Chapter 55: Admitting Mistakes and Getting Beaten

"Come here."

Xi Feng had been guarding the door with a sword in his arms all night. He opened the door when he heard the sound and saw Xie Tingzhou sitting on the bed, with his head down and his arms supporting his legs. He exuded a sense of hostility.

Xie Tingzhou did not raise his head and said, "Prepare water for bathing and call a few girls in."

Xi Feng's eyes showed a trace of surprise, but he quickly suppressed it and then lowered his head and said, "Yes."

The private room had two side rooms on the left and right. The maids entered the side rooms one after another to prepare water. They wanted to serve the washing, but were sent out by Xie Tingzhou.

After bathing, Xie Tingzhou came out of the side room.

There were several girls standing in the small hall. They were all very outstanding, with gauze shawls on their shoulders, and the spring scenery was looming.

They got their mother's instructions and knew that the nobles lived here. They didn't dare to raise their heads when they heard the footsteps.

The room was filled with a smell of powder.

Xie Tingzhou sat back on the chair, his eyes swept over several people, and said in a low voice: "Raise your heads."

The girls raised their heads one after another, amazed by the face and charm of the man in front of them, but they did not dare to look at him.

The girl standing in the front was the girl who had been pouring wine for him after playing the piano last night.

She walked forward with courage and picked up the handkerchief beside her, and said softly: "Sir, I will wipe your hair for you."

Xie Tingzhou did not refuse.

She trembled with her hands, suppressed the joy in her heart, and before she touched her hair, she heard a cold voice: "Get out!"

The girl froze and knelt down hurriedly, "What did I do to make you unhappy?"

Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes slightly, "You standing here makes me very unhappy."

The girl's face turned pale, put down the handkerchief and stepped back.

Xie Tingzhou: "All go out."

The door was closed, but the smell of powder did not dissipate.

Xie Tingzhou was upset. Just now, when he saw those women in gauze, his body did not react at all, but he felt disgusted.

Recalling the dream again.

How could he, he actually had such thoughts about a man?

Xie Tingzhou did not dare to believe it, nor did he want to believe it.

…

Li Jifeng slept until noon, and heard from Xiao Luzi that Xie Tingzhou left at dawn, called a few girls into the room, but drove them out after a while, and left with a dark face.

Li Jifeng was getting dressed, and he was excited to hear it, and said with a smile: "My friend, I am afraid he hasn't figured out what's going on yet."

Xiao Luzi said: "I don't understand."

Li Jifeng glanced at him, "You are a eunuch, so you naturally don't understand."

Since returning to the palace that day, Xie Tingzhou has locked himself in the room.

Xifeng kept silent, and Changliu was so anxious that blisters appeared at the corners of his mouth.

On the third day, Xie Tingzhou finally left the room, and the first thing he did was to have Shi Yu brought to the study.

Shi Yu had lived in the dungeon for several days. She knew that she was still useful. Xie Tingzhou would not kill her for the time being. After all, the three judicial officials would still interrogate her.

Shen Yu walked into the study room, and Xifeng immediately closed the door behind her. She looked back and slowly walked to the desk and knelt down.

This was the first time that there was no stove in Xie Tingzhou's room. The floor was very cold, and his finger joints were frozen red when he wrote.

Xie Tingzhou did not raise his head, and was still annotating the official documents sent by Beilin Express Horse.

"Do you know your mistakes?"

Shen Yu lowered her head, and her clothes were still the night clothes she wore when she entered the dungeon.

"Shi Yu knows her mistakes."

This was something she had learned slowly after being scolded by Shen Zhongan and Shen Zhao many times before. When the other party was angry, they would admit their mistakes obediently. Sophistry and stubbornness would only add fuel to the fire.

After finishing the last stroke, Xie Tingzhou put down the pen and then moved his eyes to look.

"What's wrong?"

Shen Yu didn't hear any strong emotions from Xie Tingzhou's words, and was relieved. "The mistake is that if you want to know the news, you should ask His Highness directly, not peek by yourself."

Xie Tingzhou pursed his thin lips, "That's all?"

Shen Yu answered obediently: "You shouldn't lie to people. I paid the money at Lu's store."

Xie Tingzhou thought that he was too obedient.

"Will they pay you?" He didn't believe it.

"Yes," Shen Yu said, "The Major General gave me the seal of Lu's."

Xie Tingzhou stood up and walked to him, "You are a guard, why would he give it to you?"

Shen Yu bit her lower lip and didn't say anything. She understood that in front of Xie Tingzhou, the lie might get away with it at the time, but it would be exposed by him in no time.

A man like him who holds the power of life and death will not be easily influenced by others. Instead of telling a lie that will eventually be exposed, it is better not to say it. He has his own conclusion in his heart.

Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes, revealing a delicate neck at the collar of his nightgown, so white and thin.

He wanted to pinch him, bite him, and tear him apart.

He wanted to beg for mercy from him weakly like in a dream, and hug his back tightly in trembling.

"Your Highness?" Shen Yu raised her head.

Facing Shi Yu's blank gaze, Xie Tingzhou suddenly came back to his senses and looked away in disbelief.

He turned and walked to the window, his hands under his sleeves clenched into fists.

Crazy!

What was he thinking just now? !

Xie Tingzhou closed his eyes, and when he opened them, he concealed his emotions, "Since you saved me once, you can be spared from the death penalty, but you can't escape the living crime. Go find Xifeng to get the whip yourself."

As soon as Shi Yu left, Xie Tingzhou immediately asked someone to prepare the horse, and Changliu ran away.

Xifeng heard that Shi Yu came to him to get the whip, but didn't say how much he wanted, so he could only go to Xie Tingzhou to ask for instructions, and just happened to catch up with Xie Tingzhou who had just mounted the horse at the door.

Xifeng explained his purpose.

Xie Tingzhou sat on his horse holding the whip and asked: "How much should I receive according to the rules? Follow the rules."

Xifeng: "This..."

"What? You can't do it?" Xie Tingzhou said in a slightly cold tone.

Changliu was right behind Xie Tingzhou, also riding a horse, and he said, "Your Highness, he has been beheaded according to the rules."

Xie Tingzhou: "..."

Changliu was still young and simple-minded.

Xifeng quickly gave him a way out, "At the lightest, he will be whipped twenty times, at the worst..."

"Then twenty times." Xie Tingzhou rode away.

Changliu wanted to catch up and had something else to say to Xifeng, so when he passed by him, he said, "Look, I said he was different."

Xie Tingzhou rode all the way to Zuiyun Tower, and threw away the whip after getting off the horse.

The madam came to greet him in a hurry, smiling and saying, "Mr. Feng is here too, are you looking for him?"

"No," Xie Tingzhou walked upstairs, his eyes swept over the Hua Niang walking between the floors, and suddenly asked, "Are there any young men?"

The madam smiled with her lips covered with silk, "Of course there are, as long as you want, I can get it for you."

It was still the room on the top floor before, Xie Tingzhou sat in a chair.

He had had absurd dreams here, and also fled here.

And now, he wanted to verify something here.