The King's Favor [Rebirth]

Chapter 5

Xie Linxi walked out of Xie's house, he was not in a good mood, the gloom on his face became solid, and he suddenly looked like the legendary jade-faced Rakshasa who killed people without blinking an eye.

He is a person who doesn't leak his emotions very much. In the years that he has been with Qi Jingyuan, basically nothing can change his face. Today's Bai Yuxiao incident is a rare one.

Xie Linxi had all kinds of thoughts floating in Bai Yuxiao's mind because of this, but in the end they were all suppressed in the deepest part of her heart.

Xiao is an old friend Xiao, and the person who sent Xiao here probably thought that he was an ignorant child more than ten years ago, longing for the warmth that never belonged to him, and a few gentle and foolish words could win him over.

Thinking of this, Xie Linxi sneered from the bottom of her heart, but her gentle and jade-like face was still expressionless, and it looked even more refined and heroic than before.

Not in the mood to eat, thinking of going to the palace to be on duty tonight, Xie Linxi, who was walking on the bustling street, looked at the sky and turned directly to enter the palace.

When he arrived at the palace, he went directly to the Jinghua Palace, and came to report through a cutscene to tell Qi Jingyuan that he was here. Second, the death of his predecessor, Yin Liu, also needs to be reported to Qi Jingyuan.

When Xie Linxi walked to the Jinghua Hall, he felt that the front of the hall was full of murderous aura.

The guards in front of the door were all stroking the handle of the knife with cold faces, and they looked panicked when they looked closely. The door of the palace was closed tightly, and there was a silver sixth-class inner prisoner kneeling at the door.

When everyone saw him coming, their expressions moved slightly, as if they were relieved and even more nervous.

Worried that something would happen to Qi Jingyuan, Xie Linxi quickly walked up the blue steps and went straight to the entrance of the hall.

The guards naturally wouldn't stop him, but he automatically stopped at the entrance of the hall, and then asked Yin Liu to report.

Yin Liu stood up and knocked on the door of the palace with trembling hands, and said in a hoarse voice, "My lord... my lord, thank you Commander for seeing me."

There was a moment of silence in the hall, and then Qi Jingyuan's voice came: "It's Linxi, come in." Perhaps because of the door of the hall, his voice was a little erratic, like the wind blowing from a high mountain to the forest, whizzing past, in a trance It's so hard to catch.

Xie Linxi glanced at Yin Liu and other inner eunuchs, his eyes were slightly cold, and he thought that Qi Jingyuan's voice was very normal, and he didn't know what these people outside were afraid of.

The door of the temple opened, and he walked in.

After only one step, Xie Linxi frowned suddenly.He has stayed in the Heavenly Prison Division all year round, and his nose is very sensitive. There is a bloody smell in this hall.

Xie Linxi's heart trembled, she closed the door and walked quickly.

I saw that there was no eunuch maid serving in the hall, Qi Jingyuan sat quietly on the soft bed covered with soft silver fox fur.

His eyes were half downcast, and half of his face was blocked by the screen beside him, making it difficult for people to see the expression on it clearly.

At his feet lay a maid with a clear face. The blood at the corner of the maid's mouth had congealed, her neck was twisted, her eyes were wide open, and her face was filled with the fear, struggle, viciousness and resentment before she died.

It only takes one glance to know that the maid is dead.

Xie Linxi, the leader of the Heavenly Prison who is used to seeing death, was a little shocked and at a loss when he saw this scene. He was used to seeing death, and he would not be too shocked by the death of a court lady. What shocked him was Qi Jingyuan's white and delicate hands. There were bloodstains on the top and hem of the clothes.

The blood had dried, but the bloody man hadn't wiped it off.

From this scene, it is not difficult to see that the maid was killed by Qi Jingyuan, Xie Linxi can even imagine the scene at that time, how Qi Jingyuan twisted the neck of the maid with his own hands, the maid struggled to resist, the blood dripping from the corner of her mouth stained his hand , blood stained the hem of his clothes when he fell.

Qi Jingyuan is the regent, known as the violent regent, he has killed people, but he only needs to order to kill people.

Xie Linxi still remembers that when Qi Jingyuan ordered to kill the first courtier, his hand was tightly clenched under the table, the veins on the back of his hand were bulging, and his five fingers were firmly clasped in the palm of his hand.

He was afraid, but the tone of the order was calm and cold. He told everyone in a disdainful tone, what is the prosperity of those who follow me and those who oppose me perish.Except for Xie Linxi, no one knew that he was afraid and didn't want to kill anyone.

Since then, Qi Jingyuan has killed many people, but he has never done it himself.

But now, Qi Jingyuan actually committed suicide by himself.Xie Linxi has been by his side for so many years, knowing that he is not a person who kills innocent people indiscriminately.

There must be something wrong with this court lady that provoked Qi Jingyuan to kill her.

It's just that he killed a person, but left the body at his feet without doing anything, and the person sat silently.

Maybe he forgot to let someone clean it up, or maybe he couldn't believe that he would do such a thing.

Xie Linxi didn't understand why he did this. Killing someone, even a heinous person, was also unpleasant.

Qi Jingyuan was born to be pampered, and he loves to be clean so much that he doesn't even want to get a little dust on his hands. If he wasn't too shocked and terrified, why would he sit in front of a dead man, so dazed that he didn't notice the blood on his body.

Xie Linxi looked at Qi Jingyuan fixedly, almost impolitely, and then he stepped forward and called out to the prince softly.

Qi Jingyuan raised his eyes, and when he saw the blood on his hand, he subconsciously wanted to wipe it with something.However, he bent his fingers, and then slowly released them, letting the blush remain.

Xie Linxi lowered his eyes, and said softly: "My lord, if this person has committed a crime, just let someone take him down and send him to the jailer. Why dirty your hands."

Qi Jingyuan hummed after hearing this, and then he said casually: "It's nothing, I just want to know how you feel when you do these things on a daily basis." After saying this, he raised his blood-stained hand and looked at it. Seeing it: "It feels disgusting. It's been hard for you in the past few years."

Xie Linxi did not expect Qi Jingyuan's words at all, his heart trembled slightly, and all kinds of emotions surged up in his heart for a while, like a rushing spring rolling violently in his heart.

His Adam's apple moved slightly, and he turned his eyes away and said, "Your Majesty, as a subject, it is Linxi's duty to share the Lord's worries. Since I took charge of the Prison Officer, I have never killed a person in vain. I look up to the sky and feel at ease. It is only natural for duty to receive grace. The prince has a noble status and should not be like this."

After speaking, his tone was dull, he lost his composure slightly, his eyes were complicated, and there was a hint of reproach.

Qi Jingyuan looked at Xie Linxi quietly. He knew Xie Linxi well, so he naturally knew that this person was a little angry.

It's just that due to his identity and position, it's inconvenient for him to reveal his emotions.

Eternal restraint and eternal reason, this is Xie Linxi.

Maybe Xie Linxi doesn't want to remember some things, but he will always remember that when the Heavenly Prison Division was just established, there was no one in charge, and it was in a mess.

This man took the initiative to ask the prison secretary to become a knife. He said that he wanted to gain power from the prison secretary, and Xie Linxi couldn't do it that year.

After executing the first person with his own hands, Xie Linxi returned to the palace that day and vomited heart-rendingly when there was no one there, and washed his hands in the middle of the night.

The blood on his hand was gone long ago, but he was still washing it desperately, as if there was something filthy left on it.

But the blood is on my heart, how can I wash it away with water.

At that time, Qi Jingyuan was standing in the distance watching, he didn't step forward to ask or comfort him, he just watched it all night with the breeze and the sound of insects.

Back then, he had no intention of bringing Xie Linxi back to the palace.At that time, he was just an idle prince who was favored by the late emperor, and he only wanted to find a playmate.

Unexpectedly, a year later, Xie Linxi would have blood on his hands.

Thinking of the past, Qi Jingyuan's eyebrows and eyes moved slightly, and he said: "There is no one else in this palace today, and this palace lady has a dark heart and a sharp weapon in her hand. I just followed the trend. Aren't you on duty at Yinshi today? Why did you enter the palace so early? ?”

"If I hadn't entered the palace early, I'm afraid I wouldn't know that the prince would act like this today." Xie Linxi said, with a hint of anger that he didn't hear.

Qi Jingyuan knew that he was on duty, and chose this time to act, obviously wanting to avoid himself.

That's why when he heard him begging for an audience, his voice seemed so empty.

Qi Jingyuan was silent, feeling that he really shouldn't have said the last sentence.

As soon as Xie Linxi finished speaking, he knew that he had crossed the line, he lowered his eyes for a moment and said: "My lord has offended many people for Daqi these years, and the palace is the place with the most complicated personnel, so the lord should never put himself in danger in the palace. "

Qi Jingyuan said: "What Wushuang said is true."

Then he said again: "Don't be angry."

Xie Linxi was taken aback for a moment, then raised her eyes.

Qi Jingyuan stood up, his expression had returned to normal, he clapped his hands, the inner eunuch and guards outside pushed the door in, and carried the maid on the ground out.

When the palace door was closed again, Xie Linxi said: "My lord, why don't you let someone send this lady's body to the Heavenly Prison Division, my humble minister..."

"No need." Qi Jingyuan directly rejected his proposal without waiting for him to finish speaking.

Xie Linxi was puzzled, sometimes a lot of things could be found on the dead body, and the Secretary of the Heavenly Prison has also investigated cases like this in the past.

A dead man cannot speak, but neither can a dead man lie.

Qi Jingyuan's eyes turned cold: "It doesn't matter who sent this maid, now that she is dead, she won't dirty your hands."

Hearing the reluctance and displeasure in his tone, Xie Linxi remained silent again, after all, the uncertain title of Prince Regent is not for nothing.

Most importantly, since Qi Jingyuan dared to do today's affairs with great fanfare, he must have some understanding of the identity of the palace maid.

Perhaps the little emperor was involved, and given his current status, Xie Linxi was not entangled in this aspect. After a while, everyone in the palace knew that a palace maid had died in Jinghua Palace, which could be regarded as a direct warning.

Qi Jingyuan didn't know what was on his mind, and didn't want to continue the topic, so he said casually, "What are you doing with the brocade box in your hand, but you want to give it to me?"

It was a casual remark to change the subject, and there was even a hint of joke behind it.

But when Xie Linxi heard this, he suddenly grasped the brocade box tightly in his hand, telling a fact with wordless actions, he cared about this thing very much, and he didn't intend to give it away at all.

Responding to his reaction, Qi Jingyuan narrowed his long and narrow phoenix eyes, and there was a hint of indifference on his delicate and beautiful cheeks. He smiled and said, "Wu Shuang don't care, I'll just talk casually. If there is something you love , I don’t even have time to send it to you, how can I take away your love.”