Li day.

Li Qiji felt much more energetic after drinking the pork rib soup that Guan Zhiyue brought him. Although that bowl of pork rib soup made his nose bleed, it still nourished him quite a bit.

"Imperial Physician, do you think I'm much better?" Li Qiji said, glancing at the imperial physician beside him.

The imperial physician hurriedly stepped forward to take the emperor's pulse, and then felt it back and forth for a long time, still wondering in his heart, "Isn't the emperor's health too good? It's only been a short time, how come he already seems so energetic?"

"How is it? Is it working or not? Haven't you figured it out yet? Am I done?" Li Qiji urged.

The imperial physician was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, you are out of danger. May I ask a question?"

Upon hearing that he was almost fully recovered, Li Qiji was in a great mood. He glanced at the imperial physician and said, "Just ask whatever you want."

The imperial physician, pleased with the confirmation, asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, besides the prescription from the Imperial Hospital, what else have you taken?"

Li Qiji immediately said, "It's radish and pork rib soup sent by the Empress."

Imperial Physician: ...

"emperor……"

Upon hearing this, Li Qiji realized he didn't believe him and said impatiently, "These past few days, besides taking all the various herbal soups you prescribed, I only drank the radish and pork rib soup that the Empress sent last night."

The imperial physician persisted, asking, "Your Majesty, did you finish the soup that the Empress sent?"

Li Qiji thought of that bowl of pork rib soup and his nosebleed that had lasted for so long, and pointed to the table next to him with heartache.

The imperial physician followed the emperor's gaze and saw a white porcelain bowl on the table. He happily opened the lid and exclaimed, "Good heavens! The emperor just said this is some kind of radish..."

The imperial physician scooped up two pieces of ginseng, each about the size of a mahjong tile, from the bowl with a spoon, and exclaimed in shock, "What a disaster!"

"Who is this spendthrift? Such good ginseng was chopped up like this to make pork rib soup."

"Oh my god, this is over a thousand years old! I was wondering why Your Majesty was taking too much blood tonic. I never expected this! Such a large ginseng piece would be enough to replenish the blood of a bear, let alone a human!" The imperial physician wailed, holding the two ginseng pieces.

Li Qiji, standing to the side, touched his nose, then coughed awkwardly and said, "Since I have no further problems, the imperial physician may leave!"

Upon hearing that the emperor had given the order, the imperial physician could no longer stand there. After discussing it with the emperor, he picked up the two pieces of ginseng, grabbed his medicine box, and left.

After the imperial physician left, Li Qiji summoned Hua Quan to help him get dressed.

"Your Majesty, you still haven't explained yourself? Instead of lying in bed, where are you going to go to make a fuss?" Hua Quan asked worriedly.

Li Qiji did not answer Hua Quan's question, but instead attracted Ji Shang's attention.

"Have they all been locked up?"

Ji Shang said, "Yes, Your Majesty, please make the decision!"

"I will go with you to interrogate them. I want to see what kind of demons are behind this! How dare they scheme against the Empress like this, showing such disrespect for me? Are they planning a rebellion?!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Hua Quan understood what his emperor was up to; it was to avenge the empress!

What he really wanted to say was, "Your Majesty! You yourself are still a patient, what are you doing all this time!"

But he didn't dare, so he could only chime in, "That's right, these villains are truly despicable! Don't they see that our mighty and extraordinary Emperor is still here? How dare these little scoundrels come to cause trouble for the Empress?"

"This is a slap in the face to our Emperor! How can our Emperor bear this? How can he face the Empress?"

"People like this deserve to be punished, they deserve to be beaten, beaten hard!"

The two brothers, Li Qiji and Ji Shang, watched Hua Quan's performance with expressions of utter disbelief.

Hua Quan, the eunuch, realized that his actions and words had gone too far, so he quickly composed himself and chuckled awkwardly twice.

"Let's go, Ji Shang, Ji Wu~" After getting dressed, Li Qiji strode towards the door.

Hua Quan followed behind, holding a whisk, and kept falling down, practically wetting himself in the process.

——

Jinghe Room.

This palace was used by the emperor to punish criminals. This was the emperor's private prison, which contained all kinds of torture tools, specifically used to severely torture those he had captured.

This is a branch of his Tianji Pavilion and Tianji Star.

Tianji Pavilion is an assassin organization, while Tianji Star is its intelligence organization, monitoring all affairs, large and small, in the world, whether they are government officials or martial arts forces. However, both the government and the martial arts world know this, but they do not know who is behind it.

All that is known is that Xiao Ling is the second-in-command of the "Tianji Star" intelligence organization, and Xiao Yu is the third-in-command of the "Tianji Star" intelligence organization.

Chen Xiuming is the second-in-command of the "Tianji Pavilion" assassin organization, while Chen Xiujun is the third-in-command.

As for the top leaders of these two organizations, only a few people know about them, making them very mysterious figures.

"Bring everyone up!" Li Qiji sat down casually on a chair, his brow furrowing in displeasure at the pungent smell in the room.

Oops, that was a miscalculation! The smell of blood is too strong!

"Hurry up and go!" A constable brought four prisoners to Li Qiji. Upon seeing the emperor, the four immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, spare me! Spare me! This servant knows he was wrong!"

"Your Majesty, spare my life!"

"Your Majesty, this servant knows his mistake!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive us for all the years we have served diligently!"

The four men kowtowed repeatedly, begging for forgiveness and promising never to do it again. They were wrong, and they would never do it again.

Li Qiji took out a handkerchief and covered his nose, saying with a look of disgust, "Spare her life? When you sent people to kill the Empress, why didn't you say you'd spare her life?"

"Speak! Who ordered you to do this? If you don't tell us, you'll suffer the consequences!"

"Guards, put them on the tiger bench!"

Tiger bench

"Go and bring in a few more bricks. These old things seem like one or two bricks won't be enough to deal with them!" Li Qiji said casually.

The constable standing nearby immediately did as instructed.

"If you know what's good for you, you'd better speak up!"

"Speak, so you can get on your way!"

"Wouldn't this save you from suffering on this 'stool' at your age?"

At this moment, Li Qiji was like a con artist, gradually guiding these four old guys.

The four of them nodded repeatedly in agreement, wanting to confess, not wanting to be punished or feel pain!

"Your Majesty, this old servant confesses, this old servant confesses!" the eunuch said.

The other three palace maids nodded in agreement. When Li Qiji heard them confess, he pursed his lips. Were they really that spineless?