Chapter 61 Chapter 61 The eunuch cleansed the prince? ...
Shortly after Bai Ruen's death, Bai Che discovered these letters while sorting through her belongings. Unfortunately, he died of illness before he could seek justice for his beloved daughter.
When Bai Che was seriously ill, there was no relative by his bedside. Only a distant cousin who also lived in Xinglin Village came to visit him. That man was Bai Qiu's father.
Bai Qiu and his father are descendants of a branch of the Bai family. Their family also does business in the Jiangnan area, but their family business is not as prosperous as Bai Che's. Because their ancestors are related, Bai Che often helps out with their business, and the two families have always had interactions.
Therefore, after the Bai family completely fell into decline, only Bai Qiu and his father were willing to visit him before he died. At that time, Bai Che mentioned that his unfulfilled wish was to seek justice for his daughter.
Bai Che told Bai Qiu's father about the letter. He knew that his life had come to an end and he would no longer have the chance to run around for Bai Run'en, but he believed that the bloodline left by Bai Run'en would not sit idly by after knowing the truth about their biological mother's death.
So he gave these letters to Bai Qiu's father for safekeeping, and told him that in a few years, if anyone from the capital came, he must be careful. Except for his two little grandsons, no one else should be trusted, otherwise they might be in danger of death.
Bai Qiu and his father kept this secret in mind for many years. It was not until Hanyu and others came to Xinglin Village to look for the Bai family's old house that he vaguely guessed that the identities of these people might be related to Bai Rune.
In order to test their origin and purpose, Bai Qiu deliberately led them into the Bai family's old house after dark. After confirming that their purpose was to come for Bai Run'en's letter, Bai Qiu realized that the task that Bai Che had entrusted to him might be completed soon.
He found several letters written by Bai Rune among the pile of calligraphy and paintings, and read the contents in detail to the three of them.
The letter mentioned that after giving birth to twins, Bai Ruen was neglected and abandoned by Prince Xian, and was humiliated and tortured by Princess Chunyu. In order to be able to see her children, she endured humiliation for many years and lived a life worse than death in the palace.
In order to expand the royal family, she was drugged by the princess and became pregnant with rare twins. The pregnancy itself had the possibility of miscarriage, and the delivery process was a laborious process with the risk of one death and three lives.
But Princess Chunyu cruelly took away her two children!
In her letters, she also mentioned that Princess Chunyu was very harsh on her two children. Because the younger child was born with a deficiency, the princess disliked him and even considered abandoning him. From the beginning, the princess wanted a strong boy who could inherit the title. She had never expected Bai to give birth to two boys in one pregnancy. So from the moment they were born, the princess had already made a choice between the two brothers.
Only the strong are worthy of being her sons, and only the strong who can survive can inherit the title of prince. Because of this, Yin Jinglong, who was not chosen by her since childhood, has always been at odds with her.
Bai Qiu sorted out the letters one by one and handed them to Hanyu. At this moment, he felt relieved. He had guarded this wooden box for many years and could finally give it to someone in need. He and his father could repay Bai Che's kindness to their family.
After receiving the letter, Hanyu and his group decided to return to Beijing as soon as possible. Along the way, Manager Xu kept sighing, and Xin Da asked him why he was sighing.
He held his chin in his hand, thinking, with a worried look on his face.
"I'm worried about whether our prince is eating well in prison? Is he sleeping well? Will those hateful jailers bully him? The prince has lived a life of luxury since he was a child and has never suffered the hardships of prison. I'm deeply worried!"
Han Yu couldn't help but snicker, "He's always been the one bullying others. Who else dares to bully him?"
Steward Xu retorted, "Because of his ruthless and arbitrary nature, the prince made many enemies at court and offended many officials. Now that he's in trouble, who knows if those he offended will take the opportunity to retaliate against him? Doesn't Hanyu understand the principle of everyone pushing down when the wall falls?"
His worries were not without reason. After all, the Minister Gong who was in charge of interrogating the whereabouts of Yu Zhang was one of Yin Jinglong's political enemies. He failed to brand him with a few iron seals last time, and this time he went even further.
In the sky prison of the imperial palace, Yin Jinglong sat on an iron chair and took a nap with his eyes closed. He had not slept for two days since he was arrested and thrown into this prison. The jailers took turns to interrogate him about the whereabouts of Yuzhang, but they didn't get anything out of him.
This time, Minister Gong brought an old eunuch from the inner chamber.
"Eunuch Wen, you are quite familiar with the matter of purification. I will trouble you later."
"Sir Shangshu, are you really going to purify him? Aren't you afraid of the blame from His Majesty and the old prince?"
"He's a traitor plotting treason and usurping the throne! His Majesty personally ordered him imprisoned and tasked me with investigating him, so how could he be blamed? As for Prince Xian, doesn't he still have a son? Furthermore, he and his son have been feuding for years. I'm not after his life, just his penis, so there shouldn't be any problem. Eunuch Wen, just take action. I'll bear all the consequences."
Eunuch Wen looked at him half-believingly, his hand holding the knife trembling nervously. He didn't want to get involved in this mess, but he was brought here by the annoying Minister Gong, who said that he had to castrate the prisoner.
At first he thought he was just an ordinary prisoner, but when he came to this prison, he found out that he was going to castrate Prince Yin?
Eunuch Wen immediately backed out and pretended to have a headache with uncontrollable shaking hands, but the damn Minister Gong saw through his pretense at a glance and threatened him with the bribe he had accepted before, threatening to send him to the Imperial Household Department if he didn't take action.
On the one hand, he would be punished by His Majesty, and on the other hand, he would offend Prince Yin. Between the two, he chose Prince Yin, who would become a prisoner.
When Yin Jinglong saw this old eunuch who often walked around the harem, and saw that he was holding a knife specially used to cleanse men, he sneered with sarcasm.
"Eunuch Wen, are you planning to take me into your inner chambers?"
"I'm sorry, Prince Yin, I was forced to do this. Please bear with it, it will be fine soon."
Eunuch Wen raised his cleansing knife and walked towards Yin Jinglong.
"How dare you! Do you dare to touch this king?"
Yin Jinglong kicked the old eunuch several steps away. The old eunuch fell and tumbled a few times, the knife in his hand landing at Gong Shangshu's feet. Gong Shangshu picked up the knife and scolded him, "I knew you were faking your limp! Very good! Now you have added the crime of deceiving the emperor! Yin Jinglong, your crime is unforgivable. If Eunuch Wen can't do it, then I will do it myself!"
Just as he raised the knife to stab Yin Jinglong in the neck, unexpectedly Yin Jinglong had already secretly untied the shackles on his hands, strangled his neck with one hand, snatched the knife from his hand with the other hand, and deliberately rubbed the back of the knife back and forth on Gong Shangshu's neck.
"You, you, you dare to kill me? Killing an official appointed by the imperial court is a serious crime. Even if you have ten heads, they won't be enough for you to chop off!"
"I'm going to die anyway, so I was just looking for someone to take the blame for me. I didn't expect you to come to me on your own accord."
Yin Jinglong's crazy and cold laughter resounded throughout the prison, and that laughter sounded extremely terrifying to Minister Gong.
It is said that when people are in despair, they can do anything. At this moment, Minister Gong began to regret that he should not have been so excessive.
So he forced an ugly smile and begged, "I was wrong, please spare my life, Your Majesty!
"Hmph! I don't need your apology. Bring me the key to the prison! And take off your clothes!"
Although Minister Gong was reluctant, he had no choice but to do as he was told. Eunuch Wen knelt in the corner without saying a word.
Yin Jinglong ordered him to take off his clothes quickly. He exchanged his clothes with Gong Shangshu's, and then tied him to the iron chair with iron chains.
The castration knife slid back and forth along his thighs, frightening Minister Gong so much that his legs trembled.
Yin Jinglong sneered, "Why are you shaking, Lord Shangshu? You should know that this knife has no eyes. If it accidentally injures your vitals, you can't blame me."
"I've given you everything you wanted. Can you please let me go?"
"Isn't it a bargain for you to let you go? You can just experience the feeling of being in prison here for now. I don't have time to accompany you."
He twirled the knife in his hand, picked up the dirty linen on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth, then turned around with a sneer and walked away.
Yin Jinglong disguised himself as Minister Gong and sneaked out of the prison, and also brought Eunuch Wen out with him.
The palace gate was in front of him. He asked Eunuch Wen to help him divert the attention of the gate guards, and he took the opportunity to slip out of the palace.
As soon as Yin Jinglong left, the Empress Dowager sent guards to the Tianlao to bring the man to the palace for interrogation. Seeing Gong Shangshu, bound to an iron chair, struggling with all his might, his mouth gagged with a piece of dirty, smelly linen, the guards' heads were buzzing. How could the man have escaped? How was he supposed to explain himself?
Upon learning that Yin Jinglong had fled for fear of punishment, the empress dowager was so angry that she could not sleep all night. She immediately summoned the palace guards to completely block all palace gates and dispatched an army to search the city for the fugitive.
The little emperor paced back and forth anxiously in front of her.
"Mother, what should we do now? I understand Prince Yin's character. If we don't execute him this time, he will surely repay us double in the future."
"Don't worry, don't worry. We still have the general's seal and military power in our hands. Why should we be afraid of him?"
"But we are in the open, and he is in the dark. It is easy to dodge a spear in the open, but it is difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark!"
The empress dowager was also panicked, but she was the master of the harem after all, and the little emperor was at a loss, so she had to stand up.
She hurriedly ordered the eunuch to summon Princess Chunyu to the palace to discuss matters, and the little emperor sat on the side and listened.
After learning that Yin Jinglong had escaped from the palace, Princess Chunyu's expression was not as surprised as the Queen Mother's, as if she had expected it.
She advised the Queen Mother not to be anxious. No matter where he fled to, he was still a criminal. The Queen Mother only needed to send people to capture him everywhere. In addition, she had to send secret guards to lurk in Prince Yin's mansion. As long as Prince Yin returned to the mansion, he would be trapped.
The Queen Mother was anxious and felt that this method was inappropriate. Prince Yin was such a smart and cunning man. He knew that the palace was a key surveillance location of the court, so how could he go back and fall into the trap?
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