Xiao Ci sneered wickedly, "How do you know I can't get up here? As for you, you're on your own!"
Eunuch Fu walked out of the imperial study and summoned Xiao Ci to go in.
Xiao Rui was shocked and confused.
He was obviously panicked and at a loss before, so why did he say such a thing just now?
Could it be that the information he received was wrong?
Xiao Ci walked in, not even bothering to look at Ruan Su who was kneeling beside him, and knelt directly on the ground.
"Father."
"Priest Izumo did a divination earlier and said that the reason why this rain-praying ritual failed was because you acted erratically and a disaster star appeared around you!"
Xiao Ci broke out in a cold sweat, "Father, this is completely nonsense!"
"Didn't you tell me before that Taoist Izumo is a man of great enlightenment and a junior fellow apprentice of Taoist Xuanji?"
The implication is that he is clearly contradictory.
Xiao Ci hurriedly said, "Father, I just like to listen to music. Ruan Su sings well, so I just came to support him."
"You're entangled with a male dan, yet you still have the nerve to tell me you're just showing off? As a prince, you don't think about how to improve yourself, how to work for the welfare of the people, or how to relieve the emperor's worries. You only care about pleasure. I'm truly disappointed."
"Father, I, your son, am willing to be confined to the Second Prince's residence and reflect on myself!"
Kangdi pressed his swollen brows and said nothing.
When he heard Taoist Master Chu Yun say that Xiao Ci actually had a homosexual tendency, he was extremely shocked.
He could tolerate his son's lack of ambition, like Lao Ba, but he absolutely could not tolerate his muddle-headedness and his violation of human ethics!
When he learned that Ruan Su was a woman who had been disguised as a man, his anger subsided a lot.
However, he also began to doubt whether Taoist Priest Izumo had any real ability.
If it is just a scam, then the purpose of today's failed actions is to arouse public resentment!
To put an emperor on fire and burn him is a crime worthy of death!
"I remember that you never liked Taoism or Buddhism."
"Your son..."
After all, Xiao Ci's maternal family is the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and his maternal family has done everything they can to find his counselors for him. His vision is much broader than Xiao Rui's.
He had covered up the scandal between him and Ruan Su, and when he heard Emperor Kang ask this, he instantly guessed that Emperor Kang was probably suspicious of Taoist Priest Izumo's identity.
"Your Majesty, I truly have no interest in Taoism or Buddhism!" His head was practically on the ground, his eyes filled with regret and resentment. "Your Majesty, I'm sure you've heard about how I fell into the cesspool while using the restroom in Changchun Garden not long ago."
During those days, he became the topic of conversation among the people of the capital after dinner, and some people even gave him the nickname "A Stinky Thing to Heaven".
He didn't dare go out, for fear that he would hear the mocking words.
"Of course I heard about it."
He thought someone was deliberately teasing his son, and sent secret guards to investigate.
The secret guards only found that the wooden planks of the toilet in Changchun Garden were cracked due to age, but they did not find anything else.
Kangdi felt it was too embarrassing, so he did not investigate further.
Hearing Xiao Ci, who always cared about his reputation, actually mention such a shameful thing, the suspicious Xiao Ci seemed to have his Ren and Du meridians opened up, and he instantly figured out a clear clue.
I'm afraid someone knew about Xiao Ci and Ruan Su's scandal a long time ago and deliberately set a trap for him.
He was already furious because his prayer for rain failed. Now that Xiao Ci's scandal was exposed, how could he possibly listen to an explanation or even send someone to investigate in detail?
But it was really so vicious that even his dignity and reputation as an emperor were taken into consideration.
Xiao Ci just had red eyes and looked like he was enduring aggrieved emotions.
"Eunuch Fu, call the fourth son in!"
Eunuch Fu's eyebrows twitched, and he was worried about Xiao Rui.
Xiao Rui was in a very good mood at the moment.
He was tricked by Xiao Ci and fell into the stinking ditch, and he was determined to avenge this.
"Eunuch Fu, what does the emperor want me to do in here?"
Eunuch Fu looked at him deeply, feeling worried but not showing it on his face.
"I don't know either! Please go in, Fourth Prince."
Xiao Rui lowered his eyes and did not continue to ask questions. After all, this man was an old man by his father's side. To have been able to serve in front of the emperor for so many years, he must be extremely loyal and tight-lipped.
He walked in and knelt down, glancing at the embarrassed Xiao Ci and the trembling Ruan Su.
"Fourth Brother, I want to ask you, how did you find Taoist Priest Izumo?"
Xiao Rui raised his head and secretly glanced at the emperor with a gloomy look and a cold expression, his mind racing.
He felt that something was wrong. When he came in, he should have seen the emperor's furious face, but why did this anger seem to be directed at him?
Xiao Rui replied, "Father, Taoist Chu Yun is Taoist Xuan Ji's junior fellow apprentice. I also heard about it from others, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it. What's wrong?"
Emperor Kangxi's eyes were full of judgment.
He felt uneasy and turned his head to look at Xiao Ci again. He always felt that something seemed wrong.
"Father, I was too eager to share your burden and didn't send anyone to investigate whether this Taoist Priest Izumo had any real abilities. The current situation is entirely due to my incompetence! It's my inability! From today on, I will put everything aside and confine myself to the Second Prince's residence for self-reflection!"
Xiao Ci said this sincerely, and knelt on the ground again.
Xiao Rui's eyelids were twitching violently.
He had a feeling that even after the scandal between Ruan Su and Xiao Ci was exposed, Emperor Kang was not very angry. Instead, he kept asking Taoist Izumo whether he had real ability.
He still didn't know the reason for the incident, so he didn't dare to say more, for fear that he would make more mistakes if he said too much.
"Your Majesty! Lord Mo requests an audience."
Outside the imperial study, the voice of Eunuch Fu was heard.
"Xuan!"
Mo Wenqing walked in, knelt down and saluted, "Your Majesty, I just checked the platform, and it was cracked by someone with great internal strength."
"What did you say?!" Kangdi stood up suddenly, with a storm in his eyes.
Xiao Ci's lips curled up.
If Mo Wenqing hadn't come, he would have been defeated miserably!
He turned his head, and when Xiao Rui looked at him with his pupils trembling, the corners of his mouth curled up provocatively.
Xiao Rui is not a stupid man. At this moment, a sentence suddenly popped up in his mind - the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!
He is the mantis, who is the oriole?
Why should I help Xiao Ci?
He tried his best to calm his troubled emotions and quietly endured Kangdi's anger.
Mo Wenqing continued, "I have contacted several guards who are responsible for guarding the high platform, and they all said that no suspicious people have been found in the past few days."
What this means is that it was only Master Izumo who destroyed the platform.
Emperor Kang's face turned increasingly gloomy, and the air in the entire imperial study seemed to be sucked out.
Xiao Rui knelt on the ground, "Father, I didn't know that Taoist Master Chu Yun was a man who only sought fame and reputation. Please understand!"
"Fourth brother, you really are just like when we were little, you're so good at passing the buck!"
Xiao Rui caught the hint of sarcasm on Xiao Ci's lips and clenched his fists little by little...
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