I can't describe the look in His Highness Xuance's eyes as pity, it's called resentment.
Xiao Linglong looked into the distance with a slight guilty conscience. When she saw Lu Yuan on the side, she immediately scolded: "Lu Yuan, what's wrong with you? How could you let the emperor's brother hang on a tree for eight days! If something happened to you, you should be responsible.
What a crime!"
Green Mandarin was confused, why did the blame fall on him? He had been busy selling tea these days!
Xiao Xuance snorted coldly, turned away, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, please take care of me. My brother's body and bones are fine, but he won't die for the time being!"
Her Majesty the Empress felt even more embarrassed after hearing this, but seeing that Xiao Xuance could still speak angrily now, we knew that this guy said he was hung for eight days, but in private he was actually put down.
After all, it's really impossible for a bunch of palace maids and eunuchs to hang a dignified prince from a tree for eight days and eight nights, right?
I guess I would let it go when no one was around, but I didn't dare to let it go completely without her order.
However, no matter how you say this, it is still a bit unreasonable. Therefore, Her Majesty the Empress was also quite embarrassed. Just when she was about to rebuke everyone and coax her brother, a eunuch rushed over.
"His Majesty!"
"What's the matter?" Xiao Linglong frowned.
"Your Majesty, Jiangling Magistrate Zhou Baichuan has arrived. He is waiting outside."
In an instant, Xiao Linglong’s eyes flashed, she’s finally waiting for you!
"Xuan, everyone else, step back!"
"As commanded."
The palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly retreated. Xiao Linglong looked at Xiao Xuance, who was still sitting on the ground, "Get up, stop sitting on the ground."
"I just sat, I just sat, for eight days! I was hung on a tree for eight days! It was exposed to the sun and rain, but you didn't care about me at all, you only cared about yourself!"
There was no one left, and His Highness Xuance immediately began to feel aggrieved.
Her Majesty the Empress felt dizzy: "Okay, okay, stop howling!"
"If I just scream, I will..." Xiao Xuance's temper got worse.
Seeing Her Majesty the Empress's raised palm, Her Majesty Xuance shut up and his temper disappeared, and he got up honestly.
At this time, Zhou Baichuan, the prefect of Jiangling, also arrived.
I first saluted His Majesty and then met with His Majesty the Prince. After receiving permission, I stood up carefully. At this moment, my mind was still confused.
I simply don’t know why His Majesty, who is far away in the imperial capital, actually summoned me.
"Jianling Magistrate Zhou Baichuan." Xiao Linglong said lightly.
Zhou Baichuan quickly bowed and said, "I'm here."
Xiao Linglong: "Does Mr. Zhou know Yuanjiang County?"
There was a roar in his head, Zhou Baichuan raised his head subconsciously, and met Her Majesty the Empress' scrutinizing eyes. Mr. Zhou was panicked!
How does Your Majesty know Yuanjiang County?
Could it be that she has been there?
It’s impossible, I didn’t receive the message!
That bastard Zhao Kang didn’t even say anything to himself!
Could it be that His Majesty already knows the situation in Yuanjiang County!
After struggling for a long time, Zhou Baichuan finally said bravely: "Your Majesty, Yuanjiang County is under the jurisdiction of Wei Chen, Wei Chen knows."
His Highness Xuance is a little curious, Yuanjiang County? What is that place?
Looking at Zhou Baichuan's reaction, Xiao Linglong's eyes gradually turned cold: "Then please tell Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Baichuan responded with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Yuanjiang County is located between the Baiyun Mountain, Qingcang Mountain, and Zixiang Mountain. The location is remote and difficult to navigate. Due to wars and epidemics in the past few years, the population was less than 2,000.
Living in poverty, Wei Chen visited many times just to do what he could to meet the needs of the people."
Xiao Linglong sneered: "Really, the population is less than two thousand? The people are living in poverty? How come I see that Yuanjiang County is rich in products and the people live and work in peace and contentment? The city walls of Yuanjiang County alone are almost as good as my imperial city.
How can it be possible that the Yuanjiang County I went to is not the same one Mr. Zhou went to!"
It’s over!
It’s over, it’s over!
There was a roar in Zhou Baichuan's mind, and he looked at Her Majesty the Empress blankly. Xiao Linglong shouted angrily: "Zhou Baichuan, how long will you continue to deceive me?"
With a plop, Zhou Baichuan immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, you are guilty!"
His Highness Xuance curled his lips, that was a shameless thing.
Xiao Linglong said coldly: "Tell me everything that has happened in Yuanjiang County over the past few years! I will punish you for deceiving the emperor later!"
After hearing this, Zhou Baichuan knelt on the ground, his tears of grievance flowed out uncontrollably.
"Your Majesty! I feel so miserable! It's all because of the damn magistrate of Yuanjiang County who coerced me!"
Xiao Xuance couldn't help but interject: "What nonsense are you talking about? How can you, a prefect, be coerced by a county magistrate?"
Since Your Highness has never left the palace, you don’t know whether the official is high or the official is small, right?
Zhou Baichuan burst into tears and wiped his tears while crying like a girl: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, everything I said is true! I went to Yuanjiang County two years ago!"
"What I saw at that time was so shocking that I just wanted to report it to the court as soon as possible. I never thought about it..."
Mr. Zhou was crying so much that he couldn't even express his grievances.
Xiao Xuance became interested and frowned: "Why are you crying, a man? Tell me quickly, how could you have thought about anything!"
Zhou Baichuan: "Who would have thought that Zhao Kang, the magistrate of Yuanjiang County who was killed that day, would treat me to a drink and use medicine to make me numb. After I woke up, I was taken to the Yuanjiang County government office!"
"Zhao Kang, who was stabbed a thousand times, actually teamed up with three eighty-year-old ladies from the county to accuse me of drunken sexual intercourse, saying that I... said that I had defiled them!"
Xiao Linglong's vision went dark and she almost fainted again.
“So exciting!”
A discordant sound sounded.
Zhou Baichuan was stunned and looked at Xiao Xuance, who was full of excitement. What the hell is going on? Is it exciting?
"Shut up!"
After giving His Highness a fierce glare, Her Majesty the Empress calmed down and turned to look at Zhou Baichuan, frowning and saying, "Are you just being coerced by him like this? After all, you are his superior, aren't you!"
Zhou Baichuan came back to his senses and cried even more aggrievedly.
"Your Majesty, you don't know something. Zhao Kang, the magistrate of Yuanjiang County, is simply not a human being! Not only did he collude with the county people to falsely accuse the minister, he even found someone to draw an unsightly painting, saying it was evidence of the minister's crime!"
"The painting is so lifelike that I have never seen it before. What's even more hateful is that Zhao Kang said that if I don't plead guilty, he will give thousands of copies of the painting to my family and send them to my hometown!"
"It was even hung in a brothel as an erotic picture for fun!"
"This is still a human being!" Xiao Xuance was shocked.
Xiao Linglong took a glance, thinking you were any better than him?
You're so damn good at listening to stories, right? Damn it, if I hadn't seen you as a prince, I would have killed you long ago!
"Of course I would rather die than obey, but Your Majesty, the viciousness of Zhao Kang's methods is unprecedented! He threatened that if I didn't sign and sign a confession, he would feed me aphrodisiacs and throw him into a pig pen, and then invite everyone
People from Yuanjiang County come to watch!"
The corner of Xiao Linglong's mouth twitched and her hands were shaking. The guy who said he wanted the people to have their own land was actually so crazy!
The county magistrate to be killed today!
Zhou Baichuan wiped his tears and the grievances he had accumulated for many years exploded at this moment, so he revealed everything.
