"Mom, don't be anxious."
Jiang Kang'an listened to Xu Youran's series of questions and knew she was panicking. He said softly, "No matter who she gave it to, as long as there are traces, I can find it out. Just rest assured, mother."
After hearing what he said, Xu Youran finally calmed down.
"Your sister's matter is more important. This can be put aside for the time being. Marquis Anle will definitely not let Zhiyu go easily if he takes action."
"My son knows."
…
At the same time, in the imperial prison, Han Yizi leaned against the wall with his hands drooping, gasping for breath.
His body was already naked, his fingers were broken and covered with burn marks, his legs were also broken, and rats were gnawing at his flesh between his empty palms.
“Here…”
Hearing a faint voice, Han Yizi raised his head with difficulty and opened his eyes, only to see a man wrapped tightly in a black hat standing in front of him.
Xing Maozhi nodded and bowed beside him.
"Heh..." Han Yizhi raised the corner of his lips and said in a hoarse voice, "Which colleague is here to laugh at my joke again?"
He snorted softly under his bamboo hat: "When you acted recklessly, did you ever think about the consequences today?"
This sound...
Han Yizi's eyes suddenly widened: "Emperor...Emperor!"
The emperor glanced at him, and Xing Maozhi lowered his head and bowed as he retreated, closing the cell door tightly. The thousand households of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who accompanied the emperor stood guard outside.
"Since you have recognized me, I will not waste any words. How did you and Concubine De communicate with each other privately?!"
There was anger in his voice, and Han Yizi's face was distorted. After a moment, he laughed out loud.
"So that's how it is. That day in the court, you deliberately led me to submit a memorial, and then deliberately led me to the imperial study for a confrontation. Your goal was never to find out the cause of Malzahar's death, but me...haha...cough cough."
He laughed so loudly that the wound on his chest hurt, and he started coughing non-stop.
The emperor had no intention of listening to him: "It was me. Ever since I found out you were having an affair with Concubine De, I've wanted to peel your skin off all the time!"
Perhaps because death was approaching, Han Yizi no longer felt the same fear as before when he looked at the person in front of him.
"If you want to know, just check it yourself. Oh, no, you can also ask the secretary you trust most to check it!" Han Yizi smiled.
"Death is imminent, yet you remain stubborn and unyielding," the emperor sighed softly. "You don't even care about your wife and children? And your elderly mother, far away in Jiangnan, do you insist on provoking me to execute your entire clan?"
Han Yi was startled and spat out a mouthful of blood. His chaotic thoughts became clearer. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I was just talking nonsense. After I finished reporting the military situation, I happened to see Concubine De on the way out of the palace. I had some friendship with her when I was young, so I made a big mistake..."
"I ask how you act?"
"After submitting my report every day, Concubine De's maid would lead me along a small path behind Guangyang Palace. Normally, that path would be blocked with weeds and gravel, and with the dense forest surrounding it, no one would notice. I always traveled along that path."
The emperor remained silent.
Han Yizi swallowed his saliva frantically, feeling extremely anxious.
"Your Majesty, all this is my fault. I deserve death. Please spare my family, they are innocent."
The emperor's face under his bamboo hat had turned ashen. "In this matter, your wife, children and others..." His voice seemed to come from between his teeth, sounding extremely cold and chilling.
Han Yizhi shuddered, unable to move, and could only shake his head desperately: "I don't know, they don't know anything!"
The emperor chuckled, and Han Yizhi just felt a little hopeful when he heard him say, "The person who shares your bed with you, how could she not know that something is wrong with you?"
Han Yizhi was stunned for a moment, then understood what he meant. His pupils trembled violently, and he shouted hoarsely: "Your Majesty, they really don't know, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you are a faithful minister!"
Seeing him turn around and walk out, Han Yizi struggled to move his body: "They really don't know, dog emperor, if you dare to kill them, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!"
"Also, do you really think Jiang Zhiyu is a good person? She's nothing but a monster! A monster!"
"This evildoer is going to disrupt the kingdom of Tianqi! I'm waiting for you, I'm waiting for you down there!"
The emperor did not stop and turned a deaf ear to him. As soon as he walked out of the prison door, the captain of the Jinyiwei guarding the side rushed in, drew the long sword at his waist, and stabbed him in the chest!
Han Yizi's head slowly lowered.
The captain checked his pulse and breathing, and only after making sure he was dead did he remove the wooden plug from his ear and kneel down on one knee.
"Captain, what do you think, should Han Yizhi's nine clans be executed or not?"
The captain lowered his head and said, "I will obey your Majesty."
The emperor tutted and said, "I'm asking you."
The captain continued: "I will obey your Majesty."
Emperor: "...You are quite clever."
Qian Hu: "I am stupid."
The emperor didn't bother to look at him and walked straight ahead: "Then kill them all."
Qian Hu: "I will go and summon the Jinyiwei right away."
He stood up and left. When he reached the door, he heard the emperor say, "Forget it. Judging from Han Yizhi's tone, they probably don't know. Let them leave the capital."
A drop of cold sweat rolled down Qian Hu's forehead. "Yes, I'll do it right away."
The emperor waved his hand and suddenly said, "I think you were the first one to tell me that Jiang Zhiyu was a monster?"
"..." The words were already on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back: "Your Majesty, I guess I'm mistaken. What I reported that day was the Third Young Lady's superb medical skills. Monster, what monster?"
The emperor looked at him with scrutiny, and the captain had a calm expression.
After a long while, the emperor curled his lips and smiled: "Well, it seems that I remembered it wrongly, no problem."
He passed by Qianhu, who was already sweating coldly on his back, but he didn't dare show it at all.
The emperor was testing him.
Even if he had brought this cork, the emperor doubted that he could hear it.
Qianhu let out a long breath.
…
On the night before the Mid-Autumn Festival, a fire broke out in the mansion of Han Yizhi, the former Vice Minister of War. The fire was so fierce that no one in the mansion escaped.
As soon as Jiang Zhiyu woke up, Jiang Sulan started muttering in her ear.
Because today is Mid-Autumn Festival, she doesn't have to go to work and slept in for the first time in a long time.
"I don't know who Han Yizhi offended. He had just been imprisoned when the Shangshu Mansion was burned down. Poor his wife and children, they all died in the flames."
[Who did he offend? He offended the Emperor. The Emperor discovered his affair with Consort De and used me as bait to lure him out.]
[Nominally, he was imprisoned, but I'd have been punished by the emperor long ago. What man could tolerate such a thing?]
Jiang Sulan, who was caught off guard and ate a big melon, said: "..."
Hiss, she couldn't help but take a breath.
Defei?
The Defei who gave birth to the second prince? !
How will the emperor deal with them?
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