Chapter 1747 Patience
Xu Yu's body was moved to a simple room in the back courtyard where the eunuchs lived. It was usually where eunuchs and palace maids who had committed crimes were imprisoned.
Most of the eunuchs and palace maids who died in the palace were thrown directly onto carts and taken away for burial.
Also, people who committed crimes like Xu Yu basically died in the Ministry of Punishment, and their bodies were temporarily kept in the Ministry of Punishment until the case was solved and then dragged out and thrown away.
As a result, she was lucky enough to be able to leave the Ministry of Punishment for treatment before her death, and she died outside. The Ministry of Punishment only accepted people, not corpses.
Xu Yu's case was not a serious one, so Eunuch Wu just found a place to store the body and did not have time to deal with it.
Manbao didn't even need to look for Eunuch Wu, he just found a eunuch under Eunuch Wu.
Xu Yu's body was placed casually on a wooden board, covered with a quilt. Seeing that Manbao and Xu An were standing there without moving, Bai Shan took the initiative to step forward and lift the quilt, revealing only her head and face.
The chopsticks had been removed from her neck, her clothes were almost stained red, and there was still blood on her face. Obviously, no one had cleaned her up.
Bai Shan hesitated for a moment and finally moved aside so that Xu An behind her could see her.
Xu An took two steps forward, lowered his head and looked quietly at the person lying on the board. After looking for a long time, he finally dug out some things that seemed to be related to her from his memory. It seemed that he had seen her in the Yunting Palace, but when the two passed by each other, the other party did not stop.
When talking about his sister, he mostly recalled the vague memory of a little girl stuffing snacks into his hands when he was very young.
Xu An took two steps forward and looked at Xu Yu carefully. He remembered that when he delivered the food box to Doctor Zhou early this morning, he looked up and saw that the other party seemed to be still sitting on the bed and looked in good spirits.
Xu An opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but found that no sound came out for a while, so he simply closed his mouth again.
Bai Shan pulled Manbao, and the two of them took Bai Erlang and Yin Huo out.
The four of them sat together on the railing outside and waited.
As the four of them left, tears began to fall from Xu An's eyes. He walked to the wooden board, squatted down and looked at her.
He pulled out his sleeve and carefully wiped the blood off her face, but because the blood had already dried, he couldn't wipe it off immediately.
He simply knelt on the ground and stared at her blankly. After a while, he saw some similarities between her face and himself, and then he could barely find the same appearance as her when she was a child from his memory.
Xu An thought of something and quickly reached out to tear open her clothes a little, pulling out a dull red rope from inside. The rope was stained with some blood and had a very small peace knot tied on it.
Xu An also pulled out a similar red rope from his collar.
He couldn't hold it in any longer and laid on top of her, suppressing his sobs.
This was the knot my sister tied for them both when she first learned how to tie a knot. They couldn't leave any marks on their bodies, nor could they send each other tokens of love.
Things like the peace knot are usually worn around the waists of nobles, so my sister made a very, very small one for him and herself, which can be worn around the neck and can be kept in the arms during class to avoid being seen by the stewards.
He kept it carefully, afraid that he would lose it accidentally.
The four people sitting outside heard the low crying coming from the house and couldn't help but sigh, and everyone's shoulders slumped.
Yin Huo whispered to Man Bao, "Right now, the news hasn't spread out. Only a few of us and Brother Tang Xue, the Crown Prince, know about it. But once the palace opens up its investigation, they will definitely guess that you're involved. Xu An can still be sent to my house. What will you do?"
Manbao shook his legs without saying anything.
Bai Shanze said: "Don't worry, we know what's going on. We still live in the palace most of the time. They won't dare to do anything."
Bai Shan turned his head and glanced at Man Bao and said, "When will you go to the Imperial Medical Bureau for class tomorrow?"
Manbao said, "It's about the Si hour."
Bai Shan nodded, understanding what was going on.
Xu An stayed in the room for a long time. When he came out, his eyes were swollen. When he saw Manbao, he knelt down and kowtowed.
Manbao hurried forward to pull him up, but he remained kneeling without moving. Instead, he kowtowed again and said, "Master Zhou, I would like to fetch a basin of water to clean her remains and change her into clean clothes. Please help me."
Manbao thought about it and nodded, "Her clothes are still in the room. I'll go find a set for her to change into later. You can do the rest yourself."
She paused and then continued, "Once the palace has finished investigating the case, I will tell Eunuch Wu to send the body away. You can take it and bury it."
Xu An looked up at Man Bao in surprise and asked, "Should I leave the palace?"
Man Bao nodded slightly, then pointed at Yin Huo and said, "I have already made an agreement with Master Yin that you will follow him for the time being. You know that the palace is not safe. I am only a small imperial physician now and cannot protect you for the time being, so you should follow Master Yin for now."
Yin Huo nodded slightly to Xu An.
Xu An didn't expect that Zhou Man had even thought of this, and he hadn't asked him anything else about being a spy until now.
He opened his mouth, then kowtowed solemnly, choking back tears as he said, "Yes, thank you, Lord Zhou and the three gentlemen."
Manbao went to find a set of Xu Yu's clothes. In fact, she only had palace clothes and basically no other clothes.
But she was smaller than him, and her clothes didn't fit her, so she had to change into palace clothes.
Xu An didn't mind at all. It was good enough to be able to change into a clean set of clothes.
He wiped the blood off her face and neck, looked at her carefully, and felt that she looked more and more like him. It was really strange. They had been in the palace together before, so why couldn't he recognize her?
They said that my sister was sent to another mansion and might become someone's concubine in the future, and the child she gave birth to might be a prince.
But it turns out that they are in the same palace?
They were so close, she knew him, but he didn't recognize her.
Xu An threw the handkerchief back into the wooden basin, looked at her carefully again, and then picked up the new quilt he had brought and covered her with it.
It was getting dark by then, and the four of them pulled him away.
Bai Shan said, "Since you were sent by Eunuch Wu to serve us, you can sleep in our room tonight."
Xu An opened his mouth and nodded under the gaze of the four people. He was a little confused at this time and was not sure about the future. Did he really want to leave the palace with them?
At night, he lay on his footstool and couldn't fall asleep. Bai Shan, who was sleeping on the bed, suddenly whispered, "Xu An, a gentleman's revenge is never too late, because a gentleman must accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity. You must be patient in revenge, otherwise, it will be like a moth flying into a flame. That will not only let down the four of us, but also your sister."
In the darkness, Xu An stared at the rooftop with his eyes open, and asked softly, "Can a rootless duckweed like me really take revenge?"
Bai Shan said, "In fact, your sister has already avenged herself. She has already stabbed them like a sharp knife, tearing off a large piece of flesh. She was able to do this in such a hurry, let alone you. I have always believed that God has justice and is kind to all. Their evil deeds will always be punished."
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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