The butter cake occupied Zhang Xutang's stomach, allowing him to stand firm. He walked to the toilet again and relieved his long-standing urge to urinate. Finally, the two prison guards opened the door and invited him out.
When he went out, he looked at Zhang Xuling who was hiding and refused to show his face.
He knew Zhang Xuling was useless, but he didn't expect it to be this useless.
Almost vulnerable.
Not only is he an idiot, he is also a waste.
He withdrew his gaze and continued walking out without focusing on Zhang Xuling.
The corridor of the prison is very long, and there are no prisoners on both sides. It is empty, as if it was the heyday of He Qing and Haiyan. In fact, it is just that the prisoners have temporarily gone to the Magistrate's Yamen Prison and the Penal Department Prison.
When he walked to the Hell Temple, Zhang Xutang was already out of breath, his heart became stagnant again, and his throat was itchy. He couldn't help but want to clear his throat. However, after walking for a long time, he kept coughing.
Everyone is shocked and there is a burst of pain in their heart.
His body was so heavy that it was difficult for him to cross the threshold.
After finally getting in, when I looked up, I suddenly saw a lifelike statue of the God of Hell. He was upright and looked very majestic. He almost reached out his hand and slapped his head away.
He was originally a very sick person, but his body was weak, but his soul was still shining brightly. Now, after receiving this fright, even his soul was damaged, and his whole body was exhausted.
He quickly sat down in the chair, coughed, his face turned the color of pig liver, and his brain ached.
Too cruel, he thought.
King Jin is really cruel, he always knows how to control the lifeblood of others, and insists on putting them in the prison of the Criminal Division. I am afraid it is because of this statue of the Prison God.
Zhang Xutang gritted his teeth to hold back the pain, and slowly breathed away. At the same time, he watched King Jin's people serve tea - only King Jin's tea was served, and there was no preparation for him.
To King Jin, he could no longer be considered a human being, but an animal. Animals did not need to drink tea, so he had been drinking cold water for a long time.
Zhang Xutang didn't care much, stretched out his hand to hook the tea cup in front of him, and took a sip.
This bowl of hot tea almost saved his life and made his soul become bad again. Putting down the tea cup, he took a long breath and smiled at Prince Jin: "Your Majesty's taste is the same as that of the eldest lady of the Song family."
King Jin looked at the tea cup, hesitated to speak, and finally told Huang Ting: "Smash this set of cups."
Huang Ting quickly asked someone to take the cup away and smashed it into pieces at the door. King Jin then straightened his face and refused to ask for tea. He asked Huang Ting to close the door and guard outside.
Zhang Xutang cleared his throat: "I guess the prince doesn't want to listen to my long speech, so I'll just say it bluntly. My aunt is not a very smart woman. She has been favored by my superiors for so many years only because of the Zhang family's support behind the scenes."
She made suggestions, but the Zhang family has been able to survive for so many years, does the prince know why?"
"To flatter the superior, to be clever and submissive, to deceive the ignorant." The King of Jin said these twelve words very plainly.
Zhang Xutang glanced at Prince Jin in surprise in the dim light, then leaned on the back of his chair and looked up at the colorful painting above his head: "I didn't expect that the prince has such a thorough understanding of my family."
Twelve simple words are actually hidden under countless smoke and scheming. Even when the Zhang family was mentioned by the defeated Zhang faction, they received mixed praise and praise. They believed that Prime Minister Zhang, as the head of the family, was not without achievements and had achievements to speak of.
But in fact, everything they did came from these twelve words spoken by King Jin.
"What you think about day and night is naturally clear." King Jin replied.
Zhang Xutang moved his body to make himself more comfortable: "The most important thing among them is Shun Cheng.
When I first took office, I asked hundreds of officials to come forward to recommend talents. Everyone thought they had met a wise ruler, and they wrote letters one after another, lamenting the long-standing shortcomings in the officialdom. In fact, I had mediocre qualifications, and it was only Empress Dowager Pei who was able to ascend the throne. After seeing these memorials
, after getting excited, he ignored it. When he thought about it later, he only remembered that these people even dared to scold the emperor.
I am still aggrieved today, saying why I have never seen them scold Queen Mother Pei."
He talked too much, and he was a little out of breath, so he stopped and waited for a long time before continuing: "When everyone found out that I am faint, Tai Jian scolded me with all my strength. I thought about it over and over again, and finally
I actually found that there is only one person in the court who is loyal, and that is my father."
King Jin smiled: "That's not the case now. Your father personally caused his rebellion."
"Don't jump to conclusions so early," Zhang Xutang waved his hand, "Isn't my father still down now?"
He then continued: "My lord, I have always wanted to know how Queen Pei died."
King Jin's pupils suddenly shrank, and the hands crossed in front of his abdomen suddenly tightened. His body seemed to be normal, but his heart was actually beating violently in his chest. He jumped to a high place, fell straight down, and then punched several times in his chest.
He was so shaken that he could not sit still.
He calmed himself down, continued to show his emotions and anger, loosened his clenched fingers, and leaned back on the chair: "Say."
At that time, the palace said that Queen Pei died of a sudden illness, so he knew it was impossible. The Zhang family must have cooperated with others to kill her, but he didn't know what the Zhang family did that night.
Zhang Xutang raised his head, his eyes a little unfocused, obviously reminiscing. Although he was young at that time, he had already become a poisonous snake, so he knew the ins and outs of it very clearly.
Even dealing with those palace people who were sent out of the palace was his masterpiece.
"Queen Pei was poisoned to death. Originally, she would die immediately after taking the poisoned wine, but for some reason, the poisoned wine did not end her life immediately. Instead, it caused her pain for most of the night."
Prince Jin's hands clenched together unconsciously, and suddenly he didn't want to listen anymore.
Grandma must be in pain, he thought.
Even if he doesn't want to listen, he still has to listen. His world has always been clear and clear, but this one thing is confusing. He not only needs to listen, but also needs to hear it clearly.
Zhang Xutang looked at King Jin's expression. Perhaps he had had too many fights with Song Huiyue. He always suspected that King Jin was as moody as Song Huiyue and would beat him to death when he heard something emotional.
Therefore, he did not exaggerate the death of Queen Pei, but told the truth: "But wherever Jin Shang is present, everything does not always go well."
King Jin's face was livid, and he tried his best to suppress his trembling: "Were you here then and now?"
"Yes," Zhang Xutang nodded, "The Zhang family promised that they would not rush to kill Queen Pei. Instead, they got the emperor's order to kill Queen Pei, so they secretly made a lot of preparations. By the time they took action on that day, they had already
The preparations are thorough, and I have been staying in the middle palace, waiting for the results."
"What is your decree now?" King Jin's voice became very low.
"It's a secret decree. After the death of Queen Mother Pei, the Pei family did not decline. Instead, they provided more protection to Queen Pei and the prince, making it difficult for me to sleep and eat well. I was worried that the Pei family would support the prince and let Queen Pei listen to the government behind the curtain, so I wanted to
After he was deposed, he even went to the point of locking the courtyard and summoning her, but in the end they were rejected. In desperation, he issued a secret order to my father, asking my father to kill Queen Pei."
King Jin listened without missing a word. His whole body was numb, his hands and feet were cold, and there were layers of cold sweat on his back. Even his face became stiff.