The young eunuchs behind the door were gambling enthusiastically.

He had no time to pay attention to Zhao Ji who pushed open the door.

Or perhaps it could be said that they didn't even notice that someone had pushed the door open.

As soon as the door was opened, the noisy sounds in the yard reached the ears of the young eunuch outside the door.

The young eunuch's face turned pale.

Zhao Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, turned around, and put his right hand on the young eunuch's shoulder.

[What should I do? Why are these people not behaving themselves today?]

[Gambling is a taboo in the palace. Now, I wonder if I can get away with it by giving the seal some money! ]

[It used to be OK to have a party every three to five days, but there was one just yesterday, why is it blocked again today! ]

[This is bad. How come this little stool hasn't noticed the palm print coming in yet and is still blocking it! ]

[The palm print is holding me now. I wonder if he thinks I am an accomplice. But catching a thief is dirty, and he hasn’t caught me, so I’ve played around with him before… I should be fine now! ]

The young eunuch was trembling all over, but he still had a hope.

Little did he know that Zhao Ji had already heard his thoughts clearly.

Zhao Ji ignored the gambling eunuch behind him and asked the young eunuch, "I'm giving you a chance to make amends. Will you take it?"

The young eunuch wanted to remain stubborn, but Zhao Ji's aura was so overwhelming that he was intimidated for a moment, but he still kept his mouth shut.

"I know you gamble too. You even joined a game yesterday!" Zhao Ji said shockingly.

The young eunuch's knees went weak and he fell to his knees on the ground.

"I am willing to atone for my sins. I am willing to make amends for my mistakes!"

The young eunuch admitted his mistake while howling in agony.

Zhao Ji grabbed the young eunuch's neck and came to the crowd who were gambling.

Some clever eunuchs had already noticed Zhao Ji's appearance and wanted to sneak away.

However, Zhao Ji did not give them this opportunity: "You must be very familiar with them. If anyone leaves now, you should shout out his name loudly, and I will have a way to deal with it!"

At some point the voices of these gamblers gradually became quieter, making Zhao Ji's words sound more powerful.

"Oh no, run! It's a palm print!"

"Hurry up and leave, hurry up and leave, the Master Seal is here, don't pack your things, I don't want the money anymore!"

As if they had seen a ferocious beast, the young eunuchs scattered like birds and beasts and tried to escape.

As a result, the young eunuch who wanted to make amends called out their names one by one.

"Those whose names are called come forward. If you run away without permission, I can't guarantee that you will be able to make it to the next day!"

Zhao Ji stood in front of the gate and blocked it directly. Looking at those in front of him, the gambler said with a sneer.

"The palace has issued a clear ban on gambling, and even on gatherings for gambling, but I see you guys don't listen!"

The young eunuch was very attentive and brought a chair to Zhao Ji, letting him sit down and lecture him.

Zhao Ji sat down and glanced at the eunuchs who were hiding in the shadow of the eaves, trying to remain invisible.

"According to the laws established by the Emperor, anyone who gathers people to gamble and is a repeat offender can be hanged!"

"I see that some of you are very skilled, so you are probably not beginners, right?"

When the eunuchs found that they couldn't escape at all, they all huddled together, trembling.

Trying to avoid punishing everyone by law.

But Zhao Ji started by talking about the law directly, which scared the eunuchs a lot.

The brave ones have already knelt on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, trying to beg for forgiveness.

Other eunuchs had stiff eyes and numb expressions.

"Who among you is the little stool?"

Suddenly Zhao Ji changed the subject.

A clever eunuch had already pushed out a short eunuch.

"Come with me." Zhao Ji took the person away and turned to leave the dilapidated palace.

The other eunuchs breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they had escaped.

Those who are brave enough to brag began to whisper, "I just said that I don't blame everyone, and everyone is fine now!"

As a result, that night, all the eunuchs who were gambling were arrested and thrown into prison.

Xiao Dengzi didn't know about these things. At this moment, he was being interrogated by Zhao Ji in a brightly lit dark room.

"Who instructed you to replace my tea with old tea?"

"I don't have time to waste on you. I will only give you one chance to explain. If you lie this time, I won't bother to pursue it and will just arrange for you to be hanged!"

The little stool was trembling with fear.

He stammered and explained the whole story.

It turned out that Xiao Dengzi had lost a lot of money gambling recently and even owed money to a eunuch in the palace.

Seeing that he was about to fail to pay back the money, Xiao Dengzi had to resort to this desperate measure.

"That eunuch said that if I couldn't pay back the money, I could steal the nobleman's tea. These rarely used items should be given to this eunuch."

“It’s like paying off a debt with something in kind.”

The matter was finally investigated, and Zhao Ji had no intention of letting the eunuch who received the stolen goods go.

The man was taken to the dark room that night.

Originally, it was thought that it was just an ordinary palace servant who was corrupt and gambling, but unexpectedly, the newly arrested eunuch Zhang thought that what he had done was exposed.

He told everything in one go, like pouring tofu out of a bamboo tube.

"My Lord, I had no choice but to do this. Losing things in the palace is a common occurrence. The Third Prince asked me to collect the things in the palace, and I was just following his orders!"

Zhao Ji was originally sitting, but when he heard the name of the third prince, he stood up immediately.

How come he never thought that such a small matter could be related to the third prince?

Zhao Ji suddenly became motivated. He walked up to Eunuch Zhang and put his hand on Eunuch Zhang's trembling head.

[The Third Prince asked me to do this... How could I have known that the Third Prince would want so many imperial gifts...]

[I didn't make any money from these things. Even if the prince gave me some change, it wouldn't be enough to repay my favors... If it weren't for the third prince, I wouldn't do this unprofitable business! ]

[The thing I stole the other day was Concubine Shu's Luozidai... and nothing happened, so why did something bad happen today with just a piece of broken tea leaves? ]

But Zhao Ji knew what had happened in an instant.

It is obvious that Eunuch Zhang is in collusion with the third prince, but I don't know what use they have for these things secretly taken from the palace.

Zhao Ji smelled the scent of a big melon, but he said nothing at the moment and even arranged for people to protect Eunuch Zhang.

[Luozidai...] Zhao Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.

This is obviously something for women's household. Why would the Third Prince steal it?

Could it be that he likes drawing eyebrows?

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji felt a chill. The Third Prince looked like a simple-minded man with strong limbs... It wasn't possible!

"It seems that we need to go to Concubine Shu to check. Luozidai is so precious. How come Concubine Shu lost it and didn't report it..."

While muttering to himself, Zhao Ji found an errand and headed towards Concubine Shu's palace.