Chang'an ancient meaning

The empress watched the lanterns with the ministers yesterday, and did not rest until five o'clock, and she was still in her inner clothes.Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er went in, and saw Lai Junchen waiting by the door, half of his face was wrapped in a white cloth, blood was still oozing from his ears, and the remaining half of his face looked more and more sinister.Although Xue Chongjian himself was in a state of distress, seeing him like this, he still couldn't help pursing his lips into a smile, and thought in his heart: It's a pity that he only scratched one side of his face yesterday. It should be wrapped into rice dumplings, right?The two looked at each other, and Lai Junchen's eyes were full of resentment that could not be concealed.

Princess Taiping said softly: "The dog is stubborn and hurt your lord. I have punished him severely. Please forgive me." Chu was rude to Princess Taiping, knelt down hastily and said: "Princess killed the minister." As soon as he spoke, he touched the wound on his cheek and let out a low hum in pain.

The Queen in the warm pavilion said: "Has Taiping come?" Then she heard the rustling of her dresses, all the ladies and servants in the hall held their breath together, Princess Taiping and Lai Junchen hurriedly stood around, but Xue Chongjian immediately moaned again, matching the dignified atmosphere in the hall Quite inconsistent.The flower tint on Princess Taiping's cheek moved lightly, but she didn't stop him.

The emperor came out wearing a long dress with twelve embroidered patterns of birds and colorful gold-woven gold half arms. The bun on her head was one foot high, and hundreds of golden flowers of precious trees swayed in a wonderful light.Several palace maids were holding towels, sachets and other things in their hands, but it was Xue Huaiyi, the abbot of the White Horse Temple, who supported the queen.The emperor turned his head and whispered something to Xue Huaiyi, Xue Huaiyi smiled, turned and entered.Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly stepped forward to help the emperor into the hall and sat down on the bed in the center, while Princess Taiping knelt down and helped her mother straighten her skirt.

The emperor swept his cold eyes across the room, and asked Lai Junchen, "Laiqing, is your injury better?" Lai Junchen knelt down and said, "I'm in such a shape that it tarnishes your majesty's eyes, and I'm afraid." After looking at it for a while, he seemed quite concerned, and said: "The whale ointment brought up by Lingnan Daogong has miraculous effects in removing scars and healing wounds, Wan'er, take some for Laiqing later." kindness."

Princess Taiping showed a look of shame on her face, and said in a low voice: "It is always the daughter who spoils Hua Nu too much and makes him lose discipline, and then she does such crazy and absurd actions. My daughter has already scolded him, especially Bring him here, and hand him over to the family." She turned her head and looked, four servants hurriedly carried Xue Chongjian to the seat bed, Xue Chongjian timidly raised his head lying on the rattan bed, he had already taken off his hat when he was reprimanded, and his hair was struggling into a bun Scattered, white and beautiful, there were two lines of tears hanging on her round face, with the crimson palm print on the left cheek that had not yet faded, and the teeth marks bitten out when she was beaten, she looked as straight as a little girl. Poor and haggard as a child.He choked up and cried: "Grandma, grandma save me, grandma is going to kill me."

Lai Junchen hated secretly in his heart, but he never thought that he would burst out so many tears in just a short moment, he couldn't help but softly snorted, and even Shangguan Wan'er who was standing behind the emperor couldn't help but smile slightly.

Princess Taiping flirted with the female officer next to her. The female officer stepped forward lightly and lifted Xue Chongjian's robe and panties. The shirt was showing through.The female officer removed Xue Chongjian's clothes, belt, sweat towel, and took off his waist by an inch, and the blood scab sticking to the wound was excruciatingly painful after being pulled a little.Xue Chongjian was crying hard at first, but when he was forced by this pain, two bags of clear tears rolled down, dripping all over his face like a spring rinsing jade, hugging the emperor's knee and crying: "Easy... Take it easy! It hurts..."

The female officer paused for a while, and then slowly took off his jacket, revealing every inch of the scar on his buttocks.The strength of the bamboo plank was not as strong as the muscles and bones, and all the injuries were on the surface of the skin, with bruises and stiff marks as wide as palms all over the buttocks.The bloodstains had already been parted by the clothes, and it looked like there were not only one or two broken places, but purple blood spots appeared on the skin where there were no bloodstains. Much more tragic.

Xue Chongjian was so painful that his buttock muscles spasmed, his handsome face smacked his tongue and frowned, he really wasn't putting on an act, the bloody clothes came off suddenly, compared to the feeling when he was rode .Xue Chongjian suddenly stuffed his right hand into his mouth and bit it vigorously, while still hugging the emperor's legs with his left hand, buried his face in the emperor's dress, choking and trembling silently, which was more poignant than his screaming and crying.

When Lai Junchen looked at the whip marks, he knew that they were just wounds on the skin but not on the flesh, and the pain was limited.Xue Chongjian's coquettish and contrived manner was completely different from that ruthless and resolute Nianyu Xiuluo in the judge's court yesterday, even his expression and appearance were different, he seemed to be five or six years younger suddenly.He was in a daze, could it be that Princess Taiping changed her son overnight?

The emperor glanced at the scar lightly, and dug Xue Chongjian's face out from his skirt. Xue Chongjian was originally a round face with pink make-up and jade, and the childishness of the doll had not faded away. He was tall and easy-going on weekdays. Not very obvious.At this time, he was lying on his knees to exchange tears, his face was flushed like a lotus jade, even the palm print was faintly swallowed, and he returned to the appearance of a 15-year-old boy.The emperor smiled, and asked: "How much did your mother beat you?" Xue Chongjian was greatly relieved when he saw Granny's kind expression, and said with a mournful face, "There will always be thirty big boards..."

The emperor turned his face to the side, raised his hand again, and signaled the female officer to cover Xue Chongjian's trousers, smiled at Taiping and said, "You have been beaten from head to toe, but can you tell where King Shouchun is?" Taiping was most afraid His mother asked him a sentence as soon as he opened his mouth, and his hand hidden in the silk shackles trembled slightly, and he reluctantly replied: "He said that Feng Nu was severely injured, and his life might be in danger of moving, and my daughter was dizzy from his anger. I didn't ask carefully. I think Feng Nu will come back after a few days when he recovers a little bit." The emperor smiled faintly at his daughter: "I didn't ask about the thirty sticks, it seems that the beating was too light—come here, the messenger stick !"

Both Xue Chongjian and Taiping were stunned. Xue Chongjian saw that the emperor didn't look sullen just now, and thought that the emperor had finally slipped over. Unexpectedly, the punishment that fell would still have to be beaten.Regardless of the pain and injury, he got up from the rattan bed, threw himself into the emperor's arms with two knees, and cried, "Grandma, grandma, please spare Huanu! Grandma has already beaten so much, so hit Huanu's legs again!" It's broken, and I can no longer hold the chariot for Grandma!"

Taiping tremblingly said: "Mother, although this little servant is stubborn and deserves to be beaten, he is sincere because of a little friendship. He is eager to save people this time, because he is afraid that Feng Nu will have no place to complain, and he will be alienated from the house. The love between mother and child with the emperor's heir. My mother wants to fight, how about changing the family law?"

The emperor smiled and said: "No wonder people outside said that I am the 'squinting holy emperor'. It seems that I am really old, and even my own children and grandchildren regard me as idiots." Taiping paled and said: "My daughter dare not... A cold light flashed across the emperor's phoenix eyes, and he said sharply: "He helped Ashina Suizi escape, which is also a heart of friendship!" Xue Chongjian rolled in the emperor's arms, crying: "Huan Nu was wronged! I saved people The matter was found out by Suizi, he led people to intercept me outside the city and took my badge, and I couldn't beat them alone, I really didn't mean to help him!"

At this time, footsteps sounded outside the door, and a servant came in with several Habayashi, and said: "The house, the message stick has arrived." Xue Chongjian couldn't help but looked up and saw the one-person-tall man held in the hands of those Habayashi The thick stick shivered at first, then screamed, hugged the emperor's waist tightly, twisted his body like a twisted candy, and hid behind the emperor, crying: "Grandma help, such a thick stick will kill Huahua!" Slave!" Taiping also sobbed and begged: "Mother——"

The emperor glanced at his daughter and said: "He falsely preached the imperial decree, embezzled the royal decree, robbed the prison and injured people, and indulged the imperial convicts. What do you think I should do with it!" I didn't know there was such a big crime, I just wanted to save my cousin...Grandma, Huanu would never dare again! Grandma loves Huanu the most, and she is reluctant to beat Huanu to death!"

Lai Junchen was very happy to see Xue Chongjian rubbing and twisting in the emperor's arms, and wept pear blossoms raining, mouthing a "flower slave", full of childish voices, and hated him very much.He has seen a lot of cunning people in his life, and he has seen a lot of loyal ministers and martyrs, but he has never met such a person. Yesterday he was extremely cruel and daring, but today he is extremely rogue.He was also afraid that the emperor would really be tempted to indulge him if he messed around with him.

The emperor's brand-new dress was rubbed into disfigurement by Xue Chongjian, but he was not annoyed. He still smiled lightly and said, "If you want to be a hero, you should have two proud bones that can afford it. Take out what you did in the judge yesterday. The majesty of the court, come down!" Xue Chongjian didn't care about being a hero at this time, he just glanced at the cane from the corner of his eye, and his buttocks hurt like a knife being cut out, and he didn't even dare to think about such a heavy board What does it feel like to be hit on the body, just sticking to the emperor's arms and crying for mercy.

The emperor frowned, and shouted: "Come on, drag him down!" Seeing the two Yulin approaching, Xue Chongjian was filled with despair.Then he knelt up and hugged the emperor's arm, choked with pitiful sobs and said: "Huanu knows he was wrong, so he won't dare to do it again next time, grandma told them to hit them less and lightly."

The Empress saw that when he blinked when he spoke, two teardrops rolled down from his eyes, and it was funny that he was eager to find a way to bring out so many tears to help out.Xue Chongjian's eyelashes were soaked wet, and they looked longer and darker.The emperor remembered that when he was holding Taiping back then, a little farther away, when she was holding the little princess Si, he also felt infinite love for the baby's wet eyelashes-her four sons were not like her, Only her two daughters had followed her eyes—both so long ago.

She slid her hand across Xue Chongjian's chin, wiped away a few tears and said with a smile: "Do you still expect a next time? Next time, let your mother beat you to death, and then show it to me, so you don't have to use that kind of school again." The board is fooling me. It’s also thirty rods, if you are willing to bear it for someone else, I will fulfill you.” She waved her hand, and two Yulin stepped forward to set up Xue Chongjian and walked towards the center of the hall.

Xue Chongjian pleaded: "Grandma...Grandma! There are too many, give me a few sticks!" At the same time, I shouted in my heart that I was stupid. I knew that Grandma had beaten again according to the number of mothers. I should have said ten sticks and two. Ten sticks.Thinking of the excruciating pain when he was beaten in the morning, he was really scared and nervous. The Xing stick is the heaviest of the cane sticks in this dynasty, naturally it is not comparable to the bamboo board at home.He couldn't imagine what the pain would be like for a moment, like the last few strokes broke the skin?Or does it hurt like the torture my cousin suffered in the judge's court?

He thought of Li Chengqi, and finally gathered up a little courage in despair. No matter how painful he was, he could still struggle and cry out, and his mother could protect him and plead for mercy.The life and death of my cousin's mother is unknown, and his father is under confinement in the deep palace. If he can't come forward, who else can cover his cousin's pain and express his grievances for him?Getting him a heavy beating can save him from hell, isn't it an extremely cheap exchange?

Xue Chongjian was pushed down on the ground, he raised his head to beg for mercy from the emperor, and just met Lai Junchen who was standing by the side, seeing his eyes flickering with mocking resentment, he immediately thought: Hmph, I can grow even if my butt is smashed. Okay, but you've been with one ear all your life.He felt a bit of vicious joy, and a little more courage, and secretly encouraged himself, saying, "It's okay, it's okay, no matter how painful it is, it will only last for a while, and after the beating is over, my cousin will be able to go home." .

He pressed his face against the warm red rug, although he held his breath and tightened his body, his heart was terrified, but he didn't feel miserable.When Li Chengqi came back, he would take pity on his wound, and when he was in so much pain that he couldn't sleep, he would gently pat his body like a child.As his mother said, he was spoiled and spoiled, and he couldn't stand parting, waiting and neglect, and the person he wanted to miss was by his side.He is too greedy for time and distance.

Two Yulin pressed Xue Chongjian's wrists and shoulders on both sides respectively, and another person stepped forward, lifted him up with the undergarments he had just covered, and wanted to take off Xue Chongjian's clothes according to the rules of using a stick.Those feather forests didn't have the gentleness of Gong'e, and regardless of the blood oozing from his trousers, they directly pulled his trousers to the crook of his knees.Before Xue Chongjian understood it, he felt a tearing pain on his buttocks, as if a layer of skin had been peeled alive. He screamed and raised his body, trembling like a chill in autumn. The little courage he had accumulated just now was like pants Usually faded to nowhere.

Looking at him from such a high place, Taiping felt that his son was really young, being firmly held down by those sturdy feather forests, making him look like a child.There was no injury on his leg, white and slender like bamboo shoots in a broken pond, and the bruises and bloodstained wounds on his buttocks were as straight as the bodies of two people.She knew that these [-] sticks were extremely difficult for Xue Chongjian, but she didn't dare to say anything more, her mother had already done a lot of extra favors to Hua Nu, and if she put it on others, she would die of the stick.Mother was already suspicious and dissatisfied with her just now, if she continued, she would harm Feng Nu and fourth brother.

A heart in her restless chest was beating non-stop, she really wanted to stand up, pick up her son and rush out of the gloomy palace.Since when, her words and smiles are full of hypocrisy and shackles everywhere, and her soul is trapped in a prison and cannot be released.Since when, she was also like Shangguan Wan'er, obedient, vigilant and keen, like a mother, indulging in sensuality.She is no longer Ah Yue, no longer someone's wife, nor a mother who can protect her children, but Princess Taiping.It turns out that my youthful fragrance faded away quietly.

She watched Habayashi on the left raise a black torture stick high up, and with the sound of howling wind, it slammed heavily on her son's buttocks. The tip of the stick sank into the blue and purple muscles. Covered with broken skin wounds, he almost cried out in shock.But she struggled to hang her neck down and regained the docile sobbing state just now, even she didn't know whether the tears she shed now were real or not.

Xue Chongjian heard a muffled thunder-like sound, and was wondering why it was different from the sound of the bamboo boards in the morning, when suddenly it was like another bolt of lightning struck in the sky, paralyzing half of his body.In this paralysis, there was a fierce and severe pain on the buttocks, which was no different from the burning pain on the surface of the skin on the bamboo board at home, as if someone had ripped open the old wounds on his buttocks, I poured some boiling oil and boiling water into it, and the pain boiled and rolled under the skin and flesh.

This taste really surpassed his imagination of the word "pain" in his life. He let out a scream and tried his best to free his hands and legs from the oppression, so that he could feel if his butt was still there, so that he could quickly avoid the next one The strike of lightning.But those people's hands seem to have moved the whole Mount Tai on him, and the wrestling skills he learned are useless up to now, except that the painful buttocks can still twist and struggle feebly, and the pain is still there. Overwhelmed, the rest of his body seemed to belong to someone else.He cannot drive, control, or feel their presence.

When the first stick fell, he could only care about screaming, struggling and crying. It wasn't until after the second stick that he struggled to regain some consciousness from the severe pain, and really started to be scared out of his wits.It turned out that this was the stick, and it turned out that the pain had to be superimposed thirty times, and his neck was suddenly raised and then fell heavily by that force.His jaw hit the ground, and his teeth involuntarily bit down on his lower lip. Taking advantage of the sharp pain, he had to be rational, and cried out loudly: "Grandma! Grandmother! Help! Don't hit me, don't hit me any more, I'm going to die!" He has shouted these words since he was beaten at the age of five, but he has never shouted them with such sincerity as today.

In just two strokes, the newly knocked-off stick marks were in full bloom in the old swollen marks, forcing out two patches of crimson, thin blood jumped out from the wound again, and slid across his jade-like skin. Hip bones, falling into the bright red 氍毹, disappeared like a star sinking into the sea.Xue Chongjian was in so much pain that he couldn't lift his head, he yelled a few times but he didn't hear anyone agreeing, his heart was in despair and in a daze, he guessed that his ass must be torn apart like a broken cowpea red brush, why didn't grandma and mother What about people talking?Is grandma really going to kill herself?

A servant came in hurriedly and said loudly: "Qizuo Zhaijia! The King of Shouchun County is asking to see you outside the palace!" Xue Chongjian heard a buzzing sound on his head, and then he felt a dizzy white mist in front of him, and this white mist was once again ignited by a raging fire. He didn't know that it was the third stick that fell down again, and he didn't know that a wound on his buttocks was open again.He no longer cared about screaming, but turned his head and shouted: "What did you say!"