dumb queen

Xiao Jin continued to talk with Xie Yuan with a normal face, all of which had nothing to do with the court in the Northern Territory, and both of them had their own thoughts.

It was impossible to get something out of Xie Yuan, an old fox, and Xie Yuan would cough a few times from time to time, as if reminding Xiao Jin that he was still sick.

Xiao Jin glanced at Xie Yuan indifferently, and confirmed that it was true that he had contracted the cold, but it must be true that he had other plans.

"Since the teacher is ill, I can't bother you any more."

Xiao Jin asked Xie Chaoge to get up, then stretched out his hand to pinch his chin, pretending to be intimate, "My concubine will stay in the prime minister's mansion for a few days, and she will also keep good company with the teacher. I have something to do, so I will go back to the palace first."

The Xiangguo Mansion sent Xiao Jin to the door respectfully again, Xie Yuan saw Xiao Jin get on the sedan chair and drive away with his own eyes, and then his face suddenly sank.

After returning to the front hall, Xie Chaoge stood obediently in the hall with his head bowed.

Xie Yuan walked over with a gloomy expression, raised his hand and slapped him.

Xie Chaoge was thrown to the ground, his cheeks were burning with pain, and Xiao Mian at the side hurriedly tried to help him up.

Xie Yuan sternly said, "Let him get up by himself!"

He looked at Xie Chaoge on the ground and said bitterly, "You don't want face, the Xiangguo Mansion wants more! You have grown up so much, you have eaten all the etiquette, righteousness, and shame in your stomach? Is it an honor to serve people in Israel? Let the emperor accompany you back together." The government wants to show off in front of me, to see what a useless son I have taught!"

Xie Yuan was furious for quite a while before waving his hands and said, "Shut him into the ancestral hall and make him kneel. Without my permission, he is not allowed to come out!"

In the past, Xie Chaoge was often punished to kneel, and no one in the entire family would intercede for him.

"I also hope that my father will calm down."

Xie Yunmu said suddenly, and whispered in Xie Yuan's ear, but Xie Yuan was still furious, and said coldly, "Take him down first."

Xie Chaoge was imprisoned in the Xie Family Ancestral Hall. In front of him were the tablets of the ancestors, offering incense day and night.

Although I was allowed to kneel on the futon, my knees were still painful and numb after kneeling for a long time.

It was very cold in the ancestral hall, only Xiao Mian was with Xie Chaoge all the time.

No food was allowed during the kneeling punishment. Xie Chaoge's body was still weak. After kneeling for a day and a night, he looked wobbly and was about to fall down again.

Fortunately, before he fainted, he was released from the ancestral hall and resettled back to another courtyard.

And Nan Yicheng, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, came to Xiangguo Mansion.

The fingerprints on Xie Chaoge's cheeks have all disappeared, but his knees are red and swollen, and it hurts badly if touched lightly. Xiao Mian used the medicine given by Dr. Liu, and carefully applied it to Xie Chaoge. .

When Nan Yicheng pushed the door and came in, Xiao Mian had just rearranged Xie Chaoge's trouser legs.

After seeing the person standing by the door, Xie Chaoge's body froze immediately, and his eyes widened slightly.

Xiao Mian backed out and closed the door.

Nan Yicheng was still holding a bowl of hot porridge in his hand, walked to the bedside, looked deeply at Xie Chaoge, without saying a word for a long time.

"Drink the porridge first."

The porridge bowl was handed to Xie Chaoge.

Xie Chaoge lowered his head, clutched his robe tightly with his fingers, and didn't reach out to pick it up. He didn't know how to face Nan Yicheng.

"Chao Chao," Nan Yicheng smiled with difficulty pulling the corners of his mouth, "I haven't seen you for so long, don't you even want to look at me?"

Hearing this, Xie Chaoge shook his head, then raised his eyes.

The face of the person in front of him was like a crown of jade, and the posture of the breeze and the moon was still as dazzling as before.

However, now I am no longer the little mute who can follow behind him.

Nan Yicheng wanted to reach out to hold his hand, but Xie Chaoge dodged it, and then watched him shake his head slightly, with a little water in his eyes, I don't know if it was because of the pain from the injury just now, or because of something else.

Nan Yicheng's hands froze in the air, "That's right, you are now the emperor's concubine, and I am the emperor's subject, we shouldn't, shouldn't meet in private, and shouldn't have any entanglements."

Nan Yi Chenghu stretched out his hand forcefully, and grabbed the thin wrist.

"But, Chaochao, tell me why you want to enter the palace as a concubine? Why, can't you wait for me? I have spent so much effort to take back the forces in the southern border, just to be able to come back sooner and see you sooner. you……"

The light in Nan Yicheng's eyes gradually dimmed, "...but, the first thing I heard after I came back was that there was a noble concubine Xie in the harem."

Xie Chaoge's wrist was held by him, and it didn't hurt, but he was still sad and wanted to pull it out.

Nan Yicheng looked at the fair and beautiful face in front of him, saw the teardrops hanging from the end of his eyes, and a glimmer of hope rose in his heart again.

"I know, it's the emperor's will. You can't disobey it, right? You didn't want to, did you? Chaochao, tell me that you don't want to be the emperor's concubine. As long as you tell me so, I will I just believe in you. I can ask the emperor to give you to me, so that the entire southern border will belong to the emperor's faction, I..."

Nan Yicheng spoke to himself, but Xie Chaoge just looked at him with teary eyes, and didn't respond to any of the questions he asked.

Xie Chaoge didn't know, and didn't know how to answer.

Nan Yi Cheng suddenly let go, with grief in his eyes, he looked at Xie Chaoge for a while, then stood firm,

When he spoke again, there was restrained calm in his tone.

"You should also know that the Xie family has always belonged to the queen mother's party, and now the Xie family and the emperor are trying to win over my Nan family at the same time. Tell me, who should I help?"

Xie Chaoge lowered his eyes, gestured and said: Whichever side the King of Nanfan wants to support...he supports whichever side...

"What do you call me?" Nan Yicheng smiled wryly, "Nanfan King? Then should I call you too, Concubine Xie?"

"Aren't you the emperor's concubine? Don't you want me to support the emperor? Or do you want me to support Mr. Xiangguo?"

Nan Yicheng refused to let go of any change in Xie Chaoge's eyes, and asked forcefully, "You know, if one side loses miserably in the treacherous court, if one side loses miserably, it will definitely be tortured to death by the opponent, and you, caught in the middle During this time, how could the emperor and Lord Xiangguo not know what kind of torture and pain they have to endure?"

Xie Chaoge's eyes were full of tears, and he flinched back a bit.

The Nan Yicheng in front of him made him feel strange and scared. The former Yicheng brother had never been so aggressive with him, let alone persecuted him so aggressively.

The candles in the room flickered twice, then went out suddenly, only the pale moonlight shone in.

A figure was reflected on the door, who had been standing outside for an unknown how long.