Kou Ji knew that he was about to leave the palace, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.
The next day.
early morning.
Kou Ji was awakened by a stab of pain.
When he opened his eyes, he saw a grey-haired and chicken-skinned nanny holding a silver needle in her hand, pricking him.
"Bang!"
Kou Ji didn't say anything, he just punched him.
"Ouch~"
Grandma screamed in pain.
Under Kou Ji's stunned eyes, he rolled three times on the ground and seemed to want to find a pillar to hit him with, but looking around, the pillars were all far away.
She collapsed on the ground, wailing wildly.
"Mother, he beats someone!"
Kou Ji was stunned when he heard this. He raised his eyes to where Zhao Zhen's bed was and saw a group of people standing there, looking at him.
The leader among them is Queen Liu E.
She held Zhao Zhen in her hand and looked at Kou Ji coldly.
Kou Ji quickly dressed up, got out of bed, walked to Liu E, bowed and saluted, "I, Kou Ji, have met the Queen."
Liu E looked at him with a cold face and said nothing.
Kou Ji could only stand with his waist bent and his hands folded.
Liu E looked at Kou Ji for a long time, raised her eyebrows, and said coldly: "How dare you hit the people around me?"
Kou Ji was stunned and slowly stood up.
Others might be frightened by Liu E's words, but Kou Ji would not.
He cupped his hands and said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "She is just a slave, but she dares to harm an official of the imperial court. According to the national law, she should be beheaded and abandoned."
"Hurt you? Why didn't I see it?"
Kou Ji rolled up his sleeves. There was a pinhole on his arm, and blood was dripping from it at the moment.
Liu E raised her brows and said quietly: "What if it was ordered by me?"
Kou Ji said loudly without any hesitation: "Your Majesty will never break the law knowingly."
Liu E was stunned, looked at Kou Ji meaningfully, nodded slowly and said: "What you said makes sense. I am now handling government affairs on behalf of the officials, so I naturally have to respect the laws of the country."
"about?"
"The slave is here!"
"Drag him out! Kill him with a stick!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the palace was dumbfounded.
Seeing that no one was moving, Liu E frowned and snorted: "My words don't work, don't they?"
Immediately, a eunuch stood up. After saluting, he walked towards the nun who was lying on the ground.
Grandma, who was paralyzed on the ground, was shocked when she saw this.
Liu E asked her to wake up Kou Ji, but did not let her prick Kou Ji with a needle.
It was Guo Huai who instructed her to prick Kou Ji with a needle.
"Eunuch Guo, save me!"
Grandma, who was paralyzed on the ground, saw two eunuchs rushing over and shouted loudly.
Guo Huai, who was accompanying Liu E, was startled when he heard this. He jumped out and shouted: "Shut up and get out of here!"
Liu E looked at him and asked lightly: "Did you give the order?"
Guo Huai hurriedly turned around and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, how could I instruct others to do such dirty things? Aunt Su usually has some friendship with the slave. She called the slave, probably because she wanted the slave to speak for her and ask for help.
Rao.
It’s just that she violated the national law, and the empress gave her an oral order, so I didn’t dare to speak for her.”
Liu E nodded slowly and asked him to stand aside.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it was Guo Huai who ordered Aunt Su to kill Kouji.
Of course Liu E could also see it.
It didn't matter whether Aunt Su lived or died, but Guo Huai wanted to protect her.
When Grandma Su saw this, she even yelled.
The two eunuchs who were dragging her slapped her, stunned her, then covered her mouth and dragged her out.
Kou Ji watched with cold eyes.
When Liu E arrived at the East Palace, she opened her mouth to kill someone.
I'm afraid that the person who comes here is not good.
Liu E dealt with Aunt Su, protected Guo Huai, then looked at Kou Ji, and said calmly: "Kou Ji, someone secretly reported to me that you taught the prince a bad way..."
Kou Ji immediately said: "Mother, I cannot bear this crime. I never taught the prince bad things. I just accompanied the prince to study, not taught him how to read."
Zhao Zhen also tilted his head and said in support: "Madam, Kou Ji did not teach me bad things. The person who secretly told me must be a slanderer. You should punish him."
It was fine if Zhao Zhen didn't comment, but Liu E frowned if he did.
Liu E stared at Kou Ji and asked again: "How do you say it was framed?"
Kou Ji nodded without hesitation, "It must be a frame-up."
Liu E said again: "There is a rumor outside the palace that you are a little demon who is best at confusing words. How can you make me believe your words?"
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, straightened up and said: "Things that are pure will become clear by themselves, and those that are turbid will become turbid by themselves."
"Okay! A pure person will become pure himself, and a filthy person will become turbid. I will expose your hypocritical face and see how shameless you are before you say this."
"Left and right, take it out!"
Liu E glared at Kou Ji and ordered with a sneer.
The two eunuchs walked to Zhao Zhen's bed and took out a small box from under his bed.
Zhao Zhen was a little panicked when he saw the small box.
Seeing this, Kou Ji was stunned again and again.
Zhao Zhen suddenly broke free from Liu E's hand, rushed to the box, and protected the box, "Madam, you can't touch my son's box."
Seeing this, Liu E was stunned for a moment, and then a hint of evil appeared in her eyes.
Zhao Zhen used to obey her words.
There was nothing she couldn't see in the East Palace.
Today, Zhao Zhen actually dares to go against her wishes and hide little secrets behind her back.
The son she held in her hands seemed to be struggling, which made her feel very unhappy.
"Pull him away and open the box for me."
Liu E shouted coldly.
The maids came forward and pulled Zhao Zhen away.
Zhao Zhen kept struggling, but couldn't break free from the hands of the palace ladies.
When Kou Ji saw this scene, he sighed in his heart.
Liu E was coming with a lot of force today, and she was trying to expel him from the palace. Judging from Zhao Zhen's nervous look, there was a high probability that there was something hidden in the box that would determine his fate.
Kou Ji didn't speak from the beginning to the end.
In this palace, as long as Zhao Heng does not leave, no one can stop Liu E.
Under Liu E's scolding, the eunuch opened the box.
What hit you was a faint stale smell.
When he looked up, he saw that the box was filled with scattered snacks, mostly candy canes.
But if you leave it for a long time, the candy melts and becomes a sticky mess.
"Candy man...noodle man..."
Liu E looked at the things in the box, her eyes filled with anger, and she whispered to herself.
Kou Ji looked at the contents in the box and was speechless.
He thought that Zhao Zhen had eaten all the candy figures and dough figures he stuffed for Zhao Zhen, but to his surprise, Zhao Zhen actually kept them and was reluctant to throw them away even if they were broken.
"How can something outside the palace appear in the palace?"
Liu E stared at Kou Ji and shouted coldly: "Kou Ji, what's your explanation?"
Before Kou Ji could speak, Zhao Zhen shouted loudly: "Madam, those things were brought back from outside the palace by the children. They have nothing to do with Kou Ji."
It's okay if Zhao Zhen doesn't explain.
The more he explained, the more Liu E felt that her son was struggling in her hands.
The anger in her heart became stronger and stronger.
She had no children in her life, so she cherished her son Zhao Zhen very much.
The desire for control is also very strong.
She wished she could hold everything in Zhao Zhen's hands, and she wished Zhao Zhen would obey her in everything.