Chapter 174: All living beings are equal(1/2)
Tatta...
The raindrops fell on the green branches that were drawn. The wind and rain ran across the palace eaves. The study room on the side of Xuanzheng Hall was brightly lit. The palace maids and eunuchs stood in a row waiting outside the door.
In the inner room, Li Yan yawned, took a memorial again and looked through it. He pointed the pen with cinnabar and outlined the handwriting on it, and commented on the opinions on this government affairs.
The burning lamp post below was filled with warmth. In the lights, Tian Lingzi's figure stood there. He could see that His Majesty was in a good mood today. In the rustling strokes, the eunuch pressed his head and smiled.
"Your Majesty, you're in such a good mood today, so you might as well take a break earlier. It's time for Chen Zhaoyuan to come back from Shu with His Majesty."
"I know that I am in a good mood, don't mention any concubines."
After appraising a memorial, Li Yan let out a breath, threw the brush away the ink inkstone at will, slid it onto the table and threw out a few ink marks. He leaned against the back of the chair and looked at the ink spot for some unknown thoughts, and suddenly grinned.
"You said that those women who are locked in Dali Temple have regrets at this moment? I don't believe it. I can save my life by calling you a husband. I have never seen the dangerous things in this world? I can overcome them so hard in Shu, and I can still overcome the hurdles that cannot be overcome? It's just that these women are easy to deceive, and they have never seen the world and will lose my face."
He said in a joking tone, but his eyes felt the pleasure of revenge. Tian Lingzi below quickly smiled tightly and bowed, "What Your Majesty said is that these concubines have been born in high-walled courtyards since childhood. When they arrived at the palace, they really had never seen the world. So did Gu Changshi. He presented a hero to death and entrust the concubines to a person like Geng Qing who was full of twists and turns. Isn't this harmful?"
Behind the Dragon Case, Li Yan looked at the eunuchs.
"You have no knowledge of them staying in the palace, so it's my part?"
Tian Lingzi opened his mouth slightly, quickly slapped himself twice, showing a flattering smile: "Your Majesty, I have said the wrong thing, I have said the wrong thing."
Then, the emperor leaned back with satisfaction, looking at the beams and woods that crossed the dome and carved on them.
"Don't blame yourself for your companion. There is one thing you are right. Geng Qing's approach has indeed harmed people. He has harmed these women who don't know anything. I really want to see how my concubines cry and regret it in prison."
Li Yan smiled and stood up with the handrail. "The rest of the memorial will be processed tomorrow. Let's go to Chen Zhaoyuan's place. It's better to be the eldest partner's elder brother and daughter. I know the truth and don't worry that she will disobey me."
"Your Majesty, please." Tian Lingzi retreated to the side with a smile, respectfully opened the door, followed the emperor, followed the eunuchs waiting on both sides, and the other two palace maids walked in front with lanterns.
"Your Majesty, I have recently obtained a new formula, and the medicine is very effective. I heard that many people have given birth to boys. The kitchen has already been cooked and I will come here later."
"Big companion, just listen to folk remedies. I have never heard of giving birth to boys and girls with medicine." Li Yan walked in front with his hands behind his back, and the night wind blew from the water pavilion, making people feel a little cold. He shook his shoulders, his tone was joking, and he looked at the eunuch who was one step behind.
"It really works like this?"
"It shouldn't be fake. If the doctor dares to lie to me, I will take him!" Tian Lingzi made a move to wipe his neck, but his face shook his eyes and made some funny expressions, which made Li Yan laugh, cut off the uncomfortable thing in his heart, making him feel good.
After leaving the Xuanzheng back hall, he walked around the Zichen Hall along the outer eaves. When he went outside, the little eunuch held up a paper umbrella to cover the rain for the emperor, passed the Yuehua Gate, entered the Xi Neiyuan, and the Fuluan Tower connected to the hundred-acre peach garden. When the flowers bloomed, he stood in the attic and looked out, and the pink peach blossoms were full of intoxicating pictures.
When the emperor came here, a palace servant had already knelt down here to greet him. When Li Yan came in, Tian Lingzi, who was following him, stopped and looked at the eunuchs kneeling on the ground.
"Where is Zhao Chen? Why didn't he see him on duty today?"
"Report to the inner minister, Boss Zhao has diarrhea today and is here just now. Before His Majesty and the inner minister came, he ran to the thatched cottage."
Hearing the answer, Tian Lingzi cursed, "There are no goods in his stomach." Then he walked in. As for the eunuchs outside, they were all familiar palace people, so they naturally believed it.
The soldiers patrolling outside came over, and several eunuchs stood up with their eyebrows down, patted the dust on their knees, and silently guarded the door of the attic.
In the night, a carriage walked slowly through the uninhabited path, and occasionally someone walked out of the darkness, stuffed the note into the car, or led the way in front.
In the thin spring rain, the carriage stopped beside the peach forest, and there was a bright attic not far away. The eyes in the curtain looked at it, reached out and opened it, and walked out.
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In Fuluan Tower, sandalwood is swaying and the lights are burning. The empty soup bowl is left with residue on the table. Not far away, a pink curtain covers a low bed, and the plush blanket slides out from below and is pulled in again.
In the tent, the kneeling figure was raising something urgently. From time to time, the woman's coquettish voice was heard. She spread her long legs and wanted to clamp the man's waist, but was pulled high and put it on her shoulders.
"Your Majesty, don't be so anxious..."
"After drinking the soup and medicine sent by my grandpa, I felt so anxious. Hurry up, untie my belt."
"Hehe...No, let Your Majesty hold it in, and you will have the strength later."
Outside, Tian Lingzi smiled when he heard the movement inside. Chen Zhaoyuan said that she was his niece. No matter how good his relationship with the emperor was, he was a monarch and his subject. If his niece gave birth to one son and half daughter, then he would become a relative of the country and his status would only be more stable.
Tian Lingzi walked back to the outside room, found a seat to sit down, and asked the palace maids in the building to have tea. While drinking tea and listening to the sound of rain, he was waiting, which was very comfortable.
Thinking of some things, he called in a few eunuchs outside the gate, but there was no response at all when the sound came out. Tian Lingzi frowned and turned his head to call the palace maid who had just come out. There was also no sound. He couldn't help but jump in his heart, putting down the teacup and getting up.
The next moment, outside the door, the three eunuchs on duty rushed in in panic, with fear in their eyes pointing to the stuttering outside.
"Inside...Master...Boss Zhao... is dead."
"What?!"
Tian Lingzi was excited and knocked over the teacup on the table. However, at this moment, figures came in quickly from the door. There were only six or seven people, all dressed in blue clothes. They came in and knocked the three little eunuchs to the ground with a few punches and kicks. Tian Lingzi wanted to run away, but as soon as he turned around, he was grabbed by one of them and dragged them back.
"Shumi Tian, why are you panic?" It was a feminine and cold voice coming from outside the door. Tian Lingzi, who was carried on the back of his neck, looked over there vigorously. A feminine and handsome face appeared. Jiuyu also dressed in blue and walked in with his hands and feet in his hands and feet. He just glanced at him gently, and walked straight to the stairs with a sneer.
"Jiuyu, do you want to rebel?!"
Tian Lingzi shouted at him and was slapped by others. His eyes were slapped. He turned his face and saw a figure walking in by two guards.
He wore a regular dress with black pattern in Shu brocade, his hair was neatly tied on his head, and he tied a scarf on his head, stepped on the wet steps, and walked up step by step, his eyes stopped on Tian Lingzi's face with a cold look, and said softly to the left and right: "Tao Shumi together."
After a hasty glance, Tian Lingzi opened his lips and found it difficult to close his eyes, "How is it possible...Impossible...Even if the yellow thief is resurrected, it is impossible to enter the palace...How did he come in...and the eunuchs...the people in the palace...'
"Geng...qing."
He thought, and the moment he pronounced this name, he thought of something, and suddenly shouted to the top: "Your Majesty, run quickly-"
Some room on the second floor.
A shrill cry came, and the curtain floating in the light was suddenly lifted open. Li Yan poked his head out with his upper body naked and looked outside. The sound just now was so familiar.
In the tent, the long white legs as white as jade stretched out and hooked the emperor's waist.
"Your Majesty...what's wrong with you?"
"That sound just now seemed to be a big companion?" Li Yan suddenly lost her mind, moved her legs away, and hurriedly got out of bed. The woman inside was also a little frightened, so she sat up, hugged the bedding, and looked out worriedly.
Then... there was a loud bang.
The door was squeezed by a huge force and opened inward. The emperor who had just put on a single dress had never suffered such a thing. He shouted at the door: "Who dares to disturb me!"
When he answered, a knife was inserted into the wooden post at the end of the bed, and the wood chips exploded. The tip of the knife was exposed from the other side and pierced the curtain. The woman on the bed was so scared that she widened her eyes and screamed.
"I recognize you, the young prison in the Yeting Palace!"
Li Yan was still shouting while carrying his clothes. Jiuyu looked at him coldly. He used to be awe of the emperor, but it was completely gone that night. In front of him was nothing but a cowardly man who dared to kill women, not even a man.
Jiuyu ignored him and came in, moved a low stool and placed it in front of the emperor, and then retreated, as if waiting for someone. Li Yan looked at his movements and subconsciously looked at the door. He saw a face appear. A person's name flashed instantly, his eyes shrank, and in the dim sight, Geng Qing, dressed in black, walked in with a smile. Without the etiquette of the past, he kicked his robe and walked in front of the emperor, and sat down.
"Your Majesty, please sit down."
"Geng Qing, what do you want to... do..." Li Yan never thought that this young man with a dark face would dare to sit down in front of him and ask him to sit together, his whole face twisted and red.
"You asked me to sit down? What do you want to do when you lead someone into me? Kingkilling?!"
"I am the king, you are a minister, you are a vain and you are a student of Yu Cong. That's how he taught you!"
Li Yan opened and closed his mouth quickly, speaking very quickly. The next moment, he slapped his face with a slap, printing five red fingerprints. When the woman screaming on the bed saw this scene, her mouth suddenly closed and even covered her mouth with her hands, looking at the other side without blinking with tears.
The emperor at the table covered his face, and the scorching pain was still coming, but it made him feel unreal, "You beat me..."
"Emperor...I never like the emperor, nor do I have any concept of a monarch and subject." Geng Qing smiled and said something half-understood, got up from the stool, rubbed the palm of the other party just now, looked at the woman on the bed, and walked slowly around the round table, not as if she was worried about the guards patrolling outside.
The voice is soft and cold.
"I... this person is a bit strange. In my eyes, the emperor is no different from ordinary people. Eat, sleep, play with women... It's not that the emperor doesn't have to shit, right?"
At the door, someone brought a wooden basin and put it at the head of the bed. Geng Qing walked over and stirred the water temperature, and came to the woman on the bed with a gentle voice.
"Chen Zhaoyuan, take a strip of silk and bubble it."
"Geng Qing!" The emperor there was inexplicable by his words and actions. Not only did he look at his concubine, but he also ordered her to do things. He was extremely frightened and hysterical.
"What the hell are you going to do?!"
"What are you doing? Your Majesty said it just now." Geng Qing stood up and patted his shoulder, pressed Li Yan back to the stool and sat down. He smiled and looked at the other person with cold eyes, and paused word by word: "Kill——Jun!"
"ah!"
Tian Lingzi was so scared that his legs became weak and his butt sat at the foot of the wall. Chen Zhaoyuan, who was holding silk in her hand, was so scared that her pretty face was pale. She squatted there in a quilt wrapped in a shiver. The scenery under her crotch was revealed, and she didn't even notice it.
"Are you afraid?"
On the other side, Geng Qing's nose was almost at the tip of his nose, grinned, then slowly retreated to the edge of the bed, reached out and pinched the silk that had been soaked in the woman's hand. In front, two guards came in and pressed Li Yan back who wanted to get up. He yelled. The majesty of the emperor who had just pretended was instantly shattered and was pressed by someone, like a dog waiting to be slaughtered, and his whole body was trembling.
"Geng Qing......you let me go..."
"I will restore the position of the official..."
"It's okay to let you have the right prime minister...I don't want to die...It's good to let me go..."
"You said, I will live my life-"
Geng Qing raised his finger and put it on his lips and snorted, "Your Majesty... You don't want to die, and my wife doesn't want to die, but if she dies, there are more women who will die. Only if you die, I, and many others can live."
The palm spread out the wet silk, and pressed it down in Li Yan's wide eyes—
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Dali Temple.
"Who are you?" The cell was opened, and the head and a group of jailmen rushed over with weapons. After a moment, something was thrown, which was the token of the Ministry of Justice.
"We will take these women away for interrogation. If we stop them, we will be executed together!"
Someone didn't believe it and wanted to stop it. A wide and thick Yanyue sword slashed down, and the body blocking the road was instantly torn in half and flew away from left to right.
To be continued...