readsfreenovel Chapter 362 "Do You Know Your Mistakes?"
Chapter 362 "Do You Know Your Mistakes?"
The sun was shining brightly, and the court was full of officials coming and going. However, there was an open space around Qin Ci'an. Not far away, the sound of discussion could be heard from time to time. Qin Ci'an had big drops of sweat running down his forehead. He didn't pay attention to the whispers around him, and just watched the sand in the hourglass dripping in front of him. The sand was exactly three hours' worth. Qin Ci'an recalled the eunuch's words, and His Majesty said: "When the hourglass is finished dripping, the prince can leave."
"Why is it dripping so fast?"
At this time, Chu Ziyu, who had replaced the hourglass, was in the corridor preparing to leave when someone unexpected appeared in front of him.
"master!"
A look of surprise flashed across Chu Ziyu's face.
In his previous life, Chu Ziyu entered the small world as a child. The first person he had seen since he could remember was his master, Li Xiangbing.
He is the instructor of the current Emperor, and the entire lineage of secret guards is trained by him, so he is a true royalist.
Li Xiangbing looked at Chu Ziyu, his eyes sharp as he stared at the hourglass in Chu Ziyu's hand. Chu Ziyu hid the hourglass behind him.
"Come with me."
A sound that could not tell whether it was happy or angry rang in Chu Ziyu's ears, but after years of getting along, Chu Ziyu had already understood that his master was already angry at this time. He just quietly threw the hourglass in his hand into the grass on the steps. A slight cracking sound was heard, and he slowly followed in his master's footsteps.
"Click", the door was closed, Chu Ziyu looked at the familiar house in front of him. He had not been here for three years since he went to Xiaowang Mansion.
Li Xiangbing had his back to him. The room was filled with dim candlelight, which was weak and flickering, as if it could be swallowed by the darkness at any time.
There was no window in the whole room, and all kinds of horrifying torture instruments were placed around as far as the eye could see, including rusty iron hooks, spiked whips, hideous shackles, and other instruments that could not be named but exuded a gloomy atmosphere.
"Kneel down."
Chu Ziyu knelt down slowly, his knees making a dull sound as they touched the cold ground.
Li Xiangbing turned around, his eyes as cold as ice, "Do you know your mistake?"
Chu Ziyu lowered his head and whispered, "I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have changed the hourglass without permission."
Li Xiangbing snorted coldly, "Do you think it's as simple as just changing the hourglass? The emperor is your eternal master, do you know that?"
"know."
Li Xiangbing picked up the whip beside him and said, "As a secret guard, you should be loyal, but now you are using such means for King Xiao. This is your first mistake." After saying that, he whipped the boy down fiercely.
This whip was specially made, made of a mixture of cowhide and sheepskin. The most frightening thing was the densely packed sharp barbs on the whip. With just one whip, Chu Ziyu's clothes were torn, and the wounds looked like they were burned by fire, red, swollen and hideous. Blood oozed out of the wounds, gathering into streams, slowly flowing along his back, dripping onto the ground, forming pools of shocking blood.
His body kept shaking and every breath was accompanied by severe pain. Chu Ziyu gritted his teeth and said nothing.
"You went undercover in Prince Xiao's mansion according to the emperor's order. The purpose was to monitor whether Prince Xiao had any intention of treason. But now you are acting on your emotions. Your mistake is twofold." Li Xiangbing said as he waved the whip.
"Snapped."
Chu Ziyu raised his head, his eyes full of determination, "Master, King Xiao has no intention of rebelling, he only wants to do things for the people."
"Shut up! This is not something you can judge. Your words and actions are inappropriate, which is the third mistake." Li Xiangbing scolded.
Three whips fell.
"Do you know you were wrong?"