The female voice was coquettish, but sounded familiar.
Jiang Zhiyu followed the emperor to the direction where the sound came from, and saw Xiao Qingwu wearing a fiery red fox fur and holding a long whip in his hand.
There were spots of blood on the whip and in the snow, which stood out against the backdrop of the white snow.
In front of Xiao Qingwu, there was a woman kneeling, wearing only a single layer of clothing. She was soaked and covered with scars.
Her body was shaking constantly, but if she moved at all, the two palace maids standing next to her would kick her.
"Tell me, where did you hide the things you stole?"
Xiao Qingwu looked down at her condescendingly, waving the long whip in his hand threateningly.
Because Xiao Siyuan was about to attack the Oirat Mongols and would be away from Beijing for many days, she personally embroidered a sachet and placed the amulet she had specially requested inside.
But as they were about to part, they couldn't help but say goodbye. For a moment, they became sentimental and lost their vigilance.
It was normal for brothers and sisters to behave intimately with each other, but just when they were kissing each other, she turned her head and saw the slave girl turned around.
Who knows how much this slave girl has seen!
What's more, this slave girl was sent by the Queen. Before, my mother and I were still thinking about how to get rid of her. Now, I can use the fact that the sachet is lost to get rid of her with good reason!
The maid on the ground was shivering with cold, her voice trembling: "Your servant, your servant...really, really, I didn't take it, I didn't take the sachet."
"You dare to talk back?!"
Xiao Qingwu raised his eyebrows slightly, his voice became higher, and he raised the long whip in his hand, ready to hit her -
The maid closed her eyes in despair and waited for a few seconds, but the expected pain did not come. She looked up and saw a man standing in front of her, holding a whip tightly in one hand.
The joints of that hand turned white from the force, and veins bulged on the pale back of the hand.
Xiao Qingwu naturally knew Jiang Wenjing. A hint of impatience flashed in her eyes, but when her gaze turned to the front, it suddenly turned into panic.
"Father, your son...your son pays homage to the Emperor!"
She knelt hastily and waited for a moment before she heard a commanding voice from above: "Stand up."
Xiao Qingwu's mind raced. After he stood up, his face no longer showing panic. Instead, he walked over with a smile and affectionately took the emperor's arm. "Your Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time. Although state affairs are important, Your Highness also needs to worry about his own health."
The emperor patted her hand a few times, pulled his arm away, and whispered, "What did this maid do wrong to make you so angry?"
Xiao Qingwu glanced at him and snorted, "This is a dishonest fellow. I heard that my brother was going to the front, so I embroidered a sachet for him with my own hands. I wanted to give it to him when he came, but I never thought that this slut would steal it!"
[Nonsense! You clearly gave it to Xiao Siyuan, but this palace maid caught you two being affectionate and wanted to kill you to silence you.]
Emperor: Tsk.
Jiang Wenjing: "..."
Xiao Qingwu didn't think his father would have the time to care about the life and death of a palace maid, so he said coquettishly: "Father, you don't need to worry about such a trivial matter. I can handle it."
She winked at her two maids.
The two palace maids understood and hurriedly tried to drag the person on the ground away.
"Wait," the emperor said lightly. The two palace maids froze in place, and Xiao Qingwu's heartbeat quickened.
"I have heard of people stealing money and treasures, but this is the first time I have heard of someone stealing a sachet. Tell me why you stole the princess's sachet."
Xiao Qingwu's heart was almost in her throat. She stared at the palace maid on the ground, and she didn't feel any pain even when her nails dug into her flesh.
I was afraid that the palace maid would say something she shouldn't.
Jiang Zhiyu was standing next to Xiao Qingwu, and she could hear Xiao Qingwu's nervous breathing clearly.
[You must be sweating profusely.]
The palace maid on the ground also knew that this was her only chance of survival. If she couldn't grab it, she would really be buried in the snow.
She suppressed her trembling voice and tried her best to speak clearly, "Your Majesty, I truly did not take the princess's sachet...but I saw something else."
After hearing the first half of the sentence, Xiao Qingwu breathed a sigh of relief. He was just thinking about how to throw more dirty water on her to prove her guilt, when he heard the second half of her sentence.
【The hanging heart finally died. 】
Jiang Zhiyu looked at her face which suddenly turned as pale as paper and complained silently.
The emperor frowned slightly and ordered in a deep voice, "Chao En, take the man to the imperial study and call in an imperial physician."
Chao En replied yes, picked up the person and ran to the imperial study.
Jiang Zhiyu pinched his chin and rolled his eyes back and forth.
[Chao En, why does this name sound so familiar? ]
[Wait, I remember now. Isn't this the eunuch who later replaced Fu Ping, dealt with the Queen Mother, Prince Yu, and the Sixth Prince, and finally followed the Sixth Prince?]
[He eventually became the chief eunuch, and his power was so great that he was even honored as the "Nine Thousand Years Old" by those who followed him.]
【He's a tough character.】
emperor:"!!!"
He has a good vision, right? According to Zhiyu, Chaoen must be quite capable. With him around, can Fuping abdicate and let others take over?
The emperor's gaze fell on Fuping, and Fuping suddenly shuddered.
There's no wind, why do I suddenly feel a chill?
Fuping reached out and straightened his collar.
[However, although Chao En was very capable, he lacked loyalty. He helped others poison the emperor, and even after he followed the Sixth Prince, he remained the same.]
[However, he also knew that his status made it impossible for him to ascend to the throne, so he only took action after others contacted him and offered him sufficient benefits.]
[For him, it was just like that: He didn't care who the emperor was, but he had to be the chief eunuch around the emperor.]
emperor:"……"
Based on this, let’s discuss the issue of replacing Fuping later.
Jiang Wenjing: "!!!"
How can such an unfaithful person serve the emperor?
No, he must find a way to remind the emperor!
And what Zhiyu just said, could it be that in the end, the Sixth Prince ascended the throne?!
What about the prince?
Isn't His Majesty the one who dotes on the Crown Prince the most?!
Jiang Wenjing's head was full of question marks.
On the other side, Xiao Qingwu was trembling with fear and didn't dare to breathe.
It’s over!
Father is going to get to the bottom of this!
That palace maid will definitely expose what happened between her and her brother!
What should I do? What should I do?!
Xiao Qingwu's beautiful eyes were filled with helplessness, and her hands were clenched tightly.
The emperor glanced at her coldly and said, "Come with me."
Then he strode towards the imperial study.
Xiao Qingwu followed him closely, frantically thinking of a countermeasure in his mind.
Ambergris had been burned in the imperial study to cover up the bloody smell on the palace maid. The imperial physician squatted on the ground and treated her.
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