Xiao Chenyan was driven off the carriage, looking unhappy.
He felt that Qing Wu was being insolent, but he also suspected that something was wrong with her, so he couldn't help but look at Mu Ying a few more times.
After taking a look, he also found that it looked somewhat familiar.
Mu Ying's condition was indeed not good. He was unconscious, and one of his feet was missing a shoe. It was unclear whether he had never worn it or if he had run away.
He kept repeating the name "Yulang".
Xiao Chenyan said: "Help this lady up."
Mu Ying was helped into the carriage. The carriage in the palace was not narrow, but Mu Ying seemed to be afraid of this closed environment. As soon as he got on, he struggled to run.
"Don't lock me up, don't!"
"Yulang, I want to find my Yulang——"
Although Mu Ying looked skinny, she was actually very strong. Luqiao and Hongrui were afraid of hurting her, so they couldn't help but be cautious.
In a panic, Qing Wu grabbed Mu Ying's hand.
"No one will lock you up, don't be afraid, okay..."
Mu Ying was still struggling, his nails scratching the back of Qing Wu's hand, leaving blood marks, but Qing Wu remained unmoved.
Luqiao and Hongrui both exclaimed, "Princess!"
Qing Wu did not relax her strength in her hands and silently recited a calming mantra in her heart.
Her voice seemed to have magic power.
Mu Ying's fear seemed to be calmed down bit by bit. She sat there motionless like a puppet. Although her body was still trembling, she did not hurt anyone anymore.
The two girls breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to help. Lu Qiao wanted to apply medicine on Qing Wu's hand, but she shook her head and said:
"First check if Madam Mu is injured."
Qing Wu gave up her seat and sat down at the other end. The smile on her face disappeared. Lu Qiao and Hong Rui felt that she was shivering all over. They were more careful when checking Mu Ying's injuries.
The judge's voice sounded in his mind: "Awu, do you know her?"
Qing Wu: "She is my cousin."
"Ah, this..." The judge's pen hesitated, "She is looking for her child. You can see that there is deathly aura lingering around her children's palace. I'm afraid the child has already..."
Qing Wu didn't say anything. When she saw Mu Ying for the first time, she noticed that there was a dead aura lingering in the area of Mu Ying's face that indicated children. Her child might have been born.
"Although there is death energy, there is also a ray of hope." Qing Wu said: "Perhaps there is still hope of saving him."
Judge Pen: "Then we have to find the child as soon as possible. But your cousin's condition isn't any better right now. She has soul separation syndrome. Her three souls and seven spirits are unstable. How much torture must she have suffered?"
Qing Wu felt depressed.
Mu Ying was a year older than her. Although she had only lived in the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion for a few years before getting married, Qing Wu was at the age when she was hated by everyone and loved to play mischief.
My mother was a heroic woman and she also held a military post, so she had no time to manage the house and yard. Not to mention my father, who was very busy with military affairs.
Although her brother Yun Zheng doted on her, he was a man after all.
During those years in the rear house, Mu Ying took great care of her.
In Qing Wu's memory, Mu Ying was a man of both brave and heroic military talents, skilled in riding and shooting, and a woman of elegant and graceful temperament, also well versed in poetry and literature.
She was also a good cook. Whenever she said something sweet, even if she felt hungry at night, Mu Ying would get up, laugh and scold her for being a greedy cat, and then make delicious food for her.
When she left Beijing, Mu Ying had just gotten married. Her husband was a top scholar in the imperial examination, but he came from a poor family, so marrying Mu Ying was considered marrying up.
In the following two years, Qing Wu also received letters from Mu Ying at the border. From the lines, she could tell that the number one scholar Mu Ying married treated her very well, and they were truly in love.
Now...
The Marquis Zhenguo Mansion collapsed. Although the Mu family was not implicated due to the red-lettered iron certificate bestowed by the previous emperor, their power was weakened. In addition, the Mu family had no sons left.
Considering Mu Ying's current situation, one can imagine how she has lived for the past ten years.
"Princess, I feel that something is wrong with Madam Mu." Hong Rui suddenly spoke up. She held Mu Ying's hand and motioned Qing Wu to come over.
Qing Wu looked at it carefully, her eyes fixed.
Mu Ying was so thin that she looked unrecognizable. Her hands were skin and bones, so that something could be vaguely seen under her flesh with the naked eye. There was clearly something under that layer of skin.
The next moment, Hong Rui pulled out a soft needle that was half a finger long from under Mu Ying's skin.
The soft needle was as thin as a hair, and I don't know how it was made, but it could bend.
Qing Wu's face was terribly gloomy.
Hong Rui gritted her teeth and said, "I have heard of a torture method in which silver needles are made as thin as hair and pierced into human flesh. No scars can be seen on the surface, but the needles penetrate the flesh, making it impossible for the person to walk, sit or lie in peace."
"After a long time, the tortured person will either go crazy or commit suicide because he can't stand the torture."
Sitting on pins and needles is uncomfortable enough, let alone the needles piercing the flesh!
Mu Ying was like a puppet being manipulated by others and had no reaction to the outside world.
A while ago, Qing Wu was puzzled by Mu Ying's attitude, but now she understands everything!
"How many more of these needles does she have?"
Hong Rui said in a heavy tone: "I'm afraid there are quite a few. There are still some places that are not convenient to check in the carriage."
Qing Wu gritted her teeth and wished she could kill everyone on the spot. She was such a good sister Ying, but she was tortured like this!
What was the name of that top scholar?
Wang Yu? I wonder what position he has held as an official now?
While he was thinking, there was a voice outside the carriage, as if someone was looking for Mu Ying.
There was a flash of murderous intent in Qing Wu's eyes. He finally arrived.
He met Mu Ying halfway, and it was inconvenient for the carriage from the Prince's Palace to park in the middle of the road, blocking the people from traveling, so the carriage stopped next to a teahouse.
Xiao Chenyan was driven off the carriage, but he would not just wait outside the carriage, so he went to the restaurant to wait for a while.
He was already feeling unwell, and Qing Wu's 'Iron Head Skill' made things even worse, so his mood was naturally not good.
Baisui came up hurriedly, had already found out Mu Ying's identity, and informed Hongrui of the results of the examination.
Xiao Chenyan's face also darkened.
It turns out to be Azuki’s cousin?
"Your Majesty, Madam Mu's husband is Wang Shilang of the Ministry of Revenue." Baisui said in a deep voice: "His name also appeared in the account book of Yunhou Bank."
The hostility in Xiao Chenyan's eyes became even more intense.
Suddenly, there was a woman's cry downstairs, accompanied by several screams.
When Xiao Chenyan looked down, he saw Qing Wu standing on the shaft of the cart, holding a whip and whipping a group of maids fiercely.
"The servant of the Minister of Revenue is so arrogant that he dares to rob people in the street!"
"Even if your Minister Wang comes over, I will still beat him up!"
The person being whipped was a servant in the Minister's Mansion.
It can be said that this group of people are unlucky.
Xiao Chenyan got on the carriage, and most of the black-armored guards who accompanied him also went into the teahouse to avoid disturbing the people outside.
The carriage was parked alone next to the teahouse. It looked like there were no guards, but in fact there were eyes watching from everywhere.
But when the servants from the Minister's Mansion rushed over, they only heard that a crazy woman had rushed under someone else's carriage, and they didn't even ask whose horse was frightened.
Xiao Chenyan has always been strict in military discipline and thrifty in the army, and the carriages he uses when traveling are not luxurious.
The group of servants did not realize that it was the carriage from Prince Yan's palace, and thought it was from an ordinary family. They also did not see any guards outside the carriage, so they immediately came over aggressively and wanted to arrest people.
Qing Wu was already full of anger, and seeing that the other servant was about to rush onto the carriage, she picked up the whip and started to whip him.
The leader was an old woman with triangular eyes, droopy eyebrows, and a mean look.
The guards she brought with her were all beaten and screaming, and she was not immune to being affected.
"How dare you hit me, you little rascal!"
"Everyone, come and take a look. There's a troublemaker here. He's protecting thieves and injuring people! Believe it or not, I'll arrest you and bring you to the authorities!"
As the old woman started yelling, many people gathered around her.
The woman was a cunning woman who kept talking nonsense. She never mentioned Mu Ying's real identity and slandered him, saying that Mu Ying was a thief who stole the money and ran away, and that she was there to catch the thief.
The people did not know the truth and started talking about it. Some even clamored to report to the police.
The old woman did not dare to report to the police. She was ordered by the mistress to arrest Mu Yingluo. If the matter became a big deal and people knew that the wife of the minister was a crazy woman, it would be embarrassing.
Mu Ying had many "problems" and if they were discovered, his wife would probably also be suspected.
Seeing that Qing Wu didn't say anything and just stared at her gloomily, the old woman thought that Qing Wu was being cautious and couldn't help feeling proud.
She winked at the security guard next to her, signaling them to go up and get the person.
With a whoosh, a group of black-armored guards in armor filed out of the teahouse, with their swords drawn and placed on their necks.
The old woman and the guard screamed in fear and knelt on the ground, not daring to move.
The people around also retreated in a clamor.
"The family of the Minister of Revenue is so powerful that they even caught the thief on the head of my princess."
The old woman saw Xiao Chenyan striding out of the teahouse and saw the word "disgust" embroidered on the black-armored guard's body, and she almost fainted on the spot.
How could it be the King and Queen Yan? !
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