Chu Li walked to the table and asked, "Gou Ba, who is watching over the medicines I use every day, including gauze, scissors, and oral medicines?"
Gou Ba's heart sank.
Are you suspecting that someone has tampered with this?
He said solemnly, "The internal medicine was picked up by me personally and boiled by me personally. No one else has touched it. As for these external medicines, they are kept by Xiao Anzi."
"Find someone to keep an eye on him and don't alert him."
"yes!"
Gou Ba will do it immediately.
Chu Li turned over and sat down, resting his fingertips on the table, tapping occasionally.
She had always been kind to her subordinates and had never made things difficult for them. If someone was really blind enough to betray her...
Then don't blame her for being rude!
At first, Chu Li was just suspicious, but he never expected that Gou Ba would come to report in a hurry the next morning:
"Master, there is something wrong with that little Anzi."
"I have been watching him for a whole day and night. There was nothing wrong with him yesterday. But this morning, I found that he went out quietly and met someone furtively. However, he was far away, so I didn't see who it was."
Chu Li couldn't help but laugh when he heard that.
Oh.
It really is one of my subordinates.
After taking two sips of tea, he threw the cup on the table and said, "Bring the person over here."
"yes."
Soon, Gou Ba brought Xiao Anzi in.
Xiao Anzi is a young eunuch. He is not very old, but he has served in Zhaolan Palace for nine years. He is honest and introverted. He is busy with some tidying up work on weekdays and has never made any mistakes.
"I pay my respects to my master."
He was kneeling on the ground, looking so honest that no one could suspect him.
Chu Li looked at him and asked, "Why did you betray me?"
Xiao Anzi was shocked and terrified: "Master, what are you talking about? How come I don't understand? Even if I have ten times the courage, I dare not betray you! Master has been so kind to me and has given me a second life. How could I betray you?"
That anxious look really shows that he is being wronged.
Chu Li smiled and said:
"I just said it casually, and you looked so anxious that you explained so much, as if you were afraid that I wouldn't believe you."
She only said one sentence, but Xiao Anzi said a lot.
Xiao Anzi's face turned pale: "Slave...slave...that's because I'm afraid that the master will misunderstand, so..."
"Yeah?"
Is true loyalty expressed with the mouth?
Chu Li sat down and said, "Since you said so, I have been very kind to you. Now, I will give you a chance to express my sincerity."
Gou Ba pulled out a dagger and threw it on the ground.
He said, "The wound on the master's arm has not healed yet. I heard that it can only heal quickly if the blood from the heart is used as medicine. Xiao Anzi, you are loyal to the master, so I believe you are willing to donate your blood from the heart to the master, right?"
Xiao Anzi was shocked.
Heart, heart bleeding?
If the blood from his heart was dug out, wouldn't he die?
this……
Looking at the shining knife, how could he dare to take it?
"My Lord, I am willing to go through fire and water for you, but... your arm injury, I will go to the Imperial Hospital to ask the Imperial Physician for you..."
Gou Ba interrupted loudly:
"The imperial physician has examined it. It is precisely because the disease cannot be cured that the folk remedy of heart blood is used."
"Why don't you do it now?"
Xiao Anzi's palms were shaking with fear, and he reached out for the dagger tremblingly. As soon as his fingertips touched it, he pulled it back in fear.
Gou Ba said coldly: "What? You don't dare? If you don't do this, how can the wound on the master's arm be healed?"
"Slave...slave..."
Xiao Anzi was about to cry, but when he saw Chu Li was determined to do this, he finally couldn't hold back his tears and kowtowed:
"Master, I know I am wrong, please spare my life, please spare my life!"
Gou Ba had a cold face.
There is indeed a problem!
"Why hasn't your injury healed yet? Why don't you tell the truth?"
Xiao Anzi didn't dare to hide it anymore, and kowtowed, saying, "I am guilty! Five days ago, a guard found me and gave me fifty taels of silver, asking me to spray a medicine on the gauze."
"He said that it was not poison, it just made the master's wound heal more slowly and would not endanger his life. I was bewitched for a moment and... I know I was wrong, please spare my life!"
He confessed everything.
Chu Li looked indifferent, "Who is that guard?"
"I don't know."
"If you don't hand this person over, you will die. Do you understand?"
Xiao Anzi was so frightened that he hurriedly said, "I am willing to give it a try!"
In order to survive, he dared not delay for a moment. At night, he quietly left Zhaolan Palace and came to the place where the two had agreed. He left a secret signal, saying that the "medicine" had run out and asked him to send it over.
The next day, at night, when Xiao Anzi went there to meet again, the guard had already appeared.
He lowered his head, hiding in the night, and his face could not be seen clearly.
"Have you run out of medicine?" The voice was very cold.
Xiao Anzi said, "Follow your instructions, spray the medicine on the gauze and give it to the Ninth Prince."
"Does the Ninth Prince have any suspicions?"
"He just thought it was due to contact with water or improper diet, which caused the wound to fester and take a long time to heal. He didn't suspect anything else."
"oh."
The guard asked, then took out a small brown porcelain bottle from his sleeve and said, "Keep using it."
"yes."
Xiao Anzi slowly stretched out his hand and took the porcelain bottle, but his eyes darkened and he suddenly grabbed his hand.
“Got it!”
"you--"
When the guard reacted and was about to struggle, he was suddenly hit on the back of his head by a stick. He fell to the ground, dizzy and unable to resist.
A slender figure gradually approached in front of me.
The Ninth Prince!
They actually set a trap!
"Master, this is the man." Xiao Anzi has turned from evil to good.
Chu Li looked down at him and kicked his head, "Gou Ba."
"yes."
Gou Ba took off the badge from his waist, saw the identity information, and quickly learned his position and name.
The investigation actually implicated the Sixth Prince.
The guard's name was Wei Wu, and he was promoted into the palace by the Sixth Prince.
It seems that the mastermind behind this is the Sixth Prince.
Gou Ba sent the results of his investigation to Zhaolan Palace. Chu Li did not detain Wei Wu and released him as if nothing had happened.
The more nonchalant she acted, the more unsure Wei Wu felt, and he became completely panicked.
Why didn't the Ninth Prince punish him?
Is this some kind of trap?
He was so panicked that he couldn't sleep all night.
The next day, Chu Li made an appointment to meet with the Sixth Prince.
When Chu Huaijin came, he opened his chest, took big steps, and looked calm and composed. He specifically glanced at Chu Li's arm.
"Ninth brother, do you have something to ask me?"
Chu Li gently stroked the gauze on his forearm and said:
"There is one thing I can't make up my mind about. I don't know how to deal with it, so I would like to ask Sixth Brother for advice."
Chu Huaijin thought it was about the Double Ninth Festival ceremony, and a trace of resentment flashed across his eyes.
According to the order, it should have been his turn this year, but Chu Li got it first.
How could he not feel resentful?
"Please ask, Ninth Brother. I will tell you everything I know."
Chu Li took his time, picked up something on the table and handed it to Chu Huaijin, "Last night, a blind cockroach ran into the palace, and I was thinking about how to tell my father."
When Chu Huaijin saw the badge in her hand, his expression suddenly changed.
That was a waist badge used exclusively by palace guards.
There are two words engraved on the waist badge - Wei Wu.
She arrested someone?
"Sixth brother, do you think we should tell father?"
Chu Huaijin met Chu Li's smiling eyes. Her deep gaze seemed to have seen through everything.
No matter how much he explained, it was in vain.
She knows.
I know everything.
Suddenly, Chu Huaijin felt like he had something stuck in his throat: "I..."
yes.
He did it.
He ordered people to prepare a medicine that, when in contact with wounds, would cause the skin to ulcerate and fester, slowly seeping deep into the flesh until maggots grew and the wound completely rotted away.
But he did this for a reason.
If Chu Li hadn't taken away his job, why would he hold a grudge against him?
He is right!
He was also forced by Chu Li!
"Forget it." Chu Li suddenly said.
"?"
Chu Huaijin was stunned for a moment and hadn't reacted yet.
"I will pretend to be ignorant of what happened today."
Chu Huaijin was stunned.
Just reveal it like that?
He asked him to come here because he valued the relationship between brothers and wanted to let him off the hook?
Is he so easy to talk to?
After leaving Zhaolan Palace with the badge in his hand, Chu Huaijin was still confused. He really couldn't figure out what Chu Li's purpose was in doing this.
In terms of closeness, his relationship with Chu Li is far inferior to that of the eighth prince Chu Aotian.
How could Chu Li let him go?
Could it be that...
What evil idea is he planning?
People are like this. If you use the greatest malice to speculate on the kindness of others, you will often end up making things worse.
"Master, you just let the Sixth Prince go like that?" Gou Ba was surprised.
Isn't it too kind of the master to do this?
If there is one, there will be two.
We have to be on guard!
Chu Li took a sip of tea, and the deep meaning in his eyes could not be guessed by anyone, "The opportunity has been given. Whether he can grasp it and whether it can be used or not depends on him."
If you talk about a good person, she probably can't be called that.
It’s just that if no one offends me, I won’t offend anyone.
The other side.
On his way out of the palace, Chu Huaijin was still full of anxiety. He accidentally bumped into the Second Prince, who was still in a daze.
"Sixth brother."
The second prince held his shoulders and looked at him worriedly as he was distracted. "What's wrong? What happened?"
Chu Huaijin looked up in astonishment:
"Second brother."
Apart from the eldest prince who was born to the same mother as him, only the second prince treated him kindly and like a brother. From childhood to adulthood, no matter what happened, he liked to discuss it with his second prince.
This time is no exception.
"I just came out of Zhaolan Palace. I... seemed to be in trouble, but Chu Li just brushed it off..."
He was worried that Chu Li was playing some tricks.
Chu Huaijin expressed his concerns.
After listening to this, the Second Prince's expression froze slightly, and he thought seriously, "You mean, Chu Li let you go and returned your badge to you. He must be trying to use this to control you. After all, he has the leverage over you. No matter what happens in the future, he will control you."
Chu Huaijin's eyes immediately popped out.
No!
He doesn't want this!
Chu Li wants to control him, just by relying on "him"?
"Don't worry, Sixth Brother. Chu Li actually revealed this matter. Why don't we wait and see what happens? When we find a suitable opportunity in the future, we can think of a way to fight back." The Second Prince comforted him.
Chu Huaijin is not in the right now, so this is all he can do.
Let this matter pass first and talk about it later.
"Then I'll go back home first."
"good."
The Second Prince watched Chu Huaijin leave. When he was far away, he narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, called his personal attendant, and whispered:
"You go now..."
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On the way back home, Chu Huaijin was halfway there when he was suddenly stopped by a royal guard, who said that the emperor had summoned him and asked him to enter the palace immediately.
He couldn't help but wonder.
Does the emperor want to see him for something?
He returned to the palace, entered the imperial study, knelt down and paid his respects, but was still not greeted with the word "stand up".
Emperor Chu sat in front of the dragon table, holding the memorial, and looked at Chu Huaijin with a complicated and disappointed look:
"Xiao Liu, do you know you are wrong?"
Chu Huaijin's heart tightened, "What does father mean by this?"
"You know what you did. Do you still need me to remind you?"
What did he do?
Chu Huaijin raised his head and said, "I am a stupid person, please enlighten me, Father."
Bang!
The King of Chu closed the memorial and threw it on the table in great disappointment. "You bribed the guards and tampered with Xiaojiu's medicine, almost crippling his arm. Don't you admit it?"
"Father!"
Chu Huaijin's pupils shrank sharply.
How could my father know?
How could that be?
Chu Li had clearly said that he would not betray him. After the incident was exposed, he did not expect that he would turn around and complain to the Emperor Chu despite appearing to be kind and generous.
That two-faced hypocritical look immediately angered Chu Huaijin.
Chu! Raccoon!
Is this deliberately making fun of him?
"I learned about this matter and sent people to investigate it carefully. The evidence is irrefutable. What else can you say?" the King of Chu said coldly.
"I have taught you since you were young that brothers should be friendly and respectful to each other, and that harmony is necessary. A harmonious family is more valuable than excellent talents. I never thought that you would do such a thing to harm your brothers!"
Chu Huaijin raised his head and said sarcastically:
"Brothers should be friendly and respectful to each other, and should treat each other equally. Father, you are partial to my ninth brother, and you do not allow me to harbor resentment?"
"When was I unfair?"
"This year's Double Ninth Festival should have been organized by me, your son."
"This is my intention. I asked Xiaojiu to do it. Xiaojiu was ordered to do it in a time of crisis. Why don't you blame me?" The King of Chu stood up angrily, slamming the table.
"Will you ever poison my food when you feel resentful towards me?"
Chu Huaijin's pupils shrank slightly in shock:
"Father! Your son..."
"You rebellious son!"
How could he dare to do such a treasonous thing?
He poisoned Chu Li just to teach him a lesson, and he didn't dare to have any other thoughts.
"Go back, go back to your mansion, and be confined to your house for three months. Without my permission, you are not allowed to step out of the Sixth Prince's mansion!"
Chu Huaijin's body tilted and he fell to the ground dejectedly.
Three months of house arrest.
His father had never punished him so harshly before.
Chu Li! Chu Li!
You are a two-faced villain!
You clearly said that this matter has been exposed and you won't take it to heart, but you teased me like a clown. I won't let you go!
I won't let you go!
The King of Chu punished the Sixth Prince and sent a trusted imperial physician to treat Chu Li again. He also allocated a lot of precious medicinal herbs and ordered the people in Zhaolan Palace to be vigilant, do their job well, and not make such mistakes again.
In less than half an hour, the eldest prince Chu Yuanchi hurried into the Zhaolan Palace.
"Sixth brother was confused for a moment, please be merciful and forgive him for this time!"
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