Chapter 491 Crossing the line
Xing Maozhi dared not speak but said: "Your Majesty, Lord Jiang was just tired during the weekdays, and he fell asleep due to the relaxation. I was anxious and asked the imperial physician."
The emperor: "..."
He glanced inside with his deep eyes very quickly, and then retracted them: "It is true that he has been busy these days. It is good to have a chance to rest now."
"That's right, it's also thanks to your concern, Lord Jiang can completely let down his guard and sleep well!"
Xing Maozhi smiled flatteringly.
"That's enough," the emperor pursed his lips, "Did Lao Liu send someone to check today?"
"Your Majesty, it was the Sixth Prince's personal guard. I have seen him before. I recognized him as soon as he arrived at the door."
The emperor pondered, "What did you see?"
"My jailers tortured Lord Jiang, causing him to fall into a coma, and the imperial physician was helpless."
Xing Maozhi said in a serious tone.
The emperor nodded.
After this incident, Lao Liu's attention to the imperial prison should be reduced a lot.
Seeing the emperor close his eyes, Xing Maozhi also knew that it was time for him to leave. He bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, then I will take my leave first?"
The emperor hummed lightly.
As soon as Xing Maozhi stepped out, the emperor suddenly said, "I remember that the sixth prince asked you to prepare some wet grass, prepare more, and don't clean the cell, let some bugs and rats in."
Xing Maozhi's back suddenly broke out in cold sweat, and he turned around and saluted with a dry voice: "Your Majesty is right, I will give the order now."
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The next day, it rained again over Tianqi.
The news that Jiang Kang'an was unconscious in the cell and the imperial doctors were helpless swept the whole Shengjing overnight.
More importantly, the emperor summoned Xing Maozhi that day, but he did not punish him or his subordinates.
What does this mean?
The emperor is shaken!
I'm afraid that the emperor is sparing their lives just to restrain Jiang Wenjing and Jiang Zhiyu who are far away in Nanjun.
For a while, everyone thought that the Xu family had lost their power.
Xiao Yanli's remaining suspicions were mostly gone.
He recalled his personal guards and sent two ordinary guards to take a look the next day and then report back to him.
As he was giving orders, he suddenly heard the doorman report that Gao Zilun, the eldest son of the Minister of Rites, wanted to see him.
Xiao Yanli waved his hand for the guards to leave and asked the doorman to bring the person in.
He had a cooperative relationship with the Minister of Rites and had met Gao Zilun a few times, but no matter how you look at it, he and Gao Zilun had no origin.
Why did Gao Zilun come to see him?
Soon, the doorman brought someone in.
"Your Highness the Sixth Prince."
Gao Zilun bowed and saluted.
Xiao Yanli gave him a hand: "No need to be polite, how come you have time to come to me today?"
Gao Zilun blinked his narrow eyes slightly, and after standing still, he said: "I won't hide it from the Sixth Prince, I have a plan, and I hope the Sixth Prince can help me."
Xiao Yanli said softly to express his confusion.
"Now that the Xu Mansion has lost power, I would like to ask the Sixth Prince to order someone to lead away the Jinyiwei in front of the Xu Mansion."
Xiao Yanli was even more confused: "Lead away the Jinyiwei? What do you want to do? My father said that now no matter who approaches the Xu Mansion, it will be treated as treason."
Why is Gao Zilun so brave and ask him for help?
Did he find out something?
Gao Zilun was obviously disdainful of Xiao Yanli's words: "Your Highness, there is no need to be so rigid. You should have heard the rumor that Jiang Kang'an is unconscious in prison, and the emperor doesn't seem to be too worried. It shows that the emperor has now abandoned the Xu family. What he said in the court is no longer valid."
Xiao Yanli was so anxious that he couldn't laugh. He suppressed his expression: "Then why did you want to go to the Xu Mansion?"
Gao Zilun narrowed his eyes: "For revenge!"
"Your Highness, do you still remember what I did that day?"
Xiao Yanli looked at him, and his mind remembered that he was kidnapped by thieves and returned to the mansion naked.
"You mean naked..."
Xiao Yanli had just started to speak when Gao Zilun interrupted him impatiently: "That's exactly it! I want to go to the Xu Mansion because I found out that it was the Xu family who harmed me that day!"
Oh?
Xiao Yanli became interested: "How do you know? Who harmed you? Jiang Zhiyu or Jiang Kang'an? Or Jiang Wenjing?"
"In short, it was one of the three of them," Gao Zilun pursed his lips: "At the palace banquet that day, I just ridiculed Jiang Zhiyu, but they did such a bad thing!" "Before
, I thought that His Majesty honored them and didn't want to bother with them. Now that His Majesty has abandoned them, I will naturally let them have a taste of that!"
A strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"If you want justice, Jiang Kang'an is in prison. Why don't you go to prison but to Xu's mansion? There are only women left in Xu's mansion now..."
Xiao Yanli's voice stopped abruptly.
Looking at Gao Zilun again, everything came together.
He slowly said, "Are you targeting Jiang Sulan?"
"Your Highness is wise," Gao Zilun said with an attitude of not feeling ashamed but proud: "I won't do anything, just tit for tat, let her taste the criticism I have suffered."
Tit for tat?
Xiao Yanli sneered.
I thought he had discovered something, but I didn't expect that he was just controlled by the thing below.
Xiao Yanli said in a daze, "I am still under house arrest and don't want to cause trouble. You have also seen the Jinyiwei outside the Xu Mansion. It is impossible to lure them away by sending only one or two people. You should seek help from others."
Gao Zilun slightly widened his eyes and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, I heard that you have an old grudge with the Xu Mansion? As long as you let me into the Xu Mansion, I will find you whatever you want!"
Xiao Yanli looked him up and down, his eyes suddenly turned cold: "What crazy talk are you talking about? I am a prince, what old grudges can I have with the Xu family? Come on, drag him out!"
Gao Zilun was carried out of the mansion with an expression of disbelief.
Successfully attracted the curious gazes of the people.
"Look, what are you looking at!" He cursed angrily, and waited until everyone around him left before walking into the mansion cursing.
Just calling him Your Highness, do you really think you are a big shot?
Forget about not helping, he will find a way himself!
He has nothing else, but he has many friends!
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In the pleasure boat, the young masters of the noble families sitting together, after listening to Gao Zilun's words, had only one thought in their minds.
Is he okay? !
No matter how weak the Xu family is, the Jinyiwei surrounding them are real.
The murderous aura was so overwhelming that they were paralyzed. Why should they lead them away for Gao Zilun?
They were not impatient to live.
They all gathered together to eat, drink and have fun. Just for this little relationship, they had to risk their lives?
It was crossing the line!
Gao Zilun obviously did not understand the atmosphere at the table. He had already started to make arrangements and distributed the food to each person.
The sound of a bowl breaking interrupted his words.