Chapter 52 Disappointment
Shen Yu didn't dare to move, and moved her eyes to look.
The bookshelf on the wall was moved away, revealing a small door with a faint yellow light coming from inside.
The light became brighter and brighter, and then Shen Yu heard footsteps.
She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and could only sigh that she was so unlucky. She didn't know whether it would be better to be bitten to death by the black panther or fall into the hands of Xie Tingzhou.
She watched Xie Tingzhou slowly approach, and when he walked out of the secret door he didn't even glance at her on the ground.
He must have just taken a shower and his body was still steaming.
He was wearing a moon-white robe with wide sleeves, loosely draped on his body. When he raised his hand to light the candle, the sleeve slipped down, revealing a cold white arm.
Xie Tingzhou extinguished the lighter, walked slowly to her and squatted down to look at her.
Chen Yu adhered to the principle of not moving if the enemy did not move, and moving randomly if the enemy moved, and waited for Xie Tingzhou to speak first.
"What do you want to steal?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
"I didn't intend to steal anything." Chen Yu had no confidence at all.
Xie Tingzhou's eyes were filled with fierceness, "I warned you, Shi Yu."
Shen Yu said nervously: “I just want to take a look at the letter about the Yanliangguan case.”
Xie Tingzhou took a quick look and saw that the two piles of military affairs and staff letters were untouched. The letters that Xifeng had put in at noon were scattered on the ground. One of them had been taken out but he had not had time to unfold it.
"Want to know?" Xie Tingzhou picked up the letter with his slender fingers, scanned it quickly, slowly leaned over, and his shadow pressed on Shen Yu as if it were real.
"Let me read it to you."
The half-wet hair slid down from her shoulders, and a drop of water hit Chen Yu's brow.
She shuddered at the cold sensation, and in return she heard a low warning from the Black Panther's throat.
Xie Tingzhou touched her brow with his fingertips, and said in a voice so soft that it almost sounded like a sigh, "How disappointing."
His hand did not leave, but instead tapped her brow twice.
"Cang."
Xie Tingzhou shouted, and the black panther immediately retracted its front paws and stepped back a few steps, still arching its back in a defensive posture.
Chen Yu didn't dare to get up, and still lay on the ground looking at him.
"Let's take a look." Xie Tingzhou said.
The page of paper fluttered down on her face and she sat up and read it under the lamp.
Xie Tingzhou said, "You stole such a large sum of money in Pingtan County, but no one reported it to the police. Let me guess. The merchants in Pingtan County are the richest in the world. A few thousand taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket for them."
"Or," he paused, "are you simply lying?!"
Shen Yu just finished reading
This letter was not about the Yanliangguan case at all, but a reply letter from someone he sent to investigate her, and the letter was about that incident.
Shen Yu pursed her lips, not daring to look at Xie Tingzhou.
Xie Tingzhou sat down on the chair behind the desk, "Do you have anything else to say?"
After a while, Shen Yu finally spoke, "Yes."
She looked up and said, "I never meant to hurt you, nor did I ever mean to do anything bad to you. I just accompanied you all the way. For people like us, it's too early to talk about trust. You and I are the same. There's no need to talk about disappointment."
For some reason, she felt sad.
She didn't know whether she felt sad because she didn't see what she wanted to see, or because she felt sad for setting him up like this.
Xie Tingzhou pursed his lips and closed his eyes, "Someone come."
The lights outside the door suddenly lit up, and Xifeng and Changliu appeared at the door.
Xie Tingzhou closed his eyes and leaned towards the chair, "Take him away."
The guards immediately came in and tried to pull her up from the ground.
"I'll go by myself." Shen Yu said as she stood up and followed the guards out.
Tonight, the sky above Qingpu Residence seemed to be covered with a layer of dense clouds, making it very oppressive.
Cang seemed to sense his master's emotions and lay motionless in the corner of the study. The Saker Falcon under the eaves combed its wings and also rested there motionless.
After taking the man to the dungeon, Xifeng and Changliu returned to report.
"Your Highness," Xifeng said as he stood at the door, "Shiyu has been taken to the dungeon."
Xie Tingzhou stared at the letter on the table.
It was indeed as Shi Yu said, he only cared about the Yanliangguan case. The importance of the military secret letter was higher than the Yanliangguan case, but he did not touch it.
"Did he resist?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
Xifeng reported truthfully: "No, he was not shackled or put in a shackle. He walked into the dungeon by himself."
Xie Tingzhou let out a breath.
With Shi Yu's kung fu, although he couldn't escape unscathed, it was possible for him to escape with a desperate effort, but he didn't run.
Is he sure that he won't kill him, or...
Changliu heard no sound from inside, pointed outside, and asked Xifeng to follow him.
The two walked to a place a little further away from the study.
Chang Liu asked, "What do you mean, Your Highness? I heard that on New Year's Eve, he and Shi Yu ate noodles in the kitchen. Shi Yu cooked them. Later, Your Highness sent him back to Lu Ming Xuan."
Xifeng leaned against the wall for a while, then felt cold and leaned against the pillar instead. "How should I know?"
"Then you have been with His Highness for a long time, haven't you?"
"you
Not long?" Xi Feng asked.
"Is it okay for me to be two years younger than you?" Chang Liu said to himself, "I always feel that he treats Shi Yu a little differently, but I don't think Your Highness is the kind of person who would go the gay route."
Xifeng slid violently against the pillar.
Chang Liu saw the clue and asked cautiously: "No way? Something happened that I don't know about?"
Xifeng had been feeling very uncomfortable these days, and he couldn't figure out what Xie Tingzhou was thinking, so he just spoke it out and asked Changliu to come up with some ideas.
After hearing this, Chang Liu was so shocked that he didn't say anything for a long time. After a long while, he said, "It's over, it's over. Doesn't that mean the Beilin Palace will be extinct? Hey! Why did you hit me?"
Xifeng slapped him on the back of the head, "What nonsense are you talking about, Kongxue Laifeng?"
Chang Liu rubbed his head, "Did Your Highness deny it at that time?"
Xifeng: “No.”
"That's it?" Chang Liu turned around a few times, "Let's make a bet. I bet that His Highness will release him in a few days, and you bet that he won't."
"I bet it will be released, too."
Chang Liu rolled his eyes, "Who told me about Kongxuelaifeng just now?"
Xifeng: “…”
…
There were guests at the Beilin Palace that day.
He is Li Jifeng, the ninth son of the current emperor.
Xie Tingzhou has many drinking buddies in Beilin, but not many in Shengjing, and Li Jifeng is the number one figure.
The two met in the spring of that year.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Li Jifeng is very annoyed with Liu Yu, the son of Liu Cheng, the second assistant of the cabinet. However, the royal control is too strict. Although he is a prince, he can't find a chance to discipline that rascal.
But Xie Tingzhou is different. As the prince of Beilin, even the royal family has to give him some face.
Ever since that year when Xie Tingzhou kicked Liu Yu off his horse and broke his leg, Li Jifeng regarded him as his confidant. When Xie Tingzhou was in Beijing, he stuck to him like taffy.
It is as warm as spring in the warm room, and water is gurgling in the rockery outside the window.
Li Jifeng was feeling extremely hot, so he took off his outer robe and leaned on the couch to play chess with Xie Tingzhou.
Today, Xie Tingzhou's chess moves were aggressive and full of murderous intent, forcing Li Jifeng to retreat step by step.
Li Jifeng scratched his head and made a move. Seeing Xie Tingzhou was about to make a move, he quickly blocked him, "Don't be so cruel. I was just a few days late and you're so depressed. You make it seem like I'm with that unfaithful man. You don't know how busy I've been these days. I..."
"Let go." Xie Tingzhou said coldly.
Li Jifeng let go with a "tsk" sound, "It's New Year's Day, why are you so murderous?"
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