Sima Ao still didn't get rid of the fear of going to the palace. The first thing he said when he woke up was to ask Li Fu to take him home. When Sima Ao asked Li Fu to take him home, a line of tears flowed involuntarily from the corner of his eyes.
Just from these words and the fearful expression on Sima Ao's face, Li Fulai knew how much pain Sima Ao felt in his heart; how much he longed to leave this palace full of conspiracy, power, and killing.
"Okay, big brother will take you home!" Li Fulai choked up his promise.
He could go home. Sima Ao closed his eyes tiredly.
Li Fulai thought to himself: Before taking Ao Di home, he must put Ao Di into clean clothes before leaving the palace, so that no one can see the miserable Ao Di.
Li Fu came and went to find clean clothes for Sima Ao.
Li Fu came and went to borrow underwear and clothes, and called several painting friends to help.
Because Sima Ao, who had just become a palace official, could not move. If he moved, the wound would burst and the bleeding would not stop, so he could only lie down. It might be difficult for one person to help Sima Ao get dressed, so Li Fulai asked some friends and painting friends to help.
Now, Sima Ao didn't want anyone to see his mutilated body.
When Li Fu came to find a painting friend to dress him, Sima Li was very resistant in his heart, but in order to get out of here quickly, he pretended to be unconscious the whole time.
Sima Ao changed his clothes.
Just as Li Fulai was about to take Sima Ao out of the palace, he was ordered to leave by the eunuch governor.
The reason why the eunuch governor stopped Sima Ao was that Sima Ao had not yet received the emperor's pardon and was still a criminal and was not allowed to leave the palace.
Li Fulai took out the imperial edict of pardon and said: Mr. Governor, open your eyes to see what this is.
The governor's father-in-law saw that it was really a pardon order and had no choice but to let Sima Ao leave.
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Since Sima Ao was demoted to Taishi, Xiaopang also became Sima Ao's bodyguard.
In order to support his family, Xiaopang found a job in the palace.
After learning that his young master was going to be executed by castration, Xiaopang ran back to Kyoto overnight.
Xiaopang thought about telling the master (Sima Xiang) about the matter so that the master could find a way to save the young master.
It is true that when people are in bad luck, good things will disappear and bad things will happen one after another.
It happened that at this time, Sima Xiang was seriously ill. He was in a daze and couldn't even get out of bed.
If I tell the master about the young master, I am afraid that the master will not be able to bear it.
Xiaopang had no choice but to tell Jiang Min the news first.
Learning that her husband was going to be castrated was like a thunderbolt hitting Jiang Min's head.
As a weak woman, Jiang Min didn't know what to do besides being anxious, but she didn't dare to tell her father-in-law, who was seriously ill, about this.
After thinking about it, Jiang Min put on her cloak, drove a carriage, and asked her husband's friends in the officialdom for help.
These friends had been promoted by Sima Ao, but none of them wanted to say a word or ask for favors for Sima Ao. Some of them were even afraid of being implicated, so they closed the door tightly and shut out Jiang Min. .
Jiang Min didn't know what to do, so she could only find her brother to discuss it.
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It's really a heartbreaking song. Where can I find a close friend in the world?
At this time, Jiang Binzheng and Jingjing raised their glasses to the bright moon and played the piano to enjoy themselves together.
"I didn't expect that after becoming the shopkeeper, your piano skills did not fade away, but became even more refined." As he spoke, Jiang Bin made a gesture of surrender.
Jiang Bin admitted defeat, and Jingjing made an unbelievable expression.
"I can't stand the days without the sound of the piano, so I spend an hour playing the piano every day," Jingjing said.
"elder brother!"
Seeing his sister and Xiaopang approaching in a hurry, Jiang Bin paused for a moment.
"Sister, what's wrong with you looking so uneasy?" Jiang Bin asked.
Because Jiang Bin often played piano with Jing Jingche, the two were often together. Seeing that the two of them were in love with each other, Jiang Min thought that her brother had fallen in love with Jingjing.
It's really time for my brother to get married. Girl Jingjing's background is not good, but she is beautiful, intellectual, kind, and quite talented. Jiang Min loves Jingjing from the bottom of her heart and wants to be her sister-in-law.
"I'm sorry, brother. If it wasn't a critical situation, my sister wouldn't disturb my brother and sister-in-law."
"Sister, don't talk nonsense."
Knowing that his sister must have misunderstood him and Jingjing, Jiang Bin could only smile helplessly.
"Brother, I have something important to tell you." Jiang Min said.
"Say." Jiang Bin looked like he was listening respectfully.
Before Jiang Min could speak, Xiaopang said impatiently: "Young Master will be sentenced to death by the Emperor soon. As an uncle, you should think of a way to save Young Master!"
Knowing that brother and sister Jiang had something important to say, Jingjing picked them up and left.
When she heard that Sima Ao was about to be sentenced to death, there was a clang and the piano that Jingjing was holding slipped down.
Jiang Bin was also very anxious when he learned about Sima Ao's situation, but as he was powerless, he didn't know what to do.
"Have you gone to Mr. Chen, Mr. Lin and General Yang for help? These are all your young masters and good friends in the officialdom." Jiang Bin asked.
"Master Lin and Master Chen have been imprisoned, and General Yang has been transferred to the frontier a long time ago." Xiaopang said.
"I came to ask for help from anyone I could find, but no one was willing to help." Jiang Min added anxiously and helplessly.
Jiang Bin was also very anxious when he learned about Sima Ao's situation, but being powerless, he could only feel helpless.
"Why don't we go into the palace to ask for help from the emperor?" Jingjing said.
Several people agreed to Jingjing's proposal and immediately rushed to Chang'an.
Not everyone can enter the palace if they want, let alone see the emperor.
Even the fat man who worked in the palace met the emperor.
Jiang Min, Jiang Bin, Xiaopang, and Jingjing innocently came to the palace gate and were stopped by the guards guarding the gate.
In the end, a few people could only place their hopes on Li Fulai.
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Li Fulai came out of the palace, with several guards carrying a body behind him.
Li Fulai was so sad that he couldn't stand in front of Jiang Min and said, "I'm sorry, Sister Min. I've done everything I can do."
Jiang Min had a bad feeling when she saw Li Fulai carrying a body behind him.
Before Li Fulai could finish his words, Jiang Min rushed over and opened the covering of the corpse.
When Jiang Min lifted the white cloth and saw that the corpse was indeed her husband, she felt dizzy.
Husband, don’t leave me!
Husband, wake up!
Jiang Min thought Sima Ao was dead and cried so hard that she couldn't stop crying.
People are not dead, but their hearts are dead!
Sima Ao couldn't face the fact that his lower body was mutilated, so he chose to keep his eyes closed.
Sima Ao had just been made a palace official and could not move. Li Fulai could only call the guards to carry Sima Ao out of the palace on a stretcher.
Afraid that the strong sunlight would hurt Sima Ao's eyes, Li Fulai covered Sima Ao with a piece of white cloth.
As for the white cloth, it was difficult for Li Fulai to find cloth of other colors. There are only white cloths in the 'Silkworm Room'. These white cloths are used to wipe blood and bandage wounds when traveling in the palace.
"What do you mean you've done everything you can do? It's obvious that you didn't try your best. It's obvious that you became a painter and forgot about our brotherhood!" Jiang Bin didn't believe Li Fulai's words and even pushed Li Fulai when he spoke.
Not only Jiang Bin didn't believe Li Fulai, but Jingjing also didn't believe Li Fulai and cast doubtful eyes on Li Fulai.
