that Ye Song leaned on just now was a little cold, so he couldn't help but raise his hand to stroke it, his feet stagnated.

One shoulder is cool.It turned out that she had cried.

Even if it hurts, I will still make a choice.It is a person's belief.

After Su Ruoqing returned to the palace, he really didn't have time to sleep. He just closed his eyes and rested his mind for a while. The sky was slightly bright, and it was almost time for the morning court.After he changed his clothes and freshened up, he went to the morning court.

Su Ruoqing didn't sleep almost all night, but she was in good condition.

In the early court, he put forward an intention to improve the prison conditions of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, and improve the food and accommodation of prisoners.This was opposed by many ministers, saying that it would increase the burden on the national treasury, and the prisoners in the prison were all guilty, even if it was improved, it would be a waste.

Su Ruoqing said: "If you are afraid that the national treasury will be burdened, this fee will be deducted from the expenses of Zhen and the harem."

As the minister of Dali Temple, Su Chen has a great say, but surprisingly he didn't object.Later, some ministers passed it on to each other, and suddenly remembered that Princess Ning was imprisoned, no wonder there was such a proposal!Walk through the back door naked.

Forget it, Princess Ning is also a relative of the emperor and should be treated kindly, so the voices of opposition from the ministers gradually faded away.

Su Ruoqing waited until the court had completely quieted down, and then asked lightly: "Do you have any other opinions?"

General Ye was the first to stand up and agree with both hands, saying that the emperor is sympathetic to the prisoners in prison, benevolent and generous, and should be praised.Hundred officials dare not object.

But Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs still stood up tremblingly, and said: "Your Majesty, I think that there are hundreds of prisons in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and there are countless prisons in the Ministry of Criminal Justice that have been devolved to various places. The cost of this calculation is very huge, and it is also difficult to implement. In my opinion, the emperor might as well use Dali Temple as a trial site for the time being, and if it benefits Beixia, it would not be bad to start it one by one."

It has to be said that the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment is really smooth, which not only saves money but also paves the way for the emperor.After hearing this, all the officials agreed.

Su Ruoqing also nodded, glanced at the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice with some satisfaction, and said: "Then this matter is settled like this, Dali Temple Secretary, note that in autumn and winter, pay attention to keeping warm in the prison, add more quilts, and use medicinal stones to expel Insects, rats and ants, there are meat for lunch and dinner."

Su Chen said: "I obey the order."

After the morning court, Su Chen went back and forth between the palace and Dali Temple on the surface, without any action, but secretly investigated the theft of the imperial seal with Su Jing, the virtuous king.This is a major event related to the national destiny and imperial power, so it cannot be announced, so it has to be done secretly.Fortunately, the capital city was closed on the night the Imperial Seal was stolen, and everyone who came and went was subject to strict interrogation, and nothing suspicious was found, so both the thief and the Imperial Seal were still in the capital.

It's just this matter, anyone will involuntarily contact the special envoy Nan Zhen, and the people who have been secretly monitoring these days have not seen any movement of the special envoy, and it will be the day when the special envoy returns. And it is really related to the special envoy, once the special envoy leaves the city gate, he will not be able to chase him back.

This has always troubled Su Chen.

After the early court, after Su Chen explained the affairs of Dali Temple, he deliberately went back to the palace. Pei Qing stayed at the gate every day for the past two days, and whenever he met Su Chen, he knelt down to plead for mercy, but Su Chen ignored it. If you are bored, let the officials drag Peiqing down.Today Pei Qing changed a new trick, as soon as Su Chen stepped into the gate, she flew forward, hugging Su Chen's leg to prevent him from leaving, no longer pleading for Ye Song, but begging Su Chen to let him go Open the back door, and said pitifully: "My lord, the lady is guilty, and she is in prison according to the law! But the lord doesn't know that since the lady suffered several serious injuries, her body has been in poor health, and she can't bear the cold at all. The lady must not be used to the food, and she will not be able to handle it in a few days! The servant does not ask the prince to forgive the lady, but only asks the prince to show mercy and let the servant bring some food to visit the lady! Both the servant and the lady will remember the prince Gracious!"

Su Chen frowned and lowered his eyes, seeing how miserable Pei Qing was crying, as if she would die for him on the spot if he disagreed.Su Chen thought of Ye Song. He was busy investigating the case these two days, so he didn't have time to visit her, so he said to Pei Qing, "I'll give you half an hour to prepare."

Peiqing was overjoyed, she quickly got up after thanking her, wiped her face, and ran back to Bihuayuan quickly without any description of dying or living.

Sure enough, there is a servant girl for every kind of master.The play is so good, and the face changes so fast.

In less than half an hour, several maids in Bihuayuan worked together to tie up quilts, a change of clothes, all kinds of snacks, meals, fruits that Ye Song liked to eat, and even a box of pear flower tea. The two bundles were carried to the gate with arrogance and arrogance.

When Su Chen saw it, his face immediately darkened.The princess is in jail, not camping.But he still suppressed his anger, took a horse, tied several bundles of items on the horse, and took Pei Qing, who was full of joy, to Dali Temple.

As for Ye Song in the prison, ever since Su Ruoqing ordered mosquito repellent incense and applied medicine to her, she had a brief dream in a daze, and then fell into a deep sleep. There were no more mosquito bites, and it was already dawn when she woke up.

When she was sitting on the stone bed and reminiscing about the aftermath of her drowsiness, the jailer had brought new warm quilts and medicine stones to repel insects and ants, and cleaned her cell again, making it clean and tidy.

Ye Song said with a half-smile, "Hey, what rhythm is this?"

The jailer said: "The emperor has an order to reform the prison cells, add quilts, repel rats and ants, and change the food."

Ye Song lay calmly on the new quilt, and sighed: "The emperor really sympathizes with those of us who are in prison."

Ye Song was already satisfied with the arrangement of the cell at the other end, so Su Chen brought Pei Qing in at the other end.From far away, Pei Qing cried out, "Miss!"

Ye Song was not mentally prepared, and was so frightened that he rolled off the stone bed.She got up and took a closer look, wasn't it Pei Qing, running towards this side with eyes wide open, while Su Chen walked behind unhurriedly, carrying supplies on his shoulders.

Under the signal of Su Chen's eyes, the jailer opened the cell door cleanly, and retreated respectfully.Pei Qing ran in, and this time she really cried terribly, with tears running down her cheeks, checking Ye Song back and forth worriedly, for fear that she might lose a hair, sobbing: "It was fine when I entered the palace, how can I come in? Come in...Miss, did they bully you, did they lynch you, did they deny you food..."

Ye Song felt very warm in his heart. Seeing the little girl caring so much for him, he couldn't help pinching her little bun with a soft smile on his lips. He wiped away her tears and raised his eyebrows: "If it's all like As you said, can your miss and I still live like this? Don't worry, I didn't suffer much. The emperor made a big reform of the prison, and this cell is properly arranged. "

Pei Qing looked around, seeing that the cell was really not as dark and damp as he imagined, but clean and tidy, so he felt relieved a little.

Su Chen walked into the cell, put down all his things, Pei Qing hurriedly went to work, laid another soft layer on Ye Song's stone bed, added a stack of quilts, hung curtains around it to cover it, and even hung it on the cell door. They were all hung with a layer of gauze...Ye Song twitched his lips and glanced at Su Chen who was sitting beside him without saying a word, and said, "You actually agreed with her to bring these things to the prison?"

Su Chen said as if nothing had happened: "She guards at the door every day to beg my lord." It means that if you don't agree, you can't do it.

Then Peiqing seemed to be in her own Bihua Garden, when she got out of the cell, she went to ask the jailer for water, and soon brought a basin of clean water for Ye Song to wash, and prepared a change of clothes under the curtain of the stone bed.Ye Song was very satisfied with this, she hadn't changed her clothes for several days, so she climbed onto the bed and changed the clothes she was wearing, feeling refreshed when she came out.

Peiqing laid out all the food in the two food boxes, and said, "Miss, come quickly, this servant has brought your favorite snacks and meals."

Ye Song stretched his arms and sat over. Seeing that the food was very rich, he couldn't help but whet his appetite.She unceremoniously picked up the bowls and chopsticks and began to eat. The appearance of eating was quite indecent. Peiqing looked at it and began to wipe tears again, saying: "Miss is really being abused... there is no food to eat, that's why I'm so hungry ..."

(End of this chapter)