But Xiao Wu didn't come for this. He came with only one purpose, which was to take Ji Liu away. So after knowing who Ji Liu was, he walked over and said, "The emperor and the noble concubine want to see you, so come with us."
Bar."
Ji Liu's heart skipped a beat and he quickly said: "I don't know..." Before he could finish his words, Xiao Wu said: "Our family is only ordered to send you to the Yangxin Palace. We don't know anything about the rest."
When he said this, Ji Liu just nodded and followed him to the Yangxin Hall. He kept thinking about various possibilities along the way. Naturally, he would not miss what he had just done today, but in his opinion,
Even if He An was really discovered to have changed the stew pot, and He An confessed to him at the same time, it wouldn't be a big deal. The most he could do would be a beating.
You must know that he now has more than a thousand taels of silver. With a little punishment, he can fully enjoy the benefits that the silver brings to him; especially when his luck has been so good recently, he will look for an opportunity to gamble a few big bucks outside the palace next time.
Turn more than one thousand taels of silver into more than two thousand taels, or even more than three thousand taels.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh. Xiao Wu turned around and looked at him with a deadly look, which made Ji Liu feel uncomfortable. He stopped laughing and walked over and said, "Fifth Eunuch, what's wrong?"
Xiao Wu replied casually: "It's nothing, we are just curious about what you are laughing at?"
"The little one suddenly thought of something interesting, so he laughed out loud. Fifth Eunuch, do you really not know what the emperor wants to do when he sends the little one to you?"
"Ahead is the Yangxin Hall. You will know the answer soon. Let's go." As they spoke, they could already see the outline of the Yangxin Hall.
Ji Liujian was speechless and could only follow Xiao Wu to the Yangxin Hall. When he saw He An kneeling there, he understood that it was indeed because of this incident.
However, he wasn't too worried. It was just a stew pot, and it wouldn't kill him. At most, he would be beaten, just like He An.
After Ji Liu bowed, Ling Ruo said: "He An has already confessed your story. Ji Liu, I want to ask you, where did you get this stew pot?"
Ji Liu said with fear on his face: "This slave deserves to die. This slave should not be greedy for a moment in exchange for the emperor's stew pot. I beg the emperor and empress to show mercy and spare me this time. I promise that I will never do it again."
"Ji Liu, I want to ask you who gave you this stew pot?" Faced with Ling Ruo's persistent questioning, Ji Liu would not easily reveal Nala's family and said, "If I go back to the empress, it's a slave.
Bought outside the palace."
Ling Ruo raised an eyebrow and said, "It seems that you are not ready to tell the truth. It doesn't matter. I have my own way to make you tell the truth. I will take you down and take responsibility for the twenty-big board!" Following her words, there were two people immediately.
A eunuch pulled Ji Liu down, who was unaware of the situation. After a while, the wailing sound came again. By the time Ji Liu was dragged in, he was covered in cold sweat and did not even have the strength to kneel.
Ling Ruo said expressionlessly: "What, can you tell the truth now?"
Ji Liu reluctantly said: "I'm sorry that I don't understand what the empress means. Everything I said is the truth, and I didn't hide anything. I bought the stew pot casually outside the palace, and it has the mark of a folk kiln on it. Besides,
The servants have already admitted this, so why bother hiding it anymore, don’t you think so, Madam?”
"How much money did you spend?" Ling Ruo suddenly asked a seemingly insignificant question.
Ji Liu didn't know this, so he casually said: "I bought this slave for twenty taels of silver."
Ling Ruo nodded and picked up a piece of ginseng from the ground, and said coldly: "Ji Liu, take a look for yourself. These ginseng all fell out of the stew pot you asked He An to cook. The imperial doctor has seen it and they are all good."
Ginseng slices that have been around for a hundred years are worth thousands of gold. I really want to know what kind of merchant would fill the stew pot with these ginseng slices that are even more expensive than gold, but in the end only sell you two taels of silver."
"Ginseng slices? What ginseng slices?" Ji Liu looked at Ling Ruo blankly, then shook his head and said: "There can't be ginseng slices. When the slave handed it to He An, it was just an empty stew pot with nothing in it!"
Although He An hated Ji Liu for harming him, he agreed with what he said: "Yes, I checked it and it is indeed empty. There is nothing inside."
Ji Liu's words made Yinzhen and Ling Ruo frown in unison. Is it possible that even Ji Liu didn't know that this stew pot had another secret? If not, what was his purpose in tricking He An into secretly changing the stew pot?
The cup is really strange.
After thinking for a moment, Ling Ruo said: "Ji Liu, the side wall of the stew pot you brought is hollow and filled with ginseng. There are many small holes in the inner wall that are difficult to see with the naked eye. Once it is stewed, the ginseng essence in the interlayer will
penetration
When it came out, the ginseng soup became a ginseng soup that could kill the emperor. Ji Liu, what you and He An committed was the crime of murdering the emperor, regicide and treason. But please tell me, what is the relationship between the emperor and me?
How can the palace spare you?!"
Ji Liu was completely stunned, plotting to kill the emperor... regicide and treason... these words kept echoing in his ears. He just changed the stew pot, how could it become like this? This... this is impossible,
It's simply impossible. Besides, the empress gave him the stew pot. How could the empress harm the emperor?
Ji Liu tried his best to deny this possibility, but when he recalled the situation when Nala handed the stew pot to him, he became suspicious for the first time. She gave him one thousand five hundred taels of silver, but she just gave him
It's really unreasonable to change the stew pot. Besides, it's just a stew pot. It's a trivial matter whether to change it or not. Why should she be so persistent and even use such a sneaky method?
But the Empress wants to murder the Emperor, which is... also unreasonable. What reason does the Empress have to harm the Emperor? Furthermore, what benefits can she gain by doing so?
The more Ji Liu thought about it, the more he thought. At this time, He An crawled over regardless of his injuries and shouted like crazy: "Ji Liu, you bastard, you actually let me murder the emperor. You can die if you want.
Why do you want to harm me!"
Speaking of what he hated, he bit Ji Liu's shoulder, and blood immediately flowed down the corner of his mouth. He An knew in his heart that if something like this happened, even if he was deceived, he would not be able to stay out of it, and he would inevitably die.
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Under such circumstances, how could he not hate Ji Liu for pushing him into hell, and wish he could bite him to death to relieve his hatred?
By the time He An was dragged down, a piece of flesh was missing from Ji Liu's shoulder, and blood kept coming out. The pain was so painful that he almost fainted. After covering the wound, Ji Liu said in pain: "Your Majesty, your Majesty.
, I really don’t know that there is such a mystery in the stew pot. If I knew, I would never dare to do such a treasonous thing even if I was beaten to death. If I have the slightest intention to harm the emperor, I will let the sky strike me with lightning, and I will not die a good death.
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Yinzhen looked at him coldly and said, "Who gave you the stew pot?"