Chapter 55: Admitting Mistakes and Getting Beaten
"Someone come."
Xi Feng had been guarding the door with a sword in his arms all night. When he heard the sound, he pushed open the door and saw Xie Tingzhou sitting on the bed with his head down and his legs supported by his arms. He exuded a murderous aura as if a storm was about to come.
Xie Tingzhou didn't look up and said, "Prepare water for bathing and call a few girls in."
There was a hint of surprise in Xifeng's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it, then lowered his head and said, "Yes."
The private room had two side rooms on the left and right. Maids came in one after another and prepared water in the side rooms. They wanted to help with washing, but were sent out by Xie Tingzhou.
After bathing, Xie Tingzhou came out of the ear room.
There were several girls standing in the small hall. They were all very beautiful, with gauze shawls on their shoulders, and their seductive beauty was faintly visible.
They had received their mother's instructions and knew that a distinguished person lived here, so they did not dare to look up when they heard footsteps.
The room was filled with the smell of powder.
Xie Tingzhou sat back on the chair, looked at the people, and said calmly, "Raise your heads."
The girls all looked up, amazed at the immortal-like face and aura of the man in front of them, but they did not dare to look him in the eye.
Standing in the front was the girl who had been pouring wine for him since she played the piano last night.
She stepped forward bravely, picked up the handkerchief beside her, and said softly, "Sir, I will wipe your hair for you."
Xie Tingzhou did not refuse.
She trembled with her hands, suppressing the joy in her heart. Before she touched her hair, she heard a cold voice: "Get out!"
The girl froze and knelt down hastily, "What did I do to make you unhappy?"
Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes slightly, "You standing here makes me very unhappy."
The girl turned pale, put down her handkerchief and stepped back.
Xie Tingzhou: "Everyone get out."
The door closed, but the scent of powder did not dissipate.
Xie Tingzhou felt annoyed. Just now, when he saw those women wearing gauze, his body did not react at all. Instead, he felt nauseous.
Think back to that dream.
How could he have such thoughts about a man?
Xie Tingzhou didn't dare to believe it, nor did he want to believe it.
…
Li Jifeng slept until noon and heard from Xiao Luzi that Xie Tingzhou left at dawn and called a few girls into the room, but drove them out after a while and left with a dark face.
Li Jifeng was getting dressed when he heard this and laughed, "My friend, I'm afraid he hasn't figured out what's going on yet."
Xiao Luzi said, "I don't understand."
Li Jifeng glanced at him and said, "You are a eunuch, so you naturally don't understand."
Since returning to the palace that day, Xie Tingzhou locked himself in his room.
Xifeng kept silent, and Changliu was so anxious that blisters appeared at the corners of his mouth.
On the third day, Xie Tingzhou finally left the room, and the first thing he did was to have Shi Yu taken to the study.
Shi Yu lived in the dungeon for several days. She knew that she was still useful and Xie Tingzhou would not kill her for the time being. After all, the three judicial officials still had to interrogate her.
Chen Yu walked into the study, and Xi Feng immediately closed the door behind her. She looked back, then slowly walked to the desk and knelt down.
This was the first time that there was no stove in Xie Tingzhou's room. The floor was very cold, and the knuckles of his fingers turned red from the cold as he wrote.
Xie Tingzhou didn't raise his head, he was still annotating the official documents sent by the express horse from Beilin.
"Do you know you are wrong?"
Chen Yu lowered her head, still wearing the nightgown she wore when she entered the dungeon.
"Shi Yu knows he was wrong."
This was something she had slowly come to the conclusion after being scolded many times by Shen Zhongan and Shen Zhao in the past. When the other party is angry, they should just admit their mistakes. Quibbling and stubbornness will only add fuel to the fire.
After finishing the last stroke, Xie Tingzhou put down his pen and then looked away.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Yu didn't hear any strong emotions in Xie Tingzhou's words, so she felt relieved. "I was wrong. If I wanted to know the news, I should have asked His Highness directly, not come to peek by myself."
Xie Tingzhou pursed his lips tightly, "That's all?"
Shen Yu answered obediently: "You shouldn't lie to others. I paid the money at Lu's store."
He’s too obedient, Xie Tingzhou thought.
"They will pay you?" He didn't believe it.
"Yes," Chen Yu said, "The Major General gave me the seal of the Lu family."
Xie Tingzhou stood up and walked up to him, "Why would he give it to you, a guard?"
Chen Yu bit her lower lip and said nothing. She finally understood that in front of Xie Tingzhou, the lie might get away with it at the time, but it wouldn't take long for him to expose it.
A man like him who holds the power of life and death will not be easily swayed by others. Rather than telling a lie that will eventually be exposed, it is better not to tell it.
There will be a conclusion.
Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes, and the collar of his nightgown revealed a piece of his delicate neck, so white and so thin.
Makes him want to strangle him, bite him, and tear him apart.
Let him beg for mercy weakly like in the dream, and hug his back tightly while trembling.
"Your Highness?" Shen Yu raised her head.
Meeting Shi Yu's blank gaze, Xie Tingzhou suddenly came back to his senses and looked away in disbelief.
He turned and walked to the window, his hands clenched into fists under his sleeves.
Crazy!
What was he thinking just now? !
Xie Tingzhou closed his eyes, and when he opened them he hid his emotions, "Since you saved me once, I can be spared the death penalty, but I cannot escape the punishment of living. Go find Xifeng to get the whip yourself."
As soon as Shi Yu left, Xie Tingzhou immediately ordered his men to prepare the horses, and Changliu ran away in a flash.
Xifeng heard that Shi Yu came to him to get the whip, but didn't say how much he wanted. He could only go to Xie Tingzhou for instructions. He happened to catch up with Xie Tingzhou who had just mounted his horse at the door.
Xifeng explained his purpose.
Xie Tingzhou sat on his horse holding the whip and asked: "How much should I receive according to the rules? Follow the rules."
Xifeng: "This..."
"What? You can't do it?" Xie Tingzhou said in a slightly cold tone.
Chang Liu was riding a horse behind Xie Tingzhou, and he replied, "Your Highness, he has been beheaded according to the rules."
Xie Tingzhou: “…”
Changliu is still young and naive.
Xifeng quickly gave way, "At the lightest, he will be flogged twenty times, at the worst..."
"Then it's twenty." Xie Tingzhou said and rode away.
Chang Liu wanted to catch up and had something to say to Xi Feng, so he said as he passed by him, "See, I told him he was different."
Xie Tingzhou rode his horse all the way to Zuiyun Tower and threw away the whip after getting off the horse.
The madam came to greet him in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Mr. Feng is here too, are you looking for him?"
"Not looking for him," Xie Tingzhou walked upstairs, his eyes swept across the Hua Niang walking between the stairs, and suddenly asked: "Is there any young man?"
The madam covered her lips with a piece of silk and smiled, "Of course we have it. As long as you want it, we can get it for you."
It was still the same room on the top floor, and Xie Tingzhou was sitting in a chair.
He had had absurd dreams here and also fled here.
And now, he wants to verify one thing here.
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