Chapter 19 Bald at 30, dead at 40
Chu Liuzheng played along, frowning and saying, "Did the eunuch really never send anyone there?"
Wang Jinzhong shook his head. "If you don't believe me, you can ask everyone in the Imperial Household Department to see if there's a single lie in our family."
The Imperial Household Department is your world. Even if you say the grass is blue, they will all nod in agreement.
"I naturally trust the eunuch," Chu Liuzheng said, "but since His Majesty sent me here to identify someone, I must do my duty. It's my fault for disturbing the eunuch's sleep, and I apologize."
She knelt down and bowed, but Wang Jinzhong didn't dare to accept it all.
He had heard some rumors, and seeing Zhou Yuande's polite attitude towards this person, maybe this person would be the boss in the future.
The three of them exchanged pleasantries and said some polite words. When Chu Liuzheng felt his mouth was dry and his tongue was parched, the eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department finally arrived.
Wang Jinzhong said to the eunuchs with a stern face, "Whoever is Xiao Yuanzi, come out."
As soon as he finished speaking, three eunuchs stood up with their heads down. They were all tall and their names were Xiaoyuanzi, Xiaoyuanzi, and Xiaoyuanzi, all with the same pronunciation.
Wang Jinzhong waved his hand, and the three of them walked forward and stood in a row in front of Chu Liuzheng.
Wang Jinzhong turned to Chu Liuzheng and said with a smile, "Everyone is here. Please identify them, young lady."
"Thank you, Eunuch Wang." Chu Liuzheng nodded to him, then said to the three eunuchs, "Raise your heads."
The three of them raised their heads at the same time, staring straight ahead.
Chu Liuzheng's heart sank as he scanned the faces of the three people one by one.
As she expected, the young eunuch who knocked her out used a fake name.
There is a vast amount of gossip in the melon-eating system, but Chu Liuzheng is the host, and her gossip is not recorded. She can only see some information related to herself from other people's gossip.
Moreover, only things that have been said or done and can be classified as gossip will be recorded by the system; what you think in your mind does not count.
It is certainly convenient to use the Chigua system to check news, but it has a drawback: there are no pictures or videos.
If you don’t know the name, you won’t be able to match it with the gossip, and if you know the pseudonym, you will get the wrong gossip.
It's fine under normal circumstances. Eating melons is just for fun, and people who like to have fun can eat any melon.
But in a situation like today, I can't be happy.
It is true that there is a Xiao Yuanzi in the Imperial Household Department, but this Xiao Yuanzi is not that Xiao Yuanzi.
Chu Liuzheng thought for a while, reopened the system, and looked for gossip related to Cuiyun.
She rarely makes enemies with anyone, and the only one who wants to harm her recently is Cuiyun.
Cuiyun's plan could only succeed if she was tied up and taken to Zhaoxuetang, so the young eunuch who came to find her must be related to Cuiyun, and she might have missed it in her anger just now.
Chu Liuzheng began to dig deeper into Cuiyun's experience since entering the palace.
Several pieces of gossip flashed by quickly, and the key words were imprinted in my mind.
His eyes suddenly paused.
【Food together?】
Xiao Yinzi, the eunuch who oversees the storehouse at the Imperial Household Department, is from the same hometown as Cuiyun and wants to marry her, but Cuiyun is unwilling.
[The day before yesterday, Cuiyun suddenly took the initiative to go to Xiaoyinzi to reminisce about the past, and expressed her willingness to marry him.]
[Tsk tsk, isn't this timing a bit too coincidental? ]
"Xiao Yinzi." Chu Liuzheng repeated the name unconsciously.
"What did the girl say?" Zhou Yuande's ears were sharp. "But the little mark?"
"Xiao Yinzi?" Wang Jinzhong thought the person he was looking for had changed, so he immediately called out to the eunuchs, "Those called Xiao Yinzi, please stand up."
Soon, a short eunuch stood out from the crowd. If you looked closely, you could see that his legs were shaking nervously.
Wang Jinzhong ordered, "Come here."
The young eunuch came over with a sad face.
Chu Liuzheng knew at a glance that this was not the person he was looking for, but he still asked, "Your name is Xiao Yinzi?"
The young eunuch nodded and said, "To answer the young lady, my name is Xiao Yingzi."
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
It’s okay to not be able to distinguish between the front and back nasal sounds, but is it difficult to distinguish between the fourth and third tones?
"What ears!" Wang Jinzhong raised his hand and slapped Xiao Yingzi on the head, saying unhappily, "I told Xiao Yinzi to come out, why are you standing out here?"
"Xiao, Xiao Yinzi is sick and has a fever and can't get up." Xiao Yingzi wanted to cry, her tone a little aggrieved. "I live with him in the same room, and I just wanted to stand up and say something to you on his behalf."
"How come you are so sick that you can't get up?" Wang Jinzhong frowned and ordered two confidants to bring the person over.
Soon people were brought in.
Seeing that face clearly, Chu Liuzheng's eyebrows curved immediately, "Do you still remember me, eunuch?"
"You're joking, young lady." Xiao Yinzi looked sick and lowered his head slightly. "I've never seen you before."
Wang Jinzhong looked at Xiao Yinzi and then at Chu Liuzheng and asked, "Miss, are you sure it's really him?"
——After all, he is from the Imperial Household Department, he has to ask clearly and not take the blame for others.
"I've got it." Chu Liuzheng's smile faded, his brows and eyes suddenly turning cold. "I'll recognize the person who harmed me even if he turned into ashes!"
Everyone was shocked by her change of expression.
This person has been very friendly since he came in, and the smile on his face never fades.
Now he looks quite majestic with his cold face, making people feel that he is not someone to be trifled with.
Wang Jinzhong didn't ask any more questions. No matter how Xiao Yinzi pleaded, he was not moved at all. He even accompanied Chu Liuzheng to the Yangxin Palace in person.
——No matter what Xiao Yinzi did wrong, he had to clear the Imperial Household Department and himself in front of His Majesty.
Zhou Yuande wanted to do Chu Liuzheng a favor, so he took the initiative to take over the interrogation. Before they reached the Yangxin Palace, Xiao Yinzi had already confessed.
It was indeed he who knocked Chu Liuzheng unconscious and took him away and hid him. He waited until dark before carrying him to Zhaoxue Hall through a small path.
"I just wanted to help Cuiyun vent her anger." Xiao Yinzi's sickly face was filled with anger as he glared at Chu Liuzheng fiercely. "It's all because of you that Cuiyun was punished to suffer in the laundry. You're the one who harmed her!"
Chu Liuzheng: Huh?
What a big black pot.
It was clearly the tyrant who punished him, what did it have to do with her?
You really pick on the weak, don't you?
Chu Liuzheng wanted to roll up his sleeves and go to the laundry to drag Cuiyun out for a fight!
A harmful person!!
It is such bad luck for me to know you!
She narrowed her eyes and stared at Xiao Yinzi, her tone unfriendly, "Did Cuiyun ask you to do this?"
Xiao Yinzi pursed her lips and refused to answer. Wang Jinzhong raised his hand and slapped her a few times before Xiao Yinzi let go.
"yes."
His eyes flashed, and he added, "I did it all voluntarily. Cuiyun didn't force me."
Chu Liuzheng raised his eyebrows secretly, this sentence is redundant.
[Does he really think this little Yinzi likes Cuiyun that much? Isn't it true that everyone flees when disaster strikes? Isn't he just looking for a way out?]
It’s too late to regret after you’ve taken action!
*
The lights in the Hall of Mental Cultivation were on, and it was obvious that the people inside had not yet rested.
Chu Liuzheng couldn't help but look up at the sky above his head, which was faintly white.
[Is the tyrant planning to review memorials all night?]
[Tsk tsk, bald at thirty, dead at forty, the tyrant is awesome!]
Xiao Jingfan, who was cursed to die early: "..."
Damn woman!
Sooner or later, I will make you pay!
"Come in!"
Zhou Yuande was shocked. Your Majesty's tone was wrong. Who made Your Majesty angry again?
He carefully led everyone into the Yangxin Palace.
(End of this chapter)
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