When Herod heard this voice, he lost his soul because this voice was so familiar. He could hear this voice almost every day. It's the emperor, oh my God! Why is the emperor out? He quickly pushed the palace maid away and knelt down to beg for mercy: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! I will never dare to do this again!"
Zhong Yehan stood aside with anger on his face: "You, you, you, you have been with me for so many years, and you have done such a dirty thing, go! Come to my study room!"
"Yes!" Herod put on his clothes cautiously and followed Zhong Yehan to the imperial study.
Zhong Yehan retreated: "Okay, there's no one else here. Tell me, what's going on with you today?"
Herod knelt down again with a "plop", and kept slapping his mouth with his right hand: "You deserve to die, this slave is so cowardly, and this slave is so stupid. Your Majesty, for the sake of your servant's lifelong service to the Emperor, I beg the Emperor to spare my slave’s life!”
Zhong Ye looked at Herod coldly: "You want me to spare you, it's not difficult, but you have to tell the truth. As long as you tell the truth, I will spare you! I will say something below and you can answer something. If you dare to say half It’s a lie, Herod, you also know the consequences of deceiving the king.”
"Yes! I must tell the truth. There is nothing wrong between me and the palace maid. It's just that today I was confused and was stunned by women. Your Majesty! I'm not a human, I'm a beast!" Herod kowtowed like garlic and kept kowtowing. Pleading.
Zhong Yehan slapped the table: "I didn't ask you this."
Herod was stunned: "Then what does the emperor want to ask your servant?"
Zhong Yehan looked at Herod sharply: "What exactly is the duck soup you prepared for me just now?"
Herod was completely stunned. He really didn't expect that the emperor would ask this question. Seeing the emperor's discerning eyes, Herod began to feel guilty. Should I say it or not? If I say it, the prince will be doomed, and so will I; if I don't say it, the emperor seems to know everything. The emperor just said that if I tell lies, I will be deceiving the emperor. What should I do
Zhong Yehan stood up and said, "It seems that you are determined to resist the order today, come here!"
Herod quickly said: "Don't! Don't! Your Majesty, all my servants will say it, all my servants will say it!"
After Zhong Yehan sat on the dragon chair and listened to Herod's statement, he felt that his head was about to explode. What kind of sons did I raise? Zhong Langxi entered the court, Prince Zhong Langyao took bribes, and even drugged me crazily! Zhong Yehan wished he could put both the prince and Zhong Langxi in jail immediately.
Seeing that Zhong Yehan was so angry that he almost fainted, Herod panicked and said at a loss: "Your Majesty, are you okay? Do you need a doctor?"
Zhong Yehan waved his hand and said with difficulty: "Don't make any noise. I'm fine. Let Tong Hao come over."
Herod knew that Tong Hao was the captain of the palace guard. Did the emperor want to arrest the prince
"Your Majesty, no matter how he is not the prince, he is still your biological flesh and blood! Your Majesty, you can't do this!"
Zhong Yehan said angrily: "Who said I want to arrest the prince? Just call Tong Hao."
"My servant obeys the order!" Herod retreated from the room tremblingly. He called a young eunuch: "Go and call the boy captain and tell him that the emperor wants to see him immediately!"
"Yes!" The little eunuch immediately ran away.
Herod returned to the room after speaking: "Your Majesty, do you have anything else to do?"
Zhong Yehan slowly sat up straight: "Herod, how do you think I treat you?"
Herod knelt down again with a "plop": "Your Majesty, your Majesty is so kind to your slaves. Even if your slaves are broken into pieces, they can't repay your kindness!"
Zhong Yehan nodded: "If you think I treat you well, you can tell the prince tomorrow that I have blessed Concubine Zheng Shu. Do you understand?"
Herod thought for a moment. Then he understood: "I understand, I must do what the emperor orders."
Zhong Yehan leaned on the chair again. It was really uncomfortable to see him like that: "Okay, you should have a rest!"
Herod touched the sweat on his head and slowly withdrew.
Soon, the guard captain Tong Hao arrived. Zhong Yehan immediately issued an order: "You immediately transfer Concubine Zheng Shu to the Summer Resort. Remember, keep it secret and never let others know."
"Yes!" Tong Hao agreed and went out. Tong Hao is so capable in doing things, he doesn't ask why, I will do whatever the emperor tells me to do, I will do it if I understand it, and I will do it if I don't understand it. With this loyalty, he climbed from a small guard to the high position of captain of the guard.
Zhong Yehan thought this way. He first sent Concubine Zheng Shu to the summer resort in the north, so as to put a distance between her and Zhong Langxi. He didn't want such a scandal to spread to the public. Zhong Yehan hasn't figured out how to deal with these two traitors yet. He wants to stabilize them first and pretend that he doesn't know anything. When the time is right, I will depose the prince immediately.