box of hearts

Chapter 201: Ji Xianbin (9)
Due to etiquette, Quan Fu suppressed his crying desperately, and his body trembled even more fiercely, "After the person in charge of the Fusi left, the master said to go to the room to take a nap, and asked the servant to wait for the queen mother to get up before calling him When the servant went to call the master, he found that he was fast asleep, so he thought that the master was injured and let him rest for a while to recover his energy, so he came to report to the queen mother, who also said that the master should fall asleep Right. Later, the slave saw that it was past noon when the master could not pay back, so he took another look. How could he see that the bed was covered in blood, and the master was still lying where he was, but his head was gone, and there was a piece of paper on the pillow. The human head is the paper that is burnt to the dead!" Quan Fu couldn't bear it any longer, and burst into tears.

All the attendants in the hall shrunk their necks and stared at it, and the Eastern Empress Dowager Wang was also palpitating. She spat out acidic water with a "vomit", and Wu Ran hurriedly opened her sleeve to catch it.Xihe shuddered from head to toe, but then said in a loud voice:

"Take me to see."

Yu Tea was scared to death long ago, and when she heard this, her whole body was covered in cold sweat, "Queen Mother! This, no, no, this is okay, master, this is not..." babbled, not knowing what to say.

On the other hand, Quan Fu was still a little sober, and bumped his head to the ground again with snot and tears, "Forgive me for not daring to obey. Master's body is bloody and marinated, and it is very frightening. How can it stain the eyes of the master?"

Xi He let go of Yu Tea, stood with her hands empty, and was about to fall, "Lead the way."

"Queen, this is not—"

"Lead the way!!" The tone of the voice suddenly became ferocious, and the only sound left in the room was the lingering sound of pearls hanging from his head.

In the clean and small duty room, on the bed, Zhao Sheng's corpse was lying upright, even covered with a thin quilt, a severed neck was exposed from the quilt, the section was neat, the muscles and fat were red and yellow Surrounded by a large piece of solidified dark black blood, the head of a boy tied with paper was placed where it should have been, with a strange blush and a smile on his brow-like face, and two ink dots. His round eyes looked at the people in front of the door.

"Gudong" and "gudong" several times in succession, several eunuchs and maids fell to the ground and fainted.Yu Ming also collapsed on the ground, trembling, "Mother, Empress Dowager, what is this, who is this..."

Xihe seemed to be cursed, unable to take her eyes off the bed, she actually remembered the "tangram" that her daughter in her boudoir often played with her sister Yongyuan: a few pieces of painted wood, arranged into a word, After a while, it formed a flower again.The bed, quilt, corpse, blood, paper figurine head in front of me are like a mess of jigsaw puzzles. If terror has a shape, this is the shape of terror.However, just a few hours ago, this bed terror was the most amiable person, with big eyes and strong shoulders, he was the most manly eunuch in this palace.When those real men left her one by one, only this eunuch guarded her day and night, her crisis, her troubles, her loneliness that rose and fell like a sea—only this person.

It seemed that in just a moment, the coldness all over his body condensed into a ball in his stomach.Who dismembered her most familiar daily life into such a horror that she could not touch or even think about.Someone broke into her life like a thief and took away everything she had left.

The cold ball became hot, as if it had eaten an indigestible charcoal, burning from the esophagus to the throat.With this scorching voice, Xi He gritted his teeth and said:

"It is said that uncle Regent enters the palace to have an audience."

8.
What Xihe didn't expect was that Qi She was very happy and came to the Palace of Compassionate Peace that evening.

The moment he stepped into the palace gate, the torrential rain stopped suddenly, and a waning sun pushed away the dark clouds, and a bright light shot out.

Only separated by a bead curtain, Xi He can see Qi She clearly.He wears a gold tourmaline crown on his head, a large woolen python jacket, the golden buttons are shining brightly, and the jade belt is as clear as snow, making him look more majestic and beautiful.This is beyond Xi He's belief, even when she is so angry with him, this man is still extremely handsome in her eyes, but this only makes her angry with him more.

But her face didn't look out of shape in the slightest, it was just official and pleasant, "Is the regent coming?"

Qi She's demeanor was equally humble, "Relying on the Queen Mother's blessing, I'm doing well."

"I summoned you today because I wanted to ask the lord something."

"The Empress Dowager has inquiries, and the subject should know everything."

Xi He glanced to the left and right first, "Bring a chair to the regent, and then you all retreat."

When the palace people dispersed, the palace became more and more secluded.Behind the wide curtain woven of strings of pearls, Xi He's voice was as smooth and full as pearls: "This morning, the prince sent the governor to search the palace. Poisonous hand, I wonder what the prince thinks about this?"

Qi She sat upright on the yellow satin chair, with a consistent and unremarkable expression, "I have just learned about this matter, and I am deeply terrified and uneasy. Because a prisoner absconded into the palace, I sent the Zhen Fusi to search early in the morning. Who would have thought that the thief slipped through the net and committed such horrific acts in the palace. Please allow half a day for the Empress Dowager, and tonight, the governor will arrest the thief and bring him to justice."

Xihe laughed from his nose, and the laughter shone with a cold luster, "Is it a thief, or is it a thief shouting to catch the thief, the prince knows it well. Zhao Sheng is just a mere slave, and he is not qualified to be an enemy of the prince. Why should the prince work hard? He must be eliminated." Then soon?"

Qi She also smiled. For several years, he had always avoided the glaring gaze, but at this moment, he raised his eyes high and faced the eyes hiding behind the scenes, "Since the queen mother is straight to the point , I also have something to ask the Empress Dowager. The Duan family is a commoner girl, and she is a low-level talent. How can the Empress Dowager be willing to condescend and abuse her?"

After a moment of silence, Xi He seemed to be moved by something, but she didn't show any emotion, "It seems that the Qingming Festival Mausoleum is just around the corner, but the prince suddenly put aside state affairs and left Beijing at night during this important season. As for the details, I don't know anything about it. The prince has no evidence, so he is so irresponsible, is it a loss of generality?"

If Qi She still had a little bit of doubt, so far, all of them have been eliminated.

"This incident happened so suddenly that no one knew about it except the minister's close attendants and the secret agents of the governor. The queen mother is in the deep palace, and she can 'get a little rumor' overnight. It is really imaginative."

Ever since she saw Zhao Sheng's corpse, the lump of charcoal that had been stuck in Xi He's throat cracked open, and a flame burst out. At this moment, she saw the fire clearly, and many things suddenly came together.But for the time being, she didn't want to say anything, she just wanted to hear what he had to say.

He said: "But the queen mother must not misunderstand. I have no guts, nor do I intend to accuse the murderer. I just have some private things to express to the queen mother. It has been five out of ten years since the queen mother and the minister have known each other. From the virtuous concubine, the deposed king under house arrest, to the empress dowager supported by the world, and the regent king who is an extremely human minister, all the hardships and hardships during the period are not humane. Now the world is peaceful, and soon, the emperor will also personally rule the general affairs , Handle all kinds of opportunities, I have been doing state affairs all these years without any effort, and I am finally relieved of the burden. , Contemptuous of courtesy and disrespect. It's just that I'm used to being busy year after year, and I'm not doing anything, so I can't help but feel lost. The only consolation is to think that there is still a confidante who can accompany me to sing the wind, enjoy the moon, plant flowers and raise flowers. Fish, the minister can then retire to the feudal mansion and return to the great government with peace of mind."

Like every time he meets foreign ministers, Xihe's makeup is thick and firm, and the face covered with gouache just flashes a slight warmth because of the first half of the words, and the scarlet lips are drawn out because of the second half A mocking cold arc, "What a 'modest' statement! Is this taking credit, or is it a threat? Does the regent mean to say that if there is something wrong with the Duan family, you plan to refuse to return the power?"

Qi She lowered his eyelids and stared at the boa water lying on the lapel of his robe, "The Queen Mother doesn't need to get angry, on the contrary, she should be lucky. Although Duan was tortured this time, fortunately her life was not injured. It's a pity Although Zhao Sheng, the steward of the Empress Dowager's Palace, is in the heavily guarded Palace of Compassion and Peace, and at noon, he was murdered by others without making a sound, and the methods were horrific. I thought about where Zhao Sheng was, but it was only a wall away from the Empress Dowager. Don't dare to think about it. Compared with such important matters, refusing to return the government is still a trivial matter. In my opinion, the Queen Mother's safety should always be the top priority. But please rest assured, the Queen Mother said that tonight will definitely Catch the murderer and never let the tragedy happen again."

This is a warning that does not set an example, it is a blatant threat, but Qi She felt that he had restrained himself in a bad way.If the culprit wasn't Xi He, he wouldn't waste such a sentence at all, but directly carried out fair revenge.Because every time he thought of what Qingtian had suffered, he was so angry that he went crazy.

And his words undoubtedly ignited Xi He's anger—the anger was extremely speechless, so there was a long silence.The silence had grown outrageously long before it was terminated by a slightly hoarse female voice.

"Brother-in-law," Xi He's lips parted and closed, his staring eyes almost pierced nothingness, "As you said, you and I have a very close relationship. In your opinion, Xi He must be as poisonous as a snake and a scorpion. In fact, , snakes and scorpions are not as good as me. You only know that your wife and your child died at my hands, but you don’t know, and no one knows, there is another person who died at my hands—a man. Oh, you Sit tighter, because what I'm about to say next will make you jump out of your chair."

(End of this chapter)