Unexpectedly, he himself was shocked by the scene before him.
Looking at the boiling oil in the pot, Sima Lie couldn't help but sigh inwardly that he had been too kind in his daily life.
Compared to Hu Pan, he was utterly insignificant.
At this moment, Hu Pan in the cell seemed to have just discovered Sima Lie and the others, and hurriedly stood up.
"Your subordinate Hu Pan greets Your Excellency the Prime Minister and Your Excellency the Minister!"
Hu Pan bowed and paid his respects.
"You old scoundrels, Sima and Xing, I will never let you go! Even if I become a ghost, I will kill you!"
At this moment, Li Dingbang shouted loudly.
"You old fool, how dare you disrespect the Prime Minister and the Minister of State! You're asking for death!"
With a loud shout, Hu Pan pressed Li Dingbang's feet back into the oil pan.
"Ahhh!"
The oil in the pan suddenly sizzled, and Li Dingbang screamed in pain.
Despite being far away, everyone present felt as if they could smell the odor of human flesh being fried.
"Hah!"
Some people with weaker mental fortitude started gagging on the spot.
Hu Pan remained calm and even chuckled twice.
His smiling face now looked like a demon to everyone present, and many people couldn't help but feel fear.
What is this person's name?
Sima Lie asked with considerable appreciation.
"Your Excellency, this man is Hu Pan, the Chief Clerk of the Imperial Prison," Xing Jun replied, covering his nose.
Sima Lie nodded.
Although this man was cruel and cold-blooded, his torment of Li Dingbang was exactly what Sima Lie wanted.
Seeing that Li Dingbang had quieted down, Hu Pan turned to look at Sima Lie.
"Your Excellency, would you like to come in and give it a try?"
Hu Pan smiled obsequiously and asked with his hands clasped in a gesture of respect.
Sima Lie looked at Li Dingbang, who was in so much pain that he couldn't even scream, and a cold smile appeared on his lips.
"No need. I am kind-hearted and cannot bear to see people suffer."
Sima Lie shook his head.
However, upon hearing this, the people following behind him couldn't help but secretly curl their lips in disapproval.
Sima Lie can be associated with any word, but he has absolutely nothing to do with kindness.
Over the years, everyone who offended him not only suffered the destruction of their families and death, but was also cruelly tortured to death by him using various extreme methods.
His cruelty was known all too well to his lackeys.
After Sima Lie finished speaking, he looked at Hu Pan with admiration and asked, "Hu Pan, I heard that you are just the Chief Executioner of the Imperial Prison?"
"That's right, I am indeed the Chief Censor."
Hu Pan quickly replied.
Sima Lie nodded.
“Someone as capable as you is wasting his talents as a lowly judicial officer. From this day forward, you will be the prison warden.”
Upon hearing Sima Lie's words, everyone couldn't help but look at Hu Pan with envy.
The prison warden is a highly important position, second only to the chief jailer of the imperial prison. Ordinary people might not be able to climb to this position in their entire lives.
Not to mention, before this, Hu Pan was just a minor judicial officer.
After a moment of stunned silence, Hu Pan knelt down on the ground with a thud.
"This humble servant is grateful for the Prime Minister's appreciation. Thank you very much, Prime Minister!"
Hu Pan kowtowed repeatedly, his face filled with gratitude and tears.
His appearance made Sima Lie admire him even more.
"Work hard, the Ministry of Justice might need someone like you in the future."
Upon hearing Sima Lie's words, everyone gasped in shock.
While it's not impossible to be promoted from the imperial prison to the Ministry of Justice, very few people throughout history have been able to do so.
Now, this minor official named Hu Pan has really struck it rich.
"Thank you for your appreciation, Your Excellency. I will certainly do my best!"
Hu Pan was even happier.
Sima Lie waved his hand, then turned and left with his hands behind his back.
Seeing Li Dingbang's miserable state today, he felt all the pent-up frustration in his heart vanish, and he felt incredibly comfortable.
After everyone left, Hu Pan stopped kowtowing.
"Phew, they're finally gone. I almost drew my sword several times just now!"
Wang Dingfang breathed a sigh of relief and said, his forehead covered in sweat.
Qin Yu, on the other hand, looked at Hu Pan.
"Congratulations, Lord Hu, you've been promoted this time."
Qin Yu smiled and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.
"Your Majesty, please don't make fun of me."
Hu Pan quickly waved his hand.
Even Li Dingbang smiled and looked at Hu Pan, "I never expected that this twist of fate would lead to you becoming the prison warden."
Li Dingbang looked pleased.
Although the prison warden is not absolute in this prison, he can make decisions with a single word as long as it is not a major matter.
This means that if Hu Pan wanted to protect the loyal ministers imprisoned in the imperial prison in the future, it would be even less likely to arouse suspicion.
"It's all thanks to His Majesty's clever plan. If it weren't for this deception, we would all be in danger today."
Hu Pan stood up and glanced at the boiling oil pot with a sigh.
Wang Dingfang and Li Dingbang also looked at Qin Yu with admiration.
They never expected that Qin Yu would come up with such a method.
When vinegar and oil are heated together, it looks like a pot of hot oil, and even if you get close, you can't tell anything.
But the temperature in the pot wasn't high at all. Although Li Dingbang seemed to be screaming in pain, he actually felt quite enjoying it.
Faced with the admiring gazes of the group, Qin Yu simply smiled calmly.
The trick of using vinegar as a hot oil pot is nothing new in later generations, but in this era, very few people can understand the principle of boiling point.
After confirming that Sima Lie and the others had left the prison, Qin Yu and the others stopped acting.
"General Li, I will return to the palace now. Please take care."
Qin Yu cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Li Dingbang.
"Your Majesty, please wait!"
Li Dingbang quickly stood up and said.
"Um."
After Qin Yu finished speaking, he turned and left.
"Take care, old general."
Wang Dingfang also reluctantly bowed and said goodbye.
"Yes, Dingfang, serve His Majesty well."
Li Dingbang patted Wang Dingfang on the shoulder.
"yes."
After the group left, the prison returned to silence.
After leaving the prison, Qin Yu did not return to the palace immediately. Instead, he wrote a letter to Zhu Fei and asked Hu Pan to deliver it to him.
After doing all this, Qin Yu returned to the palace through the underground passage of Qingyun Temple.
It was already midnight, and the entire palace was completely silent.
But when Qin Yu came out of the tunnel, he saw an oil lamp lit in the room.
Meanwhile, at the desk in the room, a small figure was gently nodding its head, looking like it wanted to sleep but was forcing itself not to.
Upon seeing this figure, Qin Yu felt a surge of warmth in his heart.
Just then, Miaoyu forced open her droopy eyelids and looked into the tunnel.
When she saw Qin Yu looking at her with a smile, her face immediately lit up with surprise and delight.
"Your Majesty, you're finally back!"
Miaoyu jumped up and ran happily toward Qin Yu.
But as soon as she reached Qin Yu's side, she stopped.
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