When Liu Hongjing saw that Eunuch Tong refused to hand over the antidote, he couldn't help shouting: "Continue to be punished!"
"Ah——" Eunuch Tong screamed, but he refused to hand it over until death. Liu Hongjing walked away and returned to the palace. He angrily rushed into Qingning Palace. Duanmu Yunji saw him coming in.
, bowed down lightly, seemingly without the slightest fear.
Liu Hongjing walked up to her, raised his hand and slapped her without saying a word.
"You -" Duanmu Yunji gritted her teeth and glared at him. Just then Liu Huo came in. He knelt down beside his mother, supported her, and looked back at his father with questioning eyes: "Father!"
"You raised that dog slave. Go get me the antidote and the dog slave's head, otherwise I won't let you go!" Liu Hongjing pointed at Duanmu Yunji and said coldly, turned around and walked away.
go.
"Mother." Liu Huo helped her mother up and looked at her swollen face with distress.
Duanmu Yunji sat down and said bitterly: "I don't want to endure this kind of life for another day!" The sky was dark outside, the cold wind mixed with heavy rain rustled on the window lattice, Duanmu Yunji raised her head and looked out the window, her expression
dense.
"Mother, is the time ripe?" Liu Huo asked in a low voice.
"It mainly depends on Nanxing's position." Duanmu Yunji looked at Liuhuo.
Liu Huo walked to the window, looked at the sudden heavy rain, and sighed deeply.
"What's wrong?" Duanmu Yunji asked.
"My father-in-law didn't reply to the letter I sent, and I don't know what he thinks." Liu Huo said in annoyance.
Duanmu Yunji stared, pondered for a while and said: "If King Nanxing doesn't help us, our power is still a bit weak. We cannot act rashly if we are not 100% sure about this matter."
Liu Huo nodded: "The Empress is right, our father is still here, we can't easily shake him, so we have to wait for the opportunity."
"How is your relationship with the princess?" Duanmu Yunji suddenly asked.
When Liu Huo mentioned the princess, his face darkened.
"What? You ignored her?" Duanmu Yunji looked at her son displeased.
"I really have no interest in her. I want to take a concubine, but she refuses. It's really annoying!" Liu Huo sat down in annoyance, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.
"Naying a concubine? At this time, do you want to take a concubine? You should get along well with Mayisha. If you get pregnant with a son and a half, her father will not stop helping you." Duanmu Yunji was angry.
looked at him.
Liu Huo was speechless and just sat there in silence.
"Son! When you ascend the throne and become emperor, are you afraid that you won't have a woman?" Duanmu Yunji walked to him and held his shoulders.
"Alas -" Liuhuo sighed and said, "Okay, I'll go back and cancel the matter with Princess Nazi, and then explore with her the situation on her father's side."
When Duanmu Yunji heard what he said, a smile appeared on her face.
"What should Eunuch Tong do now?" Liu Huo asked.
"We can't have too much trouble with the emperor for the time being. Ask him for the antidote, and then find a way to let him escape on his own. First, leave the palace to hide for a while. This person has been with me since he was a child. He is loyal. We will achieve success in the future.
Great achievements cannot be separated from him." Duanmu Yunji said.
Liu Huo nodded, thought for a moment and said, "How can we think of a way for him to escape? Father said he wants his head."
Duanmu Yunji was pacing in the room, walking back and forth but couldn't think of a good idea.
"Fake death!" Liu Huo's eyes lit up as if he suddenly remembered something.
"Fake death?" Duanmu Yunji looked at him doubtfully.
"Yes, Tong Fu'an once showed me his secret book of ice and fire magic. It contains a section of autistic meridians, which can be used to fake death for twelve hours. My son will go to prison and ask him to take out the antidote and then pretend to kill him.
, and then send him out of the palace and find a place to secretly place him." Liu Huo said.
"Okay, then hurry up and do it." Duanmu Yunji agreed. Liu became angry, said goodbye to her mother, and hurried to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
The jailers who were executing the execution stopped when they saw Prince Jing arriving, as if they were paying homage to Prince Jing. When Eunuch Tong saw him, his eyes glowed with hope, like a drowning man suddenly grabbing a life-saving straw.
"Your Majesty!" He called weakly. Liu Huo looked at him coldly and said, "Tong Fu'an! Stop resisting! Hand over the antidote!"
"Your Majesty—" Eunuch Tong looked at him with wide eyes, Liu Huo blinked at him, and then he lowered his eyelids.
"Do you still want to continue to be tortured?" Liu Huo frowned.
"Your Majesty, save this slave. If I hand over the antidote, the Emperor will kill me!" Eunuch Tong crawled to Liu Huo's feet and hugged his legs.
Liu Huo looked down at him and said in a vicious voice: "You have committed a heinous crime, how can I save you? Hand over the antidote, I will let you die happily!"
Eunuch Tong pretended to cry loudly and said: "Okay! Tong has followed the empress and the prince for so many years. It is a blessing to die in the hands of the prince. The antidote is under the floor of the slave's residence. Just open it and enter the ninth square from the beginning.
Find it, Your Majesty, take action!"
Liu Huo turned around and said to the head of the Punishment Department: "Did you hear clearly? Why don't you report it to the emperor quickly to verify the authenticity?"
"Yes!" The head of the Criminal Department hurriedly turned around and ran away.
Liu Huo scolded the jailer standing next to him: "Everyone, step aside. Tong Fu'an has been with me for many years. I want him to say a few words."
"Yes!" The jailers retreated one after another.
"Do you understand what I mean? Liu Huo asked in a low voice.
"Understood." Eunuch Tong replied.
"After you go out, your Majesty will order someone to help you, and you will stay temporarily outside to recuperate. Don't make any movement. Remember this!" Liuhuo warned.
"I remember this, I thank your Majesty and Your Majesty for your kindness." Eunuch Tong said.
Liu Huo nodded slightly, and Eunuch Tong let go of the hand holding his thigh and sat aside blankly. The prison was quiet, and the smell of blood mixed with the musty smell made Liu Huo cover his mouth and nose involuntarily.
After a while, the head of the Punishment Department returned and reported to him that the antidote had been found and given to the emperor. The emperor decreed that the execution could be carried out.
Liu Huo pretended to raise his hand and slapped his Tianling Cap suddenly, but when it touched the top of his head, it was powerless. Eunuch Tong also used his kung fu to seal off the blood vessels all over his body, his face turned pale, and he collapsed to the ground.
"Come here! Autopsy!" Liu Huo shouted.
The head of the Criminal Department came over, touched Eunuch Tong's breath with his hand, and said, "He's dead."
"Go and report back to the emperor quickly!" Liu Huo ordered.
"yes!"
"Come here, wrap up his body, transport it out of the palace, and send it to Guichou Slope in the western suburbs to feed the dogs." Liu Huo ordered.
"Yes!" Several jailers came over, wrapped Eunuch Tong's body in a ragged mat, and carried it out of the prison. Guichou Slope is specially used to discard corpses that died in vain and were unclaimed. There are piles of bones there and wild dogs roaming around.
If you run away, let alone humans, even ghosts may not dare to approach it, so it is called Gui Chou Slope.
When Liu Huo saw that everything was in order, he came out of the prison. He winked at the entourage beside him and hurriedly ran into the rain and fog, following the cart carrying the body.