Chapter 174 Oh no! Cheng Cheng was discovered! !
Candles were burning dimly in the Xianyang Palace.
Amid the slight "crackling" sound, Grandpa Changshun sneaked around the corner skillfully, and the sound of his footsteps was not much louder than the sound of the burning candles.
It was not until he walked before Emperor Mingze, bowed with his hands raised in salute, that he spoke, breaking the silence in the hall.
"Your Majesty," Eunuch Changshun placed the newly presented memorial on the table in front of Emperor Mingze, "As you expected, someone slipped the memorial from Prince Jing requesting to come to the capital into Xie En's memorial."
Eunuch Changshun tried his best to suppress the shock in his eyes.
Since Emperor Myōze ascended the throne, in order to show his love for the people, he granted permission for dozens of non-governmental organizations to submit memorials directly to the emperor. His original intention was to fundamentally solve the difficulties in people's lives. However, since then, most of the memorials submitted have been various expressions of thanks for the emperor's grace.
He had no choice but to order people to sort these memorials into different categories, and put the memorials of thanks aside for later review when he had free time.
This kind of memorials would pile up more than half a meter high all year round, and were also the best choice for King Jing's men to tamper with.
Although he had anticipated this, when it actually happened, Eunuch Changshun realized that he had overestimated his own psychological endurance.
Jiang Yanchuan glanced at the memorial on top with his emotionless eyes: "Who is it?"
Eunuch Changshun lowered his head even lower and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, it is... it is the newly appointed Minister of the Court, Yu Kaiji Yu."
When they were setting up the surveillance, they happened to see Yu Kaiji inserting a memorial into Xie En's box, and only then did they confirm that he was a spy.
Jiang Yanchuan hummed softly.
He did not seem surprised by the outcome, nor did he care about what King Jing did. He just casually read the memorial in the dim candlelight in the room.
"How is that person now?"
"I have told him to go back and rest today. Wei Shisan will lead his men to follow him. We will set up a strict surveillance network tonight."
Jiang Yanchuan didn't say anything else. Eunuch Changshun waited for a moment and went to cut off the burnt-out wick. The light in the hall then became brighter.
Only when he returned to where he had been standing did Jiang Yanchuan slowly put the memorial back on the table.
Jiang Yanchuan chuckled, and the flickering candlelight made his eyes look particularly deep: "Did the person who contacted Yu Kaiji find out?"
"This..." Eunuch Changshun pondered for a moment.
The person Xu Jiu sent back to the palace to report the news came back too late. When they sent people to monitor, Yu Kaiji had already finished "going to the toilet" and returned to the duty room. As for who that person was, there is still no clue.
Eunuch Changshun opened his mouth and was about to confess his crime directly——
[Eh? Is Yu Kaiji the spy that King Jing planted next to my father? ]
A familiar voice suddenly rang in the ears of the two people in the hall: [Who else is there to connect? Who is it? ! ]
Jiang Yanchuan: “…”
Eunuch Changshun: "..."
Eunuch Changshun looked up blankly at the moonlight outside the window.
Although the young man was delayed for some time today because he was taken out of the palace by Concubine Rougui, it is time for him to return to Xingshuang Palace to rest. The most important thing is -
The young man has come here, but no one has informed him. Have all the people in the Guanyang Palace been bribed by the young man? !
And what, what does that "traitor" mean?!
[Ni...Ying...Yi? That's a hard word to pronounce! ]
[Hmm? Why is Uncle Changshun silent? Have they not discovered this person yet?]
The young man's inner voice was filled with obvious distress: [It seems that these two words are not in Chengcheng's "inventory", so I can only find the scapegoat tomorrow to think of a solution...]
The soft sound of knuckles tapping on the table brought Eunuch Changshun back to his senses. He raised his head and met Emperor Mingze's suggestive eyes.
Eunuch Changshun suddenly came back to his senses: "Your Majesty, a palace maid claimed that she found Yu Kaiji and Ni Yingyi meeting privately in the depths of the jungle. These two adults usually have no contact with each other, so this behavior is very suspicious..."
Jiang Yanchuan hummed and said, "Leave this matter to Lu Yao. He will know how to handle it."
Lu Yao has already mastered the skills to make the little guy happy. He usually either slips him a candy or passes him a small cake when no one is around. He also uses the detection and counter-detection abilities he acquired while investigating cases to help the little guy block his sight.
The relationship between the two has developed into a friendship regardless of age difference. Jiang Yanchuan even suspects that if this continues, he will soon hear Lu Yao calling him "Father".
[Wow~ The uncles are so awesome~ They even found this~]
Jiang Yingcheng quickly "selected" the biggest hero for this matter: [It must be my beautiful father who had been on guard against the bad guy King Jing, so he set up a strict surveillance network around him early in the morning, and was able to catch the rebellious traitor in one fell swoop! ]
Jiang Yanchuan's smile finally became more genuine.
He slowly stood up from behind the long table, motioned to Eunuch Changshun to continue his report, and walked quietly in the direction where the young man's voice came from.
Jiang Yingcheng didn't notice any of this at all, and in her heart she was still happily praising her handsome father.
[Handsome, rich, resourceful, knowledgeable, my God, is there a more perfect man in the world than my father?! ]
She proudly asked herself and answered: [No! My father is perfect!]
[Chengcheng now has a lot of merit points, father will definitely live a long life! ]
Jiang Yingcheng felt happy when she thought that her father had a healthy body because of her.
[Wait, wait until my father unifies the world, then we will have only one type of charging port!!]
While Jiang Yingcheng was happy, she couldn't help but feel anxious: [That's right, how long will it take for Uncle Changshun to finish his speech? Chengcheng is already a little tired from standing~]
Although she was no longer sleepy, she was very tired after tossing around the whole night, plotting against that bad woman, Concubine Rougui, to ruin her reputation, and pretending to accidentally knock open the door, exposing Prince Jing to everyone!
Eunuch Changshun: "..."
He wants to stop too!
He has nothing to report, but he still has to force himself to keep searching his stomach, filling up what could have been a brief narration with endless content, and mixing a few serious sentences in a long paragraph of nonsense. He is also very tired, okay? !
Jiang Yingcheng was completely unaware of these aggrieved yet pretending to be strong thoughts. He just huddled in the corner behind the door, holding the big bag of snacks in his arms.
[Father will be able to do it later——Hmm? ]
A faint scent of ambergris swept across the tip of Jiang Yingcheng's nose, and her sense of smell detected the figure of her handsome father before she did.
She raised her head with a dull expression and met those beautiful eyes from bottom to top.
[Oh no! Cheng Cheng has been discovered! ! ]