Chapter 57: Daughter
At five quarters past three in the morning, the morning bell rang.
Before daybreak, the twelve city gates on all sides of Shengjing were wide open.
Several horses galloped into the city and headed straight for the Beilin Palace in the East Market.
The visitor dismounted at the gate of the palace and was taken by the guards to Xie Tingzhou's study.
After running all night, the leading guard was covered in sweat. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and took big steps.
"It's only the fifth watch. I'm afraid I'll disturb Your Highness's rest. I'll report to you after you wake up."
The guard leading the way said, "Your Highness has been awake the whole time."
The man didn't understand and was about to ask, but the guard said, "He just came back from Zuiyun Tower and is still drunk."
"Did something big happen in the capital?"
The guard shook his head, "We're here, you can go in by yourself."
Qingpu Ju is a very depressing place and no one likes to get close to it, for fear that something might go wrong.
When he heard the report from the guards, Xie Tingzhou was leaning on the couch, his forehead aching. He was playing with a bottle of top-grade gold medicine in his hand, and his gloomy eyes were filled with thoughts.
He stayed in Zuiyunlou for two days. Although he was a little tipsy, his mind was very clear. The more he drank, the clearer he understood what he wanted.
He glanced out the window and asked, "What time is it?"
"It's six quarters past the hour of Yin." said the guard.
Xie Tingzhou rubbed his brows and said, "Let him in."
The guard came in and reported that the mission was not completed successfully. While explaining the whole story, he kept an eye on Xie Tingzhou's expression, his heart hanging in the air.
"It was too late when we arrived. No other villagers were injured, but my father-in-law..."
"At that time, the old man was still holding on to his last breath and asked me to pass on a few words..."
The guard recalled the scene at that time.
The old man was lying in a pool of blood, holding on to his last breath and saying, "Tell them not to blame themselves. I have lived alone for so many years, and it has been a long time since I have had such a lively time. I have long wanted to go down to see my wife and children. I am now leaving... happily, but... there is something I am worried about."
It snowed the day before yesterday, and the golden bamboo outside the window was bent by the fine snow.
Xie Tingzhou walked to the window, his breathing stagnated slightly. He never expected that the ease and comfort of those days would become a fatal blow to his father-in-law.
"Anything else?" he asked calmly.
The guard said, "The master asked me to tell Xiaoyu a message, but I don't know who Xiaoyu is."
Xie Tingzhou: "Go ahead."
"The old man said that although his house was not very good, it was a place to shelter from the wind and rain. He left it to Xiaoyu so that if he had nowhere to go one day,
I went there to live, and then the old man entrusted the dog to me and asked me to find a suitable family to live with. "
The guard finally conveyed the master's words.
Xie Tingzhou asked: "Where's the dog?"
The guard didn't dare to look up. "I buried him next to his relatives' graves as requested by my father-in-law. I didn't know what Your Highness planned to do with the dog, so I took the initiative to bring the dog back."
Xie Tingzhou stretched out his fingers to fiddle with the snow on the windowsill, thought for a moment and said, "You did a good job."
"Then, what should we do with the dog?" the guard asked bravely.
"Bring it here."
The guard took the order and left, just reaching the door.
"Wait." Xie Tingzhou changed his mind, thought for a moment and said, "Give the dog to Xifeng and let him send it to Shiyu."
He keeps a cang in his yard, and if Dahuang comes in, he will probably become its meal within an hour.
Besides, the dog was very afraid of him and would tuck its tail between its legs when it saw him. However, it was very happy every time it saw Shi Yu.
The dawn light adds a layer of gold to the snow.
Xie Tingzhou copied a piece of calligraphy, but still couldn't calm down.
Shi Yu's eyes were red when she left the village. Now that she heard that her father-in-law had passed away suddenly, she didn't know how sad she would be.
He couldn't fool himself, he was worried.
Another hour passed, and the door of the study suddenly opened.
Xie Tingzhou strode out and said, "No need to follow me."
Xi Feng stopped, and the white feather under the eaves flapped its wings, circled in the air, then swooped down towards Xie Tingzhou and landed on a branch by the roadside.
The branch was stepped on by it, and broken snow fell down.
The road to Lumingxuan was very quiet. There were servants sweeping the floor. When they saw him, they immediately knelt on the ground.
The closer we got to Lumingxuan, the clearer the barking of dogs became, and occasionally there was the sound of claws scratching the door.
Xie Tingzhou's eyes flashed, he quickened his pace, pushed open the gate, and Dahuang rushed out directly from the gate.
Dogs have good memories and Dahuang recognized him. He circled around him, ran to the door of a room, and barked again, looking very anxious.
Xie Tingzhou found something wrong. Dahuang was calling so loudly, but Shiyu didn't come out.
The door was half-open, leaving only a small gap through which Da Huang could squeeze out.
When the door was pushed open, light came in and fell on the person on the couch. Xie Tingzhou's gaze suddenly froze.
He thought a lot on the way here, about how to face him and how to face the dirty thoughts he had about him.
He restrained himself, but still wanted to possess her.
But what I didn't want to see was this kind of scene.
Shi Yu lay on the bed,
Her cheeks were red and her pale lips were cracked.
Xie Tingzhou touched his forehead, which was very hot, and called softly, "Shiyu, Shiyu?"
Chen Yu's whole body ached from the fever, especially her back. Someone was calling her, but she couldn't open her eyes.
Xie Tingzhou saw his lips moving, so he leaned over and put his ear close to him, but he didn't hear any words, only the sound of his hot breathing next to his ear.
There was a teapot beside the bed. I wanted to pour him a glass of water, but when he picked it up, it was empty.
"Someone come here." Xie Tingzhou shouted.
There was no response from outside the door for a long time.
Xie Tingzhou was getting angry and walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard, "Someone come!"
The maid who was sweeping the floor quickly threw the broom aside and walked quickly to the gate, "Your Highness."
Xie Tingzhou was furious, "Where is the person Lu Mingxuan is serving?"
The maid said tremblingly: "The prince was not in the capital before, so Lu Mingxuan has never arranged for servants to serve."
Xie Tingzhou was silent for a moment, "Call the doctor, get another pot of water, and ask Xifeng and Changliu to come over."
He returned to the room and found Dahuang being unusually well-behaved, lying listlessly on the side of the bed. When he heard footsteps, he looked up and lay down again.
Shi Yu lying on the bed breathed more rapidly, his forehead was burning, but he was not sweating.
If the external injuries are not treated properly, it is easy to get infected and have a fever. I don’t know how long he has been lying here alone since he was whipped.
Xie Tingzhou stared at him blankly and began to regret his decision for the first time.
How could those twenty whips have beaten him like this?
He reached out and pinched his collar. After a long while, he seemed to have made up his mind and carefully pulled it open.
His shoulders were narrower, thinner, and whiter than those of an average man.
The clothes slowly fell to the waist, revealing the scars on the back.
The whip marks that tore the flesh were crisscrossed on the back, but there were gaps of palm length in the middle.
Xie Tingzhou moved closer in confusion, his eyes swept across his back, but suddenly he froze there.
Under the crawling slender body, beautiful round curves were squeezed out on both sides of the chest.
Xie Tingzhou's brain exploded like thunder, and the string in his mind suddenly broke.
His eyes moved from there to Shi Yu's face.
They had slept in the same bed together all the way, but he didn't even realize that she was a girl!
Then what was the pain and struggle he had been going through these days?
It's just ridiculous.
The wall in his heart had clearly begun to collapse, and he was ready to accept himself as he was, but reality opened up a new path for him.
At this moment he didn't know whether to be sad or happy.
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