After laughing, her eyes fell on the two subordinates kneeling there.
She leaned over and whispered something in Xiao Yanli's ear. Xiao Yanli's eyes were deep in thought, and his gaze also fell on the two subordinates.
Then he waved his hand and said, "Since you have been with me for many years, I will leave you with an intact body."
After saying that, he picked up Song Shiwei and left, leaving only the hoarse cries of people begging for mercy behind him.
…
The next day, when Xiao Lingyu brought the petition and took Xiao Chuji and Xiao Yanli to meet the emperor, Jiang Zhiyu and He Yanting were also present.
The emperor was still lying on the bed, and with a light cough, he asked Fuping to take the petition.
Before he even looked at it, he cursed, "Unfilial son! I'm already so sick, and you still want me to worry about you!"
If the word "unfilial" is considered a serious crime, the three of them quickly knelt down and repeatedly called out to their father to calm down.
"Calm down, calm down. Besides shouting these words, what else can you do?"
The emperor's anger didn't abate at all, but instead intensified. "All you do every day is eat, drink, and have fun, and find trouble. You don't do any serious work at all! Look at Zhiyu and Yanting, they still know how to keep me company. Look at you, you don't even dare to set foot in my bedroom unless you have something to do!"
"I'd rather have a dog than you!"
“…”
The emperor had never been so angry before. The three men knelt on the ground with their bodies stiff, not daring to look up, their eyes looking at their noses and their noses looking at their hearts.
[Tsk tsk tsk, losing is a good excuse to get mad.]
[Swearing won't change the fact that you'll be labeled with a note later!]
emperor:"……"
He Yanting: “…”
Xiao Lingyu: "..."
The emperor paused while flipping through the book, then put his fist to his lips and coughed twice.
"Tell me, why do you want to change people?"
The tone of this sentence was much softer than before.
Xiao Yanli licked his lips, his eyes twinkling as he spoke the excuse he had prepared yesterday: "Your Majesty, you may not know, but the night before our wedding, I was assassinated twice while I was at your residence. The bodies of the assassins are both inside your residence. Your Majesty, please feel free to send someone to investigate."
"I feel this is unusual, and remembering that I married under the pretext of bringing good fortune, an idea came to my mind."
"Is it possible that someone didn't want the wedding to go smoothly and didn't want our father to recover, so they planned the assassination?"
"It's just that they wanted to assassinate Shi Wei, but because they couldn't find the way, I ran into them."
There was a hint of relief in Xiao Lingyu's tone.
"Two assassinations?" Xiao Chuji repeated, "When we were here yesterday, Sixth Brother didn't mention a single word about this."
Xiao Yanli ignored Xiao Chuji and continued, "Because these two incidents have alerted me, I am worried that the concubine ceremony will not go smoothly, so I asked a maid to pretend to be Shi Wei and get on the wedding sedan."
"Sure enough, in broad daylight on the long street, the assassin attacked, killed someone, and then fled."
Xiao Chuji sneered non-stop: "Sixth brother, you are really good at making up stories. That's not what you said yesterday."
Xiao Yanli still turned a deaf ear: "Father, I have absolutely no other thoughts. Everything I did was to save Shi Wei's life and bring happiness to your Majesty!"
Jiang Zhiyu: “…”
I can only give this story an 8.5. Why? Because I have 1.5 English.
[No, it sounds fine at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, it's full of problems.]
Even the dumbest person wouldn't believe that the emperor would be cured after the wedding ceremony. It's as if Song Shiwei's life is tied to the emperor's.
[According to this logic, if she's gone, there's no way she's going to find another person to bring good luck to her?]
【Whoever believes this is a fool. 】
emperor:"……"
He Yanting: “…”
Xiao Lingyu: "..."
Knowing Xiao Yanli's character, they didn't believe his words.
But after Jiang Zhiyu pointed it out so bluntly, the three of them couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
Fortunately, I didn’t believe it, otherwise I would have been treated as a fool.
The emperor frowned slightly. "Also, I've read your complaint. When the body was first discovered, you kept calling her Shi Wei and weeping bitterly, as if you'd lost your beloved. You clearly orchestrated this, so why did you resort to such a sham?"
Xiao Chuji looked at Xiao Yanli leisurely.
Xiao Yanli remained calm and said, "Father, I did this to deceive the assassins, making them think they had succeeded, so as to prevent them from becoming suspicious and trying again."
"You're talking nonsense!" Xiao Chuji couldn't help but retort, "Then what's your explanation for repeatedly preventing the autopsy?"
"I didn't stop it. I just didn't want to conduct the autopsy in public. If I did, the human skin mask would be exposed. How would I deceive the assassin then?"
Xiao Chuji choked.
"Then again," Xiao Yanli looked at him calmly, his eyes darkening slightly. "Second brother is so aggressive, yet Yanli wants to ask, the flying knife that killed the maid in the chest was clearly a weapon used by your men, what is your explanation?"
Xiao Chuji gritted his teeth and said, "There are many people who use flying knives as weapons. It wasn't me who did it, so why should I explain?"
"Yes, there are indeed many, but the wood used to make these flying knives is the maple tree. Because it is difficult to survive, this tree is extremely rare. As far as Yan Li knows, in the entire Shengjing City, only the warm courtyard of my second brother has this tree planted."
The smile on Xiao Chuji's face suddenly disappeared.
"The flying knife is in the hands of the Crown Prince. Father, please send someone to verify whether what I said is true."
After he finished speaking, Xiao Lingyu took out the flying knife and handed it to Fuping.
[Most of it is indeed maple wood, but a small amount is willow.]
Because when he sent people to steal, they happened to be discovered, and what they brought back was not enough.
The emperor's eyes flashed and he was about to speak.
[Although the flying knife was fake, the assassination was real.]
emperor:"!!!"
He swallowed the words in his throat, stopped lying on the bed, and sat up to look at his two annoying sons through the gauze curtain.
Xiao Yanli and Xiao Chuji could naturally see his movements. Their heartbeats skipped a few beats and they held their breath.
The feeling of having one's life in the hands of others was extremely uncomfortable, and Xiao Yanli's eyes were bloodshot.
One day, he will defeat everyone and sit in the position above everyone else!
The emperor was thinking about how to deal with this when Jiang Zhiyu's inner voice began to chatter.
What to do when children cause trouble? Most of the time, they are just idle, so a spanking will solve the problem.
"They're already this old, it's time to let them suffer a little. The prison in the Ministry of Justice is quite good. The environment is quiet, without the noise of the crowd. They get three meals a day, food and accommodation are provided. It's not really suffering, it's a blessing!"
[The princes were reluctant to leave after they left, and even promised to come back next time!]
emperor:"……"
He Yanting: “…”
Xiao Lingyu: "..."
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