Chapter 246: Late Punishment
Xiao Quanzi didn't know how he went back to report Wen Xize, but when he saw Wen Xize, a feeling of powerlessness suddenly arose in his heart.
It was the person in front of him who had harmed him and Yuandai for the rest of his life, but he and Yuandai had to greet this person with a smile, which was the biggest irony to him.
"How is Wan Zhaoyi's mood?" Wen Xize asked.
Xiao Quanzi replied: "Back to the emperor, Empress Zhaoyi's mood has recovered well, but it is still a little unstable."
"During this period, you just run around and you will work harder."
"Share the worries of the emperor is what a slave should do."
Wen Xize nodded, and Xiao Quanzi quietly retreated.
At night, several palace maids walked into Shenxing with food boxes. The palace maids walking at the back kept lowering their heads.
These palace maids came to deliver food and water to those guilty people who had entered the Shenxing Department, and no one doubted them.
Today, many new people have joined the Shenzheng Department, including the once arrogant eunuch Li Sheng. There is never a shortage of people who can put down the wrongs in this world. Li Sheng has been punished a lot this afternoon, but he said nothing.
Xiang'er was also tortured. After she told her what she knew, these criminal nannies were still unwilling to let her go. They were not allowed to live or die.
At this moment, the door of the prison cell was opened and a palace maid walked in. She didn't care at all, but the palace maid personally brought a bowl of water to her: "Drink water."
Xiang'er was so familiar with the voice. She suddenly raised her head. The person in front of her was indeed Yuan Dai: "Wan Zhaoyi!"
"Xiang'er, now I'm not Wan Zhaoyi, but Yuan Dai." Yuan Dai brought out the snacks in the food box. It was Xiang'er's favorite osmanthus crisps. "You used to love the most about the osmanthus crisps I made, but there are no osmanthus in this season. They are all osmanthus preserved last year, and the taste may not be that good."
Listening to Yuan Dai's words, Xiang'er's eyes turned red: "You still remember that I like to eat osmanthus crisps the most."
"Of course I remember that when I made osmanthus crisps for my master, I always left a few more for you. This time, it was also the osmanthus crisps I made myself."
Xiang'er looked at Yuan Dai who was close to her. In fact, Yuan Dai was the one who had never changed from beginning to end: "Do you know what I need most now?"
Yuan Dai brought the osmanthus pastry to Xiang'er: "I know, so I prepared it for you in the osmanthus pastry, and there will be no pain. Sorry, I can't save you."
Xiang'er reached out and slowly took a piece of osmanthus crispy and put it in her mouth to chew it slowly. It still had a familiar taste, as if there had never been a change between her and Yuan Dai: "It's delicious, I thought I would never be able to eat it in my life."
"Xiang'er, I'm sorry..."
Xiang'er shook her head: "I'm very glad to help you this time, otherwise I wouldn't have paid off any of the things I owe you before."
Yuan Dai had helped Xiang'er too many times, but later she still hurt Yuan Dai because of Miao Zitong. But this time, she was very happy to be able to help Yuan Dai.
"Xiang'er, I don't regret knowing you, nor do I regret helping you."
"You go quickly." Xiang'er urged. She knew that Yuandai could not stay here for more. Yuandai put down the plate of osmanthus crisps, looked at Xiang'er for a few times, and finally turned around and left.
Looking at the cage that was closed again, Xiang'er felt that the guilt she had been carrying on her body had finally eased. She ate the osmanthus crisps, and tears kept flowing, and the tears mixed with the osmanthus crisps were eaten by her.
Yuandai, I know I have done too many things wrong, but I have no chance to repent. If a person dies, he really has a spirit, then I hope you can get what you want, escape from this palace, and find true freedom.
Xiang'er's vision became blurry. She fell to the ground, slowly closing her eyes, with a sense of ease on her face.
At the last moment of her life, Xiang'er thought that Yuan Dai really didn't lie to her. Not only was there no pain, but she also had a hint of sweetness...
Not long after Yuan Dai left, the people guarding Shenxing Si fell asleep. Li Sheng watched the people around him fall to the ground suddenly, panic in his heart and did not understand what was going on.
"Eunuch Li, long time no see." Gu Shiqi slowly walked to Li Sheng. Li Sheng was put on a gallows and could not move. He looked at the person in front of him and thought for a while, and finally remembered who he was: "You are that businessman."
"Eunuch Li is really good at seeing him. I haven't seen him for almost two years. You can still remember me." At the beginning, Li Sheng had met him several times because of the matter involved in the Wang family, but he didn't expect to remember himself so quickly.
Li Sheng looked at Gu Shiqi vigilantly: "This is the palace, how dare you trespass?"
Gu Shiqi ignored him and asked another question: "Eunuch Li has such a good memory, can't he remember that he had seen me somewhere before?"
Li Sheng shook his head, and Gu Shiqi smiled: "Since that's the case, I'll remind you."
Li Sheng frowned: "What the hell do you want to do?"
"Eunuch Li shouldn't like the prince at first. Later, because of the appearance of the princess, you hated the prince even more, right?"
"I don't understand what you are talking about."
"You hate the prince because you hate the first queen, and the reason why you hate the first queen is simply because you can't stand Jiang Qianmu, the former best sister of the first queen."
Hearing the name Jiang Qianmu, Li Sheng's pupils suddenly widened: "Who are you?"
Gu Shiqi did not directly answer his question: "Li Sheng, you say you hate the Crown Princess, but in fact you are more afraid. You are afraid of the Crown Princess' face similar to Jiang Qianmu, right?"
"Who are you?" Li Sheng almost shouted.
Gu Shiqi laughed out loud: "You have done too many things to lose, and finally I know you are afraid? Did you ever be afraid when you participated in the destruction of the Qu family?"
In the end, even the anger and pain in his eyes were filled with pain. These things were unforgettable to Gu Shiqi.
"Are you an old member of the Qu family?" Li Sheng's voice was trembling.
"The Qu family had three children back then, and I was Qu Hanjiang." Gu Shiqi looked at Li Sheng, as if he was looking at a dead person, "I forgot what you did back then, right? It's okay, I'll remember it for you. I'll collect debts from you today."
Li Sheng struggled desperately: "It's not me that wants to harm the Qu family, it's not me, you want to find the real murderer, you obviously know it is..."
Before Li Sheng could speak, Gu Shiqi grabbed his neck, and he couldn't say a word. Gu Shiqi's eyes were fierce: "I said, I remember it for you, it's not just you."
Looking at Gu Shiqi like this, Li Sheng seemed to see the evil spirit who had climbed up from hell. His eyes were full of begging. Gu Shiqi let go of Li Sheng: "Li Sheng, I will get back the debt you owe to the Qu family bit by bit. If you want to live so much, you just think that Concubine Rong can save you. The emperor can't bear to kill you. But I insist on you to die. The hundreds of people in my Qu family are waiting for you sinners to go down to apologize. You can take a step first."
After Gu Shiqi finished speaking, he pulled out a dagger and inserted it hard into Li Sheng's heart. Li Sheng immediately died.
The wrong things I have done will never be escaped. After more than ten years, Gu Shiqi finally got rid of the first person for the Qu family, and the next one was the second person...
Yuandai returned to Taoyuan Pavilion, Fangting was waiting for her. When she saw Yuandai coming back, Fangting didn't say a word, but just changed her clothes as usual.
Yuan Dai sat in front of the mirror and suddenly asked, "Do you know what my original plan was?"
"The Empress will not leave someone who may threaten her by her side, so you want to get rid of me." Fangting's tone of speaking seemed to be talking about not about her own life and death.
"Don't you blame me?"
"If I were the queen and were threatened by a slave, how could I not have the intention to kill me?"
"Then are you still staying with me?"
"Empress, I have said that I will never harm you."
Yuan Dai guessed: "I have been thinking about it for a long time. You are not from Concubine Shu, nor from the East Palace, but you are from Concubine Shu and the East Palace. Who is your master?"
"Empress, what I can tell you is that my master is not a person in the palace now. So when I am by your side, you are the safest."
"It's really a lot of trouble to have you by your side." Yuan Dai raised his eyebrows, "Then do you know what I want to do now?"
"Xue'er is locked in the small room behind, and she should be waiting for you too."
Yuan Dai stood up: "After tonight, I really don't have time to ask about her in a short period of time. Some things should be resolved immediately."
"The Empress is a smart person, so she naturally knows what to do."
Listening to Fangting's words, Yuan Dai stood up: "How long can you stay by my side?"
"The task of my servant is to protect the Empress, and of course, it is only when the Empress is safe before she can leave."
"What do you want to get?"
"The Empress does not have what I want, but through the Empress, I can know a lot of things."
Yuan Dai understood what Fangting meant. What Fangting needed was news from the harem. No wonder she said that her master was someone outside the palace!
"I will try my best to help you if I can."
"I will do my best if I can help the Empress."
Chapter completed!