Chapter 330 When to start
"When will we start?" the jailer asked after taking the silver.
"This time tomorrow night."
The jailer shook his head and said, "It's not my turn to be on duty tomorrow night. If I were to swap positions with someone else temporarily, I would definitely be suspected afterwards."
“…”
Then you ask when to start?
"When is convenient?" the man asked with a serious face.
The jailer thought for a moment and said, "In three days, let me make a plan to ensure everything goes well."
"Okay, in three days." After that, the man turned around and left without staying any longer.
The jailer waited for him to leave, then slowly walked out from the corner, spread out the silver bills in his hand like a fan, and fanned his head.
Well, using the silver bills to fan myself, even the wind feels a lot cooler.
After handing over the matter to the yamen staff the next morning, the jailer changed his clothes and went to the Zhaocai Gambling House.
The gambling house would not open until the afternoon, so everyone was still asleep at this time, with only a few servants working quietly.
There was a knock on the door, which was very abrupt in the quiet courtyard.
One person went to open the door: "Who is it?"
The jailer said, "I want to talk to the person in charge of your gambling house. I have something important to tell you."
The servant looked at him suspiciously and said, "The gambling house will open in the afternoon. You can go directly to the gambling house to find Master Huo when the time comes."
"This matter is of great importance," said the jailer, as he took out a piece of paper from his body. There was not a single word on it, but it was stamped with a bright red seal.
When the servant saw the seal, his attitude suddenly changed and he hurriedly invited the person in.
"Sir, please wait a moment. It was Young Master Huo who was on duty last night. I will go and ask him to come over."
Everyone who worked in the gambling house was told that they should be polite to anyone who came with a seal like this.
The "Young Master Huo" mentioned by the servants is Huo Yi.
When Huo Yi came out of the room, he couldn't open his eyes and was not wearing any clothes. He was going to go back to sleep after meeting someone.
"Are you looking for me?" he asked while yawning.
The jailer clasped his fists and bowed to Huo Yi, lowering his voice to the level of only two people and saying, "I am from the Ministry of Justice, and I have something important to report to His Majesty the Eighth Prince."
Upon hearing this, Huo Yi was startled and woke up.
"Can you say that again?"
But he suspected he was dreaming and didn't hear clearly.
The jailer then repeated, "...I would like to trouble this young master to ask Sheng Xian or Yuan Feng to come over and see him."
It was not convenient for him to go directly to the Eighth Prince's mansion for fear of being discovered. The Eighth Prince was seriously injured and was recuperating in the mansion, so it was probably not convenient for him to leave the mansion. However, as long as he could see Sheng Xian or Yuan Feng who were by his side, it would be the same to tell them.
"Please sit for a moment, sir. I will go and report the news to His Highness." Huo Yi did not dare to delay. After he finished speaking, he hurriedly put on his clothes and went to the Eighth Prince's Mansion to report the news.
The person who went to see the jailer was Sheng Xian.
The Eighth Prince’s Mansion.
The waterside pavilion overlooking the lake has red railings and green boards, winding corridors, green trees and white flowers, what a luxurious and beautiful scene.
There is an artificially dug lake in the palace, with clusters of lotus buds embracing each other and swaying in the wind. There is a pavilion built in the lake, connected to it by a white jade arch bridge.
In the pavilion, Chu Jinyan was lying on a recliner, the breeze blowing in with the moisture of the lake, mixed with the fragrance of lotus flowers.
Doctor Miao was sitting aside decocting medicine, his face full of bitterness and resentment.
This kind of work was originally done by palace servants, but the Eighth Prince was too difficult to serve. He always refused to take his medicine properly, and the servants who delivered the medicine complained bitterly.
So after a few days, the responsibility of decocting medicine was taken over by Doctor Miao.
How can the illness be cured if you don’t even take the medicine properly?
The emperor sent people to ask about his condition three times a day, and was almost dissatisfied with his medical skills.
"Your Highness, I'll give you a different medicine today. It's a little bitter. Please drink it."
Doctor Miao said with gritted teeth.
"bitter?"
Chu Jinyan gave him a death stare, which made Doctor Mu feel like crying but had no tears left.
"Your Highness, good medicine tastes bitter. You don't want Miss Lu to worry, do you?" Doctor Miao said with trembling body.
“It’d better be that the medicine works quickly, otherwise I’ll throw you into the lake to feed the fish.” Chu Jinshen threatened with narrowed eyes.
Doctor Miao: “…”
Your Highness, you really have double standards.
"Yes, yes." Doctor Miao nodded hurriedly, and then said, "The medicine for the third lady's wound should have been almost used up. I have prepared a new one that has the effect of removing scars. I will have someone send it to the Lu Mansion in a while."
"Just bring the things here, you don't have to go." Chu Jinyan said.
"Yes." Doctor Miao thought to himself: If it's given to you, are you going by yourself?
Little did they know that Chu Jin had sneaked into Lu Mansion not long before the banquet.
The medicine jar made a gurgling sound, and the strong smell of medicine went straight into Chu Jinyan's nose, almost sending him away on the spot.
"Don't make medicine next time around me."
Doctor Miao's mouth twitched fiercely: "Yes."
Who on earth asked him to sit here and boil the medicine?
Your Highness, are you afraid that you have lost your memory?
Doctor Miao was angry but could not say anything as he silently complained in his heart. On the other side of the bridge, Yuanfeng strode towards the pavilion.
"Your Highness." He bowed towards Chu Jinyan.
"What did that person say?" Chu Jinyan had no intention of getting up. His chair was swaying back and forth, looking very leisurely.
Yuan Feng said, "Someone came to him and promised him five thousand taels of silver to knock out the people in Ningxiang Tower the next day and set fire to the Ministry of Justice Jail at midnight. The person who holds such a grudge against the people in Ningxiang Tower must be Zheng Kuan."
Zheng Kuan could ignore Chu Huining's madness, but Zheng Wenwu was the only son of the Zheng family. His death in such humiliation would definitely be blamed on Ningxiang Tower.
Even though he finally found the woman named Wen Liang, Zheng Kuan didn't let everyone in Ningxiang Tower go.
Tell him you're innocent?
Doesn’t that mean his son is no longer innocent after his unjust death?
Wen Liang is from Ningxiang Tower, and Ningxiang Tower itself is guilty of harboring the murderer.
"That old man Cui Ye is loyal to the second brother, and we are worried that there is no way to pull him down from the position of Minister of Justice. Tell Wang Hu that except for the madam and her two most capable subordinates, the rest can just be killed for show."
Nine out of ten brothels would force women of good families into prostitution, and Ningxianglou is no exception. The death of the madam is not a pity; killing her would also be a way of getting rid of harm to the people.
Zheng Kuan wanted everyone in Ningxiang Tower to pay for his son's life, but he didn't want to expose himself and make things difficult for Cui Ye, so he thought of setting fire, thinking that the accidental fire would make the matter safe.
Haha, that’s wishful thinking.
"Yes." Yuan Feng replied, and then asked: "But His Highness is recuperating in the palace and cannot attend court. If you want to put our people in the position of Minister of Justice, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort."
"Why worry? If I don't go to court, someone will naturally bring it up for me."
What's more, his father had spared no effort to make him the crown prince. If he wanted the Ministry of Justice, would his father not give it to him?
Well, this is the confidence.
Seeing that his prince was so confident in what he said, Yuanfeng was no longer worried.
"Give Wang Hu 10,000 taels and let him leave the capital after the job is done." Chu Jinyan said again.
He had spies in several important government offices. Unfortunately, Zheng Kuan happened to find Wang Hu, who was working for him.
"yes."
Yuanfeng agreed and went to do the work immediately.
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