As Chong Ximo left the Taiyuan Hospital, Chu Qiao asked the big guy to go back to the imperial dining room to wait for news, but the chef rushed him away.
The big man looked at Chu Qiao's clothes blankly. Although he felt strange, Chong Ximo stood aside coldly, so he didn't dare to ask questions, nodded and left in a hurry.
Only then did Chu Qiao follow Chong Ximo, her head hanging so low that she could only see his two heels.
Along the way, Chu Qiao lowered her head and remained silent. When she met someone who greeted Lord Chong occasionally, they all thought Chu Qiao was a eunuch in the palace, which did not arouse anyone's suspicion.
After leaving the palace, an official sedan was parked outside the door. Liu Zhang and Xu Jin were already waiting there. When they saw Chong Ximo coming out, they opened the curtain of the sedan.
"Sir." Liu Zhang was waiting for Chong Ximo to get on the sedan.
Chong Ximo looked back at Chu Qiao and whispered: "Get in the sedan."
When Liu Zhang heard Master Chong say this, he was stunned at first. Then he took a closer look at the little eunuch's face and immediately understood everything. Liu Zhang and Xu Jin had been with Chong Ximo for a long time, and they always followed his orders without asking, and it was the same this time.
, quickly looked away, as if he had not seen Chu Qiao.
Chong Ximo actually asked him to get on the sedan? It seemed unreasonable. After all, she seemed to be just a little eunuch now.
"Still stunned, don't you want to go?" Chong Ximo was unhappy and turned around to walk back. Chu Qiao quickly raised her feet, quickly boarded the sedan, and got in.
Liu Zhang then lowered the sedan curtain, Chong Ximo asked the sedan bearers to get up, and then walked together with Liu Zhang and Xu Jin.
"Sir, this..." Xu Jin looked at the sedan and approached Chong Ximo. Although he wanted to know why Li Chunxiang was asked to go to the prison of the Criminal Department, seeing Chong Ximo's serious expression, he shut his mouth and stopped asking.
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The Penal Department Prison is located in the front west. The northern half is the Penal Department and the southern half is the Dali Temple. The Penal Department courtyard faces east and west, and the southwest and northwest corners of the compound are the Penal Department Prison.
The official sedan arrived in front of the prison yard of the Criminal Department and stopped. Chu Qiao got off the sedan, still lowering her head, and followed Chong Ximo step by step.
Chong Ximo strode forward, passed the guard, and entered the prison. The prison was very noisy. Seven or eight guards gathered around, drinking and shouting. It was very lively.
"Chong, Lord Chong?"
When a jailer who was drinking saw Chong Ximo coming, he immediately put down his glass. The other jailers turned pale with fright and stood tremblingly. One of them still had a few dice in his hand. He was like that just now.
He shouted, it turned out that he was betting on the big and small, and when he saw Master Chong coming, he carefully hid his hands behind his back.
Chong Ximo was famous for his uprightness, coldness and hard words. How dare the jailers offend this important man? If the news about drinking and having fun on duty reached Dali Temple, they would definitely not have a good life.
Chu Qiao lowered her head and saw that the little jailer holding the dice was afraid. He flicked his hand and threw the dice towards the corner. He thought that this way he could not be noticed by Master Chong, but he didn't expect that the dice hit the wall.
On the way up, he bounced back and ran back, unexpectedly rolling at Chong Ximo's feet.
When several jailers saw this scene, they didn't dare to express their anger.
Chu Qiao also took a deep breath for the jailers. They were still so desperate that they actually got the dice at Chong Ximo's feet. Aren't they waiting to be reprimanded and punished?
The atmosphere was unusually awkward, but Chong Ximo didn't even look at the dice and whispered.
"The Queen Mother sent someone to see Wei Ying."
"Wei, Wei Ying, okay, okay, I'll take him there right away." A jailer wanted to run away quickly and waved to Chu Qiao, his attitude was surprisingly good.
Chu Qiao quickly took two steps forward and followed behind the jailer.
Chong Ximo was still standing there, with the dice still at his feet. Several other jailers quickly brought tea and water, tried to please him in every possible way, rubbed their shoulders and slapped their backs.
Chong Ximo turned around and sat on the chair on the side.
It is estimated that Chong Ximo has seen the dice, but he just doesn't want to pay attention to it. Bringing Chu Qiao to see Wei Ying is already against the rules. It is better to do more than to do less.
The jailer led Chu Qiao to the door of a cell, opened the cell door, and whispered.
"Father-in-law, he has a bad temper. Please stay away."
"I see."
Chu Qiao nodded and walked in carefully. The jailer locked the door again and stood not far from the cell door, waiting.
Xu Wei Ying had a special status. He had served the late emperor and won the favor of the empress dowager, so he was not locked up with other prisoners. Although the cell was not large, it was clean, with gray brick floors and a few boxes placed in the corners.
A wooden bed was made, and Wei Ying lay there with his hands and feet chained with iron chains, his hair disheveled, motionless.
"Hello, old chef?" Chu Qiao called softly.
The old chef heard Chu Qiao's voice and turned over from the bed. There were obvious bruises on his face, which were bruised and bruised. They were probably caused by the fight. When he saw Chu Qiao, he immediately stared in shock.
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"Why are you here? Get out quickly, I don't know you!" the old chef said angrily.
"I'm here to see you... don't be so excited, keep your voice down, and look at my clothes. I'm the little eunuch next to the Queen Mother. Don't cause trouble for me." Chu Qiao came closer, for fear of the people outside.
The jailer became suspicious and reminded Wei Ying in a low voice.
"You are really good at eunuch clothes." The old chef lowered his head.
"The big guy was going to see you..."
Before Chu Qiao could finish her words, the old chef stretched out his hand and said viciously: "Don't call him here. It's better for him to declare that he has severed ties with me, so as not to live a bad life."
"Since you know you are thinking about him, why do you still do this kind of thing? What are you going to steal, rags, rags, fish, vegetables, or books you don't need at all? Are you living impatiently?
Well, if it’s true, why don’t you just hit the wall and die? Why make others have a hard time?”
Chu Qiao bit her lip, feeling that although the old man was not crazy, he was almost crazy. He risked his life to do things that were obviously not good for him. If the Empress Dowager hadn't been protecting her from behind, he would have been killed by now.
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"If you make the Queen Mother angry and she doesn't care about you, what will you do then?" Chu Qiao glared at Wei Ying. She has lived so long and still can't think about it. It's really a waste of her life.
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Wei Ying panted slightly and sighed helplessly.
"You don't understand..."
"Of course I don't understand. I only know that after the big guy knew you were arrested, he went around looking for people to seek connections, but I was the only one he knew. In order to help you, he came to my place several times a night and cried.
I have snot and tears all over my face. It’s really pitiful. You are willing to treat such a filial child like this?"