Chapter 171: Insulting
[Tsk tsk, how could someone be so unlucky? He was mistakenly killed because the killer misheard him. Prince Li would definitely file a complaint with the King of Hell even if he were in the underworld.]
Chu Liuzheng integrated all the gossip he had dug up.
Let me put it in context. First, Prince Li discovered that the men he had sent to break out the prison hadn't returned. Later, he realized that this method wasn't reliable, and fearing he'd be implicated, he hurriedly sent a message to the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, asking him, his uncle, to help him clean up the mess.
When Prince Cheng was vying for the throne, his wife had requested assistance from the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion. However, the Marquis chose to remain on the sidelines, playing it safe. As a result, Prince Cheng's forces were insufficient to defeat the tyrant, and he was forced to leave the capital and become a fiefdom. Because of this incident, the Marquis of Zhongyong always felt guilty towards his sister, Princess Cheng. Now that his nephew had come to him, he weighed the pros and cons and agreed.
The Marquis of Zhongyong planned to divert the blame and frame the prison break on the Crown Prince of Cheng. He pretended to be the Crown Prince of Cheng and was arrested. His men mistakenly believed that the Crown Prince of Cheng was imprisoned in the Shuntian Prefecture Jail, so they organized a prison break.
In order to complete the plot, the Duke of Zhongyong ordered the head of the secret guards to pretend to assassinate Prince Li, pretending to be Prince Cheng's men to kill and silence them, thereby clearing Prince Li of suspicion.
Who would have thought that the head of the secret guards injured his ear during a mission, causing hearing loss. He could sometimes hear, sometimes not. To save his life, he didn't report the order to the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery. So, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's order, when he heard it, became "Prince Li... kill to silence him." And so, he obeyed the order and went ahead and killed.
[The unfortunate Prince Li was quite happy when he saw the head of the secret guards, thinking his uncle had something important to tell him. He didn't expect his head to be torn apart the next moment, and blood splattered everywhere!]
[Tsk tsk, if I were the Crown Prince of Li, I would also die with my eyes wide open.]
After Chu Liuzheng finished eating the big melon, he smacked his lips and dug up some gossip about the Loyal and Brave Marquis's Mansion.
[The news of Prince Li's death has spread. How will the loyal and brave marquis react when he learns that his nephew was killed by the head of the secret guards he sent?]
Xiao Jingfan, who had walked around the Moon Pool for who knows how many times, said: I want to know too.
Zhou Yuande looked at Nong Yun Garden not far away and then at his own Majesty. He opened and closed his mouth several times, not knowing whether he should say more.
Xiao Jingfan was so focused on hearing the gossip that he didn't notice that his chief eunuch was getting extremely upset.
Got it! Got it!
Upon hearing the news of his nephew's death, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery fainted, throwing the Marquis's mansion into chaos... Wait! The second daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery eloped with the head of the secret guards?! Frog Fun! Is this true?]
Chu Liuzheng heard about the secret guard eloping with a powerful lady for the first time, and he was so excited that he searched quickly.
【Um? 】
She clicked on it to take a closer look, and her excitement quickly subsided.
[Uh... okay, it wasn't an elopement. The Second Young Lady wanted to take the opportunity to escape the marriage, and the Secret Guard leader didn't want to die, so he took a ride with the Second Young Lady.]
[Who is this fiancé who could force a lady from a wealthy family to run away from her marriage? ]
She looked for it curiously.
At the same time, Xiao Jingfan, who had heard enough news, walked towards the Yangxin Palace, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, feeling that he should be able to sleep well tonight.
The next day, a strange thing happened at the grand court meeting.
After the meeting, the emperor did not rush to dismiss the court. Instead, he ordered the imperial physician to examine the health of all court officials, even the ninth-rank officials.
The official explanation was that the emperor was sympathetic to the hard work of his officials and was taking advantage of the year-end break to allow them to receive treatment if they were diagnosed with an illness, allowing them to recover faster by recuperating at home.
Civil and military officials were puzzled. It was not strange for the late emperor to do this, but it was horrifying no matter how they thought about it. Could it be that he had dug another trap for them to fall into?
With trepidation, all the officials watched as the imperial physician took their pulses, recorded their words, and then handed the recorded paper to them, asking them to line up and enter the side hall for examination.
The officials were puzzled. They had already taken the pulse, so what else did they need to check?
The first official walked into the side hall, and soon a pig-slaughtering scream was heard.
The officials standing in line all shuddered. What was going on here? It was just a physical examination, why was there such a noise?
Could it be... that he's torturing me?
Thinking of this, the officials became more and more uneasy, and all kinds of torture played out in their minds one after another until the official came out in tears.
When the official met the gazes of the others, he was immediately filled with sadness and almost ran away in tears.
His appearance, which looked like he had been ravaged, made all the officials' anus tighten, and they became more and more uneasy. What was going on in there?
The second-ranked official walked into the hall with a fearless attitude, followed by the third, fourth, fifth...
The officials who came out had different expressions, but no matter who asked what was going on inside, they kept their mouths shut and refused to say a word.
Soon it was the turn of Tao Shidu from the Hanlin Academy. He walked in nervously, holding the record paper.
There were two solid wooden screens at the entrance of the side hall, making it impossible to see what was going on inside.
Wu Yuanshi and two judges were waiting inside. When they saw Tao Shi read in, the first word they read was: "Take off."
Tao Shidu:?!
He suspected he had heard wrongly.
Doctor Zhuang said, "Please take off your clothes, sir."
Tao Shidu:!!!
His face flushed red before he uttered four words: "Disgraceful!"
Doctor Wu and the other two looked at him and said, "This is the order of His Majesty."
Tao Shidu, who did not have the courage to disobey the order, had to endure the occasional pain from somewhere, untied his belt, and took off his clothes layer by layer, leaving only a pair of underwear.
There are several braziers in the side hall, so you won’t feel cold even if you don’t wear anything.
Seeing that he stopped, Wu Yuanshi said, "Continue to take off your clothes."
Tao Shidu: "..."
He put his hands on the edge of his underwear, but couldn't bring himself to pull it down.
The three imperial doctors have seen many such cases, and 80% of those who refuse to take off their clothes have hidden illnesses.
Wu Yuanshi waved his hand, and immediately a eunuch came forward, grabbed Tao Shidu's underwear and pulled it down swiftly.
Before Tao Shidu could react, his legs suddenly felt cold.
The three imperial doctors looked somewhere and immediately gasped.
Tao Shidu's face turned green and he really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
After looking around, he desperately asked, "Can it be cured?"
The three doctors looked at each other, and Doctor Zhuang said tactfully: "My lord, please eat more of what you want." It's all rotten, who can cure it?
After understanding what he meant, Tao Shidu tried to hold back his tears but couldn't help but burst into tears.
If he had known that he would really get this disease, he would never go to a brothel!
Hearing the wailing coming from the side hall again, the officials in line all shuddered.
Can someone please tell them what is going on in there?
*
"Your Majesty, all civil and military officials have gone back, and the Imperial Hospital is compiling pulse records." Zhou Yuande came in with a memorial.
"I'll send it over immediately after the summary." Xiao Jingfan looked up and saw the memorial in his hand. "Who sent it?"
"It's His Royal Highness Prince Rui." Zhou Yuande presented the memorial with both hands, "Please review it, Your Majesty."
"Old Nine went to Quanzhuang to recuperate, so happy that he didn't miss his homeland. He actually still remembers me, his royal brother." Xiao Jingfan reached out to take it, and after reading two lines, he shook his head helplessly. "Old Nine, it took him so long to send this memorial. It seems he doesn't plan to return to the capital for the New Year."
Zhou Yuande said, "Your Highness Prince Rui is weak. The winter in the capital is very cold. I'm afraid he won't feel well after returning."
"His body really can't stand the cold." Xiao Jingfan threw the letter away and said, "Forget it, let him be."
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