Seeing the old eunuch take action, several young Huangmen stepped forward unscrupulously and began to tear him apart. The child's outer robe was torn to pieces, revealing bruises and bruises on his body. He held his red and swollen fingers in front of his face, desperately trying to protect himself, but was beaten more violently.
The old eunuch snatched the jade pendant from his hand and wiped it on his clothes lovingly. He instructed Xiao Huangmen to continue beating and kicking the child, while he stood aside and held the jade pendant facing the sun. He looked at it, clicked his tongue twice with satisfaction while looking at it, and then put the jade pendant into his arms.
When the child lay curled up on the ground and gradually lost the ability to resist, the group of people grabbed his clothes and dragged him to a dry well deep in the red maple forest, preparing to dispose of him on the spot.
Just when they were about to throw the dying child into the well, there was a sudden movement of grass in the forest, and someone shouted to stop the scene. The group of yellow men immediately fled in panic, leaving the old eunuch behind and scattered to hide in various corners of the forest.
A Lu led four attendants and came from the west side of the woods. He said angrily: "Han Qi! How dare you take human life?"
When the old eunuch saw the person coming, he panicked and found himself surrounded, so he said shamelessly: "So it's Lu Gong Ling? How come you have time to come to the Red Maple Forest? Look at you! Why are you so angry? What's going on? Does our family have to teach a little slave a lesson, and the Imperial Palace Order has to intervene?"
"Teach me a lesson? Han Qi! Do you think I'm blind? You are clearly trying to kill him! If he falls into the well again after being beaten like this, he will definitely die!" Alu said through gritted teeth as he stepped forward one step at a time.
The old eunuch sneered and said: "Lu Gong Ling? Don't you dare to spit on others! Our family has never done such a shameful thing. This bitch slave is disobedient, and our family is just trying our best to discipline him!"
Alu's eyes turned cold: "Oh? What is your identity? Do you dare to intervene in the discipline of Si Ji Si's slave?"
The old eunuch said arrogantly: "Of course our family is following the order of the noble concubine! This kid's hands and feet are not clean, and he dares to touch the things in Chonghua Palace! Even if we beat him to death, we still have a legitimate explanation!"
A Lu was so angry that he stepped forward and slapped him in the face, and spat: "You are a fool who relies on human power! The noble concubine gave you power, is this how you use it?"
The old eunuch was beaten so dizzy that he suddenly fell to the ground. After reacting, he yelled: "You! How dare you hit me? How dare you hit me!"
A Lu was still angry, so he kicked him hard a few more times and cursed, "You're the one I'm beating!"
The old eunuch's face was livid, and he struggled to get up to fight with Alu, but was suppressed by the four attendants following her. He screamed angrily: "Let me go! Let me go! What are you going to do!"
Alu ignored him and told his attendants: "Tie him up! Drag him back!"
The old eunuch was tied up from head to toe by his attendants. He was punched several times when he resisted. He screamed in pain and went crazy for a moment before being dragged out of the red maple forest.
Alu walked to the half-conscious child and saw the various scars on his body. He couldn't help but sigh: "You have suffered so many sins at such a young age?"
She took off her cloak, covered the child, and gently held him in her arms. She called on the remaining attendants to take away the other small yellow gates in the forest, and rushed all the way to Haoyue Palace...
The blue waves of the Jinwu River are mighty, and the mountains in the distance are lush and green. Accompanied by the refreshing autumn wind, laughter and laughter came from the palace. Xiao Yuehuai was awakened by the laughter and struggled to sit up from the couch, feeling weak and trembling all over.
Her lips and teeth were dry and she was panting frequently. She suppressed the uncontrollable panic in her heart and looked out the window. She saw a group of maidservants lined up, laughing and carrying pots of autumn chrysanthemums in full bloom to the palace. Come on. She frowned involuntarily, raised her sleeves to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and stared at Xuan Fu in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.
The breeze gently rolled up the tulle, making the glass beads hanging on the beam jingle.
A Lu ran in, raised his sleeves and folded his hands and bowed to her: "Princess... has been brought here and is waiting outside the palace at the moment."
Xiao Yuehuai propped herself up and leaned on the couch, lowering her eyebrows and saying, "Where is Mu Yao?"
Alu was stunned for a moment and replied softly: "The child's hand is badly injured, and the imperial doctor is examining him in the inner hall."
The beauty on the couch immediately stood up, gathered her gown, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Bandage his wound well. After a short break for tea, let someone bring him to the palace. By the way, tell the guards outside. Tell them to stay away from the main hall. In addition, retreat to the left and right sides of the hall. You also go to wait outside the door. I have important things to deal with."
A Lu's eyes were puzzled, confused and worried: "Does the princess want to live in the same room with a sin slave? Is this too risky? What should I do if the sin slave has evil intentions and harms the princess?"
Xiao Yuehuai shook her head, with a clear determination in her eyes: "He won't. Even if the eldest son of the Gusu Lin family wants to survive, he will not do such a rude thing. What's more, I don't want to harm him. .”
A Lu hesitated to speak. Seeing that His Highness looked so calm, he swallowed the uneasiness in his heart, whispered "Here", and then led the maids on duty in the palace to the door.
The candlelight in the darkness of the room swayed with the passing wind, and the palace door closed with a "snap".
At this time, a little eunuch who was no taller than the bed walked in with his head lowered and restrained in etiquette. He timidly walked into the hall, raised his hands, which were wrapped in gauze into rice dumplings, above his head, groping for her, then bowing in the direction of the couch, and said respectfully, "My maid, Mu Yao, has seen the princess."
Xiao Yuehuai had already stood up and was sitting on the couch. She said softly and gently: "Raise your head and come to me."
The little eunuch trembled his shoulders, raised his neck in bewilderment, his eyes touched the figure in the bead curtain, and he immediately lowered his head. He was very scared. Standing in the huge hall, he always felt that there was a bone-chilling chill around him.
When he was in a daze, he suddenly felt a layer of warmth covering his body. When he came to his senses, he saw that the girl who was still on the bed just now had come to him and covered him with a velvet robe with her own hands. The little eunuch didn't dare to look at her, but his nose slowly became sore.
Xiao Yuehuai said nothing more to him, but looked in the direction of the palace door, towards an adult man kneeling by the threshold.
The man was dressed in coarse linen clothes, with large and small patches everywhere, but his hair was neatly combed into a bun. Half of his arms were exposed, and his slightly dark skin was marked with shocking blood marks, as if he had just been whipped.
She took the little eunuch's hand and came to the husband quietly with light steps.
"Lin Lang." Xiao Yuehuai said.
