The shadow of the country

Last night, Wen Cheng and Mu Yan drank together until late.In the early morning of the next day, Mu Yan still felt hungover, and felt a little dizzy when he woke up.The morning passed quickly, and at noon, I went to the apse to help Eunuch An as usual.

As soon as he walked to the back hall, he felt a wave of doubts in his heart.I don't know why the apse is empty at the moment, only the chestnut golden sweat-blooded BMW that the emperor rewarded Yilan a few days ago is eating hay with its head bowed in the stable beside it.Mu Yan continued to walk in from the apse.In the small kitchen, Eunuch An was the only one, with his back turned to him, not knowing what he was doing.

"Eunuch An?" Mu Yan called him softly.

"Mu Yan?" Eunuch An was taken aback, his expression a little flustered, "What are you doing here?"

Mu Yan was a little dazed and said, "I come to help you every day at noon, isn't it always like this?"

"It turned out that I forgot that you would come... It's okay now. You, you go down." Eunuch An said with a serious face, trying his best to restrain the panic in his heart.

Although Mu Yan is not as good at observing words and expressions as Yi Lan, but Mr. An's obvious flustered expression can't be hidden from him.Immediately, he responded to Eunuch An, but turned around behind the hall.It wasn't until Eunuch An left that he turned back to the small kitchen.

The kitchenette is furnished as usual.It's just that a piece of paper was left on the ground, and there was still a little white powder left on the paper, which was probably left by Eunuch An just now.

Mu Yan picked up the piece of paper and walked quickly to Wen Cheng's residence.Wen Cheng had some medical skills, and when he saw the white powder, he just took it and sniffed it, then asked Mu Yan with wide eyes and serious face where it came from.Mu Yan's heart skipped a beat, only then did he realize that the white powder was actually arsenic!

Could it be that Eunuch An really wanted to kill Yilan?Mu Yan was shocked, and his mind went blank.Without thinking too much, he showed lightness kung fu, tapped the ground with his toes a few times, and returned to Yi Lan as quickly as possible.

Hurriedly back to Lanling Hall, luckily Eunuch An just brought the lunch.Before Yilan put down the chopsticks, the guard who made the tea that day stood behind him.Now, he has completely replaced Mu Yan's bodyguard.

Seeing Mu Yan rushing in in a panic, Yi Lan already understood his reason in her heart, but said in a cold tone, "What are you here for?"

Mu Yan's complexion was already pale at the moment, and he didn't care about the etiquette, so he just said intermittently: "Your Highness, the lunch is poisonous...you can't eat it, absolutely not..."

Yi Lan only turned her head to look at Mu Yan, and said coldly, "Go out."

"Your Highness, you must not..."

"Drag him out." Yi Lan ordered to Eunuch An lightly.

Mu Yan knew that Yi Lan wouldn't listen to what she said now.Although he was extremely disturbed in his heart, he still boldly stepped forward and swept the table with his arms.All the dishes and dishes on the table fell to the floor with a clatter, smashing to pieces.All the guards and maids in the palace were shocked.

Mu Yan knew that he was reckless again this time.But there was an inexplicable relief in my heart.As long as Yilan is fine, then everything is fine.Moved a step to avoid those pieces of dishes, knelt down slowly and said: "This subordinate is impolite, please...please punish me master."

"You don't need to call me master anymore." Yi Lan snorted coldly, and told Eunuch An, "Send him out of the palace, and don't let me see him again."

"Your Highness." At this moment, another pleasant voice came out.It turned out to be the guard who cooked tea that day.

"Is something wrong?"

"According to the palace rules, if you disobey the lord, you should be punished with fifty sticks. The crime is not enough to be expelled from the palace. I hope the fifth prince will forgive me." The guard knelt down and begged.

Hearing this sentence, everyone in the hall was stunned.Normally, their masters would never play tricks on their servants.I don't know if His Highness will agree to his request.

Yi Lan could tell that this man was sure that he was going to drive Mu Yan out of the palace, and was forcing him to punish Mu Yan in the name of "begging for mercy".When did he, Su Yilan, be able to be persecuted?However, if the guard is not allowed now, how can Mu Yan be protected outside the palace in the future?

Yi Lan became ruthless at the moment, suppressing the impatience in her heart, pretending to be indifferent: "Then pass the stick. But, after the beating, I still have to drive him out of the palace. I don't keep useless people here."

After hearing that, Mu Yan couldn't tell whether Yi Lan really hated him or not.He... actually said that he was a useless person and wanted to drive him out of the palace.Mu Yan's complexion was instantly pale as paper, and his whole body felt as if he was in an ice cellar, with a chill in his heart.

I don't know how long it took, but when Mu Yan was still in a trance, he felt two eunuchs dragging his heavy body up from the ground, and being pressed down on his shoulders by them, he pushed him down onto the stool that had already been moved.But Mu Yan was at their mercy, neither resisting nor struggling, unable to utter a single word of begging for mercy, feeling a little desperate in his heart.

At this time, another eunuch with a stick walked up and was groping for something around Mu Yan's waist.Yi Lan knew it was a palace rule, but she still said "no need to take off your clothes" before turning around and walking to the window with her back to him.Even if he had the heart to scold him in public, he could no longer bear to humiliate him in full view.

The one holding the staff was too listening, so he stopped groping now, and after bowing and saying "yes", he raised up the heavy board and smashed it down hard.Immediately afterwards, another eunuch in front sang sharply.

Mu Yan was really startled by the unexpected first stick, and a muffled "huh" came out of his throat instantly.With just one click, there was a burning pain, and there was a faint smell of blood in his mouth.Before Mu Yan recovered.The second rod, and the third rod followed one after another, without interruption, without giving him a chance to breathe.The bursts of severe pain were overwhelming, and the pain was already dripping with cold sweat.

With her back to the crowd, Yi Lan heard the sound of the heavy board falling, as if she didn't hear it.It's just that the hands in the sleeves are tightly clenched, and the joints are already a little white.

Now, Mu Yan's body could not stop shaking.If it wasn't for the eunuch in front holding him down, he would have slipped off the stool long ago.However, after twenty or so sticks, the wound has burst open and oozes blood, the blood red is dazzling, it is frightening.

At this time, the sound of the stick suddenly stopped.Yi Lan turned her head, seeing the wound was really shocked and regretted for a moment.When he came back to his senses, he still maintained a cold and indifferent tone and asked, "What's wrong?"

The eunuch holding the stick hesitated, and replied: "Your Highness, he has passed out. Should he wake up and continue beating, or...?"

Only then did Yilan turn around and sit back on the chair, knowing that Muyan had already lost half of his life after being hit so many times, if he continued to beat him, he might really be killed with a stick.After all, he couldn't be more ruthless and said: "Forget it. Take him down."

Only then did the eunuch order Mu Yan to be dragged from the bench, and dragged him out of the Lan Ling Hall, leaving a long trail of blood on the stone steps of His Highness.Only then did Yilan let out a breathless breath, but when she lowered her head and her eyes touched the blood stains on the ground, her heart throbbed involuntarily in pain.

The author has something to say: it's time to look at the watch after finishing Chapter No.16.Just change Chapter 9 by the way, and treat it as tomorrow's, right?

The day after tomorrow I want to stop updating for a day, because there are really not enough manuscripts to save, and the speed of revising the articles by myself is also very slow. . .But I will work hard!

For the sake of beating Mu Yan half to death, forgive me for stopping for a day. (Okay, I know it doesn't make sense though →_→)

I love you guys, ┏(^ω^)=?

☆, Ten. Reluctant