The hall was originally quiet, but because of these words, someone started to move around. Xue Ya was confused for a moment, but she finally woke up when two people held her shoulders and pushed her to the screen, and her hands were tied to the carved railing above the screen.

This whip is meant to hit him.

Before he could beg for mercy, a piece of white cloth was stuffed into his mouth, and the only sound left was "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuu".

The prince took the long whip that was placed on the jade plate. Danfeng's eyes were coldly looking at Xue Ya, and he raised his hand and gave it a whip.

Although Xue Ya was born in Goulan Courtyard, the madam was nervous about his skin and had never been tortured or beaten before. Now he had truly tasted what pain was.

After just one lash, he burst into tears. When the third lash came down, he felt that half of his soul had flown away. By the seventh lash, he could no longer move and was close to fainting.

The prince's whip was good at hitting people from the front without hitting the face. Therefore, Xue Ya's clothes were in tatters, but her face was still intact. Just when she was about to take the ninth whip, someone walked in from outside the palace.

"Your Highness, the Queen sent someone to deliver something."

The prince's hand paused, and joy seemed to flash in his eyes. He threw the bloody whip to the palace man next to him, and said in a manly voice: "What is it?"

"The red bean and jade cup, I just used some of it. I said it tasted good, so I sent it to the East Palace so that Your Highness could try it," the visitor replied.

Hearing this, the prince raised his lips and smiled, "Yafu knows that Gu loves sweets." After saying this, his eyes turned around to Xue Ya, who was still tied up. Xue Ya lowered her head, and her clothes were covered with blood, as if

He had fainted and was motionless.

"Send him to be castrated." The prince wiped his hands with the towel handed over by the palace attendant, but when he turned to leave, he stopped again and said, "Wait a minute."

He looked at Xue Ya again, strolled to her side, and said, "Lift his face up."

As soon as this was said, the palace officials naturally followed suit.

Xue Ya was forced to raise his head, his palm-sized face was covered with tears, and the tears on his face were not dry. When he saw the prince, his pupils shrank first, and then he shed tears, as if begging for mercy.

The prince was unmoved and looked down, "Clothes."

The man next to the palace immediately stepped forward and took off all of Xue Ya's clothes. Because she had just been beaten, her clothes were stained with blood and stuck to her body. They were forcefully taken off at this time, which made Xue Ya's eyesight go dark and she couldn't even cry.

Already.

The prince looked down and looked at it, then suddenly smiled, "This thing is so small, it doesn't matter if it is not castrated or castrated, that's all."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Xue Ya lay on the hard bed for half a month, and someone came to change his dressing every day. It was not until the eighteenth day that he could barely get out of bed and walk around. As soon as he could get out of bed, he was brought to the prince.

No, we can no longer call him the prince, the other party is already the new emperor.

Eighteen days ago, he thought the other person was a good person, but now he knew how dark the other person's heart was. When he knelt in front of the other person, he couldn't help but tremble.

Cui Lingjing has newly ascended the throne and has a lot of things on his hands. He only had free time today and learned from the palace officials that Xue Ya could get out of bed, so he asked someone to bring her here.

At this time, he looked at Xue Ya coldly and felt that she seemed to be thinner than a few days ago, like a little lamb. He was kneeling on the ground, revealing a white and thin neck, which could be cut off with a pinch.

Xue Ya seemed to feel eyes falling on her, and trembled again, then buried her head deeper, wishing that she would have no sense of existence. She originally thought that the wealth and wealth in the sky was right in front of her, but now she realized that only the underworld was waiting for him.

"Afraid of me?" Cui Lingjing said with unclear meaning.

Xue Ya paused for a moment, then shook her head hurriedly.

"If you're not afraid, just raise your head." Cui Lingjing said again.

Xue Ya was trembling all over, but she could only look up. When he saw that feminine face, tears filled his eyes. Cui Lingjing saw the tears and smiled softly, "Why are you crying? I didn't hit you today. You like to cry so much."

, Could it be that the late emperor often punished you?"

Xue Ya wanted to hold back her tears, but he was afraid of the person in front of him. He couldn't hold back his tears and could only shake his head.

"Okay, don't cry. It makes me upset." Cui Lingjing sounded impatient.

This sentence made Xue Ya stop crying immediately. There were still tears hanging on his cheeks, but he wanted to wipe them but didn't dare.

Cui Lingjing noticed that Xue Ya stopped crying for an instant, raised her eyebrows slightly, and seemed to find it interesting. She leaned forward and suddenly wiped away the tears on Xue Ya's cheeks with her fingertips, "I have newly ascended the throne and amnesty the world. I will also pardon you."

Is it okay to be punished with death?”

Xue Ya was startled, then nodded immediately.

"The death penalty is exempted, and the living penalty was also suffered last time. From now on, you can stay in my palace and serve me, okay?"

A trace of struggle flashed in Xue Ya's eyes, but Ya's love for Fu Gui was born again in her heart. He pursed his lips and showed a cautious smile, "Is that okay?"

Cui Lingjing also smiled, "Of course." After he finished speaking, he sat up straight and looked at the eunuch next to him, "Let him change into eunuch's clothes, and he will stay with me to serve him from now on."

The chief eunuch said yes and asked people to take Xue Ya down again.

The eunuch's clothes are not good-looking, dark green, but Xue Ya is beautiful. Although she has lost a lot of weight these days, she is still beautiful. She looks much better in this ugly dark green robe than others. Even the palace servants around Cui Lingjing are

They were carefully selected and all look good.

Xue Ya put on eunuch clothes and was very afraid that someone would castrate him. She was worried for a few days. When she found that no one came to castrate him, she breathed a sigh of relief. After she breathed a sigh of relief, she couldn't help but think about when he could go to Xintei.

Serve by your side.

Since meeting Cui Lingjing a few days ago, he has been assigned the menial job of sweeping the floor. Every day when it is still dark, he has to get up and sweep not a single fallen leaf on the ground. If he finds any, he will have no food.

As a result, Xue Ya missed several meals and her face became smaller and smaller.

He didn't want to stay here and sweep the floor all the time. If he had to do the job of sweeping the floor all day long, he would have to leave the palace to find a way out, which would be better than being starved here. But the place where he sweeps the floor every day is far away from the emperor's residence.

Very well, if you want to go there, you have to pass at least three major passes.

The cold guard with a knife is the first level.

When he saw the guards, he became frightened. He dared not move forward, so he could only continue to sweep the floor. After several days of sweeping, he finally couldn't stand it anymore. When it was dark and the inspection father-in-law had not arrived yet, he threw away the broom and nestled against the wall.

Take a nap next.

There was an osmanthus tree planted above the place where he was napping. The osmanthus trees were blown by the wind and covered with snow buds. He fell asleep in a daze until someone kicked him awake.

"Okay, let's hide here and be lazy."

Cui Lingjing's voice was lazy.

Xueya saw that only Cui Lingjing was standing in front of her. Although she was scared, she was also surprised. He knelt down quickly and performed the salute he had just learned. However, he had only learned it for a few days and did not do it well. His hat even fell off, causing Cui Lingjing to cry out.

laugh.

After Cui Lingjing laughed at the snow buds, he turned his eyes to the osmanthus tree next to him. This tree was planted when he was young and he climbed on it when he was young. When he got up this morning, he suddenly wanted to come and have a look, so he turned away the palace people and went there alone.

I expected to catch a cat taking a nap.

He was so busy now that he almost forgot about Xue Ya's existence. Today, when he took a glance, he saw the other party sleeping in the morning light, his fair and tender face seemed to be glowing, and he couldn't help but raise his foot and kick him awake.

Xue Ya hurriedly picked up her hat and put it on her head, when she heard Cui Lingjing's voice.

"What are you doing now?"

"Sweep the floor." Xue Ya replied.

Cui Lingjing pondered for a moment, "No need to sweep, just come to me and serve me personally today."

When Xue Ya heard this, he was overjoyed. He couldn't help but raise his head. He opened his eyes and smiled as taught by Goulan Yuan. After he finished smiling, he remembered that he was not facing a guest, but the current emperor. He quickly lowered his head and said, "Little slave."

...Slave obeys orders.”

Cui Lingjing caught Xue Ya's smile in her eyes, smiled sarcastically, and turned to leave.

Xue Ya can serve Cui Lingjing personally, but in fact he can't get involved. There are too many palace servants around Cui Lingjing, so it's not his turn. Although he can serve Cui Lingjing personally, he can't even carry the water basin.

Moreover, Xue Ya vaguely felt that the palace people around him seemed to be rejecting him. After thinking about it, he snorted secretly, thinking that those eunuchs must be jealous of his integrity, but hey, he still had to please.

Xueya grew up in Goulanzhuan since childhood. He learned how to talk to others and tell ghosts, and he learned how to act according to the circumstances. The first person he set his sights on was Xu Pingnan, the godson of the eunuch next to Cui Lingjing.

Xu Pingnan was a few years older than him. He was usually quick at work, but he liked to gamble. However, his gambling skills were not good and he often lost everything. One day, he lost everything again. He was so angry that Xue Ya secretly followed him.

The next day, Xue Ya took the two copper coins given by Xu Pingnan to the gambling table. When the game ended, the two coins turned into a hundred. Xu Pingnan's eyes suddenly changed when he saw Xu Pingnan. After that, Xue Ya began to stand beside Xu Pingnan to help him.

bet.

Xu Pingnan had never won so happily. When he was in a good mood, he was willing to help Xue Ya put in a good word in front of his godfather. On the third day, Xue Ya got the job of carrying the washbasin for Cui Lingjing.

Xue Ya got up very early that day, put some osmanthus oil she secretly collected on her wrists and applied some behind her ears, trying to make Cui Lingjing remember her, but the fact made him greatly disappointed.

An urgent military report came from the border fortress. Cui Lingjing didn't even look at him. She hurriedly washed up and went to court.

Xu Pingnan only agreed to help him get a chance to serve in front of the emperor once, and it was not him who carried the water basin the next day. Xue Ya was so angry that she cried a lot, thinking that she might as well leave the palace.

But since he couldn't get out of the palace, Xue Ya could only continue to look for Xu Pingnan. Xu Pingnan was impatient with him and sent him to deliver things.

"You go to some concubines to deliver things."

In addition to the male queen He Xulan, the late emperor also had many concubines. Although Cui Lingjing was not their biological child, he did not treat them badly. Sometimes he would send people to send things there. As for He Xulan, Cui Lingjing would send them personally.

Xue Ya followed the people listlessly to deliver the things. She had to cross the imperial garden. Halfway through, the people in front of her all knelt down and said, "Minions (servants) say hello to the Queen Mother. She is a thousand years old, a thousand years old."

The new emperor ascended the throne, and He Xulan was promoted from emperor to queen mother.

Xue Ya walked at the end of the team. He was thinking about how to let Cui Lingjing see him, so when others knelt down, he still stood. He even raised his head stupidly when he heard "Queen Mother"

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Chapter completed!