Chapter 435 A Life-Long Friendship

"Your Majesty, I thought this person was clearly dead, but now he reappeared out of nowhere. I was worried that he might have some conspiracy, so I locked him up privately. I planned to find out the truth and then report to Your Majesty."

This was indeed his original plan.

The emperor looked at him in silence, not knowing whether he believed it or not.

After a while, he tapped the table with his fingers: "What have you found out about this person?"

This meant that he was going to expose the matter.

Xiao Lingyu's heart was immediately put back in his stomach, and his tone was much more relaxed: "Father, you know everything else, but I found out that this person has been following my sixth brother since the accident. He doesn't stay in Shengjing all year round, but will appear after a period of time."

The emperor frowned slightly: "So, do you think this was instructed by your sixth brother? Did he let Liu Jie pretend to be Ling Zizhong?"

The emperor's tone could not tell whether he was happy or angry. Xiao Lingyu spoke cautiously: "Father, I don't know, but I am sure that someone must have instructed this."

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and it was unknown what he was thinking. Then he waved his hand: "Okay, go down, put him in the imperial prison, and let Xing Maozhi pay attention to him. I don't want to see the last thing happen again."

Xiao Lingyu's heart sank: "Yes."

...

"What did you say?!"

Xiao Yanli put his hands on the table and looked at his subordinate who was reporting to him in disbelief.

The subordinate hunched his back, not daring to raise his head, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, Liu Jie was exposed, and Xiao Lingyu forced him in front of the emperor. Now, he has been sent to the imperial prison."

Xiao Yanli took two deep breaths: "How was he exposed? Something went wrong with the queen's body? Did Xiao Lingyu become suspicious?"

The subordinate shook his head: "Everything about the queen's body went according to plan, but Xiao Lingyu caught a cold the next day, and Liu Jie wanted to see if he was faking illness. As a result, not only Xiao Lingyu went in, but Jiang Zhiyu was also there."

The anger in his heart could not be concealed at once, and Xiao Yanli swung his long arm, and the things on the table fell to the ground with a clang, and the splashing fragments even scratched the subordinate's leg.

"Does he have any brains at all!"

"Why didn't he withdraw after seeing Jiang Zhiyu?!"

"I told him many times not to act rashly. Did he see the secret letter I sent?"

The subordinates were trembling. Xiao Yanli was almost mad.

After half an hour, Xiao Yanli calmed down.

He sat on the chair, pinching his brows tiredly.

The subordinates said cautiously: "Your Highness, rescue..."

"Rescue what?" Xiao Yanli interrupted impatiently: "No one is allowed to go. Let him suffer!"

The subordinates stopped talking, and seeing Xiao Yanli's movements to chase people away, they quickly stood up and ran out.

Xiao Yanli sighed.

He still trusted Liu Jie and was not worried that the other party would betray him.

The emperor and Xiao Lingyu will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, and he is not worried about Liu Jie's life safety in the short term.

But if Liu Jie doesn't say anything, will they not be able to find out?

Xiao Yanli is not completely sure.

He carefully recalled the words of his subordinates, and then, he didn't know what he thought of, and his face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

It was Jiang Zhiyu who discovered Liu Jie!

In her little notebook, there are secrets that are deeper than this, and there must be secrets about his relationship with Liu Jie.

Did she tell the emperor and Xiao Lingyu?

Xiao Yanli's eyes were full of worry and uneasiness, and his heart seemed to be hanging in the air.

…

"Liu Jie and the Sixth Prince are more than acquaintances, they are a lifelong friendship."

Jiang Zhiyu was lying on the recliner, his tone exaggerated.

Even with his eyes closed, he could still feel the glare of the sun.

The emperor's sleeves covered his face, and his voice was muffled: "How come they are lifelong friends?"

"Liu Jie has been doing evil all the way, so he naturally offended many people. Someone paid to buy his life, and the Sixth Prince saved him. Isn't this a lifelong friendship?"

The emperor: "..."

Redefine lifelong friends.

Jiang Zhiyu would naturally not miss such an open opportunity to flatter Xiao Yanli.

She climbed up and approached the emperor: "Your Majesty, you don't know that the Sixth Prince is not as well-behaved as he is in front of you. He forced women of good families into prostitution, murdered people and set fires in private!"

The emperor: "..."

An outsider criticized the prince in front of the emperor.

Fu Ping's heart was hanging for Jiang Zhiyu, and he coughed a few times to remind her.

But Jiang Zhiyu obviously did not receive Fu Ping's hint. She even took out a small notebook from her chest and read:

"In the imperial prison, Xiao Yanli has colluded with his wife many times to speak rudely to me, insulted my personality, trampled on my dignity, and caused me very bad mental consequences. Therefore, he needs to compensate me for my mental damages of 6,666 taels of gold."

...

"In Zuiyuelong, because I saw him forcing a woman of good character to become a prostitute, he ordered his servants to beat me ruthlessly and left scars on my body, and then walked away. His arrogance is obvious. Therefore, he has to compensate me for my medical expenses, lost work expenses, cosmetic expenses for removing the scars, and mental damages..."

Jiang Zhiyu kept talking, and the emperor's expression gradually became blank.

When he read to the end, he directly stretched out his hand to interrupt: "Zuiyuelong forced a woman of good character to become a prostitute? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Putting aside the words that he didn't understand, the emperor had a lot of doubts about this.

According to the spies he arranged outside Xiao Yanli's house, Xiao Yanli has been lingering in the houses of various court officials these days, and also went to Jiang Zhaorong's house, but he didn't go to Zuiyuelong.

Jiang Zhiyu was so righteous that he said, "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes!"

[I didn't say I saw him do it himself. He opened the Zuiyuelong, and the people below forced women into prostitution, so it's equal to him, no problem.]

The Emperor: "... ordered the servants to beat you unilaterally, and left scars on your body?"

"Yes, yes," Jiang Zhiyu nodded affirmatively, and rolled up her sleeves with an aggrieved expression. Her glowing white skin dazzled the emperor's eyes in the sun. Jiang Zhiyu pointed to the almost invisible red mark on her arm: "Here, it's a big patch."

The emperor almost put his eyes close to it but didn't see the red mark. He raised his head and looked at her suspiciously.

Jiang Zhiyu looked away with a guilty conscience.

Because of the frequent redemption of people, Zuiyuelong closed the door as soon as she saw it.

It goes without saying that the people trained by Xiao Yanli are efficient. Even if she forced her way in, the house would be empty.

For this reason, she could only climb over the wall.

It was also when she climbed over the wall that she saw three turtles pulling a woman, and then she decisively rescued the woman.

It was unknown where the red mark on her arm was rubbed.

But the incident happened in Zuiyuelong, and it was the turtle man of Zuiyuelong who did it. It was reasonable for her to put the blame on Xiao Yanli.

The emperor understood the whole process from Jiang Zhiyu's inner voice: "..."