many worries
Chapter 24
The weather was fine when I got up in the morning, but at noon, there was a sudden wind, and the fallen leaves were circling on the road. Qiao Yu weighed her little arms and legs, worried that they would be blown away on the way back later.
There is no one around to help, and she is counting the snack boxes. He heard the words: "Liuyu said that he is not feeling well today. He seems to be sick, so he came to ask me for leave. I will let him rest in the room and go to see him in the evening." If he is still not well, please invite a medical lady to come over and have a look, you can't just let him be so sick."
He is not strict in charge, it was the same in the Defei Palace in the past, he was always tolerant and fair to the little eunuchs under him.Now in the imperial dining room, there is only such a little eunuch in total, and the convective fish is even better.
Seeing that Xin Xin was so busy, Qiao Yu wanted to come over to help.It's a pity that he doesn't have any skills, and he doesn't know the rules of the palaces and the favorites of the masters. The cleaning up is a mess, and the more he helps, the more he helps, Ming Xin sighs, hurriedly pushes him aside, and throws a plate of plum sugar yam cake to Qiao Yu Kill time,
He ate the yam cake with plum sugar and yam. Seeing that Xinxin was busy, but his movements were just as good. It was rare for him to feel a little ashamed of the fact that he always mixed up eating and drinking but was useless, and said: "If Liuyu is here, I will Well, he remembers it clearly, so you don't have to be so busy."
Satisfyingly replied: "He is very good at doing things, remembers things quickly, and is agile..."
Speaking of this, Yixin suddenly realized something was wrong, he frowned, and recalled Liuyu's daily behavior bit by bit. He was just chatting casually with Qiao Yu, but suddenly he became a little more serious, "Liuyu, he, He is so good at doing things, one person can take on two. With his ability, before I came, it would not be difficult for him to be in charge of anything."
No matter where they are, eunuchs who can do things without offending others will come forward.
Xin Xin's heart trembled suddenly.
Unless, Liu Yu doesn't want to follow any of the managers at all, he doesn't want to stop and take root in the imperial dining room, but waits for the opportunity to jump out of here.
Then why did he suddenly stick to himself?
The movements of Xin Xin's hands slowed down, and she glanced at Qiao Yu beside her who was innocent and confused about the world, and her heart slowly settled down again.There is nothing around him, if Liu Yu really has a different intention, he will pay more attention from today, and he will always be able to catch his feet.
After eating the plate of snacks, there were more and more dark clouds in the sky, Yi Xin took a look at the sky, and told Qiao Yu not to be playful on the road, and to go back earlier, it was a sign of rain.
Qiao Yu obediently agreed, and after bidding farewell to Changle Anping, she took the food box and went back along the path where she rarely met people.It was already the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, and the exposed hands were so cold that the bones ached, and he just wanted to go back to the Taiqing Palace to let the prince warm himself.Qiao Yu shrank his head and wanted to go back as soon as possible, but he heard someone calling his name on a side road. He raised his head and saw a person standing not far away.
Liu Yu was wearing a royal blue robe that she had never seen before. She was very bright and beckoned to this side, calling Qiao Yu's name.
Qiao Yu pursed her lips, feeling a little puzzled, but she wasn't very vigilant, after all, she was used to being there. She took a look at the sky, and walked over without much thought.
The corners of Liu Yu's lips curled up, revealing a treacherous and smug smile, but his face was still as kind as usual, and he tricked Qiao Yu into walking towards the other side from the fork.The path was long and deep, surrounded by evergreen shrubs with dense foliage.Qiao Yu looked a little gloomy and felt uneasy. He was about to ask Liu Yu where he was going to stay, but finally found a flat place. A row of crows stood high on the branches, screaming in frustration.
The sky was getting darker and darker, as if everything was covered with a layer of black mist.From a distance, Qiao Yu saw two strangers whose faces were unclear standing beside a dry well, their eyes were curious, but also mixed with a hint of malice that could not be ignored.He was terrified, felt the danger instinctively, turned around and wanted to run back, but the bluestone slab he stepped on had already broken and cracked, making a "creak" sound.
Qiao Yu didn't have time to look at the road, and stepped on a small protruding stone. He fell to the ground, and the food box rolled into the bushes. When he was about to get up, he heard a high-pitched and thin voice. Come here, "Liuyu, bring him up."
Liu Yu was a year or two older than Qiao Yu, and his stature was not too high, but after staying in the imperial dining room for so long, he had great strength in chopping wood and lighting the fire.He walked up behind Qiao Yu in two or three steps, no longer greeted him with a smile as usual, and grabbed Qiao Yu's arms fiercely, not sympathizing with Qiao Yu's small body at all, and walked directly along the bluestone slab. Li drag.
Qiao Yu could only feel his body slipping over countless fine stones and branches, causing pain all over his body. He tried hard to break free from Liu Yu's grasp, but he couldn't do anything, so he let go of his voice and shouted. Shouting, but it was a pity that Defu who came over immediately blocked him with a cloth ball.
Defu smiled kindly, and said to Qiao Yu: "Your name is Liangyu, right? You are still a child, so cherish your voice, and be careful that you will not be able to speak when you grow up. You don't understand yourself. Elder, just help you."
He paused, but his tone was still kind, "Stupid thing, you don't do things carefully, and you want me to clean up the mess for you?"
Although Qiao Yu had met Defu Dequan before, it was too long ago, and now she doesn't remember the two of them at all.He was just afraid, feeling that the person in front of him had malicious intentions, but he didn't understand anything, and he didn't know what would happen next.
Liuyu learned his lesson, and hit Qiao Yu even harder. He took out two sticks from his chest, tied Qiao Yu's hands and feet through his clothes, and circled around the dry well again. No matter how he struggled, it was impossible to escape.
Qiao Yu bit the soft flesh in his mouth so he didn't cry. He was spoiled and grew up. On weekdays, his classmate Jing Yan cried and acted like a baby, but that was only to Jing Yan, not others. With tears, pretending to be strong.
Liu Yu hated him so much, secretly pinched the soft flesh on Qiao Yu's waist, pressed him down, his eyes were tearing apart, his expression was horrific, and his voice was extremely low, "Who are you pretending to be pitiful for? And wishing to pretend to be pitiful, it's really pitiful now, but who will pet you and coax you."
He is a person with high self-esteem. From being bought by his family to purify himself in the palace, he learned the rules and behaved in the eunuchs. He was always first-class. On the contrary, he offended the person in charge, and was finally assigned to the imperial dining room, a boundary that was basically impossible to get out of.Liu Yu didn't want to join other leaders, because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get away in the future, and he wouldn't be able to leave if he had the chance.Later, when Xin Xin came, he inquired carefully about the origin of Xin Xin, worked in the Imperial Concubine's Palace, and it was an excellent opportunity to make friends with a great eunuch like Liang Changxi, who had a hand and eye.Unexpectedly, after being entangled for a few days, she found that she didn't have the slightest ambition to climb up, and planned to die of old age in the imperial dining room.
But Liuyu didn't want to, that's fine, what he couldn't get used to the most was that she liked Liangyu, a trash.
What kind of thing is Liangyu, who can be more likable than himself, and make himself humble?
Defu just smiled, looked at Qiao Yu's appearance carefully, slowly lowered his face, and got closer to Qiao Yu little by little, with his long nails touching Qiao Yu's soft chin, "You are such a beautiful child, no wonder you are satisfied Like you that way."
Dequan looked at Defu impatiently, and couldn't get angry with him, so he kicked Qiao Yu's knee and said viciously: "What brother said is true. What is the relationship between you and Xinxin. Huh? He protects you so tightly, it looks like he doesn't even know who our family is, so he is reluctant to tell you?"
Qiao Yu's heart was beating fast, and he wanted to escape, but his hands, feet, and even his whole body were tied to the mouth of the well, unable to move, and he could only let Defu move.
But he stopped quickly, looked at him with cold eyes, and suddenly smiled kindly, "It doesn't matter if you don't know, our family can tell you. We are the personal attendants of Concubine Feng Gui of Shenyun Palace, Our empress is generous and kind. Knowing the current situation of the abolished prince, she was very worried, and suffering from His Majesty, she dared not appeal to her. She wept every day. Liangyu, you are the eunuch of the Taiqing Palace. Why don't you tell the situation of the abolished prince? Let's sue the empress again, it can be regarded as doing the hard work of a dog and a horse, a meritorious deed, and we will be rewarded for our merits in the future, so we won't have to suffer in the Taiqing Palace for a lifetime."
After Defu finished his long speech, he took off the cloth ball from Qiao Yu's mouth, and everyone around fell silent, no one dared to answer any more, they were all waiting for Qiao Yu's answer.
Qiao Yu was taken aback.Although he is naive, he is not so ignorant of the world.His aunt had been feuding with Empress Chen for a long time, and everyone in the palace knew that no matter how stupid he was, he knew that Concubine Feng Gui would be detrimental to the prince, and even wanted the prince's life.He is a very simple child with a temperament, he treats whoever is nice to him, and Concubine Feng doesn't like him, and he doesn't like Concubine Feng either.He doesn't think that blood relationship is a very important bond, because he is a child of his parents, but since he was a child, his father didn't love his mother or his mother, and no one cared about him. It's not as good as the kind-looking maid in his grandmother's room who loves to love him.
And his prince is so good, Qiao Yu thought, he wants to protect the prince and his Aci, this is the promise he made with himself.
It was an unbearable silence. Qiao Yu didn't ask for help. This is the most remote place in the palace, and people may not come here once in a few months. It can only be a useless effort.Although tied up like this, Qiao Yu still imitated Jing Yan's previous posture in his memory, with his back straight, looking straight into Defu's cloudy eyes.
Finally, he shook his head, half closed his eyes, his eyelashes fluttered slightly, hiding timidity and fear, "I don't know anything."
The battle in the palace was complicated, Qiao Yu knew that he was not smart, he dared not say anything related to Jing Yan, no matter it was true or false, he was afraid of being heard in his heart, turning black and white and causing an uproar.
Defu wasn't angry, but had a weird smile, making his face even sharper, and asked again, "Liangyu, good boy, what do you know?"
Qiao Yu knew the truth of saying too much and making mistakes, so she simply shut her mouth tightly and stopped talking.
Dequan had a bad temper and wanted to ask again, but was stopped by Defu.He looked at Qiao Yu, his gaze was not like looking at a real person, but like looking at a disobedient puppy, or a useless object that needs to be taught or repaired before it can be used again.
Defu slapped Dequan's head hard, and cursed: "You don't live up to your expectations, take your hands away. You can't really do anything to him now. If there are marks on his body, if there is a horse's foot, this child will be killed again." If you don't know a person, it will be difficult to explain if you really die at that time. The days to come will be long, what are you rushing to do now?"
He hadn't planned to ask the real question all at once. Even if Liangyu was really disheartened, soft-boned, prying open his mouth, he wouldn't believe what he spit out. Teach Liangyu a lesson, let the little eunuch know what suffering and fear are, so that he can hold it more firmly in his hands in the future.
There are so many insidious punishments in the palace, without leaving traces on the body, it can make people feel chilling, and it is not impossible to have a nightmare for a lifetime.
Defu was very clear, he pinched Qiao Yu's chin, and said lovingly: "Liangyu, you are so disobedient, you should suffer a lot to learn what a lesson is."
Qiao Yu turned a deaf ear to it. He tried his best not to shed tears in front of these three people. He raised his head desperately, and saw that the sky was dark and cloudy, and the winter rain was coming.
Defu took out a few rolled mulberry papers from his cuffs, let Liuyu unfold them, lifted one up, and covered Qiao Yu's face. After adjusting it left and right for a while, he was satisfied, and said with a smile: " Our family will let you see today that this murder can not only see no blood, but even leave no marks."
Qiao Yu couldn't help trembling when he heard his words.He is afraid, he is afraid of pain, pain, hardship, but this fear is not enough to overcome his protective heart for Jing Yan.
That was more important than himself, and weighed heavily in his heart.
Dequan handed out the jug that he had prepared a long time ago, took a mouthful of Defu, bent down, and sprayed vigorously at the mulberry paper covering Qiao Yu's face.The wine was sprayed into a fine mist, which evenly covered the mulberry paper, and stuck tightly to Qiao Yu's face, leaving almost no gaps, even the wind could not blow in.
This is a punishment called posting an official.Because mulberry paper is different from ordinary paper, it is water-absorbent and moisture-proof. After being damp, it is soft and docile. A little dead, but there is no way.
When it was just covered with mulberry paper, Qiao Yu didn't know how bad it was. It wasn't until the disgusting smell of alcohol spread that he couldn't breathe. His fingers suddenly spread, and he couldn't help but struggle to grab something. , but can only breathe a small amount of air.
Defu and Dequan Liuyu watched Qiao Yu's expression happily while struggling, and after a while, they uncovered a piece of mulberry paper to cover it, and took another sip of wine.
The more mulberry paper, the heavier the oppression. By the time the third layer was covered, Qiao Yu had almost lost consciousness. He couldn't see the glimmer of the sky, couldn't hear the voices in his ears, and even the pungent low-quality wine The air seemed to be gone.
The only thing left is pain.
He seemed to have fallen into a big dark hole, and he had no strength in his whole body. His heart and lungs were desperately trying to revive his body, but it became more and more difficult to breathe through his mouth and nose.What covered his face were only a few thin layers of mulberry paper, but at this moment it seemed like the coffin boards were about to be closed, trying to lock him in the mud forever.
Qiao Yu really wanted to live, he struggled hard, and silently recited Jing Yan's name in his heart, his ten fingers were convulsed and twitched due to excessive force, his veins were bulging, his chest heaved violently, he was about to die.
He thought: "Ah Ci, help me, I feel bad."
Defu looked at his appearance, pointed to his younger brother and godson, and said with a lot of experience: "Look, if you still have the strength to struggle, you won't die for a while. But this is only the third floor. If you stick to the fifth floor Even Immortal Da Luo cannot be rescued."
He wanted to show off himself, and wanted to teach him something to be his son, so he whispered in Liuyu's ear: "Look at him carefully, and when he stops struggling, you will almost take off the mulberry paper and save his life. "
This time seems very short to outsiders, but to Qiao Yu, it is extremely long, as if it has reached the end of time and touched the end of life.In the end, he couldn't even feel the pain, as if his whole body fell into the water, the water gently caressed his body, the surrounding was dark, and there was only a slight light when he looked up, making Ren yearn for it.
Qiao Yu was young, and his life was short, and he didn't meet many people, but he was lucky, he treated him much better and less badly.But no matter the good or the bad, the only things that are really in my heart and still appear in front of my eyes are the dead grandmother and Jing Yan who is still alive.
Thinking of this, he became a little happier again, no matter whether he died or survived, he could be with his favorite person, no matter what, it didn't matter anymore.
Slowly, he stopped thinking about anything, his whole body relaxed and lost his strength.
Perhaps because of the struggle just now, Qiao Yu's clothes were no longer neat and tidy, and his wrists and neck were exposed. His skin was as shiny as jade, delicate and white, completely different from the eunuchs who were used to rough work, as if he had been robbed Others have loved her since childhood.
Liu Yu sneered, and his dislike for Qiao Yu increased a bit. He quietly watched Qiao Yu's fingers lose strength, but he had no intention of peeling off the mulberry paper.
A circle of crows swarmed around them. They were mourning birds. They seemed to be able to sense the breath of people dying. They flapped their wings and circled in mid-air. Occasionally, a few boldly landed on the dry well, pecking at Qiao Yu's exposed skin. With thin white skin, Qiao Yu's reaction was negligible.
He was dying.
Although Defu let Liuyu watch, he still stared secretly, walked over quickly, lifted the mulberry paper, and fell on Liuyu's face with a smile, "Unexpectedly, you are not old enough to understand Little, the heart is cruel enough, this person is about to die, why not pity him? Or do you want to taste the taste of being an official?"
Liuyu replied with a low eyebrow, "My son is not sensible, and he can't judge the time. Because he is a disobedient and ignorant slave, I always want him to suffer more, so that he can remember it next time."
"Ah."
Defu smiled and saw Qiao Yu jumping up from the mouth of the well suddenly, startled a crowd of crows, seemed to be ignorant of everything around him, bent over and retched and breathed by instinct, and saved his life.
He walked over and whispered in Qiao Yu's ear: "For the sake of your young age, I will spare you this time. I only used three pieces of paper. Next time I will use four. If you are not obedient, There will be no next time.”
Seeing Fu Dequan and the two of them leaving, Liu Yu said one last sentence before leaving, "Aren't you very satisfied? But just now, or in the future, no one can save you."
Qiao Yu actually couldn't hear what they said clearly, only the vague voice echoed in his ears.He had been close to suffocation for too long, his body was weak, and he hadn't tasted the joy of being alive again. His body softened, he fell down at the mouth of the well, and fell into a coma.
The crow seemed to sense that he was alive again, lost interest in an instant, fluttered its wings, flew back to the branch, and formed a row again.
When Qiao Yu woke up, the sky was getting darker, but it still didn't rain.He was stunned for a while, because of the excessive pain and suffocation, he almost forgot what happened just now, until he smelled the alcohol all over his body, he realized what happened just now, and couldn't help shivering.
It was the most terrible and painful thing he had ever experienced in his life.
Qiao Yu didn't seem to be recovering yet, his face was ashen as a dead man, his lips didn't have a trace of blood, and his whole body was cold, with no warmth at all.He buried his face in his knees and tried to curl up into a small ball. Because of excessive tension, fear, and even experiencing life and death, tears fell belatedly.
The tears seemed to be still warm in the sockets of the eyes, and as soon as they flowed down the cheeks, it seemed that they had frozen into ice, which was bitingly cold, but Qiao Yu couldn't feel it, probably because such a little pain was not worth mentioning compared to just now, it was not enough Let him recover.
He was terribly afraid, holding tightly with one hand the jade pendant that his grandmother begged to protect him in the temple, and silently recited the prince's name in his heart.He has never suffered in the palace, no matter what he wants or what he wants to do, as long as the prince knows, he can get it.
The prince is Qiao Yu's protector.
Qiao Yu cried and thought, but he can't protect himself now.Then there is no way, it's time for him to protect the other party.
He tried hard to be strong and brave, but in the end he was only such an older child, fear and terror almost overwhelmed him, Qiao Yu cried until he convulsed, couldn't stop trembling, couldn't use his fingers, and couldn't hold the jade pendant.
Qiao Yu cried for a long time, couldn't stop hiccupping, her clothes were soaked in tears, she let the pain flow out of her body through tears for a short time, and finally she was able to relax and think about what happened today.
You can't tell Jing Yan about this matter, at least you can't tell Jing Yan before you figure it out.He knows very well
The prince is under house arrest in the Taiqing Palace, and there cannot be any changes, otherwise the emperor will not let him go.
Perhaps after making this most important decision, Qiao Yu calmed down instead. He stood up with the help of Jingkou, tidied up the hemp rope, and limped to the bushes to find the lost food box. The face, covered in tears and dirt, was a mess.
This doesn't work, if you go back and tell lies, you will be found out.
Qiao Yu thought about it for a while, picked up the food box, stood on tiptoe, looked around through the overlapping bushes, and found a small lake not far away, so she ran over and squatted by the lake. down.He wiped his face with water, looked at the lake water, and tried to force himself to laugh, but he couldn't do anything, and finally got really annoyed, and the child disturbed the lake with branches in a temper.
He was still sad, sad as hell.
Qiao Yu returned to the Taiqing Palace very late today. Even Lu Zhao noticed that he was different from usual. His back and knees were covered with mud. After practicing all the way, Qiao Yu was able to pretend to laugh. It's okay to fall down."
Lu Zhao didn't quite believe it.
Qiao Yu didn't bother to talk to him anymore, he was kicked on the right knee, and now he could only limped open the small door and went in directly.
Jing Yan did not sit in the stone pavilion and wait, but leaned against a tall tree not far from the door. He lowered his head, lowered his brows, and his face was slightly gloomy. Qiao Yu had just cried a lot, and everything he saw was blurry. Yes, I can't see Jing Yan's expression clearly.After walking a little further, Jing Yan got up and asked him, "What's the matter? You came back so late, and you're as dirty as a little cat when you come back."
Qiao Yu lowered his head and was kicking the pebbles in front of him, holding back his tears. He wanted to tell Jing Yan how bad those people were. They tricked him to a remote place, forced him to ask about the prince's movements, and covered himself with mulberry paper The face, even the crow is bad, pecking at his body.
He almost died.
Can't say these things, he said these things about being bullied, there is no other way but to make Jing Yan sad.But Qiao Yu was so sad that she couldn't hold back her tears in front of Jing Yan, so she rubbed against him aggrievedly, and showed him her dirty clothes, her voice was already full of tears, "Your Highness, today, there is A wine delivery man, a little eunuch delivering wine, so he accidentally bumped into me. He knocked me down, it hurt so bad, so sad, and the food box rolled out. When I got up by myself, he didn't apologize to me. , and scolded me, I went to find the food box, then wiped my face in the lake water, and came back."
His tears had already wetted a small area in front of his eyes, and he talked upside down, seemingly irrational, and raised his sleeves to show the prince, "My little flower, the little flower is all dirty."
The most painful place can only be hidden by himself, and cannot be known by the prince. Qiao Yu strictly guards his mouth and prevents him from saying things that cannot be said.
But with just a few words, Jing Yan already heard that Qiao Yu was not right as usual, Qiao Yu came back too late today, he planned to let Xiao Shishi look for someone in another quarter of an hour,
His eyes were deeper and darker, but his movements were still very gentle. He pulled Qiao Yu over and hugged him in his arms. He could smell the alcohol on Qiao Yu who had obviously been wronged, and whispered seductively. The next thing, "Don't be sad, Xiaoyu, why did that little eunuch hit you?"
Qiao Yu was originally young, nervous and afraid, full of sadness and grievances, and couldn't even make up a lie, sobbing and hiccupping, he hesitated and said: "No, I don't know... I, I don't know, they don't know Who, anyway, is bad, scoundrel..."
Not "he", but "they".
Qiao Yu relied on Jing Yan very much, as if she couldn't stop crying outside just now, and only by facing Jing Yan can she truly cry out her grievances.His chin rested on Jing Yan's shoulder, and he hugged Jing Yan's neck tightly, trembling all over his body. He didn't cry very loudly, but there were many tears, which soaked Jing Yan's not thin layers of clothes. It's like his grievance.
Jing Yan has been with Qiao Yu for three years, and he has never seen him cry like this. Qiao Yu's unseen face became darker, but he still patted Qiao Yu's back carefully to prevent him from crying too much. , and asked: "They, who are they?"
He saw some yellow stains on the side of Qiao Yu's neck, and he brushed it off casually to look at it. His face changed, but he endured it, and finally didn't ask.
Dark clouds filled the sky, and finally, a light rain drifted down.
Qiao Yu didn't notice anything, he just kept crying, but he also knew that Jing Yan's question couldn't be answered, so he burrowed into Jing Yan's arms, trying to cover up what he said wrong just now.
Jing Yan patted him comfortingly from the back of his neck all the way down.Qiao Yu is an innocent and cute child who has no resistance in front of him, as long as he wants, he can ask anything.
But Qiao Yu was so sad that Jing Yan couldn't bear to ask.
Jing Yan looked at the sky, supported Qiao Yu's head with his right hand, picked up the food box by the way, straightened up, and walked into the house.He no longer asked about what happened on the road, but echoed Qiao Yu's words, his usual calm and introverted tone was a little more emotional, and he seemed to be filled with righteous indignation, "He bumped into you, but he didn't apologize, what a fool." Badass. Don't feel bad, my Jade."
His Xiaoyu, the prince's Xiaoyu, Qiao Yu's heart trembled, as if he was being held in the palm of his hand,
The unbearable pain seemed to have an outlet, slowly flowing out of his heart.
She is the prince's Xiaoyu, and the prince is also her own Aci.
Qiao Yu wiped his tears while thinking in his heart, but unfortunately he couldn't say it, he was still not brave enough, only in some afternoons, when Jing Yan was taking a nap on the rocking chair, he would lie beside the prince and secretly call out Twice that unknown name.
Probably because it is too precious, so I can't say it easily.
Jing Yan's physical strength is very good, and he easily carried Qiao Yu to his bed, stroked his hair, saw his snow-white face covered with tears, sighed involuntarily, turned around and was about to go out.
Qiao Yu was still obediently leaning against the head of the bed, but when she saw Jing Yan turn around, she immediately jumped up, anxiously tugging at the corner of Jing Yan's clothes, because she moved too much, she almost fell down again, and was caught by Jing Yan.
Jing Yan smiled lightly and rubbed Qiao Yu's head, and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll just go out for a while, take a hot towel to wipe the little cat's face, and I'll be right back."
Qiao Yu was very reluctant to part with him, but she had no choice but to slowly let go of the corner of the clothes in her hands, hiccupping, and said softly, "Then you, you have to come back quickly, I, I will wait for you. "
He was like a noisy and mischievous kitten who was suddenly frightened and huddled up in fear, only showing his little tail in front of Jing Yan. He was extremely dependent and even more reluctant.
Jing Yan flattened the pillow, told him to lie down, and closed his eyes, because he cried too much today and was afraid of hurting his eyes, so he had to rest for a while, and said softly: "If you are really anxious, just wait Count a number, and when I come back, I will carve as many trinkets for you as you count, okay?"
Qiao Yu's eyes widened. He didn't dare to close his eyes now. He was so afraid that the mulberry paper covered his face and he couldn't see anything clearly. He was sobbing, not forgetting his childish nature, and greedily said: " Isn't it, I can say as many as I want? One hundred, one hundred is fine?"
Jing Yan was a little funny, obviously still sad and wronged, and still so funny that Qiao Yu was probably the only one in the whole world, he coaxed Qiao Yu and said: "One hundred is fine, two hundred is fine, I will let you If you want to carve something for fun, just don't think about breaking your head."
Qiao Yu silently said "Oh", her face flushed with joy, and she probably already thought about what to carve.
He was born in Qiao's family in Longnan, where the bells and whistles are famous, and he has seen all kinds of new gadgets since he was a child, but the happiness they brought was far less than what Jing Yan gave him casually.Just like now, he has experienced pain and grievances that he thought he could not bear in this life. It seems that seeing Jing Yan, crying for a while, and letting him coax him, is nothing.
The expression on Jing Yan's face was still gentle, but everything changed as soon as he stepped out of Qiao Yu's room. He boiled a pot of water on the stove, then went to his own room, and took a cup from a secret corner behind the wooden frame. He took out a small bottle, hid it in his sleeve, and knocked on the secret door again. The mechanism at that place can lead to a fixed place. Only the secret guards left by Queen Chen understood this code word.
Xiao Shishi will rush over immediately after seeing it.
After a while, when half of the pot of water was already boiling, Jing Yan poured down half of it, mixed some cold water, put the towel in, and was about to wring it out when he suddenly noticed a figure behind the door, and he put down his hand work, walked towards the bedroom.
This is the first time that Jing Yan has something to look for Xiao Shishi during the day.
Xiao Shishi didn't know what happened, so he knelt on the ground anxiously. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jing Yan standing beside the desk. His figure looked thin, with an opened Buddhist scripture and half a glass of cold water beside him. , It was obviously a very peaceful scene, but he couldn't help but tremble a little.
Jing Yan turned around and brushed his wide sleeves across the table. The white porcelain cup accidentally fell off the table, and the pieces of porcelain shattered to the ground. He half-closed his eyes, as if restraining his emotions, and said coldly: "Go and check, Go and find out who used the stickers to add officials to Xiaoyu."
He saw some unwashed yellow paper on the side of Qiao Yu's neck, picked it up and looked at it for a while, and then recognized that it was mulberry paper, and Qiao Yu smelled of alcohol.
Still can't figure out what it is?
Xiao Shishi dared not speak. The prince was restrained since he was a child, and he was used to forbearance. He didn't feel happy when he won or sad when he lost, and he was in control of everything.This was the first time in his life that he saw the prince really angry.
There is no one around to help, and she is counting the snack boxes. He heard the words: "Liuyu said that he is not feeling well today. He seems to be sick, so he came to ask me for leave. I will let him rest in the room and go to see him in the evening." If he is still not well, please invite a medical lady to come over and have a look, you can't just let him be so sick."
He is not strict in charge, it was the same in the Defei Palace in the past, he was always tolerant and fair to the little eunuchs under him.Now in the imperial dining room, there is only such a little eunuch in total, and the convective fish is even better.
Seeing that Xin Xin was so busy, Qiao Yu wanted to come over to help.It's a pity that he doesn't have any skills, and he doesn't know the rules of the palaces and the favorites of the masters. The cleaning up is a mess, and the more he helps, the more he helps, Ming Xin sighs, hurriedly pushes him aside, and throws a plate of plum sugar yam cake to Qiao Yu Kill time,
He ate the yam cake with plum sugar and yam. Seeing that Xinxin was busy, but his movements were just as good. It was rare for him to feel a little ashamed of the fact that he always mixed up eating and drinking but was useless, and said: "If Liuyu is here, I will Well, he remembers it clearly, so you don't have to be so busy."
Satisfyingly replied: "He is very good at doing things, remembers things quickly, and is agile..."
Speaking of this, Yixin suddenly realized something was wrong, he frowned, and recalled Liuyu's daily behavior bit by bit. He was just chatting casually with Qiao Yu, but suddenly he became a little more serious, "Liuyu, he, He is so good at doing things, one person can take on two. With his ability, before I came, it would not be difficult for him to be in charge of anything."
No matter where they are, eunuchs who can do things without offending others will come forward.
Xin Xin's heart trembled suddenly.
Unless, Liu Yu doesn't want to follow any of the managers at all, he doesn't want to stop and take root in the imperial dining room, but waits for the opportunity to jump out of here.
Then why did he suddenly stick to himself?
The movements of Xin Xin's hands slowed down, and she glanced at Qiao Yu beside her who was innocent and confused about the world, and her heart slowly settled down again.There is nothing around him, if Liu Yu really has a different intention, he will pay more attention from today, and he will always be able to catch his feet.
After eating the plate of snacks, there were more and more dark clouds in the sky, Yi Xin took a look at the sky, and told Qiao Yu not to be playful on the road, and to go back earlier, it was a sign of rain.
Qiao Yu obediently agreed, and after bidding farewell to Changle Anping, she took the food box and went back along the path where she rarely met people.It was already the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, and the exposed hands were so cold that the bones ached, and he just wanted to go back to the Taiqing Palace to let the prince warm himself.Qiao Yu shrank his head and wanted to go back as soon as possible, but he heard someone calling his name on a side road. He raised his head and saw a person standing not far away.
Liu Yu was wearing a royal blue robe that she had never seen before. She was very bright and beckoned to this side, calling Qiao Yu's name.
Qiao Yu pursed her lips, feeling a little puzzled, but she wasn't very vigilant, after all, she was used to being there. She took a look at the sky, and walked over without much thought.
The corners of Liu Yu's lips curled up, revealing a treacherous and smug smile, but his face was still as kind as usual, and he tricked Qiao Yu into walking towards the other side from the fork.The path was long and deep, surrounded by evergreen shrubs with dense foliage.Qiao Yu looked a little gloomy and felt uneasy. He was about to ask Liu Yu where he was going to stay, but finally found a flat place. A row of crows stood high on the branches, screaming in frustration.
The sky was getting darker and darker, as if everything was covered with a layer of black mist.From a distance, Qiao Yu saw two strangers whose faces were unclear standing beside a dry well, their eyes were curious, but also mixed with a hint of malice that could not be ignored.He was terrified, felt the danger instinctively, turned around and wanted to run back, but the bluestone slab he stepped on had already broken and cracked, making a "creak" sound.
Qiao Yu didn't have time to look at the road, and stepped on a small protruding stone. He fell to the ground, and the food box rolled into the bushes. When he was about to get up, he heard a high-pitched and thin voice. Come here, "Liuyu, bring him up."
Liu Yu was a year or two older than Qiao Yu, and his stature was not too high, but after staying in the imperial dining room for so long, he had great strength in chopping wood and lighting the fire.He walked up behind Qiao Yu in two or three steps, no longer greeted him with a smile as usual, and grabbed Qiao Yu's arms fiercely, not sympathizing with Qiao Yu's small body at all, and walked directly along the bluestone slab. Li drag.
Qiao Yu could only feel his body slipping over countless fine stones and branches, causing pain all over his body. He tried hard to break free from Liu Yu's grasp, but he couldn't do anything, so he let go of his voice and shouted. Shouting, but it was a pity that Defu who came over immediately blocked him with a cloth ball.
Defu smiled kindly, and said to Qiao Yu: "Your name is Liangyu, right? You are still a child, so cherish your voice, and be careful that you will not be able to speak when you grow up. You don't understand yourself. Elder, just help you."
He paused, but his tone was still kind, "Stupid thing, you don't do things carefully, and you want me to clean up the mess for you?"
Although Qiao Yu had met Defu Dequan before, it was too long ago, and now she doesn't remember the two of them at all.He was just afraid, feeling that the person in front of him had malicious intentions, but he didn't understand anything, and he didn't know what would happen next.
Liuyu learned his lesson, and hit Qiao Yu even harder. He took out two sticks from his chest, tied Qiao Yu's hands and feet through his clothes, and circled around the dry well again. No matter how he struggled, it was impossible to escape.
Qiao Yu bit the soft flesh in his mouth so he didn't cry. He was spoiled and grew up. On weekdays, his classmate Jing Yan cried and acted like a baby, but that was only to Jing Yan, not others. With tears, pretending to be strong.
Liu Yu hated him so much, secretly pinched the soft flesh on Qiao Yu's waist, pressed him down, his eyes were tearing apart, his expression was horrific, and his voice was extremely low, "Who are you pretending to be pitiful for? And wishing to pretend to be pitiful, it's really pitiful now, but who will pet you and coax you."
He is a person with high self-esteem. From being bought by his family to purify himself in the palace, he learned the rules and behaved in the eunuchs. He was always first-class. On the contrary, he offended the person in charge, and was finally assigned to the imperial dining room, a boundary that was basically impossible to get out of.Liu Yu didn't want to join other leaders, because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get away in the future, and he wouldn't be able to leave if he had the chance.Later, when Xin Xin came, he inquired carefully about the origin of Xin Xin, worked in the Imperial Concubine's Palace, and it was an excellent opportunity to make friends with a great eunuch like Liang Changxi, who had a hand and eye.Unexpectedly, after being entangled for a few days, she found that she didn't have the slightest ambition to climb up, and planned to die of old age in the imperial dining room.
But Liuyu didn't want to, that's fine, what he couldn't get used to the most was that she liked Liangyu, a trash.
What kind of thing is Liangyu, who can be more likable than himself, and make himself humble?
Defu just smiled, looked at Qiao Yu's appearance carefully, slowly lowered his face, and got closer to Qiao Yu little by little, with his long nails touching Qiao Yu's soft chin, "You are such a beautiful child, no wonder you are satisfied Like you that way."
Dequan looked at Defu impatiently, and couldn't get angry with him, so he kicked Qiao Yu's knee and said viciously: "What brother said is true. What is the relationship between you and Xinxin. Huh? He protects you so tightly, it looks like he doesn't even know who our family is, so he is reluctant to tell you?"
Qiao Yu's heart was beating fast, and he wanted to escape, but his hands, feet, and even his whole body were tied to the mouth of the well, unable to move, and he could only let Defu move.
But he stopped quickly, looked at him with cold eyes, and suddenly smiled kindly, "It doesn't matter if you don't know, our family can tell you. We are the personal attendants of Concubine Feng Gui of Shenyun Palace, Our empress is generous and kind. Knowing the current situation of the abolished prince, she was very worried, and suffering from His Majesty, she dared not appeal to her. She wept every day. Liangyu, you are the eunuch of the Taiqing Palace. Why don't you tell the situation of the abolished prince? Let's sue the empress again, it can be regarded as doing the hard work of a dog and a horse, a meritorious deed, and we will be rewarded for our merits in the future, so we won't have to suffer in the Taiqing Palace for a lifetime."
After Defu finished his long speech, he took off the cloth ball from Qiao Yu's mouth, and everyone around fell silent, no one dared to answer any more, they were all waiting for Qiao Yu's answer.
Qiao Yu was taken aback.Although he is naive, he is not so ignorant of the world.His aunt had been feuding with Empress Chen for a long time, and everyone in the palace knew that no matter how stupid he was, he knew that Concubine Feng Gui would be detrimental to the prince, and even wanted the prince's life.He is a very simple child with a temperament, he treats whoever is nice to him, and Concubine Feng doesn't like him, and he doesn't like Concubine Feng either.He doesn't think that blood relationship is a very important bond, because he is a child of his parents, but since he was a child, his father didn't love his mother or his mother, and no one cared about him. It's not as good as the kind-looking maid in his grandmother's room who loves to love him.
And his prince is so good, Qiao Yu thought, he wants to protect the prince and his Aci, this is the promise he made with himself.
It was an unbearable silence. Qiao Yu didn't ask for help. This is the most remote place in the palace, and people may not come here once in a few months. It can only be a useless effort.Although tied up like this, Qiao Yu still imitated Jing Yan's previous posture in his memory, with his back straight, looking straight into Defu's cloudy eyes.
Finally, he shook his head, half closed his eyes, his eyelashes fluttered slightly, hiding timidity and fear, "I don't know anything."
The battle in the palace was complicated, Qiao Yu knew that he was not smart, he dared not say anything related to Jing Yan, no matter it was true or false, he was afraid of being heard in his heart, turning black and white and causing an uproar.
Defu wasn't angry, but had a weird smile, making his face even sharper, and asked again, "Liangyu, good boy, what do you know?"
Qiao Yu knew the truth of saying too much and making mistakes, so she simply shut her mouth tightly and stopped talking.
Dequan had a bad temper and wanted to ask again, but was stopped by Defu.He looked at Qiao Yu, his gaze was not like looking at a real person, but like looking at a disobedient puppy, or a useless object that needs to be taught or repaired before it can be used again.
Defu slapped Dequan's head hard, and cursed: "You don't live up to your expectations, take your hands away. You can't really do anything to him now. If there are marks on his body, if there is a horse's foot, this child will be killed again." If you don't know a person, it will be difficult to explain if you really die at that time. The days to come will be long, what are you rushing to do now?"
He hadn't planned to ask the real question all at once. Even if Liangyu was really disheartened, soft-boned, prying open his mouth, he wouldn't believe what he spit out. Teach Liangyu a lesson, let the little eunuch know what suffering and fear are, so that he can hold it more firmly in his hands in the future.
There are so many insidious punishments in the palace, without leaving traces on the body, it can make people feel chilling, and it is not impossible to have a nightmare for a lifetime.
Defu was very clear, he pinched Qiao Yu's chin, and said lovingly: "Liangyu, you are so disobedient, you should suffer a lot to learn what a lesson is."
Qiao Yu turned a deaf ear to it. He tried his best not to shed tears in front of these three people. He raised his head desperately, and saw that the sky was dark and cloudy, and the winter rain was coming.
Defu took out a few rolled mulberry papers from his cuffs, let Liuyu unfold them, lifted one up, and covered Qiao Yu's face. After adjusting it left and right for a while, he was satisfied, and said with a smile: " Our family will let you see today that this murder can not only see no blood, but even leave no marks."
Qiao Yu couldn't help trembling when he heard his words.He is afraid, he is afraid of pain, pain, hardship, but this fear is not enough to overcome his protective heart for Jing Yan.
That was more important than himself, and weighed heavily in his heart.
Dequan handed out the jug that he had prepared a long time ago, took a mouthful of Defu, bent down, and sprayed vigorously at the mulberry paper covering Qiao Yu's face.The wine was sprayed into a fine mist, which evenly covered the mulberry paper, and stuck tightly to Qiao Yu's face, leaving almost no gaps, even the wind could not blow in.
This is a punishment called posting an official.Because mulberry paper is different from ordinary paper, it is water-absorbent and moisture-proof. After being damp, it is soft and docile. A little dead, but there is no way.
When it was just covered with mulberry paper, Qiao Yu didn't know how bad it was. It wasn't until the disgusting smell of alcohol spread that he couldn't breathe. His fingers suddenly spread, and he couldn't help but struggle to grab something. , but can only breathe a small amount of air.
Defu and Dequan Liuyu watched Qiao Yu's expression happily while struggling, and after a while, they uncovered a piece of mulberry paper to cover it, and took another sip of wine.
The more mulberry paper, the heavier the oppression. By the time the third layer was covered, Qiao Yu had almost lost consciousness. He couldn't see the glimmer of the sky, couldn't hear the voices in his ears, and even the pungent low-quality wine The air seemed to be gone.
The only thing left is pain.
He seemed to have fallen into a big dark hole, and he had no strength in his whole body. His heart and lungs were desperately trying to revive his body, but it became more and more difficult to breathe through his mouth and nose.What covered his face were only a few thin layers of mulberry paper, but at this moment it seemed like the coffin boards were about to be closed, trying to lock him in the mud forever.
Qiao Yu really wanted to live, he struggled hard, and silently recited Jing Yan's name in his heart, his ten fingers were convulsed and twitched due to excessive force, his veins were bulging, his chest heaved violently, he was about to die.
He thought: "Ah Ci, help me, I feel bad."
Defu looked at his appearance, pointed to his younger brother and godson, and said with a lot of experience: "Look, if you still have the strength to struggle, you won't die for a while. But this is only the third floor. If you stick to the fifth floor Even Immortal Da Luo cannot be rescued."
He wanted to show off himself, and wanted to teach him something to be his son, so he whispered in Liuyu's ear: "Look at him carefully, and when he stops struggling, you will almost take off the mulberry paper and save his life. "
This time seems very short to outsiders, but to Qiao Yu, it is extremely long, as if it has reached the end of time and touched the end of life.In the end, he couldn't even feel the pain, as if his whole body fell into the water, the water gently caressed his body, the surrounding was dark, and there was only a slight light when he looked up, making Ren yearn for it.
Qiao Yu was young, and his life was short, and he didn't meet many people, but he was lucky, he treated him much better and less badly.But no matter the good or the bad, the only things that are really in my heart and still appear in front of my eyes are the dead grandmother and Jing Yan who is still alive.
Thinking of this, he became a little happier again, no matter whether he died or survived, he could be with his favorite person, no matter what, it didn't matter anymore.
Slowly, he stopped thinking about anything, his whole body relaxed and lost his strength.
Perhaps because of the struggle just now, Qiao Yu's clothes were no longer neat and tidy, and his wrists and neck were exposed. His skin was as shiny as jade, delicate and white, completely different from the eunuchs who were used to rough work, as if he had been robbed Others have loved her since childhood.
Liu Yu sneered, and his dislike for Qiao Yu increased a bit. He quietly watched Qiao Yu's fingers lose strength, but he had no intention of peeling off the mulberry paper.
A circle of crows swarmed around them. They were mourning birds. They seemed to be able to sense the breath of people dying. They flapped their wings and circled in mid-air. Occasionally, a few boldly landed on the dry well, pecking at Qiao Yu's exposed skin. With thin white skin, Qiao Yu's reaction was negligible.
He was dying.
Although Defu let Liuyu watch, he still stared secretly, walked over quickly, lifted the mulberry paper, and fell on Liuyu's face with a smile, "Unexpectedly, you are not old enough to understand Little, the heart is cruel enough, this person is about to die, why not pity him? Or do you want to taste the taste of being an official?"
Liuyu replied with a low eyebrow, "My son is not sensible, and he can't judge the time. Because he is a disobedient and ignorant slave, I always want him to suffer more, so that he can remember it next time."
"Ah."
Defu smiled and saw Qiao Yu jumping up from the mouth of the well suddenly, startled a crowd of crows, seemed to be ignorant of everything around him, bent over and retched and breathed by instinct, and saved his life.
He walked over and whispered in Qiao Yu's ear: "For the sake of your young age, I will spare you this time. I only used three pieces of paper. Next time I will use four. If you are not obedient, There will be no next time.”
Seeing Fu Dequan and the two of them leaving, Liu Yu said one last sentence before leaving, "Aren't you very satisfied? But just now, or in the future, no one can save you."
Qiao Yu actually couldn't hear what they said clearly, only the vague voice echoed in his ears.He had been close to suffocation for too long, his body was weak, and he hadn't tasted the joy of being alive again. His body softened, he fell down at the mouth of the well, and fell into a coma.
The crow seemed to sense that he was alive again, lost interest in an instant, fluttered its wings, flew back to the branch, and formed a row again.
When Qiao Yu woke up, the sky was getting darker, but it still didn't rain.He was stunned for a while, because of the excessive pain and suffocation, he almost forgot what happened just now, until he smelled the alcohol all over his body, he realized what happened just now, and couldn't help shivering.
It was the most terrible and painful thing he had ever experienced in his life.
Qiao Yu didn't seem to be recovering yet, his face was ashen as a dead man, his lips didn't have a trace of blood, and his whole body was cold, with no warmth at all.He buried his face in his knees and tried to curl up into a small ball. Because of excessive tension, fear, and even experiencing life and death, tears fell belatedly.
The tears seemed to be still warm in the sockets of the eyes, and as soon as they flowed down the cheeks, it seemed that they had frozen into ice, which was bitingly cold, but Qiao Yu couldn't feel it, probably because such a little pain was not worth mentioning compared to just now, it was not enough Let him recover.
He was terribly afraid, holding tightly with one hand the jade pendant that his grandmother begged to protect him in the temple, and silently recited the prince's name in his heart.He has never suffered in the palace, no matter what he wants or what he wants to do, as long as the prince knows, he can get it.
The prince is Qiao Yu's protector.
Qiao Yu cried and thought, but he can't protect himself now.Then there is no way, it's time for him to protect the other party.
He tried hard to be strong and brave, but in the end he was only such an older child, fear and terror almost overwhelmed him, Qiao Yu cried until he convulsed, couldn't stop trembling, couldn't use his fingers, and couldn't hold the jade pendant.
Qiao Yu cried for a long time, couldn't stop hiccupping, her clothes were soaked in tears, she let the pain flow out of her body through tears for a short time, and finally she was able to relax and think about what happened today.
You can't tell Jing Yan about this matter, at least you can't tell Jing Yan before you figure it out.He knows very well
The prince is under house arrest in the Taiqing Palace, and there cannot be any changes, otherwise the emperor will not let him go.
Perhaps after making this most important decision, Qiao Yu calmed down instead. He stood up with the help of Jingkou, tidied up the hemp rope, and limped to the bushes to find the lost food box. The face, covered in tears and dirt, was a mess.
This doesn't work, if you go back and tell lies, you will be found out.
Qiao Yu thought about it for a while, picked up the food box, stood on tiptoe, looked around through the overlapping bushes, and found a small lake not far away, so she ran over and squatted by the lake. down.He wiped his face with water, looked at the lake water, and tried to force himself to laugh, but he couldn't do anything, and finally got really annoyed, and the child disturbed the lake with branches in a temper.
He was still sad, sad as hell.
Qiao Yu returned to the Taiqing Palace very late today. Even Lu Zhao noticed that he was different from usual. His back and knees were covered with mud. After practicing all the way, Qiao Yu was able to pretend to laugh. It's okay to fall down."
Lu Zhao didn't quite believe it.
Qiao Yu didn't bother to talk to him anymore, he was kicked on the right knee, and now he could only limped open the small door and went in directly.
Jing Yan did not sit in the stone pavilion and wait, but leaned against a tall tree not far from the door. He lowered his head, lowered his brows, and his face was slightly gloomy. Qiao Yu had just cried a lot, and everything he saw was blurry. Yes, I can't see Jing Yan's expression clearly.After walking a little further, Jing Yan got up and asked him, "What's the matter? You came back so late, and you're as dirty as a little cat when you come back."
Qiao Yu lowered his head and was kicking the pebbles in front of him, holding back his tears. He wanted to tell Jing Yan how bad those people were. They tricked him to a remote place, forced him to ask about the prince's movements, and covered himself with mulberry paper The face, even the crow is bad, pecking at his body.
He almost died.
Can't say these things, he said these things about being bullied, there is no other way but to make Jing Yan sad.But Qiao Yu was so sad that she couldn't hold back her tears in front of Jing Yan, so she rubbed against him aggrievedly, and showed him her dirty clothes, her voice was already full of tears, "Your Highness, today, there is A wine delivery man, a little eunuch delivering wine, so he accidentally bumped into me. He knocked me down, it hurt so bad, so sad, and the food box rolled out. When I got up by myself, he didn't apologize to me. , and scolded me, I went to find the food box, then wiped my face in the lake water, and came back."
His tears had already wetted a small area in front of his eyes, and he talked upside down, seemingly irrational, and raised his sleeves to show the prince, "My little flower, the little flower is all dirty."
The most painful place can only be hidden by himself, and cannot be known by the prince. Qiao Yu strictly guards his mouth and prevents him from saying things that cannot be said.
But with just a few words, Jing Yan already heard that Qiao Yu was not right as usual, Qiao Yu came back too late today, he planned to let Xiao Shishi look for someone in another quarter of an hour,
His eyes were deeper and darker, but his movements were still very gentle. He pulled Qiao Yu over and hugged him in his arms. He could smell the alcohol on Qiao Yu who had obviously been wronged, and whispered seductively. The next thing, "Don't be sad, Xiaoyu, why did that little eunuch hit you?"
Qiao Yu was originally young, nervous and afraid, full of sadness and grievances, and couldn't even make up a lie, sobbing and hiccupping, he hesitated and said: "No, I don't know... I, I don't know, they don't know Who, anyway, is bad, scoundrel..."
Not "he", but "they".
Qiao Yu relied on Jing Yan very much, as if she couldn't stop crying outside just now, and only by facing Jing Yan can she truly cry out her grievances.His chin rested on Jing Yan's shoulder, and he hugged Jing Yan's neck tightly, trembling all over his body. He didn't cry very loudly, but there were many tears, which soaked Jing Yan's not thin layers of clothes. It's like his grievance.
Jing Yan has been with Qiao Yu for three years, and he has never seen him cry like this. Qiao Yu's unseen face became darker, but he still patted Qiao Yu's back carefully to prevent him from crying too much. , and asked: "They, who are they?"
He saw some yellow stains on the side of Qiao Yu's neck, and he brushed it off casually to look at it. His face changed, but he endured it, and finally didn't ask.
Dark clouds filled the sky, and finally, a light rain drifted down.
Qiao Yu didn't notice anything, he just kept crying, but he also knew that Jing Yan's question couldn't be answered, so he burrowed into Jing Yan's arms, trying to cover up what he said wrong just now.
Jing Yan patted him comfortingly from the back of his neck all the way down.Qiao Yu is an innocent and cute child who has no resistance in front of him, as long as he wants, he can ask anything.
But Qiao Yu was so sad that Jing Yan couldn't bear to ask.
Jing Yan looked at the sky, supported Qiao Yu's head with his right hand, picked up the food box by the way, straightened up, and walked into the house.He no longer asked about what happened on the road, but echoed Qiao Yu's words, his usual calm and introverted tone was a little more emotional, and he seemed to be filled with righteous indignation, "He bumped into you, but he didn't apologize, what a fool." Badass. Don't feel bad, my Jade."
His Xiaoyu, the prince's Xiaoyu, Qiao Yu's heart trembled, as if he was being held in the palm of his hand,
The unbearable pain seemed to have an outlet, slowly flowing out of his heart.
She is the prince's Xiaoyu, and the prince is also her own Aci.
Qiao Yu wiped his tears while thinking in his heart, but unfortunately he couldn't say it, he was still not brave enough, only in some afternoons, when Jing Yan was taking a nap on the rocking chair, he would lie beside the prince and secretly call out Twice that unknown name.
Probably because it is too precious, so I can't say it easily.
Jing Yan's physical strength is very good, and he easily carried Qiao Yu to his bed, stroked his hair, saw his snow-white face covered with tears, sighed involuntarily, turned around and was about to go out.
Qiao Yu was still obediently leaning against the head of the bed, but when she saw Jing Yan turn around, she immediately jumped up, anxiously tugging at the corner of Jing Yan's clothes, because she moved too much, she almost fell down again, and was caught by Jing Yan.
Jing Yan smiled lightly and rubbed Qiao Yu's head, and said, "Don't be afraid, I'll just go out for a while, take a hot towel to wipe the little cat's face, and I'll be right back."
Qiao Yu was very reluctant to part with him, but she had no choice but to slowly let go of the corner of the clothes in her hands, hiccupping, and said softly, "Then you, you have to come back quickly, I, I will wait for you. "
He was like a noisy and mischievous kitten who was suddenly frightened and huddled up in fear, only showing his little tail in front of Jing Yan. He was extremely dependent and even more reluctant.
Jing Yan flattened the pillow, told him to lie down, and closed his eyes, because he cried too much today and was afraid of hurting his eyes, so he had to rest for a while, and said softly: "If you are really anxious, just wait Count a number, and when I come back, I will carve as many trinkets for you as you count, okay?"
Qiao Yu's eyes widened. He didn't dare to close his eyes now. He was so afraid that the mulberry paper covered his face and he couldn't see anything clearly. He was sobbing, not forgetting his childish nature, and greedily said: " Isn't it, I can say as many as I want? One hundred, one hundred is fine?"
Jing Yan was a little funny, obviously still sad and wronged, and still so funny that Qiao Yu was probably the only one in the whole world, he coaxed Qiao Yu and said: "One hundred is fine, two hundred is fine, I will let you If you want to carve something for fun, just don't think about breaking your head."
Qiao Yu silently said "Oh", her face flushed with joy, and she probably already thought about what to carve.
He was born in Qiao's family in Longnan, where the bells and whistles are famous, and he has seen all kinds of new gadgets since he was a child, but the happiness they brought was far less than what Jing Yan gave him casually.Just like now, he has experienced pain and grievances that he thought he could not bear in this life. It seems that seeing Jing Yan, crying for a while, and letting him coax him, is nothing.
The expression on Jing Yan's face was still gentle, but everything changed as soon as he stepped out of Qiao Yu's room. He boiled a pot of water on the stove, then went to his own room, and took a cup from a secret corner behind the wooden frame. He took out a small bottle, hid it in his sleeve, and knocked on the secret door again. The mechanism at that place can lead to a fixed place. Only the secret guards left by Queen Chen understood this code word.
Xiao Shishi will rush over immediately after seeing it.
After a while, when half of the pot of water was already boiling, Jing Yan poured down half of it, mixed some cold water, put the towel in, and was about to wring it out when he suddenly noticed a figure behind the door, and he put down his hand work, walked towards the bedroom.
This is the first time that Jing Yan has something to look for Xiao Shishi during the day.
Xiao Shishi didn't know what happened, so he knelt on the ground anxiously. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jing Yan standing beside the desk. His figure looked thin, with an opened Buddhist scripture and half a glass of cold water beside him. , It was obviously a very peaceful scene, but he couldn't help but tremble a little.
Jing Yan turned around and brushed his wide sleeves across the table. The white porcelain cup accidentally fell off the table, and the pieces of porcelain shattered to the ground. He half-closed his eyes, as if restraining his emotions, and said coldly: "Go and check, Go and find out who used the stickers to add officials to Xiaoyu."
He saw some unwashed yellow paper on the side of Qiao Yu's neck, picked it up and looked at it for a while, and then recognized that it was mulberry paper, and Qiao Yu smelled of alcohol.
Still can't figure out what it is?
Xiao Shishi dared not speak. The prince was restrained since he was a child, and he was used to forbearance. He didn't feel happy when he won or sad when he lost, and he was in control of everything.This was the first time in his life that he saw the prince really angry.
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