Chapter 8 Why do I lose things so often?

Two quarters of an hour later, Jinwu Guard Commander Lu Fei led two teams of Jinwu Guards into Wen Mansion and Meng Mansion respectively.

Wen Ji, the second son of Minister Wen, was captured by two Jinwu Guards and shouted at Lu Fei, "Lu Fei, you bastard! You're blind! How dare you bring people to trespass into my Wen Mansion and arrest me? My father will never let you go!"

Minister Wen rushed over and when he heard his son threatening Lu Fei, he wanted to slap him!

Lu Fei is His Majesty's confidant, how can this kid scold him?

"Shut up!"

After hearing the Minister scold his son, he bowed to Lu Fei and said, "Lord Lu, you came here so late at night. I wonder what my son has done wrong?"

Lu Fei returned the salute and said expressionlessly, "Your Excellency rode your horse in the street, injuring two people. Is your Excellency unaware of this?"

Minister Wen choked. Hadn't he already cleaned up the mess? How could Lu Fei know about it?

"Master Lu, my mother suddenly fainted that day, and Ji'er was worried about his grandmother, so he rushed back. He was indeed riding a little fast, but he didn't mean to hurt anyone."

"After accidentally injuring someone, Ji'er was very upset. He immediately ordered the injured person to be sent to the clinic for proper treatment and also sent money to the injured person's family as compensation. He has already felt remorseful."

"Lord Lu is also a well-known filial son in the capital. I hope Lord Lu will forgive him this time for the sake of my filial piety and my concern for my grandmother."

"Sir, I'm here on orders." Lu Fei refused to listen to any explanation and kept a straight face. "Please don't embarrass me, sir."

As the commander of the Jinwu Guard, whose orders could Lu Fei obey other than the emperor's?

Minister Wen's face suddenly became uglier than if he had swallowed a fly. He didn't dare to stop him anymore and watched Lu Fei take his son away.

"Master, where is Ji'er?" Madam Wen came hurriedly, fully dressed, but she didn't even see the shadow of the Jinwu Guards, nor did she see her beloved son.

"Let the Jinwu Guards take him away."

Madam Wen was anxious: "Master, how could you let Ji'er be taken away by the Jinwu Guards? What if they torture Ji'er?"

"How dare you say that!" Minister Wen glared. "If you hadn't spoiled him to the point of making him lose his mind, how could he have dared to ride his horse and injure someone in the street just to compete with someone for a courtesan?"

Madam Wen said with an embarrassed expression, "I'm just worried about my son. When Ji'er comes back, I'll discipline him strictly and won't let him cause any more trouble. Master, you'd better rescue Ji'er as soon as possible!"

"What are you saving? His Majesty issued the order himself. Do you want the Wen family to be charged with disobeying the order?"

How dare Madam Wen?

Minister Wen said sternly, "No one will die anyway. At most he'll get a few beatings and be locked up in jail for two months. That'll teach him a lesson."

The old housekeeper stole a glance at his master's bare foot and thought to himself, "That's not what you just said. Who could have come to stop him when even one of his shoes is missing?"

"But life in prison is tough. How can Ji'er bear it?" Mrs. Wen still felt sorry for her son.

How can you not feel sad when the flesh falls off your body?

"You have to bear it even if you can't stand it!" Minister Wen got angry when he saw Madam Wen like this.

In the past, the wife was a clear-headed person, good at managing the household and raising children, but she always spoiled this hard-earned second son and could not bear to criticize him. In the end, she spoiled him and became a lawless second-generation rich kid.

I dealt with my youngest son myself, and my wife always stopped and protected me. Now I'm going to let that kid stay in jail and suffer a little so that he can learn his lesson.

"Don't worry about this matter, I will take care of it myself."

Having said that, Minister Wen still sent someone to Shuntian Prefecture to say hello.

After the old butler received the order and left, Wen Shangshu cursed inwardly: Xie Hui, you'd better not fall into my hands!

Xie Hui was the commander of the Imperial Guard, responsible for supervising all officials. Apparently, Minister Wen believed that Commander Xie had reported Wen Ji's riding of his horse in the street to Emperor Shunguang.

At the same time, the second master of the Meng family was also arrested by the Jinwu Guards for raping a commoner girl. He was beaten with thirty boards and imprisoned in Shuntian Prefecture Prison.

Minister Meng also quickly ordered people to go to Shuntian Prefecture to say hello, while cursing in his heart: Xie Hui, you'd better not fall into my hands!

The Shuntian prefect, who was woken up twice in a row and couldn't sleep, cursed in his heart: Xie Hui, you troublemaker!

Commander Xie, who had three huge pots falling from the sky, shuddered in his sleep and silently wrapped himself in a quilt like a silkworm.

It’s really cold in late autumn. I’ll have to ask someone to put an extra bed with a thick quilt tomorrow.

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Inside the palace.

"Miss, it's done." Xiao Xiazi ran over to meet Chu Liuzheng, unable to hide her excitement. "Yuehong heard the news and ran back to Huaqing Palace to report. With the Imperial Concubine's ability, she should be able to find the real murderer of the poison very quickly."

"That's good." Chu Liuzheng exhaled softly and handed Xiao Xiazi a purse. "This matter probably won't have a result until tomorrow. There are ten taels of silver in the purse. Take it and go to the Ministry of Punishment to make some arrangements."

At the critical moment, Xiao Xia Zi did not bother to be polite with Chu Liuzheng. The most important thing was to save the person first.

He put his purse in his pocket and was about to leave, but Chu Liuzheng suddenly reached out and pulled him, and the two of them hid back in the dark.

Not far away, Zhou Yuande hurriedly ran past with a team of guards.

This direction... Chu Liuzheng recalled the layout of the harem in his mind, and the most likely possibility was to go to Concubine Yun's Yaohua Palace.

Why did Zhou Yuande lead his guards to Yaohua Palace late at night instead of serving the tyrant?

Chu Liuzheng immediately opened the system and searched for the latest gossip.

He quickly skipped over unimportant news like the arrest of the second son of the Minister of Personnel and the imprisonment of the younger brother of the Minister of Revenue for raping a woman, and kept scrolling.

Emperor Shunguang accidentally lost his jade pendant and ordered Zhou Yuande to lead a search. The pendant was eventually found in the cabinet of a palace maid named Xiulan in Huaqing Palace, along with half a bottle of oleander juice.

[Upon questioning, the maid claimed that she had been instructed by Concubine Yun to secretly mix a few drops of oleander juice into the Concubine's beauty cream while she was bathing.]

Emperor Shunguang was furious and stripped Concubine Yun of her title, demoting her to the rank of Wanyi, a fourth-rank official. He ordered her to move out of the main hall of Yaohua Palace and move to the rear hall, Huayin Hall, to copy scriptures and reflect on herself.

[Frog fun! The tyrant unexpectedly did a good deed by accident. This jade pendant was lost just in time!]

Chu Liuzheng wanted to applaud the tyrant, so why was he so good at losing things?

The matter has now been brought to the attention of the tyrant. Even for the sake of her image in the tyrant's heart, the imperial concubine will let Qiao Ru go, and maybe even give her some gifts to appease her.

"Xia Zi, let's go to the Ministry of Punishment to pick up Qiao Ru."

"Huh?" Xiao Xiazi was confused. "Aren't the results due tomorrow?"

"It's right to listen to me." Chu Liuzheng pulled him towards the Ministry of Punishment.

At the same time, Zhou Yuande and a group of guards came to Yaohua Palace and knocked on the door.

Concubine Yun thought that Emperor Shunguang had arrived, so she looked at herself in the mirror and made sure her makeup was appropriate before she took the hand of a palace maid and went out gracefully to greet him.

Not seeing the figure that Emperor Shunguang had been thinking about, Concubine Yun's smile froze, and her watery eyes looked at Zhou Yuande in confusion: "Eunuch Zhou, where is His Majesty?"

Zhou Yuande didn't answer, but raised his hand and waved it back: "Bring it up."