"No, I'm not. I'm unjust. I really didn't know that there was something wrong with the emperor's stew pot. I beg the emperor and the empress to believe in my innocence." He An made up his mind and refused to admit that he had changed the stew pot. As long as he
Gritting their teeth, they probably won't be able to find out anything.
Just as An Lu was about to speak, Ling Ruo said quietly: "He An, you keep saying that you don't know anything, but why do you know that there is something wrong with the emperor's stew pot? I remember it very clearly, from you
Until now, no one has told you this."
He An's face turned pale. He never expected that he would unknowingly reveal his flaws. Looking back carefully, neither Ling Ruo nor An Lu mentioned that the stew pot in question was the one used by Yinzhen. Damn it.
, why are you so careless? What...what should I do?
In this situation, he actually came up with an explanation, saying: "Returning to your Majesty, I also inferred based on common sense that the stew pot on the ground was smashed like this, and it was the ginseng soup that the emperor took on weekdays, and he was still nourishing his heart.
After questioning the emperor, I guessed that there was something wrong with the emperor's stew pot."
"It's a bit clever, but it's a pity that the Emperor and I are not people you can deceive at will." After that, she stopped talking to He An and ordered two strong eunuchs: "Drag him out and beat him until
As long as he is willing to tell the truth, remember, he can only be maimed, not killed, do you understand?"
"No! My Majesty, please forgive me! My Majesty, please have mercy!" He An's sharp voice could not stir up any ripples in Ling Ruo's heart. She was not a cruel person, but it was related to Yinzhen's life and safety. Ling Ruo really couldn't find any mercy for He An.
reasons.
Yinzhen had no objections to this and allowed He An to be dragged down. After a while, He An's miserable wails came from outside and reached the ears of An Lu who was kneeling in the temple, making him terrified. If it hadn't been for him,
Thinking of He An's incident at a critical moment, he was the one who was being punished now. But in his heart, he always
I feel very strange. This He An has been working under him for two years, and he is doing well. Why did he get confused this time and actually wanted to murder Yinzhen? This... This is really unreasonable, unless he is the recipient.
Instructions, but whoever dares to harm the emperor in the Forbidden City is not afraid of killing the nine tribes?
The wailing sound did not last long, because He An could no longer bear the torture soon. This time he was dragged in and collapsed on the ground like a pile of mud, with his back covered in blood and flesh.
"Say!" Yinzhen could only say this, but He An trembled all over, as if he had been frightened. He raised his face twisted in pain and said word by word: "It's Ji Liu, he is the one who made this slave do this."
Made.”
"Ji Liu?" Listening to this completely unfamiliar name, Ling Ruo's first thought was that He An was lying, and sneered: "He An, it seems that you haven't been taught enough, drag it down and continue to fight!"
As soon as he heard that they were going to fight again, He An quickly said: "No, the slave is not talking nonsense. It was really Ji Liu who asked the slave to do it. He and the slave often get together to gamble on dice, and nine times out of ten they lose, and they owe a lot of money.
I don’t know what’s going on these days,
Suddenly, I had money. Not only did I pay off my gambling debt, my luck also improved and I won a lot of money. But these days, the slave was not lucky, losing more than he won, so I asked him to borrow five taels of silver.
Early this morning he came to see his slave and said he had
A relative was willing to pay five hundred taels for something used by the emperor, but he didn't dare to touch the things in the Yangxin Palace, so he made an idea to the imperial kitchen. He brought a stew pot to the slave and asked him to
At that time, the servant secretly changed the emperor's office
The stew pot he used, once the thing is done, he will give half of the money to the slave. The slave was greedy and agreed to him." At this time, He An did not dare to hide anything, just like pouring beans from the bamboo tube, he gave everything to him.
Said it out.
After Ling Ruo listened carefully, she felt that the matter was extremely absurd, "You said that Ji Liu asked you to do this just because his so-called relative wanted something that was used by the emperor."
"Yes." He An heard the doubts in Ling Ruo's words and said sadly: "I swear, every word I said this time is true. If your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send Ji Liu here to find out.
" At this point, he burst into tears and said: "I was just greedy and made a mistake. Please forgive me for my hard work in the past few years."
Ling Ruo ignored him and said to Yinzhen: "Your Majesty, He An has already been charged. Sixi and An Lu are both innocent. Please forgive them for their innocence."
Yinzhen nodded, motioned for the two of them to get up, and then said: "Which palace is Ji Liu a slave? Find him immediately."
He An hurriedly said: "For your information, Your Majesty, Ji Liu is responsible for cleaning the Yangxin Hall."
After learning about Ji Liu's residence, Ling Ruo said: "Xiao Wu, go and bring Ji Liu."
"Hey!" Xiao Wu hurriedly walked out of the Yangxin Hall, but when he went to Ji Liu's room, he was empty. He didn't see him. When he asked the few eunuchs who lived with him, they all said "Uh-huh".
Said he didn't know.
Xiao Wu has been following Si Xi all day long. He has seen a lot of people. How can he not see that there is something wrong with these little eunuchs? He sneered and said: "I don't know, right? Well, since Ji Liu is not here, then you can stay with us."
Go to the Yangxin Palace and talk to the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine yourself."
Where are those young eunuchs willing to go? One of them said: "Fifth Eunuch, the slaves really don't know. They answered like this even when they were in front of the emperor and the noble concubine."
Xiao Wu walked up to him with a smile. Before the latter could react, Xiao Wu had already grabbed his braid and pulled it back hard. The smile on his face turned into anger, "How dare you play tricks in front of our family?"
, do you really think that our family can't tell? Let me tell you, this time our family was ordered to pass on Ji Liu, but it is of vital importance. If the emperor's important event is delayed, which of you can bear this responsibility?
?”
The little eunuch was pulled so hard that his hair hurt, and he felt as if a large piece of his scalp was about to be torn off at any time. This was the first time they saw Xiao Wufa being so cruel, and they were all panicked for a moment. In addition to having their hair pulled
The other one knelt down and begged for mercy.
Xiao Wu snorted coldly, let go of his hand and said: "Okay, now honestly tell our family where Ji Liu is going. If you lie again, don't blame our family for being rude."
The little eunuchs were so frightened that they looked at each other and said softly: "If we go back to my father-in-law, Ji Liu is not in the house. There are only two possibilities, one is to work as an errand, the other is to... gamble."
Xiao Wu remembered He An's words before and was not too surprised. He just asked them to take him immediately to the place where Ji Liu gambled.
When Xiao Wu appeared in the sight of the gamblers in Ji Liu, they were all frightened. They didn’t know how the Fifth Eunuch from Yangxin Hall came here. Of course, they were even more worried about what Xiao Wu would do after seeing them gambling.
I won't tell Yinzhen that gambling has always been prohibited in the harem.