"How can his cultivation level rise so much in such a short period of time? Does he have any exclusive cultivation secrets? For example, evil arts." Luo Lianyi asked.
Xiaozhu thought for a while and said: "I thought of a very scary question. Could the heart-cutting incident in the past two days be related to Eunuch Tong's practice?"
Luo Lianyi's eyes widened in shock: "That's too scary, how can we stop it?"
"This matter needs to be discussed carefully with the Taifu and the Prime Minister. It must be stopped, otherwise the father-in-law in the palace will be harmed. And once the father-in-law Tong develops evil skills, it will cause endless troubles to us in Xiling." Xiaozhu said worriedly.
explain.
"Well, then you go do some errands first, and I'll read a book." Luo Lianyi said.
Xiaozhu agreed. When she went out, she turned back and told Luo Lianyi not to walk around alone.
Xiaozhu went straight to the Qinzheng Hall and stood outside the hall waiting. After a while, Prime Minister Yin and Sima Xiangnan came out of the hall.
"I have met Mr. Yin, Mr. Sima." Xiaozhu saluted.
"Miss Xiaozhu." Sima Xiangnan's eyes lit up when he saw her.
Prime Minister Yin asked her pleasantly: "Does Miss Xiaozhu have something to say?"
"Yes, it's a very important matter." Xiaozhu looked around and whispered what was in her mind.
"Oh?" Prime Minister Yin pondered, frowning and said, "I have to go in and report to Emperor Ming." He turned around and entered the Qinzheng Hall again.
Sima Xiangnan and Xiaozhu were the only ones left in the corridor. Sima Xiangnan smiled at her, and Xiaozhu's lips moved slightly as a reward. She stood with her hands folded, quietly letting the cold wind blow her pale clothes.
The green palace dress was like a green lotus that could not eat the fireworks of the world. It was cold and noble but could not be approached. Sima Xiangnan looked at her silently and was stunned.
After a while, a eunuch came to summon them, and the emperor asked them to enter the palace to discuss matters.
"Am I going too?" Xiaozhu was a little surprised.
"Go, the emperor has always known that you are not just an ordinary palace maid." Sima Xiangnan said softly. Xiaozhu followed him into the palace anxiously.
After the two paid their respects, Liu Hongjing smiled gently at Xiaozhu and said, "Miss Xiaozhu, you don't have to be formal. I have always admired your calmness and restraint and your loyalty to the prince. Please tell me how I should handle this matter."
"My slave thinks that Mr. Tong is a cancerous tumor. If it is not cut off in time, it will cause great disaster." Xiaozhu said.
Liu Hongjing nodded: "I have sent people to conduct a thorough investigation. As long as we find evidence that the dog slave killed the people in the palace, he will be brought to justice immediately!"
Just as he was talking, a eunuch came in and reported: "Your Majesty, someone has witnessed the heart-gouging incident."
"Bring it up!" Liu Hongjing ordered.
Immediately, several young eunuchs rolled in from outside. They knelt on the ground and shivered, not daring to raise their heads.
"Say it, don't be afraid." Liu Hongjing Wenyan said.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Tong dug out Xiao Linzi's heart. We saw it with our own eyes that night. He dug out Xiao Linzi's heart and ate it alive. He used it to practice martial arts." A young eunuch raised his head and said bravely.
Liu Hongjing suddenly took pictures of several cases, stood up and said angrily: "There are such vicious palace servants in my palace, and there are such vicious evil arts in the world!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, Xiao Linzi and we are both his disciples. Yesterday it was Xiao Linzi, today it is Eunuch Sheng, or tomorrow it will be one of us, so please save us, Your Majesty!" A group of little eunuchs lay on the ground and cried.
cry.
"I'm so angry! Duanmu Yunji tolerated adultery, but she bit back and wanted to blame the innocent, so I want to depose the queen!" Liu Hongjing's face turned red with anger. He waved his sleeves and motioned to the kneeling people.
The eunuchs go down first.
"Your Majesty, think twice! Now that the emperor is deposed, Xiling will face an unprecedented coup." Prime Minister Yin said hurriedly.
Xiaozhu and Sima Xiangnan both nodded and agreed with Prime Minister Yin's statement.
"Then I can't do anything about her?" Liu Hongjing said angrily.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty cannot abolish the Queen, but you can get rid of Eunuch Tong. Getting rid of him will be a heavy blow to the Queen's dark forces." Sima Xiangnan said.
"Okay! Xiang Nan, you immediately lead people to capture Eunuch Tong, and without further ado, let him commit suicide!" Liu Hongjing ordered.
"Yes!" Sima Xiangnan accepted the order, turned around and strode out. When he led the guards into Eunuch Tong's residence, Eunuch Tong was meditating on the bed to heal his injuries.
"The Emperor has decreed that you commit suicide!" Sima Xiangnan pulled out a sword from the waist of the guard beside him and threw it in front of Eunuch Tong with a clang.
Eunuch Tong raised his pale silver face, slowly opened his eyelids, and looked at Sima Xiangnan with his dim eyes.
"Hurry up! No one can save you even if you wait!" Sima shouted to the south.
Duanmu Yunji had already heard the news in Qingning Palace. She gritted her teeth and rushed over angrily.
"What are you going to do?"
"Empress." Sima Xiangnan cupped his fists and bowed to her, saying, "I am following the emperor's instructions to eradicate this evildoer who is endangering the palace."
"Eunuch Tong is the person close to me. Anyone who dares to touch him is going against me!" Duanmu Yunji arrogantly stood in front of Eunuch Tong.
"Your Majesty, do you also want to block the Emperor's imperial edict?" Sima Xiangnan was neither humble nor overbearing.
"The Emperor is partial to monsters. It was obviously the monster named Liang who did bad things and hurt Eunuch Tong, but he came back and blamed Eunuch Tong. I will face the emperor!" Duanmu Yunji said.
"Huh, Madam, there's no point in being a saint. Now the witnesses are with the Emperor. The Emperor is also furious. I advise you not to humiliate yourself." Sima Xiangnan said with a sneer.
"Your Majesty has arrived——" An announcement came from outside, and Duanmu Yunji's face suddenly changed.
"See you, Your Majesty." She saluted the Emperor who stood angrily at the door.
"Do you want to resist the decree?" Liu Hongjing asked coldly.
"Your Majesty, if I don't accept my concubine, how could Eunuch Tong kill his own disciple? Your Majesty, you must investigate clearly!" Duanmu Yunji said.
"Then his disciple came to me personally as a witness. I want to hear your explanation?" Liu Hongjing looked at her mockingly.
"Someone must have bribed or forced me!" Duanmu Yunji said forcefully.
"Even now, you are still making excuses! Don't think that I really have nothing to do with you!" Liu Hongjing suddenly stretched out his hand to strangle her neck and said sternly.
Duanmu Yunji stared at him with hatred and refused to give in.
"Kill!" Liu Hongjing threw away Mu Yunji, pointed at Eunuch Tong and shouted. Sima Xiangnan raised his sword and stabbed him, but Eunuch Tong stretched out his hand to clamp the sword's edge.
"Wait a minute, I want to say a few final words." He said solemnly.
"Say!" Liu Hongjing shouted.
Eunuch Tong looked at Duanmu Yunji and said plaintively: "Mother, you love this slave by mistake. It was indeed my slave who dug out the hearts of Xiao Linzi and Eunuch Sheng."
Duanmu Yunji suddenly raised her head and looked at Eunuch Tong, and immediately realized that Eunuch Tong was trying to excuse her. "What did you say?" she pretended to be surprised.