The weather was pretty good when I woke up in the morning, but at noon, the wind suddenly started. The fallen leaves were turning around the road. Qiao Yu weighed her small arms and legs, and was a little worried that she would be scraped away on the way back later.

I was satisfied that no one was helping around me, and I was counting snack boxes. Hearing this, "Liuyu said he was unwell today. He seemed to be sick and came to ask me for leave. I asked him to take a break in the house and go to see him again in the evening. If it is not good, I will invite a doctor to come and have a look. I can't just let people get so sick."

He is not a strict person in charge. He used to be the same in Defei's Palace. The eunuchs under him were always tolerant and fair. Now that he came to the imperial kitchen, there is only one eunuch in the Communist Party, so it is better to convection fish.

Seeing that Qiao Yu was so busy, he also wanted to come and help. Unfortunately, he had no ability. He didn't know the performance of each palace or the masters' likes. He was so tired that he was so busy that he was getting more and more helping. He sighed and hurriedly drove him aside, threw a plate of plum candy and yam cake to pass the time for Qiao Yu.

He picked up the plum candy and yam cake and ate it. He looked so busy, but his movements were just as good. He was a little ashamed of the fact that he always ate and drank without any use, and said, "It would be great if the fish was there. He remembered it clearly, and you wouldn't have to be so busy."

He said with satisfaction: "He is very good at doing things, remembering things quickly, and his hands and feet are neat..."

Speaking of this, Cheng Xin suddenly realized something was wrong. He frowned and recalled Liuyu's daily actions bit by bit. He was just chatting with Qiao Yu casually, but suddenly he became more serious. "Liuyu, he is doing things very well. One person can take two. With his ability, it is not difficult for me to take care of any matter before I come."

No matter where you are, eunuchs who can do things but do not offend others will stand up.

The satisfied heart trembled suddenly.

Unless Liuyu doesn't want to follow any of his affairs, he doesn't want to stop and take root in the imperial kitchen, but is waiting for the opportunity to jump out of here.

Then why did he suddenly get stuck with him?

The movements in his hand slowed down. He glanced at Qiao Yu, who was innocent and ignorant of the world, and his heart slowly calmed down. He had nothing to do around him. If the flowing fish really had a strange intention, he would pay attention from today and would always catch the horse.

After eating the plate of snacks, there were more and more dark clouds in the sky. I looked at the sky with satisfaction and told Qiao Yu not to play around on the road and to go back early, which was a sign of rain.

Qiao Yu agreed very obediently. After saying goodbye to Changle Anping, she carried the food box and followed the path where few people met. It was already late autumn and early winter. Her hands exposed outside were so cold that their bones were hurt. She just wanted to go back to Taiqing Palace to let the prince warm him up. Qiao Yu shrank her head and wanted to rush back as soon as possible, but on a fork road, he heard someone calling his name. He raised his head and saw someone standing not far away.

Liuyu was wearing a royal blue robe she had never seen before, and waved to her very brightly, calling Qiao Yu's name.

Qiao Yu pursed her lips, a little confused, but she was not very alert. After all, she was used to being there in Shuxin. She glanced at the sky and walked over without thinking.

The corners of the Liuyu's lips raised, and a smug smile appeared in secret. However, he was still as kind as usual, scammers and walked towards the other side from the fork. The path was long and deep, surrounded by green shrubs and dense branches and leaves. Qiao Yu looked at it a little gloomy and felt a little uneasy. He was about to ask Liuyu where he wanted to stay, but he finally arrived at a slightly flat place. He looked up and saw that he was full of dead trees with leaves falling, and a row of crows stood high on the branches, crying dejectedly.

The sky became darker and darker, as if everything was covered with black fog. Qiao Yu saw two strangers with unrecognizable faces standing next to a dry well, with curious eyes and malice mixed with unignorable malice. He was extremely scared and instinctively felt dangerous. He turned around and wanted to run back. The bluestone slab he stepped on had already broken and cracked, making a "creaking" sound.

Before Qiao Yu could see the road, she stepped on a raised small stone and fell to the ground. The food box also rolled into the bushes. When she wanted to get up, she heard a sharp and thin voice coming, "Take him up, bring him up."

Liuyu was one or two years older than Qiao Yu, and his body was not too tall, but after staying in the imperial kitchen for so long, he had great strength to chop firewood and burn fire. He walked behind Qiao Yu in just a few steps, and no longer had his usual smile to greet him. He grabbed Qiao Yu's arms fiercely, without any pity for Qiao Yu's small body, and dragged it directly along the bluestone slab.

Qiao Yu only felt his body slid through countless fine stone branches, which hurt all over his body and was everywhere. He tried hard to break free from the hands of Liuyu, but there was no way to do so, so he had to let go of his voice and shout loudly, but unfortunately he was immediately blocked by Defu who came over with a cloth ball.

Defu smiled kindly and said to Qiao Yu: "You are Liangyu, right? You are still a child. Cherish your voice and be careful that you can't speak when you grow up in the future. You don't understand by yourself. As an elder, our family will help you."

He paused, his tone was still kind, "Silly guy, he doesn't do things more carefully. Do you want me to clean up the mess for you?"

Although Qiao Yu had seen all the blessings in the past, it was a matter of too long ago and now he doesn't remember them at all. He was just afraid, thinking that the person in front of him had bad intentions, but he didn't understand anything, and he didn't know what would happen next.

Liuyu learned a lesson and acted more ruthlessly against Qiao Yu. He took out two of his chest, tied up Qiao Yu's hands and feet tightly through his clothes, and then circled around the dry well, allowing him to struggle, and he could not escape.

Qiao Yu bit the soft flesh in his mouth and didn't cry. He grew up with spoiledness. He usually cried and acted coquettishly with Jing Yan, but that was just aimed at Jing Yan, not others. He always held back tears outside and pretended to be strong.

Liuyu was very disgusted with his appearance, and secretly pinched the soft flesh on Qiao Yu's waist and back, pressed it down, his eyes were so bitter, his expression was terrible, and his voice was extremely low, "Who are you pretending to be pitiful to show me? I pretend to be pitiful all day long, and now I am so pitiful, but who will spoil you and coax you?"

He was a man with high self-esteem. He had been bought by his family to clean himself in the palace and was very good at doing things in the eunuchs. He was supposed to be assigned to his master's palace, but he didn't expect that he would offend the officials because he was too smart and finally got into the imperial kitchen. This land where he could not make any progress. Liuyu was unwilling to join other officials, because he was afraid that he would not be able to escape in the future and would not be able to leave even if he had the opportunity. Later, Xingxin came. He carefully inquired about the origin of Xingxin, and had done things in the palace of Defei. It was an excellent opportunity to have a friendship with a great eunuch like Liang Changxi. But after being entangled for a few days, he found that Xingxin had no ambition to climb up and planned to die in the imperial kitchen.

But Liuyu didn't want to do it, it was fine. What he didn't like the most was that he liked Liangyu, a waste.

What kind of thing is Liangyu? She can be more likable than herself and make herself look smaller?

Defu just smiled, looked at Qiao Yu's appearance carefully, slowly lowered his face, and approached Qiao Yu little by little, with his long nails pressing against Qiao Yu's soft chin, "What a beautiful child, no wonder he likes you so much."

Dequan looked at Defu impatiently, but could not breathe with him, so he had to kick Qiao Yu's knee and said viciously: "Brother is saying. What do you think you have to do with Xingxin? Well? He protects you so tightly, it seems that he doesn't even know who our family is. Do you want to tell you?"

Qiao Yu's heartbeats very quickly. He wanted to escape, but his hands, feet and his whole body were bound to the wellhead. He could not move, and could only let the good moves.

But he stopped quickly, looked at him with a cold look, and suddenly smiled kindly, "You don't know, it's not important, our family can tell you. We are the personal servants of Concubine Feng of Chenyun Palace. Our Empress is generous and kind. When we learn about the current situation of the deposed prince, we are very worried and suffer from Your Majesty. He dare not sue him, and shed tears every day. Liangyu, you are the eunuch of Taiqing Palace. Why not tell us about the deposed prince and sue him again, it will be considered a kind of work. If you reward merit in the future, you will not endure hard in Taiqing Palace for the rest of your life."

After saying a long passage, Defu took off the cloth from Qiao Yu's mouth. The surroundings became quiet. No one dared to respond anymore, and they were waiting for Qiao Yu's answer.

Qiao Yu was stunned. Although he was innocent, he was not as good as not knowing the world. His aunt had a long grudge with Empress Chen, and everyone in the palace knew that even if he was stupid, he knew that Concubine Feng would be unfavorable to the crown prince, or even wanted the life of the crown prince. He was a very simple child's temperament. Whoever treats him would be good to him. Concubine Feng didn't like him, and he didn't like Concubine Feng. He didn't think blood was a very important ties, because he was the child of his parents, but since he was a child, his father didn't love his mother and didn't care about him. He was not as good as the kind-hearted maid in his grandmother's room liked to love himself.

And his prince is so good. Qiao Yu thought that he would protect the prince and his Aci, which was an agreement he made with him.

It was a difficult silence. Qiao Yu did not ask for help. This was the most remote place in the palace. Someone might not come once a few months, so it was useless. Although he was tied up like this, Qiao Yu still learned from Jing Yan's previous posture in memory, with his back straightened, and he looked straight at Defu's turbid eyes.

Finally, he shook his head, half-closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembled slightly, hiding timidity and fear, "I don't know anything."

The battles in the palace were complicated. Qiao Yu knew that he was not smart. He dared not say anything related to Jingyan. No matter whether it was true or false, he was afraid that someone would hear it, which would turn black and white into his heart, causing an uproar.

Defu was not angry, but his smile was strange and his face became even more sharp. He asked again, "Liangyu, good boy, what do you know?"

Qiao Yu knew the truth that he could say too much and was wrong, so he simply closed his mouth tightly and stopped talking.

Dequan was irritable and had to ask again, but Defu stopped him. He looked at Qiao Yu, not like looking at a living person, but like treating a disobedient puppy or an unsuitable object, which needed lessons or repairs before he could continue to use.

Defu patted Dequan's head hard and cursed: "If you are not good at it, please collect your hand. You can't really do anything to him now. If there are traces on his body and a foot, this child is unaware of his appearance. If he is really a death-death situation, it will be difficult to explain. If the days ahead are long, what are you in a hurry to do now?"

He had no intention of asking questions at first. Even if Liang Yu was really not good at it, he pried open his mouth and didn't believe what he spit out. This time he wanted to find an opportunity to teach Liang Yu a lesson so that this little eunuch would know what suffering and fear are, so that he would be able to control it more firmly in the future.

No matter how many punishments are imposed on the yin in the palace, it will not leave traces on the body, but will make people feel scared and will not be without ways to have nightmares for a lifetime.

Defu was very clear. He pinched Qiao Yu's chin and said pity: "Liangyu, you are so disobedient, you should suffer some hardships before you know what the lesson is."

Qiao Yu ignored it. He tried his best to avoid crying in front of the three people. He looked up desperately. In a trance, he saw the sky was drowsy, dark clouds were covered with winter rain.

Defu took out a few rolled mulberry paper from his cuffs, let the flowing fish spread, lifted one, covered it on Qiao Yu's face, adjusted it for a while, and then he was satisfied. He smiled and said, "Let us see today. This murder can not only be free from blood, but also not even the mark."

Qiao Yu couldn't help trembling when he listened to his words. He was afraid of pain, and was afraid of suffering and fatigue, but this fear was not enough to defeat his heart for Jing Yan's protection.

That was more important than himself, and it was heavily pressed in his heart.

Dequan handed out the wine pot that had been prepared long ago. Defu took a mouthful in his mouth, bent down, and sprayed it hard at the mulberry paper covered with Qiao Yu's face. The wine sprayed into a fine mist, evenly covering the mulberry paper, and pressed it tightly on Qiao Yu's face, leaving almost no gap, and even the wind couldn't blow in.

This is a punishment called adding additional officials. Because mulberry paper is different from ordinary paper, it absorbs water and is moisture-proof, and is soft and obedient after being exposed to moisture. It is pasted on the face of the inmate, making it difficult for the inmate to breathe, and can only be accompanied by suffocation, slowly feeling his death bit by bit, but there is nothing to do about it.

When he was just covered with mulberry paper, Qiao Yu didn't know how powerful it was. Until the disgusting alcohol spread, he felt that he was not breathing too much. His fingers suddenly opened and he couldn't help but struggle to grab something, but he could only breathe in a big mouthful of air.

Defu and Dequan Liuyu happily looked at Qiao Yu's expression when he struggled. After a while, he opened a piece of mulberry paper and covered it with another sip of wine.

The more mulberry paper, the heavier the pressure. When he covered the third layer, Qiao Yu almost lost consciousness. He could not see the glimmer of the sky, hear the voices in his ears, and even the pungent and inferior alcohol smell could not be smelled.

The only thing left is pain.

He seemed to have fallen into a big dark hole, and he had no strength on his body. His heart and lungs were desperately trying to survive, but his mouth and nose were getting more and more difficult to breathe. The only layers of thin mulberry paper covered his face, but at this moment it seemed like the coffin board that was about to be closed, trying to lock him in the soil forever.

Qiao Yu really wanted to survive. He struggled so hard that he silently recited Jing Yan's name in his heart. His fingers were spastic and twitching due to excessive force, with blue veins bulging, and his chest was fluctuating violently, and he was almost dead.

He thought: "Aci, save me, I feel uncomfortable."

Defu looked at his appearance and pointed at his younger brother and godson. He said with great experience: "Look, he still has the strength to struggle, so he can't die for the time being. However, this is only the third floor. If he sticks to the fifth floor, even the Daluo God will not be saved."

He wanted to show off himself, and wanted to teach something to his godson, so he whispered in Liuyu's ear: "Look at him carefully. When he no longer struggles, he will almost peel off the mulberry paper and save his life."

This time seemed very short to outsiders, but for Qiao Yu, it was extremely long. It seemed that at the end of time, he could not even feel the pain. It seemed that he had fallen into the water. The water flow gently stroked his body, and there was darkness around him. Only when he looked up did he feel a little light, which made Ren long for a long time.

Qiao Yu is young and has lived a short life in this life. She has not met many people, but she is still lucky. She is more good and less bad to herself. But no matter what is good or bad, what is really remembered in her heart is the only one who is dead grandmother and the still alive Jingyan.

When he thought of this, he became a little happy again. Whether he died or survived, he could accompany his favorite person. No matter what, it was nothing more important.

He slowly stopped thinking about anything, relaxed his whole body and lost his strength.

Perhaps because of his struggle just now, Qiao Yu's clothes were no longer neat and flattering, and his wrists and neck were exposed. His skin was as bright as jade, delicate and white as white, completely different from the eunuchs who were used to being rough, as if they were spoiled by others since childhood.

Liuyu sneered, and his disgust towards Qiao Yu was a little more. He looked quietly at Qiao Yu's fingers that could no longer use strength, but he had no intention of removing the mulberry paper.

A circle of crows rushed up. They were birds that reported the death, and seemed to be able to sense the breath of death. They fluttered their wings and hovered in the air. Occasionally, a few of them fell boldly on the dry well. The bird beak pecked at Qiao Yu's exposed fine white flesh, but Qiao Yu's reaction was minimal.

He is almost dying.

Although Defu let Liuyu look at him, he still stared at him secretly, walked over quickly, lifted the mulberry paper, and fell on Liuyu's face with a smile, "I didn't expect that you are not old, you know a lot, and you are cruel enough. This person is almost dead, so you still have to pity him? Or do you want to taste the taste of posting a new official?"

Liuyu lowered his eyebrows and replied pleasingly, "My son is ignorant and has no right judgment. Because he is a disobedient and ignorant slave, he always wants him to suffer more so that he can remember it next time."

"Oh."

Defu smiled and saw Qiao Yu suddenly bounced up from the wellhead, which shocked a crow. He seemed to have no idea about everything around him. He bent down and breathed with instinct and saved his life.

He walked over and said softly in Qiao Yu's ear: "For your young age, I will spare you this time. I only used three pieces of paper, and the next time it will be four. If I still disobey, I will not go to the next time."

Liuyu saw that Fu Dequan and the others left, and before leaving, he said, "Don't you like it very much? But now, or in the future, no one can save you."

Qiao Yu actually didn't hear what they said very clearly, only the vague voice echoed in his ears. He was close to suffocation for too long, his body was weak, and he had not tasted the joy of living again. His body became soft and he fell asleep at the wellhead.

The crow seemed to notice that he was alive again, and instantly lost interest. He flapped his wings, flew back to the branches, and lined up again.

When Qiao Yu woke up, the sky became more and more drizzling, but it still didn't rain. He was stunned for a while, because of excessive pain and suffocation, he almost forgot what had happened just now. He didn't realize what had happened just now until he smelled the smell of alcohol. He couldn't stop trembling.

That was the most terrible and painful thing he experienced in this life.

Qiao Yu seemed to have not recovered yet. His face was as bright as a dead person, his lips were not bloody, his whole body was cold and there was no temperature at all. He buried his face in his knees and tried hard to curl up into a small ball. Because of his excessive tension, fear, and even after experiencing life and death, tears fell down after realizing it.

Tears seemed to be warm in their eyes. As soon as they flowed down their cheeks, they seemed to be frozen to pieces, but Qiao Yu couldn't feel it. It was probably because of this little pain that was not worth mentioning compared to just now, and it was not enough to make him feel relieved.

He was so scared that he held his grandmother tightly in the temple and asked for protection of his jade pendant in his hand, silently chanting the name of the prince in his heart. He had never suffered in the palace. No matter what he wanted or what he wanted to do, as long as the prince knew, he would get it.

The prince is Qiao Yu's patron saint.

Qiao Yu cried and thought, but he couldn't protect himself now. So what's the point? It's time for him to protect the other party.

He tried hard to be strong and brave, but in the end he was just such a older child. His fear and fear almost drown him. Qiao Yu cried until he was convulsed, unable to stop trembling, unable to use his fingers to hold the jade pendant.

Qiao Yu cried for a long time, and couldn't stop crying and burping. Her clothes were soaked in tears. She briefly flowed out of her body through tears. She finally recovered and thought about what happened today.

This matter cannot be told to Jing Yan, at least before it is cleared, he can't be told to Jing Yan. He knows very well.
To be continued...