After forty blows, each one was a solid one, Chen Jin was almost out of breath.
"Hold on! Even if I die, I will die in front of His Majesty!"
Li Fang ordered someone to tidy up Chen Jin's clothes, and then took out a memorial from his sleeve.
"We have the confessions of everyone in the Liu family, but the clues end here. It's a dead end."
Chen Jin's lips lost their color, but he still spoke firmly: "Son, I understand. In a dead end, we must keep a viable chess piece."
Upon hearing this, Li Fang nodded with satisfaction. He was indeed the person he had chosen to train with all his heart. His intelligence and strategy were indeed beyond ordinary people's reach.
"Carefully help him to the Qianqing Palace." He gave his final order.
…
When I looked up again, it was already dawn, and the dawn light gradually dispelled the silence of the night.
After a long and tense day and night, the issue of leaking the Spring Examination questions finally came to an end.
With the sealing of the last imperial prison investigation, all doubts and disputes about the incident seemed to be settled at this moment.
At the first light of dawn at the hour of Mao, the archway of the imperial palace slowly opened, and Hong Yingrong, accompanied by the eunuchs, stepped out of the heavy palace gate.
Her eyes searched the morning glow, and her daughter-in-law Jiang Shuxiu was standing quietly in front of the carriage, coming to greet her.
At this moment, the tension in Hong Yingrong's heart relaxed, and an inexplicable sense of security surged in her heart.
…
In the Qianqing Palace, Chen Jin carefully took the medicine from the eunuch and served it to Li Longze.
"Been beaten?" The emperor had a keen sense of smell, and the faint smell of blood emanating from Chen Jin made him feel unhappy, and his brows unconsciously frowned.
Chen Jin humbly replied, "I accidentally offended Your Majesty and I deserve death."
"Li Fang relied on his many years of experience in the palace. Before I even gave the order, he took the initiative to punish you." The emperor's tone revealed dissatisfaction.
"I was raised by my godfather. He always said that a poorly educated son is the fault of his father. This time, I made a mistake and didn't do my job properly in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Godfather didn't beat me to death, which shows that he was soft-hearted."
Hearing this, Li Longze snorted coldly and signaled with his eyes to the eunuch serving beside him.
"Take off your coat!" The emperor's order was unquestionable.
Chen Jin hurriedly put down the medicine in his hand and said in panic, "You absolutely cannot do this. Don't dirty your Majesty's eyes."
However, Li Longze just raised his head slightly to indicate, and the eunuchs immediately understood the emperor's intention and stepped forward to take off Chen Jin's outer robe.
The white inner garment was soaked with blood and even stuck to the skin when it was taken off. The pain made Chen Jin frown.
"Is this considered being soft-hearted? You've lost even a piece of your good skin!" There was a hint of anger in the emperor's tone.
"Forget it!"
"Go back to the Imperial Household Department and have a good rest. Once you've recovered from your injuries, come back to me as soon as possible!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"
Chen Jin knocked his head heavily to the ground, bent down, and a smile appeared on his lips, but disappeared in an instant.
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