Xiao Ningzi chuckled and said: "Yes, since Mr. Liu can copy the handwriting of the second elder brother and Prince Guo, he must also be able to copy the handwriting of the emperor."
Liu Yuan shook his head repeatedly, "No! This is absolutely not possible! Forgery of the emperor's decree will lead to beheading, so this is absolutely not allowed." At this point, he managed to muster a trace of courage and said: "The deal with my father-in-law has been completed. If
If you have anything else to do, father-in-law, I'd better ask someone else to do it."
"Forging an imperial edict is a crime of beheading, so aren't those letters you forged before a crime of beheading?" Xiao Ningzi was so speechless that he couldn't say anything for a long time, and he didn't say a word until his face turned red.
, "Those letters were basically... my father-in-law forced me to write them."
Xiao Ningzi raised one foot and said leisurely: "Really? But didn't you accept our money with peace of mind? A thousand taels, Mr. Liu, what kind of letter can earn a thousand taels in one go?
?Also, our family didn’t lock you up or put a knife on your neck. You could have gone to the Yamen to report it to the officials, but you didn’t. You didn’t do anything. Once this matter was revealed,
Although our family is going to die, you can’t even hope to survive.”
Liu Yuan was shaking like chaff, pointing at Xiao Ningzi and unable to speak a complete sentence, but Xiao Ningzi hadn't finished speaking yet, he dusted off the corner of his robe and said: "By the way, there are also your wife and two children.
, will also ask and behead them together, and then your family can be reunited in the underworld."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yuan's entire face turned pale, and he hurriedly knelt down and said: "No, father-in-law, please, don't do this, they don't know anything!" After saying this, he even shed tears and kept begging.
Keep Xiao Ningzi and let his family go.
Xiao Ningzi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Liu, the person you should beg for is yourself. As long as you are obedient, nothing will happen to you and your family, and you will even get another thousand taels."
"But if this matter leaks out, I..." Liu Yuan had just finished speaking, Xiao Ningzi said: "As long as you don't say it, and our family doesn't say it, who will know. Okay, Mr. Liu,
Don't scare yourself, we promise you that nothing will happen." After that, he forced the weak Liu Yuan to get up and sit in the chair, staring into his panicked eyes and said: "How?
, Mr. Liu, have you thought about it?"
"I'm...I'm..." Liu Yuan knew in his heart that he had no way out. After struggling for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "I just agree."
Xiao Ningzi showed a satisfied smile, "Mr. Liu really understands the general idea. If so, just copy it quickly. This time, I don't have so much time for you to copy it slowly. You must imitate it perfectly in the shortest possible time."
"
Liu Yuan nodded in panic and copied a copy of Yinzhen's edict. After writing a few words, he suddenly said: "Father-in-law, what should I do if I want to find you?"
Xiao Ningzi was stunned for a moment and said, "Well, why are you looking for us when you have nothing to do?"
Liu Yuan's eyes flashed, and he said with a bit of panic: "In case I get into any trouble for this, if I can find my father-in-law to report the situation, I will feel more at ease.
Xiao Ningzi looked at him and said, "After all, Mr. Liu still doesn't believe us." Seeing Liu Yuan showing an embarrassed smile, he sighed and said, "It's not that our family didn't tell Mr. Liu, but that our family is in the palace.
The palace is strictly forbidden, so how can we allow others to come and go at will, even with a message?" Xiao Ningzi was afraid that revealing too much would cause trouble, so she deliberately spoke harshly to dispel Liu Yuan's thoughts.
Sure enough, Liu Yuan's face turned paler than before when he heard this. Xiao Ningzi comforted him: "If something happens to you, our family will definitely help you. Don't worry, don't always think about things that don't happen. Just follow what is written."
, I’ll come back to our house tomorrow, and I’ll tell you what to write then.”
After Xiao Ningzi returned to Kunning Palace, Sun Mo and the others also investigated everything about the little eunuchs. Because of their low status, these little eunuchs had heavy work every day, and their only pleasure was
Occasionally, when I have free time, I secretly play a few bets. Since I bet, I will lose and win. One of the eunuchs named Ji Liu lost particularly badly. He lost more than a hundred taels in total, but he still went around looking for people to borrow money.
Come and gamble.
After hearing this, Nala tapped the table and said: "It's him. Find him for me."
Hearing this, Xiao Ningzi said softly: "Master, why don't you let this slave go explore this Ji Liu first? If he can really be bribed, it won't be too late for the master to come forward."
Nala thought about it and said, "That's fine, you have always had a good eye for people."
Xiao Ningzi nodded, and after dark, he quietly went near Ji Liu's residence. With Ji Liu's temperament of gambling a few times every night, he probably hadn't come back by this time.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, he saw a young eunuch holding a few copper coins and coming over cursing. It sounded like it was related to gambling. He must be Ji Liu.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ningzi walked out of the hiding place, pretending not to notice, and bumped into the little eunuch, causing the coins to fall on the ground.
The little eunuch glared and said dissatisfiedly: "Who is it? Why don't you have such long eyes? Didn't you see someone in front of you?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I was in a hurry just now and I really didn't see it. I'll help you pick up the copper coins." As she said that, Xiao Ningzi picked up the dusty copper coins one by one, blew them clean and handed them back.
Give it to him. The latter was about to take the copper coins when he accidentally saw the little
Looking at Ning Zi's appearance, she recognized him as the chief eunuch next to Nala. Her expression immediately changed. She quickly knelt down and said, "I wish you well, Eunuch Ning. Eunuch Ning is blessed. I didn't mean it just now. Please give me my best wishes to Ning Zi."
My father-in-law doesn’t care about the faults of the little ones, so I will spare them this time.”
"It's not surprising if you don't know. Get up." Xiao Ningzi helped him up with a pleasant look and said, "What's your name?"
"Back to Eunuch Ning, the little one was ranked sixth before he entered the palace, so he is called Ji Liu." Upon hearing this name, little Ningzi was secretly happy, coughed lightly and said, "I think we just heard what you were talking about about gambling.
What did you lose, what happened? Could it be that you were secretly gambling behind the palace rules?"
Ji Liu quickly shook his head and said: "Eunuch Ning, please don't misunderstand me. How dare you violate the palace rules? My...servant just made a bet with someone else and lost!"
"Really?" Xiao Ningzi said, playing with the copper coins in her hand: "But our family heard that many people from the palace gathered for gambling recently, and the Queen specially asked our family to come over to check this matter."
Ji Liu's eyes were rolling around there, thinking about how to deal with it. Before he could think of an explanation, Xiao Ningzi said: "Looking at your irritable look, you must have lost a lot. These few copper coins may be
Is this all you have left? If you lie again, our family will take you to see the Queen now."