Chapter 89: Don't get close to people with many schemes
The emperor was angry, but she also made him laugh. He tried his best to suppress the corners of his mouth that were raised.
He didn't let Xiao Chuji stand up, but continued: "Malzaha said that you and he are close friends?"
"Father, I'm not a close friend. As the prince of Tianqi, I am just doing my best to be a landlord to the prince of Nangong."
Xiao Chuji naturally heard about the incident in which Malzaha used the flesh and blood of the people of Tianqi to feed the gnats.
He absolutely could not accept the title of close friend!
The emperor did not even raise his head: "Really? Then you have never taken him to your sixth brother's house?"
Xiao Chuji said calmly: "I have been there several times, but there was something urgent at my sixth brother's house, and I happened to be traveling with the prince, so we went together."
The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly: "So you don't know anything about what Marzaha did in private?"
Xiao Chuji kowtowed and did not answer directly. Instead, he kept his head against his palm and said: "Please punish me, father, I am guilty!"
Jiang Zhiyu paused while grinding ink.
[Is he admitting it so quickly? No, this is not in line with his personality! ]
[Who knows what bad tricks he is planning! 】
He Yanting: “…”
Emperor: “…What crime have I committed?”
“I have two crimes. The first is that as a prince, I failed to do my duty of surveillance and got so close to Marzaha, but I didn’t discover the conspiracy behind him. The second crime was that I was not vigilant and brought him into the mansion of my sixth brother, which gave Marzaha a foothold and allowed him to wantonly harm the people of Tianqi!”
His voice was choked with sobs. When he raised his head, he saw tears in his eyes, and his face seemed to be filled with the word compassion.
Jiang Zhiyu’s scalp tingled when he saw this.
【This is the real actor! It was too early to say it before. With such acting skills, who can compete with him! 】
【But this routine seems familiar...】
The emperor also thought so. The more he looked at him, the more he felt that he seemed to overlap with a certain figure in his memory.
In his heart, he almost shouted out the answer with Jiang Zhiyu:
——Xu Youran!
Jiang Zhiyu: 【Ah, you plagiarized my mother's wisdom!】
Emperor:... Maybe, in fact, many people use this routine?
The emperor sneered in his heart. Did he really think that if he confessed his guilt in advance, he would not punish them?
Although the routine is easy to use, it depends on whether you buy the bill or not!
His deep eyes stared at Xiao Chuji: "Since you have admitted your mistakes, I am very relieved..."
The emperor paused, and seeing that Xiao Chuji's expression did not change at all, he said: "I think you were negligent for a moment, and you admitted your guilt in time, and you care about the people. You should go down and receive fifty strokes of the cane and reflect on yourself."
Xiao Chuji curled his fingers and said, "Yes, father."
[Good guys, you two have eight hundred tricks, right?]
[No, I have claustrophobia and cannot get close to people with many tricks!]
Emperor: "..."
He Yanting: "..."
Xiao Chuji slowly stood up, his deep and dark eyes met Jiang Zhiyu's side-eye gaze, and when they met, both sides understood each other's intentions.
He followed the eunuch out of the hall, and Jiang Zhiyu's eyes kept on his mind.
Hidden under the indifferent gaze was a deep murderous intent.
It can be said that a big part of the reason why Xiao Chuji came back was because of Jiang Zhiyu.
Regarding Jiang Kangan, he must make sure whether Jiang Zhiyu cured him. Now it seems that not only did she cure him, but she also confirmed that the person who poisoned him was himself.
This should be something that even Jiang Kangan doesn't know, so why would Jiang Zhiyu know it?
Xiao Chuji couldn't help laughing as he thought about it.
The eunuch who led the way kept walking with his head down, not daring to look up.
Suddenly, a fine drizzle fell from the sky, and the wind was mixed with rain and dew, dripping on people's bodies and making them feel cold. When they arrived at the square, the captain was already waiting with a wooden stick.
He Xi, the chief of the Imperial Household Department who was in charge of the execution, saw the man coming and hurried over to greet him. He led him to the eaves, asked about his health, and never mentioned the execution.
Xiao Chuji chuckled, "Eunuch He, you don't have to be like this. Just do what you have to do. If the emperor knew about it, it would be bad for Eunuch He."
He Xi saw that he was frail and didn't look like he could withstand fifty strokes of the cane. His heart was pounding.
"Yes, the second prince is right, but you see it's raining today, the emperor may just be angry for a while, it's better for you to claim to be sick for a few days, wait for the emperor to calm down, this matter will be over, maybe the emperor will feel sorry for you."
Xiao Chuji said so confidently about deceiving the emperor, his eyes were calm: "It's fine if it doesn't spread out, but if it spreads out, it will be a heavier crime. I know what eunuch He means, no problem."
He Xi saw that he had made up his mind, so he stopped persuading him, just sighed and asked the captain to prepare the things.
The captain stepped forward to take off his coat, pressed him on the stool, and took a large piece of cotton lining and stuffed it into his underwear.
There was a big bulge in the lower back.
Everyone present was He Xi's confidant, and no one was worried that the matter would be leaked. The captain knew that this was the prince, so he moved very gently.
After the fight, Xiao Chuji did not feel any pain.
After being beaten with sticks for twenty or thirty times, the girl's bright voice rang out:
"Hey, I haven't seen him for just a few minutes. Has the second prince changed? His butt is so high?"
He Xi frowned, not knowing who the person was, but how dare she say that, and there was someone behind her...
He Xi stood up and bowed, with a smile on his face: "Your servant is stupid, you are..."
"Jiang Zhiyu, the secretary of the Hanlin Academy, the emperor asked me and General He to watch the execution."
[I knew he would definitely not be beaten. Fortunately, I came early, otherwise he would have gotten away with it. ]
[No way! 】
【You’ve allowed my elder brother to be plagued by poison for so many years, so it’s not too much to give you a few beatings! 】
Jiang Zhiyu pointed at the bulge under Xiao Chuji’s waist: “Eunuch He…”
Eunuch He turned a deaf ear to it.
Although he had heard of Jiang Zhiyu's name, he had never seen how she and the emperor got along. The rumors about how she was favored by the emperor were just rumors to He Xi. He just
gave her some face. What really mattered was the health of the second prince.
He Xi pretended not to understand her hint and reminded her implicitly: "Mister Jiang has seen it too. It's raining so hard and His Majesty has said that the Second Prince should be caned. We are just worried that the Second Prince will catch a cold if he gets wet in the rain. His Majesty will be very distressed, don't you think, Secretary Jiang?"
The drizzle fell on the ground and disappeared in a blink of an eye. It was the heavy rain that He Xi mentioned. Jiang Zhiyu raised her lips and said, "Is it possible that Eunuch He has thought of this? Why not move the Second Prince into the room and then execute him?"
He Xi was speechless for a moment. He could still use the excuse of sheltering from the rain outside, but if he went to the room, he would be beaten hard.