Chapter 47: During these five days in the Judgment Palace, I don’t know whether the Royal Lord will…
During these five days, I don't know whether the emperor forgot about him or planned to settle the score after returning to the palace. In any case, except that he had lighter food and a worse sleeping environment in the woodshed, he was not treated harshly.
But he was worried about Cheng Changgeng, wondering whether he had woken up and how his health was recovering. He was also worried about Qiming in the palace, so he lost a lot of weight.
He didn't have much of an appetite to begin with, but he knew he couldn't collapse first, so he gave some money to the guards guarding him at the door from time to time in exchange for clean water and food.
Otherwise, if he kept eating moldy and sour food all day, he would probably get food poisoning sooner or later.
Fortunately, he had a lot of gold and silver jewelry on him, otherwise there would be no way out.
On the day of his journey back to Beijing, Su Mian did not see Cheng Changgeng. He was the last one to be squeezed out of the woodshed.
It was not as free and easy as riding in the carriage when he came here. Because there was no prison carriage, Su Mian had his body and hands tied up, and followed the carriage at the end of the team.
There are many smart people in the team who know the importance of Su Mian in Cheng Changgeng's eyes. Although the emperor has ordered to punish him severely, no one can do much. After all, no one can say for sure whether the emperor can wake up or not.
"Eunuch Su, drink some water. You must have been tired on the way back."
"Thank you very much."
Su Mian opened his eyes tiredly, his lips were cracked, and he was seriously dehydrated. He took the water, drank two big gulps, and silently kept this kindness in his heart.
If there is a chance, I will naturally repay it.
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Looking up at the strange yet familiar city wall in front of him, Su Mian looked down at his feet. The soles of his shoes had been worn out, and his toes were exposed, tattered.
He felt emotional. He left in such glory, but he didn't expect to see such a scene when he came back.
The fact that Cheng Changgeng returned to the palace was not concealed. In order to stabilize the people's hearts, it was announced to the outside world that the emperor had caught a cold and could not stand the wind, and would be fine after two days of recuperation.
Therefore, the necessary ceremony of welcoming the emperor was not omitted, and the concubines who had returned from the temporary palace in advance and those who had not gone to the temporary palace to escape the summer heat all came out to welcome the emperor.
"Strange, why don't I see Eunuch Su?"
Qin Caizi and Rong Ceqing were whispering to each other. Ever since Su Mian left the palace, they both felt that the palace was a lot quieter. They looked around and finally waited for Su Mian to come back, but couldn't find her.
"Maybe she is serving the Emperor in the carriage."
Rong Ceqing frowned slightly and tried to think positively, but he always had a bad feeling in his heart and his eyelids kept twitching.
Until - the whole team entered the city, Qin Caizi tugged at the corner of Rong Ceqing's clothes inconspicuously, and looking in the direction of Qin Caizi's sight, the dirty man tied up at the end of the team, who else could it be but Su Mian?
Su Mian also saw their gazes and wanted to raise his hand to greet them, but after moving, he realized that he was tied up. He could only try his best to smile at them with bared teeth so as not to worry them.
"What's going on? Wasn't everything fine when you left?"
Some other concubines also saw this scene and found it unbelievable. They couldn't help but mutter all kinds of speculations.
"Could it be that Su Mian has provoked the wrath of the Saint?"
"I'm afraid the emperor is disgusted with Su Mian."
Jiang Minghai, who was hiding in the crowd, listened to the discussions and looked at Su Mian's miserable appearance. He had some guesses in his mind. He thought that Su Mian was most likely guilty of a serious crime and planned to find a chance to call Xiao Dezi over to ask about the situation.
On the night he returned to the palace, Su Mian was sent to the Court of Justice. Most of the money he had on him had been spent, and Su Mian knew that he would probably suffer this time.
Many people wanted to find out what mistake Su Mian had made, but the answer they got was that the emperor had issued an order that no one was allowed to interfere.
Jiang Minghai was naturally happy and at ease. Although he didn't get any useful information from Xiao Dezi, he calculated that Su Mian was unlikely to be able to turn things around this time.
Otherwise, considering the high regard the emperor had shown for him in the past, how could he have the heart to send him to the court of justice, a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones.
People in the harem were in even greater panic. Su Mian usually had a good personal relationship with the concubines, but now that something had happened, most people chose to protect themselves, and the few who were willing to help could not make any waves.
After being sent to the court, Su Mian had almost no intact skin on his body, let alone food and drink. He was considered merciful by the presiding judge if he could barely eat a bite of steamed bun and rotten vegetable leaves.
This is not because the presiding judge is kind-hearted, but because the emperor has specifically ordered that Su Mian must not be allowed to die.
It’s not that the Royal Highness still thinks Su Mian is useful, but he is worried that if Su Mian dies after the Emperor wakes up, it will be difficult to explain.
After all, he is an old man close to the emperor. Even if his life is to be taken, the emperor must issue an order personally.
So, Su Mian was just hanging on like this.
Not only were they keeping him hanging, Su Mian also kept telling himself in his heart: I can't die, I have to wait for Cheng Changgeng to wake up.
He held on for seven days on this breath.
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