Jia Ke took Li Deshan, changed their clothes, left the palace, and went directly to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
At the entrance of the prison of the Criminal Department, there are secret guards waiting here for a long time. When they see Li Deshan coming, you can go up and salute Li Deshan.
Li Deshan waved his hand for them to get up, and then asked: "Is everything arranged inside?"
"If we go back to my father-in-law, all the government servants have been sent away by us, so my father-in-law can go with peace of mind."
Li Deshan nodded and dismissed them. After these people left, Li Deshan carefully returned to Jia Ke.
"Master, everything has been arranged inside."
Jia Ke was silent for a long time and did not go in immediately. Speaking of this matter, he did feel a little guilty for Fan Kang. Now he said that he wanted to see Fan Kang off for the last time, but he was a little afraid to see him.
Jia Ke hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to see his former adviser one last time.
"Lead the way."
Li Deshan listened to Jia Ke's instructions and immediately led the way for Jia Ke. They, master and servant, were moving forward in the dark cell, and from time to time they heard the moans of the prisoners in the cells on both sides.
When we reached the innermost room, there was a separate cell, where Fan Kang was imprisoned.
There were two secret guards standing at the door. When they saw Li Deshan coming, they immediately came forward to salute.
Li Deshan didn't say anything. He directly ordered them: "Open the cell door and you can just wait outside. You can't come in without my order."
None of these secret guards had eyesight. After listening to Li Deshan's instructions, they didn't say much. They opened the door of the cell directly, then stepped aside, and then said to Li Deshan: "I'll be waiting outside, father-in-law.
Just shout something."
After these people finished speaking, they bowed and left.
At this time, Li Deshan entered the cell door first. When he looked up, he saw Fan Kang sitting on a pile of hay with unkempt hair.
Fan Kang heard the cell door and wanted to look up. The person who came in was Li Deshan. He was about to ask questions, but he saw Li Deshan looked at the cell and then left.
After a while, he saw a man in ordinary clothes entering the cell. Fan Kang looked so carefully and looked at it. Who was it? Isn't it Jia Ke?
Seeing that it was Jia Ke who was here, Fan Kang hurriedly stood up, knelt in front of Jia Ke and kowtowed to him.
When Jia Ke saw Fan Kang kneeling on the ground, he hurriedly helped him with his hands. After he helped him up, his eyes were filled with tears when he saw Wan Kang's dejected appearance.
Finally, Jia Ke took a breath and personally helped Fan Kang to the haystack. The two of them just sat on the haystack.
The atmosphere was a little dull for a while, but after a while Fan Kang spoke first, "Your Majesty, there is no need to feel sad for the guilty minister. I have brought it upon myself." After saying this, Fan Kang sighed.
After listening to Fan Kang's words, Jia Ke looked more guilty, and finally said, "Don't you blame me, Mr. Fan?"
Fan Kang sighed, "To say that I don't blame the Emperor would be to lie to the Emperor, but the matter has come to this, what's the use of talking about it anymore?"
Jia Ke was silent for a while, and finally said to Fan Kang: "Sir, don't worry, after you go, I will be in charge of everything at home. I will definitely take care of your wife and the children at home."
Fan Kang finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. This time he did not harm his family.
So Fan Kang raised his hands to Jia Ke and said, "The guilty minister is right here. Thank you, Your Majesty."
Jia Ke nodded, then stood up and turned around to leave the cell. Li Deshan, who was waiting next to him, quickly followed him out.
When Jia Ke left the prison of the Criminal Department, he suddenly stopped and said to Li Deshan behind him: "Change Mr. Fan to a cleaner place. From now on, we will serve you with good wine and good food."
Li Deshan quickly agreed after hearing this.
Jia Ke then sighed again, then left the cell and returned to the palace.
In the next few days, Jia Ke didn't think about food or food, and often sighed for a long time. Li Deshan next to him tried to persuade him many times, but it had no effect.
On the day of Fan Kang's execution, Jia Ke was so restless that he even failed to break the tea cup several times.
After three quarters past noon, a young eunuch came in to report that Jiang Yan, the Minister of Punishment, was waiting outside for the order.
After Jia Ke heard this, he knew that Jiang Yan was here to report on Fan Kang's execution, so Jia Ke sent a message to let him in.
After a while, Jiang Yan cautiously entered the Yangxin Hall and came to the Imperial Case. He knelt down and bowed three times and kowtowed to Jia Ke. After Jia Ke asked him to get up, he dared to stand aside cautiously.
"Fan Kang didn't suffer much on the execution ground, right?"
After hearing this, Jiang Yan quickly reported back, "Your Majesty, Fan Kang did not suffer any crime. His body has been taken away by his wife."
Jia Ke let out a long sigh after hearing this, and without saying anything else weakly waved his hand for Jiang Yan to exit.
Jiang Yan bowed and exited the Yangxin Hall, and when he came outside the hall, he also lamented the deep love between Jia Ke and Fan Kang as master and servant.
After Jiang Yan left, Jia Ke asked Li Deshan on the side: "How did you go about the things I asked you to do?"
"Back to Lord Long Live, everything went well and Mr. Fan got a whole body."
After Jia Ke listened, he nodded silently.
It turns out that Jia Ke still felt guilty about Fan Kang. Although he was determined to kill Fan Kang, he still wanted to get his whole body.
So the matter fell on Li Deshan. Li Deshan hurriedly found several famous executioners and asked them how to keep the body intact during beheading.
Although these people are old and no longer do this business, they still have experience.
They told Li Deshan that as long as he was looking for someone with outstanding sword skills, even though the person would be killed with one strike, some of the skin and flesh would still be connected, preventing the head from falling.
After hearing this, Li Deshan immediately ordered someone to find a person with very sharp sword skills and let him preside over Fan Kang's beheading.
Sure enough, the executioner's sword skills were really powerful. With just one blow, Fan Kang was killed immediately without suffering any pain, but his head was not completely chopped off.
After hearing this, Jia Ke finally let go of some of his guilt, and then continued: "Mr. Fan's family will be taken care of by you from now on. Whether they want to live in the capital or return to their hometown, you have to send someone to look after them."
Let's save those blind people from bullying them."
Li Deshan stood beside him and nodded and bowed in agreement.
In the next few days, Jia Ke's mood still did not recover. After all, Fan Kang had been a teacher and friend to him for so many years. Now that he had killed him, the hurdle in his heart would not be easy to overcome.
Fortunately, good news came from the harem at this time. Shi Xiangyun, who had not had children for many years, was finally pregnant.
The first news: Jia Ke was quite happy about this news. Zhongzhong had a happy event in the palace to put an end to the bad luck during this period.
When Jia Mu in Ningshou Palace heard that Shi Xiangyun was pregnant, she beamed with joy. The birth of this child would at least guarantee the prosperity and wealth of their Shi family for a decade.
So Jia Mu sent all kinds of precious medicines from Ningshou Palace to Shi Xiangyun's Zhongcui Palace for free.
At the same time, Jia's mother had been fighting in the harem all her life. She knew that Shi Xiangyun's child was too great a threat to others, so she sent several of her experienced nuns to Shi Xiangyun's Zhongcui Palace to take charge of Shi Xiangyun's food and daily life.
And Jia Mu's worry was not unreasonable. When the news of Shi Xiangyun's pregnancy reached Chengqian Palace, Xue Baochai smiled and was happy on the surface, but secretly he had torn the handkerchief several times.
From Xue Baochai's point of view, her son was already almost certain to be the crown prince in the palace, and the other people were not on the stage and could not compete with her child.
But now that Shi Xiangyun is pregnant, the situation is different. Although she is now the imperial concubine and is a head taller than Shi Xiangyun, this is just because Jia Ke sees that she is capable and it is convenient for her to take charge of the harem.
In terms of strength in the harem, Xue Baochai cannot compare to the Empress Dowager Jia Mu in Ningshou Palace.
With Mother Jia helping Shi Xiangyun, it was a great threat to her son's future succession to the throne, so Xue Baochai wanted to use the power in his hands to let Shi Xiangyun go to the West as early as possible.
Unexpectedly, Xue Baochai suffered a loss this time. Before the few men she sent could get close to Shi Xiangyun, they were spotted by the old ladies around her. Then these people came out from the palace.
Disappeared.
Later, Jia Mu had the eunuch in charge of the imperial dining room executed with a cane on the grounds that the food cooked in the imperial dining room was not to her liking.
You must know that the eunuch in charge of the imperial kitchen, who was personally appointed by Xue Baochai, was now being killed with a rolling pin in front of so many people. This was a slap in Xue Baochai's face.
And Xue Baochai had to go to Ningshou Palace to apologize to Jia Mu. After all, she was in charge of the harem and failed to serve the Empress Dowager well. No matter what the reason was, it was all her fault.
Mother Jia did not give Xue Baochai any face at this moment, and directly made her kneel outside Ningshou Palace for nearly an hour before sending her back.
After this incident, Xue Baochai finally understood that she could not afford to offend Jia Mu in the harem, so she could only stop her activities.
It was in this year that Shi Xiangyun finally gave birth to a son she had longed for—Jia Ming, King of Zhao.
Since the birth of her son, Shi Xiangyun's temper has immediately cooled down and she is no longer as lively as before. Now there is nothing in her heart except her son.
The Empress Dowager Jia Mu paid more attention to Shi Xiangyun's son. She personally selected a nanny and a nanny for her. If it weren't for the fact that Shi Xiangyun couldn't live without her son, Jia Mu would have wanted to take the child to her.
Raised next to me.
The people in the palace also saw the clues. Now the most promising people in the harem are the son of the imperial concubine Xue, King Jia Hui of Qi, and the son of the imperial concubine Shi, Wang Zhao Jia Ming.
But now it seems that the two sides are evenly matched. One's mother is the imperial concubine in charge of the harem, and the other has the support of the empress dowager. Now no one can do anything about the other. We can only look at Jia Ke's attitude when they grow up.