Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 40
A quarter of an hour later, the leader of the bodyguard who was in charge of chasing the man in black came back and replied, "My lord, I led the man to the place where the arrow was shot in the back. The man has already run away without leaving any traces. I think he must be a master."

Meng Jing threw the ball of paper in his hand into the incense burner beside him, and waved at him, "Go down first, and strengthen your guard in the future!"

"Yes, my lord!" The leader of the guards ordered to retreat.

After the door of the study was closed, Han Zhe stepped forward with a stern expression, and asked, "My lord, is someone trying to harm you?"

Meng Jing didn't make a sound, he stood with his back, and slowly closed his eyes, looking desolate.

After a long time, he opened his eyes, turned his head and said to Han Zhe, "I remember that there is a Qinglong Guard stationed in Zhuozhou. You should immediately send an order to let this Qinglong Guard enter Beijing immediately, and secretly guard the Chu residence. The little one is safe."

"My lord, what happened?" Seeing that the situation was serious enough to dispatch a Qinglong Guard, Han Zhe couldn't help but step forward and asked with a serious face.

Meng Jing shook her head, but didn't want to say more, she just raised her hand and patted him on the shoulder twice, "Go to work!"

Han Zhe had no choice but to swallow his doubts, turned and left.

At dusk on the second day, a secret letter came from the Qinglong guard stationed in Zhuozhou, saying that they had already entered Beijing and secretly protected the Chu residence to the point of leaking.

Meng Jing finally felt relieved.

At night on the third day, wearing black clothes, he stepped into the boundless night alone and rushed to the North Palace.

Beigong, also known as Lenggong.Because it is the northernmost part of the palace, it is also named Beigong.

When he arrived at Beigong, it happened to be three o'clock.

While Ye Xiao was sobbing, he glanced across the deserted courtyards one by one, then paused, and saw a little light beside the dry well deep in the palace.

It seemed that someone was waiting with a lantern.

He walked lightly, step by step.

There is no moon tonight, and there is only that little warm yellow candle in the entire North Palace.

So much so that, after he got closer, he realized that the figure in front of him was inexplicably familiar, and he couldn't help being stunned, stopping his forward steps.

At the same time, as if sensing something, the figure suddenly turned his head and shouted, "My lord, you are here."

At that moment, the dim light illuminated her face.

And that familiar voice, Meng Jing finally recognized that the woman in front of her was Concubine Lan.

"Alan?" A surprised voice blurted out from his mouth.

Concubine Lan is so clever, she immediately realized something was wrong, her eyebrows frowned, and she asked sharply, "Did the lord invite me to meet in the North Palace?"

Meng Jing tightened her fists suddenly, her face was cold, "No."

"Then we've fallen for it!" A wry smile crossed her face, "It's the queen, it must be the queen..."

Before she finished speaking, before she even had time to urge Meng Jing to leave, a bright light appeared outside the cold palace, and the next moment, the heavy door was opened by guards with knives.

The queen walked over quickly with Emperor Jing Ming, who had a livid face.

Lan Fei and Meng Jing stood in place with cold faces, neither of them moved.

Seeing that the two of them had no intention of saluting, Emperor Jingming's face became even worse, with a layer of anger in his eyes, he turned towards Concubine Lan and said sharply, "Bitch, come here soon!"

When Concubine Lan heard this, a look of disgust flashed in her eyes, she paused for a moment, and finally walked towards Emperor Jingming.

The distance between the two was not far, and Concubine Lan came from a family of generals, and within five steps, she walked across to Emperor Jingming.

She folded her hands in front of her lower abdomen, and was about to bend down to salute Emperor Jing Ming and the Empress.

But Emperor Jing Ming didn't give her this chance at all. In a rage, he raised his hand and slapped her in the face.

Snapped!
There was a slap that couldn't be more crisp, and all the night-resting birds on the tree nearby were awakened, and the sound resounded throughout the area.

After a long time, it fell silent.

Concubine Lan never thought that Emperor Jing Ming would strike at her in front of so many people. Even though she had some kung fu skills, she still couldn't withstand the slap from the man who was pulling out all her strength, and she was about to fall to the ground while spinning. go.

Just when she thought that the child in her womb would definitely be lost, she fell into a warm and dry embrace.

"My lord..." She raised her head and looked at Meng Jing who was catching her in disbelief, with tears in her eyes, unable to recover for a long time.

Meng Jing kept a distance from her.

She never thought that one day he would hug her, one day, she would be so close to him, so close that every breath would smell of him.

"Be careful with the child." Meng Jing helped Concubine Lan stand firm, and reminded her in a low voice.

It is clear that there is no ambiguity between his words.

But to Emperor Jing Ming's ears, it all smelled like an adulterer.

The corners of his eyes twitched violently, and he pointed at the two of them, "You...you even have children!"

"No, no!" Concubine Lan was afraid of getting Meng Jing involved, so she subconsciously argued, "The child belongs to you, Your Majesty, and it has been more than three months."

"It belongs to me?" Emperor Jing Ming sneered, making it clear that he didn't believe it, "Bitch, do you think I will believe you?... If this child is really mine, why didn't you tell me? Instead, come and tell him Meng Jing! "

"No, the concubine didn't, and the concubine didn't tell the regent..." Concubine Lan wanted to explain.

But Emperor Jingming stopped her, and directly turned his head to tell the eunuch behind him, "Drag this bitch back to Yilan Palace. Without my permission, no one is allowed to see her in private!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The eunuchs agreed, stepped forward a few steps, dragged Concubine Lan, and walked out of the cold palace.

Concubine Lan wanted to explain, but the eunuchs gagged her mouth with a handkerchief under the Queen's signal.

Looking at this scene, Meng Jing frowned slightly.I was worried about Concubine Lan in my heart, but I didn't dare to rush forward.

Anyway, Concubine Lan is Emperor Jing Ming's woman.

He could help her for a while, but he couldn't help her forever.

Sometimes being too defensive to her can actually hurt her.

"Why, seeing Concubine Lan being slapped by me, fourth brother is very distressed?" Emperor Jing Ming looked at Meng Jing, suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked mockingly.

Meng Jing cupped his hands, "I dare not. Concubine Lan is the concubine of the emperor, and I never dare, let alone have any delusional thoughts! I hope the emperor will clearly observe that three months ago, Aci had not entered the capital. My younger brother's hidden illness has not been cured..." The implication is that the child in Concubine Lan's belly can only be his.

Emperor Jing Ming didn't believe it, he smiled coldly, and said, "This kind of bitch can steal ten people if she can steal one, and there may be many people who have touched her body... such a wicked kind, I can't keep it. "

Hearing what Emperor Jingming said, Meng Jing tightened her fists hidden in her sleeves, and her eyes sharpened suddenly.

"Brother Huang insulted Concubine Lan like this, where is General Tang who died for the country?"

"General Tang is General Tang, Concubine Lan is Concubine Lan!"

"Brother Huang, do you think that Concubine Lan is not a woman?"

Emperor Jingming sneered, "Otherwise, you, a regent and a concubine, would suddenly appear in the abandoned cold palace!"

Meng Jing really couldn't explain this.

Seeing this, Emperor Jingming's eyes became even colder, he flicked his sleeves, and suddenly said in a cold voice, "The regent violated the palace rules and lost his dignity in front of the imperial court. He will be punished with three years' salary and thirty lashes!"

Silence spread in the cold palace.

Meng Jing stood there with a livid face, and stood there for a long time before she handed over her hands and thanked him, "Thank you for your forgiveness, my emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live!"

Emperor Jingming gave him a cold look, flicked his sleeves, turned and left...

After a while, Chang De, the punishment eunuch of the Qianyuan Palace, walked towards Meng Jing, waved the whisk in his hands, and cupped his hands, "The regent please go to the punishment hall, this slave has offended you!"

Meng Jing lowered her head and gave him a cold look, with a murderous look in her eyes.

Chang De stood still, waiting for Meng Jing to leave.

Meng Jing stood there, condensed for a moment, and then walked forward.

Chang De fell behind him and followed.

Both of them did not walk slowly, and they arrived at the execution hall soon.

In the torture hall, there are eighteen instruments of torture, and Meng Jing stands there with a cold expression.

Chang De glanced at him with a fake smile, pointed to the torture bench in front of him, and said softly, "Will the prince lie down on it himself, or will the servant invite you to go up?"

Hearing this, Meng Jing tilted her head slightly, a hint of sarcasm appeared on her cold face, "It's only thirty lashes, this king can bear it, that's all."

"This is against the rules!" Chang De wanted to persuade him again.

Meng Jing raised her hand and slapped Chang De's gloomy face directly with internal strength.

That slap seemed to contain a lot of force, Chang De's face swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, a line of blood flowed down the corner of his lips, he grunted, tilted his head, and spit out two molars Come.

"A slave is a slave, I don't understand human language!" Meng Jing sneered without looking at it.

Chang De clenched his fists hidden in his sleeves tightly, feeling angry and resentful in his heart, but thinking of Meng Jing's identity as regent and his Qinglongwei, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he wiped the blood on his face, turned his head, and looked at it with a smile. Looking at him, he cupped his hands and said with restraint, "Thank you, my lord, for your mercy, I will remember your lesson!"

"Now that you've remembered, let's start here!" Meng Jing said, closing her eyes gently.

Chang De narrowed his eyes slightly, gritted his teeth, looked at the execution eunuch next to him, and signaled four words with his eyes, "You're welcome!"

The execution eunuch understood, and walked towards Meng Jing clutching the barbed whip.

"My lord, I've offended you!" There was another cold, vicious greeting.

The next moment, with a "snap", the whip broke through the wind and flew towards his back...

Meng Jing frowned, only to feel that the barbs on the whip had cut through his clothes and got into his flesh...

"Crack", "crack", "crack"... I didn't have time to bear it, and a few more whips were drawn in the air.

Meng Jing didn't let out a cry of pain, but her forehead was clearly covered with cold sweat.

Arrive in a quarter of an hour.

Thirty whips, and finally all of them were drawn.

Meng Jing slowly opened her eyes, her cold and menacing gaze swept over the faces of the two eunuchs.Without saying a word, he turned around and walked slowly outside.

The eunuch who was executing the execution, Wang Ting, looked at Meng Jing leaving, and then thought of the expression he looked at him before he left, couldn't help but shiver, then turned his head to look at Chang De beside him, and tremblingly said, "You said... Will we not see the sun tomorrow?"

Chang De was startled by Meng Jing's last look, but the pain on his face made him unable to say anything soft.

He twitched the corner of his mouth fiercely, and said with a sneer, "We are just obeying the emperor's order. If he wants to blame, he can't blame us. The one to blame is our master."

"However, according to past practice, the barbed whip should not be used at all..."

Chang De's pupils shrank, and he didn't speak any more. He just raised his hand, patted Wang Tin's shoulder lightly, and said meaningfully, "Don't think about it, even if you regret it now, it's too late!"

Wang Ting looked into Chang De's eyes for a long time and sighed dully.

I thought, if I had known earlier, he wouldn't be so ruthless.Now it's not like your hands are covered in cold sweat, and your heart is almost jumping into your throat...

Meng Jing, covered in blood, walked out of the palace step by step.

When they returned to the palace, the sky was almost dawn.

The guard on duty in the study was stunned when he saw Meng Jing covered in blood, and quickly stepped forward to support Meng Jing, and said in a loud voice, "What's wrong, my lord?"

Meng Jing waved her hand, "It's nothing, go help me and ask the doctor to come over!"

The guard heard the words, agreed and was about to leave.Meng Jing thought about it, and said again, "Wait a minute!"

"What else does the lord want?" The guard looked back with doubts on his face.

Meng Jing shook her head, and said in a deep voice, "You don't need to call the doctor, call Han Zhe, and send me directly to the concubine's place!"

"Yes, my lord!" The guard agreed, and went to look for Han Zhe in the lower courtyard.

Han Zhe rushed over quickly, and when he saw Meng Jing's appearance, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he said angrily, "Who did this! Go and kill him!"

Meng Jing waved his hand at him, "Don't ask, help the king to the princess."

Han Zhe froze when he heard the words, and after a while, he realized Meng Jing's meaning, said "yes", and then helped him to go outside...

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped outside the Chu residence.

Han Zhe patted on the door for a long time before Lu Bo's voice came from inside, "Who is it!"

"Uncle Lu, it's me, Han Zhe!" Just as he was speaking, the door opened a crack from the inside. Uncle Lu opened a pair of sleepy eyes, looked at it by the moonlight for a long time, and said, "It's really Guard Han."

Han Zhe nodded, turned around, and helped Meng Jing get off the carriage.

Seeing the injuries on Meng Jing's body, Lu Bo was also startled. While leading the carriage, he muttered to himself, "Who is this? He is so bold that even the regent dares to move!"

Han Zhe helped Meng Jing go directly to Xieciju.

He didn't stop until he reached the door of the dormitory, and then watched Meng Jing walk in.

Xie Ci was in the middle, and Chu Ci also woke up. She was always sleepy, and she couldn't sleep well if there was any movement outside.

Hearing the familiar footsteps, she called tentatively, "Meng Jing?"

Meng Jing gave a low "hmm".

He came closer.

Under the moonlight, Chu Ci frowned slightly, his nose twitched slightly, and he couldn't believe it, but he said with certainty, "Are you injured?"

As she said that, as if she wanted to verify something, she smeared and got out of bed, and lit the lamp.

The moment the lights came on, the entire room was filled with warm candles.

The two eyes met.

In Meng Jing's eyes, there was deep nostalgia, but in Chu Ci's eyes, it was unbelievable. She stared wide-eyed, staring straight at the blood dripping on his body, and tremblingly said, "Who did this...?"

"Who else!" Meng Jing took a few steps forward, humming coldly.

His eyes were full of murderous intent.

Because of his injury, Chu Ci also had an awe-inspiring look on his face, "Is it the emperor?"

Meng Jing nodded, letting Chuci examine his injuries while telling what happened tonight.

After hearing this, Chu Ci frowned tightly, and said coldly, "So, you have received these thirty lashes so that the emperor will not anger Concubine Lan?"

Meng Jing turned her head and stared into her eyes, and said seriously, "This king promised General Tang that he would protect the safety of Alan I." Therefore, she must not be given to death by the furious Emperor Jing Ming!Never!
Chu Ci's angry expression remained unchanged, but he couldn't say any more words of accusation.She glared at him bitterly, then pointed to the couch next to her, and said, "Go over, take off your clothes, and I'll give you medicine!"

Meng Jing was taken aback by her, but couldn't help laughing, said "Yes, lady", and then walked slowly towards the couch.

When Chu Ci brought the medicine box, he realized that Meng Jing had taken off all his clothes.

That figure, tsk tsk, is really... so good!

It's a pity that she is a doctor now, and taking medicine is what she should do.Eight-pack abs and a good figure will only affect her medical skills.

Thinking in this way, she glanced over, looked at him fiercely and said, "Put on your clothes!"

Meng Jing looked at her with an innocent face, "Didn't you ask me to take off all my clothes?"

Chu Ci akimbo, "I made you take off your shirt, who made you take off your pants, you rascal!"

"...It turns out that this king misunderstood." Meng Jing said, pulling off the cloak without shyness, covering the scenery below her waist.

Seeing this, Chu Ci walked towards him.

She sat down beside him, and first helped him clean up the wound with a cotton kerchief dipped in spirits, and then picked up the ointment with her fingertips to help him apply the medicine...

After everything was dealt with, she got up, stood opposite her with her arms folded, and said angrily, "The wound on your back should not be caused by ordinary whips!"

Hearing her question, Meng Jing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he put his arms around her waist, raised his head and asked, "A Ci, are you...do you want to vent your anger for this king?"

Chu Ci smiled coldly, "What do you think?"

If she dared to touch her son's father, she would make that man pay him ten times and a hundred times.

Meng Jing got an affirmative answer, but felt a warm current surging in her heart.For so many years, his demands and longing for love seemed to be filled all at once.

He couldn't help but hug her tighter.

It was a long time later that he lightly mentioned the two eunuchs who were in charge of the punishment, deliberately making things difficult for him.

"Understood!" Chu Ci only said these three words after listening.

Then he turned and walked outside.

Two quarters of an hour later, she came back again, holding a medicine bottle in her hand, and handed it to Meng Jing, "This medicine is colorless and odorless. If it is sprinkled on their clothes, the skin all over the body will slowly begin to fester. It will be fatal, but the stench will be emitted from the whole body, and it can be smelled in a radius of several tens of feet, and those festering wounds, without my antidote, will never have a good day."

Meng Jing took the medicine.

Then he took a deep look at Chu Ci.

Chu Ci understood his eyes, and raised the corners of his lips coldly, "I have plenty of drugs that are worse than this! So, my lord, you'd better...don't take a concubine! Otherwise...huh!"

She didn't say what happened next, but Meng Jing understood the threat better than anyone else.

At the same time, I am also happy for it.

"Don't worry, Ah Ci, this king will only love you, love you, and only you in this whole life. No matter how prosperous and colorful this world is, if there are three thousand waters, this king will only take this drop of you! Life after life, Never change!"

He looked up, looked into her eyes, and promised word by word.

This love story was too sweet, and Chu Ci's teeth were a little sour when he heard it. He pursed his lips and looked at him for a long time, then nodded slowly, and said arrogantly, "Seeing that the prince is so sincere, then I will forcefully believe you once." .”

Meng Jing clings to her hand and gives a doting smile.

Unable to adapt to this kind of ambiguity with high sweetness, Chu Ci forcibly withdrew his hand, then frowned, and changed the subject, "Listen to what you said just now, I am very worried now, the emperor will not let Concubine Lan go children."

"This is also my king's worry." Meng Jing nodded first, then shook his head, and sighed, "But this king is different from her uncle and sister-in-law after all, it is impossible to protect her forever."

The implication is that he has no way of interfering with whether that child can be kept.

In other words, even if he helped her survive this catastrophe, what about the next catastrophe?As long as Emperor Jing Ming's suspicion of her remains, he will always find a chance to get rid of that child.

Chu Ci didn't understand this, but as a doctor, she couldn't help but feel soft-hearted after all, and felt sorry for the child who might not have the chance to see the world.

"What if... I have medicine to make her appear in a state of suspended animation? Can the prince find a way to get her body out?" After a moment of silence, she asked tentatively.

Not only does she feel sorry for Concubine Lan, but she also wants to accumulate a little virtue for the child in her womb.

Meng Jing looked at her in surprise, and nodded slowly under her serious eyes, "If it's just a corpse, I can do it."

Chu Ci nodded, "Then I will trouble the lord, I will prepare the medicine first, and I will inform the lord when it is ready."

Meng Jing nodded, "Okay."

At this time, the imperial palace, Yilan Hall.

The great eunuch Li Zhong led people to walk towards Concubine Lan step by step. Looking at the pale, terrified woman who was holding her stomach, he said expressionlessly, "Your Majesty Lan, your majesty will forgive you for having an affair with the Prince Regent." Your life is already a great grace. Don't struggle anymore, drink this bowl of medicine, obediently lay down this evil child, and you will still be the emperor's most beloved concubine in the future, and you will have a chance to make a difference in the future..."

"No, I won't drink! I want to see the emperor, this is the emperor's flesh and blood, the dragon species! The regent and I are innocent! We are innocent! Someone is going to frame us!" Concubine Lan clutched her stomach and said sternly Yelling, over and over, shaking his head desperately.

But Li Zhong was in a hurry to return, impatient, he turned his head coldly, looked at the four strong old mothers beside him, and said in a deep voice, "Hurry up and send your evil fetus in the womb of the nobleman to the road!"

"Yes, Manager Li!" Several old nuns agreed, and walked towards Concubine Lan with steady steps.

Two of them pressed Lan Fei's shoulders, one opened Lan Fei's mouth, and the other lifted up the steaming abortion medicine in his hand, and poured it into her open mouth...

(End of this chapter)