The little lady in the palace

Chapter 187 Severe Punishment
At lunchtime, there was silence in the room where the guards ate.The dozen or so people had no appetite, and when Shen Jin was the first to put down his chopsticks and go out silently, the others couldn't sit still.

They entered the house where the four lived next to Er Wengzhu, and looked at Tan Yu who was still in a coma, unable to speak a word.

He woke up in the early hours of the morning, received the punishment after the commander returned, and has not been able to open his eyes until now.

Thirty spine rods... If you are usually strong and strong, you may be able to survive by gritting your teeth, but when you are injured, how many people can bear it?

The handyman in the yard whispered to them that Tan Yu could no longer kneel after being slapped a few times, fell headfirst, and was picked up by two prison eunuchs to continue beating him.After more than a dozen canes, he passed out, but the executioners still beat him without any ambiguity.

"I heard that there are thirty more in the afternoon, and another thirty will come tomorrow morning... Lord Commander is going to beat people to death!" The one next to the Fourth Young Master was speaking. He gritted his teeth and said in a very low voice, but the surrounding people can still hear clearly.

The leader of the eldest son's guards made a silent gesture: "Stop saying a few words, it's what the prince meant, and if you spread your words, it will cause trouble for nothing."

"But the lord's attack is too cruel." The one who spoke before was really upset, endured it for a while, and continued, "The Er Weng Lord is injured, but Tan Yu is not guilty of death...? Even if it is a capital crime, let Wouldn't it be nice for him to die happily? Why bother him so little?"

No one responded to his complaint for a while, and the group sat silently in the room.They all wanted to save Tan Yu's life, but no one knew what to do.

In the entire palace, the most effective words are naturally the prince and princess.Now this order is the meaning of the prince, and since the rescue of the Er Weng Lord, the princess has been with the prince all the time, presumably she also knows and agrees with him to do so.

This is very difficult to handle.If they forcefully pleaded and just got "no help", then that's fine, but if it makes the prince and concubine even more unhappy, the blame will be added to Tan Yu's head again.

The dead silence in the room lasted for more than a full moment, and at this moment, Tan Yu's face in a coma seemed to turn paler.His lips had exploded from the high fever, so chapped that it was almost impossible to see human skin.

"How about..." Shen Jin opened his mouth in deep thought, and everyone's eyes instantly turned to him.

He hesitated and said: "How about I ask His Royal Highness? If the prince is willing to go to the prince and speak, it will be more useful than us."

And if the prince is even more annoyed because of this, and the son sues him, he shouldn't be as tired as them and make Tan Yu even worse.

After more than a dozen people exchanged glances with each other several times, they nodded hesitantly one after another. Shen Jin took a short breath and got up to go out. When he reached the door, he reminded: "Don't let the Commander know for now."

The commander knew that the four people around Er Weng Lord were not pleasing to his eyes, and if Tong learned about this, he didn't know what trouble would happen.

Deep in the house, when a group of brothers and sisters heard that Lan Jing had woken up, they all came to see her.In addition, Yu Yin and Meng Junhuai were still there, making Lan Jing's bedroom look like they were having a small gathering.

After she was full of sleep, her condition improved a lot. Although she was still burning, she also had an appetite. Yuyin served some of her favorite dishes in the dining room. When Zizi was about to speak by the door, he stopped talking for a while: "What's the matter?"

The servant girl gave a blessing: "Shen Jin, who is next to His Royal Highness, has come, and said that he has something to ask to see the son."

"I'll go out to see him." Ah Zuo thought that the second sister was still lying in her pajamas, and it would be inappropriate for outsiders to come in, so she left the room by herself.

Going out to have a look, I found that Shen Jin didn't even enter the courtyard door. I was a little strange for a while, and walked out of the courtyard: "What's wrong?"

"Your Highness." Shen Jin turned around and bowed, raised his eyes to look at the courtyard, saw that there was no one else, so he said in a low voice, "I have something to ask Your Highness for my humble position."

"...?" A Zuo was slightly stunned, and then smiled, "Brother Shen, you can just say it, why are you so polite all of a sudden?"

Shen Jin sighed, then gave an overview of Tan Yu's matter, and then said: "If it is true that the ninety-spine stick is finished, he will definitely die. Your Highness, see if you can..."

"You want me to intercede with my father?" A Zuo said straightforwardly.

Shen Jin nodded.

A Zuo thought for a while and said, "I know they all call you big brother, and I also know that you want to help brother. But... the person inside is my second sister, and she still has a high fever. Do you think I will help you?" Is it appropriate for someone who didn't protect her to intercede?"

"But even though he was negligent, he still tried his best to save Lord Weng, Your Highness..."

"So he's not guilty of death, you're right." A Zuo looked at him suddenly, "but my father, queen mother and concubine are not people who would carelessly ignore human lives. I wasn't there when they made this order, so I don't know There is no other secret, so I can't just answer your words."

Shen Jin's expression darkened, and A Zuo lowered his head and took off the jade pendant and handed it to him: "I will find an opportunity to find out what's going on, and then see if I want to intercede for him. As for now, you can take this to the doctor first. Let the doctor look at the injury for him first, and then say that I said it."

Shen Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the result was not as good as expected, it was better than letting Tan Yu wait to die.He hurriedly bowed, thanked Ah Zuo, and immediately went to the doctor's residence.

A Zuo looked at Shen Jin's leaving back and pondered for a while before turning around and turning back to the yard behind him.

He could see that Shen Jin was really anxious, and from Shen Jin's words, he also felt that the guard was not guilty of death, but he really couldn't agree at will.

Everyone has selfishness, and the selfishness of subordinates will make them deceive when reporting.Even if he could trust Shen Jin's character, he couldn't guarantee that there was nothing concealed in what he said.And if there is, he has been taken advantage of by pleading rashly, and it will be a terrible thing if it accumulates one time at a time.

Isn’t that how the former East and West factories grew bigger?A little bit of bullying made the emperor's grandfather not even trust his own sons.

The second sister can't stand up in the mansion, and it has something to do with her own soft temper. She believes everything others say, and there are probably not one or two servants who don't take her seriously.

But he was determined not to.He is going to be the heir of the palace, if he is blinded by others at will, who will protect his brothers, sisters, and their younger generations after his parents have lived for a hundred years?

Ah Zuo entered the room while thinking, and Ming Jing, who was sitting by the couch peeling oranges for the second sister, saw that his expression was not good, so she opened her mouth and asked, "What's the matter, third brother?"

"Ah...?" A Zuo was stunned, and just followed her words, and said what Shen Jin had just mentioned, "It was Shen Jin who came to intercede for the people around Second Sister."

Lan Jing hesitated slightly: "What?"

A Zuo considered his words: "Father severely punished the accompanying guard for the sake of the second sister, but they felt that the guard's crime was not worthy of death. They couldn't bear to see their brother die, and wanted me to speak on their behalf."

What he said made the bedroom quiet, and Meng Junhuai was wondering, "When did I punish you severely?" Suddenly, Lan Jing's trembling voice came into his ears, "What did you say?!"

Before Ah Zuo could react, Lan Jing turned over and went to bed, and rushed out without putting on her shoes!
"Lan Jing?!" Yu Yin was startled, got up and chased after her.Lan Jing herself was also in a daze, and just as she walked around the screen inside the door, her eyes went dark, her legs were limp and she fell down uncontrollably.

Yu Yin just supported her, Lan Jing fell to her knees, she could only let her go slowly.But she called a few times, Lan Jing didn't respond, and after a while, Lan Jing seemed to come out of her daze suddenly, and cried out with a choke in her throat.

Yu Yin's wrist was tightly held by her, and she felt that she was extremely helpless from crying to this movement.She didn't quite understand why this happened for a while, and the other children who rushed to her were stunned, including Meng Junhuai. Everyone looked at each other for a moment, and Meng Junhuai also stepped forward and hugged her: "Lan Jing?"

This voice made Lan Jing tremble all over. She looked over with empty eyes, let go of Yuyin, and grabbed Meng Junhuai's sleeve: "Father...Father, please spare his life! It's not his fault, it's me Don't take care of yourself!"

Such a remorseful and terrified tone made Yu Yin feel something was wrong, she looked at Meng Junhuai, and Meng Junhuai also felt something strange: "Lan Jing...?"

"Father, please spare him..." Lan Jing cried hoarsely, Yu Yin thought for a while, and tugged at Meng Junhuai's sleeve: "Jun Huai."

He looked at her, and she winked vigorously. Although it was difficult to distinguish what she said with her mouth, it was not difficult to guess what she meant.

The most important thing now is to let Lan Jing calm down, besides, he didn't intend to take the guard's life at all.

Meng Junhuai stroked Fu Lanjing's back: "Don't cry, don't cry, there is a misunderstanding here, father never said that this is a capital crime."

"Father..." Lan Jing looked at him hesitantly, as if she didn't believe it.Meng Junhuai frowned, turned to look at A Zuo: "A Zuo took someone to ask."

"Ah Li, let's go together." Yu Yin said.

She doesn't quite know what's going on there now, if the punishment hasn't been executed yet, then it's fine, if it's already been moved... Ah Zuo is only 11 years old now, so I'm afraid it will inevitably be frightening.

Facts have proved that Yu Yintian was right to have such a heart.

When they were still some distance away from the guard's courtyard, Ah Li, who was a head taller than Ah Zuo, saw two eunuchs seem to be escorting people out in the wing room facing the courtyard gate.

He stretched out his hand and covered his younger brother's eyes: "You go back, as long as you have me."

Ah Zuo: "..."

He wanted to say that he wasn't afraid, but Ah Li covered his eyes and turned him back, "Be obedient, that's probably why my concubine asked me to come. Go back quickly, or if we delay for a while, people will die over there." gone."

"...Okay." Ah Zuo had no choice but to agree, Ah Li let go of him, and continued to go there.

In the courtyard, Tan Yu has been escorted out.

He woke up when he was dragged out of the bed, but the prison eunuch didn't bother to continue to support him, so he threw him to the ground and let him lie there.

Tan Yu's eyes were lost, and he said "No..." weakly, but no one paid any attention to him.

When a stick fell, it seemed that all the internal organs shook in the severe pain. Tan Yu felt a fishy sweetness rising up. In pain, he dug his fingers hard between the bluestone slabs.

When another burst of severe pain came over, Tan Yu's teeth were numb.

"Stop!" Ah Li yelled as he rushed forward, and when he yelled for the second time, several people in the courtyard heard it, and the bamboo stick that was about to fall stopped suddenly.

Ah Li walked in a few steps, and saw that the naked back of the paralyzed man was covered with bruises, and there were still some places where blood had ooze, so he shouted, "Who gave the order!"

The two eunuchs, who were well aware of the hidden feelings, immediately lowered their heads with guilt and looked at each other. No one dared to say that the prince ordered it in front of the eldest son.

"Who gave the order!" Ah Li shouted again.The one on the left hesitated, so he could only reply truthfully: "It's the commander of the guards."

"Call him." Ah Li said calmly, after thinking for a while, he appropriately gave his younger brother half of the opportunity to stand up, "Let him talk to the prince!"

"Yes..." As soon as the eunuchs responded, they fled as if fleeing.Ah Li looked at the injury on Tan Yu's back again, and felt panicked in his heart.

He regained his composure, stepped forward, stretched out his hand to test his breath, and patted him on the shoulder when he saw that he was still alive: "Wake up? How are you? Can you still talk?"

Tan Yu heard the voice while half asleep and half awake, and wanted to answer, but there was a fishy smell in his voice.

"Cough..." He coughed uncomfortably, spattered a spot of blood, and Ah Li's heart shuddered in shock.

Tan Yu tried his best to raise his head while calming down, and recognized the person in front of him as the eldest son, and then noticed the blood spots on the hem of the eldest son's clothes in a daze.

Subconsciously, he felt that this time he was doomed, and wanted to open his mouth to make a confession, but his mind became more and more blurred uncontrollably, and he passed out again without saying a word.

This is bad!

——A Li saw him like this, and knew that it was uncertain whether he could be saved.Thinking about Lan Jing's excitement just now, she didn't dare to see Lan Jing again.

So half a moment later, two brothers with particularly ugly faces sat in a study.

A Zuo breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what the elder brother said: "So this is dead?"

"It's hard to say...I think Xuan." Ah Li sat there with his forehead propped up and didn't look at him, and Ah Zuo asked again: "Then it's a certainty that the commander will send orders blindly under the guise of his father?"

Ah Li nodded: "Well, this one didn't run away."

Then he heard the third brother sneer.

This laughter made Ah Li look up at his third brother in puzzlement, sized him up for a while, and asked, "What are you going to do? How is it appropriate to talk to the father, mother and concubine about this matter?"

"Brother, just tell them about the guard's injury, let the concubine mother find a good doctor for him, and if he can be saved, I will try my best." A Zuo said.

Ah Li agreed with his statement, nodded, and asked, "What about the commander?"

"You don't need to tell your father, queen, mother and concubine first." As Zuo said, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at the figure outside the window who had been kneeling for a while.Grinding his back molars, he let out an evil smile, "I'll deal with him first."

Ali: "..."

He laughed in his heart and said, third brother, can you?Then he dumped a hard job to him: "Then Lan Jing's side is also handed over to you, so I won't talk to her anymore, it's hard work!"

"Hey brother..." Ah Zuo's expression changed suddenly, but Ah Li shook his head when he said those words, and Ah Zuo was so angry that he slapped the table.

"Your Highness...?" The eunuch who was waiting outside the door looked inside.

Ah Zuo breathed heavily: "Go and call the fourth brother!"

The fourth brother can't blame him for bullying him.

If you want to blame, you have to blame the big brother!It's all my brother's fault!
(End of this chapter)