Chapter 35

Lin Nanqi watched Shen Liuzheng leave, secretly regretting his decision.

[We finally met, such a cold reaction, such a cold heart! ]

"Lin Nanjie, get in here!"

Li Chenghuan's furious voice suddenly came from the facade.

Lin Nanjie stood there and adjusted his appearance, looking very calm.

He suspected that he had stayed in the palace for too long and had automatically adapted to the atmosphere, so that he could now easily tell whether Li Chenghuan was really angry or just pretending to be angry.

For example, now, the word "滚" contains three parts of anger and shame, three parts of the prelude to trouble, and the remaining four parts are pure incomprehension.

Lin Nanjie walked into the warm room with a very respectful expression: "Your Majesty, you call me your servant?"

Li Chenghuan paced in front of Lin Nanjie: "What happened outside just now?"

Lin Nanqi looked innocent: "The ministers and Miss Shen knelt for a long time, nothing else happened."

Li Chengqian's face was slightly stern.

He actually thought of such a bad idea as threatening to commit suicide. Is he a tyrant who ignores the facts?

"What else?" Li Chenghuan was not very satisfied and stopped in front of Lin Nanjie.

Lin Nanjie was a little confused about what Li Chengqian meant. After thinking for a while, he said, "The adults are eager to see the emperor. It seems that they have misunderstood something. They actually regarded me as a lucky sign appointed by the emperor during the ancestral worship ceremony."

"I am just a small eunuch. I am favored by the emperor because of his kindness. I am so terrified."

"Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and he will always handle the case impartially. You adults are too impatient."

As Lin Nanjie spoke, his face showed a slightly aggrieved and innocent expression, and he looked at Li Chenghuan sincerely.

Li Chenghuan lowered his eyes, he was no longer surprised by what he heard.

The young eunuch in front of him had delicate features, a handsome face, and a hint of nobility.

He put on such a begging and obedient look, but there was no sense of artificiality at all. Knowing that he was making up a lie, who knows how he would curse him in his heart, Li Chengqian also felt that this lie made people feel comfortable.

Even the feathers on his head after the ancestral worship ceremony were very fitting. It would be out of place for others to dress like this, but for Lin Nanjie, everything seemed to be reasonable.

In this case, we can’t blame the ministers entirely.

During the ancestral worship ceremony, didn't Xue Yunlai, the Minister of Taichang Temple who was extremely picky about appearance, plead for Lin Nanjie first?

Li Chengqian suspected that he had been successfully tempered and even revealed some potential to be a tyrant.

No, during the time of the previous emperor, the chief eunuch had to flatter the previous emperor every day, making false statements to confuse the emperor, which led to the previous emperor giving up power.

Did Lin Nanjie coax him?

Li Chenghuan thought expressionlessly that it was a blessing that he didn't have to suffer a shortened life.

Coax him with your mouth but scold him in your heart.

He is so generous and doesn't care about it.

How could he be a tyrant? He must be an extremely wise ruler.

Lin Nanjie noticed that Li Chenghuan had fallen into strange silence again. He raised his head and looked at him with a little trepidation.

He saw Li Chenghuan looking at him strangely, and his eyes became brighter and brighter, staring at him straight.

Lin Nan shrank his neck, feeling that something was not right.

This look is like the dog his former roommate had, and at first glance...

【I didn’t hold my fart well.】

Li Chengqian coughed lightly, walked back to his desk and sat down, his face suddenly filled with sorrow: "The matter of Prince Beichang is really tricky."

"The Prince of Beichang has been kind to me, and was ordered to pacify the border in times of crisis, and has made great military achievements. But now he is suspected of colluding with the enemy. The evidence is conclusive, and the ministers are more difficult than one another. I am really in a dilemma and have no way out."

"Although the power in the court is balanced now, there are still many people in the dark who are ready to make a move amid the prosperity. Take the border issue for example, how many people are waiting to fill this gap after the King of Beichang falls."

"The military expenditure is tens of millions of taels of silver every year, and much of it goes into the pockets of corrupt officials."

Li Chengqian talked endlessly about the internal and external troubles.

Lin Nanqi looked at Li Chenghuan as if he had seen a ghost.

【Ah, is this something I can listen to? 】

【After hearing this, I feel like I have taken one step closer to leaving the corrupt official behind. 】

[Your Majesty, have you forgotten how the eunuch in the previous emperor's time was able to cover the sky with one hand? ]

Lin Nanqi quietly took a step back and almost covered his ears with his hands.

Li Chengqian finally stopped talking, his face full of worry: "So, I will send you to the Imperial Prison and Beichang Palace to take a look."

Lin Nan was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. I'm afraid it would be more appropriate to let Eunuch Wang go."

After all, it involves many court officials, and he is just a minion no matter how you look at it. How can he have any qualifications or abilities?

Li Chenghuan seemed not to have heard him: "I can't leave Wang Dehai by my side, so it's more appropriate for you to go."

When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.

Lin Nanjie did not immediately say yes or no.

Instead, he was careful and thought quickly in his mind.

[Could it be that this matter involves so many people that the dog emperor wanted to help Miss Shen, but couldn't openly take sides, so he quietly sent me there.]

[First, go and test the Prince of Beichang's attitude, and then go to the palace to report to Miss Shen. This will not alert the enemy, and it will also put Miss Shen at ease.]

Lin Nanjie felt that he had discovered the truth and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

[It seems that this matter still depends on me, the eunuch, to act as a bridge and pull the strings. ]

After figuring out the key point, Lin Nanjie said, "I will obey your order."

Li Chenghuan wanted to laugh when he heard what Lin Nanjie was thinking, but he held back and said, "Liao Baifan is already investigating the case at Beizhen Fusi. You just need to ask about the situation. At Beichang Palace, the old princess has been kind to me. Please take care of the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the palace on my behalf. If there are any shortages or inconveniences, please report them to me."

Lin Nanjie felt that he had been given a crucial task, and nodded solemnly: "I will definitely fulfill my mission."

Lin Nanqi received the order and left the palace, heading straight to the Beizhen Fusi.

This was Lin Nanjie's second visit to Beizhen Fusi. The entrance of Beizhen Fusi was majestic and solemn, still making people feel suffocated. Lin Nanjie thought of the scene when he came last time and subconsciously touched his neck. If Li Chengqian hadn't arrived in time that time, he would have been strangled to death.

Lin Nanjie thought that there was still some chance of survival.

This time was also very different from the last time he was arrested in the middle of the night. When he arrived at the gate of Beizhen Fusi, the Jinyiwei guarding the gate saw that it was the eunuch from the palace and immediately stepped forward: "Are you... Eunuch Lin?"

Lin Nanjie was a little surprised that the other party knew who he was.

Unexpectedly, the Jinyiwei said with a smile: "I heard that there is a handsome young eunuch in front of Yu, I guess it must be you. I wonder what instructions Eunuch Lin has for you?"

Lin Nanqi felt a little embarrassed by the compliment and was flattered: "I came here on the orders of the Emperor to check on the condition of Prince Beichang."

Without saying anything, the Jinyiwei led Lin Nanjie up the high steps, through the front hall, and into the prison. The prison was still cold and damp, and Lin Nanjie could still see the gallows where his head was hung last time, covered with old bloodstains. The two continued to walk inside and finally arrived at a cell that looked like a copper-and-iron prison.

The Jinyiwei who led the way said, "This is where the King of Beichang is imprisoned."

Lin Nanjie saw Prince Beichang wearing prison clothes, sitting on an iron bed in the cell. Opposite him were two Jinyiwei guards, one was the commander-in-chief Liao Baifan, and the other was Si Nanhao.

When Lin Nanjie walked into the cell, Liao Baifan immediately bowed to him and said, "Eunuch Lin is here, but what does the emperor want?"

Si Nanhao behind him winked at him.

Lin Nanqi cleared his throat and said, "The Emperor ordered me to come and see the interrogation progress. Sir Liao, is there any progress?"

Liao Baifan said: "The results have not yet been determined."

Beichang King Yao Pei snorted coldly: "You are still a little naive if you want to interrogate me!"

Liao Baifan said in a tone of helplessness: "My subordinates did not do their job well and failed to obtain any useful information."

Lin Nanjie looked at Yao Pei's fully-fledged appearance, without any superficial injuries, neither tied up nor hanged, and knew that nothing was wrong.

By going to Beichang Palace in this way, I can give an explanation to Miss Shen.

Yao Pei suddenly looked towards Lin Nanjie and asked, "You kid, are you working for Yu?"

Lin Nan replied: "Yes."

"I thought it would be old man Wang who came, but it turned out to be a young greenhorn." Yao Pei snorted coldly, obviously not taking Lin Nanjie seriously.

Lin Nanqi was not annoyed: "Eunuch Wang was unable to leave, so the Emperor sent me here."

Yao Pei stared at Lin Nanjie for a few moments and said to himself, "Strange."

Then just ignore him.

Lin Nanqi suddenly remembered: "Wasn't the fourth Tatar prince captured? Where is he now?"

Liao Baifan said: "He is being held next door."

Lin Nanjie said: "Take me to see it."

Lin Nanqi followed Liao Baifan to the cell next door, and as soon as he entered, he smelled a strong smell of blood.

The four Tatar princes were tied to the rack, hung high up, with their feet off the ground, unable to move, and with several scars on their bodies. It was a stark contrast to the peaceful negotiations next door.

Lin Nanqi looked at Liao Baifan hesitantly: "This is a prince from an enemy country, is this okay?"

Liao Baifan said: "It doesn't matter. I heard that he is not favored in Tatar, otherwise the second prince would not let him go to the battlefield to die."

As soon as he finished speaking, the chain rang, and the unconscious fourth Tatar prince slowly opened his eyes, revealing a cold and fierce look, staring at the three people standing at the door.

Even though his clothes were tattered and his hair was unkempt, his cold eyes filled with savagery and revenge were hard to ignore.

Liao Baifan whipped him with a whip and said, "Don't be rude!"

With a "snap" sound, the whip hit his body and blood immediately oozed out.

The thin prison uniform was torn like a rag, and covered with blood. Lin Nanjie felt his whole body tighten and his throat was dry when he saw it. Si Nanhao really went easy on him at the beginning, and didn't even torture him to extract a confession, but just let him go.

I can’t imagine that if this whip had fallen on him, he would have probably cried out in pain.

But the fourth prince gritted his teeth and didn't cry out.

Lin Nanqi couldn't help but admire him.

Si Nanhao whispered beside Lin Nanjie: "I thought the fourth prince of Tatar was a fool, but who knew that this man was young but very wild and refused to say a word. There is no other way, the boss can only deal with him himself."

Lin Nanjie stood at the door of the cell and looked at the Fourth Prince from afar. Suddenly he exclaimed "Ah", and something in his mind clicked.

The fourth prince of the Tartars was named He Lanyou, with Tartar and Han blood flowing in his veins. His mother was a poor woman who was captured from the border and taken to Tartar. His mother was taken as a concubine by the Tartar king after giving birth to He Lanyou, and died in depression in the palace. He Lanyou was bullied by other princes because of his Han ancestry, and was plotted by the second prince to die on the battlefield.

What's more!

These are the stocks he bought!