When Longkodo's mother, Hesheli, heard the news, she fainted.

The entire Tong family was in chaos.

In addition to Hesheli, Ye Keshu, Dekexin, Qingtai and others were actually watching the fun secretly.

Longkodo and his successor Tonggiya were born of the same mother. Apart from the legitimate son, all his other children were born out of wedlock.

The Tong family was favored by Emperor Kangxi, so Ye Keshu and others had no shortage of resources. As illegitimate sons, they even lived more comfortably than the legitimate sons of some big families.

But people are always greedy.

As the descendants of Tong Guowei, when people in the capital talk about the young master of the Tong family, they are referring to Longkodo. The others seem to be invisible and not worth mentioning at all.

If Longkodo died, they would all be able to covet the position under Tong Guowei.

This is definitely a good thing for them.

Hesheli woke up quickly and the first thing she thought of was going to the palace to plead for mercy.

After learning that Tong Guowei had entered the palace, Hesheli ran directly to the Buddhist temple to pray despite everyone's obstruction.

Tong Guowei knelt from 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., when curfew in the palace was about to begin.

The eunuchs who came to persuade him to leave the palace came and went, and in the end even Liang Jiugong came out.

"Master, go back. The Emperor will never see you."

Liang Jiugong looked compassionate and sincerely advised Tong Guowei.

Tong Guowei looked up at Liang Jiugong and asked weakly,

"Eunuch... I must see the Emperor today. Please go and plead with him... Longkodo... cannot die!"

Liang Jiugong frowned.

"Master, why are you doing this? His Majesty will never see you. You'd better leave the palace as soon as possible!"

Tong Guowei's face was pale. He glanced past the gate of the Palace of Heavenly Purity and looked towards the towering palace inside.

The once solemn and dignified palace now seemed to have grown horns and opened its bloody mouth, making people feel a little timid for no reason.

Tong Guowei grabbed Liang Jiugong's arm.

"Eunuch, please help me! Longkodo is the emperor's cousin! He has doted on this brother the most since he was a child. Eunuch, please go and ask the emperor for mercy!"

Tong Guowei burst into tears at the end of his speech.

The sky was gradually getting dark. If he didn't see Kangxi again, he would be forcibly expelled from the palace by the guards. But he was unwilling to do so because the third brother was still waiting for him in prison!

Seeing this, Liang Jiugong sighed helplessly.

As one of the insiders, he knew clearly that Longkodo had violated the emperor's taboo.

The Third Prince almost died back then, and this is one of the things the Emperor regrets the most. Longkodo actually dared to openly accuse His Majesty, saying that the incident was a trap set by the Emperor, as if the Emperor had deliberately put the Third Prince in danger.

Fortunately, the emperor found out about this matter.

It would be strange if the emperor wasn't angry.

"I will plead for you, but..."

"Thank you so much, eunuch! Thank you so much, eunuch! I will definitely repay you handsomely in the future!"

Liang Jiugong originally wanted to tell Tong Guowei not to have too much hope, but seeing Tong Guowei's grateful look, he was speechless.

When Liang Jiugong returned to Kangxi's bedroom, Kangxi had already finished bathing.

At this time, he was sitting in front of the mirror in his middle clothes, letting the little palace maid help him wipe his hair.

Liang Jiugong was filled with chills and didn't dare to get too close to Kangxi.

"Your Majesty, the Duke refuses to leave."

Kangxi's slightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and he snorted coldly.

"You want to force me to compromise in this way? Haha..."

Liang Jiugong was startled and couldn't say anything.

He had originally had a good idea. Even if the emperor showed a little bit of pity, he would repeat to the emperor what Tong Guowei had said to him. But now, the emperor's face was full of impatience. If he continued, he would probably suffer the consequences as well.

Forget it, Lord Duke, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that I can't...

Liang Jiugong muttered in his heart, but said,

"Your Majesty, would you like me to send a few men to escort the Master back? It's freezing cold outside..."

Tong Guowei had been kneeling outside for nearly two hours. If he continued kneeling, he would probably be severely punished.

Kangxi snorted, which was considered as his tacit approval.

Liang Jiugong bowed and saluted, then walked out.

After leaving the house, Liang Jiugong sighed deeply.

I'm afraid Mr. Tong San is doomed to die.

Liang Jiugong was surprisingly agile and soon he found four guards and came to Tong Guowei again.

Tong Guowei was hunched over, and when he saw several pairs of boots settled in front of him, his heart suddenly sank, and he looked up.

After seeing Liang Jiugong's sad face, he laughed bitterly.

"Ha ha……"

Although Tong Guowei was smiling, tears welled up in his eyes.

He knew what the appearance of these people here meant.

His good nephew refused to even see him!

"Master, please don't make things difficult for me."

Liang Jiugong advised softly.

Tong Guowei put away his smile, supported himself on the ground with his hands, and staggered to his feet.

"Hurry up and support the master!"

The guards stepped forward and held Tong Guowei.

Liang Jiugong ordered again,

"Make sure to send the master to the Tong family safely."

“Hey!”

Tong Guowei took another dazed look at the brightly lit palace, and his throat felt sweet.

"puff!"

A mouthful of scarlet gushed out.

"Master! Master!"

"Someone come quickly!"

Tong Guowei spat out a mouthful of blood, and the dull pain in his chest was relieved a lot. He grinned and smiled at Liang Jiugong,

"Don't panic, sir. I'm fine."

When Liang Jiugong saw the scarlet color on his mouth, his hair stood on end.

"Please wait a moment. I will go and fetch the imperial physician..."

“No need!”

Tong Guowei waved his hand and said to Liang Jiugong sincerely,

"Thank you for today's help, sir. Curfew is coming up soon, so I won't bother you any more."

As he spoke, he directed the two guards who were holding him,

“Let’s go…let’s go!”

His legs were paralyzed and he had to rely on these guards to leave the palace.

Liang Jiugong looked at the backs of the people leaving and went to report to Kangxi with a panicked look on his face.

After learning that Tong Guowei had vomited blood, Kangxi sat up straight.

"Why are you vomiting blood?"

"I wanted to call the imperial physician, but the Duke insisted on leaving the palace, and I couldn't persuade him at all!"

"If I can't persuade you, then you can't..."

Halfway through his words, Kangxi suddenly realized that he did not want to see Tong Guowei.

Tong Guowei spat out a mouthful of blood. It was possible that this was a deliberate self-torture tactic to force him to show up.

Kangxi rubbed his forehead, his throat feeling blocked.

"The Duke shouldn't have gone far. How about I go and call them back?"

Liang Jiugong probed cautiously.

Kangxi was instantly furious.

"roll!"

“Hey!”

Liang Jiugong felt as if he had been pardoned and quickly turned around and walked out.