Peach Blossom Dyeing Jinge

Si Yutong felt a heat on her shoulders, and her familiar voice was slightly hoarse, and it slid into her ears against her temples.

There is no distance between her and Bai Yunfeng, her chest is closely connected, she can almost feel the heartbeat of the other party, the sound is solid and rapid, as if holding a round of hot sun in her chest, continuously spewing out flames.

The flame ignited her, making her almost forget where she was, and she just wanted to close her eyes and indulge in the affectionate embrace of the person in front of her.

King Chang looked at the two of them from the side, and said indifferently: "Master Bai, reunion is certainly a joy, but we should also be careful of the wounds."

Bai Yunfeng was startled, and finally let go of the man in his arms.

Si Yutong also took half a step back and looked at him carefully.

His cheeks were still flushed, his lips opened and closed again, as if thousands of words were crowded in his throat, scrambling to come up, but none of them got out of his throat.

Perhaps because of his overly excited expression, the soles of his feet wobbled, as if he was a little unstable.When King Chang saw this, he bent down, picked up the cane from the ground, and handed it back to him.

He nodded in thanks, leaned on his cane again, finally stood firm, and turned his eyes to the person opposite again: "A Tong, I made you laugh."

He was wearing a loose robe, with a white bandage tied from his chest to his left shoulder, his cheeks were pale, and his eye sockets were an unnatural blue-black color.

If the chest is shot through by an arrow, anyone will be weak for a while, and it is already a remarkable achievement for him to stand here.

Si Yutong stared at him and asked, "How did you escape that disaster...?"

Bai Yunfeng said: "Thanks to mother."

"aunt?"

"At that time, I was about to fall off the cliff, but a cavalryman in Yuchang's army threw me a hook rope, so that I was hanging on the side of the cliff, so that I would not fall into the river. Later, he turned back after the pursuers left. , sneaked down the cliff and saved my life, he said that he was a friend of my father in the ruling and opposition parties, and was entrusted by my mother to secretly protect Xiuchuan and me."

"It's actually like this..." Si Yutong couldn't hide her surprise.

Bai Yunfeng nodded and said: "I left the team with him, rushed back to Anyi first, and reported the battle to His Majesty and His Highness Prince Chang."

King Yuchang on the side took his words and said: "Thanks to Yunfeng's testimony, I know that Xia Qiyuan joined forces with the Demon Cult to stir up the situation in secret, intimidating Mrs. Bai, blackmailing the retainers of the Bai Mansion, and framing Di Dongqing's master and apprentice... …I finally became aware of what he did.”

Si Yutong's gaze turned to his uncle, with suspicion still on his face.

King Chang once again bent down, bowed deeply, and said: "Because of my negligence, I allowed my retainers to behave mischievously, killing innocent people, and even endangering the country. Then he said, "I have written all the facts and truth in the memorial to the royal father, does the princess want to read it?"

Si Yutong was silent for a long time, then shook her head and said, "No need, I already understand what uncle means."

King Chang breathed a sigh of relief, stood up from a deep bow, but still lowered his head,

Bai Yunfeng took a step forward, took her hand in his arms, and said urgently: "A Tong, I was too stupid to recognize you, which caused you to suffer so much for nothing. I will protect you from now on. , you don’t have to worry about it anymore.”

later……

Looking at Bai Yunfeng's tear-filled face, Si Yutong felt a little bewildered.

Has the bitter journey she has worked so hard for and ended up scarred and scarred, really come to an end?

Has the blood she spilled, the flesh and blood she gave up, and the tears she swallowed really been used up?

What seemed like a weighty burden suddenly turned into a piece of light paper, making her at a loss as to what to do.Looking at all the familiar things around her, she felt a little dizzy.

She heard King Chang's concerned voice: "If you are tired, go to rest early, this is your residence, let's avoid it first."

"Wait a minute," the last string in her heart was still tense, urging her to straighten her shoulders, and said, "Uncle, I want to go and see Xia Qiyuan's body."

King Chang was slightly taken aback, then quickly nodded and said, "No problem, come with me."

Bai Yunfeng immediately said: "I will go with you too."

The three of them left the East Palace and headed towards Prince Chang's Mansion.

Prince Chang's Mansion is located in the southwest of the main hall, much smaller than the East Palace, but much more noisy.There were people coming and going in front of the hall, the Ministry of Rituals had just received and withdrawn the sacrificial utensils for the grand sacrifice, and the Ministry of War came to ask for the roster of newly promoted generals.During these years, Emperor Jian was in poor health and stayed in bed for a long time, ignoring the government affairs. All political affairs were handled by King Chang, and this place became the most frequent place for officials in the court.

King Chang summoned a clerk, briefly explained the important matters, then returned to the two guests, bowed and pointed, and said: "The grand master's residence is in the side courtyard, you two come with me."

The green bamboos are deep and secluded, and in early spring, they are green and yellow, and a little decayed.Even so, the noise was still separated by the bamboo forest. Walking along the path to the depths, the ears gradually became quieter.When I got to the door, I could only hear my own footsteps.

King Chang stopped first, and said: "The corpse is parked in this room, under the care of the imperial physician surnamed Yu, if the princess has any questions, just ask him."

Si Yutong didn't know why the corpse needed to be looked after, so she could only step through the door.

As soon as she stepped into the house, she understood why.

The dead Xia Qiyuan was lying on the bed directly opposite, and all the curtains around the bed had been torn off, leaving only the bare bed board.The body lying on it was as stiff as a stone statue, with pale and thinning hair, bluish complexion, purple lips, and a pair of eyes protruding like goldfish, staring straight at the ceiling.

This person didn't seem to have died of illness, but rather he had been poisoned by surly poison. The most strange thing was that the temperature in the room was quite high, and the body showed no signs of decay.

Sitting next to the bed was Imperial Physician Yu. He was not young, his back was a little hunched, his head was buried in the scroll, and he sighed repeatedly. When he noticed the visitor behind him, he shuddered first, and then hurriedly knelt down: " Congratulations to the princess, you really don't have to come to this kind of place in person..."

"The imperial doctor doesn't need to be too polite." Si Yutong waved at him, and in a blink of an eye, she walked to the bedside and carefully looked at Xia Qiyuan's body. "May I ask what's going on? If he died of illness, why did he appear in such a dead state?"

Imperial Physician Yu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this is the result of the elixir he took during his lifetime."

"Take pills?"

"The princess doesn't know that although this Xia Qiyuan is a grand teacher, he was a doctor. However, he is different from us doctors who were born in Shennong. His alchemy room is at the back, if the princess doesn't mind..."

Before the words finished, Si Yutong had already walked over.

The small door behind the screen leads to another inner room, which is much narrower than the outer room, with a high skylight, the furnishings in the room are scattered, and the cabinets by the wall are full of medical books.There is a medicine stove in the center, thick soot has accumulated on the bottom of the stove, and there is a pungent burnt smell.

Si Yutong went back to the outer room and heard Imperial Physician Yu continue to say: "The composition of the elixir he made is unknown, so he couldn't just swallow it casually. Now that he suddenly has a strange disease and died without rot, there is really nothing we can do... ..."

"Why not bury it?"

"The capital is an important place, if it is buried and the poison spreads, pollutes the water source in the ditches, and affects the people in the city, it will be bad."

Si Yutong was taken aback, then asked again: "Then how do you plan to deal with him?"

The imperial doctor Yu was full of sadness and couldn't help sighing: "Oh, I can only put it aside temporarily. After the ceremony, I will be escorted to the outer suburbs, find a deep mountain, burn it first, and then bury it. We have already entered the admonishment, and hope to advance the ceremony a few days , hold it as soon as possible, preferably tomorrow...to avoid long nights and dreams."

Si Yutong secretly thought that the method proposed by the imperial physician was indeed the safest.

She glanced at the corpse in the bed again, and couldn't help frowning. Its appearance was too paradoxical and unsightly.

Imperial Physician Yu knelt down again: "It's our incompetence that surprised the Princess. You...you better stop looking, don't dirty your eyes..."

Si Yutong sighed, she didn't want to be regarded as a weak and incompetent person, but since her identity had been exposed, she really had no other choice.In this imperial palace, women are inherently inferior, how can she criticize a kind imperial physician.

The feeling of dizziness seemed to be getting worse, and the stuffy air in the room was stuffed in her chest, making her throat feel like it was on fire.She kept as calm as possible, nodded to the imperial physician, said goodbye briefly, then turned and left the room quickly.