Chapter 147: Saving the Blackened Tyrant 10
Xing Jian suddenly opened his eyes, and the familiar big hole on the dilapidated roof came into view. It seemed that seeing Xiao Jiyun in Jiade Hall was just a dream.
He supported himself with his hands and sat up. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. Only then did he realize that everything that had just happened was not a dream, but had really happened.
Gently unbuttoning his already worn clothes, Xing Jian looked at the bruises on his bony chest. He took a breath and fastened his clothes again with a grimace.
"Lord Xingjian, how could he do this to you? Let's go, let's get out of here!" 004 naturally also saw the horrible mark, and his voice trembled.
Xingjian shook his head and said, "It's nothing. He just didn't recognize me. He probably thought I was a spy sent by someone." Xingjian sat up and comforted 004 and himself.
After decades of being with Xiao Jiyun, this was the first time he had given her such a fierce look, and the first time he had attacked her in front of her.
Suddenly, he seemed to think of something. Who sent him back? Where was Xiao Quanzi?
There was no time to think about anything. Xing Jian endured the pain, got up and was about to walk out. As soon as he opened the door, he saw the old eunuch outside.
"Hey, little Xingzi is finally awake." The sharp voice made Xingjian's scalp tingle. The old eunuch in front of him was someone Xingjian had never seen before, and the other one was Xiao Guizi, who Xingjian was very familiar with. How could he be here?
Could it be that he was following Xiao Jiyun's orders to kill himself?
"Little Xingzi, little Xingzi, I never thought that there would be a day when you would climb up the social ladder." The old eunuch dragged out his shrill voice, which made people's ears numb. He looked up and down at Xingjian, his turbid eyes full of undisguised malice.
The sarcasm in these words startled Xing Jian. What exactly did this old man mean? Suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, Xing Jian looked at Xiao Guizi calmly.
But he saw Xiao Guizi looking at him as if she wanted to eat him.
"Okay, Eunuch Fu is an old man in the palace, and he is still talking endlessly to a child." Xiao Guizi frowned slightly, and there was obvious impatience in her tone.
The old eunuch's expression changed instantly, and he gave Xiao Guizi an extremely flattering smile, with wrinkles on his face that looked like dried orange peels.
"Xiao Xingzi, hurry up and follow Eunuch Gui. Not everyone can enjoy the opportunity to serve in front of the emperor." Eunuch Fu spoke again, and the malice in his previous expression disappeared in an instant, leaving only a flattering face.
However, Xing Jian didn't care about these little things at this time. His pupils suddenly shrank, and he couldn't understand why Xiao Jiyun made such arrangements.
The palace road is long, and the bluestone pavement shines coldly in the sunlight.
Xing Jian followed Xiao Guizi half a step behind. At this time, only Xiao Guizi and Xing Jian were walking on the palace road. When the palace maids and eunuchs they met on the road saw Xiao Guizi, they all respectfully called her Eunuch Gui.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people and the road was getting more and more crooked, Xingjian stopped. He knew better than anyone that this was not the road to the Qinzheng Palace.
Hearing the footsteps behind him stop, Xiao Guizi turned around, grabbed Xing Jian by the collar, and almost lifted him off the ground. His eyes were full of scrutiny, but he said the same words as Xiao Jiyun that day, "Who sent you here? What is your purpose in approaching His Majesty?"
The only answer Xiao Guizi got was a shake of the head and Xingjian's eyes that seemed to want to say something but couldn't.
After a moment's stalemate, seeing that Xingjian didn't say anything, Xiao Guizi sighed, loosened her hand that was grabbing Xingjian's collar, and smoothed his wrinkled collar for him, "Be careful in front of the emperor. Whether having such a face is a blessing or a curse depends entirely on your luck." The worry that flashed across her eyes was actually quite sincere.
Xingjian nodded and followed again. This time, Xiao Guizi led him on the road leading to the Qinzheng Hall, which Xingjian was very familiar with.
Following Xiao Guizi, Xing Jian soon arrived at the gate of Qinzheng Hall. Xing Jian remembered that the last time he came here was to travel west to say goodbye to the late emperor. He promised the late emperor that after defeating the Hu people, he would ask for permission to leave the palace for Xiao Jiyun.
And now, Xing Jian looked up and saw that the man sitting in the innermost seat wearing a bright yellow dragon robe was Xiao Jiyun.
Xiao Guizi stuffed a cup of tea into Xingjian's hand and gently pushed him into the hall.
There seemed to be no one else in the entire Qinzheng Hall except Xiao Guizi at the door. Holding the cup of tea, Xiao Xingzi imitated the eunuchs he had seen before, bending over and placing the teacup on the table.
A gaze suddenly swept over, making Xing Jian feel a chill on his back.
Xingjian didn't know what he had done wrong and still stood there straight.
"Your name is Xiao Xingzi?" Xiao Jiyun's voice sounded in Xingjian's ears.
"Your Majesty, my name is Xiao Xingzi." Xing Jian didn't understand what the man in front of him would say next, so he could only answer according to what he said.
But just as he finished speaking, he heard a stern shout, "How dare you! Do you know that you are violating the Queen's name?"
"Bang!" His knees hit the cold stone bricks heavily, and he buried his face in his hands, just like that day in the snow.
Looking at the thin figure curled up on the ground in front of him, Xiao Jiyun felt a sharp bitterness in his heart for some reason, perhaps because of that face.
Xiao Jiyun remembered that his Xiaoxing had always been so uninhibited, never afraid no matter what happened. He was clearly that kind of person, so why, why, why...
Xiao Jiyun's nails dug deep into his palms until the pain in his palms made his mind clearer.
"How did the Queen show you favor in the past?" Xiao Jiyun's voice was filled with a barely perceptible weariness. He put down the red brush in his hand and rubbed his throbbing temples with his fingertips, seeming to be feeling very unwell.
Seeing that the young eunuch in front of him did not answer him and was still in a daze, Xiao Jiyun slammed the teacup in his hand on the table again, which woke Xing Jian up.
Xing Jian couldn't think of any way to show kindness to a young eunuch, so he made up a story about his past with Xiao Guizi.
"I was young when I entered the palace and didn't know the rules. I once offended a palace concubine. Fortunately, Your Majesty protected me and... provided me with food. Your Majesty's kindness cannot be repaid even if I die a thousand times." Xing Jian spoke incoherently. He quietly raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Jiyun in front of the desk.
Looking at his relatively normal expression, Xing Jian knew that Xiao Jiyun in front of him believed what he had just said.
Seeing that Xiao Jiyun did not move, and picked up the red pen to write something on the memorial, Xing Jian also breathed a sigh of relief.
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