Chapter 71

"I am very pleased that you think so." Concubine De pinched the veil, covered her mouth and smiled, "I knew you were going to enter the palace, so I would have asked someone to clean up the side hall early in the morning, so go and have a look." What else is needed."

What else could Ruoyin say? After she got up and thanked her, she followed the servant to the side hall.

When she arrived at the side hall, she found that the concubine De had been tidied up properly by the servants and had all the daily necessities, so she didn't make things difficult for her.

She said to the maid next to Concubine De: "Tell Er Niang for me, this place is very good, there is nothing missing, I will just stay here."

"Yes." After the maid answered, she went to report.

Ruoyin simply explained a few words to Liumama and Qiaofeng.

"I know you feel sorry for me, but this is in the palace, unlike our fourth master's mansion, you are more restrained in your every move, especially those things that you shouldn't say, don't say a word, it's annoying I heard, it is easy to cause trouble."

Hearing this, Nanny Liu and Qiaofeng nodded in agreement.

When it was time for lunch, Concubine De asked Ruoyin to have dinner with her.

The fourteenth elder brother and the seventh princess were both there, and they politely called "fourth sister-in-law" when they saw Ruoyin.

For these, Ruoyin naturally responded with a smile.

After eating, Concubine De didn't have an awkward chat with Ruoyin, she smiled gently and said, "Now that you are pregnant, you tend to get sleepy, go and take a rest at noon."

"Thank you for your compassion." Ruoyin smiled back, but she smiled at Concubine De in her heart, a little disapproving.

With such a gentle smile on his face, he is actually a smiling tiger!

He has a smiling face on the surface, but he does his tricks behind his back.

Ruoyin usually takes a lunch break in the mansion, and it takes an hour.

But today, at Concubine De's place, she woke up within less than half an hour of sleep.

She finally put on her clothes, and after washing, Aunt Cui appeared and said with a smile: "Sifu Jin, my lady invites you to the front hall."

Ruoyin spit mint water into a white porcelain cup, let Qiaofeng wipe her mouth, and said, "Then I'll go for a while."

"Hey, please go this way." Aunt Cui smiled and led the way.

Ruoyin glanced at Aunt Cui's smile, as expected of Concubine De's great servant, and also a smiling tiger.

After arriving at the front hall, Ruoyin saw Concubine De sitting cross-legged in front of the black lacquered desk.

There are pens, ink, paper and inkstones in front of her.

And Concubine De is copying and copying, from a distance, she should be copying scriptures.

At that time, Ruoyin was thinking, uh... Concubine De didn't ask her to copy the scriptures together, did she?

At this moment, Concubine De spoke: "It's just in time for you to come. The fourth son told me last time that your spine hurts. He is a seldom talker, and he seldom tells me these things. I won't call you anymore. You copied this and that, you come and grind it for Bengong."

Ruoyin answered "Yes" and stepped forward to grind.

As she was grinding, she was thinking, last time fourth master said that he would tell Concubine De that she had a back pain.

But after hearing what fourth master meant, it seemed like a joke.

She thought it was a joke.

Now hearing what Concubine De said, it seems that Fourth Master is not joking.

It's just that the fourth master definitely didn't ask Concubine De to punish him in another way, but Concubine De is strange for punishing others.

Call her into the palace, keep saying that she is pregnant and does not need to be served, and now use the tone of command to order her.

It's just the first day, how will we live in the days to come?

I don't know how long Concubine De will keep her in the palace?

What if fourth master finds out that she is gone in a few days?

But before she could figure it out, Concubine De's majestic voice sounded in Ruoyin's ear again: "Old Si Fujin, I told you to grind, why are you in a daze."

These words brought Ruoyin back to her senses, and she apologized to Concubine De: "It's nothing, I was distracted for a while, please forgive me, Erniang."

Concubine De's sharp eyes glanced at Ruoyin lightly, then didn't say much, just lowered her head and copied the Buddhist scriptures.

In the next few days, Concubine De either asked Ruoyin to get up early to serve tea, or grind it.

Apart from these, Concubine De still keeps her word and has no other errands.

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A few days later, fourth master and Zhijun Wang were working in the prison of the Ministry of punishment.

The prison cell is dark, but not damp.

And it is full of axes, knives, saws, drills, chisels, whips, sticks, etc., all kinds of blood-stained instruments of torture.

It's creepy to see.

Of course, there was still a fire burning in the iron pot in the cell, and a few triangular tongs were inserted into the fire for searing.

At this time, fourth master was wearing a dark blue robe and sitting on the grand teacher's chair brought by the slave.

He played with the jadeite finger in his hand, his expression was like a cold star, his nose was straight, and his silence was as cold as ice.

Prince Zhijun sat next to Fourth Master, his eyebrows were thick, and he frowned impatiently.

In front of them were eight male prisoners who led the fight.

"Tell me, why did you gather people to fight?" Fourth Master said coldly.

A pair of cold eyes that were sharp like arrows even glanced at the eight prisoners in front of him.

It was just a simple question, but the prisoners present heard an irresistible coldness.

Especially the light in the prison is not very good, they can't see Si Ye's expression clearly.

I only know that the dim light, coupled with the firelight in the prison, outlined Si Ye's resolute profile.

As a result, all the prisoners were trembling.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the prison seemed to freeze, depressing and quiet.

Only the sparks in the pot made a "crackling" sound.

After hearing Si Ye's words, those prisoners didn't know whether their teeth were clenched too tightly, or they were too frightened to speak by Si Ye.

One by one, their eyes dodged, and they didn't dare to look at fourth master more.

Seeing this, Fourth Master exchanged glances with King Zhijun who was at the side.

King Zhijun understood, and made eye contact with the two guards beside him, "You guys, give me a thorn whip and beat them hard, it will definitely rip them apart."

"Yes." After the guards agreed, they took the thorn whip from the side.

The thorn whip was made of metal, covered with sharp barbs.

The lethality is far stronger than that of ordinary whips.

Then, those prisoners were tied up in the cell and received whipping.

Immediately afterwards, the screams of the prisoners who were in extreme pain came from the cell.

However, the guards were unmoved. Wherever the thorn whip went, the skin must be torn apart and dripping with blood.

"Say it or not!" Zhijun Wang leaned on the grand master's chair and asked directly.

But after he asked all the questions, those people still refused to open their mouths, and he was so angry that he ordered again: "Okay, if you don't want to say yes, then continue beating until you confess, killing one is one! Look how hard your mouth is!"

At this time, Fourth Master raised his eyebrows, "Brother, don't worry."

As soon as the fourth master's words came out, Zhijun Wang turned to look at him in surprise, "What does fourth brother mean?"

Even the prisoners looked at fourth master as if seeing a life-saving straw.

He thought that fourth master looked cold, maybe he couldn't bear to see them suffer heavy injuries, so he came to stop him, right?