Zhu Wuhuan kept a good mood and let Suqiu do her makeup, and then put on various priceless hairpins and jewelry.
When they were ready and were about to set off from Taiji Hall in sedan chairs to Changle Palace to meet the concubines, Feng Changye's court was also dismissed.
Feng Changye walked majestically in front, and Xiao Yuanzi walked respectfully one step behind him.
He whispered, "Secretly find some people to help me find the whereabouts of this person—"
Xiao Yuanzi said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please give your orders."
Feng Changye said, "Chu Yujie."
Xiao Yuanzi responded, and then waited for the emperor to tell him the specific information such as where the man was from, his identity, age, etc.
As a result, after following the emperor for a few steps and not hearing anything else, he looked up at the emperor.
"Your Majesty, you only have one name?"
He asked cautiously, "Is there any other information about your origin, place of origin, physical characteristics, etc."
Feng Changye stopped.
When he was in a bad mood, his eyes were heavy. He stared at Xiao Yuanzi like that, making Xiao Yuanzi tremble with fear, fearing that the emperor would get angry again!
Feng Changye held it in for a long while before finally uttering a few words in a very aggrieved tone:
"If I had to mention some physical characteristics..."
He gritted his teeth and said word by word, "She looks good!"
Xiao Yuanzi was confused. Since when did being good-looking become considered a physical characteristic?
After all, except for those who are extremely ugly, everyone else in this world has their merits and can be considered good-looking!
Feng Changye gritted his teeth as he finished his words under Xiao Yuanzi's bewildered gaze, "That Chu Yujie, he might be even more handsome than me!"
Xiao Yuanzi shuddered and subconsciously said, "How is this possible? There is absolutely no one in this world who is more handsome than the emperor!"
He knew how satisfied their master was with this face!
Whoever dares to say that the master is not as good-looking as others will be angry for the whole day!
So he almost reflexively flattered his master by praising his handsomeness and how unparalleled he was in the world.
Feng Changye felt a little more satisfied after hearing his flattery.
But when he remembered that in Zhu Wuhuan's dream he was just a thousand-year-old ghost and Chu Yujie was just a beautiful and handsome male god, he felt aggrieved again.
He gritted his teeth, "Oh! In the eyes of some people, how can my face be considered good-looking?"
To her, the only thing I can get through is my skull!
This is the only thing she can remember forever!
After hearing this, Xiao Yuanzi understood immediately.
The one who could make the emperor so resentful must be the empress who was just favored by the emperor last night!
He thought that the emperor must have heard the empress talking in her sleep last night and calling out Chu Yujie's name. So the emperor came to him today with a petty mind and ordered him to find out who Chu Yujie was.
As he thought about this, he asked cautiously, "Is this Chu Yujie... an old friend of the Empress?"
Feng Changye glanced at him and said quietly, "I can't really call him an old friend—"
Xiao Yuanzi's heart instantly felt at peace.
I hope it’s not an old friend.
"After seeing someone's portrait, I kept thinking about it for many years."
Xiao Yuanzi, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, breathed hard again when he heard the emperor's words!
His scalp suddenly went numb and his alarm bells rang!
Oh my God, thinking about someone for so many years is more dangerous than an old friend!
No wonder the emperor wants to find out who this Chu Yujie is so much!
If it were him, he would also want to find this person!
"Your Majesty, I will do it immediately and bring all those who meet the requirements and are named Chu Yujie to you in the shortest possible time!"
Xiao Yuanzi swore secretly.
He must catch that guy as soon as possible and remove the obstacles between the emperor and the empress!
The emperor has finally fallen in love with someone, and he can't let any misunderstandings arise between the emperor and the empress, which will eventually plant an unsolvable grudge in his heart!
"There is one more thing I want to report to the Emperor."
Xiao Yuanzi remembered that the emperor had asked him to investigate the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so he looked up into the emperor's eyes and reported.
"Yesterday, I only did a cursory review of all the publicly documented cases, and I discovered that the eunuch Si Quan, who holds the seal of the Imperial Household Department, is indeed dishonest. If we continue to dig deeper, I'm afraid we will unearth even more heinous crimes!"
Feng Changye sneered, "There really is something fishy going on!"
He raised his chin slightly and gestured to Xiao Yuanzi, "Tell me, what have you found out so far?"
Xiao Yuanzi nodded and told the whole story one by one.
"The first case involved him secretly accepting bribes from merchants and falsely passing on an imperial decree to abolish the Ye and Zhu families, the imperial merchants of the previous emperor's time, and then replacing them with some merchants who had bribed him heavily."
"These merchants have an extremely bad reputation among the people. They are in cahoots with Si Quan, using the pretext of preparing goods for the imperial palace to bully and dominate the market. They have caused many good merchants to lose their homes and lives, leaving them with no recourse."
"So much so that your prestige among the people has been somewhat affected."
"This second incident is a little difficult for me to talk about..."
"Although Si Quan is a eunuch like the slaves, his lustful nature has not subsided. He likes pretty women. And perhaps because of his own disability, he does not love adult women, but rather young girls."
"If he liked an adult woman, he could go to a brothel to have some fun, but as for underage women, he'd have to find ways to get them himself."
"So he opened a gambling house. Whenever he saw a pretty girl, he would have her father tricked into the gambling house. He would then set a trap for the girl and make her lose all her wealth."
"At this point, he could ask the other party to send their daughter to him after they begged him. He would play with her for a few days and then send her back. When she returned, all gambling debts would be written off."
"Those people probably knew he was a eunuch, and they were hoping he wouldn't do anything to their daughter, so they sent her away trembling with fear."
"But a few days later, they found their daughter, who had been tortured to the point of mental breakdown and madness."
"I've had people question them, and basically all the girls were sent back with all sorts of whip marks, knife cuts, and burns all over their bodies. Not a single piece of healthy flesh..."
"Those are all traces left by Si Quan's destruction."
When Feng Changye heard this, his face turned as cold as ice!
He waved his sleeves in anger!
"I had no idea that such a vicious person existed right under my nose, and that such filth and corruption existed in the Imperial City!"
He ordered sternly, "Little Yuanzi, quickly take a hundred imperial guards and capture Si Quan. I will skin him alive!"
Xiao Yuanzi hesitated and said, "But Your Majesty, Si Quan is a distant relative of the Empress Dowager..."
Feng Changye sneered, "The Empress Dowager's distant relatives are more noble than anyone else, right? I've already touched the Empress Dowager's own son, who's held in the palm of her hand. Why would I care about him being a distant relative?"
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