Although what happened in the morning was very uproar, Xiao Muhong was able to know the whole story because her maid Ai Yang reported everything to her.
Because Xiao Mubai had told her not to hide anything from Xia Chu, no matter what happened, she relayed exactly what Ai Yang told her that morning.
Xia Chu was thoughtful after hearing this. It seemed that as he expected, Yue Fengwan and Li Fei had really joined forces.
Seeing that he was silent, Xiao Muhong suggested from the side: "Brother Chu, how about I go and beg my father not to let you go to Dali Temple? It just so happens that you fainted again today, so let the imperial doctor do it for you." Here’s proof, Lan Yuying is still in Kunning Palace now, don’t you still want to stay and look for her?”
Xia Chu shook his head. Lan Yuying was in the palace. He could sneak in at night and meet her. The first priority was to go out and solve the corpse burning issue first.
If this matter was made more jealous by others, it would be in trouble for the Hou Mansion and the Zhao Mansion. He raised his head and asked Xiao Muhong: "When did the Emperor say that he would send me to Dali Temple?"
Seeing him shaking his head, Xiao Muhong reluctantly replied: "Ai Yang heard the news at night, I don't know the specific time."
Xia Chu guessed that the emperor would come over again, otherwise he would not stay until night, so he asked Xiao Muhong to go back to the palace first.
Xiao Muhong was naturally unwilling: "I haven't been here for a while. You just woke up and the lunch you brought has not been used yet."
Xia Chu rubbed her head and then made her face solemn to ask her to obey.
Xiao Muhong raised her butt and pursed her lips. She left the dormitory and ordered Xiao Yuanzi at the door to serve Xia Chu's meal. Then she reluctantly took Ai Yang back to Yulian Hall.
Xiao Yuanzi said yes and saw her figure leaving Ci'an Palace. She came in with her body bowed and bowed to Xia Chu. While opening the food box Xiao Muhong brought, she asked with lingering fear: "Little Marquis" , are you okay?"
Xia Chu raised her eyes and glanced at him: "What can happen to me?"
Xiao Yuanzi put the dishes on the table, then stood aside and said, "I was so frightened this morning that I couldn't wake you up. I also saw a broken silk rope beside the bed. I thought, thought..."
Xia Chu chuckled softly: "You think Princess Yirou found me as a scapegoat?"
Xiaoyuanzi's expression was erratic. Although he was thinking so in his heart, he didn't dare to nod in response.
Xia Chu neither wanted to scare him nor bothered to explain, so she simply picked up the food, ate a few hastily and let Xiao Yuanzi pick it up.
Xiao Muhong had been gone for more than two hours, and the emperor summoned him to the Qingxin Palace.
Xiao Yuanzi didn't know where he heard the news. He knew that Xia Chu was going to be sent to Dali Temple. On the way to Qingxin Palace, he kept advising him: "Little Marquis, please give him some time to coax him when you see him later." Aren’t you the best at it?”
A wry smile appeared at the corner of Xia Chu's mouth. Burning corpses and poisoning could be done without coaxing...
Seeing that he was silent, Xiao Yuanzi continued: "You are such a pampered nobleman, how can you go to Dali Temple and endure all the hardships? If you stay in the palace, His Highness the Seventh Prince and the Ninth Princess can take care of you. The Emperor likes you so much." , if I tell you truthfully what I ask you, I will certainly not embarrass you."
Xia Chu suddenly stopped and glanced sideways at him, with a cold look in his eyes: "It turns out that you were specially sent here by the emperor to monitor me."
Xiaoyuanzi looked startled, then silently lowered his head and replied: "Yes, but what I said is true."
Xia Chu's expression softened when he heard his frank admission. He took steps again and said, "Let's go, the emperor is still waiting."
Xiaoyuanzi was slightly startled when he saw that he didn't scold him, and then he took a few steps to catch up, but he stayed behind and didn't dare to say anything more.
There was only the emperor in the Qingxin Hall. After Xia Chu entered, the emperor was turning over the memorial without even raising his head.
After such a stalemate for a stick of incense, Xia Chu couldn't stand anymore and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, if there is nothing wrong with you, I will go to Dali Temple."
Although the emperor did not raise his head, his hand paused: "You are quite urgent."
Xia Chu took two steps forward and simply leaned on the case for support: "Anyway, you have to go to jail if you go early or late, so it doesn't make any difference."
The emperor finally raised his head and saw him leaning on the desk without a proper posture, and smashed the memorial in his hand: "Did you burn Zhao Jiajun's body?"
Xia Chu took the memorial in his arms, picked it up and put it back on the desk. He nodded and said, "Yes."
When he was in Ci'an Palace, he thought that the emperor would ask him about this.
Somehow, I remembered what General Zhao told him before he left: "The only thing grandpa can tell you is that the emperor is a shrewd man. Don't think that he is a weak and incompetent master who allows others to deceive him."
Therefore, he thought about it and decided not to hide it.
The emperor grabbed a pile of memorials beside the case and smashed them all over: "You are so rebellious and unconscionable that your parents have suffered so much. It seems that you have nothing to dare to kill the king and usurp the throne."
Xia Chu did not go to accept the memorial this time, but hid away: "I am the one who burned the corpse, I admit it. If you say I am bold, I will admit it, but if you say I killed the king and usurped the throne, I will not admit it. Chu'er doesn't have that intention, and the emperor must have partial faith in Chu'er, feeling that there must be something fishy about this matter."
The emperor snorted coldly: "Why should I trust you?"
Xia Chu sighed, knelt down and picked up the memorials one by one. As he picked them up, he said: "Your Majesty, it's been a whole night, and you should have figured it out. If you suspect that I poisoned you before, then I Why do I have to pretend to be Miss Blue and go through all the trouble to see you afterwards? If you suspect that I just want to poison the antidote, then am I too stupid? If you really have a millionaire First, the imperial doctor will know with one examination, can I still be free of the relationship?"
The incident happened suddenly last night. When Xia Chu saw the poisoned chicken, he was stunned.
But I met Xiao Mubai last night and figured out where the problem with the antidote came from.
In addition, after taking a nap in the morning, although I was unconscious for a while, my brain was finally buffered.
So, he finished his lunch and went over things again carefully.
As for Lan Yuying, Xia Chu wasn't too worried. She didn't know anything to begin with, and the emperor naturally couldn't ask anything.
On the contrary, as long as the emperor interrogated Lan Yuying and found that she indeed knew nothing about her life experience, then he would have no reason to be the one blamed by the emperor last night. If Lan Yuying didn't even know her life experience, he would have no reason to do so. , how could he collude with Lan Yuying to help her get revenge? This is nonsense.
Xia Chu never thought that the emperor was a fool, even though he would be furious and angry, just like he was shocked yesterday, and he would be confused for a while.
But now after this night, he can figure it out.
The emperor must also understand the twists and turns...
(End of chapter)