Glory all the way

Chapter 254 Letting Go
Bai Yingluo was burning with anxiety, but seeing Xue's calm face, she suddenly gained confidence in her heart.

Kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to Princess Qingcheng, Bai Yingluo stood up and said forcefully: "Although I am a soft-spoken concubine, if I risk my life, I will always see the emperor and the queen mother. The prince's crime is the same as that of the common people, and the concubine's identity proves that Let the tens of thousands of people in Song Dynasty see where this law lies."

After finishing speaking, Bai Yingluo turned around resolutely, and hurriedly caught up with Xue Shi.

As soon as the two of them reached the gate of the palace, Princess Qingcheng yelled furiously from behind: "Mrs. Jing'anhou, Mrs. Du, are you threatening me?"

Xue Shi and Bai Yingluo pretended to be terrified, turned around and fell to their knees.

Glancing at Bai Yingluo and motioning her to stop talking, Xue raised her voice and said, "I don't dare. However, everything must be well-founded. The third son of the princess mansion is similar to the Zhuangyuan Lang. This concubine I have never heard of it before, but aside from appearance, there should be many differences between the two in other respects. Therefore, if Zhuangyuan Lang is really not in the princess mansion now, and he hasn't returned for a long time, we will naturally report to the officials. But If someone deceives the princess with ulterior motives and wants to replace Li Zong, it may not be so easy. Although Zhuangyuan Lang was born in a poor family, since he married the lady of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion, he is the uncle of our Jing'an Marquis Mansion. We will never let it go and chill people's hearts."

After all, Mrs. Xue raised her eyes to Princess Qingcheng, and said sincerely: "I heard that there are guests coming and going from the Princess's mansion today. I think the princess has never met the third son. If the servant intentionally deceives, the princess should punish him severely." Yes, you can’t just make mistakes.”

A few understated words, Princess Qingcheng wanted to take Du Xuan by force, transferred to the princess's mansion, the servant lost Bai Yi and wanted to replace him with Du Xuan, and picked Princess Qingcheng out of it.

After experiencing Bai Yingluo's resoluteness, seeing Xue Shi's calm face at this moment, Princess Qingcheng's anger has reached a limit that is about to explode.

Standing up abruptly, Princess Qingcheng sneered and said, "Okay, since that's the case, I'll take you to have a look so that you can tell whether he is Bai Yi or Du Xuan."

In his words, he was full of confidence, as if he was sure that Bai Yingluo would not be able to tell the difference.

Surrounded by maidservants, Princess Qingcheng walked towards the backyard with Bai Yingluo and Mrs. Xue, deliberately making things difficult for Bai Yingluo, Princess Qingcheng walked extremely fast.

The Princess Mansion occupies a huge area, after walking for a while, Bai Yingluo's forehead was covered with sweat, and her lower abdomen started to hurt.

After walking for a stick of incense, I saw a courtyard in the distance that was brightly lit. In the empty night, I could vaguely hear the sound of a whip piercing the sky.

After entering the yard, he saw that Steward Xiang was tied up on a wooden stake, his clothes had already been whipped to reveal the cotton wool inside, and there were many scratches on his face.

In front of Butler Xiang, Lu Er rolled up his sleeves and held a whip, sternly lecturing.

On the side, Du Xuan slumped on the soft couch powerlessly.

As if she didn't expect Princess Qingcheng to come so late, Lu Er put the whip in her hand, and gave Butler Xiang a hard look, Fang turned back to Princess Qingcheng and said, "Princess, this dog slave is going to lay down for Master Du!" If he got Ruanjinsan, he still needs to be tortured, and I found out, so I gave him a hard lesson."

"Who gave your dog gall?"

Shouting sharply, Princess Qingcheng glared at Steward Xiang, her face turned livid.

He yelled in his heart that it was not good, but Xiang Steward was struggling because his mouth was stuffed with a cloth ball and he couldn't speak.

Lu Er wasn't afraid that he might say something unfavorable to her, so she turned her head and glanced at the boy beside her, "Let him talk, I want to see what he has to say."

A servant stepped forward to take out the cloth ball, and Steward Xiang hurriedly begged for mercy, "Princess, please forgive me. It's because he doesn't know what is good and evil. Being able to stay with the princess in the princess mansion is a blessing from his previous life. But he uttered wild words, the servant is devoted to the princess, so he used Ruanjinsan according to the old practice, intending to teach him a lesson to vent his anger on the princess. Princess, the servant is devoted to the princess, please forgive me..."

Thinking of these years in Mobei, some faces of the princess mansion always died for no reason, and then were thrown on the mass grave. His reputation changed from being shameless at first to being tyrannical. Even when a three-year-old child was crying, He would stop crying in astonishment as soon as he heard his name. It is conceivable how exaggerated the rumors outside are.

In the past, it was because there were always unwilling people who were willing to seek death. The sky was high and the emperor was far away. It is conceivable how many people committed suicide and how many were secretly tortured to death by him.

Seeing Princess Qingcheng's face was cloudy and uncertain, Xiang Steward seemed to know what she was thinking, and his bound body trembled involuntarily.

"Where's Chiji?"

Staring angrily at the trembling Steward Xiang, Princess Qingcheng shouted.

"Back to the princess, I have already sent someone to invite you, and the eldest son will be here soon."

The servant girl behind Princess Qingcheng replied.

The courtyard suddenly fell silent, Bai Yingluo looked at Du Xuan who was lying on the soft couch in the room with loose tendons, her eyes were bloodshot with hatred, she didn't care much, she called "Xuan Lang", I'm about to pounce on it.

Behind him, Princess Qingcheng said lightly: "Mrs. Du, I advise you to think twice before acting. Now that your identity is unknown, if you can't prove that he is the number one scholar, then your behavior at this moment will lose your morals. Let's see what kind of face you still have in this world."

Clenching her fists so tightly that she didn't even feel pain when her nails were pinched into her palms, Bai Yingluo stopped abruptly, looked at Du Xuan who was struggling to get up, but finally collapsed powerlessly, and softly called out: "Xuan Lang , Xuan Lang..."

Seeing Bai Yingluo, Du Xuan yelled "Ah", as if he was calling "Luo Niang", but there was only "Ah" in his throat, like a mute.

There was a painful struggle on the face, Du Xuan struggled vigorously, Bai Yingluo looked back at Princess Qingcheng with disbelief and asked, "What did you do to him?"

Princess Qingcheng was also full of anger, and glared at Steward Xiang again when she saw this.

Xiang Steward knew that he would end up miserable today, he was so frightened that he lost control, his pants were wet in a moment, his eyes were full of pleading but he didn't dare to say anything.

On the side, Lu Er whispered, "Dumb medicine."

Thinking about it, he wanted to torture Du Xuan, and he was afraid that he would yell and attract people, so he did it.

Princess Qingcheng was furious, and thought of the matter of Mobei, she took a few steps forward and took the whip from Lu Er's hand, swung it vigorously at Steward Xiang, and even reprimanded: "The reputation of this palace is ruined by you. It's in the hands of the dog slave."

While talking, Chiji arrived.

Going forward to circle Princess Qingcheng, he took the whip from her hand and threw it on the ground. Chi Ji gently persuaded: "The princess is angry, just leave it to Chi Ji, don't hurt the jade body."

The evil things he has done these years are unknown to others, but Chi Ji is very clear. Hearing what he said, Steward Xiang panicked and yelled, "Princess, please spare me." The two boys stuffed the cloth ball into his mouth again.

When it became quiet again, Princess Qingcheng pinned some scattered hair behind her ears, looked at Bai Yingluo with a sad face and heartbroken heart with a smile, and said: "Now, he can't speak, just based on your one-sided words, but I can't." Prove that he is Bai Yi, or the number one scholar. Mrs. Du, what should you do?"

This is actually going to be denied.

Bai Yingluo almost vomited blood, but at the moment Du Xuan couldn't speak, and he couldn't show others the inhumane marks on his body. For a while, Bai Yingluo's heart was as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

After taking dumb medicine, he couldn't speak, and took Ruanjin powder, his limbs became weak, and obviously he couldn't write.

Regardless of Princess Qingcheng's behavior just now, Xue almost suspected that this was a trick Princess Qingcheng ordered in advance to prevent Bai Yingluo from taking Du Xuan away.

But at this moment, she was also a little helpless.

Bai Yingluo forced herself to calm down, a thought suddenly popped up in her mind.

Breathing heavily, Bai Yingluo turned her head to look at Princess Qingcheng and said, "Since the princess knows Qianlixiang, I think she knows the fragrance. Is my concubine's guess right?"

Hearing Bai Yingluo mention Qian Lixiang, Princess Qingcheng's heart sank, and she already had some bad premonitions about the people who secretly sent the mansion to track down Bai Yi.

Casting a sideways glance at Bai Yingluo, Princess Qingcheng remained silent, as a tacit consent.

Bai Yingluo said, "My husband likes to wear Du Ruo as a sachet, but I don't know what kind of incense Bai Yi likes to use?"

But it is to smell the fragrance and know people.

Not to mention big families, even ordinary people, girls who love beauty will use incense. If there is no condition, it is also good to pick some fragrant petals and put them in a sachet to wear on the body.

Not to mention people like Princess Qingcheng.

In a word, Princess Qingcheng froze for a moment.

Bai Yi doesn't use incense, and he always feels that a man's body has a scent, which makes him less masculine. Therefore, his body has always been fresh and grassy, ​​just like when he was in the mountains.

Seeing that Princess Qingcheng didn't speak, Bai Yingluo already knew it in her heart. Seeing this, Chi Ji and Lu Er were afraid that Princess Qingcheng would not be able to get off the stage. Your Excellency staying in the mansion is not Bai Yi after all, why are you bothering? It's better to let him go, just hope that each other can feel at ease, and they won't be embarrassed when they see Bai Yi again after work."

Chi Ji had long expressed in front of Princess Qingcheng that he was willing to do so, and hoped that Bai Yi would disappear from Princess Qingcheng's side.

As for Lu Er, the relationship between Bai Yi and Bai Yi has been as close as brothers since he entered the Princess Mansion. Although there is no sufficient evidence to prove that Lu Er helped Bai Yi escape this time, it is conceivable that he cannot escape the relationship.

At this moment, seeing that the people close to me are not helping me, and I said that in front of Mrs. Xue in the main hall before, although Princess Qingcheng was full of anger, she couldn't express it.

Casting a cold glance at Chiji and Luer, Princess Qingcheng looked up at the shivering Steward Xiang, and roared at Chiji, "This dog slave, pull me out and stick him to death."

After finishing speaking, Princess Qingcheng turned around and left, leaving a whole yard of people standing or kneeling looking at each other.

It was Chi Ji who reacted quickly, got up and bowed to Xue Shi and Bai Yingluo, then turned around and ordered a few servants standing by the soft couch, "Why don't you wait for Master Du to return home?"

(End of this chapter)