Chapter 171: All ungrateful

Zhu Shangshu's mansion.

Seeing the sudden influx of imperial guards, the whole family panicked. Only the mistress was relatively calm. She stepped forward and asked, "Sir, what happened?"

"We are ordered to take Zhu Siyu and several male concubines in the mansion back for interrogation."

The eldest brother of the imperial guards showed the token. When

Mrs. Zhu heard the words "male concubines", her body suddenly swayed and she almost fell to the ground. The maid behind her quickly supported her.

Has this day finally arrived?

The concubines behind her were also shocked when they heard this.

Then, a swarm of people came to Madam Zhu, asking all of them, "Madam, has the master been arrested?"

"Madam, if the master is arrested, will we be implicated as well?"

"Madam, will we all go to jail?"

"Madam, will our property be confiscated? How will we live in the future?"

"Mother, what about our wedding?"

"Mother, will I have no new clothes to wear in the future?"

"Mother..."

Madam Zhu fainted.

Outside Zhu Siyu's courtyard, they were eating melon seeds and discussing how to get rid of the guards so as to deal with Zhu Siyu's three brothers. When they saw the imperial guards coming in, the three pig-headed brothers were stunned.

They were so stunned that they came to their senses only after they entered Zhu Siyu's courtyard.

The three idiots got up and ran to ask what was going on. The leader showed his token and said the same thing as before.

The three brothers were stunned.

Taking Zhu Siyu for questioning meant that their frequent bullying of him was exposed.

If Zhu Siyu confessed during the questioning, wouldn't they also go to jail?

Thinking of this, the three brothers turned pale and their legs trembled.

It's over, they are finished now...

Zhu Siyu came out when he heard the noise and had heard what the leader said.

Zhu Siyu, who was still a little pale, was not shocked and followed the imperial guards calmly.

"Do you know where Minister Zhu's male pet is imprisoned?"

the imperial guard asked.

Zhu Siyu pursed his lips and nodded.

Minister Zhu took him to that filthy place more than once. He wanted to use that disguised way to make him surrender, but he was numb because he was bullied and humiliated when he grew up. Even if they performed a live sex scene in front of him, he didn't even blink.

But fortunately, Shushu always protected him, so Minister Zhu didn't dare to use force on him, otherwise...

there wouldn't be that moment. If that moment had appeared, his life would have ended.

He was born like an ant, and he persisted because of a ray of light. But if he didn't even have the hope of pursuing that light, then what would it matter if he died!

He was never afraid of death, but he couldn't bear to give up that light.

The girl who had protected him since he was a child.

"What are you doing? This is the Shangshu Mansion! How can you just barge in?"

The old lady was about to go out to bask in the sun when she saw Zhu Siyu leading a group of imperial guards to enter the men's court. She hurried forward to stop them.

The imperial guard had to show his token again. This time he was too lazy to explain and said coldly: "Please don't interfere with our work, otherwise..."

Hearing this, the old lady hurriedly stepped aside to let them in.

"What should I do, what should I do..."

The old lady was so anxious that she turned around and around, "By the way, Xiao Jiejie, find Xiao Jiejie."

"He is the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, he will definitely be able to help."

Thinking of this, the old lady trembled and returned to her own courtyard, and then wrote a letter to Shaoqing Shangguan.

Those male favorites were naturally not allowed to enter the Golden Palace, so Minister Jiang interrogated them outside the palace, and only Zhu Siyu entered the palace.

When he saw Concubine De, his eyes flashed, and after paying his respects to the woman on the dragon chair, he waited for interrogation.

After asking the name clearly, the Dali Temple began to try the case. Zhu Siyu clenched his fingers and answered the Dali Temple's questions one by one.

With every answer, the light in his eyes became numb. Although this was a very humiliating thing, none of this mattered. What mattered was that he could live well and that the beast Zhu Jin could go to hell.

As long as he went to hell, he might be able to pursue his light.

Even if it was just to look at her from a distance from time to time.

"Mmm..."

Zhu Jin's mouth was blocked and she couldn't speak, so she could only mumble anxiously.

When interrogating Zhu Siyu, Zhu Jin also had to be interrogated, so he had to be allowed to speak temporarily.

As soon as the handkerchief was taken out, Zhu Jin spat at Zhu Siyu, "Bah, you are all ungrateful!"

"You bastard, I took you in out of kindness, but you actually bit me back. You said I forced you, so where is the evidence?"

"The wounds on my body are the evidence, and those male favorites outside can also testify." Zhu Siyu said numbly, his expression was not the slightest bit turbulent.

It was like a puppet that had been stripped of its expression.

Defei's heart tightened again when she saw this.

Coincidentally, Minister Jiang came in with the reviewed testimony.

Several male favorites were relatively young. When they learned that Zhu Jin had committed the crime of corruption and could no longer be rampant, they confessed all the crimes they had committed.

Some even confessed the murder committed by Zhu Jin.

Minister Jiang also asked about Zhu Siyu. After all, it was Concubine De who proposed it, so he had to interrogate him clearly. What

the male favorites said was consistent with what Zhu Siyu said. He was indeed taken into the male favorites' courtyard by Zhu Jin and forced to watch their performances in order to make him submit, but Zhu Siyu did not.

Zhu Jin did not dare to use force on Zhu Siyu because he was jealous of Concubine De.

At this time, the two guards sent by Lin You to protect Zhu Siyu presented the account books and stolen money in Minister Zhu's mansion to Minister Jiang.

Seeing this, Zhu Jin, who was jumping like a toad, wilted.

With all the evidence, he could no longer make excuses.

Because Zhu Jin's crime was serious, especially the Lizhou incident, which involved a lot of people, after he signed and sealed, Eunuch Hong reported the matter to the emperor, waiting for his decision.

This time, Eunuch Hong was surprisingly fast. "According to the emperor's order, the matter will be decided by the imperial concubine."

Upon hearing this, the ministers looked at the woman behind the pearl curtain.

Lin You, who was eating fruit secretly, was stunned when he heard Eunuch Hong say this.

[No, such a big thing, I was actually the one who made the decision. Is Shen Jingan, the sickly emperor, addicted to being a hands-off emperor?]

Sickly emperor, hands-off emperor...

The ministers were shocked when they heard this.

They didn't even dare to blaspheme their extremely noble emperor in their hearts!

The young emperor behind the screen heard this and felt uncomfortable drinking tea. He almost started to cough again, but he quickly suppressed it so that the ministers would not notice his presence.

This woman is really...

infuriating.

[Hiss, this question is a bit difficult.]

The more Lin You thought about it, the more he realized that this matter was not that simple.

[Logically speaking, the two guards had been with Zhu Siyu for so many days, it is impossible that they did not notice that there was something fishy going on between Defei and Zhu Siyu]

[Even if they did not notice, the sickly emperor should have noticed something was wrong from Defei's outrageous behavior. At this time, he should have been furious and sentenced Zhu Siyu and the Zhu family to death. Why did he let me make the decision? What does this mean?]