Good luck and marriage: marrying the governor of Dongchang

Chapter 260 Persistence in the Darkness
On the bumpy prison road, Cao Qiuwan hurriedly walked with his head slightly lowered, his brows were furrowed, and he looked full of thoughts.

The yamen servant who was following behind saw that his lord had such a disturbed look after he had talked with the man in black. He was a little curious about what they had said between them, which would make the lord change his face suddenly.

Cautiously following Cao Qiuwan, he asked speculatively, "My lord, but what did that man say that offended you? Do you want me to call that man back and make an apology to my lord?"

Cao Qiuwan was already preoccupied, and all he could think of was what the man said to make him take good care of Shen Qingli. The bank note in his sleeve seemed to have turned into a hot potato. When he was really upset, this The blind servant was still presumptuously guessing his mind, and immediately became furious, and scolded, "What are you, you dare to come here to speculate on my mind at will, just take care of yourself, If you can't even do your own duty well, I don't mind putting you in this prison too, so that you can understand what it means to be a safe man!"

The yamen servant turned pale with fright at the scolding, lowered his head and flinched and said, "The little one is wrong, and the little one talks too much, my lord forgive me."

Cao Qiuwan snorted, ignored him, and walked straight towards the secret room.

As soon as he entered the secret room, looking at Shen Qingli, who was chained to the grand teacher's chair and unable to move, covered in cold sweat, Cao Qiuwan thought of what that person had just said, and suddenly felt a little headache.

The two yamen servants who were waiting to execute the punishment saw Cao Qiuwan who sat there with his head sullen and silent after they came in. They were a little puzzled. They didn't know what happened to your lord. After that, the whole person was a little bit wrong.

One of them hesitated for a while, but still dared to ask, "My lord, has the punishment of slapping the mouth started?"

Shen Qingli had been silently observing Cao Qiuwan's expression since he came in just now, and she found that Cao Qiuwan's expression was very strange, probably because the person she met said something embarrassing him.

And when he came back, he looked at her with such entangled and irritable eyes, she guessed in her heart that most of what the person who came there said had something to do with her.

I just don't know who that person is and what he said.

Cao Qiuwan raised his head and looked at Shen Qingli with a gloomy face for a while. After a moment of irritability, he waved his hand impatiently and said, "Forget it, let her go!"

The yamen servant was stunned, let him go?

"My lord, this... do you mean where to put the prisoner?"

Cao Qiuwan rubbed his temples fiercely, and said bitterly, "Idiot! Mrs. Chen is a death row inmate, where do you want to put it - of course, put it back in prison!"

After finishing speaking, he was so angry that his chest was heaving. He looked at the tea on the table, took a sip, but found that it was already cold, and immediately angrily put the teacup on the table. The tea in the cup was all because of This rude gesture splattered some.

Seeing that Cao Qiuwan was so angry, the two yamen servants didn't dare to delay. They quickly untied Shen Qingli's chain and lifted her up from the chair.

Shen Qingli gritted her teeth, her head was covered with cold sweat, and the backs of her legs were covered with mottled blood, because of the blanket with the silver needles hidden in it.

She looked at Cao Qiuwan, who was still restless, and was taken away by the yamen servant in silence.

After leaving the secret room, Shen Qingli thought to herself, it seems that the person who just arrived must have said something to Cao Qiuwan, which made Cao Qiuwan feel scruples and did not continue to torture her.

The other party may be Lu Huaiqi and her side, but it may also be someone from the other side. After all, at this time, everyone has their own thoughts. Some people want her to die, and some people want to keep her. .

But, no matter what, she managed to get through tonight.

Before she reached the door of the cell, Ran Mo heard the movement, stretched out her hand from the gap, and shouted, "Madam, how are you! Did they make things difficult for you!"

Zhang Li also heard the voice, and said in a low voice, "Madam, it's good that you come back."

The yamen guard opened the door of the cell and pushed her in. Shen Qingli was already weak, so she lost the strength to fall forward after such a push. Fortunately, Ran Mo caught her in time, and looked at the pale Shen Qingli , dyed ink eyes sour, "madam, do you hurt?"

Shen Qingli smiled with difficulty, "It doesn't matter if it hurts, as long as I come back alive, it's a good thing."

Seeing that Shen Qingli could still laugh at this moment, the ink-stained tears inevitably fell, "Ma'am..." He supported Shen Qingli and wanted her to sit down first, but with a glance, he saw the bloody behind her, Immediately surprised, "Ma'am, what's going on?"

Shen Qingli shook her head and smiled lightly, her eyes were slightly cold, "It's nothing, just a little punishment." Seeing the anger and worry on Ran Mo's face, she said indifferently, "It seems that I'm going to sleep on my stomach tonight .”

Ran Mo wiped away his tears, and cursed secretly, "That dog official is really ruthless."

Although she thought that Cao Qiuwan would torture his wife, she did not expect such a sinister punishment, but Shen Qingli persuaded, "It's not that Cao Qiuwan is cruel enough, but that the people behind him want me to die." Yes, even thinking about Lu Huai's "death", he would not be at peace.

Ran Mo listened to the meaning behind Shen Qingli's words, and thought of the little emperor whose temperament had changed drastically, his eyebrows darkened, and he fell silent.

Outside the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, a man in a black cloak used lightness kung fu, his figure was like an eagle in the dark night, and he landed vigorously under an ancient tree in the distance.

There was a person standing there. He listened to the movement behind him, and asked in a deep voice without turning his head, "How, please explain, what did Cao Qiuwan say?"

The man took off his cloak and recovered his voice, "Cao Qiuwan has accepted the banknote. My son is right. Cao Qiuwan really loves money."

Tong Wanjin turned around, his eyes dimmed, and he snorted coldly, "Of course he couldn't resist the temptation of the banknote, but even if he accepted the banknote, Shen Qingli's situation would not be much better than before. Many," he sighed in a cold tone, "because Cao Qiuwan is only a subordinate after all, once there are any orders from above, he must first keep his black hat first."

The subordinate understood that the bank note given tonight could only relieve a temporary problem. As long as the little emperor had an order, Cao Qiuwan would not dare to disobey the holy will, and Madam Lu's life would still be in danger.

Tong Wanjin sighed, turned his eyes to the north, and said in his heart, "Lu Huaiqi, Lu Huaiqi, when will you come back? If you don't hear any more news, your little daughter-in-law may not last long..."

The moonlight is gradually closing, and the faint morning light on the horizon shows a little trace.

In front of the Golden Luan Hall, a group of ministers who were waiting for the early court had already gathered together early.

It was still chilly in the early morning of autumn. Some ministers were only wearing thin official uniforms. Looking at the slightly bleak palace shrouded in the autumn colors, they only felt a little coolness from the soles of their feet. They couldn't help approaching each other. After a while, he began to talk about the court affairs and the major events that happened in Liang Jingcheng in recent days.

One of the ministers gathered his sleeves together and said mysteriously, "I don't know if you have noticed that there is someone who has not come today?"

A minister came casually, "Who?" He looked around, smiled, and whispered, "Could it be that you mean the emperor?"

As soon as these words came out, the people around quickly reminded him, "Be careful with your words! Don't talk nonsense..."

The minister was frightened by their tense appearance and was not as casual as before. He said unnaturally, "I just said it casually, and I didn't mean to be disrespectful to the Holy One...Since that's the case, then I won't talk about it anymore." That's too much to say."

Only then did the surrounding officials ask the minister who spoke at the beginning, "Who is Mr. Lin talking about just now? I just looked around and didn't see that the minister is missing?"

Master Lin had an inscrutable expression on his face, "Isn't it Commander Meng Xuanmeng?"

Only then did the others suddenly realize, "It's true, the time for Commander Meng has arrived long ago, but there is no one around today, it's really strange!"

Master Lin continued, "Tell me why?"

Some people recalled that the little emperor had asked Meng Xuan to raid the Lu Mansion when he came to court that day, but Meng Xuan didn't immediately agree, which made the little emperor unhappy, and now Meng Xuan didn't come to the early court abnormally, they couldn't help muttering secretly, Could it be that Meng Xuan annoyed the little emperor...

Suddenly realizing that this matter should not be discussed any further, a senior member immediately said, "Forget it, this matter has nothing to do with us, so don't get into it..."

One person said that, and the others immediately agreed after changing their minds.

Seeing that they were all so cautious, Mr. Lin suddenly felt that it was meaningless, so he stood aside alone, without saying a word.

After waiting for a long time, the little emperor finally arrived.

Hundreds of civil and military officials entered the hall to worship one after another. The little emperor looked at the courtiers below, and after casually saying "Everyone loves you in peace", he seemed a little bit uninterested.

There was a faint layer of black under his eyes, and it looked like he hadn't rested well.

The eunuch next to the little emperor changed from Xu Fulu to a young and handsome eunuch named Mingchun.

After Xu Fulu was beaten up for offending the little emperor, his vitality was severely injured, and he was sick and had no idea how many days he had recuperated.

Everyone in the palace said that Xu Fulu was afraid that he would lose his favor and would soon lose his footing in the palace, and this new little eunuch Mingchun was about to become a celebrity in front of the little emperor. , I am afraid that this will be the chief eunuch in the future.

The little emperor leaned back tiredly, he had no intention of going up today, and called out to Mingchun, "Mingchun..."

Mingchun understood immediately, straightened his waist and shouted, "Start playing if there is something to do, retreat to court if there is nothing to do—"

The little emperor was about to get up after Ming Chun shouted this sentence, but an official stood up, "Your Majesty, I have something to do."

(End of this chapter)