Chapter 109 The Emperor Was Calculated

The Emperor was eager to find out who was behind the Ninth Prince's fall into the water. Seeing that Eunuch Guo had fainted, he shouted angrily: "Come, splash him with cold water to wake him up."

But after several buckets of water, Eunuch Guo became a drowned chicken and still did not wake up. The Emperor became even angrier and said to Yang Shun: "Call Doctor Yu to wake him up!" Just as

Yang Shun was about to leave, a fair-looking eunuch knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I know most of Eunuch Guo's affairs. "

The emperor looked at the man kneeling in front of him and said, "Oh, who are you?"

The servant replied, "I work in the purchasing department, so I know something about Eunuch Guo."

Yang Shun whispered a few words in the emperor's ear, and the emperor sneered and said, "Are you the adopted son of little Guo?"

The eunuch's face flashed with a trace of panic, but he still answered honestly, "To answer the emperor, yes."

The emperor was so angry that he laughed. What kind of people are kept in his palace?

"You sold out your godfather in a blink of an eye. How can I believe what you said is true or false?"

The eunuch kowtowed quickly and said, "Your Majesty, I am just a little eunuch. In this palace, I have no backing. I am like an ant that can be stepped on at any time. I flatter my godfather just to save my life. I know that what he did is a heinous crime and he will lose his head, but I have no choice. If I don't listen to him, my head will fall off even faster. So, even though I know it is against my conscience, I will not listen to him. I did it."

The Queen looked at him with interest: "You are an honest child. You know that even if you betray Xiao Guozi, you will still be sentenced to death."

The young eunuch still lowered his head and said: "I know, but I will die anyway. I want to die decently. I will tell you all the dirty things I did for my godfather in the past. I will die cleanly. Maybe I can be reborn into a good family in the next life."

The young eunuch spoke very sincerely, making people feel that every word he said came from the heart.

The emperor also became interested and said coldly: "In this case, I will give you this opportunity. You'd better tell the truth in every word you say, otherwise it will not be easy to die."

The little eunuch kowtowed three times in gratitude: "I thank the emperor and the queen for their help." Then he began to tell the story of what Eunuch Guo had done.

"The oil was bought by Eunuch Qiu from Concubine Zhou's palace. The day before the ninth prince fell into the water, Eunuch Qiu came to get it, but he only wanted one can. Later, the incident happened. My godfather was afraid of being implicated, so he asked me to bury the oil under the sycamore tree. Before that, Eunuch Qiu also came to buy musk, safflower and aphrodisiacs."

The emperor was so angry that his face turned green. No wonder he knew he had gone to Concubine Zhou's room. No matter how tired he was, he couldn't help it. It turned out that he was calculated.

The Queen pretended not to notice the Emperor's embarrassment and continued to ask: "Besides Eunuch Qiu, who else did you sell these things to?"

The eunuch said: "Most of the masters in the palace have bought things for my godfather, but most of them just bought some fashionable rouge and powder, and..."

The eunuch stopped talking halfway.

"What else?" The Emperor was very angry. There were so many things about the women in the palace that he didn't know.

The eunuch hesitated for a while and said: "Besides rouge and powder, aphrodisiacs are more needed."

The Emperor was petrified on the spot. Why did he have to ask such a question?

Everyone else was about to suffer internal injuries, only Su Xiaoxiao laughed wantonly and innocently. Gu Huaiyu listened to her inner voice and realized that Xiaoxiao was not innocent at all.

[Uncle Emperor, you are shooting yourself in the foot. The eunuch can't cover it up for you. Now everyone in the palace knows that you need that thing to...]

Gu Huaiyu was so shocked that his jaw dropped. He wanted to cover Su Xiaoxiao's mouth immediately, but it was useless to cover her mouth. Fortunately, only she could hear these words, otherwise, how would people think of her.

Although no one heard Su Xiaoxiao's thoughts, their thoughts coincided with Su Xiaoxiao's. They were all sighing in their hearts, how could the emperor, who was so young, need that thing, as if the emperor wanted to use it himself.

Fortunately, the eunuch was smart and continued, "In my impression, only the Queen, Concubine Hui and Concubine Xu have never bought anything from my godfather."

The Queen was quick to grasp the key information in the eunuch's words. She said loudly, "You said Concubine Xu has never come to buy anything. I remember it clearly."

The eunuch answered seriously, "I remember it very clearly. Concubine Xu died a few days ago, and my godfather said she was too stingy. "He refused to give a penny to his godfather, and finally died at the hands of the things he sold. It is said that no one in this palace can get around him!"

Gu Huaiyu looked at this little eunuch and sighed in his heart. This little eunuch is not an ordinary person. On the surface, he looks honest and a little stubborn. In fact, every word he said has a purpose. Now he has betrayed Concubine Zhou and hinted that Concubine Xu was not responsible for Xue Zhaoyi's miscarriage. But why did he mention Concubine Hui? Was it just a casual remark?

The emperor was so angry that his liver hurt. He shouted angrily: "Yang Shun, pass on my oral order and let the Yu Lin Army thoroughly search the bedrooms of all the concubines. I want to see how they are pretending to obey my orders but secretly disobeying them. There is no need to search the palaces of the Empress and Concubine Hui!"

The tone of the last sentence was much softer. It was rare that there were still two clean people in the palace.

The Queen had no intention of advising the Emperor at first, but when she heard that the Emperor would not check her bedroom, she said, "Your Majesty, I think it's not possible. The little eunuch also said that they just bought some fashionable rouge and powder, and they did nothing wrong. To be honest, it's my fault for not disciplining them enough. I will just go down and give them a lesson.

They are your concubines, but they are also more than your concubines. There are intricate connections between the harem and the front court. Your Majesty has offended everyone of them. It's better to show some leniency so that everyone can remember your kindness." The Queen

spoke the last few sentences in a very low voice, and only the Emperor could hear them clearly.

The emperor thought about it and realized that he was indeed impulsive. He could punish one or two concubines, but punishing all of them at the same time was playing with fire. While he was grateful for the queen's wisdom, he felt that being an emperor was meaningless. He knew that the concubines were plotting against him, but he could only pretend to be lenient and kind. It was really frustrating. He would not go to their palaces in the future.

The emperor became angrier and angrier. He could not touch other people, but he absolutely could not tolerate Concubine Zhou. She might have started this trend of drugging him.

Thinking of the past, the emperor couldn't help but clench his fists: "Yang Shun, since the queen pleaded for the concubines, let's forgive them this time. They will all be fined for one year, so that they won't have too much money and cause trouble everywhere. As for Concubine Zhou, you personally take people to search, and make sure you search thoroughly for me!"